Case Study: Thermo Fisher Scientific unites its global workforce with Microsoft Corporation

Life sciences leader unites global workforce, breaks down technology barriers with SharePoint and Yammer

Thermo Fisher Scientific, a global life sciences leader, faced a fragmented internal environment after a major acquisition left employees split across two intranets and outdated SharePoint Server 2007 systems. The company needed a single, modern intranet with document storage and collaboration tools, and turned to Microsoft Corporation with Office 365, SharePoint Online, and Yammer to create a unified experience for its 65,000+ employees.

Microsoft Corporation helped Thermo Fisher build iConnect, a cloud-based intranet that combines SharePoint Online, Yammer, OneDrive for Business, and Bing Translator for real-time multilingual access. The result was strong adoption and measurable impact: about 22,000 employees use SharePoint daily, the platform now includes 150 organizational sites, 96 geographic sites, and more than 3,000 collaboration sites, and Yammer users achieved over 80% engagement within six months.

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Brian Duke

Senior Manager of Intranet Solutions