Jul 23 (Enhancement) Kudos web part now lets recognize employees for company values
Kudos web part will now let you set company values for which employee recognitions would be posted. This can be done right in web part properties:
These values will then appear when someone choses to recognize an employee or a team:
As a result when the value is selected and posted, the card will appear like this:
Additionally, you can show a value filter so that employees can filter kudos by company values:
More about SharePoint Employee Recognition & Kudos Web Part
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Enhancement - Kudos webpart - #2 by origami
Jul 24 (Enhancement) New template designs added
We’ve added 4 new designs to Origami Installer which you can get in seconds:
Homepage
Homepage or News Center
New Employee Onboarding
Employee Benefits Portal
Note that some of these examples may utilize newer web parts or web part options released after your purchase date. You may not have all the options these examples rely on. You can still install these samples. If there is difference how some pages look, please confirm that you have the latest web parts and versions.
Aug 6 (Enhancement) News Center web part can now be used in Full-Width section
News Center web part has been always a key to a great homepage. We have now added the ability to use News Center in SharePoint Full-Width section so that you can show more news stories on a page and build beautiful page layouts like this one:
More about SharePoint News Center Web Part: Aggregating & Formatting Intranet News
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: News Center - Enable for full-width sections
Aug 7 (Enhancement) Anniversaries web part lets you hide new employees from anniversary feed
You can now make it so employees with less than 1 year in tenure will not be shown in the anniversaries feed:
More about Automated SharePoint Work Anniversaries, New Hires & Birthdays Web Part (Entra ID Sync)
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Anniversary Webpart: Ignore recently hired employees
Aug 10 (Enhancement) Calendar can show events from shared mailbox and resource mailbox
You can now show events coming from a shared mailbox or resource mailbox:
More about Color-Coded SharePoint & Microsoft 365 Group Calendar
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: The ability to display a 365 shared, user or conference room calendar on a sharepoint site.
Aug 24 (Enhancement) Banner with News Plus lets you select where the thumbnail image comes from
You can select where your news post thumbnail will come from.
If you select:
- Thumbnail: it will come from page details → thumbnail
- High resolution: it will come from the first image found on the news page (like an image web part)
More about Banner with News Plus
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Banner With News Plus: Thumbnail photo option
Aug 31 (New Web Part) Service Requests
Give your SharePoint intranet a central service desk where employees can easily submit, track, and resolve IT, HR, or Facilities requests directly within SharePoint.
Watch a 5-min video about this web part
This web part is available as a service add-on and for customers on the Priority service plan.
Please contact your account manager for enrollment details.
More about SharePoint Service Request Web Part: Submitting Helpdesk & IT Tickets
Aug 31 (New Web Part) Service Request Manager
Empower departments to track and resolve their own service requests directly within SharePoint.
Watch a 5-min video about this web part
This web part is available as a service add-on and for customers on the Priority service plan.
Please contact your account manager for enrollment details.
More about SharePoint Service Request Manager Web Part: Ticket Management & Workflow Tracking
Sep 2 (Enhancement) Heading web part gets more alignment options
New option for alignment will let you align the text and optional decorative element either to the Left, Center, or Right:
More about SharePoint Heading & Separator Web Part with Custom Typography & Fonts
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Heading Alignment
Sep 2 (Enhancement) Tabs with Cards lets you overlay tabs to create new designs
You can now create a new immersive design patterns like this one:
This pattern gives you immersive banner while also enabling to put more content right at the top of the page.
The configurations used for this design are as follows:
More about SharePoint Tabbed Cards Web Part: Organizing Page Content into Tabs
Sep 10 (Enhancement) Calendar web part shows Display Name for shared M365 calendars
If you’re using Origami Calendar to display shared mailboxes, the web part will now show their display name to make the source of events more readable
The display name can be changed in M365 Admin like this:
If this is a calendar in your Outlook, it can be renamed like this:
More about Color-Coded SharePoint & Microsoft 365 Group Calendar
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Display names for Calendars in Events web part
Sep 11 (Enhancement) Tabs with Cards additional styling options
You can set additional styling options for active tabs as shown below:
More about SharePoint Tabbed Cards Web Part: Organizing Page Content into Tabs
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Tabs with Cards | Selected Tab Options
Sep 20 (Enhancement) News Center lets you pick the date of publication
You can now select what date will show next to a news post. Your options are:
- Created date
- Modified date
- First published date
More about SharePoint News Center Web Part: Aggregating & Formatting Intranet News
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: News Center - display First Published date
Oct 14 (New Template) SharePoint Help Desk Ticketing System
This SharePoint help desk template includes a fully functional ticketing system built with ready-made SPFx web parts. Employees can submit and track support tickets, communicate with support teams, and receive email updates.
