A web part is a drag-and-drop building block you add to a modern SharePoint page – for news, links, documents, events, images, video, charts, and more. You assemble a page by stacking and configuring web parts, no coding required. This guide documents 40+ out-of-the-box web parts, all native to SharePoint Online.
This guide covers 40+ out-of-the-box web parts, including Quick Links, News, Events, Hero, Text, Image, File and Media, Highlighted Content, List, Document Library, People, Call to Action, Countdown Timer, Quick Chart, Power BI, and many more. Each entry explains what the web part does, its key settings, and design examples.
On a modern SharePoint page in edit mode, you click the plus icon, choose a web part from the toolbox, and configure it in the panel – all out-of-the-box, with no code. You can rearrange web parts into sections and columns. Greg Zelfond designs pages by combining web parts into clean, purposeful layouts.
Yes. Every web part documented here is built into SharePoint Online – no custom code, no SPFx development, no third-party add-ons, and no extra licenses. That is the foundation of out-of-the-box design. Greg Zelfond builds entire intranets and sites from these native web parts, which keeps them stable and easy to maintain.
A web part is a component you place on a page to display content; a feature is an underlying SharePoint capability like versioning, metadata, or audience targeting. Web parts are what you see on the page; features are how the platform behaves. LookBook 365 documents both, and Greg Zelfond uses both, all out-of-the-box.
For most intranets, the workhorses are News, Quick Links, Events, Hero, Highlighted Content, Text, and Image – they cover communication, navigation, and announcements. The right mix depends on the page’s purpose. Greg Zelfond selects and arranges web parts so each page is clear and useful rather than cluttered, all out-of-the-box.
Yes, within their built-in settings – layouts, sources, filters, sizing, and audience targeting – all configured out-of-the-box, no code. You can shape how each web part looks and behaves to fit the page. Greg Zelfond configures web parts carefully so a page feels designed and intentional, not like default blocks dropped on a screen.
Highlighted Content automatically shows documents or pages based on rules you set – for example, the latest policies or recent news across sites. It keeps a page current without manual updates. It is one of the most powerful out-of-the-box web parts, and Greg Zelfond uses it to surface the right content dynamically.
Yes. Web parts like Highlighted Content, News, and Sites can roll up content across multiple SharePoint sites, especially within a hub. That lets a home page surface news and documents from across the organization automatically. Greg Zelfond uses these roll-up web parts to connect an intranet without duplicating content, all out-of-the-box.
Yes. Modern SharePoint pages and their web parts are responsive by default, reflowing automatically for phones and tablets and in the SharePoint mobile app and Teams. You design once and it adapts. Greg Zelfond builds pages knowing employees will view them on many devices, all out-of-the-box.
Yes – this is exactly the kind of work Greg Zelfond does. As an independent SharePoint consultant and Microsoft MVP, he designs and builds out-of-the-box pages, sites, and intranets from these native web parts. Reach out through the contact page to talk about the pages you want to build.
Throughout LookBook 365. Every design example names the web parts used to build it, so you can see Quick Links, News, Hero, Events, and others working in real intranets, department sites, and pages. It is a practical way to understand each web part beyond its description.