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Due to the coronavirus outbreak, companies around the globe have rolled out mandatory remote work. Are your employees ready to work remotely? Are they equipped to be able to stay productive from home? If you consider building an intranet for your employees, don’t wait any longer. This is a time when the value of an integrated solution such as Involv intranet comes into its own. These are the main benefits of intranets for remote working. 

Four benefits of intranets for remote working

1. Sharing files

When working from home, the first thing your employees ever need is to have access to files and documents to complete their tasks. Using external hard drives or cloud storage such as Google Drive or Dropbox are usually no best practice, especially for internal data which is important and confidential. 

Instead, files can be uploaded onto an intranet system for all users to access, which makes the whole process much easier. With a laptop and an internet connection, your employees can access files, co-edit the documents and share them with colleagues. It’s easy, fast and secure, no matter where they are located. 

2. Effective internal communication

When working in the office, most people spend their days near their colleagues, meaning communication is easy and effortless. But that’s all out of the window when working remotely, and a communication breakdown is even more likely if your workplace isn’t used to remote working. An intranet can help to fill this gap as it enables users stay connected with their colleagues by providing a variety of communication tools.  

For example, a people directory helps to find anyone within your organization and the user profile shows multiple ways to connect with someone. As an Office 365 intranet, Involv can integrate with the chat tool Yammer and we can even integrate with Microsoft Teams.