WANTED: Assign Custom background to entire Organisation from Teams Admin Portal
Short Version:Assign Custom background to an entire Organisation from Teams Admin Portal. Release date unknown, Microsoft: “Working on it”.
Details:Assign Custom background to an entire Organisation from Teams Admin Portal. This would...
Teams Together Mode Extensibility
Short version:Creators can now build custom Together Mode scenes using the newly built Scene Studio - a web application in the Microsoft Teams Developer Center – to bring new and exciting...
Planner File Recommendations
You might recognise this one, earlier this year it was announced, but then put on hold in March while Microsoft made some changes.
Short version:This new Planner feature allows you to quickly...
Pinning on Outlook for iOS and Android
Short version:This new Outlook for iOS and Android release will soon roll out the ability to pin messages on both platforms. After pinning, conversations will be easy to get to and...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams 15 – 22 May 2021
It’s time for our end-user focused catch up of updates for the week 15th to 22nd May 2021 across Microsoft 365.
What are you doing 15th & 16th September 2021? I hope...
Sharing Links for Microsoft Lists
Short version:Lists and list items are usually available to everyone with permissions to the site. This release will allow you to share Microsoft Lists using the same sharing links options that...
Power Apps to display images from Microsoft Lists
Short version:Power Apps image controls to display images that are stored in image columns in Microsoft Lists. Images can be displayed in four sizes: small, medium, large, or full. Due mid...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams 8 – 15 May 2021
It’s time for our end-user focused catch up of updates for the week 8th to 15th May 2021 across Microsoft 365.
Onto the updates, another quiet one this week so I have...
SharePoint news in the Yammer feed
Short version:Over the next few weeks, Yammer users will see SharePoint News in their Yammer Home Feed along with Yammer content. This new post type will show on both web and...
Group chat with external users in Teams
Short version:This new external group chat feature enables you to initiate and participate in group Teams chats with users from outside your organisation, external group chat in Teams supports up to...
Immersive Reader for OneDrive and SharePoint documents
Short version:This new feature release will allow you to open Word Documents and text files directly into Immersive Reader from OneDrive and SharePoint libraries. Due mid-May to late June.
Details:This new feature...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams 1 – 8 May 2021
It’s time for our end-user focused catch up of updates for the week 1st to 8th May 2021 across Microsoft 365.
We have a new section this week: 'New and available to...
Recommended Files in Office: Excel, Word & PowerPoint for Microsoft 365
Short version:Coming to Office on Windows: Recommended for you allows you to keep track of work around you and choose files with activity that matters most to you. On the home...
Adding Link settings to the Quick Permissions inside the OneDrive and SharePoint Share Control
Short version:Hot on the heels of Can edit/Can view being added to OneDrive/SharePoint sharing dialogue, this new feature will make Link settings more discoverable by adding it to the quick permissions dropdown. Due...
Profile menu update, relocating profile menu links to a new menu in the title...
Short version:Access to Settings, Zoom Controls, Keyboard Shortcuts, About, and Check for Updates is moving from the Me Menu to a new menu in the title bar. The Me Menu will...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams 24 April – 1 May 2021
It’s time for our end-user focused catch up of updates for the week 24th April to 1st May 2021 across Microsoft 365.
I want to start by thanking all of you...
Whiteboard storage changing to OneDrive for Business
Short version:Microsoft Whiteboard is being rebuilt to integrate seamlessly across 365, so you can create, share, discover, and manage whiteboards as easily as any Office document. Starting October 2021, all newly...
SharePoint and Teams: Folder in site visibly connected to channel
Short version:This new Microsoft Teams release will make it easy to tell which folders within your SharePoint library have a Teams channel associated with them. Additionally, you'll be able to see...
MAC users: Reduce background noise in Microsoft Teams Meetings
Short version:The AI-based, real-time noise suppression that was added to Windows desktop client for Microsoft Teams in Nov 2020 will soon also be available on MAC. This feature will automatically remove...
Set out of office within Microsoft Teams
Short version:With this update, you can create an out of office message from within Microsoft Teams desktop or Microsoft Teams on the web. This out of office message will sync with...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? November 2024
Welcome to our eleventh roundup of 2024. We look at what was announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in November.
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