Teams Breakout rooms: Pre-meeting room creation and participant assignment
Short version:Microsoft are adding the ability for meeting organisers to create rooms in advance of a meeting and carry out participant assignment tasks in...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 1 – 7 August...
Here’s your end-user focused catch up of updates for 1st - 7th August 2021 across Microsoft 365 and Teams.
Who is this for? These...
Yammer: Nested Replies and Related Features
Short version:This new update makes Yammer conversations better by providing several new features; Nested Replies, Deep linking, Delete Message, Bi-directional Pagination, Feed Sorting (available...
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...
Reading Progress in Microsoft Teams
Short version:This new feature, Reading Progress in Teams, supports students in building fluency through independent reading practice, educator review, and educator insights. This is...
Outlook on the web – Project Moca migrating to Outlook board...
Short version:Did you use Project Moca?Microsoft will be migrating content from Project Moca to the new Outlook Calendar board view in July. All boards...
Variable playback speed for Teams meeting recordings
Short version:For Teams meeting recordings saved to OneDrive & SharePoint, you'll be able to change the playback speed (0.5x - 2x) while watching the...
New default native notification setting for new Teams users
Short version:The current default notification style for new users is Teams Built In. With this change the default Notification Style (specifically for new users)...
Side-by-side and Reporter Presenter modes with desktop and window sharing
April 2022 update: New features will allow presenters to decide how they will be shown in these modes. In Standout mode, you will be...
Microsoft Stream: Viewing the transcript for a Microsoft Teams meeting recording
Short version:This Microsoft Stream release will allow you to view the transcript for a Microsoft Teams meeting recording in the transcript pane next to...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 17 July – 31...
Here’s our end-user focused catch up of updates for the fortnight 17th - 31st July 2021 across Microsoft 365.
Just a reminder to set the...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 10 July – 17...
Here’s our end-user focused catch up of updates for 10th - 17th July 2021 across Microsoft 365.
Just a reminder to set the scene; these...
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...
Fluid live components in Teams chat rebranded ‘Loop Components’
April 2022 update: Fluid live components in Teams chat were rebranded 'Loop Components' a couple of months ago and were given a new icon. Originally...
Teams: New default settings when opening Office files
Short version:This new feature allows you to set a default method of opening Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files within Teams. The options are browser,...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 26 June – 10...
Here's our end-user focused catch up of updates for the fortnight 26th June - 10th July 2021 across Microsoft 365.
Just a reminder to set...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Teams? 19 – 26 June...
It’s time for our end-user focused catch up of updates for the week 19th - 26th June 2021 across Microsoft 365.
Just a reminder to...
Teams Meeting Auto Recording
Short version:As a meeting organiser, you will be able to set a meeting to auto-record by ticking the “Record automatically” setting from your Meeting...
OneDrive: Sharing experience – “Shared with”
Short version:At the bottom of the Share Dialogue, the "Shared with" list of people will give you an at-a glance view of everyone you’ve...
New assignment experience in pop-up window for Breakout Rooms
Short version:Participant assignment is now moved from the Breakout Rooms’ right panel to a separate window that pops up when selecting Assign Participants. This...
Copilot to offer a “Continue to Outlook” option to schedule your...
TL;DRMicrosoft 365 Business Chat to offer a Continue to Outlook option in Chat to set up a meeting in Outlook. Now due early to...
