AvantIT is a Microsoft Partner headquartered in Matosinhos (Porto) that implements SharePoint Online for companies across Portugal: intranets, document management with metadata and retention, migration from file servers, Google Drive or on-premises SharePoint, permissions and governance, SPFx development and Teams integration.
A SharePoint consultancy designs how a company stores, finds and shares information in Microsoft 365, and makes it work: the structure of sites and libraries, metadata, permissions, the intranet, migrating the documents that live somewhere else today, and the governance rules that stop it all sliding back into folder chaos.
At AvantIT we cover the whole path — discovery, architecture, implementation, migration, training and support — on standard SharePoint Online, inside your own tenant. For intranets we can start from one of 22 industry templates, with a live demo before you decide; when the company needs something of its own, we build it with SPFx.
From the first site to a group-wide intranet: what we implement and look after on SharePoint Online.
Internal communication, targeted news, an employee portal and quick access to your applications, in your brand.
Information architecture built on metadata instead of deep folders, version control and retention policies aligned with GDPR.
Migration from file servers, Google Drive or SharePoint Server 2013, 2016 and 2019, with an inventory, clean-up and redesign before anything moves.
Who can create sites, how content is shared externally, which names are used and who has access to what — defined and documented.
Web parts and extensions in SharePoint Framework and React, on the model Microsoft supports, when out-of-the-box is not enough.
The intranet, documents and approvals inside Teams, where people already work every day.
Microsoft Search set up to find documents by content and properties, and teams who know how to search.
Approval flows for documents, news, expenses and requests, with a record of who approved what and when.
Copilot and AI agents are only as good as the SharePoint they read: permissions fixed, content organised and oversharing resolved before AI is switched on.
Three starting points with different timelines. Many companies combine them: they start from a template and add custom development in a second phase.
| Intranet from a template | Custom intranet | Migration to SharePoint Online | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timeline | First version in about a week; 2 to 4 weeks with migration | 6 to 12 weeks | Depends on volume and source; the timeline comes out of the initial inventory |
| Starting point | One of 22 industry templates, with a live demo | Discovery with your teams and a design of your own | File server, Google Drive or SharePoint Server 2013/2016/2019 |
| Best for | Internal communication and document management without a long project | ERP or in-house app integrations and specific requirements | Leaving file servers and on-premises versions behind and organising what exists |
| Complex integrations | In a second phase, on the same foundation | Included in the project | Old customisations reviewed and rebuilt where they are still needed |
In every case the price is fixed and agreed after a short discovery, before work begins.
Healthcare, construction, legal, manufacturing, banking, insurance, public sector, sports clubs and more: each template is standard SharePoint Online, designed for one sector, and you can explore it in the gallery before you decide. With the SharePoint Intranet in Days offer, the first version is live in about a week, with branding, permissions, first content, editor training and basic governance.
AvantIT was incorporated in December 2025. Projects dated before 2026 were delivered by the people who now make up the team, before the company existed, and are labelled as team experience.
Coffee and related products
Modern SharePoint intranet with custom web parts for a leading coffee brand.
Read the case Team experience · 2023Research & Innovation
Modern, intuitive, and scalable intranet to support internal communication and collaboration.
Read the case AvantIT project · 2026Communications & Public Relations
Multilingual SharePoint intranet and client workspace provisioning for a PR and communications group operating in Portugal and Spain.
Read the case Team experience · 2023Transport and Logistics
A central hub for operational management and logistics performance KPIs.
Read the caseReady-made solutions that run inside SharePoint Online and your own Microsoft 365 tenant.
Permission reports, orphaned-user clean-up, broken-link detection, auditing and site inventory — for SharePoint Online and on-premises.
An SPFx solution that tracks every vehicle from order to registration — stock, costs, margins, sales and delivery — in lists in your own tenant.
A short, predictable process, with the price fixed before work begins.
We learn where information lives today, who uses it and what has to change. You leave with scope, timeline and a fixed price.
Sites, libraries, metadata, permissions and governance rules agreed with your IT and business teams.
Template or custom development, phased migration and validation with real users from each area.
Training for editors and users, a launch announcement and support once the intranet is live.
Headquartered at Spaces in Matosinhos. In Lisbon, the Algarve and other cities we meet at Spaces and Regus centres in the IWG network or at your premises; the rest of the work happens remotely.
22 intranet templates with live demos: you see the result before you decide and reach a first version faster.
We work on standard SharePoint Online and the SPFx model Microsoft supports, so everything built later sits on the same foundation.
Projects, training and documentation in Portuguese and English, including multilingual intranets for groups operating in other countries.
Founders Arsénio Ferraz and Sérgio Fernandes have 20 years of SharePoint and Microsoft experience, from on-premises SharePoint to Microsoft 365; the team is 10 people.
One partner for the intranet, Power Automate workflows, Power BI and getting ready for Copilot and AI agents.
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In a 30-minute conversation we learn where your information lives today, what has to change and the best starting point: a template, a custom build or a migration.
