New Mobile Friendly Experience for Form Creation and Analysis
Do you use Microsoft Forms on your mobile device? It can be a bit fiddly, can’t it? Check out this update coming to both browser and the app on mobile.
Short version:Form...
Microsoft Teams Public Preview indicator “P” on avatar
Have you noticed a little P next to your profile avatar? Worked out what it is yet? If not, here you go…
Short version:You will notice a P next to your profile picture/avatar indicating...
Manage and organise your forms and quizzes with Collections
Are you a regular Forms user? Locating the form you want can take longer than it should…until now!
Short version:This new Forms feature release will allow you to manage and group all...
Forms word cloud poll for Teams meeting
Are you always looking for new ways to engage colleagues during Teams meetings? Whether you organise a monthly team meeting, make presentations or use Teams for delivering training, word clouds in...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 7 – 28 August 2021
Here’s your end-user focused catch up of updates for 7th - 28th August 2021 across Microsoft 365 and Teams.
Who is this for? These updates look at topics of interest to end...
Tone detection in Microsoft Editor for Outlook on the web
Would you like Microsoft Outlook to make recommendations about the tone of your emails? This might be for you.
Short version:This new feature for Microsoft Editor in Outlook on the web will offer...
PowerApps/PowerAutomate Retirement of Direct Links in the OneDrive for Business Connector
Short version:This only applies to Direct links in PowerApps/PowerAutomate. The ‘Direct’ link option is being retired because rather than creating sharing links it creates file download links, which is unlikely to...
Refreshed Microsoft Whiteboard Experience
Short version:Microsoft Whiteboard (web, Teams and full app on Windows) is being updated to provide a new, unified experience across all devices, whether you’re on a large screen or a mobile...
PowerPoint modern comments for enterprise
Short version:This release (currently in preview as of August 2021) will update the comments feature in PowerPoint to the new PowerPoint modern comments experience. Modern comments help improve your collaborative experience...
Teams Breakout Rooms Presenter support
Short version:Microsoft are adding the ability for meeting organisers to extend the management of Breakout Rooms to specific presenters. This feature will enable meeting organisers to add and remove presenters as...
Teams Breakout rooms: Pre-meeting room creation and participant assignment
Short version:Microsoft are adding the ability for meeting organisers to create rooms in advance of a meeting and carry out participant assignment tasks in advance. Due mid to late September on...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 1 – 7 August 2021
Here’s your end-user focused catch up of updates for 1st - 7th August 2021 across Microsoft 365 and Teams.
Who is this for? These updates look at topics of interest to...
Yammer: Nested Replies and Related Features
Short version:This new update makes Yammer conversations better by providing several new features; Nested Replies, Deep linking, Delete Message, Bi-directional Pagination, Feed Sorting (available now). Due early September to early October.
Details:This...
SharePoint: Title Region Gradient
Short version:This new feature will allow SharePoint page authors to remove the background gradient on title region images. Due mid to late August.
Details:This new feature will allow SharePoint page authors to...
Reading Progress in Microsoft Teams
Short version:This new feature, Reading Progress in Teams, supports students in building fluency through independent reading practice, educator review, and educator insights. This is rolling out on Teams Desktop, web, Mac,...
Outlook on the web – Project Moca migrating to Outlook board view.
Short version:Did you use Project Moca?Microsoft will be migrating content from Project Moca to the new Outlook Calendar board view in July. All boards and content will be migrated and you...
Variable playback speed for Teams meeting recordings
Short version:For Teams meeting recordings saved to OneDrive & SharePoint, you'll be able to change the playback speed (0.5x - 2x) while watching the video. Due early to late September for...
New default native notification setting for new Teams users
Short version:The current default notification style for new users is Teams Built In. With this change the default Notification Style (specifically for new users) will change to operating system Native Notifications...
Side-by-side and Reporter Presenter modes with desktop and window sharing
April 2022 update: New features will allow presenters to decide how they will be shown in these modes. In Standout mode, you will be able to choose to appear on the...
Microsoft Stream: Viewing the transcript for a Microsoft Teams meeting recording
Short version:This Microsoft Stream release will allow you to view the transcript for a Microsoft Teams meeting recording in the transcript pane next to the video player. Due late August and...
Teams is getting an easy way to insert hyperlinks into messages
Details You will soon have a new way to create links in Teams chats:
Start by copying the link
Type the text you would like to...
