2026 (Jul - Dec) Release Notes

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 Kudos and Recognitions 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 News Center web part

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 Anniversaries, New Hires, and Birthdays (automatic feed from Microsoft 365 and Azure/EntraID)

Suggested by Origami Connect user community: Anniversary Webpart: Ignore recently hired employees