AI Search & Knowledge Discovery
Search Banner now supports AI-powered answers using Microsoft 365 Copilot permissions, helping employees ask questions and get contextual answers from approved SharePoint content.
Origami Connect Roadmap
Recent Origami Connect Enhancements for SharePoint Intranets
Origami Connect is continuously improved based on customer feedback, enhancement requests, and real-world SharePoint intranet needs. Below are key product enhancements released in 2026.
View Customer Enhancement Portal2026 Product Themes
Intranet Analytics
Origami Analytics helps intranet owners track page visits, unique users, department-level engagement, content trends, and Origami web part usage across SharePoint sites.
Modern Visual Design
Glass-style layouts, immersive banners, improved navigation, custom fonts, and richer card styling help SharePoint pages look more polished and modern.
News, Events & Communications
News Center, Banner with News, Calendar, and Top Navigation received multiple enhancements for targeting, multiple sources, better layouts, multilingual support, and more flexible presentation.
Key Enhancements Released in 2026
Released
Advanced Analytics for SharePoint
New analytics reports help teams understand site visits by department, page visit trends, unique users, engagement patterns, and where Origami web parts are used.
Released January 2026
Released
AI Search in Search Banner
Search Banner can now provide AI-generated answers from permitted SharePoint content, turning intranet search into a conversational knowledge assistant.
Released February 2026; performance improved June 2026
Released
Compliance Dashboard
Compliance Dashboard helps track Mandatory Read completion across pages and sites, including drill-down views for completed and incomplete reads.
Released April 2026
Released
News Center Audience Targeting
News Center can show news to specific Microsoft 365 groups, helping organizations personalize communications by audience.
Released January 2026
Released
Multiple News Sources and Views
News Center and Banner with News can pull content from multiple SharePoint views and sites, making it easier to curate communications by topic, audience, or initiative.
Released February 2026
Released
Immersive Search and News Banners
Search Banner and Banner with News Plus now support immersive layouts where navigation blends into the banner for a more premium, magazine-style SharePoint experience.
Released January and April 2026
Released
Glass-Style Design Options
Glass-style presentation was added to Quick Links Plus, Banner with News Plus, Calendar, Carousel with Expanding Links, and Tabs with Cards.
Released February–June 2026
Released
Top Navigation Improvements
Origami Top Navigation received per-site SharePoint navigation hiding, custom logo redirect URLs, multilingual language picker support, breadcrumb controls, and additional styling options.
Released March–June 2026
Released
Calendar Enhancements
Calendar received new display options, glass-style presentation, and support for showing all events the current user has permission to see.
Released January–June 2026
Released
Faster Sample Page Installation
Site owners with Full Control permissions can now install Origami sample pages directly from a thumbnail gallery, making it faster to build SharePoint pages.
Released May 2026
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Origami Connect customers can submit, discuss, and follow enhancement requests in the public customer enhancement portal.
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