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....
Accessibility improvements to SharePoint page authoring
TL;DR:This update consists of two improvements, the first will provide the option to mark images as decorative (ignored by assistive technology), the second has changed the heading level 1 to be...
Easily navigate to all your Microsoft Teams files from OneDrive
Is OneDrive your go-to place for navigating to your files across Microsoft 365? It’s about to get even better with a new Your Teams section.
Short version:In OneDrive, Microsoft are adding a...
New SharePoint site creation experience
TL;DR:This SharePoint update allows you to choose a site template based on a scenario. When choosing a template you will see its capabilities and a preview. This change is intended 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...
New SharePoint news page templates: send SharePoint News to Outlook
TL;DR: SharePoint news authors will be able to preview and send entire news posts as email. There will be six made-for-email page templates in Outlook and SharePoint. Authors will be able...
SharePoint Platform: Minor Visual Refresh
Details:Microsoft: "We are introducing updates to the Microsoft Fluent Visual styling of the SharePoint platform that will improve the experience across the SharePoint Authoring Experience and Microsoft Syntex". Main change is...
New SharePoint page sharing feature
TL;DR:You will soon be able to easily share SharePoint pages and news posts individually without sharing the entire site, like any other Microsoft 365 files. All sharing settings at the site...
Account switching for Microsoft 365 web apps
Do you need to access multiple Microsoft accounts in a browser? This change will eliminate the need to sign out, use an InPrivate window, or use a different browser.
TL;DRThis update brings...
Create Pages and News from the SharePoint app bar
TL;DR:SharePoint users, you will soon be able to start creating Pages and News posts as an action from the SharePoint app bar. Is this slightly quicker access to the creation process...
Improvements to the SharePoint page authoring experience (March 2023)
TL;DR:Microsoft are releasing new improvements to the SharePoint page authoring experience. They are intended to reduce clutter and increase your productivity. Due late March to late June August 2023.
Details:The update...
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...
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...
OneDrive for Business and SharePoint online upload capability increased to 250GB
Short version:
OneDrive for Business and SharePoint online upload limit increased from 100GB per file 250GB via the sync client as well as the web app. Increased capacity available now. See link...
Introducing a SharePoint app bar that features global navigation
Short version:SharePoint modern comms and team sites will soon feature the SharePoint app bar which provides quick access to customisable global navigation as well as other intranet resources making important content and resources...
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...
Improvements to Microsoft Search with personal query history
What you need to know:Delayed: Microsoft are adding a new option in Microsoft Search that allows you to view and manage your personal query history.
What you need to do:With personal query...
SharePoint site templates
Short version:This new SharePoint release of scenario-based site templates will help you expand what’s possible with content, pages, and web parts while helping you quickly get started building your own site....
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...
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...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? A look at April...
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...
