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SharePoint Intranets · Modern Workplaces

Your company's documents — organized, protected and easy to find

SharePoint is where your company's information should live: contracts, procedures, reports and every document that belongs to the business — not to one employee's laptop. ECSG designs your SharePoint around how your company works: an intranet everyone uses, a site for each department and permissions that make sense.

Company intranetDepartment sitesPermissions by groupVersion historyWorks inside Teams
Company IntranetSearch this site
HomeHRFinanceOperationsSalesPolicies
New: Q4 company goals and holiday schedule
Welcome our new team members
Updated travel & expense policy
Security tip: spotting fake invoices
Quick links
Time offFormsIT HelpBenefits
Recent documents
Employee HandbookHR
Q4 Budget.xlsxFinance
Safety SOP.docxOps
The Problem

"Where's the latest version?" shouldn't be a daily question

In many companies, documents are spread across an old file server, email attachments, personal laptops and a few cloud apps. Nobody is sure which copy is current — or who can see what.

Scattered files

The same document lives in five places, each one slightly different. Time is lost searching and redoing work.

No single source of truth
Knowledge walks out the door

When files live on a laptop or a personal account, they leave when the employee leaves.

Company data at risk
Permissions nobody understands

Folders shared with individuals, one by one, over years. Nobody knows who has access to sensitive information.

Oversharing
How SharePoint Works

Three building blocks for a well-organized company

A good SharePoint isn't a big shared drive in the cloud. It's a set of connected sites, each with a clear purpose.

Communication sites

Your intranet

Where the company shares information with everyone: a few authors, many readers.

  • Company news and announcements
  • Policies, handbooks and forms
  • Quick links to the tools people use daily
Team sites

Where departments work

Where a department or project collaborates on its documents every day.

  • Document libraries for each area of work
  • Connected to a Microsoft 365 group and a team in Teams
  • Co-authoring and version history on every file
Hub site

What ties it all together

A hub connects the intranet and department sites under one navigation and one search.

  • Same menu across all company sites
  • Search that finds documents across departments
  • News from every department in one place
How We Organize It

A site for each department, a library for each type of work

We design your SharePoint around your business functions — not around who happened to create a folder years ago. This is the structure we use as a starting point, adapted to every client.

Company IntranetHub site · news · policies · search
HRPoliciesOnboardingFormsHR team edits
FinanceBudgetsInvoicesAuditsFinance only
OperationsSOPsInspectionsVendorsOps edits · all read
Sales & MarketingProposalsPrice listsBrand assetsSales edits
LeadershipStrategyBoardContractsPrivate
ProjectsOne site per projectLinked to TeamsProject members
OwnersFull control. Manage the site and decide who gets access.
MembersCreate and edit documents. The people who do the work.
VisitorsRead only. Everyone who needs to see, but not change.
Governance

The rules that keep SharePoint clean as you grow

Without rules, any SharePoint turns into the old shared drive again. These are the governance practices we put in place from day one.

Naming conventions

Find anything by its name

Consistent names for sites and libraries, so everyone knows where things belong — "Department - Library", every time.

Why it matters: less searching, fewer duplicates.
Permissions by group

Access at the library level

Permissions are assigned to groups at the site or library level — never file by file, person by person.

Why it matters: you always know who can see what.
Version history

Every change, recoverable

Every edit is tracked automatically. Any earlier version can be viewed or restored in seconds.

Why it matters: mistakes are easy to undo.
External sharing

Share outside, with limits

Sharing with clients and vendors is allowed where it makes sense — with expiration, view-only options and clear rules.

Why it matters: collaboration without oversharing.
Retention

Keep what you must

Retention settings help keep important records for as long as your business or regulations require.

Why it matters: documents aren't deleted before their time.
Lifecycle

Archive what's finished

Completed projects are archived, not left open forever — keeping active work easy to navigate.

Why it matters: a SharePoint that stays clean for years.
Collaboration

SharePoint is the engine behind how your team collaborates

Most people use SharePoint every day without opening it directly. That's the point: the same files appear wherever your team works.

In Teams

Every channel's Files tab

Files in a Teams channel are stored in the team's SharePoint site — edit them during a meeting, together. See Teams

In Outlook

Links instead of attachments

Share a document from SharePoint as a link, so everyone sees the latest version and access can be removed later.

In File Explorer

Like a normal folder

Libraries can be synced or added to OneDrive, so they appear in Windows File Explorer and Mac Finder.

On mobile

Anywhere, securely

The SharePoint and OneDrive apps give access to company documents from any device, with the same sign-in and protections.

Company vs. personal: if the information belongs to the company, it belongs in SharePoint. If it belongs to the employee, it belongs in OneDrive. That simple rule prevents most data loss when people change roles or leave.

From Our Experience
From a file-sharing platform to SharePoint — department by department

We've migrated a multi-department company from a third-party file-sharing service to SharePoint, building a dedicated site for each department with its own libraries and permissions.

The result: one place for company documents, access controlled by group, and files that stay with the company — not with individual accounts.

How We Migrate
Planned, tested, then moved

1. Map your current folders, owners and permissions. 2. Design the sites and libraries. 3. Run a pilot with one department. 4. Move the data in stages while people keep working. 5. Switch over, support the team and retire the old storage.

Your team gets a short training on where things are and how to share the right way.

Protected by Design

Your most important information deserves every layer

  • Backup: SharePoint sites restorable with Microsoft 365 Backup — see our four layers.
  • Access: permissions cleaned up and reviewed, and access removed when people leave.
  • Identity: multi-factor authentication for every user who opens company files.
  • Monitoring: suspicious activity watched by our 24/7 SOC.
How we protect your Microsoft 365 data →
Fully Managed by ECSG

What we do for you

  • Design: intranet, department sites and libraries built around your business.
  • Migration: from file servers, shared drives or other cloud apps.
  • Permissions: groups and access set up — and kept clean over time.
  • Intranet content: news, policies and quick links ready for your team.
  • Training: your team learns where files go and how to share them safely — IT Training.
Questions Decision-Makers Ask

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between SharePoint and OneDrive?

SharePoint is for company documents that a department or team shares. OneDrive is each employee's personal workspace. Both use the same technology, but they serve different owners — the company and the individual.

Can we replace our file server with SharePoint?

In most small and mid-sized businesses, yes. We map your current folders and permissions, design the new structure and move the data in stages, so your team keeps working during the migration.

Will our team still see files in File Explorer?

Yes. SharePoint libraries can appear in Windows File Explorer and Mac Finder, so working with files still feels familiar.

Is SharePoint included in Microsoft 365?

SharePoint is included in Microsoft 365 business plans. As a Microsoft CSP, we'll confirm what your current licenses include and what storage you have available.

What is an intranet, and do we need one?

An intranet is your company's internal home page: news, policies, forms and quick links in one place. Even small companies benefit — it replaces "check your email for the latest version" with one place everyone knows.

SharePoint Review

Do you know where your company's documents really are?

We'll review where your files live today, who has access to them and how your team shares them, then explain in plain language how we'd organize them in SharePoint. No obligation.

Secure. Reliable. Human.

Request a SharePoint Review