Microsoft Forms: Invitation card, the new type of cover page

Forms users will be able to create an elegant invitation card for casual events and parties with background music and vivid images.

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Microsoft Forms: new distribution experience for in-org and external forms

Now by using Forms, users can send forms with the permission setting of anyone can respond to external users by email. Also, a preview of your distribution email sent from Forms will be shown in the sending dialog.

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Microsoft Forms: new cover page templates for forms and surveys

Design your cover page for forms or surveys by selecting from new AI suggested templates within the Theme setting pane. In the Theme setting pane, users can easily design a cover page for their forms by picking from several AI suggested template for any scenarios.

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Loop components in Word for the web in Targeted release

Microsoft Loop components are live, interactive, collaborative objects that you can embed in Teams chats and emails – and now in Word for the web – as a convenient way to ideate, create, and plan together. While working in a Word online document, you can now create or paste a Loop component, which will insert it directly in the document canvas and can be shared with others on teams or email as well. This will help in easier and faster collaboration on documents as others’ edits will be immediately seen in your Word document. Everyone in your organization with whom you’ve shared the document will be able to edit it and see changes instantly.

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Modern Commenting Experience Coming to Whiteboard

With comments you can share your thoughts, celebrate with your teammates, or just have a conversation in Microsoft Whiteboard.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 98083

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Microsoft 365 app: [Android] Shared Device Mode for Front Line Workers (via OneAuth)

Frontline workers such as retail associates, flight crew members, and field service workers often use a shared mobile device to do their work. That becomes problematic when they start sharing passwords or pin numbers to access customer and business data on the shared device. Shared device mode allows you to configure an Android device so that it can be easily shared by multiple employees. Employees can sign in and access customer information quickly. When they’re finished with their shift or task, they can sign out of the device and it will be immediately ready for the next employee to use. Shared device mode also provides Microsoft identity backed management of the device.

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Visio Services discontinuation starting 10th Feb 2023

Beginning 10th Feb 2023, Visio Web Access (Visio Service) and its Web Part for SharePoint Online will no longer be available. Instead of Visio Web Access you will be able to use Visio Web to migrate your organization’s web parts to a newer experience with the new Javascript (JS) APIs for Visio Web. Visio Web enables high fidelity viewing, sharing, and collaboration in your favorite browser, without installing the client for all Office 365 licenses. It also supports embedding Visio diagrams in SharePoint Online using a modern file viewer part and with IFrame along with JS API programmability.

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Access the Office add-ins from the Home tab and File Menu

The Office extensibility “get add-in” button will be moved from the Insert tab to the Home Tab. We also aligned the extensibility experience across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams with a consistent logo and a flyout where users can easily find their installed add-ins while browsing the recommended add-ins at the same time. 

Microsoft has a comprehensive extensibility ecosystem. You can gain access to a large number of our 1st-party add-ins and 3rd-party add-ins provided by our professional partners to enhance the capabilities of your Office suite. Today, we have over 2000 add-ins from various service providers to meet your specific needs, ranging from translation, bibliography, templates, graphing tools, multi-media contents, interactive components, and even professional finance and legal tools. 

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Editor Using Context IQ: Inline Search Within Documents in Word for the Web

Editor using Context IQ allows users to easily search for and insert entities like People, Files, Viva Topics, or Loops in documents in Word for the Web while staying in flow. When users type the “@“ key, a menu will appear that allows them to search for, filter, and insert entities that exist across their M365 account.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 103098

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Share Nearby is Being Retired from Office Mobile

We will be retiring the Share Nearby feature from the Office Mobile app.

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