Mute Notifications During Meetings

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 10, 2022 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

The current experience of receiving notifications during meetings is highly distracting and there is no easy way to turn off these notifications making it highly painful for users. This feature will introduce a setting to help the user turn OFF notifications during meetings.

  • Global Setting to turn OFF notifications during meetings – A user can find this settings by clicking on the ellipsis next to the profile picture -> Going to global settings -> Notifications -> Meetings. This will turn off notifications for all the meetings
  • Allow/Mute Notifications through the uBar – A user can wish to turn ON/OFF notifications on a per meeting basis through the setting provided in the meeting tray.

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Outlook: Contact lists

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 7, 2022 Outlook 0 Comments

The new Outlook for Mac is adding support for Contact lists (aka Personal Distribution Lists).

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SharePoint and Microsoft Teams Connected Templates

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 7, 2022 Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online 0 Comments

We are announcing the upcoming release of Connected Templates with Microsoft Teams and SharePoint. The connected templates will offer a new way of combining Microsoft Teams templates with SharePoint templates. Prior to this integration, clients needed to deploy Microsoft Teams or SharePoint-specific templates.

  • Microsoft Team Templates allow administrators to easily deploy consistent teams across their organization using predefined or customized team templates across their organization.
  • SharePoint templates offer a straightforward way for admins to build sites with pre-populated pages, page templates, news post templates, and web parts that can be customized to fit the needs of their organization.

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SharePoint: Section Templates for SharePoint Pages

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 6, 2022 SharePoint Online 0 Comments

When you add a new section to a page, you can select a blank template with popular image and text combinations for a quick start.

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Microsoft Teams: Give Take Control for Citrix on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 6, 2022 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

User on Citrix will be able to give and take control during calls and meetings. Give control: If you want another meeting participant to change a file, help you present, or demonstrate something, you can give control to that person. You will both be in control of the sharing, and you can take back control anytime. Take control: To take control while another person is sharing, select Request control. The person sharing can then approve or deny your request. While you have control, you can make selections, edits, and other modifications to the shared screen. When you’re done, select Release control to stop sharing control.

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Microsoft Teams: Give Take Control for Azure Window Desktop on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 6, 2022 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

User on Azure Window Desktop will be able to give and take control during calls and meetings. Give control: If you want another meeting participant to change a file, help you present, or demonstrate something, you can give control to that person. You will both be in control of
the sharing, and you can take back control anytime. Take control: To take control while another person is sharing, select Request control. The person sharing can then approve or deny your request. While you have control, you can make selections, edits, and other modifications to the shared screen. When you’re done, select Release control to stop sharing control.

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Microsoft Teams: Give Take Control for VMware on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 6, 2022 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

User on VMware will be able to give and take control during calls and meetings. Give control: If you want another meeting participant to change a file, help you present, or demonstrate something, you can give control to that person. You will both be in control of the sharing, and you can take back control anytime. Take control: To take control while another person is sharing, select Request control. The person sharing can then
approve or deny your request. While you have control, you can make selections, edits, and other modifications to the shared screen. When you’re done, select Release control to stop sharing control.

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Microsoft Viva: Shared focus plan in Viva Insights

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 6, 2022 Microsoft Viva 0 Comments

The shared focus plan enables managers and team leads to foster mutual productivity norms and drive a positive team culture by inviting teams to book focus time for uninterrupted work.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/insights/use/myteam

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Microsoft 365 admin center: Advanced Deployment Guides with Self-Service Automation focusing on Compliance Administration

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 6, 2022 Microsoft Information Protection 0 Comments

Updated step by step advanced setup wizards and automation to help tenant admins deploy services.

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New Content Scenarios for My Feed Web Part on SharePoint

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 6, 2022 SharePoint Online 0 Comments

We will be adding new content scenarios to the My Feed Web Part on SharePoint. The update will come with the following features.

  • Suggested Task
    • These are tasks or actions you have requested by or of you. They also may be tasks or actions you promise to do. These tasks are pulled from your email conversations.
  • People Highlights
    • These comprise of Birthdays, Work Anniversaries and Change of roles for people who you work with. The information is only visible for those who have chosen to share it on LinkedIn.
  • Meetings out of routine
    • These are meetings scheduled on Teams or Outlook and are out of your usual working hours. This allows your users to either request for a reschedule or act on the meetings as appropriate.

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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.

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