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....
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...
Minor look and feel updates for OneDrive
TL;DR:Microsoft are making a small set of visual updates to OneDrive’s ‘files container’, left navigation and the command bar. Due early to mid-April 2023.
Details:Microsoft: “Microsoft uses the Fluent design system to...
New SharePoint site templates (April 2023)
TL;DR:Microsoft are introducing two new SharePoint communication site templates (Organisation home and Brand central) and a template powered by Microsoft Syntex for Accounts payable. Due early to mid-April 2023.
Details (from the...
OneDrive Home: the new landing Experience
TL;DR:Microsoft are going to refresh the OneDrive commercial web landing experience. The new OneDrive Home experience surfaces your most recently used files, along with relevant file activity, so you can see...
New ‘Activity’ Column in OneDrive ‘My Files’ list view
Do you share files in OneDrive to collaborate with others? This new feature will help you to keep track of their contributions.
Details:Microsoft are introducing a new Activity column in the OneDrive My Files list view...
New OneDrive Shared with you view
TL;DR:Microsoft are making updates to the OneDrive > Shared > Shared with you view in OneDrive (web) to make it easier for you to quickly get back to shared content. The...
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...
NOT PROCEEDING: OneDrive: New sharing menu dropdown
TL;DR:Microsoft are updating the Share button in Microsoft OneDrive to provide easy access to additional sharing options. When you select Share in OneDrive for Business on Web, you'll see a contextual...
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...
External File Request in SharePoint document libraries
Details:The File Request feature in SharePoint document libraries will give you an easy and secure way to request and obtain files from anyone. Navigate to a folder in a SharePoint document...
OneDrive & SharePoint simplified share control
Just last week during a Microsoft 365 and Teams adoption session, a user told me they found the “document sharing pop-up box” confusing looking. I think this update looks great and...
Quick access to Teams and SharePoint document libraries from desktop Office apps
Some people head to a file location in Teams or SharePoint, find a file and click it to open it. Other people, like me, like to open an app such as...
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...
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 business results, for example? If so, Private...
SharePoint: Medium People Card soon to be available as part of the People web...
The SharePoint People webpart will soon include a Medium People Card option. This allows authors to input a 50-character description accompanying each person's thumbnail image. Due early to late October 2022.
Details:Main points:
The...
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...
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...
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...
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...
