A next generation Intranet Portal Suite for Modern SharePoint Online / Office 365

PENN VALLEY, Calif. - Aug. 20, 2018 - PRLog -- SP Marketplace (www.spmarketplace.com), the leader in Office 365 business portals and applications, announced SP Workplace Solutions Version 12.  SP Workplace Solutions is a complete suite of portal and application templates "natively" built on SharePoint Online that drives Office 365 ROI and adoption by transforming it into a Digital Workplace.  Anchored by an Intranet, the solutions deliver an integrated operational portal structure that includes departments like IT, HR, Marketing, Sales, Facilities and others.  Targeted at small to medium organizations, these are "full solution" products, not tools which are no-code and 100% customizable by business power-users.

New Version Enhances Modern SharePoint Sites

SP Workplace Solutions V12 is natively built on SharePoint Online to enhance the base SharePoint sites capabilities.   The Intranet Portal module can be deployed any of three ways.  It can be deployed using the Classic User Interface (UI), the Modern UI, or as a Communications Site.  Additionally, within the sites, the Content Management features are significantly upgraded in the areas of governance and content management.   The Content Management upgrades include:

·         Full administration management across all content via an easy to use Content Management Dashboard

·         Ability to approve, target and set publish dates for News, Announcements and Events

·         Added Promoted Links to the Modern Pages giving the ability to manage links from a list with targeting and scheduled publishing

·         Supports roll-up of News, Announcements and Event from Department Portals

·         Eliminates the need for Content Managers to have a deep understanding of SharePoint

"What we have done is to plug some significant holes that exist in the base modern sites in SharePoint that create real governance issues and limited ability to manage content on the site", stated Darrell Trimble CEO at SP Marketplace.  "Rather than storing content in web parts on the page, we use SharePoint lists to store content, which allows for approvals, security and audience targeting and provides new web parts to display the content much like the standard parts from Microsoft."

Drives Office 365 Adoption by Seamlessly Integrating with Office 365 Services

SP Workplace Solutions V12 also drives Office 365 adoption by integrating Intranet and Department Portals with Office 365 Groups and Teams.  The operational portal structure provides context in which users can access the myriad of available Office 365 services.  By design, portals for departments link to the corresponding Office Group or Team.  Additionally, department staff can easily access the department One Drive, Planner or Calendar from with in the operational SharePoint Portal.  The MyWorkspace page in the Department Portals provides a common place to access email, calendar, contacts, tasks and documents stored in Office 365 or the SharePoint portal.

SP Workplace Solutions serves as a bridge between Office 365 Group or Team sites and SharePoint operational portals.  Rather than being overwhelmed with the Office 365 app launcher and lots of icons, the user can access the same services in the context of their work.  This seamless integration helps drive adoption and use of more Office 365 services toward realizing the vision of a Digital Workplace.

"The goal of a Digital Workplace is to make it easy to do business inside the organization", states Trimble.  "With SP Workplace Solutions V12, organizations can define a common business structure for communications, and provide access to resources (documents etc), services and processes leveraging Office 365."

SP Workplace Solutions V12 will be available in early September 2018.  Current SP Marketplace subscribed customers can apply for an in-place upgrade to their existing products to take advantage of the new features.

About SP Marketplace

SP Marketplace (SharePoint Marketplace) is the leader in out-of-the-box portals and applications that transform Office 365 into a Digital Workplace.   Built "natively" on SharePoint Online, they drive Office 365 adoption and ROI by setting up a best practice Intranet portal structure that makes "it easy to do business" in your organization.  SP Workplace Solutions are anchored by an Intranet Portal and provide fully functional portals for departments such as IT, HR, Facilities, Marketing, Sales and more.

Available individually or as an integrated suite, SP Workplace Solutions are no-code, 100% customizable templates that can be managed by business power users.   Installed in over 1200 organizations worldwide, the solutions seamless integrate with Office 365 services, Groups and Teams.  To learn more, contact Donna Abreu at Donnaa@spmarketplace.com or visit www.spmarketplace.com.