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Elegant Design. Intuitive Experiences. Better Adoption.
A well-designed SharePoint environment helps employees find information faster, complete tasks more efficiently and stay connected to the organisation.
But great SharePoint design is more than just aesthetics.
We combine information architecture, user experience design, internal communications expertise and Microsoft 365 knowledge to create SharePoint experiences that are easier to navigate, easier to manage and more effective for employees.
- SharePoint Intranet Design
- SharePoint Homepage Design
- Information Architecture & Navigation Design
- SharePoint Branding & Visual Design
- User Experience & Accessibility Design
- Digital Workplace Experience Design
We design modern SharePoint intranets that feel like a natural home for your organisation, helping employees find information, stay informed and get work done with less friction. Our approach combines strong visual design with usability, accessibility and employee experience principles to create intranets people genuinely want to use.
Every intranet design is shaped around your employees, content and business goals, ensuring the experience remains relevant, engaging and easy to manage long after launch.
Visual Design & Branding
Create a SharePoint intranet that reflects your organisation’s identity through branded layouts, imagery, typography and design elements that reinforce culture and improve engagement.
Navigation & Structure
Design intuitive navigation, hubs and site structures that help employees quickly find information and understand where content belongs.
Employee Experience Design
Shape simple, effective user journeys that make communication, collaboration and self-service activities easier across desktop, mobile and Teams.
Looking for more than intranet design? Explore our full range of SharePoint Intranet Services.
Your homepage is often the most visited page in SharePoint. We design engaging homepage experiences that help employees discover content, access important tools and stay connected to what matters most.
Whether you’re launching a new intranet or improving an existing one, we create homepage experiences that balance communication needs, usability and visual impact.
Content Prioritisation
Structure content around employee needs, ensuring important news, resources and tools are easy to find and consume.
Personalised Experiences
Design homepage layouts that support audience targeting, personalised content and role-specific experiences where appropriate.
Engagement & Adoption
Create homepage experiences that encourage repeat visits and help employees see your intranet as a valuable destination rather than another system to navigate.
Great SharePoint experiences start with well-structured content. We help organisations organise information in a way that makes sense to employees, reducing duplication, improving findability and supporting long-term governance.
Our information architecture approach focuses on creating structures that scale as your organisation grows.
Content Structure
Organise sites, pages and content around user needs, business processes and organisational goals.
Findability & Search
Improve how employees discover content through clearer taxonomy, metadata and content organisation.
Navigation Design
Create logical navigation systems that reduce cognitive load and make it easier for people to move through SharePoint with confidence.
We transform standard SharePoint environments into branded digital experiences that feel like an extension of your organisation. Good design strengthens employee trust, improves adoption and creates a more cohesive digital workplace.
Our designs balance aesthetics with accessibility, performance and maintainability.
Brand Application
Apply your visual identity consistently across SharePoint through colours, typography, imagery and page layouts.
Design Consistency
Create reusable templates and design standards that maintain a consistent experience across departments and sites.
Modern User Interface Design
Develop clean, contemporary SharePoint experiences that feel intuitive and engaging while working within Microsoft’s best-practice framework.
Effective SharePoint design should work for everyone. We apply user-centred design principles and accessibility best practices to ensure content is easy to consume and tasks are easy to complete.
By focusing on employee needs, we create experiences that improve adoption and reduce frustration.
Accessibility & Inclusion
Design with accessibility in mind to support diverse employee needs and align with recognised best practices.
User Journey Mapping
Understand how employees interact with content and services to create more effective experiences.
Mobile & Multi-Device Experiences
Ensure SharePoint works seamlessly across desktop, tablet and mobile devices so employees can stay productive wherever they work.
SharePoint is often the centre of a wider Microsoft 365 ecosystem. We design connected digital workplace experiences that bring together SharePoint, Teams, Viva, Copilot and Power Platform into a more cohesive and intuitive environment.
The result is a digital workplace that feels connected rather than fragmented.
Microsoft 365 Integration
Design experiences that connect SharePoint with the wider Microsoft ecosystem to support everyday work.
Digital Workplace Strategy
Align platforms, content and employee experience goals to create a more effective digital workplace environment.
Future-Ready Design
Design experiences that can evolve with changing business needs, emerging technologies and new ways of working.
Leaders Trust Silicon Reef
Design a Better SharePoint Experience
From homepage layouts and navigation to branding and employee experience, our no-cost Art of the Possible session helps you explore what great SharePoint design could look like in your organisation. Plus, see how tools like Viva and Copilot layer in to create an all-in-one internal comms platform.
Our People-First Approach
Great SharePoint design starts with understanding the people who use it. We look at how employees find information, complete tasks and interact with Microsoft 365, then design experiences that feel intuitive, useful and aligned to your organisation.
By combining user insight with SharePoint and Microsoft 365 expertise, we create branded digital experiences that improve usability, support adoption and remain easy to manage over time.
Understand Your People
We use workshops, research and stakeholder engagement to understand how employees work and where friction exists.
Design Around Real Needs
From navigation and information architecture to branding and page layouts, every decision is guided by user needs and business goals.
