Departments
The Departments view organises your colleagues into their respective departments, making it easy to explore teams you might not work with every day. Click the Departments tab at the top of the web part to switch to this view.
Department list
The departments view opens with a grid or list of all departments in your organisation. Each department tile shows:
- Department name
- Number of members
- Profile photo thumbnails of a few members (a visual preview)
Departments are sorted alphabetically by default.
Browsing a department
Click any department tile to drill into it and see all the people within that team. From there you can:
- Search within the department
- Select people for bulk actions (email, Teams chat, copy emails)
- Click any person to open their full profile panel
- Navigate back to the departments list using the breadcrumb
Data source
By default, department names come directly from the Department attribute of each user in Microsoft Entra ID. If your admin has configured a custom departments SharePoint list, the department labels and groupings may differ slightly — contact your SharePoint administrator for details.
Tips
- If a person does not appear in any department, their Department field in Entra ID is likely empty.
- Department membership updates automatically as Entra ID is updated — no manual sync required.
- Use the Departments view to quickly identify all members of a team before using Bulk Actions to reach out to them.