# Departments MangoApps Departments give every department a designated space to share news, collect data, and collaborate together. Whether you’re organizing meetings or offering feedback, departments provide the perfect tools. ## See How it Works Get a deeper understanding. Watch our short video to see how it works. {% embed url="" %} ## Features #### Online Spaces For Every Department Give leaders and employees from every department a central site to share information, communicate, and collaborate. * Use department pages to effectively communicate goals, while aligning contributors * Customize department page to match the specific business needs of the department * Use department hashtags so employees can follow specific topics relevant to them #### Quickly Create Departments Create a page for each of your company’s departments. Provide department name, description, logo, and assign department admins. #### Share Updates Department posts share specific news and reports with the team. Admins can also create department wikis to share action items, plans, goals, and more. #### Keep Membership Up To Date New employees or departments automatically stay in sync by connecting to your LDAP or Active Directory server. For companies that don’t use AD, admins can manually create departments with an easy-to-use wizard. #### Department Calendar Attribute a calendar specific to the events, meetings, and training of the department. Set reminders for members, create recurring meetings, or share big events with the department. #### Improve Department Efficiency Create online web forms and trackers to improve department efficiency, and provide a central place to collect information and save time.
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