What’s Happening with Delve? Microsoft recently announced the retirement of Delve, a move that has been on the horizon for some time. Delve provided a central hub for users within the Microsoft 365 suite, offering access to profile details, connections, recent documents, and activities of colleagues based on permissions.
A Brief History of Delve Delve debuted in 2015 with a bold blue logo, introducing users to an innovative way of showcasing collaboration through the Office Graph. Initially, it caused some unease among users, as it revealed activity based on permissions, leading some organizations to disable the Office Graph. Over time, much of Delve’s functionality migrated to other parts of the M365 ecosystem. Today, its departure is less disruptive as its core capabilities have been dispersed across the platform.
Intranet & Employee Experience
Your SharePoint intranet is a central hub for your digital workplace, playing a vital role to facilitate communication, support business processes and knowledge management. Regardless of their location or device, employees rely on the intranet to stay informed, enhance productivity, and foster engagement.
An exemplary intranet goes beyond merely providing access to up-to-date benefits information and corporate news. It becomes a platform for expressing your organization’s strategy, culture, and goals. With features like Viva Connections, the intranet seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Teams, allowing colleagues to access personalized content effortlessly where they are already working.
Sympraxis collaborates with you to understand the inner workings of your organization and communication dynamics. Our primary focus lies in achieving tangible business outcomes by leveraging the readily available functionalities of SharePoint. Our process typically begins with a discovery phase, during which we conduct Art of the Possible workshops, conduct user research, and develop a project roadmap. If you have already completed this phase, we can build upon your existing efforts. The goal of discovery is to identify major content areas with a content inventory, establish a site topology that aligns with your organization’s needs, identify branding components and themes, and recruit key stakeholders who will support the intranet’s development. While creating your enterprise information architecture (IA) is an iterative process, during the discovery we identify the high-level IA which will allow for purpose-built, search-driven user experiences. At the end of the discovery process, we have the roadmap we’ve all agreed upon to drive the implementation.
Within this roadmap, we incorporate communication planning and change management considerations. We believe in creating a flexible, iterative living governance plan and incorporating training throughout the project process. Additionally, we assess the need for any customization, integrations, or extensions to ensure optimal results are achieved.
Dive Deeper with related 'Ask Sympraxis' episodes
Microsoft Delve Retirement
Recorded live on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:30:00 pm ET
The many faces of permissions in Microsoft 365
Recorded live on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 12:30:00 pm ET
Permissions in Microsoft 365 can be complex, but a clear approach can help simplify management, protect data, and enhance collaboration. Below, we break down the highlights from our recent Ask Sympraxis session, The Many Faces of Permissions in Microsoft 365, which explores our philosophy on permissions, the many sharing settings, and best practices for permissions in Microsoft 365.