This week on the 365 Message Center Show On a group call and see another call coming in from someone else on the same project? Answer their call. You might find they can join your current call. Now, you'll be able to merge the calls effortlessly. No need to ask them to hang up so you can add them to the group call. – Outlook – new resource booking capabilities – WELCOME TO DYNAMICS 365 CUSTOMER VOICE – Microsoft Teams Call Merge – Update on Copy and Restore operations – Retirement of notifications functionality in all Office 365 web apps except Outlook – Office 365 ATP: External email forwarding controls…
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SQL Saturday Auckland 2020
SQL Saturday Auckland 2020 is going virtual! The FREE event is happening August 8th, 2020 and will feature some fantastic content. 50 sessions in total! Sessions are broken out into the following categories: Machine Learning & Advanced Analytics Application & Database Development Cloud Application Development & Deployment Power BI Learning Path for Data professional Job I will be giving a session on how you can use your data in the Microsoft cloud, no matter where it lives. My session will start at 9:50AM local time (4:50PM Central US time). The schedule is amazing with so many great speakers and sessions! Register and then check out all the sessions!
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Migrating from SharePoint On-Premises to Microsoft 365 – Free Webinar
It was a pleasure to give this webinar and I want to thank the many people who attended. The presentation and video are below. The topic: Tips & Tricks from The Field – Migrating from SharePoint on-premises to Microsoft 365. Why Worry About Migrating SharePoint to Microsoft 365? Both Vlad Catrinescu and I have worked with many customers who see their file-shares and on-prem SharePoint environments lacking the premium features in Microsoft 365. The draw of going to the cloud is strong and Microsoft 365 does provide many benefits for organizations. However, there can be issues with migration. Our webinar on August 18th will focus on: What you should avoid…
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PASS Summit 2020
I am excited to announce that I will be speaking at #PASSsummit 2020! This year's PASS Virtual Summit will have pre-conference workshops starting November 10th, 2020 and continue with several days of sessions. What is PASS Virtual Summit? As the Summit site mentions, “With over 250 in-depth sessions across four key streams of: Architecture, Data Management, Analytics and Professional Development, this really is the event for data professionals across the world.” Summit has been celebrated for many years by data professionals as THE global conference by data people, for data people. This year's event will be virtual and available online for attendees worldwide, so registered today! Power BI Sharing Session…
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Centralized management for SharePoint hub visitor permissions – #154
This week on the 365 Message Center Show Hub sites and the sites associated with a hub don't necessarily share the same permissions. One might have access to the Hub site, but an associated site might not allow the same visitor. This update enables visitor access to be centralized at the Hub site. Permissions for visitors can be set to sync to the associated site, ensuring visitors can visit. – SharePoint – Centralized management for hub visitor permissions – NewTek NDI for Teams – New file sharing experience in Teams – New question and answer capabilities coming to Yammer communities – Azure CDN caching for SharePoint and OneDrive Video Join…
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SharePoint Workflows are Dead (Almost)
The end of support for “SharePoint 2010 workflows” in Microsoft 365 will be November 1st, 2020. The title of the blog post, Support update for SharePoint 2010 workflows in Microsoft 365, doesn't make it clear, but we are seeing the beginning of the end for SharePoint workflows in SharePoint Online. This is truly the end of SharePoint workflow. End of SharePoint Workflow It isn't a surprise that Microsoft is moving to not support native workflows in SharePoint. At Microsoft's Ignite conference in 2016, Microsoft announced that support for SharePoint Designer workflows (and InfoPath forms) in SharePoint Server (on-premises) would in time not be supported. The end of support date was…
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Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint, and Power Platform – Changes in Microsoft 365: July 16 Edition
There have been changes to Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint, and Power Platform functionality in Microsoft 365 that was previously announced. Keep up with change in Microsoft 365 by reading more below! Changes to Microsoft Office Office 2013 Client Connectivity to Office 365 Services (MC218020) Action needed BEFORE October 13, 2020: A reminder about the changes to Microsoft Office support within Microsoft 365: you must switch to a newer version of the Office clients to continue connecting to Microsoft 365 services. After October 13th, you will no longer be able to connect to services including Exchange Online (email), SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business when utilizing Office 2013 or earlier. Get…
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Introducing Microsoft Lists home – #153
This week on the 365 Message Center Show Announced at Microsoft Build, the first stage of Microsoft Lists will start arriving in tenants late July. The Microsoft Lists home page will bring together recently visited and favorite lists, and you can create a new list from scratch. – Retiring SharePoint 2010 Workflows – Cortana Briefing email – Introducing Microsoft Lists home (web) – Updates for Office Pro Plus – Required columns will now sync as read/write – Cortana voice assistance in Teams mobile Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center. Check out Daniel and Darrell's own…
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Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Yammer, and To Do – Changes in Microsoft 365: July 8 Edition
There have been changes to Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Yammer and To Do functionality in Microsoft 365 that was previously announced. Keep up with change in Microsoft 365 by reading more below! Changes to Microsoft Teams New Teams meeting setting – require meeting participants to use the lobby (MC214522) This update was previously announced to be completed in the month of June. However to reduce the amount of change in Microsoft 365, Microsoft has chosen to delay the it until the start of July for all tenants and the Microsoft Government – GCC tenants at the end of July. This update is all about making everyone, including those in your organization,…
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General availability of the new Yammer – #152
This week on the 365 Message Center Show The new Yammer is shifting out of preview, with it's largest list of updates in a long time. Yammer has become a community platform, evident in it's change from Yammer groups to Yammer communities. The updates bring more community management features to encourage conversation. – Microsoft Teams gallery view – 49 participants – General availability of the new Yammer – Rename title column in SharePoint lists and libraries – New tasks experience becomes generally available in Outlook on the web – Automatically block guest access to new OneDrive and SharePoint files until scans are complete – OneDrive Sync Help Pane on macOS…
