New SharePoint news page templates: send SharePoint News to Outlook
August 2024 update: When creating a new News post, all templates will be grouped and users will no longer need to select from a specific email-ready category. Refs: MC847880 and 365...
Turn your Copilot Pages into SharePoint News posts
Short VersionIn Copilot Pages, a new SharePoint option will appear under the Create button to convert your Copilot Pages into SharePoint News posts. Now due September 2026.
DetailsIn Copilot Pages, the Create button (1) will soon have...
SharePoint is getting a new Template gallery and 50 new templates
Short VersionSharePoint is getting a new Template gallery and over 50 out-of-the-box (OOB) page templates. Now due early July to late September 2025.
DetailsSharePoint will soon have a centralised Template gallery that enables you...
New SharePoint site templates (December 2022)
TL;DR:Microsoft are introducing two new SharePoint site templates for creating sites for HR and a template powered by Microsoft Syntex for contract management. Now due early December 2022 to mid-February 2023.
Details:
New...
SharePoint home site updates and the Viva Connections app is being renamed the SharePoint...
Short VersionMicrosoft is renaming the Viva Connections app in Microsoft Teams to the SharePoint app. Due early to late June 2026.
Rename details:Microsoft is renaming the Viva Connections app (1) in Teams to...
Favourite & unfavourite files in OneDrive (web)
Lots of people I know could name x number of files they work on most often, and maybe have a certain file they can never find. They’ll like this time-saving update.
TL;DR:Adding...
Microsoft is retiring the SharePoint Alerts feature
15th June 2026 update. Microsoft: "We are updating this post as a reminder. SharePoint Alerts will be fully turned off starting in mid-July 2026."
Short VersionMicrosoft is phasing out the SharePoint Alerts...
OneDrive and SharePoint: Share Word documents in Review mode
Before we get into this update, what is Review mode? In Review mode, you don’t have full edit rights, but instead are allowed to add suggestions to the document in the...
Changes to SharePoint pages authoring
TL;DR:Microsoft are releasing a set of updates to SharePoint pages authoring: Proof text in multiple languages in the text web part, more control over spacing in text web parts and removal...
Copilot in SharePoint: Select what you want to edit
Short VersionWhen you edit a SharePoint page with Copilot, you can now select a section or web part first, so Copilot knows exactly which part of the page to change. If...
SharePoint News Boost
Short version:This new feature will allow you to prioritise important news and announcements at the top of news feeds across Microsoft 365, you can even prioritise visibility of a news article...
List rules make it easy to set up notifications of changes in SharePoint
What you need to know:
With this update, if you are a SharePoint user with edit permissions on a list you can create simple if/then rules, based on changes to list information,...
A new PDF compression feature is coming to SharePoint and OneDrive
Short VersionA new PDF compression feature is coming to SharePoint and OneDrive to reduce the file sizes of PDFs. You will be able to choose from three compression levels. Now due late...
Want easy access to an individual file in OneDrive and SharePoint using a shortcut?
TL;DRYou will soon be able to create a shortcut to files stored in other people’s OneDrive and document libraries to find them within your OneDrive or document library. Now due November...
See SharePoint library views without leaving OneDrive
Short VersionYou can now access and manage SharePoint document library views directly within OneDrive for the web. You'll be able to switch between existing views, create new custom views, and organise...
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...
Apply shapes to images on Microsoft SharePoint Online
DetailsYou can now apply a shape over an Image web part or an inline image in a Text web part. Shapes include square, circle, triangle, hexagon, pebble, and teardrop.
AvailabilityNow due late...
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...
Microsoft Search: Video Search in Bing, Office.com, SharePoint, and Stream
Details:Microsoft is making it easier for us to find videos at work across Stream, OneDrive and SharePoint. A new Video tab will appear on Microsoft Search in Bing, Office and SharePoint....
SharePoint Modern lookup columns
Do you have information you use repeatedly in SharePoint lists? Lookup columns make it easy to maintain team-level, centralised lists that contain this information.
Short version:This new feature, Lookup columns, will allow...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? November 2026
*Members only early access* Welcome to our eleventh roundup of 2026. We review what was announced, released, and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot...
