CASE STUDY

United Arab Bank On-Premises SharePoint Employee Intranet

Neologix designed, procured and hardened a full on-premises SharePoint farm inside the bank’s own data centre, then delivered a branded employee intranet homepage integrated with Active Directory single sign-on, department sites built from a repeatable template, a social engagement layer and a governed publishing model handed to Corporate Communications.

Industry: BFSI (Banking Financial Services and Insurance)Region: 🇦🇪 UAE

United Arab Bank

United Arab Bank — project overview

PROJECT SNAPSHOT

Client

United Arab Bank

Industry

BFSI (Banking Financial Services and Insurance)

Region

🇦🇪 UAE

Engagement

Building an On-Premises SharePoint Employee Intranet for United Arab Bank

Technology

Microsoft SharePoint

Scope

On-premises SharePoint farm and employee portal inside the bank data centre, integrated with Active Directory sign-on

Business Challenge

Business challenge

A confidential regional bank ran a branch network and head-office functions with internal communication carried almost entirely by email and departmental file shares. There was no single place where an employee could see bank news, find a colleague, read an approved policy, raise an IT ticket or check what was happening that week, and Human Capital Management was absorbing a steady stream of routine questions that a self-service page could have answered.

Key Challenges

Fragmented process

A confidential regional bank ran a branch network and head-office functions with internal communication carried almost entirely by email and departmenta

Operational friction

l file shares. There was no single place where an employee could see bank news, find a colleague, read an approved policy, raise an IT ticket or check wh

Governance and visibility

at was happening that week, and Human Capital Management was absorbing a steady stream of routine questions that a self-service page could have answered.

What Neologix Delivered

Delivered solution

Bank employees

Employees access the intranet through a central branded SharePoint portal.

Branded intranet homepage

The homepage brings together institutional news, quick links and resources.

Department sites and resources

Department templates host contacts, announcements, events and owned document libraries.

Active Directory SSO

Active Directory integration provides employee single sign-on.

On-premises SharePoint farm

A hardened on-premises farm includes search, profiles, backup and patching controls.

Self-service HR and IT access

Employee access to HR and IT resources reduces reliance on routine email requests.

Solution Architecture

Solution architecture

The implementation links bank network users to Bank-hosted SharePoint farm, with active directory identity and department content and services. The visual represents the high-level delivered workflow and boundaries described in project records.

United Arab Bank On-Premises SharePoint Employee Intranet screenshot 1 — United Arab Bank — source project screenshot

United Arab Bank On-Premises SharePoint Employee Intranet — architecture overview

Implementation Approach

Implementation approach

Five stages of the delivery programme and business workflow.

Farm architecture

The on-premises SharePoint farm uses web front ends, application servers and a SQL Server back end.

Security and identity

TLS hardening, service accounts and Active Directory integration support controlled employee access.

Employee homepage

A branded homepage combines news, resources and employee-facing navigation.

Department spaces

Reusable department templates organise profiles, announcements, events and document libraries.

Publishing and handover

Governed publishing, backup procedures and operational runbooks support ongoing intranet management.

Business Outcomes

Business outcomes

Source-reported outcomes from the project record.

4 months

From infrastructure to live intranet

~90%

Employee adoption in first quarter

~60%

Fewer routine HR and IT email requests

Technology Stack