Use the Microsoft Audience feature to display your news only to the relevant user groups, directly from the Jint News web part.

This feature does not restrict access to content: it grants visibility privileges to certain groups. Other users can still access the content through other means if necessary.

For anything related to SharePoint configuration beyond this guide, please refer to the official Microsoft documentation.

Table of Contents

1. Prerequisites
2. Enable Audience Targeting on the Pages Library
3. Assign an Audience to a News Post
4. Display the Audience Feed in the News Web Part
5. Useful Resources

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that:

• You have SharePoint site owner rights for the site in question
• The targeted Entra ID groups already exist in your Microsoft 365 tenant

Note — What is Entra ID? Microsoft Entra ID is the directory service for your Microsoft 365 tenant. The user groups you create in SharePoint are automatically replicated there. These groups are where you define your audiences. Learn more

1. Enable Audience Targeting on the Pages Library

• Step 1: Go to Site Contents, then to the Site Pages folder from your SharePoint site.

• Step 2: Open Settings via the gear icon at the top right, then click on Library Settings.

• Step 3: Click on Advanced library settings.

• Step 4: Click on Audience targeting settings.

• Step 5: Check the box for Enable audience targeting and click OK.

• Step 6: Return to the pages list — the Audience column is now visible.

2. Assign an Audience to a News Post

Two methods are available to assign an audience to a news page.

Method A — From the Pages List

1. Select a SharePoint page.
2. Open the information pane via the information icon at the top right.
3. Under Audience, enter the name or email address of the targeted group.

Method B — From Page Editing

1. Open the SharePoint page.
2. Click Edit, then Page details.
3. Under Audience, enter the name or email address of the targeted group.

3. Display the Audience Feed in the News Web Part

Step 7: From your site’s homepage, open the settings of the News web part.

1. Click Edit the web part.
2. Enable the Enable audience targeting option.

News posts assigned to groups the user is not part of will automatically be hidden from their news feed.

Useful Resources

• Microsoft Documentation: Target content to a specific audience on a SharePoint site
• Microsoft Documentation: Introduction to Microsoft Entra ID
• Jint Article: Considering modern SharePoint audiences in the Unified Experience

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