This week on the 365 Message Center Show Microsoft Search is one of the big focuses for Microsoft 365 this year. It's instrumental in productivity and finding the info you're looking for. The entry points for using Microsoft Search have expanded to a search box in the title bar of Office applications and integration with Bing. This update to Office 365 Pro Plus will change Google Chrome to use Bing as the default search engine. Unsurprisingly, the technical community had some opinions to express about this. Also in this week's show: – Microsoft database containing Customer Support data was accessible from the Internet – Be aware and prepared – web sites…
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Enhanced scheduling experience in Teams #128 – 365 Message Center Show
This week on the 365 Message Center Show *Stay tuned to the end for a special interview with Susan Hanley, SharePoint consultant & Microsoft MVP, concerning default SharePoint sharing links that can now default to people with existing access* You can find Sue on Twitter, her blog, and on Computer World. Meetings are a core experience in Microsoft Teams. In the early days of the release of Teams, scheduling a meeting was a simple but limited experience. Today, the meeting scheduling form in Teams is just about at parity with the Outlook on the web scheduling form. This release gives more options for the meeting organizer. Search from the location…
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RSS feed updates for Microsoft 365 Roadmap individual features #127 – 365 Message Center Show
This week on the 365 Message Center Show If you're patiently waiting for a coming feature in #Microsoft365, use the new feature level RSS feed in the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. One we've been waiting for is more of the SharePoint library experience in the #MicrosoftTeams Files tab. Add the RSS feed to your favorite reader and keep watch. Also in this week's show: – Outlook on the Web: Sync with Sticky Notes – Power Automate to approve hub-site joins – Power Apps custom forms integration with SharePoint libraries, still rolling out. – ZapEnabled parameter in HostedContentFilterPolicy cmdlets retirement. Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover…
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Office ‘What’s New’ Management #126 – 365 Message Center Show
The What's New feature in Office displays short notifications and links to help for new features arriving in Office for Windows. This management feature is now in preview. Also in this week's show: – Updated Kaizala administration roles – Discover Office files in Outlook for Android – Updated Consent flow for custom Kaizala Action – Microsoft Teams Priority Notifications promotion extended to April 1 – eDiscovery for Yammer – Announce when dial-in users join/leave a Microsoft Teams meeting – Lobby control for dial-in attendees in Microsoft Teams – Updated FindTime back-end service (bumped again for visibility) Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell Webster as they cover the latest messages in the…
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Email notifications for comments & @mentions in Office #125 – 365 Message Center Show
On episode 125 of The 365 Message Center Show, we'll discuss all 14 new updates in the Microsoft 365 Message Center. – Office 365 Video to Microsoft Stream migration – retirement date and timelines – New features coming to the Office 365 app launcher and Office.com – Outlook on the web, new mobile browser experience – FindTime, updating back-end service – Outlook on the web – Files view – Office 2016 for Mac end of mainstream support – Teams meeting policies update – Custom search results pages for SharePoint sites – Image resizing in the modern SharePoint experience – SharePoint page difference visualization – Global reader experience in new SharePoint…
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Teams-Outlook Email Integration #124 – 365 Message Center Show
There's 6 new Teams-Outlook email integrations coming. On episode 124 of The 365 Message Center Show, we'll discuss all 6 and the other messages from this past week's delivery. – Clutter for Outlook retirement – Microsoft Search Change to suggested Q&As – Microsoft Teams coming to existing installs for Semi-Annual Channel customers – Fluid Framework Preview for creating Fluid documents – Teams-Outlook email integrations – Retention labels, proof of disposal for records – A new account management experience in the Admin Center Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell Webster as they cover the latest messages in the #Microsoft365 Message Center. We’d like to thank our sponsor – Valo Intranet. Like us,…
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Updated SharePoint start page experience #123 – 365 Message Center Show
This week, we're live from SharePoint Fest Chicago #SPFestChi. The SharePoint start page will be tidied up, organizing featured and suggested sites into tabs. This makes room for more featured links, your recent documents and saved for later pages. Does this make the SharePoint start page more functional? Daniel and Darrell discuss this and more this week: – Handling repeated phishers in #Microsoft Forms – Meeting chat notifications in #MicrosoftTeams – Retirement of #SharePoint classic and #Delve blogs – Add participants to Teams meeting chat – File upload for Forms – Commercial Cloud Trial updates for Microsoft Teams Join Daniel and Darrell as they cover the latest messages in the #Microsoft365 Message…
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SharePoint list Modern settings #122 – 365 Message Center Show
Enable and disable column totals in the modern user list experience. Create a document view for list data featuring column formatting. Daniel and Darrell discuss this and more this week: – Windows Server 2008/R2 and 2012/R2 end of support for Office 365 Pro Plus. – Power BI planned maintenance December 14th – SharePoint list Modern Settings – Office 365 Message Encryption (OME) updates to enhance email authenticity – SharePoint team sites ‘Next steps' panel We also respond to a discussion on Twitter about #MSIgnite feedback. “We don't want to hear the opinions of others” and want to hear Microsoft tell them what to do in MSIgnite sessions. https://twitter.com/_achu/status/1200593596409425922?s=20 Join Daniel…
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Multiple SharePoint admin center updates #121 – 365 Message Center Show
Replace your root site. Permissions panel improvements and more. It has been a busy week for SharePoint. Daniel and Darrell discuss this and more this week: Teams new Chat button location Search coming into Outlook for Windows Microsoft Teams for Linux Turning off Self-service purchase of Power Platform Suggested replies in Outlook for iOS Multiple updates to SharePoint admin center Service Health Dashboard email notifications Delve Blogs being removed by Microsoft To find all your Delve Blogs in your organization, check out the instructions from Drew Madelung: https://drewmadelung.com/find-and-report-on-existing-delve-blogs/ Join Darrell Webster as he covers the latest messages in the #Microsoft365 Message Center. Select a podcast app below to open…
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It takes a village
During this year's Microsoft Ignite conference, I was delighted to record the latest episode of The Coffee Chat on 365 Adoption series with Sarah Haase. For this episode, we discussed what an adoption group (community) within an organization looks like and how it ‘takes a village' to keep up to date with changes and activities. We defined a community and the types of users that contribute to your village. We also highlighted the importance of diversity in your groups, and so much more! There are special surprises for our viewers at the beginning AND at the end of the episode. So make sure you watch the whole thing! Check out…
