New Microsoft Teams app: Meet
TL;DR:Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams users will soon have a dedicated space to manage their meetings – “Meet”. The Meet app is a centralized hub for all meeting activity and content”. Due mid-October...
Microsoft Teams webinars get a brilliant on-demand recording upgrade
TL;DR:Webinar organisers will soon be able to publish the recording of their webinars and automatically send an update to attendees, including a link to watch the on-demand recording hosted on the...
SharePoint Platform: Minor Visual Refresh
Details:Microsoft: "We are introducing updates to the Microsoft Fluent Visual styling of the SharePoint platform that will improve the experience across the SharePoint Authoring Experience and Microsoft Syntex". Main change is...
‘For you’ Files in OneDrive online helps you stay on top
TL;DR:OneDrive will soon display a list of recommended files in your Home view. This list is intended to help you to keep track of work around you and quickly access files...
Forms PowerPoint add-on enables the ‘Live Survey Experience’
Details:The Microsoft Forms PowerPoint Add-on will soon support Forms' live presentation capabilities. Presenters can stay in their presentation flow as audiences participate in live surveys and view real-time responses using a...
Browse files by Meetings in OneDrive online
TL;DR:This new meetings view in OneDrive online will let you get to all of your meeting content easily and quickly. When you view the meetings view, you'll see meetings in the...
Stream video preview and playback in Microsoft Teams chats and channels
TL;DR:You will soon be able to preview and play Stream videos directly in Microsoft Teams Chats and Channels without having to open them in a browser and going to Stream. Now due...
Microsoft Teams app store suggestions to be grouped by app purpose
Details:The Microsoft Teams app store will soon show app suggestions grouped by the tasks that the apps support (such as ‘manage tasks’ and ‘take notes and create lists’) as opposed to...
Reminders Window in the new Outlook for Windows preview
TL;DR:The reminders window is a new notification style for the New Outlook for Windows preview. It is a pop-out window that organises your meeting/event reminders and task reminders in one place....
Browse files by people in OneDrive Web using the People view
TL;DR:The new People view in OneDrive online will group files by who shared them with you and whom you shared with. View by person, filter by file type, and even pin...
Microsoft Whiteboard user interface updates
TL;DR:The Microsoft Whiteboard app user interface is getting a refresh. Whiteboarding tools will be more prominent and the toolbar moves to the bottom of the screen. Slightly delayed, but already rolling...
Key document updates as a highlight in the Profile Card.
TL;DR:When you view the profile card of a colleague you collaborate with, you will see a new highlight type. These key document updates will include edits, comments, mentions, replies, and shares....
Microsoft Lists User Experience Update – June 2023
Update: Last year's Lists updates disussed below are now coming to Lists in Team sites, Lists PWA and Teams.
TL;DR:This update hopes to improve the overall performance of Microsoft Lists and introduces...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? A look at July 2023
Welcome to our seventh roundup of 2023. We look at what’s being announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Teams in July. These hand-picked highlights are mainly from the admin...
Colour, font, and navigation changes in OneDrive for Web
TL;DR:Microsoft are introducing an improved left navigation in OneDrive for web and minor colour, font, and icon changes to the user interface. Due late July to late August 2023.
Details:1. The background of...
Animated Backgrounds in Teams Meetings
TL;DR:The animated background feature in Teams Meetings will allow you to replace your background with an animation. Animated backgrounds will be identified by a small video icon in the bottom-left corner...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? A look at June 2023
Welcome to our sixth roundup of 2023. We look at what’s being announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Teams in June. These hand-picked highlights are mainly from the admin...
Tasks in Microsoft Loop Components to start syncing with Planner and To Do
TL;DR:Tasks created using Microsoft Loop components will soon start syncing with Microsoft tasks apps To Do, Planner, and the Tasks app in Teams. Now due mid-June mid-August 2023.
Details:The Task List Loop...
PDF Annotation and Interactable Form Fields in Microsoft OneDrive
TL;DR:There are two parts to this OneDrive online update. 1: Using the "Edit" action in Microsoft OneDrive for the Web, you will be able to annotate with hand-drawn ink into your...
Zoom controls while viewing a screenshare in Teams meetings
Details:You will soon see new buttons to zoom in, zoom out and restore the original size of screenshares during Microsoft Teams meetings and chats.
Here's a closer look at the buttons in...
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...
