ROADMAP

POWELL SOFTWARE

This deck embodies the best vision of Powell Software on the

current Roadmap and does not constitute a contractual
commitment until further agreement
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Augmented Digital Workplace
for 2024

Powell Intranet
Simpler Contribution
& Engaging
Communication

Artificial
Intelligence
Powell Teams
Knowledge
Management Microsoft 365
governance
& Augmented
Services
 POWELL INTRANET ROADMAP

Simpler, more efficient

• AI assistance for search and contribution
• Simplified Web part configurations and catalog
• Powell Manager update
• Accessibility enhancements
• Advanced analytics
Beautiful, In-Depth Communication
• User experience enhancements
• New Theme
• New web part displays
Connected, Everywhere
• Third-party tools marketplace
• Additional Business flows
• Mobile app upgraded experience
 ROADMAP In progress Planned Proposed
Webpart builder: adapted for a non-technical Industrialization: Reuse your creation Template management: A manager light -
audience. Be able to define what you want to Lookbook to see and manage your site easily
display and how easily. Access to all Powell Features: Easy way to
install Powell component and scenario in an Partner template sharing: As a partner, be
Build & Design existing site able to share my templating creation with my
other customers or other partners.

Campaigns: Improve the Contribution Board Audience: Add new Audience group Geo-localized content: Be alerted on what is
with “Campaigns” : draft management, capability on top of current Targeting happening next to you depending on where
scheduling, targeting & reporting per news capabilities you are physically
Contribution and group.
Audience Modern contribution: New way to create Global notification Be sure to reach all your
page content. Closer to a wysiwyg users for important topics
complete page.

Unified design: New set of views that reflect Modern usage: New trending components Understand my portal: Overlay UI to help
a global coherence on usages users discover the news in the portal
Global subscription: Users subscribe once to (onboarding, new updates, …)
End-user Experience Modern site template: New modern have content that fits their interests (later:
Modern UX/UI template provided by Powell (home, search, suggested subscriptions are proposed when MS Brand Center: Compatibility
interface news, videos…) the user read same kind of article)
Employee Services : ready-to-use 3rd party
integration (Workday, ADP, SAP)

AI-assisted knowledge management : Ask AI-assisted search : Ask Powell Buddy to help AI-assisted contribution: Ask Powell Buddy
Powell Buddy to help employees answer day- you search valuable content in your Intranet what you need in your portal and he we build
to-day questions (HR, Sales,…) from governed and on Microsoft 365 with natural language it for you,
Augmented sources of information research. AI-assisted search: Ask Powell Buddy for an
expertise and he will find you the right people
Digital Workplace AI-assisted contribution: Ask Powell Buddy to to reach
help you have an adapted content targeting. Mobile App : Speech-to-Text and Speech to
Speech interaction for Frontline workers.
 RELEASED Latest features released
Site creation in the Front office : Our new wizard will enable deploying site collections directly from the header (in front). You can access it from a button behind the wheel. You can already
start using it and benefit from brand-new forms for creating sites based on a site template.

Accessibility feature: Our users can now choose new accessibility options : Contrast mode & Dyslexia front

Mobile Adoption report: A ready to use-report to track the usage of the mobile app : nodes, subscriptions, pages & nodes

Discussions: Improvement on Powell discussions to have the capacity to display global discussions (group all the discussions wherever it was created).

Sustainability : a new Car-Pooling template to help employee sharing their drives. Part of a broader Sustainability corner to come soon

Site deployment tool : Create a full site from an app based on a template (SMB, and stand-alone templates such as Sustainability, Event, Engagement)

Favorite Applications : Improvement on “Quick Links”. Contributor and End-users have more flexibility to configure and manage the existing WP+ a new page template

Combined search webpart : do astonishing page presentations such as a pictures wall by combining different kind of content

Classic Business workflow catalog : Company culture : Work anniversary, Birthday. Teams notifications on created Intranet content (news, alerts, welcome to, …) to inform your users in
specific channels.

Administration from Manager : Improvement on first site deployment - Content type inheritance. To help partners to start a project from a template and quickly customize it.

Accessibility : Audio description and help to navigate through key-board (with reader)

Mobile App : Additional mobile-first displays : upon customers feedbacks on UX/UI

Design: A new default declension theme based on actual web intranet trends.

Notification Center : Let the user the capacity to subscribe to tags and receive notification (Intranet, Teams message, email, mobile) when a new valuable content for him is created

Social Media : Walls.io partnership, all your social media in Powell Intranet (LinkedIn, X, Facebook, …)

Advanced Orgchart: Have a great and beautiful display of your organization structure.

My Profile Webpart : Improvement on existing My Profile webpart. Display and organize the information depending on your organization.
 Augmented Contributors: AI-Enhanced Content Creation
Empower contributors to craft superior content and unleash

creativity through AI:

• Correct spelling errors and refine content structure.

• Transform existing content: suggest titles, descriptions, and

related images.

• Begin with a basic prompt or use guided questions for tailored

articles.

• Over 40 pre-defined topics available for prompt inspiration.

• Rich text generation (Section, Title, Bold, …)

• Safe & Cost-Effective: Opt for your preferred OpenAI/Azure

Enterprise service and only pay for what you use.

Note: A distinct license is needed

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 Empowering Knowledge Management with Powell Buddy

• Governed Information Sources

• Self-Service Knowledge Base Creation

• Audience-Specific Bots

• Robust Security Measures

Note: (*) Preview planned in Q1-2024

A distinct license will be needed

Augmented Search: our roadmap
Boosting employee productivity with advanced search capabilities

powered by AI at Powell Intranet.

• Natural language querying (*)

• Semantic understanding (*)

• Document auto-tagging

• Automated skill suggestions

• Safe & Cost-Effective: Opt for your preferred OpenAI/Azure

Enterprise service and only pay for what you use.

Note: (*) Preview planned in Q2-2024

A distinct license will be needed

 Augmented Search (Q2-24)

Search extended to Synonyms Search in Natural language

Site de communication - search (sharepoint.com) Site de communication - search (sharepoint.com)

Enhancing Knowledge Management & Productivity : AI-
Augmented Search vs. KB Bot

AI-Augmented Search Box KB Bot

• Utilizes AI for enhanced document search capabilities • Acts as a virtual assistant, responding to specific queries
with natural language understanding. by fetching information from the document library

• Ex: Typing "annual financial reports" brings up related • Ex: Asking the Bot for "updated HR policies on remote
documents like "yearly fiscal statements“ work" yields a direct link to the latest policy.

• Ideal for when you need to share, read, or act on a • Preferable for quick access to a document to find specific
document. information.

• Best suited for comprehensive research or when multiple • Optimal for immediate, concise answers or when seeking
document references are relevant. guidance on particular topics or tasks.

Product - Sales Kit (sharepoint.com)

Combined Value: AI-augmented-Search for broad queries and exploration; Bot for specific, targeted
information. Together, they optimize information retrieval and user experience.
 Frederic Le Pors • Product manager
[email protected]

Paul Lefèvre • Powell Teams Product manager

THANK YOU. [email protected]

Anne-Sophie Lago • Powell Intranet Product manager

[email protected]

@powellsoftware www.powell-software.com