Can I integrate a Loop workspace with a SharePoint site?

Dear Maximus12345, 

Hope you're doing okay!

First and foremost, thank you for your feedback and for sharing your effective search solution. I’m truly glad to hear that you were able to resolve the issue using the following query: 

{searchTerms} path:https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename/Shared%20Documents/* AND isDocument=true OR fileextension:loop 

I would also like to offer my sincere apologies if my earlier response came across as overly detailed or excessive. My only intention was to provide as thorough an answer as possible, in hopes that it might be helpful across various scenarios. However, I completely understand how it may have felt less practical in your case. 

If possible, could you please consider mark this answer as accepted? So that others facing a similar situation can find it more easily. That would mean a lot!

Please rest assured, this response was not AI-generated in a robotic or impersonal sense. All communications are prepared with care and with the goal of providing attentive and thoughtful support. I truly appreciate your honesty, and your comments give us valuable insight to improve how we support our users going forward. 

Let me know if you need further clarification or assistance.

Thanks again and I wish you continued success in your work! 

Warm Regards, 
Chris-DKN – MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Was that GenAI text? A lot of superfluous verbiage there. I was hoping for a concise practical answer.
I found what I needed, and that was to use the search query below:

{searchTerms} path:https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename/Shared%20Documents/* AND isDocument=true OR fileextension:loop

Hi Maximus12345, 

Nice to meet you! 

Thank you for reaching out with your questions about integrating Microsoft Loop with SharePoint. I understand you're encountering challenges with meeting minutes being scattered between Loop and SharePoint, and you want to improve search and visibility of that content. I'd be happy to explain the possibilities and offer solutions. 

1. Including Microsoft Loop content in SharePoint custom search (PnP Modern Search): 
Yes, it’s possible to include Loop pages in your SharePoint search results. Loop pages are stored as files in the Microsoft 365 cloud (OneDrive/SharePoint) when you create them. If those Loop pages are shared within your organization, they’ll be indexed by Microsoft Search just like a Word document or any other file. 

To have them appear in a custom search solution: use the PnP Modern Search web parts configured to query the Microsoft Search (Graph) API. PnP Modern Search (v4) allows you to use Microsoft’s unified search index. This means any content the user has access to, including Loop content can show up in the results. 

How to implement it: 

• Deploy the PnP Modern Search web parts to your SharePoint if you haven’t already.
• Set the Search Results web part Data Source to “Microsoft Search”.
• With that in place, a search query will fetch results from across SharePoint and OneDrive (and other sources) under the hood. Loop files that match the query will appear alongside regular documents.
• Make sure your Loop pages are shared with your team or organization, otherwise only you can see them (and they wouldn’t be indexed for others).
• Once configured, users searching your intranet or dedicated search page will find Loop content by keyword, just like any other file.

This approach should unify your search experience. For example, if someone searches a project name, they could see both a Word document from a SharePoint library and a Loop page of meeting notes in the results. 

2. Displaying latest Loop pages on SharePoint (Highlighted Content web part): 
This one is a bit trickier. The out-of-the-box Highlighted Content web part cannot directly pull in Loop pages at the moment. The reason is that Loop pages live in a hidden SharePoint storage location (a special site that the Loop app uses behind the scenes). The Highlighted Content web part is designed to show content from standard SharePoint sites and libraries, and it doesn’t recognize the hidden Loop site or the .loop file type. 

In short, there isn’t a native web part yet that automatically surfaces the latest Loop pages on a SharePoint page. However, there are a couple of workarounds and recommendations: 

• Use PnP Search web part as a workaround: Similar to the search solution above, you could set up a PnP Search Results web part on your page with a fixed query (for example, filter to just Loop files and sort by modified date). This can effectively display a list of recent Loop pages. It requires some configuration, but it’s currently the best way to dynamically show Loop content on a SharePoint page.
• Manually embed or link Loop pages: If only a few Loop pages need highlighting (like a “latest meeting notes” section), you might manually update a Links list or use the Embed web part. For instance, you can take a Loop page’s share link and use the Embed web part to display it on SharePoint. This isn’t automated, but it can be useful for important notes you want visible to everyone.
• Future improvements: Microsoft is actively working on better integration for Loop. Over time, we expect features that make Loop content more visible in SharePoint portals (admin controls, maybe new web parts or inclusion in Highlighted Content once the product matures). Keeping an eye on the Microsoft 365 roadmap is a good idea so you can adopt new capabilities when they become available.

Additional Tips: 

• Consistent Sharing: Ensure that when your team creates Loop pages for meeting minutes, they use the “Share with everyone in the team” (or similar) option. That way, those pages aren’t locked away in one person’s workspace. This will not only index them for search but also avoid any permission issues down the line.
• Decide on a workflow: Some teams use Loop for the live meeting, then export or summarize key decisions into a Word doc or OneNote in SharePoint for archival. If findability remains a concern, you might adopt a practice where final minutes are placed in SharePoint (or at least a link to the Loop page is placed in a central location).
• Educate users: Let your colleagues know that they can use the intranet search to find content regardless of it being a Loop page or traditional document, once you’ve set up the unified search. This helps reduce the feeling of “scattered” information.

Conclusion: 

• Including Loop in search: Definitely feasible using PnP Modern Search with Microsoft Graph, this will mix Loop content into your search results seamlessly.
• Showing Loop pages in web parts: Not directly possible with the standard Highlighted Content web part today. The best solution for now is using a customized search-based web part or manually highlighting those pages.

I hope this addresses your concerns. Integrating new tools like Loop can pose challenges, but with the above steps, you should be able to keep your content discoverable and organized. If you need further clarification or assistance setting this up, please let me know. I’m here to help! 

Warm Regards,  
Chris-DKN – MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist.