Announcing PowerPoint modern comments for enterprise general availability

Originally posted by Microsoft May 15, 2021 Office for the web 0 Comments

The comments feature in PowerPoint will be updated to the new PowerPoint modern comments experience. Modern comments help improve your collaborative experience with features such as resolving comments, anchoring comments to objects and text, improved @mentions, and more.

PowerPoint modern comments are available today behind a tenant admin setting which is off by default. This update will change the default setting from off to on.

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New Permissions management page in Microsoft 365 compliance center

Originally posted by Microsoft May 13, 2021 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

You will soon see a new Permissions landing page within the Microsoft 365 compliance center from which admins will be able to view and assign user roles and create and modify custom role groups, activities currently managed within the legacy Office 365 Security & Compliance Center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72239

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Outlook – new position for Send button in iOS

Originally posted by Microsoft May 13, 2021 Exchange Online 0 Comments

We are moving the “send” button to a more convenient and easy-to-reach position when using your thumbs to type in Outlook for iOS. This will also match the experience in quick reply.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83145.

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Opt-out from Multi-Window Producer

Originally posted by Microsoft May 13, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

We recently rolled out the Multi-Window Producer experience (announced in MC248212, April 2021) to all users. Since the Multi-Window Producer experience for Live Events currently does not have the Call Health Panel, we are providing an opportunity for you to opt your users out of the Multi-Window Producer experience and continue using the single view experience until the Call Health Panel is available for the Multi-Window Producer Experience. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81804

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Setting to turn off/on comments for a list

Originally posted by Microsoft May 12, 2021 Microsoft Lists 0 Comments

This new feature will enable users to soon be able to turn off/on comments for individual lists. Any user with manage list permission on the list will be able to access this setting in Advanced settings under List settings.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70706.

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OneDrive: iOS – Jump to Page for PDF viewing

Originally posted by Microsoft May 12, 2021 OneDrive for Business 0 Comments

You will soon be able to move from page to page while viewing PDF documents in Microsoft OneDrive iOS app by typing the page number in Jump to Page.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81919.

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OneDrive: Android – Jump to Page for PDF viewing

Originally posted by Microsoft May 12, 2021 OneDrive for Business 0 Comments

You will soon be able to move from page to page while viewing PDF documents in Microsoft OneDrive Android app by typing the page number in Jump to Page.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81920.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

Originally posted by Microsoft May 12, 2021 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

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

  • Current Channel
  • Monthly Enterprise Channel
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

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Immersive Reader is now available in OneDrive and SharePoint for documents

Originally posted by Microsoft May 11, 2021 OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online 0 Comments

This new feature release will allow users to launch Word Documents and text files into Immersive Reader from OneDrive.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81954.

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Group chat with external users in Teams GA

Originally posted by Microsoft May 11, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

This new external group chat feature enables your users to initiate and participate in group Teams chats with users from outside your organization, AAD identity required. Expanding on the existing ability for Teams users to find, participate in 1:1 chat, call and set up meetings with external users, external group chat in Teams supports up to 250 participants across multiple organizations in a single chat. This is rolling out on Teams desktop, web and mobile.

  • External group chat is part of Microsoft Teams Connect. Azure Active Directory (AAD) is required. The organizations are required to use the open federation policy or be on each other’s allow list.

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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.