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Microsoft 365 intranet solution

Unite best-in-class technology & unleash the power of Microsoft 365

Microsoft’s comprehensive stack of applications is used by businesses around the world to enhance communication, collaboration, and productivity. Built on Azure, Unily provides seamless access to the entire Office 365 suite (now renamed Microsoft 365), helping enterprises get the best out of their Microsoft investment. From accessing files in OneDrive and SharePoint, to sharing materials on Teams and collaborating in real-time on Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, a Microsoft 365 employee experience platform from Unily lets you do it all from one, unified digital workplace.

Testimonials

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Energy

"We find the Unily tool really good for us because of the ability to easily integrate, particularly around our SharePoint applications. We can also integrate with our other existing tools, like ones we use for expenses, or for timesheet approval, etc."

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Jon Salt Product Line Manager - Communications, Shell
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Hospitality

"The last 12 months have been a record-breaking success for our organization, and it is no coincidence that the growth we are seeing as a business is happening in parallel with our industry-leading engagement program."

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Phillipe Zuber CEO, Kerzner International
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Professional Services

"Our intranet has a high degree of engagement and readership - we're really seeing our community come alive."

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Lui Mancinelli SVP Marketing, Communications and PR, Stantec
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Energy

"We wanted an enhanced intranet platform at Baker Hughes, which would improve our ability to communicate with our employees in real-time and in new ways. We have engaged Unily to help our employees navigate through change and drive results globally."

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Stephanie Hartgrove VP Global Communications, Baker Hughes
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Professional Services

"As our colleagues are used to using Facebook, Twitter, and so on - to have the same great user experience with an internal tool is a gift for them."

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Raphaèle Lhomel Deputy Head of Communications, Adecco
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Travel & Transport

"By providing this new, mobile Unily intranet solution to our 44,000 colleagues, we are helping them to connect and communicate more effectively, which ultimately means a more consistent, high-quality service delivered to customers."

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Drew McMillan Director of Colleague Communication and Engagement, British Airways
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Energy

"Being well informed, collaborating, communicating with colleagues and effective search tools – these are central to our new intranet."

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Heinz Korten Project Lead, Wacker
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Retail

"Unily fit our vision and met our strict security protocols on the backend. We’re very excited to be working with Unily to design an intranet that will enable our employees to feel more connected."

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Scott Parker Communications Specialist, Best Buy
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Pharmaceuticals

"Before Unily, our digital workplace was essentially useless. No one went there for anything, and it was not used as a communication channel at all. Because of this, we had no way to get content out to employees who needed it, and it took employees 50% longer to find the information they needed to get their job done – if they could find it at all. This led to people going to ‘who they knew’ rather than getting the official information from the intranet."

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Travis Gregory Associate Director, IT, Biogen
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Healthcare

"Unily has great search capabilities, contemporary design, is viewable on any device and soon will allow us to reach employees in our distribution centers, labs, and transport networks for the first time. It’s a real game changer for us."

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Kerry Christopher VP Internal Communications, Cardinal Health
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Travel & Transport

"The Unily platform allows our employees to access relevant content more quickly, choose how and when they stay informed and take advantage of opportunities to collaborate more effectively with colleagues."

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Carly Nankin Head of Internal Communications and Engagement, Cathay Pacific
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Professional Services

"Unily enables colleagues to stay up to date, share knowledge and collaborate, and ultimately helps us work smarter as we seek to continue to innovate and grow as a business."

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Joe Dilieto Digital Communications Manager , Informa
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Pharmaceuticals

"Working closely with Unily, we were able to design and implement an intranet solution that has improved usability, accessibility and navigation for our employees across the country."

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Arun Thomas CIO, Dynacare
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Technology

"Since we started using the Broadcast Center for our global newsletter, our team’s ROI has improved significantly. It used to take 20-30 hours per week to produce our newsletter, but now, with the Broadcast Center's ability to link intranet articles, we've reduced creation time by 80%. From August to October 2024, our click rate increased by 12% compared to last year. This shows the substantial benefits of the Broadcast Center in driving more traffic and connecting email and intranet content."

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Laurie Thibault Communications Advisor - Global Communications, CAE
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"Consider Unily for an employee base that includes mobile or frontline workers and when internal communications is a top priority."

