Magnify PowerPoint Live slides in Teams
TL;DR:When a slide deck is presented via PowerPoint Live in a Microsoft Teams meeting, all meeting attendees will be able to use the Magnify...
Outlook for Windows: cloud signatures
Details:MS: “Upgrades to how your email signatures are managed will be launching soon. These enhancements change where the signature data is stored from per-device...
Sign Language View in Microsoft Teams meetings
TL;DR:Microsoft are introducing a new sign language experience in Teams Meetings which prioritises interpreters and other sign language users so that they remain visible...
New praise compose experience in Teams and praise trends in Viva...
As we spend more working time physically alone than ever, virtual connections have become more important than ever. I tell people about Praise in...
Planner due date digest email design update
TL;DR:Microsoft Planner sends out a daily Due Date Digest email to users who have tasks that are assigned to them and are either:
OverdueDue today,...
The Microsoft Office app is becoming the Microsoft 365 app
TL;DR:On 12th October 2022 Microsoft announced that the Office app for web (office.com), Windows, iOS, and Android will be rebranded to become the Microsoft...
Payments in Microsoft Teams
Details:The Payments app in Microsoft Teams will allow you to get paid by customers for appointments, classes, or events hosted on Teams. The Payments...
Microsoft Outlook: Reactions to Email Messages
Microsoft continue to breathe new life into emails with this super-fast way to respond to an email without generating another email.
TL;DR:With reactions in Outlook,...
What is Microsoft Teams Premium?
What is it?Microsoft Teams Premium is a paid tier of Teams announced around the 12th of October 2022 at the time of the Microsoft...
Private drafts for SharePoint pages and news
Do you ever need to create a SharePoint page that no-one can see, not even other editors, until you are ready to publish? Maybe...
How is Super Simple 365 doing? October 2022 update.
Thank you to everyone who has subscribed to this blog, YouTube channel and podcast. And to those who follow me on Twitter and LinkedIn.
As...
All about Microsoft Teams channel meetings
What are channel meetings?
A regular Teams or Outlook meeting is created and owned by someone, it surfaces in their calendar, and they invite people...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 17th – 30th September...
Welcome to our seventeenth roundup of Microsoft 365 and Teams updates for 2022; hand-picked highlights from the admin centre and Microsoft 365 Roadmap, all delivered in...
Microsoft Teams calendar Scheduling Form pop-out
Do you ever find yourself creating a meeting in teams, but having to leave your meeting scheduling window to check a detail or confirm...
Microsoft Teams: Start a Teams Chat with Distribution Groups, Mail-Enabled Security...
Microsoft: “Organizations rely on Distribution Lists (DLs) as a tool to create groups of users that mirror organizational knowledge and workflows. Bringing this awareness...
New ‘Unread only’ toggle in the Microsoft Teams activity feed
Details:A new Unread only toggle will help you to quickly view all the unread activities in your activity feed:
Remember you can currently go the...
Use Loop components in Microsoft Outlook emails
Emails are written by a sender and read by a recipient(s); it has been that way for decades. Will this change make emails ‘live’...
Collaborate in Microsoft Teams meetings with Excel Live
TL;DR:With “Excel Live”, you can easily find and share an Excel workbook with meeting participants with just a few clicks. It seamlessly turns the...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 4th – 17th September...
Welcome to our sixteenth roundup of Microsoft 365 and Teams updates for 2022; hand-picked highlights from the admin centre and Microsoft 365 Roadmap. Here’s what we...
Rich text and images in Planner task notes
I first shared this update in late 2021, after going quiet for a while this great update is finally rolling out.
TL;DR:Microsoft are adding support...