Overcoming SharePoint Intranet Challenges: How Akumina Delivers What SharePoint Can't

SharePoint has long been the foundation for many corporate intranets, but organizations increasingly find it falls short of delivering the modern digital workplace experience employees expect.

Despite significant investments, companies struggle with SharePoint's inherent limitations.

Akumina's Employee Experience Platform specifically addresses these limitations, transforming frustrating SharePoint experiences into engaging digital workplaces.

Disjointed User Experience

SharePoint's architecture creates fundamental experience problems for users:

• Fragmented content architecture that separates corporate news from document storage
• Siloed information within departmental site collections leading to navigation confusion
• Discovery challenges that make finding relevant information unnecessarily difficult

While SharePoint provides a foundation for content storage, it creates fragmentation across your digital ecosystem. Employees bouncing between SharePoint, Teams, email, and other applications waste valuable time navigating disconnected systems rather than focusing on productive work.

Technical Constraints Without Developer Support

SharePoint presents significant technical hurdles:

• Limited customization capabilities requiring specialized SharePoint developers
• Functions more as page management than a true content management system
• Inflexible branding options that restrict your ability to create engaging internal marketing sites
• Poor multilingual support hampering global team communication

Most organizations lack dedicated SharePoint developers, making even basic customization challenging. This technical debt forces companies to either accept SharePoint's limitations or invest significantly in specialized resources.

Governance and Ownership Gaps

Without proper tools, SharePoint quickly becomes a digital dumping ground:

• No clear content ownership structure built into the platform
• Limited governance capabilities for maintaining accuracy
• Insufficient analytics to understand user engagement
• Complex permission management creating administrative burdens

How Akumina Transforms the SharePoint Experience

Akumina's platform works with your existing SharePoint investment while eliminating its most frustrating limitations.

Unified Experience Across All Tools

Akumina integrates seamlessly with SharePoint while providing:

• Intelligent Activity Stream that consolidates time-sensitive information from SharePoint and other systems into a single feed
• Microsoft Teams integration bringing your digital workplace directly into the tools employees use daily
• Single sign-on across applications eliminating constant authentication challenges

Our platform bridges the gaps between SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and your other business systems, creating a cohesive experience where employees can find everything they need in one place.

No-Code Configuration Without Developer Dependencies

Akumina eliminates SharePoint's technical barriers:

• True content management capabilities beyond SharePoint's page management approach
• Drag-and-drop page builders requiring no coding knowledge
• Widget-based architecture enabling infinite customization possibilities
• Multilingual content management built directly into the platform

Our decoupled architecture lets you leverage SharePoint's storage capabilities while presenting content through an intuitive, branded interface that non-technical teams can manage independently.

Built-In Governance and Analytics

Akumina provides the structure SharePoint lacks:

• Clear content ownership frameworks with approval workflows
• Automated content review cycles to prevent outdated information
• Comprehensive analytics dashboard showing engagement metrics
• Simplified permission management reducing administrative overhead

Real Results for SharePoint Users

Organizations using Akumina to enhance their SharePoint environments report benefits such as:

• 60% reduction in time spent searching for information
• 45% decrease in IT support tickets related to intranet issues
• 82% of employees reporting improved satisfaction with internal communications

Unlike native SharePoint solutions that require constant developer support, Akumina empowers business teams to manage content independently, reducing IT dependencies while improving employee experiences.

Transform Your SharePoint Investment

If your organization has invested in SharePoint but struggles with its limitations, Akumina provides the missing elements needed for a successful digital workplace. Our platform leverages your existing SharePoint infrastructure while delivering the modern, intuitive experience your employees expect.

Ready to see how Akumina can transform your SharePoint environment? Request a demo with our team today to discuss your specific SharePoint challenges and see how our platform can help you overcome them while maximizing your existing investment.