Lightning Conductor helps SharePoint Administrators, Intranet Managers and Site Owners bring scattered news, documents, events and tasks into one place. Aggregate content from multiple sources and present it in secure, audience-focused views that help people find what they need.
Content is often spread across departments, project sites, libraries and Microsoft 365 applications. Employees shouldn’t need to understand that structure—or visit multiple locations—to find what they need.
Lightning Conductor brings relevant, permission-trimmed content into the pages and dashboards where people already work.
CALENDAR ROLLUP
EVERY EVENT. ONE SHARED VIEW.
Events, deadlines and activities are often managed in separate calendars across departments, projects and locations. Employees must visit multiple sites to build a complete picture—making important dates easy to overlook.
Lightning Conductor brings events from multiple SharePoint calendars into one clear, consolidated view. Create a company calendar, project schedule or departmental events hub that keeps everyone informed without duplicating calendar entries.
- Combine calendars from multiple SharePoint sites
- Give employees one reliable view of upcoming events
- Display events in day, week or month views
- Distinguish event types, departments or sources with colour
- Filter calendars by category, date, team or audience
- Surface important dates on intranet and department pages
TURN SCATTERED UPDATES INTO ONE ENGAGING NEWS EXPERIENCE
Important stories are often published across departmental, faculty and project sites. Without a central view, employees or students must know where to look—and valuable updates can easily be missed.
Lightning Conductor brings news from multiple SharePoint sites into one engaging feed. Create an organisation-wide news hub, highlight important stories and present content in layouts designed for different pages and audiences.
- Aggregate SharePoint news from multiple sites
- Create a central company, campus or departmental news hub
- Highlight important stories in prominent feature layouts
- Filter content by topic, department, date or audience
- Choose from cards, lists, tiles and other responsive views
- Surface relevant, permission-trimmed news where people work
Documents are often distributed across SharePoint sites, libraries and OneDrive. Users, however, simply want to find the right document without searching every possible location.
Lightning Conductor brings those documents into one relevant, permission-trimmed view. Use metadata to return precisely the content each audience needs, then connect web parts to preview a selected document without leaving the page.
- Aggregate documents from SharePoint libraries and OneDrive
- Bring documents from multiple locations into one view
- Filter results using existing document metadata
- Create focused views for different roles, teams or purposes
- Preview selected documents using connected web parts
- Surface content without moving or duplicating the source files
TASK ROLLUP
TURN SCATTERED TASKS INTO ONE ACTIONABLE VIEW
Tasks are often managed across different SharePoint sites, lists and Planner plans. Without a consolidated view, teams can struggle to understand priorities, identify overdue work and see overall progress.
Lightning Conductor brings those tasks together in one configurable dashboard. Apply conditional formatting to highlight what needs attention, organise results into meaningful groups and use summary functions to calculate totals, counts, averages and other useful measures.
- Aggregate tasks from multiple SharePoint lists and Planner
- Highlight overdue dates, priorities and statuses with conditional formatting
- Group tasks by status, owner, project or other fields
- Calculate counts, totals, averages and percentage summaries
- Filter tasks to show relevant work for each user or team
- Present operational information without building a custom dashboard
EXTERNAL DATA
Important business information does not always live in Microsoft 365. It may be held in systems such as Salesforce, Jira or Oracle—forcing users to switch between applications to find the information they need.
Supported Microsoft 365 Copilot connectors can index external content in Microsoft Graph. Lightning Conductor can then bring that connected content into SharePoint and present it in configurable, permission-aware views alongside your Microsoft 365 information.
- Surface connected Salesforce, Jira and Oracle SQL content
- Use supported Microsoft-built, partner-built or custom connectors
- Present external records directly on SharePoint pages
- Select the fields and records relevant to each audience
- Apply filtering, grouping and formatting to connected content
- Respect the access controls configured for indexed records
VIVA CONNECTIONS
Put Important Information In the hands of the business
Employees are not always working from a SharePoint page or sitting at a desk. Important tasks, documents and updates need to remain accessible wherever work happens.
