Execute a measured launch a new SharePoint portal high traffic is expected. Use a phased approach to test and monitor the performance. Get user feedback and resolve issues before making the portal widely available. This and more in this week's episode!
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SharePoint app bar and global navigation
This week on the 365 Message Center Show Find your way around your SharePoint Online intranet from any site in SharePoint. The SharePoint app bar makes global navigation, sites, news and recent files easy to reach. We discuss the different navigation options and what this might mean for the current Microsoft 365 app launcher. In this episode: – Introducing a SharePoint app bar that features global navigation – Outlook on the web: update in how users access Mail, Calendar, People, and To Do – Allowing anonymous presenters in Teams Live Events – Teams meetings to support view-only attendees 📢 Quick mentions – short updates and reminders to prepare for major…
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Microsoft Viva: Our first impressions
This week on the 365 Message Center Show After last week's announcement of Microsoft Viva, some of us were enthusiastic. Some of us were underwhelmed. Most of us had more questions. In this show, Daniel and Darrell discuss some of their first reactions after seeing the Microsoft Viva launch event, amidst the messages from this week. In this episode: – Get a Meet now meeting link in Teams – Reminder: Insights app in Microsoft Teams will be available starting February 2021 – NEW DETAILS: Microsoft Edge Legacy support to end on March 9, 2021 – Introducing a registration page for Microsoft Teams meetings 📢 Quick mentions – short updates and…
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Microsoft Lists, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive – Changes in Microsoft 365
More changes come to Microsoft Lists, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive functionality in Microsoft 365. These updates include new features and revisions of features since being announced previously. Keep up with change in Microsoft 365 by reading more below! Changes to Microsoft Lists (Updated) Introducing Microsoft Lists home (MC218031) Microsoft is clarifying two points around the new Microsoft Lists. First, the rollout will take longer than most rollouts we have seen lately in Microsoft 365. It has already started rolling out to targeted release tenants, but it won't be completely rolled out to all tenants until mid-October 2020. Secondly, Microsoft wants you to know there is no way for you…
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Acronym answers now available with Microsoft Search in SharePoint – #151
This week on the 365 Message Center Show Get your list of internal acronyms ready. Microsoft Search can make them easier to find and explain within your organization. Now we don't need to feel awkward when we ask “what does TLA mean?” – Acronym answers in Microsoft Search and SharePoint – 100GB File Size for OneDrive and SharePoint – SharePoint lists and libraries sticky column in Quick Edit – Add shortcuts to shared folders in your OneDrive in Public Preview – SharePoint lists and libraries web parts consume dynamic data – SharePoint spaces 360 image tours with annotations Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover…
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Walkie Talkie in Teams Android – #150
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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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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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…
