This week on the 365 Message Center Show Get your radio call-signs ready. Walkie Talkie is coming to Microsoft Teams on Android phones in public preview from mid July. We talk about some interesting use-cases and discuss the question of channel membership, which determines your inclusion in a walkie talkie conversation group. Also on the show: – Enable communication site experience on classic team sites – Outlook for Android launches Play My Emails – Fluent design coherence updates for SharePoint – Microsoft Teams – improvements in meetings experience for Safari browser – New Feature: Inline Chat message translation for iOS Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as…
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Cumulative analytics for SharePoint hubs – #149
This week on the 365 Message Center Show See views, visits, top sites and top content, accumulated from members of a SharePoint hub site. Also on the show: – SharePoint default page templates – Seamlessly share personal lists in Microsoft To Do – Improving Bookmarks administration in Microsoft Search – SharePoint average time spent per user report – Actionable Messages Support in Outlook for Mac 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 YouTube channels at: Daniel – https://www.youtube.com/DanielGlenn Darrell – https://www.youtube.com/modernworkplacescenarios Select a podcast app below to open our podcast…
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SharePoint Auto Digest Email – #148
This week on the 365 Message Center Show ***Please fill out our short Listener poll. URL is in the episode. We would love to hear from you!!*** When there's a lot going on in your organization and news posts are frequently being published, it's easy to miss. A new SharePoint news digest will automatically curate posts using Microsoft intelligence to help you catch up on news available to you. Also on the show: – Microsoft 365 Groups supports new methods to hide/show groups in Outlook and the address book – Outlook for Windows Introduces Roaming Signatures – Microsoft Teams has a new Information pane and pinned posts – Mobile Video…
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Valo Fest – 24 Hours of Learning
Valo Fest June 25 & 26 The makers of Valo Intranet have organized a FREE online conference named Valo Fest! The conference will run 24 hours, with sessions for attendees in the Americas, Europe & Africa, and Asia-Pacific areas. As the event site states, the event: “caters to business decision makers, business architects, change innovators and internal communicators, Teams fans, SharePoint geeks, Microsoft 365 enthusiasts, and anyone else ready to reshape the digital working culture at work, home, or schools.” I am speaking and my session will be at 12 PM Central / 1 PM Eastern U.S. time on June 25th. I will be presenting on keeping with the changes…
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Change how Teams in Islands users schedule meetings from Outlook – #147
This week on the 365 Message Center Show ***Please fill out our short Listener poll. URL is in the episode. We would love to hear from you!!*** Skype for Business users who use Teams in Islands mode can schedule meetings from Outlook with either Teams or Skype. With this new policy, you can specify that meetings scheduled from Outlook will take place on Teams only. Also on the show: – Teams meeting call and meeting chat size to increase to 350 – Microsoft Stream cloud recordings regional storage control – Outlook on the web – In-product notification of full inbox – SharePoint document library and list form improvements – Microsoft…
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Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon
Join me at the Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon May 27 & 28 I am happy to announce that I will be speaking at the new worldwide online conference Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon. As the event site states, the event “is a free online, 36 hour event happening May 27-28 2020. We will have sessions going the whole time with speakers from around the globe. This event is free for all wanting to attend. Come join us as we talk about the many different pieces of Microsoft 365 including Azure.” My session is scheduled for 4:00pm Central US time (UTC – 5) and will be focused on how you can utilize…
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Create all meetings online by default for Outlook mobile & Web #146
This week on the 365 Message Center Show This has only been talked about since the acquisition of Skype. It looks like the world is finally ready for it. Make every meeting a Microsoft Teams meeting, by automatically adding Teams details to invites created in Outlook mobile and Outlook on the Web. Also on the show: – Migration Manager moves out of public preview – Outlook for iOS retires support for 27 languages – Third-party SSO for apps in Teams – Contextual search (Ctrl+F) coming to Teams – Upload Center is being replaced by in-app Files Needing Attention – Self service purchase user request workflow – Removing OneDrive admin center…
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Invite a group or distribution list to a Microsoft Teams meeting #145 – 365 Message Center Show
This week on the 365 Message Center Show When scheduling a meeting using the Teams app, you'll be able to invite Office 365 groups and distribution lists. Also on the show: – Cyber Security awareness kit for end user training – New update channel for tenants to receive updates to Microsoft 365 services – AutoClaim Policy for products containing Microsoft Teams – Cortana briefing email – Invite a group or distribution list to a Teams meeting – Teams support in the SharePoint Migration Tool – SharePoint: New hyperlink and date and time editors, improved editing for list and document libraries – Office.com home page layout and navigation change – Microsoft…
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Pop-out 3-by-3 meeting window in Microsoft Teams #144 – 365 Message Center Show
This week on the 365 Message Center Show Who likes pop-out windows to multi-task? Can I ask you to raise your hand to show you agree? It opens up a few more possibilities for presenters and attendees alike. With more faces showing in the audience, this update-cluster is going to make an impact. Also on the show: – New layout for SharePoint site footer – Microsoft 365 Records Management is now GA – Records Management: Proof of disposal for records – Teams meeting policy update to manage access to past meetings – SharePoint home sites – Microsoft Authenticator – Fullscreen account pages for Android – Schedule pages and news posts…
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Send Live reactions during PowerPoint Live Presentations #143 – 365 Message Center Show
This week on the 365 Message Center Show I hope PowerPoint Live Presentations arrive in time for some of the #M365May presenters to use. It's arriving in targeted release tenants now. I'm keen to allow attendees to follow the slides on their own device with captions and send real-time reactions, much like in Facebook Live streams. Also on the show: – Planner integration for Message Center – Intune role management coming to Microsoft 365 admin center – New Yammer public preview plus additional administration controls and enhancements – Planner app renamed in Teams to Tasks – Spam notifications and alerts in shared mailboxes – Outlook introduces Incident Notification for IT…
