Managing workspaces in Ichicraft Boards is now even easier and more flexible. Our latest update introduces the ability to copy and move widgets between boards and duplicate entire boards — making it much faster to organize, update, and replicate digital workspaces.

Copy Widgets Between Boards

The new Copy feature makes it easy to reuse widgets across different boards. When you copy a widget, its configuration and settings are preserved, allowing you to quickly recreate useful layouts without rebuilding them from scratch. This is ideal when you want to maintain consistency across multiple boards or when setting up new boards based on existing content.

Move Widgets Between Boards

The new Move feature helps you reorganize your boards efficiently. Moving a widget transfers it from one board to another, keeping all its original settings intact. This is especially useful when restructuring boards or when consolidating information without the need to delete and manually reconfigure widgets.

Both the Copy and Move functionalities streamline workspace management and provide greater flexibility for users and administrators alike.

Duplicate Entire Boards with One Click

Need a new board based on an existing one? You can now duplicate an entire board — including all widgets, settings, and layouts — in just a few clicks.

This feature is perfect for:

• Creating department-specific or team-specific versions of a board
• Setting up personal boards based on a shared template

• Experimenting with changes without affecting the original board

Duplicating boards reduces setup time and ensures consistency across workspaces, while still giving users room to personalize when needed.

Improved Board Library for Users

The Board Library has been updated to give users more insight into the shared boards available within their organization. You can now easily see who manages each shared board. This makes it clearer who to contact if you have questions, need changes, or want to suggest improvements for a board.

Improved Board Library in the Admin Center

Managing shared boards has become even more straightforward with improvements to the Board Library in the Admin Center:

• See who is currently working on a draft. If someone is editing a draft version of a board, administrators can now see who is making changes. This helps avoid conflicts or duplicate work.

• View board owners, visitors, and push settings. You can now easily access all key information about who owns a board, who can visit it, and whether it is being pushed to users.

• Manage access rights, duplicate, and delete shared boards directly from the Board Library. This gives admins full control without needing to navigate into each board separately.

All these improvements are now available in Ichicraft Boards.

They are designed to save time, offer more flexibility to users, and give administrators more control over managing the digital workplace.

We’re excited to introduce a brand-new way to support users in getting the most out of their digital workplace: Interactive Guides!

What are Interactive Guides?

Interactive Guides provide users with step-by-step guidance directly within Ichicraft Boards. Whether it’s adding a widget, organizing apps, or personalizing a news feed, these guides walk users through everyday tasks — helping them get up to speed quickly and improve their experience.

Users can open the Interactive Guides from the menu in the top right corner of their board:

Once opened, they’ll find a collection of helpful walkthroughs focused on the most common features:

Admin Control

Admins have full control over the availability of Interactive Guides. By default, the guides are visible to all users, but admins can choose to hide them or limit access to specific users or groups.

You can manage this setting easily in the Admin Center:

We highly encourage product owners to keep Interactive Guides enabled. They offer a great way to support users without the need for extensive onboarding or separate training sessions.

Getting Started with Interactive Guides

Interactive Guides are available to all users by default and aim to make it easier to discover and use the platform’s key features independently. They are now live in Ichicraft Boards and ready to support both individual users and organizations in getting more value from their digital workplace.

In the coming weeks, we will continue to expand the library with new guides, covering even more features and use cases.

We’re excited to introduce a small but powerful new feature in Ichicraft Boards: Start Boards! This addition gives users more control over how they begin their day in the digital workplace.

What’s a Start Board?

A Start Board is the board that opens automatically when a user starts their day. It’s a personal preference that helps users land right where they need to be—whether that’s catching up on company news, checking their tasks, or diving into reports.

This doesn’t change the order of boards in the navigation, nor does it replace the default Home board. It simply sets a preferred starting point that reflects how each individual works best.

How Users Can Select Their Start Board

Users can set any board as their start board from the board navigation. Just click the three-dot menu on any board and select “Set as start board.”

It’s that simple—and it makes a big difference in creating a smoother, more personalized experience.

How to Enable the Feature

Admins can enable this feature in the configuration package. It is deactivated by default. To make it available for users:

Ichicraft Boards Admin Center → Configuration packages → Open relevant package → Toggle “Allow users to set their start board” under the Boards section.

Once enabled, the feature becomes available to all users in that package.

Why it Matters

This feature is all about flexibility. Some users like to begin their day with a task overview. Others might prefer starting with their News Hub or a specific department board. By allowing them to choose, we’re helping them jump straight into what matters most.

We're always looking for ways to give users more control and personalization in their digital workspace. The Start Board feature is a great step in that direction — and it will be available starting the week of April 28.

