{"id":204,"date":"2025-11-28T20:27:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T18:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artofadoption.nl\/?p=204"},"modified":"2025-11-28T20:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T18:34:41","slug":"sharepoint-of-interest-ai-section-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artofadoption.nl\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/sharepoint-of-interest-ai-section-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint of Interest: AI-section creation"},"content":{"rendered":"

You might have noticed: Next to the +Button there\u2019s a \u201cShiny\u201d button that you might recognize as the \u201cI\u2019ve got a sparkly AI-option\u201d button. And indeed, hovering over it tells us it allows us to add a section using AI. So, let\u2019s smack the button with a mouse click and see what we can cook up with this.<\/p>\n

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\nClicking it opens up expected the dialogue menu for a prompt, along with some suggestions \u201cfor you\u201d like a introductionairy home page, meeting the team and some \u201chandy links and sources\u201d. I don\u2019t know why those are suggested to me, I have isolated this site on purpose from my others, I am using a communication site not a Teamsite and I am not sure what my AI companion considers \u201cimportant links to much used document, tools or external websites.
\nI am, however, totally in the mood to spar with this and click around to find out.<\/p>\n

So, for the first AI-suggested input I\u2019m gonna go with the prewritten prompt: \u201cCreate a section about the purpose and content of this homepage. Provide a brief introduction so visitors immediately understand what they can find on this site and why it is relevant.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Behold! The result~!<\/p>\n

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As with most AI-generated suggestions, it gives you a couple of options through which you can browse using the arrow keys. It also gives you a textbox in which you may write down your 100-word essay on what to improve or change. The spinny arrows let you spin the wheel of fortune for another AI-go. Or\u2026well you can choose to either go back to your prompt or add the choosen AI-section to you page. For now, I\u2019m gonna keep this on and move to the next section, as I\u2019m curious to see what the consistency is gonna be between content that\u2019s already there and the continuation with AI-prompted sections.<\/p>\n

First thing that I notice is that it takes a bit longer now to come up with three suggestions. This time, they are a bit different as it let\u2019s me choose between: Teammembers in a blink (a bit different than the suggestion in the first try), again the same \u201cusefull links and sources\u201d and another called \u201cFAQ\u201d. Now that\u2019s the intriguing one for me, as I\u2019ve written a blog about that particular FAQ-webpart as well…<\/p>\n

But first, let\u2019s give it what it wants and let it try to specify my non-specified teammembers. Have I mentioned you can add file-references by using the little paperclip button? Now you know \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

What we also know now: it you don\u2019t specify anything, it comes up with this brilliantly blank section-suggestion. To it\u2019s credit, it does come with a people-webpart in order for you to manully add in your lovely non-AI collegues. To be honest, I didn\u2019t really need AI for this hahaha.<\/p>\n

Third try is a charm right? Again, the loading time gets a tiny bit longer. The suggestions are moving along, with the \u201cUsefull sources and links\u201d now being named in that order. It now also offers me the \u201cMost important highlights of <site>\u201d and a FAQ.<\/p>\n

By now, it is starting to kinda bug me that although I have my interface in English, some suggestions come in Dutch. Keep that in mind for your other-lingual admins or Site-owners.
\nI do have to say though, three might be a bit of a charm, as this section seems to be able to at least incorporate something of my lovely calming pine-green theme.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>I also just HAD to hit the \u201cDesign ideas\u201d button, as I love to discover something new. As expected, it opens a panel to the right with some suggestions. Kinda like in PowerPoint, but I guess\u2026Better? Yeah well I noticed it at least tries to come up with some alternatives within the possiblities of the incorporated webparts in the sections, like a different background, button size and button-layout. Of course I went with the pinethree option, but to say this AI understands that my theme is pine-green coloured and has pinethrees, no. No this is kinda random, as ita lso suggested dark-blue, a frog (which kinda fitted the aesthetic) some ugly generic blocks and a mega-generic background.
\nAnd I did not feel spinning the fortune wheel for more ideas. I leave that craziness up to you, I\u2019m here to write something. \ud83d\ude0a<\/span><\/p>\n

F is for Four, so FAQ time.<\/p>\n

Prompting this generic one gets us three different options, of which only the second preview looks like a FAQ with collapsable sections. Behold and compare them! We get two options which are just text-webparts. Knowing I\u2019ve written an entire blog about the AI-FAQ webpart, I was curious to see what would be created with the most-FAQ-looking option, so I choose that.
\nWell\u2026FAQ this\u2026 My hope kinda went out of the window as it just indeed created a multitude of collapsable sections. Funny enough, it did provide answers, which the FAQ-webpart in its preview mode didn\u2019t even do.<\/p>\n

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So ok, I\u2019m gonna try to end on something exciting. And as if my SharePoint-AI-section companion is trying to imitate this vibe, it suggests \u201cnext steps and expectations\u201d, \u201cmost important highlights\u201d and \u201cupcoming features and improvements\u201d. Hahaha, why do I find this funny?
\nWell, here you go little AI-buddy, give me some upcoming featues and improvements. What do we see in the future, so proudly displayed by your iconic \u201crocket-icon\u201d.<\/p>\n

The future seems bleak with only two options instead of three? Both are still not really in touch with my theme. But you know? I\u2019m gonna give it another try and spin the spinny arrows for a couple more suggestions. And\u2026it only adds one more with little to no change\u2026really\u2026 Ok suggestion box time! Go!
\n\u201cMake it shorter?\u201dDarling, this is already kinda short (and bland). \u201cChange the background to a gradient\u201d\u2026The gradient of white?
\nAh well I just pulled in the help of Desin Ideas, cause you know, it\u2019s really hard to manually change your section background to pine-green (spoiler, it is not).<\/p>\n

To summorize\u2026My thoughts right now is that this AI-section generator in SharePoint only works if you really know absolutely nothing about SharePoint and are way to afraid to try and hit some buttons to see what happens.
\nIt might be good in a pinch\u2026I kinda understand that the design options on the quick links part can help people display it\u2019s versatile options better, you kinda see what SharePoint can do with certain webparts, without having to figure it yourself.
\nBut\u2026yeah I am mildy enthousiastic. But\u2026Open to see and discuss some other examples. Maybe this little test was too little, maybe I should\u2019ve tried some prompts of my own.<\/p>\n

I am really curious to hear and see some of other people\u2019s findings in this. Chat me up and let me know, ready to learn and adjust my view.<\/p>\n

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