Create Lasting Adoption
We build flexible, scalable experiences that remain intuitive and valuable as your organisation evolves.
“We have all thoroughly enjoyed working with Silicon Reef to deliver the new AbbeyNet. The team provided brilliant strategic insight and expertise on how to maximise the use of SharePoint in a way that best suits the needs of Westminster Abbey and our colleagues. The designs focused on maximising SharePoint’s out-of-the-box features while ensuring strong alignment with the Abbey brand and avoiding a ‘corporate’ look…
We have exciting plans to continue working with the team throughout 2026 to build out our digital platforms for staff and volunteers and I would have no hesitation in recommending them.”
A Copilot Agent with Every Intranet
AI is so much more than drafting content or summarising meeting notes. When it’s considered from the very start of your SharePoint design, AI can fundamentally change how you structure, brand and build your intranet – and how employees actually use it day to day.
That’s why we’re committing to include a Copilot agent with every intranet we deliver. Whether you’re creating a new SharePoint intranet or evolving what you already have, we’ll design with AI in mind, pinpoint high‑value use cases and turn your intranet into a truly intelligent, design‑led experience.
“Our new intranet is essential to the University’s strategy, our community and our progression. For the first time, staff have a dedicated channel of news and information.
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.”
Employees Love Our SharePoint Designs Too
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Increase in Findability
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Increase in Usability
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Increase in Brand Alignment
Based on employee survey results following the redesign of the University of Leeds SharePoint intranet.
Our Products
Beacon was created from our extensive experience in SharePoint design, enabling organisations to customise sites with intuitive page layouts and personalised site design solutions. Whether you’re looking for design ideas or advanced navigation options, Beacon offers a seamless way to create a SharePoint site that is engaging and easy to manage.
The best part, it is all delivered within Teams and SharePoint. Eliminating the need for third-party apps and keeping collaboration within Microsoft 365.
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.
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.
Simplified Quick Links & Business Apps
Provide a clean and simple way of saving Quick Links and favourite tools within one safe place.
Client Stories
Transforming Internal Communications
See how the University of Leeds helped over 9,000 employees access what they need from one central location – with a 74% increase in staff saying tools and information are easy to find on their new SharePoint intranet.
Heritage Meets Modern Intranet
Westminster Abbey achieved 90% staff adoption in week one with a redesigned SharePoint intranet. Discover how we shaped internal communications around real people’s needs—transforming how a world famous organisation connects and communicates.
Connected Intranet in 3 Months
Independent Growth Finance launched a modern SharePoint intranet in just three months. Discover how we transformed scattered communication tools into a unified platform that connects teams and accelerates information access.
Bauer Media Group set out to create a personalised intranet experience that truly works for every employee.
In this 60 second overview, see how we brought that vision to life using SharePoint and Beacon.
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Expert Tips
Designing a Better SharePoint Experience
Design for clarity
Explore creative design ideas
Use smart page layouts
Focus on accessibility
Make your site design mobile-friendly
Balance creativity with SharePoint’s technical capabilities
Looking for inspiration?
We’ve got you covered. Our blogs, guides and how-tos help you take your SharePoint design to the next level.
5 Steps to Perfect SharePoint Design
We’ve reviewed our recent SharePoint design projects – and these are the top five tips that come up time and time again.
Accessibility in Action: A Conversation With Our Inclusive Design Champion
Kate Molloy, Lead UX Designer and Accessibility Champion at Silicon Reef, discusses why inclusive design is so important and how to build accessible digital workplaces in SharePoint.
SharePoint Design Lookbook
Get inspired for your next design with our Beacon lookbook. Full of best practice and design ideas to help you get more out of SharePoint.
Evolving Your SharePoint Intranet: A Design Guide for Internal Communicators
Say goodbye to boring SharePoint with our design guide, full of tips on evolving your intranet, including best practices and art-of-the-possible.
Expert Opinion: Does Good Intranet Design Really Matter?
Our in-house UX expert explains why good visual, UX and accessibility design is crucial for a successful intranet.
Accessible by Design: A Guide to Inclusive SharePoint Design
We share best practices and lessons learnt on desining accessible, inclusive intranets and digital workplaces in SharePoint.
Evidence Based Intranet Design: 5 Things We’ve Learnt From Tree Testing
We share how tree testing has helped us design intranets based on real pain points, not just assumptions.
SharePoint Design Examples
SharePoint Design Templates
SharePoint Design Process
SharePoint Design FAQs
Got questions? We’ve answered some of the common ones here. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, drop us a note.
What does good SharePoint design actually involve?
Good SharePoint design is more than making pages look nice. It also involves structuring sites so people can find information quickly, complete tasks easily and recognise your brand at every touchpoint. Silicon Reef combines UX, information architecture, accessibility and visual design to create SharePoint intranets, sites and pages that are both engaging and practical to manage over time.
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We help organisations of all shapes and sizes elevate their digital employee experience with Microsoft 365 — from intranets and document management to workflow automation and AI. Tell us about your goals, and we’ll help you get there.