+87%
Social interactions between employees
18
Intranet sites & 300 pages deployed to provide a customized experience
77%
Adoption of the intranet
Sopra Steria, a European Tech leader recognized for its consulting, digital services, and software development, helps its clients drive their digital transformation to obtain tangible and sustainable benefits. It places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to making the most of digital technology to build a positive future for its clients.
Sopra Steria worked with Powell to create a connected digital workplace for 47,000 employees in nearly 30 countries. The results speak for themselves.
Objectives
Inform and engage 47,000 employees around a group intranet accessible to every subsidiary and department across 30 countries.
Create a comprehensive hub with spaces for work, company life, personal productivity, and communities.
Foster collective intelligence.
Make the intranet a space that centralizes the employee experience and connects the entire digital workplace with Microsoft 365 technologies.
Benefit from native Microsoft 365 advantages such as security and access to service updates.
Facilitate construction, deployment, and maintenance at scale – simplify multi-site and governance management.
Results & impact
For departments
- A centralized and connected experience in a smart hub
- Spaces for communities to foster collective intelligence
- Targeted content based on user roles and preferences
- Simplified search
For IT
- A suitable architecture for a complex structure
- Simplified construction, customization, deployment, and maintenance with Powell Manager
- Straightforward multi-site management and ease of creating and deploying graphic components
- Centralized content and governance management
The project
1. Situation analysis
State of the Digital Workplace – Microsoft 365 deployment – 30 countries.
2. Definition of business needs
Analysis of business needs and uses – placing the user at the center.
3. Architecture & IT needs
Check feasibility – organize the structure (portal, access, rules, governance).
4. Management & governance
Simplify multisite management and governance with Powell Manager.
Key success factors
- A well-structured project.
- Powell Manager – Enables customization, deployment, and updates at scale. And the ability to easily create and deploy widgets.
- Centralized management in Powell Manager to facilitate governance.
- Integration with M365 and benefiting from its security.
Conclusion
In short, Sopra Steria’s collaboration with Powell successfully connected its 47,000 global employees through a new digital workplace. This resulted in an 87% surge in social interactions and a 77% intranet adoption rate, demonstrating the creation of a well-received, centralized hub that fosters collaboration, streamlines information access, and leverages Microsoft 365 for enhanced efficiency and security.
