In this SharePoint Online tutorial, we will discuss SharePoint online my feed web part.
We will discuss, What is a SharePoint online my feed web part is and why we use the My feed web part in our SharePoint modern site page and we will see a few examples based on the modern SharePoint online environment.
What is the SharePoint Online My feed web part?
- SharePoint Online my feed web part allows us to view the most relevant content across the site.
- It displays the mixed content from Microsoft 365, where the current user who has access to the SharePoint site can view it at any time.
- My feed is unique for every user, user can see the most recent documents and shared documents based on things like recent emails or modifying the same documents in their feed.
- My feed web part content will not change depending on the SharePoint site page.
- In the Modern SharePoint my feed web part, users can easily view the upcoming events or meetings and they can join meetings directly by selecting the Join option from the web part itself.
Add My feed web part in the Modern SharePoint online
Let us see how to add the My feed web part to modern SharePoint sites,
- Go to the modern SharePoint site to add the My feed web part to the SharePoint site page.
- Choose the Edit Page option at the right of the SharePoint site page.
- Select + circled icon then add a new Section layout.
- Enter the My feed web part and pick the My feed web part.
In the below screenshot, we can see that the My feed web part is added. In addition, we can also have an option to rename the title of the My feed web part, and also we can also see it displays the relevant content across the site.
This is how we can add the My feed web part to modern SharePoint sites.
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Configure the My feed web part in SharePoint online
Let us see how we can edit and configure the My feed web part in modern SharePoint.
- In the way of configuration, edit the My feed web part we can specify the numeral of items that we want to display in the My feed web part.
- The maximum numeral of items that we can display is 15.
- If we want to display SharePoint information in the My feed web part then we can enable the Include SharePoint news option else we can disable it.
- Click Republish the page to save your changes.
This is how we can edit and configure the My feed web part in modern SharePoint.
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Share & Save items for Later in My feed web part SharePoint Online
Let us see how we can share and save the items for later, and view the Saved posts, news, or documents in the modern SharePoint My feed web part.
We can share the content by selecting the Share option as shown below, if we want to see all the documents or contents in the My feed then we can select the See all option to view it.
- We can add the users to whom we want to share the contents from my feed web part, and then Select Send option.
- We can also copy the document link by selecting the Copy option and we can share the link with the user with whom we want to share the document.
- Once the SharePoint site page is Published, we can save the item to view it later by selecting the save for later ribbon.
- We can also able to see the views count in the My feed web part based on things like recent emails or modifying the same documents in the feed.
This is how we can share and save the items for later, and view the Saved posts, news, or documents in the modern SharePoint My feed web part.
Move, duplicate or delete the Modern SharePoint My feed Web Part
Let us see how we can move, duplicate or delete the My feed web part in modern SharePoint.
To Move the My feed web part, select the Move web part option in the toolbox on the left of the My feed web part box. Drag the icon to the place where you like your My feed web part to be located.
Select the Duplicate web part option available in the My feed web part toolbox. This choice automatically makes the same duplicate of the My feed web part.
To delete or remove your My feed web part from the SharePoint Online site, select the Delete web part option in the toolbox.
This is how to move, duplicate or delete the My feed web part in the modern SharePoint site.
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In this SharePoint tutorial, we have learned SharePoint Online My feed web part, how to add the My feed web part to the SharePoint modern page, and also covered the below-mentioned topics:
- Configure the My feed web part in SharePoint online
- Share & Save items for Later in My feed web part SharePoint Online
- Move, duplicate or delete the Modern SharePoint My feed Web Part
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