We have made an update to the Tasks widget in Ichicraft Boards to make task management even more practical.

When you create a task from a flagged email, the task now automatically includes a link to the original email as an attachment. This makes it much easier to go back to the full email conversation whenever you need more context or details.

With this improvement, following up on flagged emails is faster and more organized, helping you keep track of important messages directly from your board.

We have added a new improvement to the Inbox widget in Ichicraft Boards to help users manage their messages more easily. You can now choose to split your inbox into a Focused and Other tab. Important messages appear in the Focused tab and less urgent messages are organized under Other. This makes it easier to prioritize and stay focused on what matters most.

You can control this setting yourself from the inbox options. Simply open the Inbox settings and toggle Focused inbox on or off based on your preference.

Additionally, you can still choose which mailbox (personal or shared) you want to view and adjust the display density (Full, Medium, Compact) to fit your working style.

This time, we’re excited to share our latest innovation: the Web Part Container Widget. With this new addition, you can easily wrap any SharePoint web part inside an Ichicraft Boards widget, giving you a quick, responsive, and simple way to add functionality that isn’t yet available as a built-in widget.

Why a Web Part Container?

Sometimes, there’s an out-of-the-box SharePoint web part that offers a feature you need, but there isn’t a corresponding Ichicraft Boards widget—yet. We know some customers love building their own widgets using the Ichicraft Widget Development Kit—and that’s still an option if you want fully custom solutions. But for those moments when the functionality already exists in SharePoint, you can skip the extra development and simply wrap it in our new Web Part Container Widget. Think about the Viva Engage web part, for example: now you can container this in a widget and offer it directly on a board.

Keep Your Existing Investments

If your company has already invested in SharePoint web parts before adopting Ichicraft Boards, this new feature means you don’t have to start over. By containing your existing web parts within Ichicraft Boards, you bring your workspace together in one place and avoid wasting past efforts. The result? A modern, cohesive digital environment that still capitalizes on your previous investments.

Quick & Easy Configuration

We believe in keeping things straightforward and efficient. To set up the new widget:

• Add the Web Part Container Widget to your board. Make sure the SharePoint web part you want to display is already added to the SharePoint page where Ichicraft Boards is installed.

• Select the SharePoint web part you’d like to display from the drop-down menu.
• Decide whether to hide the widget header for a cleaner look.
• Click “Apply.” Your web part is immediately available in Ichicraft Boards.

A Responsive Experience

Because every component in Ichicraft Boards is designed to be responsive, the web parts you contain will automatically adapt to different screen sizes. Whether you’re looking at a custom tool, a Viva Engage feed, or any other SharePoint web part, the experience will be polished and intuitive.

Strengthening Your Digital Workspace

At Ichicraft Boards, we prioritize security, responsiveness, and a clean user experience. The Web Part Container Widget reflects these values by letting you easily integrate external web parts, whether they’re newly released tools or investments you’ve already made. And if you want to develop your own widgets in the future, our Ichicraft Widget Development Kit is ready when you are.

We can’t wait to see how you’ll use this new widget. Feel free to reach out to us at boards@ichicraft.com if you have any questions, and enjoy building a digital workspace that perfectly meets your needs!

At Ichicraft Boards, we care about the details—every setting, every feature, every click. Our latest release refines the board reset functionality to give both users and administrators even more freedom to shape their home board experience without sacrificing security or personal flair.

Reset Your Board Without Losing Your Personal Touch

For those who want to reset their own boards, you can now hold on to all the custom widget settings you’ve grown to love. Before, a reset meant starting from scratch. Now, you can enjoy the perks of a refreshed layout or an entirely new template while keeping your personal configurations in place. Think of it like moving to a new house but still bringing along your favorite furniture.

Admin-Triggered Reset?

Sometimes, companies need to roll out new board layouts, templates, or features across their organization. That’s why we’ve introduced an admin-triggered reset, making it possible to deliver these updates quickly and consistently—without relying on individual user actions. This new feature can simplify internal processes, unify the user experience, and help maintain a secure and consistent environment. When an administrator triggers a board reset, end users see a friendly message: "We’ve given your board a fresh upgrade!" Rest assured, you can still carry over your preferred widget settings to keep things feeling familiar, even after the reset.

Admin Options: Silent, Scheduled, and Audience-Targeted

To make life even easier for administrators, Ichicraft Boards lets you handle resets in multiple ways. For example, you can schedule a reset in advance to ensure everyone is ready for the change at a convenient time. You can also target a specific audience so only the chosen user group sees the refresh. And if you’d rather update boards quietly, you can opt for a silent refresh that works behind the scenes without alerting users. This allows for a more flexible and organized approach, letting you roll out changes on your own terms.

