Overview of Microsoft 365 Widgets

To add a Microsoft 365 Calendar to news posts or pages, use the Microsoft 365 Calendar widget. You can add one of the following calendars as a widget to a page or a post:

• Personal Microsoft 365 Calendar

  Displays the personal calendar of a user in the widget.

• Shared Microsoft 365 Calendar

  Displays the shared Microsoft 365 mailbox configure for the widget.

• Microsoft 365 Group Calendar

  Displays the Microsoft group calendar configured for the widget.

There are two calendar views available depending on the availability of space where the widget is placed. Users can see either a detailed or a list view of the calendar. Users can see the overview of events in the respective Microsoft calendar configured for them. The More Details and View more options provide further details on the event and the list of participants. Your users can also join an online meeting directly from the widget.

How Users Will View the Microsoft 365 Calendar Widget

Here a personal calendar is configured in detailed view.

 

To add Microsoft files to pages or news posts, use the Microsoft 365 Files widget. You can add document lists from Microsoft 365 to a page for different types of files:

• Specific Library

  Displays SharePoint Online files from a document library of any SharePoint Online site. The library shows specific documents in a particular order.

• Recent Files

  Displays the files that were most recently modified or viewed in SharePoint Online and OneDrive. The file list adapts for each individual user to show the files they interacted with most recently.

• Trending Files

  Displays files that are currently most popular in SharePoint or OneDrive. This file list adapts based on the activity of all users, to show the most viewed and modified files.

Displays files that are currently most popular in SharePoint or OneDrive. This file list adapts based on the activity of all users, to show the most viewed and modified files. In addition, the search function in the widget helps users find the file they are looking for quickly and the layout function allows users to see the files in list or tile format.

How Users Will View the Microsoft 365 Files Widget

Here all three modes of the file views, namely recent files, specific library, and trending files are configured alongside each other.

To add users’ tasks from Microsoft Planner to pages or news posts, use the Microsoft 365 Task widget. The widget displays three tabs to give you a good overview of:

• All Tasks

  Displays all tasks from Microsoft Planner that belong to a user.

• Not Started

  Displays all tasks from Microsoft Planner that belong to a user  and that are yet to be started.

• In Progress

  Displays all tasks from Microsoft Planner that belong to a user and that are in progress.

In addition, the search and filter functions in the widget help users find the task they are looking for quickly. Your users can narrow down their search using the following filters:

How Users Will View the Microsoft 365 Tasks Widget

Here the Microsoft 365 Tasks widget is configured alongside the Microsoft 365 Calendar widget.

To add your Microsoft Teams feed to pages or news posts, use the Microsoft 365 Teams Feed widget. The widget displays the following four tabs:

• Feed

  Displays the feed from Microsoft Teams that a user is a part of.

• My Activity

  Displays the recent activities within Microsoft Teams, such as comments, chat, and so on of a user.

• Chat Messages

  Displays one-to-one chat conversations of a user from Microsoft Teams.

• Saved Messages

  Displays the messages a user has bookmarked.

In addition, the search and the filter function in the widget helps users find the team they are looking for quickly. Your users can narrow down their search using the following filters:

• Team

  Teams from which the user wants the feed to be displayed.

• Channel

  Channels from which the user wants the feed to be displayed.

• Date

  The time frame for the content of the feed.
  By default, the time frame is set to Last 2 hours.

How Users Will View the Microsoft 365 Teams Feed Widget

Here the Microsoft 365 Teams Feed widget is configured alongside the Microsoft 365 Teams Overview widget.

To add an overview of teams that a user is part of and the teams that a user is allowed to view, use the Microsoft 365 Teams Overview widget. The widget displays two tabs to give a good overview of:

• My Teams

  Displays all teams that a user is a part of.

• Available Teams

  Displays all teams in Microsoft Teams that a user can view.

In addition, the search function in the widget helps users find the team they are looking for quickly.

How Users Will View the Microsoft 365 Teams Overview Widget

Here Microsoft 365 Teams Overview widget is configured alongside the Microsoft 365 Calendar widget.

To add an overview of sites that your users can view in SharePoint, use the Microsoft 365 Sites widget. You configure the widget to display:

• Followed sites

  Displays a set of sites that the user follows.

• All sites

  Displays all the sites the user can view in SharePoint.

In addition, the search function in the widget helps users find the site they are looking for quickly and the layout function allows users to see the sites in list or tile format.

How Users Will View the Microsoft 365 Sites Widget

Here Microsoft 365 Site widget is configured alongside the Microsoft 365 Calendar widget and shows all sites in tile format.