Engineering & Platforms
Enterprise Portal Development
Secure portals for employees, customers, suppliers and dealers that bring information, self-service transactions and documents from several back-end systems into one signed-in experience.
Capability overview
What enterprise portal development involves
Portals give people one front door to an organisation. Employees need policies, payslips, leave requests and announcements; suppliers need purchase orders, delivery schedules and payment status; dealers need price lists, schemes, claims and order history. Without a portal, each request becomes an email or phone call to someone who looks it up in a back-end system.
We build portals on platforms such as Microsoft SharePoint and Viva for intranets, Liferay for complex multi-audience portals, or custom web applications where flexibility matters. Each portal uses single sign-on or secure external identity, role-based content, integrations with ERP, HR and document systems, and mobile-friendly design for users away from desks.
What is included
Portal types
Employee intranet
News, policies, directories, HR self-service and department sites, integrated with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace.
Supplier portal
Purchase orders, advance shipping notices, invoice submission, payment status and compliance document uploads.
Dealer and distributor portal
Schemes, price lists, stock visibility, orders, claims, outstanding balances and marketing material.
Customer self-service portal
Account information, service requests, documents, invoices and payment for business customers.
Identity and access
SSO for staff, secure registration and multi-factor authentication for external users, with role and organisation-based access.
How we work
How we deliver enterprise portal development
Audience research
Top tasks and frustrations identified for each user group through interviews and support request analysis.
Information architecture
Navigation, content ownership and role-based views designed around those tasks.
Platform and integration design
Portal platform chosen and data flows from back-end systems designed with security review.
Build and content migration
Portal developed, integrations built and priority content migrated or rewritten.
Launch and adoption
Staged launch with onboarding communications and analytics showing which services are used.
Related capabilities
Related capabilities in Enterprise Platforms & Integration
Workflow Platforms
Low-code workflow platforms for departmental processes such as approvals, requests, checklists and case tracking, built on Microsoft Power Platform, ServiceNow, Zoho Creator, Kissflow or similar tools with proper governance.
Business Process Management Solutions
Process automation on BPM engines such as Camunda, Flowable or Pega for complex, long-running, cross-department processes that need BPMN models, service orchestration, human tasks, service levels and full process visibility.
API Integration
Connecting business applications and SaaS tools through their APIs, such as CRM to ERP, HR to payroll or e-commerce to accounting, with reliable sync, data mapping, error handling and monitoring.
Middleware Integration
Implementation, upgrade and migration of integration middleware, such as MuleSoft, Boomi, Azure Integration Services, WSO2, Apache Camel and IBM MQ, including moving interfaces off ageing platforms like BizTalk Server.
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Questions & answers
Questions about Enterprise Portal Development
Cannot find what you need? Our team responds to technical and commercial questions within one business day.
Ask a questionFor organisations already on Microsoft 365, SharePoint and Viva are usually the most practical choice because permissions, documents and Teams integration come built in. Custom portals suit external audiences or unusual requirements.
Through customer identity services such as Microsoft Entra External ID, Auth0 or Keycloak, with self-registration approval, multi-factor authentication and access scoped to their organisation.
Yes, through APIs or an integration layer. Frequently viewed information can be cached for speed, while transactions such as order placement write back to the ERP directly.
Portals are quoted as fixed-price projects based on audiences, integrations, content volume and platform, with ongoing support available monthly.
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