IT, HR, Facilities, and other service teams get dedicated dashboards to manage requests, assign tickets, and track progress. Everything runs directly in your Microsoft 365 tenant, with no Power Apps, Power Automate, or custom coding required.
Service Requests and Service Request Manager web parts are available for Priority 3-Year customers or as a separate add-on. To see if you’re eligible, please reach out to your Origami account manager.
More details about SharePoint Help Desk Ticketing System Template — Origami
Oct 20 (New Template) SharePoint SharePoint Intranet for Healthcare
This new template is built for a centralized SharePoint intranet for healthcare with clinical resource hubs, required training tracking, organizational news updates, an events calendar, and a staff directory that helps streamline internal communication and clinical operations.
More details about SharePoint Intranet for Healthcare — Origami
Oct 21 (Enhancement) New modern design for Org Chart
We’ve added new styling options where your org chart will display better with non-white backgrounds:
The options will now include Standard and Glass:
Standard will simply have a transparent background, like this:
Glass will have a glass effect, like this:
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Background Color Controls for Org Chart - #4 by origami
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Oct 22 (Enhancement) New modern design for Tabs web part
We’ve updated the design of Tabs web part to give it slick modern look:
You don’t have to configure anything, the changes will take effect immediately as soon as you upload a new version.
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Tabs Layout & Sizing Options
More about SharePoint Tabbed Content Web Part: Rich Text, Images, and Tabbed Views
Oct 28 (New Template) Financial Services SharePoint Intranet Template
A centralized SharePoint intranet for banks, credit unions, and financial services organizations featuring quick application launchers, an SOP and rate sheet policy vault search hub, dynamic operational KPI dashboards, mandatory compliance training alerts, company announcements, an upcoming events calendar, frontline branch operations resources, live support request tracking, and a searchable staff directory.
Oct 30 (Enhancement) Finder can now display lists and links lists
Finder web part can now display lists and links lists alongside documents.
Here are the new configuration options that allow that:
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Add Links List to Finder web part
More about SharePoint Document & Form Finder Web Part
Oct 30 (Enhancement) LinkedIn feed can now limit the number of posts shown
You can now limit how many posts will be shown as below:
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Linkedin Feed - limit the number of posts that return by X posts or X days - #2 by origami
More about SharePoint LinkedIn Feed Web Part: Embedding Company Social Updates
Nov 1 (Enhancement) Top Navigation Mega Menu now supports image tiles
You can now have beautiful tiles in the Top Navigation Mega Menu, like this:
Please follow configuration steps in the How To guide to set this up.
More about SharePoint Top Navigation Mega Menu with Audience Targeting
Nov 4 (Enhancement) Finder can now hide the search box to make it look more like a directory
You can now hide the search box if the list of files/list items is too small to warrant an additional search:
Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Ability to toggle search bar on/off for Finder - #2 by origami
More about SharePoint Document & Form Finder Web Part
Nov 5 (New Template) Finance Intranet - Credit Union
We added another modern SharePoint intranet template, this time for credit unions and financial institutions, with an urgent maintenance alert banner, a personalized employee welcome hero section with an integrated policy, SOP, and forms search bar, quick-access application tiles (including Symitar, Alkami, Paylocity, and IT Helpdesk), categorized company news and updates, a central documents and forms finder, a social community feed highlighting team milestones and employee spotlights, a filterable staff directory with instant contact details, and a color-coded upcoming events calendar.
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Nov 6 (New Template) Financial Services SharePoint Intranet for Lenders
We added another modern SharePoint page template for lenders and financial institutions, featuring a high-impact news hero banner, a categorized and filterable company news feed, quick-access application tiles (including IT Helpdesk, CRM, Loan Servicing, and Portfolio Reports), a central documents and forms search hub, a peer recognition “Shout-Outs” widget, and an upcoming events calendar.
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Nov 9 (New Template) Financial Services SharePoint Intranet for Lenders
Yet another SharePoint intranet template, this time a department landing page for Facilities & Equipment, featuring an impactful top hero banner with an urgent notification ticker, a structured 8-tile service request directory, covering:
- Maintenance & Repairs,
- Furniture & Equipment,
- Meeting Rooms & Spaces,
- Office Moves & Setup,
- Cleaning & Office Services,
- Building Access,
- Workplace Supplies,
- and Event & Room Setup
An interactive “My Facilities Requests” tracker with status updates, a quick-links hub for essential building information, including:
- Office Locations & Hours,
- Building Access & Security,
- Parking & Transportation,
- and Floor Plans & Office Maps
And, a searchable, filterable “Meet the Team” directory displaying key department personnel with direct contact details.
