Employee Directory
The Employee Directory is the heart of TeamBook Connected Org. It surfaces every colleague pulled live from Microsoft 365 groups via Microsoft Graph, and gives you fast, flexible tools to find the right person, in whichever visual style fits your work.
Searching for a person
Use the search bar at the top of the directory. Results filter live as you type — no need to press Enter. The search is typo-tolerant (fuzzy match), so a single misspelt letter still finds the right colleague.
TeamBook matches across:
- Display name (first name, last name, or both)
- Job title
- Department
- Office location
- Email address and phone number
- Skills the colleague has tagged on their profile
”Did you mean?” suggestions
If your search returns zero results — usually because of a bigger typo — the directory offers up to three suggested name spellings as one-click chips. Click any chip to refine the search.
Hover micro-preview
Hover over any card for around half a second and a floating preview appears showing the colleague’s bio, top skills, and manager — no need to open the full profile panel just to peek.
Filtering results
The filter strip below the search bar gives you:
| Filter | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| Department chips | One chip per department; click to narrow down |
| Location chips | One chip per office; click to narrow down |
| Online Only | Only colleagues with active Microsoft Teams presence |
| OOO | Only colleagues currently out of office (from mailbox auto-reply) |
| A–Z bar | Click a letter to jump to names starting with it |
Filters stack with search — you can search “John” and filter by “London” simultaneously.
Four card layouts
Pick the visual style that fits your culture. Your admin chooses the default in Settings → Card Designer, and users can switch on the fly via the layout switcher in the toolbar:
| Layout | Best for |
|---|---|
| Grid | Dense, info-rich tiles — the default. Photo, name, title, department, location, skills, action buttons. |
| List | Sortable rows for scanning hundreds of colleagues fast. Same data, info-densest. |
| Business card | Flippable card with front-of-house identity and back-of-house contact details. |
| Polaroid | Photo-first “album” view for a warmer, more human feel. |
All four show real-time Microsoft Teams presence and the out-of-office badge when applicable.
Sorting
The sort dropdown offers:
- A → Z or Z → A by display name
- By department
- Newest first (most recent joiner, based on Microsoft Entra ID
employeeHireDate)
Pinned (Favourites)
Click the star icon on any card to pin a colleague. Pinned colleagues appear in a dedicated strip at the top of the directory for instant access. See Favourites & Presence for the full story.
Viewing a full profile
Click anywhere on a person’s card (outside the action buttons) to open their detail panel. See Employee Profile for what’s inside.
Pagination
The directory paginates large directories (default 12 per page). Use the Next / Previous controls at the bottom. Your admin can tune the page size in Settings → Directory page.
Performance at scale
Profile photos are loaded on demand as cards scroll into view. This keeps first-paint fast even at 5,000+ employees. Photos that have been viewed once are cached in your browser for the session, so re-visits are instant.