Fresh Perspectives: Living in the reality of SharePoint intranets
Fresh Perspectives: Living in the reality of SharePoint intranets
Podcast Description
Need to use a SharePoint intranet due to internal policies, company transitions, or legacy systems? When all the available information is overly technical or negative, where do you turn? Enter Fresh Perspectives: Living in the reality of SharePoint intranets. We provide useful, jargon-free insights and real-world examples to help you maximize the benefits of SharePoint intranets and tackle its challenges. Pro-SharePoint but realistic, we debunk misconceptions and share product management insights from Fresh Intranet.
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Content Themes
The podcast centers around improving SharePoint intranet experiences by addressing various themes such as trends in intranet technology, the integration of AI tools like Microsoft Copilot, and the challenges of navigating SharePoint’s user interface. Specific episodes delve into 2025 predictions for SharePoint features, the role of Fresh Intranet in enhancing user experiences, and how AI innovations are revolutionizing employee engagement within intranets.

Need to use a SharePoint intranet due to internal policies, company transitions, or legacy systems? When all the available information is overly technical or negative, where do you turn? Enter Fresh Perspectives: Living in the reality of SharePoint intranets. We provide useful, jargon-free insights and real-world examples to help you maximize the benefits of SharePoint intranets and tackle its challenges. Pro-SharePoint but realistic, we debunk misconceptions and share product management insights from Fresh Intranet.
Jarbas Horst and David Bowman from Fresh Intranet welcome Andy Hall, Knowledge Transformation Manager at Forvis Mazars, for a deep dive into managing SharePoint intranets through major organizational change. Andy shares his journey from the company’s rebrand from RSM to joining the global Forvis network, including a complex tenant migration that affected 3,500 employees across multiple countries.
Andy reveals how the Hive intranet became central to change management during the acquisition, supporting everything from document rebranding to employee communications. He discusses practical strategies including using SharePoint web parts for governance oversight, creating centralized FAQ pages with curated search, and implementing taxonomy tags to track rebranding progress across 250 content editors. The conversation covers the challenges of maintaining content quality during rapid organizational change and how proper governance creates a foundation for AI implementation.
Andy’s experience demonstrates how SharePoint intranets can effectively support organizations through acquisitions, rebrands, and complex migrations when backed by solid governance frameworks.

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