SharePoint admin center: New columns on Active sites page

Originally posted by Microsoft May 26, 2021 SharePoint Online 0 Comments

In the SharePoint admin center, the Active sites page will provide new information: 

  • The “Created from” column will show the apps that were used to create sites.
  • The “Teams” column will show which sites are connected to Microsoft Teams.

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SharePoint admin center: Replace root site is now available to all customers

Originally posted by Microsoft May 26, 2021 SharePoint Online 0 Comments

Replacing (swapping) the root site is now available to all customers from the SharePoint admin center.

  • Previously, customers with more than 10k users had to use PowerShell to replace their root site.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

Originally posted by Microsoft May 25, 2021 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

  • Current Channel

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Additional Admin Functionality and Support for 1000 person meetings

Originally posted by Microsoft May 25, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

With the recent 1000 person meeting deployment, we are providing Admin additional support to troubleshoot meetings. We have added the following capabilities in Teams Admin Center:

  • ‘Search’ based on partial text match by participant UPN, user name and other fields,
  • Sort’ based on a selected set of fields and
  • ‘Export’ the meeting participant list and call quality details for offline review purpose.

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Together Mode Extensibility

Originally posted by Microsoft May 25, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Creators can now build custom Together Mode scenes using our newly built Scene Studio – a web application in the new Microsoft Teams Developer Center – to bring new and exciting Together mode scenes to users.

Creators can use these custom scenes for their own meetings, use a link to share with other users, or publish them more broadly to the organization or public Microsoft Teams store. Sharing a scene through a link allows creators to share their custom scenes with other users without having to publish to the app store.

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Microsoft Teams receive macOS Native Notifications

Originally posted by Microsoft May 25, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Note: if your organization does not use Mac OS you can safely disregard this message.

With this update, your users will be able to choose their preferred means of Teams notifications delivery, either via the Teams built-in notification system or via Mac

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Planner File Recommendations

Originally posted by Microsoft May 25, 2021 Planner 0 Comments

This new Planner feature allows users to quickly add attachments to their tasks from an intelligently curated list of relevant files. The recommendations are based on the task and the user.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 66364.

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Pinning on Outlook for iOS and Android

Originally posted by Microsoft May 25, 2021 Exchange Online 0 Comments

This new Outlook for iOS and Android release will soon roll out the ability to pin messages on both platforms. After tapping the Pinned filter in the message list, all conversations will be easy to get to and keep track of.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83043.

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Customize the properties for the Yammer Communities app in Teams

Originally posted by Microsoft May 24, 2021 Yammer 0 Comments

The Microsoft Teams admin will soon be able to customize the following properties for the Yammer Communities app in Teams within their tenant:

  • App name
  • App description
  • App icons
  • Accent color

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Office 365 Service Communications API availability in Microsoft Graph

Originally posted by Microsoft May 24, 2021 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

The Office 365 Service Communications API will soon be available via Microsoft Graph in Beta for Public Preview. This API provides access to Message Center and Service Health posts for your tenant.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68720

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Joao Ferreira

I've been working with Microsoft Technologies over the last ten years, mainly focused on creating collaboration and productivity solutions that drive the adoption of Microsoft Modern Workplace.