Presentation of the webpart

This article describes the component "Site Directory" which allows to list :

• Yammer communities
• The information spaces
• The workgroups of the user.

It is very important for the data discovery part. This turnkey WebPart is ideal for referencing all your collaborative spaces!

For each space is displayed :

• The title of the space
• The type of space
• Links to the different key locations of the space

The different types of spaces returned are :

• Yammer communities: Yammer groups linked to an Office365 group.
• Workgroup: Office365 groups without Yammer but potentially with Teams.
• Information space: SharePoint sites without an associated Office365 group.

A space is returned if it is public or if it is private and I belong to it.

Component Requirements

The Site Directory component requires extensive delegated permissions to operate. It uses the following permissions:

• Group.Read.All
• Group.ReadWrite.All
• Sites.Read.All

To approve permission requests, please refer to the following article: Approving permissions. If the component does not return any results, it is likely that permissions were not granted at the installation.

Add the web part

1. Open the edit mode of the SharePoint page by clicking on edit at the top right of the page,

2. Position the mouse over or under an existing web part, and click the "+" button to open the web part catalog. 

3. Search or scroll down in the catalog to select the Site directory web part

4. The web part is added to the desired location. 

Site directory web part options

The customizable links are :

• Home : home page of the associated SharePoint site
• Files : document library of the associated SharePoint site
• Discussion : the Yammer link in case of a Yammer community, the Teams link otherwise and if the group has a Teams
• It is possible to set the look of the search bar, the number of results to display per page and the types of spaces to be brought up.
• The private spaces to which I do not belong do not show up, because it is by definition not wanted that these spaces are discovered.

Read the guide for advanced settings

Layout example

It is possible to use the component in summary mode by hiding the search bar or changing its style, and by hiding the links, see more results.