PowerPoint Copilot ‘Create presentation from file’ is gaining support for protected and encrypted Word...
TL;DRMicrosoft PowerPoint Copilot ‘Create presentation from file’ will soon support protected or encrypted Word documents. Due early to late June 2024.
DetailsPreviously, users who wanted to make a new presentation from an...
Remember ‘Notify when available’ in Teams? It’s back!
TL;DRThe "Notify when available" feature in Microsoft Teams classic notified users when a colleague became available. This feature was lost with the move to new Teams but has now been restored. Available...
Notification suppression is coming to hidden Teams channels
DetailsCurrently, you receive team and channel notifications (mentions, reactions, replies, etc.) from hidden channels. Notification suppression for hidden channels will suppress these notifications.
After this update, you will only be informed about...
Soon, you will be able to drag that annoying Microsoft Teams Presenter Toolbar out...
TL;DRTeams is getting a draggable, collapsing presenter toolbar when screen sharing. Due mid to late June.
DetailsYou will soon be able to drag the Presenter Toolbar from its default location at the...
File image previews are coming to Microsoft Teams messages
TL;DRMicrosoft Teams will soon show file previews in chats and channels. Now due early October to mid-November 2024.
DetailsTeams will soon show previews for files like images, PowerPoint and PDFs in chats and...
Draft with Copilot in Microsoft Word based on text, list, or table selections
TL;DRYou will soon be able to use Draft with Copilot in Microsoft Word with the on-canvas Copilot menu and existing text, a list, or a table. Due late April to August 2024.
DetailsCurrently...
Coming soon to Outlook: Access the Copilot app
DetailsA Copilot icon will soon be added to the left app bar in new Microsoft Outlook for Windows, Microsoft Outlook for the web and classic Outlook for Copilot licence holders.
Selecting the...
Teams message reactions added to the right-click menu
DetailsSoon, right-clicking any message in Microsoft Teams will show reactions in the right-click menu.
A small but nice improvement over the current slightly clunky hover > wait > reactions appear nowhere near...
New align content options for SharePoint page sections
TL;DRSharePoint will soon allow page editors to align their on-page content. Due mid to late May 2024.
DetailsSharePoint pages are made up of sections that go across the page; these sections can...
Coming to Outlook: respond to meetings with ‘Follow’
TL;DRCan’t attend a meeting but want to stay engaged and easily access meeting information? The new Follow meeting response in Outlook and Teams is for you. Now due mid-June to mid-September 2024.
DetailsA...
Slash commands are coming to the Teams compose box
TL;DRSlash commands for composing messages, navigating Teams, and setting your status are coming to the compose box. Now due mid-June to late July 2024.
DetailsType a forward slash in the compose box....
Coming soon to OneDrive PDFs: annotate with text boxes
TL;DRAnnotate and save PDFs with text boxes in OneDrive and SharePoint. Now due late June to late August 2024.
Steps:
Open a PDF in OneDrive or SharePoint
Click Edit
Select the Add Text icon on the left
Write...
New SharePoint page templates for Stream videos
TL;DRNew page templates are coming to SharePoint to present Stream videos. Now due early to late July 2024.
DetailsYou will be able to use the new templates from within SharePoint or Stream.
In...
New kid Loop components to join forces with old-timer OneNote
TL;DRLoop components will soon be available in Microsoft OneNote web and desktop. Now due early April to early August 2024.
DetailsYou will soon be able to create and insert Loop components on...
Save meeting content with collaborative annotations as a Microsoft Whiteboard
DetailsMicrosoft Teams meeting presenters using screen sharing and annotations will soon be able to save the screen and annotations as a Microsoft Whiteboard, allowing post-meeting collaboration.
Look out for the new Save button...
New to Microsoft Teams: Edit and interact with onscreen content when using annotations
TL;DRIf you present in Microsoft Teams and use annotations, you will love this new ability to edit the file onscreen without ending the annotation session. Due early to late May 2024.
DetailsBefore...
The Microsoft Teams presenter window is getting an upgrade
TL;DRMicrosoft Teams is getting enhancements to the presenter window shown when you are screen sharing to make it more useful. Now due early August to late November 2024.
DetailsThe presenter window (the...
Copilot magic is coming to Microsoft Stream
DetailsMicrosoft: “Copilot in Stream will enable the copilot pane in Stream and will allow you to quickly extract information from videos. For example, you can use it to:
Summarise any video to...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? A look at April 2024
Welcome to our fourth roundup of 2024. We look at what is being announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in April.
These hand-picked highlights are mainly from the admin...
A new ‘Meet now’ experience is coming to Teams group chats
DetailsMicrosoft Teams group chats are getting a new meeting experience. Instead of starting a video/audio call, Meet now will start an instant, ringless, in-the-moment, meeting with your colleagues. The chat for this...
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.
Check out...
