Welcome back and to our first episode of 2022. Daniel and Darrell are ready to start a new year, helping you plan for change, preventing or fix issues and staying informed of updates. Microsoft Teams and connected SharePoint sites will soon be deployed using a combined template. Design team templates for recurring collaboration purposes and have both the team and the site deployed to suit the shape and size of your teamwork. Also, Stream videos in SharePoint and OneDrive will have their captions and transcriptions become editable. Fix up the mistakes and communicate the captions correctly with important video content.
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Microsoft Teams press to unmute, SharePoint pages text toolbar
Manage your meeting mute in Microsoft Teams with a keystroke combo. When you're working with text on SharePoint pages, more tools have been shifted to the More ... menu. You no longer need to open a tools pane to see them and disrupt the layout and flow of your page building.
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Pin your own video in Teams meetings, Library dropdown menu
Level your video with other attendees by pinning your own video in a Teams meeting. This will allow for everyone's video to have equal coverage by not covering up others with your video window.
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Multiple cameras in Teams meeting rooms, Teams guest usability
Switch between the camera recording people and a content camera, in a Teams meeting room. This means you can point the content camera at a whiteboard or connect a document camera. Then switch between it and the people camera. It's another tool in the quest for equalizing hybrid meeting experiences. Also in this episode, leave or hide Teams tenants you are a guest in!
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OneDrive copy link, Custom backgrounds on Android, Mirror video in Microsoft Teams
The OneDrive Copy Link window changes to streamline assigning and managing permissions. Custom backgrounds finally arrive in Teams mobile for Android. Mirror your video in Teams meetings to make text readable (online teachers cheer loudly).
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Installing and Using the Microsoft Lists Desktop App
Microsoft Lists is a relatively new app within Microsoft 365 that allows for easy access to all your lists. These lists exist in your SharePoint sites, as well as within your own OneDrive for Business. Now we also have a Microsoft Lists desktop app that allows usage of lists offline and provides quick access. Here are my thoughts and instructions for you to install the app. I also created a video showing how to install and use the app that's embedded at the end of this post!
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Viva Connections Generally Available
Viva Connections is now available! Embed a company feed that is personalized to your interests. Add the dashboard to show cards that make apps and information available at a glance. Daniel and Darrell take look at some of the out of the box dashboard cards and try them on for size. And more!
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Microsoft Office Account Error Fix
I recently ran into an issue when trying to open documents in Microsoft Office apps in Windows. My Office apps are licensed via a Microsoft 365 license and the documents I wanted to open were stored in OneDrive for Business. However, when I tried to open the document in the desktop app, I received an error: Sorry, another account from your organization is already signed in on this computer. I was able to fix the issue, but it did take a few minutes of troubleshooting to figure it out. Read below how to easily get this error removed. I also created a video showing the solution that’s embedded at the…
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Visio Web App, Teams new file sharing, Outlook iOS Editor
It's #MSIgnite week. Updates and announcements are starting to come in thick and fast. To make the 365MCS messages easier to catch up with, we're grouping them together in their app or service. Outlook, Microsoft Stream, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Visio, and Planner new functionality!
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Teams meeting co-organizer, Image editing OneDrive & SharePoint
Select specific people for the Teams meeting co-organizer role. They can change meeting settings and manage 'some' of the features an organizer can. Stylize your photos stored in OneDrive and SharePoint, with filters that adjust the look.
