Departments

The Departments view groups colleagues by their department, with a branded detail page per department. Click the Departments tab in the sidebar to switch to this view.

Departments grid

The view opens as a grid of department tiles. Each tile shows:

  • Custom icon chosen by your admin (Material Symbol)
  • Department name
  • A short description (if your admin added one)
  • Member count
  • Head-of-department avatar (if configured)

Departments are sorted by the admin-defined display order, or alphabetically if no custom order was set.

Department detail pages

Click any tile to open the department’s detail page — a dedicated full-page view for that team.

What you’ll see:

  • Hero banner with the department’s name, custom icon, and accent colour
  • Head-of-department card showing their avatar, name, and a click-through to their profile
  • Description of what the department does
  • A member roster with the same search and view options as the main directory
  • The same four layouts (Grid / List / Business card / Polaroid) — your layout choice carries across pages

From the member roster you can:

  • Search within the department
  • Filter by office location
  • Select people for bulk actions (Teams message, email, CSV export)
  • Click any person to open their detail panel

Use the breadcrumb at the top to navigate back to the departments grid.

Where departments come from

Departments are managed by your admin in Settings → Manage Departments. The admin can:

  • Import directly from Microsoft Entra ID with one click — every distinct department value in your tenant becomes a department row automatically
  • Add or rename departments manually
  • Set a head-of-department by email
  • Assign an icon and accent colour to each one
  • Mark a department hidden to remove it from the grid without deleting it

See Managing Departments for the admin walkthrough.

Privacy

  • If a colleague’s department field in Microsoft Entra ID doesn’t match any configured department, they still appear in the main Employee Directory and search results — they’re never hidden, just ungrouped on the Departments view.
  • Department membership updates automatically as Microsoft Entra ID is updated; no manual sync needed.