Filed under: Intranet and digital workplace awards
The 2025 Intranet and Digital Workplace Awards reveal a diverse set of intranets and digital workplaces across different projects and initiatives. Very different organisations of various sizes and across contrasting industry sectors have adopted a range of approaches and tactics. All of them, however, provide highly valuable information and inspiration for intranet and digital workplace teams.
One question we get asked every year, however, is: what technology platforms did the winners use?
While there’s a lot more to a winning solution that the underlying platform, it’s nonetheless a practical question that intranet and digital workplace teams (and the stakeholders they report to) want to know.
So, here is the answer:
What the 2025 Award winners used
| Winner | Brief description | Platform used |
|---|---|---|
| Ashurst | Rolling out GenAI tools to a global workforce | Harvey, SharePoint Online |
| Burger King UK | Engaging a diverse frontline workforce | Oak Engage |
| COWI | Streamlining project and proposal management | SharePoint, Azure, Custom development |
| Cox Enterprises | Aligning internal comms across business divisions | SharePoint Online, Custom development |
| Dentons Australia | Creating a custom solution for controlled documents | SharePoint Online, Power Automate, Custom web parts |
| EY | Introducing a suite of high value AI-powered solutions | Adobe technologies, Elasticsearch, OpenAI API |
| Mazda North American Operations | Creating one single frontline workforce portal | Optimizely |
| NEXTDC | Uplifting skills to support digital transformation | Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, Sharegate, Orchestry |
| Ontario Public Service | Redesigning an intranet via a data-driven approach | WordPress, Custom development (PrimeVue & Tailwind), Entra ID |
| Roche | Creating an ambitious knowledge platform | OutSystems, Sinequa |
| Scottish Government | Pivoting an event to cut costs and increase reach | SharePoint Online, Viva Engage, Vimeo |
| SEFE | Implementing a complex intranet at great speed | Appspace, SharePoint |
What does this tell us?
A number of conclusions and observations can be made:
- There are alternatives to Microsoft 365 or SharePoint Online. While Microsoft solutions dominate the intranet and digital workplace space, some winners are working with other products including Oak Engage, Appspace, Optimizely, WordPress and Adobe tools.
- The full Microsoft 365 suite is being explored. Organisations using Microsoft 365 and related solutions are going beyond just SharePoint and utilising the full suite of tools including Viva Engage, the Power Platform and Microsoft Teams.
- Some organisations are using customisation. Despite many organisations limiting customisation as much as they can, many are also choosing to build entire custom platforms, while others also choosing to customise SharePoint.
- Many are choosing to integrate leading search solutions. Many organisations with more complex search needs are choosing to integrate a specific search product such as Sinequa or Elasticsearch.
- AI is starting to appear within solutions. Organisations are implementing AI products and platforms like Harvey or OutSystems, as well as using OpenAI’s APIs.
Want to know more? The 2025 Intranet and Digital Workplace showcase report contains extensive details (and screenshots) on each of the 12 winning entries. See what the winners have done, and how they’ve used the technology on offer to have great impact. You can also download a free sample chapter to get a sense of the value of the report.
