Mercury Basic
Everything Your People Need. Nothing They Don’t.
Mercury Basic transforms SharePoint Online into a modern, intuitive digital workplace. Designed for organisations that want to improve findability, navigation and employee self-service, Mercury Basic provides the essential building blocks for a successful intranet.
Stop wasting time searching for documents, policies, people and information. Mercury Basic creates a structured, engaging and easy-to-use digital workplace that helps employees find what they need quickly, connect with colleagues and stay informed.
Built on Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online, Mercury Basic provides the foundation for a modern intranet without unnecessary complexity.
Why Choose Mercury Basic?
A successful intranet starts with a strong foundation.
Mercury Basic brings together essential navigation, search, communication and people-finding capabilities into a consistent, branded experience that employees actually enjoy using.
Whether you’re replacing an outdated intranet, improving SharePoint adoption or launching your first employee portal, Mercury Basic delivers the key capabilities needed to support a modern digital workplace.
What’s Included?
Command Bar
Create a simple, consistent navigation experience across your SharePoint environment. Surface key systems, business applications and frequently used resources exactly where users need them.
Benefits
Faster access to critical tools
Consistent user experience
Reduced support requests
Improved adoption
Accordion
Present large amounts of information in a clean, organised format.
Perfect for FAQs, policies, procedures, knowledge bases and support content.
Benefits
Improve readability
Simplify complex information
Reduce page clutter
Enhance user experience
Calendar
Promote organisational events, activities, training sessions and important dates from a central location.
Benefits
Increase event visibility
Improve engagement
Support internal communications
Keep teams informed
FlexiTiles
Build visually engaging landing pages using highly configurable content tiles.
Highlight services, applications, departments, resources and key business information.
Benefits
Flexible page design
Better content discovery
Strong visual engagement
Mobile-friendly experience
Carousel
Showcase important announcements, campaigns, initiatives and featured content through engaging visual displays.
Benefits
Draw attention to priority information
Improve communication reach
Create a more dynamic intranet
Support internal marketing campaigns
People Finder
Help employees quickly locate colleagues, skills, departments and contact information.
Benefits
Strengthen collaboration
Improve knowledge sharing
Reduce time spent searching
Enhance employee experience
Quick Search
Give users immediate access to information from anywhere within the intranet.
Benefits
Faster information retrieval
Improved employee productivity
Reduced frustration
Better knowledge access
Section Header
Create visual consistency and improve page structure with professionally designed content sections.
Benefits
Stronger branding
Better page organisation
Improved readability
More engaging content
Modern Search Library
Deliver an enhanced search experience for documents, policies, procedures and business content.
Benefits
Better content discoverability
Improved knowledge management
Faster access to information
Enhanced SharePoint experience
Analytics
Understand how employees use your intranet and identify opportunities for improvement.
Benefits
Measure engagement
Track content effectiveness
Identify popular resources
Support continuous improvement
Business Outcomes
Mercury Basic helps organisations:
✅ Improve employee productivity
✅ Increase SharePoint adoption
✅ Reduce time spent searching for information
✅ Strengthen internal communications
✅ Improve employee self-service
✅ Create a modern digital workplace experience
✅ Establish a scalable foundation for future intranet growth
Why Intelligent Decisioning?
We’ve spent years helping organisations realise the full value of Microsoft 365.
Mercury combines proven intranet best practice, exceptional user experience design and deep Microsoft expertise to deliver digital workplaces that employees genuinely want to use.
With Mercury Basic, you can move beyond a collection of disconnected SharePoint sites and create a single, consistent destination for information, people and services.
Need More?
Why not take a look at Mercury Core or Mercury Enterprise?