Lightning Conductor can present aggregated content as an Adaptive Card in a Viva Connections dashboard. Mobile users receive a concise, relevant view of important information and can quickly open the content that needs their attention.
- Display Lightning Conductor content in Viva Connections dashboards
- Create compact Adaptive Card views for mobile users
- Surface important tasks, documents, news and other information
- Use clear status indicators to highlight what needs attention
- Add buttons that take users directly to the relevant content
- Deliver permission-aware information through Microsoft Teams and mobile devices
While SharePoint’s Out-of-the-Box (OOB) content aggregation web parts provide basic functionality for aggregating lists and libraries, the Lightning Conductor significantly extends these capabilities, offering a more powerful, flexible, and customizable experience. With support for multiple content sources—including SharePoint, Microsoft 365 Apps, and external data—alongside advanced configuration options, the Lightning Conductor stands out for its ability to aggregate content in real time, provide interactive web part connections, and deliver customizable views like calendars and adaptive cards. Moreover, its seamless integration with Viva Connections, enhanced user experience features, and robust support make it an ideal solution for organizations looking to streamline their content aggregation beyond the standard SharePoint offerings.
Feature |
lIGHTNING cONDUCTOR |
SharePoint |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Content Sources | SharePoint lists, libraries, Microsoft 365 Apps (e.g. Planner, OneDrive), Search, External data (via Graph Connectors) | SharePoint lists & libraries only |
| Configuration Flexibility | Advanced configuration for conditional formatting, calculated columns, data formatting with or without code. | Limited customization options |
| Display Options | Customizable grid, list, JSON, Adaptive Card, and calendar views | Standard list, grid, or tile views |
| Performance & Scalability | Search-based aggregation for high performance and large data sets | Good performance but small scopes |
| Real-Time Content Aggregation | Real-time content via Client-Side Object Model | Search based |
| Viva Connections Support | Adaptive Card display within Viva Connections dashboards | SharePoint Only |
| Interaction Between Web Parts | Full support for web part interactivity (filtering, linked previews, etc.) | Limited or no connection between web parts |
| External Data Aggregation | Support for external data via External Graph Connectors | No direct support for external data |
| Mobile & Teams Access | Full integration with mobile devices, Teams, and SharePoint via Viva Connections | Basic support through SharePoint Online |
| Support & Updates | Dedicated support from Lightning Tools with regular feature updates | Standard support from Microsoft |
| Custom Development Options | No-Code to Low-Code options, with advanced configurations for developers | No development required but very limited capabilities |
A SharePoint Rollup Web Part aggregates content—like lists, calendars, tasks, and news—from multiple SharePoint sites into a single, consolidated view. The Lightning Conductor is a modern, no-code rollup solution built for SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365.
Yes. With Lightning Conductor, you can roll up calendar events from multiple SharePoint sites or site collections into a single, interactive calendar view. It’s a modern alternative to traditional SharePoint calendar overlays.
Lightning Conductor allows you to aggregate SharePoint news posts from multiple communication sites or hubs. You can filter by metadata and display news in tile, list, or adaptive card formats—perfect for intranet homepages.
Absolutely. The Lightning Conductor uses the Microsoft Graph API to connect to Planner and display tasks assigned to users or teams. You can filter, sort, and display tasks alongside traditional SharePoint list items.
Yes. Using Microsoft 365 Graph Connectors, Lightning Conductor can display external data from systems like Salesforce, SQL Server, or Dynamics—all within your SharePoint intranet. It’s ideal for surfacing external data without leaving the Microsoft 365 environment.
Yes. Lightning Conductor automatically respects SharePoint permissions, so users will only see content they have access to. This ensures secure and compliant rollup views across your tenant.
No. Lightning Conductor is a 100% no-code solution. You can create and customize rollups using an intuitive UI—no PowerShell, JSON, or custom development required.
Yes. Lightning Conductor is built using SPFx (SharePoint Framework), making it fully compatible with modern SharePoint pages, Microsoft Teams, and adaptive card-based dashboards.