Lightning Tools
Extend the Power of Microsoft 365 and SharePoint
Microsoft 365 provides a powerful platform for collaboration, information management and productivity. However, many organisations quickly discover that out-of-the-box functionality doesn’t always meet every business requirement.
That’s where Intelligent Decisioning and Lightning Tools come together.
As a Microsoft 365 consultancy and Lightning Tools partner, we help organisations enhance SharePoint, strengthen governance, modernise legacy solutions and build powerful business applications without costly custom development. Lightning Tools provides a range of products designed to extend Microsoft 365, improve governance, modernise forms and simplify business processes.
Why Lightning Tools?
Lightning Tools has been developing Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft 365 solutions for nearly two decades, helping organisations improve governance, automate business processes and unlock greater value from their Microsoft investments. Their solutions focus on four key areas:
Governance
Business Process Automation
Forms Modernisation
Collaboration Enhancement
Lightning Tools products extend SharePoint and Microsoft 365 with practical business capabilities whilst maintaining a native Microsoft experience.
Why Intelligent Decisioning?
Intelligent Decisioning specialises in:
SharePoint Online
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft 365 Governance
Microsoft Copilot Readiness
Intranets
Document Management
Power Platform
Business Process Automation
We combine our Microsoft 365 expertise with Lightning Tools’ products to deliver solutions faster, with less development effort and lower cost than traditional bespoke approaches.
Our Lightning Tools Services
SharePoint Governance and Security
As organisations adopt Copilot and AI-powered solutions, understanding who has access to information becomes increasingly important.
Using DeliverPoint from Lightning Tools, we help organisations:
Review SharePoint permissions
Identify oversharing risks
Improve governance
Manage external access
Strengthen compliance
Prepare for Microsoft Copilot deployment
DeliverPoint provides visibility into permissions across SharePoint, Teams and OneDrive and helps organisations reduce security risks caused by uncontrolled access.
SharePoint Forms and Business Applications
Many organisations still rely on manual processes, spreadsheets and legacy forms.
Using Lightning Forms and Forms Studio, we help organisations create modern business applications directly within Microsoft 365.
Typical solutions include:
Leave requests
Health & Safety processes
Client onboarding
Asset management
Quality management systems
ISO compliance workflows
Project management processes
Lightning Forms provides no-code form design capabilities integrated directly into SharePoint.
InfoPath Modernisation
Many organisations continue to run business-critical processes using ageing InfoPath forms.
Intelligent Decisioning has extensive experience helping customers migrate legacy InfoPath solutions to modern Microsoft 365 platforms, including Lightning Forms and Power Apps. Internal proposal material highlights Lightning Tools as a strong option for modernising complex forms whilst maintaining familiar SharePoint list and library experiences.
Benefits include:
Reduced technical debt
Improved user experience
Modern Microsoft 365 compatibility
Mobile-friendly interfaces
Future-ready solutions
Reporting and Data Visualisation
Business users need information that is accessible and actionable.
Lightning Tools products provide advanced reporting, content aggregation and visualisation capabilities that help organisations surface information from across Microsoft 365.
These solutions can be used to create:
Executive dashboards
Compliance reporting
Project reporting
Document management dashboards
Operational reporting
Management information portals
Lightning Conductor and Data Viewer help organisations bring together information from multiple Microsoft 365 sources into meaningful business views.
Collaboration and Engagement
Effective collaboration requires more than document storage.
Lightning Tools provides solutions that help organisations improve communication, engagement and knowledge sharing across Microsoft 365 environments.
This includes tools supporting:
Structured discussions
Knowledge sharing
Community engagement
Team collaboration
Internal support communities
These capabilities help organisations create more connected and collaborative digital workplaces.
Typical Customer Outcomes
Our customers typically achieve:
✅ Stronger Microsoft 365 governance
✅ Reduced security and permission risks
✅ Modernised legacy InfoPath solutions
✅ Faster business process automation
✅ Improved SharePoint user experience
✅ Better reporting and visibility
✅ Reduced custom development costs
✅ Improved Copilot readiness
✅ Greater value from Microsoft 365 investments
Technology That Makes Microsoft 365 Work Harder
Microsoft 365 is a powerful platform. Lightning Tools helps unlock even more of its potential.
By combining Intelligent Decisioning’s Microsoft expertise with Lightning Tools’ specialist products, we help organisations accelerate projects, improve governance and create modern solutions that deliver real business value.
Let’s Talk
Whether you’re looking to modernise InfoPath forms, improve SharePoint governance, prepare for Copilot, automate business processes or create a more effective digital workplace, Intelligent Decisioning can help.
Ready to get more from Microsoft 365 and SharePoint?
Contact Intelligent Decisioning today to discuss how our partnership with Lightning Tools can help transform your Microsoft 365 environment.

