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  • New Feature: Announcements in Viva Connections

    Announcements in Viva Connections

    The new Announcements in Viva Connections feature enables you to create & share time-sensitive messages with your employees. Check out my post and the short video that demonstrates exactly how to use the feature!

  • Microsoft 365 Conference

    Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference

    Formerly known as the SharePoint Conference, the Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference #M365Conf is back. The conference will happen May 2nd - 4th 2023 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • Sign Language View in Teams meetings - 365 Message Center Show #260

    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...

  • New home experience for Viva Connections desktop - 365 Message Center Show #259

    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.

  • Collaborate in Teams meetings with Excel Live - 365 Message Center Show #255

    Collaborate in Teams meetings with Excel Live

    Live Office applications in Microsoft Teams meetings are the next level for shared experiences and collaboration. Excel Live keeps everyone on the same sheet as you meet and discuss your data. Daniel and Darrell talk about what Excel Live brings to the meeting stage in this episode.

  • Introducing Adoption Score - 365 Message Center Show #252

    Introducing Adoption Score

    Productivity Score has become Adoption Score in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Measuring adoption of M365 services, this name change is more fitting for the Admin Center feature. Does it offer anything new and more than a name change? Watch the episode to find out.

  • Pre-assign Channel members to Breakout Rooms - 365 Message Center Show #250

    Pre-assign Channel members to Breakout Rooms

    Plan ahead and assign meeting attendees to breakout rooms to support interactive Teams meetings in channels. Now you can put the combination of people together that you want in your breakouts, to optimize for meeting activities.

  • Speaker Coach in Microsoft Teams Meetings - 365 Message Center Show #244

    Speaker Coach in Microsoft Teams Meetings

    Get private, personalized feedback on your speaking and presentation skills in both real-time as well as post-meeting in a summary. Right from a Teams meeting. We also discuss Viva Topics in Microsoft Teams, and more!

  • Multiple home sites for Viva Connections - 365 Message Center Show #242

    Multiple home sites for Viva Connections

    Large organizations with divisions and segmentation will soon be able to use Viva Connections with multiple home sites. This will include multiple dashboards and resource tabs to make management and segmentation easier.