Microsoft SharePoint web part

  • Published on Apr 16, 2025
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When you add the Application Workspace SharePoint webpart for the first time to your SharePoint Workspace, the following screen will be shown:

Initial setup.png

To make changes to the SharePoint webpart you need to edit it. To do this, hover over the Application Workspace SharePoint webpart and click on the AW43_edit.png pencil icon.

The following property pane will be displayed.

Configuration options

Settings

Name Description Pane Default value
Zone The FQDN on which the targeted Application Workspace zone can be found (e.g. workspace.recastsoftware.com) Connection
Identity source The identity source needed to authenticate. You need to select a shared identity source for this. If you have for example Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) setup this would be an ideal choice. The name should correspond with the name in Application Workspace. Connection
Title An optional title to be shown above the Application Workspace Microsoft SharePoint webpart. When you use a “Classic” SharePoint page to display the webpart, Microsoft SharePoint will automatically prepend the word "Webpart" to the “Application Workspace” title. Layout
Show title if enabled, the configured title will be displayed. Layout Off
Show This dropdown allows you to select the desired view. You can switch between a catalog or workspace view. Layout Workspace
Icon Size Allows you to select the desired icon size:
  • Small: Shows small icons
  • Medium: Shows medium icons
  • Large: Shows large icons
 Layout Small
Sorting Allows you to set the default sorting:
  • No sorting: Reverts back to the user-defined sorting.
  • Sort ascending: Sorts the applications in ascending alphabetical order.
  • Sort descending: Sorts the applications in descending alphabetical order.
  • Sort on popularity (user): Sorts the applications by how many times the user has initiated an application.
  • Sort on usage: Sorts the applications by usage; the last used application will appear first followed by the second last used and so on.
 Layout No sorting
Show apps as tiles If enabled, the application icons will be rendered as tiles. Layout Off
Theme Allows you to select your desired SharePoint site theme:
  • Light theme
  • Dark theme
Layout Light theme
Filters Defines whether or not filters should be displayed in the Application Workspace Microsoft SharePoint webpart. Filters On
Use pop up authentication This enables the popup authentication, which should be used when a Application Workspace session cannot be guaranteed. Advanced Off

Security settings

If you enable Content Security Policy (CSP) and/or Cross-Origin Resource Sharing for your Application Workspace zone, it is important that you add the entries listed below to the websites. This will ensure that Microsoft SharePoint is able to communicate with your Application Workspace zone.

    [your SharePoint tenant]-*.sharepoint.com

If you want to more be specific you can enhance this even further:

[your SharePoint tenant]-[app-id].sharepoint.com

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Viva Connections

It is also possible to integrate the SharePoint web part with Viva Connections. You can do this by setting up Viva Connections and adding the Application Workspace SharePoint webpart to the chosen page.