What is the difference between SharePoint Team Sites and Communication Sites?
Team Sites are collaborative workspaces for specific teams or projects — integrated with Microsoft 365 Groups, Teams channels, shared OneNotes and calendars. Communication Sites are publishing portals for broadcasting information to a wide audience — company news, HR resources, policy libraries and department-facing pages. Most SharePoint intranets use both: Communication Sites for the intranet homepage and department hubs, Team Sites for project and team collaboration.
Can SharePoint replace our existing file servers?
Yes, and it typically should. SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business provide superior document management — version control, co-authoring, mobile access, Microsoft Search and integrated DLP — compared to traditional file servers. Cambay migrates your file server content using SharePoint Migration Tool and ShareGate, applying metadata and restructuring content during migration to improve findability.
How do you approach SharePoint information architecture for a large enterprise?
Information architecture is the most important decision in any SharePoint project. Cambay runs IA workshops to understand your organisational structure, content types, audience needs and governance requirements. We design a hub site model with clear navigation, taxonomy and metadata schema before building any sites — because poor IA cannot be fixed retrospectively without a full rebuild.
How does SharePoint integrate with Microsoft Teams?
Every Microsoft Teams channel has a corresponding SharePoint team site storing its files, lists and pages. Files shared in Teams are stored in SharePoint and accessible via both interfaces. SharePoint pages and news can be surfaced directly in Teams tabs. Microsoft Search spans both SharePoint and Teams content simultaneously — making the integration seamless from a user perspective.
What is SharePoint governance and why is it important?
SharePoint governance covers who can create sites, how they are named, who owns them, how long they are retained, and how access is controlled. Without governance, SharePoint estates become cluttered with redundant sites, orphaned content and ungoverned external sharing. Cambay implements site creation policies, sensitivity labels, site lifecycle management, access reviews and owner accountability frameworks as standard.
Can you migrate from legacy SharePoint on-premises to SharePoint Online?
Yes. Cambay migrates from SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019 on-premises environments to SharePoint Online. We assess your existing environment, identify customisations that need re-building in modern SharePoint (classic web parts, InfoPath forms, SharePoint Designer workflows), clean up redundant content during migration, and redesign page templates using modern SharePoint capabilities.
Document Management & Intranet
