What are Microsoft Teams connected team sites and Microsoft Teams connected channel sites? Learn these phrases. Understand what they mean. Get comfortable with describing them to people working SharePoint and Microsoft Teams. In this episode, we make sense of a confusing message. One that prepares us for some visual changes, changes to permissions and sensitivity label controls, for team sites connected to a Microsoft Team.
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Edit a SharePoint page or news post in Microsoft Teams
SharePoint pages and news posts that have been pinned as tabs, can now be edited directly with Microsoft Teams. Publishers who are active in Teams will be able to edit without needing to leave Teams. Listen all about this and other Microsoft 365 updates!
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Custom Backgrounds For Microsoft Teams Together Mode
Create custom backgrounds for Microsoft Teams Together Mode using the new Scenes Studio, from the Teams Development Center. Make Muppets out of your meeting members, line them up on Coconut Shie stands. If it helps you 'keep it together' during back to back meetings, almost anything goes.
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Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists
Use the images stored in a Microsoft List and surface them in Power Apps. Create apps that help frontline workers. Use a Microsoft List in the back end to manage the content, now with images. New apps that use the SharePoint connector to add a list as a data source may display images from the list if they are present in the list.
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SharePoint admin center: New homepage insights dashboard
The home page for the SharePoint Admin Center now shows quick insights in a familiar card format, seen on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center home page. SharePoint admins can focus on what matters to their role and get a quick start to frequent tasks. Check out this new feature!
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SharePoint Portal Launch Scheduler
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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Organizers can lock Microsoft Teams meetings
Is everyone here that needs to be here? Good. Close the door. We don't want any interruptions. If you want to ensure no further people can join a meeting, you will soon have the lock for the online meeting to do so. This week on the 365 Message Center Show In this episode: – (Updated) Viva Connections for Microsoft Teams desktop clients – SharePoint: Audience Targeting capability for Events Web Part – Organizers can lock meetings – Exchange Online – New cmdlet to make meetings shorter by default – SharePoint and Teams: Folder in site visibly connected to channel – Location Based Access Control 📢 Quick mentions – short updates…
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SharePoint Site Templates
Apply new scenario-based templates to new and existing SharePoint sites. Templates contain pre-populated content and web parts to improve consistency of sites and time-to-collaborate. This week on the 365 Message Center Show In this episode: – SharePoint site templates – Customized backgrounds in Microsoft Teams meeting video coming to mobile devices – Microsoft Search: Earn Microsoft Rewards when using a work or school account – Outlook for iOS – More actions available in New Message and New Event press and hold menus – Microsoft Teams: introducing organization-wide backgrounds (preview) 📢 Quick mentions – short updates and reminders to prepare for major updates – Opt-in to the new Teams live events…
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New breakout room functionality for Teams meetings
Persistent breakout rooms for recurring Microsoft Teams meetings. Set timers for breakouts to call everyone back to the main meeting. These updates are welcome news for educators and workshop facilitators alike. This week on the 365 Message Center Show In this episode: – New breakout room functionality coming to Microsoft Teams – New PowerPoint Live Presentation option with desktop and window sharing – Yammer: Essential Announcements – Quick Create – Easily Create Power BI Reports from Lists – PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint Web App – Teams: Join a meeting with digital meeting ID 📢 Quick mentions – short updates and reminders to prepare for major updates –…
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Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings
Focus your audience on up to 7 people using the new Multiple Spotlights update in Teams meetings. Panel discussions for meetings and webinars will be easier to run using meetings. This week on the 365 Message Center Show Focus your audience on up to 7 people using the new Multiple Spotlights update in Teams meetings. Panel discussions for meetings and webinars will be easier to run using meetings. In this episode: – Microsoft Lists: new Integrate drop-down menu, powered by SharePoint – Update on UserVoice sites – Expanding access to My Day from Outlook on the web to Office.com – Microsoft Teams: Call Merge – Microsoft Teams to allow only…
