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Build, Celebrate, collaborate: Microsoft SharePoint Web Parts That Do It All

An impressive SharePoint site layout is just the beginning—it is equally, if not more important, to invest in tools that increase productivity, allow easier navigation, and foster collaboration among employees. In this article, we will highlight five powerful SharePoint’s web parts that enable all of the above.

With each web part adding a meaningful function to the intranet, from collaboration through document reviews to enhancing delight with the celebration hub, users will be amazed.

Calendar Hub, Image Maps, and Data Simulator will also show impressive levels of organization, usability, and testing efficiency. These tools are fundamental for every organization adopting a modern workplace, whether starting from scratch or improving their setup.

1. Document Review Web Part: Streamline Collaborative Editing

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An organization functions on the efficient management of documents. The Web Part Document Review promotes effortless collaboration as it allows users to review and edit documents within SharePoint.

Key Features:

Performance and Speed: Increased productivity as multiple users edit and review documents at the same time.

Product control: Making alterations and maintaining a history of documents is possible.

Approval Workflows: Streamline document approvals utilizing SharePoint workflows.

With this web part, teams will automate systematic reviews minimizing errors to bring up overall quality.

2. Hub Calendar Web Part: Event Management in One-Place

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Managing events within departments is easy, but cross-departmental event tracking poses a challenge. With adaptable date ranges and the ability to integrate multiple calendars, the Calendar Hub web part brings organization-wide event management and monitoring to ease.

Key Features:

General Calendar: View events from various SharePoint sites on a single calendar.

Stylable Filters: Filter events by category, department, or many other criteria.

Design Responsiveness: Make viewing on multiple devices seamless.

This web part ensures all team members are on the same page and makes event management easier for them.

3. Image Maps Web Part: Improving navigation through images

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There are numerous ways to engage users, but using visuals is arguably the best. Image Maps web part enables creating images with ascending interactive parts. This enables users to be redirected to the information they need.

Key Features:

Interactive Hotspots: Set clickable sections of images that redirect to other resources and pages.

Custom Tooltips: Inform users with hover-text before defining interactive hotspots.

Responsive Layout: Make sure images fit properly on all screens.

Making use of interactive images also allows for better user engagement on the website and improves the ease of navigation.

4. Data Simulator Web Part: Create Test Data With No Trouble

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There is often a need for a lot of data when doing testing and development. Data Simulator web part allows you to create realistic test data in SharePoint lists which makes the testing process more efficient.

Key Features:

Custom Data Generation: Set up parameters to ensure the data generation meets specific criteria and create the data.

Bulk Data Creation: Allows the filling of lists with huge amounts of data in a short time.

User Friendly Interface: Make the data generation simpler with an intuitive user interface.

The tool is great for developers and testers who need to create a data-driven SharePoint application and need to work in real-world situations.

5. Celebration Hub Web Part: Positively Impact Workplace Culture

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Celebration Hub Web part enables the raising of company culture by celebrating employee milestones with themed events which increases employee morale helps build a community at the workplace.

The Celebration Hub web part conveniently displays birthdays, work anniversaries alongside other occasions directly on your SharePoint site.

Key Features:

Celebration’s Planning: Announcements for upcoming birthdays and anniversaries are automatically made. Congratulatory notes can be left by team members on the boundless graphic message board.

Personalized Messages: Team members can be allowed to congratulate each other.

Integration With User Profiles: Extract information from SharePoint user profiles to ensure accuracy.

In Closing

Adding these web parts to your SharePoint environment can greatly improve functionality, user interaction, and overall productivity.

From document review processes and cross team celebration of milestones, each tool has distinct advantages that help create a dynamic and collaborative working environment.

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Raj Shah

I want to migrate celebration hub web part in my sharepoint system.
Who can i integrate??