As Valo intranet support is set to end mid-next year, many organizations are grappling with the challenge of transitioning to a new platform. Finding a reliable alternative is essential, not only to ensure continuity but also to seize the opportunity to enhance your organization’s digital workplace. Lightspeed365 stands out as a seamless, future-proof solution, offering minimal disruption during intranet migration while introducing advanced features that elevate employee experience, engagement, and productivity. Here’s why Lightspeed365 is the smart choice for Valo users.
Addressing Valo’s impending challenges
Valo intranet has served as a dependable solution for many organizations, but with the announcement of its discontinuation, businesses face several challenges that must be addressed. Here are the key risks of staying on an unsupported platform:
- Lack of updates and technical support: as Valo stops receiving updates, the platform becomes increasingly vulnerable to technical issues, bugs, and compatibility problems. Without active support, organizations may find themselves unable to resolve critical issues, leading to operational inefficiencies and increased downtime.
- Incompatibility with Microsoft 365 advancements: Microsoft 365 is constantly evolving, introducing new tools and features like AI-powered intranet capabilities and workflow automation. An unsupported platform like Valo may lag behind, creating friction in workflows and preventing teams from fully leveraging Microsoft’s ecosystem.
- Security and compliance risks: outdated software can expose organizations to significant security threats. Unsupported platforms are more susceptible to cyberattacks, while compliance requirements may become harder to meet, especially for organizations operating in regulated industries.
These challenges highlight the urgency of transitioning to a cloud-based intranet solution that ensures continuity, security, and adaptability in an increasingly hybrid workplace.
Lightspeed365: a superior alternative
Lightspeed365 is more than just a replacement for Valo, it’s an upgrade that transforms your digital workplace into a dynamic, efficient, and future-ready environment. Here’s how Lightspeed365 addresses Valo users’ needs:
- Seamless integration: Lightspeed365 is designed to integrate effortlessly with SharePoint and Microsoft 365, ensuring that your existing workflows and data remain intact. By preserving what works, the platform minimizes disruptions during the migration process.
- Enhanced features: while Valo provided a solid foundation, Lightspeed365 introduces advanced capabilities such as workflow automation, enterprise social networking tools, and personalized dashboards. These features not only streamline internal communications but also improve knowledge management and team collaboration.
- Future-proofing: Lightspeed365 evolves alongside your organization. With regular updates, scalability options, and cutting-edge tools like AI integration through Microsoft’s Copilot products, the platform ensures that your intranet remains relevant and effective as technology advances.
Making the transition: seamless and efficient
The idea of switching platforms can feel overwhelming, but Lightspeed365 is built with flexibility and adaptability at its core, making the migration process straightforward and efficient. Here’s what you can expect during the transition:
- Pre-migration planning: before the migration process begins, Lightspeed365’s team works closely with your organization to assess your existing intranet setup, data, and workflows. This ensures that the transition is tailored to your unique needs and minimizes any potential disruptions.
- Data migration: Lightspeed365 prioritizes preserving your existing data, workflows, and governance structures. Advanced tools and structured processes are used to ensure that everything is transferred accurately and efficiently, eliminating the risk of data loss or misalignment.
- User onboarding: a seamless transition isn’t just about technical migration, it’s also about ensuring your employees can adapt to the new platform quickly and confidently. Lightspeed365 retains familiar elements from Valo’s interface, reducing the learning curve. Comprehensive training and resources are also provided to help employees embrace new productivity tools and features like mobile intranet access and analytics dashboards.
- Dedicated support: the Lightspeed365 team is with you every step of the way, providing dedicated support to address any challenges that arise during the transition. This hands-on approach ensures that the migration process is smooth, stress-free, and completed on schedule.
By simplifying the migration process and prioritizing user experience, Lightspeed365 ensures that your organization can move forward without missing a beat.
Driving engagement, communication, and collaboration
Once your organization is fully transitioned to Lightspeed365, you’ll experience the benefits of its enhanced features firsthand. Here’s how the platform elevates engagement, communication, and collaboration:
- Engagement: Lightspeed365 includes personalized dashboards and enterprise social networking features that allow employees to tailor their digital workspace experience. By delivering relevant and timely content, these dashboards help employees stay connected and motivated. The platform’s social intranet capabilities also create opportunities for employees to interact with each other, fostering a sense of community and belonging.
