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Use cases & best practices

Guide to common use cases and best-practice tips for using the Page Authors web part

What are typical use cases for Page Authors?

The Page Authors web part is ideal for giving users clear visibility into who creates, maintains, and updates content across your SharePoint sites. It supports transparency, collaboration, and good content governance. You might use it to:

  • Provide transparency on who maintains and updates content within team sites or knowledge base environments.
  • Highlight contributors on wiki-style pages or documentation libraries.
  • Support governance by showing when and by whom pages were last reviewed or edited.
  • Offer useful version context for frequently updated or collaboratively authored content.

Any time you want to improve trust, clarity, and accountability around page ownership, the Page Authors web part helps users understand the people behind the content.

Where can I see examples?

Explore the Accelerator 365 Look Book - an online gallery of ready-to-use templates showcasing how Page Authors can be used in different SharePoint scenarios. The Look Book makes it easy to preview layout ideas, explore configuration options, and jump-start your own setup using preconfigured templates.

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