1. Board Portal Solution Taps into Full Offerings of Office 365 Platform to Organize Meetings Better
“The Office 365 ecosystem has enabled us to develop a board portal solution that is fully integrated into the calendar to make information much more accessible for executives and board members.”
– Jørgen Solberg, CEO, Figg Software
SITUATION
Figg Software develops solutions that let users plan, organize and run efficient board meetings, giving them access to meeting materials directly from their calendar, on any device. However, Figg Software’s customers needed a board portal solution that was integrated with productivity software they already used every day.
OFFICE 365 ISV:
Figg Software
WEB SITE:
LOCATION: Oslo, Norway
ORG SIZE: 4 employees
OFFICE 365 ISV PROFILE:
Figg Software believes enterprise software should be as natural and easy to use as the best consumer apps. Its passion is solving complex business problems with simplicity. Figg’s new product, Decisions, is the easy way to plan, organize and run efficient board meetings. With Decisions users get access to meeting materials directly from their calendars, on any device and with the security of Microsoft Office 365.
SOLUTION
The Decisions board collaboration tool, based on Microsoft Office 365 Groups, uses the full breadth of the Office 365 platform to support board and leadership team meetings. It utilizes an Add-in to build a professional agenda with files from Outlook. Decisions leverages the Microsoft Graph API to display an easy-to-use, collaborative UI for board meetings and meeting notes. Decisions uses Azure to build relations between Exchange objects, OneDrive files and OneNote pages. The Word Add-in automates minutes of meetings based on a template.
BENEFITS
Microsoft Office 365 gives users of the Decisions board portal a much better meeting experience with deep integrations in Outlook and Office.
Sensitive board information does not have to leave the customer’s Microsoft Office 365 account.