85% of colleagues in week one
Cobalt Connect, a SharePoint intranet that is easy to maintain, visited by 85% of colleagues in its first week.
Intranet consultancy
Intranets your people will actually use.
We design and build intranets in SharePoint and Omnia, move you off platforms that are reaching the end of their life, and train your team to run the intranet once it is live. More than 20 years of SharePoint and intranet experience.
What we do
Intranet services from strategy to support.
Some clients come to us with a clear brief and some with an intranet nobody visits any more. We cover the strategy, design, build and support, so you deal with one team from start to finish.
SharePoint intranets
Out of the box SharePoint, designed properly and set up around how your organisation communicates.
Omnia intranets
A branded intranet with Omnia on SharePoint, for organisations that want more control over design, targeting and publishing.
Intranet migration
Moving you off LiveTiles, Involv, an older version of SharePoint or another platform, with the content tidied up on the way.
Global intranets
Multilingual intranets with news and pages targeted by country, site and role, for organisations spread across several countries.
Intranet review
An independent look at your current intranet: what people use, what they ignore and what to change first.
Intranet support
Help for your content team, fixes and new features once you are live, from the people who know how it was built.
14,000
people using one intranet we built, across multiple countries
6 weeks
the quickest we have taken an intranet from kick off to launch
3 hubs
connected on one intranet for Youth Futures Foundation, in Birmingham, Leeds and London
How we work
How an intranet project runs.
01
Discovery
Workshops with your internal comms team and people from across the business, plus a look at your current intranet, written up as requirements you sign off.
02
Design
A sitemap, then wireframes, then the visual design in your branding, each agreed with you before we move on to the next.
03
Build
We build the pages, navigation and news in your tenant, bring across the content you are keeping, and you review the build before sign-off.
04
Train
Training for your editors and site owners, so the people publishing news and pages are confident before launch.
05
Go live
We launch with you, stay close through the first few weeks and hand over to your team, with intranet support there if you want it.
Client feedback
What it is like to work with us.
“ThinkShare were a delight to work with and supported us every step of the way with great client service and strong technical expertise.”
“Working with ThinkShare on the creation and implementation of Cobalt Connect can only be described as a dream.”
“Their approach to understanding our organisation, values, goals and challenges, helped them deliver on our brief with excellent communications and support throughout.”
Case studies
Intranets we have delivered.
Read the Cobalt case study
One intranet after a merger
A new intranet for a European renewable energy producer formed from a merger, with Workday vacancies pulled in through Power Automate so staff can apply for roles from the intranet.
Three hubs, one intranet
A Valo intranet on SharePoint bringing news, files and events together for teams in Birmingham, Leeds and London.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
What intranet platforms does ThinkShare work with?
SharePoint out of the box, Omnia and Involv. We recommend the one that fits your budget, your content and the team who will look after it, and we will tell you when out of the box SharePoint is enough.
How long does an intranet project take?
A typical SharePoint intranet takes 8 to 12 weeks, and we have launched one in 6. A branded intranet with a large content migration and several audiences takes longer, and we give you a timeline once discovery is done.
Can you move our intranet off LiveTiles or another platform?
Yes. We move intranets off LiveTiles, Involv, older versions of SharePoint and other platforms, and use the move to leave behind content no one is maintaining rather than bringing all of it across.
Do you train our team to run the intranet?
Yes. Every project includes training for your editors and site owners, and we can stay on through intranet support if you want help with content, fixes or new features.
Talk to our intranet team.
Tell us what you are working on and we will come back to you within one working day to arrange a call.