Speaker Coach in Microsoft Teams Meetings
Details:Speaker Coach provides private, personalised feedback on your speaking and presentation skills. Both in real-time as well as a post-meeting summary:
Availability:Due early to late July 2022.Now due mid-August to mid-September 2022.Now...
Updates app in Microsoft Teams
TL;DR:The Updates app allows you to create, submit, and review colleague updates in Teams. Available now.
Details:Updates in Teams is an out-of-the-box app that enables you to create, submit, and review updates,...
Microsoft Lists calendar view conditional formatting
TL;DR:Conditional formatting on the calendar view helps customise the calendar to meet specific requirements. Items in a list calendar view can be colour coded based on conditions or rules specified on...
Microsoft Forms new App “Polls” in Teams
Are Forms polls rarely used in your Teams meetings? If yes, that’s understandable as this option can be a bit ‘out of sight, out of mind’. Now Forms Polls in Teams...
Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring – Column reflow and RSS connector web part
TL;DR:These updates include changes to Microsoft’s reflow automation (how the SharePoint page layout is automatically adjusted for different screen sizes) for two-column sections and the RSS Connector web part (by giving...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 1st – 18th June 2022
Welcome to our tenth 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:
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Pairing naming convention between Teams channels and corresponding SharePoint folders
Alternative title: Renaming a Teams channel will simultaneously rename the corresponding folder in SharePoint.
Short version:This update will update the channel rename experience in Teams to simultaneously rename the corresponding folder in...
Teams Chat with self
Do you ever send yourself an email or text message as a way of reminding yourself about something? A neat little new feature will soon let you do this easily in...
SharePoint: Updates to Teams channel sites to display site permissions
TL;DR:Microsoft are bringing back the Site Permissions panel to Teams channel sites in SharePoint, displayed in a read-only mode. Site owners will also be able to access and make changes to...
Teams: Join a meeting with digital meeting ID
Short version:Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to join meetings by Meeting ID. This update will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide an...
Teams Connect shared channels
Do you work closely with people in other Microsoft Teams and even in other organisations? This new update will let you work in Teams channels with them as if they were...
Microsoft Teams: Choose preferred download location for files
Brief details:Teams will soon enable you to select the default location for downloaded file. This is applicable only on the desktop client. Teams on the web will continue to honour the...
Microsoft Stream and Teams: Timeline markers in Teams meeting recordings for when you left...
Brief details:Microsoft are adding markers (which appear as icons above the video timeline) in Teams meeting recording timelines to indicate when you joined or left a meeting. The markers are personalised;...
Planner cards to show on your SharePoint team site activity feed
Planner is a great, basic task management tool. But your tasks can be a bit ‘out of sight, out of mind’. This update will help surface your tasks…
TL;DR:This new feature will...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 7th – 31st May 2022
Welcome to our ninth 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:
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Collaborative Annotations on Presenter Shared Screen
One of the fastest ways to get work done is to get together on a Teams call, and co-author on a document as you chat and work together. This update is...
OneDrive Web: Rename ‘Add Shortcut to My files’ shortcuts
The ability to add shortcuts from your OneDrive to a SharePoint folder is very helpful. What’s less helpful is when the person who created the destination folder used a vague name,...
Outlook personal bookings page
TL;DR:Bookings in Outlook is coming to help you reduce the back and forth in scheduling, while helping you maintain control of your calendar. Due mid to late June July 2022.
Details:Your personal...
Microsoft Lists: Calendar view item drag and drop
TL;DR:You will soon be able to reschedule List items by dragging and dropping them from one day to another in a Calendar view, or by pulling an item to or from...
Suggested Replies in Teams Desktop
Sometimes, you just need a super-fast way of replying to a message in Teams. Here you go…
TL;DR:Suggested Replies present you with three responses to choose from to quickly respond to messages....
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...
