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Conclusion
If any of these signs are present for your firm's intranet,
it is probably worth exploring alternative solutions.
Intranets have become the digital water coolers within
firms over the last several years. Moving your intranet to
SharePoint Online will provide all the benefits described
above plus enable all the integration opportunities that
exist with the rest of the Microsoft 365 (formerly Office
365) suite. Integrating your intranet with Microsoft Teams,
for example, allows users to find the people they're looking
for and a mechanism for connecting and collaborating with
them on content.
Many firms are now piloting Teams as an extension of
their intranet, creating client groups and matter channels.
Legal teams are then able to collaborate in real time and
have a more organized conversation by replacing email
with Teams posts and chats. Modern intranet platforms
seamlessly support this new model through Teams
integration. Client extranets using Teams as a front end
also become possible once your back-end systems are
integrated. When you have a modern intranet living on
Microsoft 365, the possibilities are endless. ILTA
Ted Theodoropoulos is the chief executive officer of Infodash
and has more than 20 years of experience in the legal technology
industry. He can be reached at ted@getinfodash.com.