- Communication: effective communication is the backbone of any successful organization. Lightspeed365 streamlines internal communications with enhanced integrations for Microsoft Teams, real-time messaging tools, and targeted notifications. These features ensure that employees stay informed and engaged, whether they’re working remotely or in the office.
- Collaboration: collaboration is at the heart of Lightspeed365. Advanced task management tools, document-sharing capabilities, and co-authoring features enable teams to work together seamlessly. Whether your employees are located in the same office or spread across the globe, Lightspeed365 makes teamwork more efficient and transparent than ever before.
- Knowledge management: Lightspeed365 simplifies the management and accessibility of company knowledge. Its centralized hub ensures that critical information, resources, and policies are easy to find, improving employee efficiency and reducing time spent searching for information.
Conclusion
The end of Valo support is not just a challenge, it’s an opportunity to embrace a more robust, secure, and feature-rich intranet solution. With its seamless integration, advanced tools for workflow automation and internal communications, and commitment to continuous improvement, Lightspeed365 ensures your digital workplace remains efficient, adaptable, and future-ready.
Ready to make the switch? Explore Lightspeed365 today and experience how it can elevate your digital workplace. Schedule a demo to see the difference firsthand.
The story behind Content Formula
Content Formula is a leading digital workplace consultancy specializing in Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, and beyond. We design and build innovative solutions that transform the way organizations work, including custom intranets, knowledge management systems, LMS integrations, process automation, and more. With clients like Pfizer, Accenture, and Philips, our expertise spans multiple industries and business needs.
3 benefits you can expect from Content Formula
Transform your digital workplace
We create tailored solutions using SharePoint and Teams, from intranet design and architecture to knowledge management and custom applications, all aimed at improving communication, collaboration, and employee engagement.
Automate business processes
Our expertise in process automation helps organizations streamline operations through workflow automation, approvals, and integrations with Microsoft Power Platform.
Comprehensive support and strategy
From intranet strategy and migration to managed services and ongoing support, we provide end-to-end services ensuring seamless implementation and ongoing optimization.
What our clients say
A big thank you to the Content Formula team for their outstanding work on our project! We are thrilled with the Lightspeed365 intranet and the iOS-style navigation they designed and developed for us. It has been a game-changer for our associates. Their expertise in SharePoint design and digital workplace solutions, including PowerApps, were invaluable to us. The team at Content Formula are highly recommended!
Paul Marabella, VP & CIO
Our experience with Xoralia so far has been very positive. It not only simplifies our policy management, but also enhances our overall compliance posture and has proven to be a significant time-saver for our organization. This allows our team to focus on more strategic tasks, contributing to organizational success. Xoralia is a valuable investment for any company seeking a reliable and efficient solution to navigate the complex world of corporate policies.
Nadja Friedrichs Boyum, VP Marketing & HR
Lightspeed365 has given us the tools to provide our users with a more intuitive intranet experience that has resulted in better adoption and more active engagement with our intranet and our internal communication. It was a quick, easy install that gave us richer, more flexible display options, enabling us to share content in more engaging ways for our users. Would definitely recommend - we haven't looked back.
Glenda Lamb, SharePoint Architect
How to get started with Content Formula
Step 1: Book a free consultation
Discuss your digital workplace challenges and opportunities with our experts.
Step 2: Receive a tailored plan
Get a customized roadmap to transform your digital workplace with clear, actionable steps.
Step 3: Deploy and optimize
We support you through implementation and beyond, with a focus on change management and user adoption.
We support you through implementation and beyond, with a focus on change management and user adoption.
What you'll get with Content Formula
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SharePoint intranet strategy and design
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Knowledge management systems
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LMS365 integrations with Teams
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Custom app development and integrations
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Process automation solutions with Power Platform
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Intranet migration and planning services
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Adoption and change management (ACM)
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Managed services and ongoing support
