CEO and Founder of Cloud Design Box

Tony Phillips: SharePoint, Teams and Microsoft 365 expert

I share practical lessons from building and delivering Microsoft 365 intranets, automation and governance for education and business. My commercial work is delivered through Cloud Design Box.

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SharePoint & Teams Intranet Automation Expertise

The subjects I return to most often are the practical decisions that make a Microsoft 365 workplace usable: structure, governance, adoption and automation.

With a background in Microsoft 365 consultancy, I’ve led intranet automation projects at top UK institutions:

19+ years in SharePoint & Teams solutions.
Cloud Design Box has supported over 800 customers across schools, trusts and organisations.
Replaced legacy VLEs with cost-effective Microsoft Teams environments for multiple schools.
Centralised teacher resource libraries, saving hours per term in lesson prep and teacher admin.
Specialist in governance best practice and user adoption.

Key achievements:

Centralised communications for a 49,000+ user multi-academy trust.
Working with the world's top independent schools including Eton College, Marlborough College and St Paul's.
Working closely with the Microsoft Education engineering team as a leading education partner.
Provided SharePoint solutions for a wide range of clients including Humberside Fire and Rescue, Calenergy, LloydsPharmacy and GB Boxing.

Experience grounded in delivery

My perspective comes from working on SharePoint and Teams solutions across schools, trusts and organisations, including complex education environments.

For education: Teams and Microsoft 365 approaches for schools and academies and multi-academy trusts.
For organisations: SharePoint intranet structure, permissions and adoption through Cloud Design Box for business.

Evidence: 19+ years in SharePoint and Teams solutions, with Cloud Design Box supporting over 800 customers.
Perspective: I focus on what happens after launch: governance, findability, adoption and reducing avoidable administration.

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Cloud Design Box is the company I founded to deliver structured Microsoft 365 platforms built on SharePoint and Teams. Explore the education solutions, case studies, or contact the team to discuss an implementation.

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Education-Focused Teams Solutions

We specialise in replacing expensive VLE platforms with tailored Microsoft Teams setups, giving schools a central hub for resources, assignments and collaboration – all at a fraction of the cost.

Our SharePoint & Teams Experts

Collaborating closely with a small team of Microsoft 365 specialists, we deliver seamless intranet automation solutions tailored for education and the public sector.

Cloud Design Box team of SharePoint and Teams specialists