Social Squared Forums

by Lightning ToolsMicrosoft 365Price not published

Adds question-and-answer forums with categories, tags, search, moderation, and alerts to SharePoint and Microsoft Teams.

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What it does

Adds discussion areas to SharePoint sites and Microsoft Teams teams. People can submit questions, receive responses from assigned experts, and locate posts through categories, tags, and search. Forum data is kept in SharePoint lists in the SharePoint Online tenant. Posts support formatted content, images, video, and code, with subscriptions available for forum or topic alerts.

Key capabilities

from the Microsoft Marketplace listing

Forum Categories

Site and team owners can arrange discussions into categories for navigation.

SharePoint Teams Support

The add-in can create separate forum instances in SharePoint sites and Microsoft Teams teams.

Assigned Moderators

Individual forums can have designated subject matter experts as moderators.

Post Tags

Posts can receive tags and appear in a tag cloud view.

Alternative Views

Members can browse content through views including recent topics, favorite topics, and personal posts.

Formatted Posts

Post content can include formatting, images, video, and code.

Member Reactions

Members can rate, like, or vote on posts and receive participation badges.

Topic Subscriptions

Participants can subscribe to forums or topics and receive alerts by email or through Microsoft Teams.

Use cases

  • Employees can submit questions to relevant discussion areas and receive responses from subject matter experts.
  • Frequently asked questions can remain available for employees searching for information.
  • Site and team members can access the forums through SharePoint and Microsoft Teams mobile applications.

Who it's for

The listing names site owners, team owners, forum administrators, members, subject matter experts, employees, businesses, non-profits, government organizations, and education organizations.

How it compares

Social Squared Forums and Classified Listing both use cloud deployment and have unknown pricing models; Social Squared Forums was updated in Mar 2024, while Classified Listing was updated in Jun 2024. Flow Studio also uses cloud deployment, but its pricing model is paid and its update date is Dec 2025. itslearning Course Overview has cloud deployment and unknown pricing, with an update date of Sep 2023. CyberGate for IP Video Intercoms with Teams has cloud deployment and free pricing, with an update date of Aug 2026.

NamePricingDeploymentUpdated
Social Squared Forumsthis pluginPrice not publishedCloud
Classified ListingPrice not publishedCloud
Flow StudioPaidCloud
itslearning Course OverviewPrice not publishedCloud
CyberGate for IP Video Intercoms with TeamsFreeCloud

In the catalog

966 plugins in SharePoint · Collaboration

Price distribution: 19 free, 11 freemium, 101 paid, 835 price not published

Pricing & deployment

Platform
Microsoft 365
Product
SharePoint
Deployment
Cloud
Pricing
Price not published

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What the vendor says

«Social Squared is a feature-rich, modern discussion forum for use within SharePoint or Microsoft Teams. * Please note that this is a 30-day trial experience of Social Squared for SharePoint Online. Upon successfully purchasing a license key from Lightning Tools, the product license can be applied without reinstalling …»

Official marketplace listing

Publisher
Lightning Tools
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Tags

microsoftteamsdiscussionboardsharepointforum