What can custom SharePoint development help us do?

Custom SharePoint development helps you shape the platform around your business—not the other way around. Whether it’s building automated workflows, tailored dashboards, or user-friendly forms, development lets you create a more intuitive and effective digital workspace. At Silicon Reef, we help organisations unlock the full potential of SharePoint through custom solutions that improve collaboration, simplify processes, and connect with the wider Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

Is it better to customise SharePoint or use it out of the box?

It depends on your business goals and how your teams work. Out-of-the-box SharePoint features offer a strong foundation for document management, collaboration, and communication—especially when paired with tools like Viva, Power Platform and Copilot. But if your organisation needs tailored workflows, unique user interfaces, or integrations with third-party systems, custom development becomes essential. The right development work can improve efficiency, user experience, and adoption across departments. At Silicon Reef, we help you make the right choice—ensuring your solution is as lean or as bespoke as your business needs it to be, without creating unnecessary complexity or technical debt.

How do we make sure custom development doesn’t cause future problems?

The key is to build within Microsoft’s best practices—especially by using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) and cloud-first tools. This keeps your environment stable, secure, and upgrade-friendly. At Silicon Reef, we design solutions that are easy to maintain, scalable across your organisation, and built to last—so you’re not locked into fragile or outdated setups.

How do we know if we need custom development or just configuration?

SharePoint comes with powerful features out of the box—like lists, libraries, and basic automation. But if you’re hitting limits with what you can configure, or need a solution that’s tailored to how your business works, development is often the better path. At Silicon Reef, we help you understand where configuration ends and custom development begins, so you get the right solution for your needs without overengineering.

Can we use the Power Platform alongside SharePoint?

Definitely. Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI integrate seamlessly with SharePoint, allowing you to build custom forms, automate workflows, and generate real-time reports. It’s a powerful way to enhance SharePoint functionality without heavy development. At Silicon Reef, we combine Power Platform tools with custom development to deliver flexible, scalable business solutions.

How long does it take to develop a custom SharePoint solution?

Timelines vary based on what you’re building. A simple form or dashboard might take days; a fully customised solution with integrations can take several weeks. We’ll always start with a clear scope and timeline so you know what to expect—and we stay focused on delivering real value, not just code.

How do we futureproof our SharePoint customisations?

To futureproof your environment, we build using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) and follow Microsoft’s development guidelines. This ensures your customisations stay compatible with future updates and remain secure. We also design solutions that are modular, easy to maintain, and well-documented, so they grow with your business.

SharePoint Development: Customise SharePoint to Meet Your Needs

We are an expert SharePoint development agency, specialising in SharePoint for Modern Work, using the SharePoint Framework to deliver innovative, scalable solutions.

From bespoke apps and web parts, to intranets and Document Management Systems, our custom development services help organisations create solutions for SharePoint that meet employee and business needs.

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SharePoint Services

Think Outside the Box

With the right expertise, SharePoint can be crafted to fit your unique business needs – far beyond just an intranet or DMS. From custom web parts to bespoke business applications, we help you unlock SharePoint’s full potential.

Our SharePoint development services include the SharePoint Framework (SPFx), C#, Azure logic apps, API integrations and Azure functions to create robust applications and web parts on SharePoint.

From provisioning engines to data collection platforms, we can build a range of bespoke tools to suit every business need.

Custom SharePoint Apps

We build powerful custom apps using the SharePoint Framework that integrate seamlessly with the Microsoft 365, enhance productivity and streamline business processes, ensuring they meet the unique needs of your organisation

Bespoke Web Parts

We build SharePoint web parts, tailored to suit every business requirement. These web parts are crafted to provide specific functionalities, improving employee experience and operational efficiency within your SharePoint environment

Using custom SharePoint development and Power Platform apps, we help organisations to automate and streamline business processes.

Custom Workflows

Automate repetitive business processes with tailored workflows that are fully customised to meet specific business needs, saving time, boosting productivity, reducing errors, and providing a competitive advantage.

Citizen Development

We develop both attended and unattended workflows that promote citizen development. This approach empowers every employee to contribute to automation efforts, enabling the creation of multiple interconnected workflows that reach all parts of the business, enhancing overall efficiency and collaboration.

Our team of expert developers and consultants help organisations customise SharePoint, Power Platform and Azure services to achieve business goals.

From Enterprise Resourcing Applications and workflow automation to portals and Information Management Systems, we help organisations unlock the potential of SharePoint.

Our Products

Beacon was born out of our wealth of knowledge and experience delivering complex SharePoint intranets, portals and comms sites to enable more engaging employee experiences by providing what we have discovered are the most valuable solutions for all clients.

The best part, it’s all delivered within Teams and SharePoint. No need to go to yet another platform or app outside of M365. Keeping collaboration and communication where your employees already work.

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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

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Client Stories

Transforming Internal Communications

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

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Award Winning Intranet

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

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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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Expert Tips

Get More From Your SharePoint Development

Use the right framework

The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) allows modern, scalable, and Microsoft-supported development that’s built for cloud-first environments.

Build for longevity

Always build SharePoint solutions with future updates in mind—avoiding legacy approaches that can break with Microsoft updates.

Prioritise user experience

Successful solutions for SharePoint aren’t just functional—they’re intuitive and engaging for the people who actually use them.

Keep governance in mind

Development should align with your content strategy, permissions model, and digital workplace policies—not work against them.

Test across environments

Use development, testing, and production sites to avoid surprises. What works in dev doesn’t always work at scale.

Reuse wherever possible

Create reusable components and templates when you build SharePoint—it saves time and ensures consistency across sites.

SharePoint Development 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.

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