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The Forrester Wave™ Intranet Platforms, Q1 2022

An employee experience platform to connect your people and technology

Get more from your Microsoft license
Deploy a Microsoft Office 365 intranet fast
Every tool in a single digital experience
Seamless integrations

Get more from your Microsoft license

At Unily, we recognize the challenge many companies face in driving adoption of the Microsoft stack. Changing ingrained behaviors is hard, but a Unily employee experience platform can help. As a Microsoft Preferred Solution and Microsoft Gold Partner, Unily delivers seamless access to the Microsoft 365 suite directly from the intranet. This puts best-in-class enterprise tools at the fingertips of every employee, helping to change the way people work.

Deploy a Microsoft Office 365 intranet fast

You might expect getting a fully-featured, beautiful and customized EXP takes a long time. Not with Unily. The architecture and technical delivery of the Unily Intranet-as-a-Service solution allows ultra-rapid customizations and deployments, with go-lives in as quick as six weeks. With Unily, needing your Microsoft 365 intranet fast doesn’t mean having to compromise on quality.

Every tool in a single digital experience

Integrate every Microsoft 365 tool alongside other third-party tools into a single digital experience so that users don't have to spend time switching between applications. Integrate your SharePoint docs for easy access, distribute internal comms through Teams channels, see your Outlook calendar in Unily, and take full advantage of Viva Engage social experiences all in one place. 

Seamless integrations

Unily doesn’t just unlock the power of Microsoft, it helps you unite all your apps and tools into one seamless digital experience. Search across your businesses tools & apps, surface documents and pages, and pull-in sites to create a curated experience that cuts through the chaos.

At Unily, we recognize the challenge many companies face in driving adoption of the Microsoft stack. Changing ingrained behaviors is hard, but a Unily employee experience platform can help. As a Microsoft Preferred Solution and Microsoft Gold Partner, Unily delivers seamless access to the Microsoft 365 suite directly from the intranet. This puts best-in-class enterprise tools at the fingertips of every employee, helping to change the way people work.

You might expect getting a fully-featured, beautiful and customized EXP takes a long time. Not with Unily. The architecture and technical delivery of the Unily Intranet-as-a-Service solution allows ultra-rapid customizations and deployments, with go-lives in as quick as six weeks. With Unily, needing your Microsoft 365 intranet fast doesn’t mean having to compromise on quality.

Integrate every Microsoft 365 tool alongside other third-party tools into a single digital experience so that users don't have to spend time switching between applications. Integrate your SharePoint docs for easy access, distribute internal comms through Teams channels, see your Outlook calendar in Unily, and take full advantage of Viva Engage social experiences all in one place. 

Unily doesn’t just unlock the power of Microsoft, it helps you unite all your apps and tools into one seamless digital experience. Search across your businesses tools & apps, surface documents and pages, and pull-in sites to create a curated experience that cuts through the chaos.

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Easily connect and manage your people and technology

With Entra ID; build, run, and manage applications across multiple clouds, on-premises, and at the edge, with all the tools and frameworks of your choice.
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Remove friction by getting workers what they need, fast

Search for and surface OneDrive documents directly within Unily, making document management and collaboration seamless and simple.
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Make it easy for workers to access common tasks

Never miss a beat with access to your Outlook emails directly from Unily, keeping your key comms channels front and center.
teams Teams

Facilitate effortless collaboration and communication

Bring Teams channels into your intranet, connect team members, and share content directly from Unily, helping users get the most from Teams in a single platform.
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Enable the flow of work with instant access

Stay on top of your working day with integrated access to your Microsoft Calendar, including the ability to accept invites at the click of a button.
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Provide centralized access to social within the broader fabric of work

Stay connected and interact with key social channels all within Unily, with commenting and sharing across your channels powered by Viva Engage.
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Provide instant and contextual access to knowledge

Access SharePoint sites through the customizable Workspaces menu. Search for and access documents from within Unily with a unified search experience.
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Expand employee understanding with greater visibility

Context is king. Place Power BI reports into the wider context of your business and provide a central location to share deep insight with the right people.

Microsoft 365 FAQs

Does Microsoft offer an intranet

Microsoft offers many tools and applications that can be used in unison with, or adjacent to, an intranet, but it does not offer an intranet itself. Microsoft intranet software likely refers to Microsoft SharePoint  - an application that allows its users to create an intranet site of their own. Essentially,  it equips users with a tool to build a Microsoft intranet platform as opposed to an independent intranet. 

