The 2026 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 2026 Award winners used
| Winner | Brief description | Platform used |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Increasing intranet value through continual improvement | Adobe Experience Manager, Other Adobe products |
| Alliander | Supporting DEX via intranet improvement and personalisation | Customised components of open source platform, ELGG |
| Ashghal | Designing the intranet as a digital command centre | SharePoint Online, Azure Services, Custom development |
| Aurecon | Standardising technical knowledge across the enterprise | SharePoint Online |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | Creating an intranet that helps staff complete tasks | SharePoint Online, Teams, Viva Connections, Azure AI, Copilot connectors, APIs |
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners | Launching one global comms platform | Sociabble |
| DTEK | Delivering a successful intranet project during wartime | SharePoint Online, Microsoft 365, Azure, custom mobile app |
| NAB | Executing a change platform to drive social platform adoption | Viva Engage |
| Port Waratah Coal Services | Launching a frontline-focused intranet | Elcom Digital Experience Platform, SharePoint Online |
| RGP | Integrating data into the intranet to deliver DEX | SharePoint, Akumina, plus integrations |
| Singapore Management University | Embedding AI into core work processes | Custom development (Azure AI Foundry, Drupal, Microsoft technologies) |
| Smulders Projects Poland | Engaging the frontline with a mobile app | Custom mobile app |
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 Adobe Experience Manager, Elcom and Sociabble.
- 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 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 solutions, sometimes using SharePoint.
- Mobile solutions are critical for frontline engagement. Organisations with a frontline workforce are ensuring solutions are mobile-friendly, sometimes through a custom mobile app.
- AI is appearing within solutions. Organisations are actively building AI into their solutions, appearing as custom apps, chatbots and digital assistants.
Want to know more? The 2026 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.