Availability

The user-initiated reset with the option to keep your widget settings is already live. The admin-triggered reset will become available this week, from 17 March to 21 March. Keep an eye out for these features as they roll out, and feel free to share your thoughts—we’re always open to your feedback!

Great news—we’ve added Polish as a UI language to Ichicraft Boards! This means Polish-speaking users can now enjoy a more natural and comfortable experience while using Ichicraft Boards.

We love making Ichicraft Boards more accessible for everyone, and this is just another step in that journey. Dziękujemy for being part of it! 🎉

With our latest theming update, you can now customize Ichicraft Boards to better reflect your company’s look and feel. Whether it’s adjusting colors, backgrounds, or layouts, you have more control over the design to match your brand’s identity.

Themes for Every Brand in Your Company

If your company operates multiple brands or subsidiaries, you can now give each one its own distinct look within Ichicraft Boards. Create multiple themes, each with its own logo, colors, and background, ensuring that every brand is represented consistently while keeping everything under one platform.

Smarter Color Management

Define a set of colors that apply across the platform, ensuring consistency while still allowing flexibility where needed. You can set global color slots that automatically update across themes or fine-tune them for specific brands. Any changes will instantly update the interface, keeping everything looking polished.

Flexible Background Options

The new theming feature introduces the ability to add multiple background options. Users can now select their preferred background from a predefined set, giving them a more personalized and engaging workspace. Whether it’s a gradient, a branded image, or a solid color, backgrounds can now enhance the visual appeal of the platform while still keeping the focus on functionality.

Simplified Theme Assignment

Applying a theme is straightforward. Using configuration packages, you can assign themes to specific groups or roles, ensuring that the right users see the right branding. This makes it easy to manage complex organizations with multiple brands or subsidiaries.

Fine-Tune Every Detail

From the navigation layout and header design to badges, indicators, and even the footer, the theming update lets you fine-tune every visual detail. Adjust border radius for a modern or classic look, configure header overlays for better readability, and even preview your changes in real-time before applying them. With so many customization options, not everything fits into a single screenshot. But that’s the point—you now have full control over how Ichicraft Boards looks and feels, making it easier than ever to align with your company’s branding.

Improved Navigation for a Cleaner Experience

We’ve also refined the look and feel of the horizontal and vertical navigation. The updated design is cleaner, more modern, and easier to use, making it simple for users to find what they need while keeping the interface visually appealing.

Why This Matters and Roll-Out Information

This isn’t just about looking pretty. A workspace that feels like yours keeps teams engaged and turns your platform into something people actually want to use. We’re rolling out this update in the week of 17 February. Get ready to bring your company’s identity to life on Ichicraft Boards with these new, flexible theming options.

The Buddy Bar is a new enhancement designed to give you a more streamlined, customizable way to interact with your essential tools. By placing widgets (referred to as “buddies”) directly in the header, you free up valuable space on your board. Instead of having multiple widgets occupying permanent on-screen real estate, they’re now just a click away—leaving your workspace tidier and more focused on what matters most.

Relevant, On-Demand Information

Widgets in the Buddy Bar appear as simple icons, and if there’s a number that needs your attention—such as pending tasks or unread messages—it displays a badge count. If a widget doesn’t have any updates, it stays unobtrusive, showing only its icon. This ensures that you only see what’s relevant, when it’s relevant, without cluttering your screen.

Moving Widgets to the Buddy Bar and Resizing

Moving widgets to the Buddy Bar is easy: simply use the widget’s menu in its header to transfer it from the board to the Buddy Bar. Once there, you can open it in a resizable flyout panel—adjusting the view so it’s just the right size for the information at hand. Your preferred size is saved, so you’ll always get the optimal view going forward.

Rearrange Buddies

Beyond resizing, you can also rearrange the order of your buddies. This means you can prioritize the widgets you use most, placing them front-and-center for quick access. With just a few clicks, you have full control over how your top-level tools are organized, making it even easier to navigate your digital workspace.

Admin Configuration and Audience Targeting

Administrators can determine which widgets are available in the Buddy Bar for different audiences through Configuration Packages. They can pin certain widgets to ensure they’re always visible to the entire team, or assign others only to specific user groups. This level of targeting ensures that each department or role sees exactly the tools they need—no more, no less.

A More Efficient, Personalized Workspace

The Buddy Bar consolidates your tools in one accessible location, shows only what’s important at a glance, and gives you control over how widgets are ordered and displayed. It’s all about making your digital workplace more responsive, adaptable, and clutter-free. Best of all, this update will be available starting on Friday, December 13, so you can soon experience a cleaner, more flexible way to engage with your widgets.