🚨 Global Information 🚨

• Publishing : End of Support
   

⭐ Foundation Pack ⭐

• Notifications : Confirmation panel before deleting
• Button Webpart : Enable audience targeting using Azure AD Groups
• ( Preview )  Page import/export : manual export of page configuration

• ( Preview ) Event hub : New Event component

   

✈️ Boost Pack ✈️

• Newsletter : 

  • PDF Export

  • Template creation   

 🤖 Buddy 🤖

• Contribution : Auto-tagging Content in Powell Contrib ( Creation + taxonomy picker ) 
• Buddy bot : Authentification header

Required Updates : 

• To get those evolutions, no global updates are required 

🚨 Global Information 🚨
 

Publishing : End of Support

Microsoft is retiring the classic Publishing model and the “Allow custom scripts” setting.
There’s no immediate impact for Powell customers — existing intranets will continue to run normally, as custom scripting is already managed on our side. If needed, scripting can still be temporarily re-enabled using Microsoft’s PowerShell script.

However, Microsoft will fully remove custom script support by March 2026, which means classic components (like Script Editor or custom layouts) will stop working.

To stay secure and supported, we recommend starting your migration to the modern SharePoint experience as soon as possible.

Reference: MC1117115 – Updates to custom scripting in sites and Classic Publishing site creation | Microsoft
 

⭐ Foundation Pack ⭐

Notifications :  Confirmation panel before deleting

A confirmation panel now appears when you click “Delete All” in the Notifications panel to help prevent accidental data deletion.
 

Button Webpart : Enable audience targeting using Azure AD Groups

Previously, audience targeting was limited to SharePoint groups, which restricted visibility settings to site-level audiences.
With this update, content editors can now select Azure AD groups directly in the audience picker, making it easier to target buttons to organization-wide audiences defined in Azure AD.

( Preview ) Page import/export : Export manuel 

This update allows administrators to seamlessly import front page setups through Manager trough a manual copy of the configuration, which then will be able to be paste inside a page template

( Preview ) Event hub :  New “Events” Webpart

The Event-Hub template continues to evolve with the addition of a new Events webpart, offering a more visual and intuitive way to browse upcoming events. 
 

Configuration is divided into several clear steps to adapt the component to your needs:

Source selection & mapping : Choose the event list to display, then map your list fields to the Event Hub structure. You can also define a custom URL and adjust how it’s interpreted to generate dynamic event links.

Card Settings : Configure how your event cards appear: pagination options, image templates, and a default image when none is associated with an event.

Calendar Settings : Define the calendar layout and behavior: choose between daily, weekly, or monthly views, and adjust time slots (24 hours by default).

Settings : Choose which views to display (calendar and/or cards), enable a search box for cards, and set the date range for visible events.

Import/Export : You can also import and export, making it easy to replicate configurations across different sites or environments. Exporting copies the configuration to the clipboard, which can then be pasted into the import field of another page, saving time and ensuring consistency.

When hovering over an event, users can see a preview card showing key details, with a “Read more” option to open the full event.

✈️ Boost Pack ✈️

Newsletter : PDF export

Newsletters can now be exported as PDF files, allowing teams to easily share or archive content, even outside the intranet.

Newsletter : create and use template

You can now easily create and reuse templates to streamline your newsletter creation process and ensure visual and editorial consistency across all communications.

When in template mode, several new options become available:

• Add a name and description displayed in the template gallery.

• Assign categories to organize and filter templates in the gallery.

• Lock sections that should remain uneditable once the template is instantiated.

• Insert placeholders to define editable areas that contributors can fill in after the template is created.

All users can create templates, but administrators decide which ones become public, you can see the visibility of the template you created in the new "My templates" tab.

🤖 Powell Buddy 🤖

Contribution : AI-Powered Auto-Tagging 

To improve content consistency and discoverability, we now introduces AI-driven auto-tagging when users add or edit news through the Contribution module.

• The system analyzes the title, description, and body of the content.

• Our AI module performs semantic analysis and queries the SharePoint Term Store.

• Relevant taxonomy terms (e.g. category, topic, location) are automatically suggested and pre-filled in the form.

• Users can review, edit, or remove suggested tags before submitting.

• If required taxonomy terms can’t be identified, an empty field is displayed.
  
   

Buddy bot : Implement authentication headers

Powell Buddy now benefits from improved authentication when embedded as an iframe within your intranet.

When users load the bot, authentication headers (bearer tokens) are automatically transmitted to ensure secure and seamless access.
This enhancement strengthens integration with the Powell Intranet environment while maintaining user context and access control.



Monica M'Pandy, Junior Product Manager 
Guillaume Claisse, Product Manager