There are many independent intranets available for enterprises. Unily is one such intranet that affords seamless access to Microsoft 365. It acts as an independent Microsoft intranet solution, letting employees access files from OneDrive, or collaborate in real-time with colleagues on PowerPoint and Word.

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Is SharePoint an intranet solution

Microsoft SharePoint can be useful when building an intranet solution. It can be used by organizations that wish to create their own intranet sites and also operates as a document management platform. SharePoint also facilitates internal communication, document sharing, and collaboration among employees. 

However, it is not a complete intranet solution, as it is often unable to improve employee engagement. SharePoint is first and foremost a document management and storage system. An independent intranet like Unily can build on everything that SharePoint offers, while also providing a central hub where employees can connect.

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Is Microsoft 365 an intranet No, Microsoft 365 is not an intranet. However, it does offer components and tools that can be beneficial when creating one. Instead, Microsoft 356 is a suite of productivity software that includes:
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Outlook
  • OneDrive
Unily’s intranet solution provides seamless integration with Microsoft 365, allowing employees access to every tool available from one central hub. This means there is no time wasted switching between apps. With integrations to SharePoint, documents can be accessed just as easily.
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What's the difference between Microsoft 365 and Office 365?

The difference between Microsoft 365 and Office 365 lies in their naming and terminology. Although the suite of productivity tools is essentially the same, Microsoft 365 is the newer branding, encompassing all the functionalities of Office 365. Therefore, both options offer applications like SharePoint Online, which enable users to build and host intranet sites.

The shift from Office 365 to Microsoft 365 signifies a broader vision for the suite, expanding its scope beyond traditional office applications. Since they are the same thing, both Microsoft 365 and Office 365 are invaluable in the creation of an intranet solution. Enterprise intranets like Unily integrate with this software, helping organizations get the most out of their investment in Microsoft. 

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How do I create an intranet in Office 365?

Office 365 is a name used to refer to an older version of Microsoft 365. It features some applications that are useful when creating an intranet. Microsoft SharePoint, part of the Microsoft 365 suite, is one such tool. Users can customize the layout, design, and branding of their intranet. They can also organize content, enable collaboration features, and configure security settings.

Independent intranets like Unily can be used to create a single hub that encompasses everything. These solutions create a type of Office 365 intranet that allows users to switch effortlessly between every application.

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Can you integrate SharePoint with Unily?

SharePoint can be easily integrated with Unily to create a Microsoft Office 365 intranet solution. Unily picks and chooses the best parts of SharePoint to create an intuitive and easy-to-navigate user experience that promotes employee engagement. Employees can search through their SharePoint documents and libraries with ease.

However, while Unily can integrate with Microsoft 365, and by extension SharePoint, it is completely independent. This means it can integrate with certain other systems that enterprises may already have in use.

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Across the globe, in every industry, Unily is empowering workforces to connect and thrive.

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Hospitality
99%

adoption across Atlantis Dubai's 6,000+ staff

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“The last few years have been a record-breaking success for Kerzner International... It’s no coincidence that the advancements we have seen in our colleagues’ emotional engagement have happened in parallel with the evolution of our digital employee experience platform and our partnership with Unily.”

Philippe Zuber
CEO at Kerzner International
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Retail
60k+

employees working across diverse roles and locations, with brands sold in more than 150 countries

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“It was really important that we had a company that could grow with us. We're ambitious here. We really care about employee engagement and employee efficiency... We needed somebody that was going to have the ambition for that. And Unily's has been that partner.”

Kerry O'Donnell
Executive Director Technology Lead for Global Communications and Corporate Functions at The Estée Lauder Companies
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Energy
$41.6m

saved every year in time, due to a 66% increase in productivity

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"We find the Unily tool really good for us because of the ability to easily integrate, particularly around our SharePoint applications. We can also integrate with our other existing tools, like ones we use for expenses, or for timesheet approval, etc."

Jon Salt
Product Line Manager - Communications, Shell
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Travel & Transport
4.9m

user sessions in it's first year of launch, with 79% mobile app users.

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“The introduction of The Hub has transformed the way we connect and interact with our employees globally. The technical qualities of the solution itself and the great care we have taken in its design have combined to enable us to engage with employees who were previously hard to reach. It has provided a brand-enhancing addition to our employee experience”

Tony Reynolds
General Manager of Employee Experience at Cathay Pacific
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