A full day free training and networking event is returning to the Twin Cities area on January 21, 2023. The Microsoft 365 Twin Cities event has been one of the largest SharePoint Saturday events in the United States. I am sure this time around will be no different! The list of speakers includes many experts and Microsoft MVPs, so check out the list of sessions and speakers on the Community Days site: Community Days | M365 Twin Cities Microsoft 365 Twin Cities I will be presenting a new session title Get Started Creating Power BI Reports. If you're starting with Power BI or report creation makes you a little nervous,…
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Developing Inclusive Communications Through Microsoft Teams
With hundreds of millions of users utilizing Microsoft Teams, it is so important that organizations know how to foster a collaborative and open culture through Microsoft 365. It was on this premise that I recently joined fellow Microsoft MVP Alistar Pugin on a free webinar to explain optimization options for success. Check out the free recording!
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Communities in Teams
Microsoft has announced the launch of Communities in Teams - a new take on Microsoft Teams for personal use. Using the same Microsoft Teams app and learnings from years of use by millions of users, anyone will be able to use Teams for calls, sharing, and collaborating. I had the pleasure of speaking with Amit Fulay, Vice President of Product at Microsoft, about the launch and the direction Communities in Microsoft Teams is headed. The video of our conversation is at the end of this post.
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OneDrive/SharePoint Share Control – Simplifying Link Settings
Creating sharing links is going to be clear and simple thanks to some changes in the Share Control window for OneDrive and SharePoint. Descriptions are simpler. See who is using a sharing link at a glance. This should simplify choosing the right type of link for sharing. That and more on this week's episode!!
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Public Preview of Power BI and Microsoft Graph Integration
See recommended Power BI content. Receive signals such as "Megan edited your Power BI report". Isaac created a new report in your team workspace. Power BI with more power to reach you where you are working, across Microsoft 365. More covered in this episode including SharePoint Tenant Rename, deleting personal chats in Microsoft Teams, & more!
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Microsoft Teams Paging on Video Gallery
The Teams meeting video gallery shows active speakers. Now you will be able to page the gallery to see more people with their camera on. Check to see if Serena is still in the meeting. Check if your camera-on audience is still engaged.
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Sign Language View in Teams meetings
Sign language interpreter video will be prioritized in Teams meetings, making them more visible and using higher quality video. PowerPoint Live in Teams will allow users to magnify slides in their personal experience of a meeting. Microsoft Viva admin becomes more organized but hasn't yet got its own admin center. More on this week's episode...
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New home experience for Viva Connections desktop
If your organization is using Viva Connections in Teams a new home experience will be arriving soon. The new landing page will show dashboard cards, news and communities feed, resources menu and frequent sites. If your org subscribes to other Viva apps, you can navigate to them from this new home experience. The question is, what happens to your existing home site? Find out on this episode.
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Microsoft Teams Premium and other goodies
Daniel and Darrell take a look at the Message Center after all the Microsoft 365 announcements at Ignite. Microsoft Teams Premium was announced and is set to shift some existing features into the new Premium plan. Microsoft Office is becoming Microsoft 365, the mobile app AND the collection of Online apps will be accessed from microsoft365.com.
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MFA. On for everyone?
Daniel gives us the heads up that MFA will be switched on for everyone. Everyone? Not in Darrell's tenant. So, is it just the US? Is it coming to other parts of the world, and why is there only 12 days' notice to prepare people?
