This week on the 365 Message Center Show Organizations that personalize their Intranet and team sites have another tool at their disposal. The My Feed web part shows content specific to you, based on your activity and contacts within your organization. Content includes your next meeting, a Microsoft Team and channel you frequently visit, or a recording of a meeting you attended recently. Where would you use this new web part? – My Feed web part – Forms: Specific user sharing for response collection – Set duration on presence status in Teams – Organizers can manage meeting options in the meeting experience – Forms is getting a new start page…
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Microsoft Software Giveaway – October 2020 Edition
Fall / Autumn seems like a good season to do a giveaway, don't you think? I am giving away the following software during my Microsoft Software Giveaway – Fall 2020 Edition! Read the ‘How to Win' and ‘Rules” sections below for all the details. [rafflepress id=”2″] Microsoft Software Giveaway Microsoft 365 Family Subscription ($99.99 USD value – 1 year) Share your subscription with up to 5 other people and more! More information on the Microsoft 365 website. Follow me on Twitter for updates!
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Free Audio Conferencing for Microsoft Teams
Providing a call-in number for your meetings is a great way to make sure your attendees can join. Even if attendees can't use the Teams client, they can dial-in and participate. Microsoft Teams, via the Microsoft 365 Audio Conferencing add-in, allows your meeting organizers to provide a dial-in number for all attendees. Announced October 12th, 2020, Microsoft will provide a free Dial-in Audio Conferencing for Microsoft Teams option! How to Get the Free Audio Conferencing for Microsoft Teams Check out this video showing how to enable the free option! The offer details: You must order the add-on for each user you want to schedule a meeting with a dial-in number…
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M365 Friday Cincinnati 2020
M365 Friday Cincinnati 2020 is occurring Friday October 23rd, 2020! The event will be virtual, and it will feature so many great sessions and speakers! My session, Using Your On-prem Data in a Cloud World, will showcase how you can use your data in Microsoft 365 no matter where it lives. The list of sessions is amazing with so many great speakers and sessions! Register and then check out all the sessions! Resources Using Your On-prem Data in a Cloud World – Cincinnati 2020 (Slides) Power Apps Community Plan
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Microsoft Ignite Summary and Blogs
Updated October 4th 2020 Microsoft Ignite 2020 took place September 22nd – 24th and there were MANY announcements and feature updates to go through. This post is for you to use a launching point to the Microsoft blog posts (and maybe others) showcasing all of the announcements and content shared at Microsoft Ignite this year. Microsoft Ignite Announcements There will were many announcements for Microsoft 365 technologies! These included Microsoft Teams, Azure, SharePoint, Office, Security, Power Platform, and more! There is a Microsoft Ignite book of news post that includes all announcements. I have added links to blog posts below to help give more information on the announcements, so read…
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M365 Saturday Ottawa 2020
I am happy to say I am speaking at the M365 Saturday Ottawa 2020 virtual event! The FREE event is happening October 17th, 2020 and will feature 40 other great speakers as well! My session, Gaining insights with Power BI, will highlight how you can get can utilize Power BI to see how your business is doing. The list of sessions is amazing with so many great speakers and sessions! Register and then check out all the sessions! Resources Gaining Insights with Power BI – M365 Ottawa 2020 (Slides) Download Microsoft Power BI Desktop (non Windows Store version) Download Microsoft Power BI Desktop (Windows Store version) Microsoft on-premises data…