Depending on whether your SharePoint site is built on a team site template (has a left-hand navigation menu) or a communication site template (no left-hand navigation menu) you will have different options available for web parts to be used on your site’s pages.
Part of this may be because communication sites are not built on Microsoft 365 groups which are required for creating assets like Planner plans. The Planner web part requires its hosting site to share a supporting Microsoft 365 group. You’ll also notice a much more limited selection of third-party (non-Microsoft) web parts available in communication sites.
Note
Even though communication sites aren’t built on Microsoft 365 groups, you can use pre-existing Microsoft 365 groups to grant access/membership to your communication site.
These web parts help remind us of the purpose behind each template. Team sites are meant to be used for collaboration – therefore we see much more collaborative tools available in this template. Communication sites, however, tend to be more consumer-oriented and don’t typically need the third-party apps or collaborative tools to share their documents, news, knowledge, etc. with consumers.
Team sites have the most web part options, including many third-party options. The following web parts are unique to team sites:
- Asana
- Bitbucket (and Bitbucket Server)
- GitHub (and GitHub Enterprise)
- Google Analytics
- Incoming Webhook
- JIRA
- Office 365 Connectors
- Planner
- RSS
- Salesforce
- Stack Overflow
- Trello
- UserVoice
There are currently no web parts in communication sites that are not also available in team sites.
In the following table, you’ll find all of the default available web parts, their descriptions, and which template(s) they’re each available within.
| Web part | Description | Team | Communication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asana | Track projects from start to finish | X | |
| Bing Maps | Display a location on a map using Bing Maps | X | X |
| Bitbucket | Manage and collaborate on your code projects | X | |
| Bitbucket Server | Manage and collaborate on your code projects | X | |
| Button | Add a clickable button with a custom label and link | X | X |
| Call to action | Add call to action text and an image paired with a clickable button | X | X |
| Code Snippet | Add a Code Snippet to the page | X | X |
| Conversations | Show conversations from a Yammer group, user, topic, or home | X | X |
| Countdown Timer | Count down or count up to an important event | X | X |
| Divider | Add a line to divide areas on your page | X | X |
| Document library | Show a document library from this site | X | X |
| Events | Display upcoming events from your sites in a layout you choose | X | X |
| GitHub | Manage and collaborate on code projects | X | |
| GitHub Enterprise | Manage and collaborate on code projects hosted on a GitHub Enterprise instance | X | |
| Google Analytics | Get Google Analytics summary reports | X | |
| Group calendar | Display a calendar from one of your Office 365 groups | X | X |
| Hero | Prominently display up to 5 pieces of content with links, images, pictures, or photos in a highly visual layout | X | X |
| Highlights | Show highlights of Yammer conversations | X | X |
| Image gallery | Show several images, pictures or photos in a gallery layout | X | X |
| Incoming Webhook | Send data from a service to your Microsoft 365 Group in real time | X | |
| JIRA | Gather, organize, and assign issues detected in your software | X | |
| Kindle Instant Preview | Show a preview of a Kindle book | X | X |
| List | Display a list from this site | X | X |
| List properties | Connect to a list web part on the same page and dynamically display a selection from that list | X | X |
| Markdown | Use Markdown language to add and format text | X | X |
| Microsoft Forms | Add a survey to collect responses or show results | X | X |
| Microsoft PowerApps (Preview) | Show a custom app created with PowerApps | X | X |
| My feed | Display a personalized feed of content and activities | X | X |
| News | Show news posts from one or more sites in a variety of layouts. You can filter news and target news to key audiences | X | X |
| Office 365 Connectors | Connect with other services to show updates and notifications from them | X | |
| Organization chart | Show an organization chart (org chart) with structure and connections for a selected person | X | X |
| Page properties | Show details about your page like date, content type, or custom properties | X | X |
| People | Display selected people and their profiles | X | X |
| Planner | Show and work with a Planner board or charts | X | |
| Power BI | Display a Power BI report | X | X |
| Quick chart | Show data in a simple bar or pie chart | X | X |
| Quick links | Show a collection of links in a variety of layouts with options for icons, images, and audience targeting | X | X |
| Recent documents | Display recent documents for the current user | X | X |
| RSS | Get RSS feeds for your group | X | |
| Salesforce | Build relationships with your customers | X | |
| Saved for later | Show the current page viewer’s documents and pages that they saved for later | X | X |
| Site activity | Show site activity such as files uploaded or edited, lists created, and more | X | X |
| Sites | Show important or interesting sites on your page | X | X |
| Spacer | Add vertical space between areas on the page | X | X |
| Stack Overflow | Ask and answer programming questions | X | |
| Stream | Display a Stream video or channel | X | X |
| Trello | Manage Trello cards and tasks all in one place | X | |
| Display a Twitter feed | X | X | |
| UserVoice | Collect new customer ideas, and track and respond to customers’ problems | X | |
| Weather | Show the current weather in a location you choose | X | X |
| World clock | Show one or more clocks with time zones you choose | X | X |
| YouTube | Show a YouTube video on the page | X | X |