Stop Searching for SharePoint Alternatives — Start Making It Work for You

Modern SharePoint isn’t clunky or limited—it’s the backbone of your digital workplace, all within Microsoft 365. You don’t need an “alternative”, just a better way to use it.

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SharePoint Services

SharePoint, But Not
As You Know It

At Silicon Reef, we help organisations see SharePoint in a whole new light. It’s more than just an intranet or a DMS — it’s the centrepoint of your digital workplace. We connect SharePoint with Viva, Power Platform and Copilot to create the most powerful Microsoft 365 experience — always people‑first, making technology work for your teams, not the other way around.

Our Services

We create intranets that are central to your organisation’s digital workplace — designed to connect people, tools, and information in one place.

Out of the box intranets

Rapidly deploy a modern intranet using SharePoint’s built‑in capabilities. Perfect for organisations that want speed and simplicity without sacrificing usability.

Custom intranets

Tailored layouts, branding, personalisation, and components to match your culture and business needs. Ideal for complex organisations or unique requirements.

Information Architecture & Navigation

We design logical structures and intuitive navigation so people can find what they need quickly — boosting adoption and productivity.

Security & Governance

Permissions, governance policies, and compliance built in from day one, ensuring long‑term stability and controlled content growth.

Our design process makes SharePoint not only functional but also visually engaging and easy to use.

Visual design

We bring your brand to life in SharePoint with cohesive styling, layouts, and templates that make your platform feel like your organisation’s own.

Accessibility

Every design meets accessibility standards — including colour contrast, screen‑reader compatibility, and keyboard navigation — so your platform works for everyone.

UX

Through workshops, testing, and personas, we design experiences based on how your people actually work, making content and tools easy to find and use.

Whether moving from another SharePoint environment or a legacy platform, we make migration smooth and low‑risk.

SharePoint to SharePoint Migrations

Upgrade from older versions or consolidate environments with minimal disruption to employees.

Migrate from Legacy Platforms

Seamlessly move from outdated intranet or DMS systems into modern SharePoint Online.

Intranet & EX Migration

We migrate entire digital workplaces — including intranet content, document libraries, and employee experience tools — and set you up for M365 integration.

We design systems that go beyond file storage, turning SharePoint into a secure and structured knowledge hub.

Document Management Systems

Organised libraries, metadata, and search tools to make storing and finding documents easy.

Information & Knowledge Management

Enable organisation‑wide access to knowledge with structured classification and smart search capabilities.

Document Lifecycle Automation

Automate approvals, versioning, archiving, and retention with Power Automate.

Governance & Policy Management

Define and enforce policies for document handling, security, and compliance using Microsoft Purview and built‑in SharePoint controls.

When configuration isn’t enough, we create tailored solutions that extend SharePoint and M365 capabilities.

SharePoint Apps & Web Parts

Custom components built with SPFx to enhance your intranet or DMS.

Business Process Automation

Replace manual processes with workflows and automation using Power Automate and Power Apps.

SharePoint & M365 Development

Integrations, dashboards, and applications that connect SharePoint with the wider Microsoft 365 ecosystem — from Viva to Copilot.

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It was a pleasure to work with Silicon Reef. To have their knowledge and expertise in developing a user-centred intranet using SharePoint was critical to our success. Embedding Silicon Reef’s Beacon software to lift the out-of-the-box features and the My Tools app to give users a choice of business applications to choose from have been an unexpected and very welcome bonus.

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Our Products

Beacon

Maybe you don’t need a SharePoint alternative — you just need the right add‑on. Born from years of delivering complex SharePoint intranets, portals, and business solutions, Beacon adds the extra ingredients that make SharePoint work harder for you.

For Internal Comms, it brings richer engagement tools and features that go beyond what’s possible natively. For IT teams, it makes it easy to extend SharePoint functionality without custom code, providing a ready‑made launchpad to get creative and deliver more — faster. All of this lives entirely within Teams and SharePoint, keeping collaboration, content and processes in one secure M365 environment.

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Branding & Design

Make your intranet sites and pages look more like your brand with a wide range of design webparts that provide better employee engagement and simplified user experience.

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News Management & Personalisation

Enable internal comms teams to plan, create and track employee news while giving employees the capability of personalising how they view their newsfeed.

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Simplified Quick Links & Business Apps

Provide a clean and simple way of saving Quick Links and favourite tools within one safe place.

Client Stories

Aerospace & Defence

Custom Provisioning Tool

A multinational engineering company streamlined resource management and improved security by implementing a provisioning tool for Microsoft 365, with custom SharePoint development.

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Transforming Internal Communications

The University of Leeds transformed internal communication with a new SharePoint intranet, improving access to tools, consistency, and engagement across 9,000+ employees.

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Award Winning Intranet

The Met Office’s award-winning SharePoint intranet, boosts collaboration, accessibility, and engagement across 2,000+ employees.

Bauer Media Group wanted a personalised intranet experience that truly works for every employee.

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Why SharePoint Is Still The Go-To Platform

Cost Efficiency

Keep all your intranet, document management, and collaboration tools under one Microsoft 365 licence — reducing third-party costs.

Native Integration

Seamlessly connect SharePoint with Teams, Viva, Power Platform, and Copilot for a truly unified digital workplace experience.

Enhanced Security

Benefit from Microsoft’s enterprise-grade security and compliance tools to protect your data and maintain governance.

Flexible Customisation

Tailor SharePoint with no-code solutions or custom development to fit your organisation’s unique processes and branding.

Improved Collaboration

Facilitate real-time teamwork and communication with integrated tools that keep employees connected and productive.

Scalable & Future-Ready

Grow your digital workplace with a platform that evolves alongside Microsoft 365 updates and new capabilities.

See What SharePoint Can Really Do

Think you need a SharePoint alternative? Let us prove you wrong. Book a call with our team and we’ll walk you through how SharePoint and Microsoft 365 can deliver everything you need — tailored to your organisation.