Left navigation customisation on Microsoft365.com
DetailsThis update will allow you to customise the apps on the left navigation on Microsoft365.com. The current set of default apps on the app bar will be removed and you will...
Teams Live events are dead*. Long live Teams Town Halls!
TL;DRMicrosoft has announced that Teams Live Events will be retired for commercial customers on 30th September 2024, and the functionality will be replaced with Town halls, which will be available from...
Immersive spaces in Teams meetings ready for Generally Availability
TL;DR: Immersive spaces allow you to have a fun, 3D meeting experience during your Teams meetings. Experience Spatial Audio, play team-building interactive games and express yourself with live reactions to engage...
Manage someone else’s Outlook calendar? This new notifications feature will keep you up to...
TL;DR:Outlook shared calendar notifications: get notified when someone makes a change to a calendar that has been shared with you, and when someone makes a change to your calendar. Due between...
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams webinars: unique join links for external presenters
Details:Organisers of Teams webinars will soon be able to create unique join links for their external presenters, who will receive exclusive Teams join links. These links enable external presenters to enter...
Personal plans are coming to Microsoft Planner
TL;DR: Microsoft Planner will soon support Personal Plans which are shared only with the creator who will the sole member and owner of the plan. They can also be moved to...
A Planner component is coming to Microsoft Loop
TL;DR: Do you and your colleagues use the Microsoft Loop app to work on projects together? You’ll soon be able to bring Planner into Loop and use it alongside your related...
Collaborative meeting notes are coming to Teams on mobile
TL;DR:The ability to use Collaborative meeting notes (view, edit, and create collaborative notes including agenda, notes, and follow-up tasks) is coming to Teams for iOS and Android. This update will bring...
Microsoft Teams emojis, GIFs and stickers are to be combined in one easy to...
Details:Currently, you see separate emoji, GIF and sticker pickers when composing a message or post in Teams:
With this update emojis, GIFs, and stickers will be combined in one picker under the...
The Teams meeting Outlook add-in now supports multi-tenant/account meeting creation for users of new...
TL;DR: The Teams meeting add-in in Outlook now supports the ability to switch between multiple tenants and accounts to schedule Teams meetings. Available now for users of the new Teams client.
Details:If...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? A look at September 2023
Welcome to our ninth roundup of 2023. We look at what was announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Teams in September. These hand-picked highlights are mainly from the admin...
Coming to Microsoft Teams: The Power Automate app will be renamed to “Workflows”
TL;DR:Microsoft: “To provide a unified workflow experience within Microsoft Teams we will be merging the existing Workflows app with the Power Automate app. With this merger, the Power Automate app will...
New SharePoint news page templates: send SharePoint News to Outlook
August 2024 update: When creating a new News post, all templates will be grouped and users will no longer need to select from a specific email-ready category. Refs: MC847880 and 365...
Accessibility improvements to SharePoint page authoring
TL;DR:This update consists of two improvements, the first will provide the option to mark images as decorative (ignored by assistive technology), the second has changed the heading level 1 to be...
Coloured folders in OneDrive and SharePoint
TL;DR:This feature allows you to change the colour of new and existing folders in OneDrive and SharePoint. There are 16 pre-set colour options. Available now.
Details:This update is part of Microsoft’s ‘personalisation...
Workflows are replacing Connectors within the Microsoft Teams channels menu
TL;DR:Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams will be bringing workflows powered by Power Automate into the overflow menu for channels and replacing the Connectors option within the menu”. Now due late October to mid-November...
Coming soon to Public Preview: Use Python in Microsoft Excel
TL;DR:Microsoft: “Python in Excel is rolling out to Public Preview in Excel for Windows for users with access to the Microsoft 365 Insiders program Beta Channel. While Python in Excel is...
New in Microsoft Lists: Create a list from CSV and export to CSV with...
TL;DR: The new Create a list…from CSV feature in Microsoft Lists will allow you to import data from a CSV file. The Export to CSV feature is being joined by an...
New SharePoint page sharing feature
TL;DR:You will soon be able to easily share SharePoint pages and news posts individually without sharing the entire site, like any other Microsoft 365 files. All sharing settings at the site...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? A look at August 2023
Welcome to our eighth roundup of 2023. We look at what’s being announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Teams in August. These hand-picked highlights are mainly from the admin...
Updates to free Microsoft Copilot at work
TL;DRMicrosoft Copilot will be renamed Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, along with other changes. Due mid-January 2025.
DetailsThis update is for Microsoft Copilot at work, Microsoft’s...
