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Frequently Asked Questions

We like people who ask questions! Do you have any queries or concerns for us? Perhaps these FAQs can help you get the right the answers.

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What is the significance of the name People1?

People1 is all about bringing people together as one community. As an Employee Engagement and Work Collaboration platform it provides a seamless way for your Organization to share information to all employees, receive feedback from them on various aspects, and help your employees to stay informed, productive, and efficient.

Who can benefit from People1?

Every employee is a People1 user. Each person relates to what they need to know, what they need to convey and what they need to act upon. When the application is rolled out, the Corporate Communications, HR and IT teams are directly responsible for content creation and use of the application. In terms of use, different departments, teams, and members have different needs, which are addressed by the feature set.

How do I know which teams in my Organization will be interested to use People1?

People1 is a tool that impacts every member of the organization irrespective of the department or team. All the teams in your organization can enjoy unique benefits from People1. It helps the Senior Management to communicate with the employees. HR will be able to get the pulse of the Organization and ensure a healthy and conducive environment, with cultural fitness and involvement. IT team can adopt to the changing needs of workflows and data access are easy to configure and maintain.

How will People1 benefit my Organization?

Information flow is key to the success of a business. Have you tried sending information by mail, chat messaging platforms, and then doubted its efficacy because you are not sure if everyone got to read it? Have there been discussions on “can you please share the document you sent to Ms. Smith 2 weeks back?” Documents, Data insights, and SOPs are part of every efficient Organization, more so if people can discover the data on their own, fast. This empowers people to become independent and productive on the way they need to do their job.

Is People1 meant only for the Service industry?

People1 works at a higher level. Every business needs to have certain essentials – Support functions as in HR, IT, Finance and Administrative. They also have their competency teams – Business groups or Organizational Units, collaborative contractual/project teams and even technical interest and fun groups. Be it the Manufacturing, Services, Distributorship or a Not-for-Profit organization, collaboration happens all the time.Where you have specialized data pertaining to your industry, People1 can help you see that information as well – read more about it here.

My Organization has only 50 employees. Will People1 fit us?

Definitely. Communication and collaboration are important to every Organization, whatever its size or spread. Be it 50 or 500 or 5000 employees, People1 has the right features, and can scale to your Organization’s needs.

Is People1 an all-in-one platform?

People1 is in simple terms, a Portal to all thing's intranet and internal communication. The application is available in mobile (iOS & Android) so people on the move can continue to engage and connect with what’s happening in the Organization. It is designed to be a ready-to-use platform, with the added advantage of being open to integrations with your internal systems.

If you see any feature that’s essential to your Organization or have a specific integration query, contact our product team for clarification/inclusion.

What features are available in People1?

A whole range of features and widgets are available in People1. The features are broadly classified as Engage, Engage+, My Work, Business and Business+. For details on what’s offered, have a look here

My IT team has developed some workflow applications. Can I continue to use them in People1?

If your workflow was developed on SharePoint, we have good news. We can configure the accessibility of these SP lists into People1 with almost-zero work. What’s more, the lists are already governed by SP permission management roles, so no looping around to get going with dynamic access to your data.

I already have some homegrown applications. Should I stop using them?

Your Organization’s modules are meant for your current needs. It makes sense to integrate the content there as part of the platform, if it needs higher visibility. In some cases, you can just link to your subsites, or provide quick link access to those applications. If you find that a People1 functionality is richer by design, we recommend you migrate your existing application or its content to the People1 platform.

What is your licensing model?

Many collaboration tools have different licensing models that are often confusing,People1 makes it simple.

You already have MS365 licenses, so your users have access to SharePoint & OneDrive. Maybe you are not using it right now!
One-time cost for the platform where the mobile apps are part of the deal
The license and costing are for the features opted for, broadly Engage, Engage+, My Work, Business. Business+ is for integrations and are not part of this cost
Marginal monthly slab rates based on the number of users.

How do I know what new features are available in People1?

We frequently update the people1.io site with newly introduced features. If you have subscribed to our newsletter (we promise, not more than 2 posts a month) you can read up on the newly listed features.

How do I convince my Management that People1 can be a fit for our Organization?

One of the convincing arguments we have heard from our customers after the demo, has been “we like your UX and thought process”. Time to take the product live, ease of deployment, low cost of management, lowest license recurring costs, riding on MS’s promise of security & privacy considerations, and using your existing MS licenses – there are many reasons to say People1 is the right fit.