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…
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SharePoint stock images - with Vlad Catrinescu special guest #142 – 365 Message Center Show
April 29, 2020This week on the 365 Message Center Show *Stay tuned to the end for a special interview with Vlad Catrinescu (Twitter), Author & Microsoft MVP, concerning the new Power Platform Data Loss Prevention features.* Resource mentioned during interview: Power Apps Center of Excellence We all have our go-to sources for stock images. But soon, you won't need to leave SharePoint to find stock images to brighten up your modern pages. Also on the show: – Yammer app for Microsoft Teams – Third party online meeting providers in Outlook for Android – Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) – New and updated usage reports in Microsoft 365 admin center – Prepare for update to the new…
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3 by 3 video layout in Microsoft Teams Meetings #141 – 365 Message Center Show
April 22, 2020This week on the 365 Message Center Show The meeting layout in Microsoft Teams will soon show 3 by 3, or 9 active participants. It will alter the number based on your available bandwidth to maintain high quality audio and video experience. But now you can keep an eye on more of your team mates and audience. Also on the show: – Updates to Outlook for iOS and Android – Teams enhanced meeting and admin controls, and security enhancements – Update to Office 365 ProPlus – Rich-text editor for text fields with SharePoint lists – Updated Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint – Native mode alignment tool for Yammer –…
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Modern experience for managed metadata services #140 – 365 Message Center Show
April 15, 2020This week on the 365 Message Center Show The SharePoint Online managed metadata services finally gets a modern SharePoint makeover. Term store manager, content type gallery and tagging / filtering options are all in line for modernization. Also on the show: – Basic Auth and Exchange Online update – Microsoft Teams: Raise your virtual hand in Teams meetings – Microsoft Forms eDiscovery export format change – End-user spam notifications missing phish mails – Streamlining the recipient experience for links shared with specific people – Content query web part performance banner – New service plan, common data service, added to enable future Office features Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a…
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Microsoft Teams background effects arriving mid April #139 – 365 Message Center Show
April 7, 2020This week on the 365 Message Center Show Only the most anticipated feature while we all work from home… change our backgrounds in Microsoft Teams so we don't look like we're working from home! Also on the show: – Sharing behavior for non-Office resources – Secure by default: Junking domains that fail authentication – Outlook on the web, new editor capabilities (Microsoft Editor) – Licensing and enforcement deadline extensions for Dynamics 365, Power Automate, and Power Apps – SharePoint and OneDrive command bar reorganized for Power Automate features – SharePoint Spaces Preview: It's actually arriving! – Yammer uses your Office profile (and steps up consistent exp). – Yammer All Company feed…
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Microsoft 365 temporary feature adjustments #138 – 365 Message Center Show
April 1, 2020This week on the 365 Message Center Show To reduce load on Microsoft 365 services as the World works from home, some features are reducing functionality, sync frequencies reducing and meeting recordings render in lower resolution. It's only a temporary move. Microsoft were planning to increase capacity, but not as suddenly as has occurred in recent weeks. Keep safe. Stay home. Flatten the curve. Also on the show: – Syncing files used by local computer in OneDrive – Structural navigation caching in SharePoint – Update for Office 365 ProPlus – New authentication method for OneDrive on MacOS – Kaizala API usage limited to only org-mapped groups – Microsoft Teams increases…
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Multi-Window Chat for Microsoft Teams #137 – 365 Message Center Show
March 25, 2020This week on the 365 Message Center Show Multi-Window chat for Teams is just around the corner, beginning deployment early April. Pop out chat conversations into separate windows. Just in time to manage those multiple conversations as you work from home during #covid19 Also on the show: – SharePoint mobile app to support customized themes – Audience targeting in site, footer and hub navigation – Device Management support for Collaboration Bars in Teams – End User Spam Notification messaging updates – Updated SharePoint start page experience – Notifications in Outlook to obtain Outlook for iOS and Android on mobile devices – Navigation update in desktop and mobile browsers Join Daniel…
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Edit metadata from within the SharePoint Document Library and List #136- 365 Message Center Show
March 16, 2020Listen to the podcast as we discuss throttling of Microsoft Teams and more! This week on the 365 Message Center Show Your end users will soon be able to edit SharePoint metadata in a file or list directly from the web part. Users will now have the ability to open and edit file or list item properties directly from the document or list view web parts. Also on the show: – Forms Activity Reports in the Microsoft Admin Center – Outlook mobile updates the roll out of Privacy Settings – Microsoft Secure Score improvement action updates – Native Mode Alignment Tool for Yammer now available – Awareness of Microsoft 365…
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OneDrive Sync Version History #135 – 365 Message Center Show
March 11, 2020This week on the 365 Message Center Show *Stay tuned to the end for a special interview with Sébastien Levert (Twitter), Product Lead at Valo & Microsoft MVP, concerning the new multilingual publishing in modern SharePoint* We've been able to manage document versions in OneDrive on the Web. Now we'll be able to do it from our desktop through changes to OneDrive sync on Windows and Mac. Download, restore and delete previous versions of documents using File Explorer or Finder. Also in this episode: – Microsoft Authenticator app shows fullscreen account pages – Microsoft 365 preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and guidance regarding best practices for Microsoft Teams – Multilingual publishing for modern SharePoint…
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Teams tab that references page or list on any SharePoint site #134 – 365 Message Center Show
March 6, 2020This week on the 365 Message Center Show The new SharePoint app for Microsoft Teams will let you link to any page or list on any SharePoint site in your tenant. Up until now, we've been limited to referencing SharePoint pages on the Team's SharePoint site. Now you can add news, support pages, communications sites, lists and more, from any site in the tenant. Though it will still respect permissions, so ensure it's a resource your team can get to first. – Publishing commands added to Pages library – Basic Authentication Retirement – Advanced Threat Protection campaign views generally available – New Default Background Image for Microsoft 365 and Azure…