Viva Engage, replacing Yammer Communities app for Teams
What is Viva Engage? "...the newest app within Microsoft Viva, designed to help organizations build community, spark engagement with leadership, harness knowledge and answers, and build personal networks. Microsoft Viva Engage will be...
Microsoft Teams meetings: assign seats in Together Mode
TL;DR:Microsoft Teams users in a meeting will soon have the option to assign seats in Together Mode for all participants in a meeting. Due early to late September 2022.
Details:When a meeting...
Quick thoughts: Microsoft Teams Vs Outlook. About to get harder to explain?
For end users, I think some recent Teams and Outlook updates have the potential to make the "Which app, when?" question a little more important for us to answer carefully.
Terms used:Inner...
Changes to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint integration in Teams
Since early 2018 I have heard people say of Teams "it's just another place I need to check for work". Since then I have been responding along the lines that if...
New question type for Polls app in Teams meetings: Ranking
TL;DR:The Ranking question type will soon be added to the Polls app within Microsoft Teams. This will be a quick and easy way to increase meeting engagement and collect information from...
Microsoft Teams: Accept or block external chat requests
TL;DR:Teams users will soon see an invitation pop-up to accept or block an external user when receiving new chats from external users. Due mid-August to early September.
Details:When receiving a new one-on-one...
Microsoft Teams will no longer auto provision a Wiki with new channels
TL;DR:Microsoft are making some changes to the wiki experience in Teams channels. At present whenever a new private or standard channel is created then a wiki is automatically provisioned for the...
Teams meetings: Pop out shared content into a separate window
If you attend Teams meetings, and have two screens, you will soon be able to pop the shared content out to one screen and view the meeting window on the other....
Stream on SharePoint: Video Collections Page
Do you have videos scattered across Teams and SharePoint? This new SharePoint page will display them all in one place for you.
TL;DR:SharePoint video collections pages are designed to make it easy...
Is this new Microsoft Teams feature the GOAT? Soft focus and Adjust brightness in...
Is your high-quality webcam just a bit too good at showing every little detail during Teams meetings? You’ll soon be able to smooth things out with an update that is maybe...
Enable Q&A in Teams Meetings via Meeting Options
Q&A in Teams meetings are an excellent way of engaging attendees with structured questions and answers, but adding the Q&A app to the meeting feels a bit clunky. This is about...
How to set up a great Teams meeting
WORK IN PROGRESS PREVIEW
A great meeting starts with two elements: a great invitation and carefully chosen meeting settings. In this post we’ll start at the very beginning as we explore best practice and take a...
Cameo in PowerPoint Live
TL;DR:With Cameo in PowerPoint Live, you will be able to integrate Teams camera feed into PowerPoint presentation and customise how and where you want to appear on slides. Due September 2022.
Details:Cameo...
Remove a call from the Teams call history view
If I saw someone’s name in your Teams calls history, could I guess something about that person due to the role you do at work? If yes, should you remove that...
Use more Bluetooth headsets and speakerphones to answer, end and mute Teams calls
A physical mute button is one of the fastest, easiest methods to go on and off mute during a Teams meeting. This functionality is about to become available with more devices.
TL;DR:This...
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 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...
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...
Ground your M365 Copilot BizChat prompts in third-party data
TL;DRMicrosoft 365 Copilot Biz Chat will soon allow you to ground prompts in third-party data from Microsoft Graph Connectors. Due late February to early...
