The Microsoft Office app is becoming the Microsoft 365 app
TL;DR:On 12th October 2022 Microsoft announced that the Office app for web (office.com), Windows, iOS, and Android will be rebranded to become the Microsoft 365 app. Between late 2022 and early...
Payments in Microsoft Teams
Details:The Payments app in Microsoft Teams will allow you to get paid by customers for appointments, classes, or events hosted on Teams. The Payments app is free to use with a...
Microsoft Outlook: Reactions to Email Messages
Microsoft continue to breathe new life into emails with this super-fast way to respond to an email without generating another email.
TL;DR:With reactions in Outlook, you can now react to an email...
What is Microsoft Teams Premium?
What is it?Microsoft Teams Premium is a paid tier of Teams announced around the 12th of October 2022 at the time of the Microsoft Ignite conference.
When will this happen?February 2022....
Private drafts for SharePoint pages and news
Do you ever need to create a SharePoint page that no-one can see, not even other editors, until you are ready to publish? Maybe business results, for example? If so, Private...
How is Super Simple 365 doing? October 2022 update.
Thank you to everyone who has subscribed to this blog, YouTube channel and podcast. And to those who follow me on Twitter and LinkedIn.
As I approach my first 1000 YouTube subscribers...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 17th – 30th September 2022
Welcome to our seventeenth roundup of Microsoft 365 and Teams updates for 2022; hand-picked highlights from the admin centre and Microsoft 365 Roadmap, all delivered in plain English...hopefully!
Fewer updates than usual, here’s what...
Microsoft Teams calendar Scheduling Form pop-out
Do you ever find yourself creating a meeting in teams, but having to leave your meeting scheduling window to check a detail or confirm something? This mild annoyance is about to...
New ‘Unread only’ toggle in the Microsoft Teams activity feed
Details:A new Unread only toggle will help you to quickly view all the unread activities in your activity feed:
Remember you can currently go the long way to view your unread activity:...
Use Loop components in Microsoft Outlook emails
Emails are written by a sender and read by a recipient(s); it has been that way for decades. Will this change make emails ‘live’ and truly collaborative?
TL;DR:Loop components are live, interactive,...
Collaborate in Microsoft Teams meetings with Excel Live
TL;DR:With “Excel Live”, you can easily find and share an Excel workbook with meeting participants with just a few clicks. It seamlessly turns the meeting window to an Excel workbook collaboration...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 4th – 17th September 2022
Welcome to our sixteenth roundup of Microsoft 365 and Teams updates for 2022; hand-picked highlights from the admin centre and Microsoft 365 Roadmap. Here’s what we have in this roundup:
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Rich text and images in Planner task notes
I first shared this update in late 2021, after going quiet for a while this great update is finally rolling out.
TL;DR:Microsoft are adding support for rich text (bold, italics, underline) and...
Meeting Effectiveness Surveys and Effective Meeting Plans in the Teams Viva Insights app
TL;DR:Surveys and shared plans are being introduced for users with a Viva Insights subscription. Meeting effectiveness surveys enable meeting organisers to view aggregated feedback from attendees on the meetings they organised....
SharePoint: Medium People Card soon to be available as part of the People web...
The SharePoint People webpart will soon include a Medium People Card option. This allows authors to input a 50-character description accompanying each person's thumbnail image. Due early to late October 2022.
Details:Main points:
The...
Expanded reactions in Microsoft Teams
It’s back! I first shared this update in late 2021 and it was due January 2022…but it sort of fell off the radar for quite a while. It has now re-surfaced...
New features available in Microsoft Whiteboard – August 2022
Have you seen the latest updates to the Microsoft Whiteboard? These updates are fully rolled out as of August 2022:
Open existing whiteboards in Teams meetingsAnnotations in Teams meetingsCollaborate with users outside...
Outlook on the web – Update locations to message compose options
TL;DR:Outlook on the web is updating where some message-compose options are located. These changes include the formatting bar and the ‘send’ and ‘discard’ buttons. Now due mid-January to mid-April 2023.
Details:This update...
Create and share video Clips in a Microsoft Teams Chat
Update 13th April 2023: Now with captions. Read more: Microsoft Teams Video Clip auto-generated captions.
Details:Video Clips are a new way of working and connecting with colleagues using short (up to 1...
How to schedule a Microsoft Teams chat message
Many of us work early or late because it suits our lifestyles. But, we respect the work hours of our colleagues with actions such as delaying email delivery until normal working...
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...
