Office 365 Connectors Web Part in SharePoint Online

I will show the Office 365 connectors web part in SharePoint Online in this SharePoint Online tutorial.

And also, I will explain how to add the Office 365 Connectors web part and how to edit Office 365 Connectors web part in SharePoint Online.

I will also tell you how to remove the Office 365 connectors web part in SharePoint Online.

SharePoint Online Office 365 Connectors Web Part

In this section, I will explain what is a connector web part and how we can use it in SharePoint Online.

A SharePoint Online Office 365 Connector is used to get messages, alerts, and notifications from your favorite external services on a group-connected team site.

It will get alerts and notifications from the services like RSS, Jira Cloud, Azure DevOps, Asana, Incoming Webhook, etc.

Note:

An Office 365 connectors web part is not available in SharePoint server2019.
We can see connectors web part only on group connected team site of SharePoint Online.

Add Office 365 Connectors Web Part in SharePoint Online

This section will explain how to add a connector’s web part to SharePoint Online.

  • Open a SharePoint Online site home page and click on Edit.
SharePoint Online Office 365 Connectors Web Part
  • Now, hover the cursor below any created web part, and click on the + icon (Add a new web part in a column).
SharePoint Office 365 Connectors Web Part
  • Then, search and select an Office 365 Connectors web part under all listed web parts.
Modern SharePoint Office 365 Connectors Web Part
  • Then it will add a connector web part to SharePoint Online as shown in below image:
SharePoint Online Connectors Web Part

Edit Connector Web Part in SharePoint Online

I will show how to configure a SharePoint Online connector web part.

  • Click on Add button on a Connector web part, It will display all Office 365 connector web parts.
What is a Office 365 Connector Web part in SharePoint Online
  • Select any one of the connector web parts from the list. For Example, I have chosen Jira Cloud.
Connectors web part in SharePoint Online
  • Enter a name for your Jira Cloud connection under Name in this Jira Cloud window. Here, I have inserted Mitchell Black -> Click on Create.
Connectors web part in Modern SharePoint
  • Now, a notification will appear ‘You have to set up a connection to Jira Cloud so group members will be notified for this configuration with the name Ally Financial BANK. Click on Republish.
SharePoint 2019 office 365 connectors web part
  • All the notifications sent by the Jira cloud connector can be received under Groups to all the group members of that site in Outlook.
Modern SharePoint Connector web part

This is how to add the Office 365 connectors web part to SharePoint Online.

Remove Office 365 Connectors Web Part

I will show you how to remove the Office 365 connectors web part in SharePoint Online.

  • Select an edit icon on the connector web page and click on Configure connector in Office 365 connectors pane.
How to Remove connectors web part in SharePoint
  • In the next window, Click on Configured -> In the Configured pane, expand Configured -> Select Manage.
Remove SharePoint Connectors web part
  • In this Jira Cloud window, click Remove at the page’s bottom.
How to remove office 365 connector web part in SharePoint
  • Again, click on Remove under the Remove Configuration window.
Remove Connector web part in SharePoint Online
  • After removing Office 365 Connectors connection, then delete the web part. Click on the Delete icon as shown below.

Note:

We should have to remove the connector first,before deleting office365 connector web part.Because,notifications will be continue to deliver in group inbox of outlool.
Delete Connector web part in SharePoint Online

This is how to remove the Office 365 connectors web part from SharePoint Online.

Conclusion

Through this SharePoint tutorial, I have explained the Office 365 connectors web part and how to use it in sharePoint Online. And also, I have mentioned how to add a connector web part to SharePoint Online. I have also shown how to edit and remove Office 365 connectors web part in SharePoint Online.

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