Install web version of OneDrive as a Progressive Web App (PWA)

Originally posted by Microsoft Jun 14, 2021 OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online 0 Comments

You can now install the web version of OneDrive as a Progressive Web App (PWA) in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox or other browser that supports Progressive Web Apps (with the exception of Safari). After you install the web version of OneDrive as a Progressive Web App, you can launch it from your desktop, and it will work the same way as it does in your web browser.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82040.

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SharePoint: Updates for Microsoft Teams connected team sites

Originally posted by Microsoft Jun 14, 2021 SharePoint Online 0 Comments

With this new feature, when you create a team in Microsoft Teams, a SharePoint team site will automatically get created in tandem and you are also able to connect any existing SharePoint team site to a new team in Microsoft Teams. These are called Microsoft Teams connected team sites.

For private channels in Microsoft Teams, a SharePoint team site automatically gets created and is known as a channel site. These Teams connected team sites and channel sites are managed differently than your typical SharePoint team site.

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Edit your workbooks now with ActiveX

Originally posted by Microsoft Jun 14, 2021 Office for the web 0 Comments

Delighting our customers with faster, smoother, and frictionless experiences in Excel for the web is an uncompromised goal across the Excel team. With this in mind, we recently added support to open and edit workbooks with ActiveX, Form controls and other legacy art objects in Excel web.

In response to customer feedback, this represents another step forward to help customers quickly open Excel files and edit them with less friction in the process. This communication is meant to highlight the changes our customers are asking for, and to reaffirm our commitment and ongoing investment in Excel for the web to enable rich end user experiences.

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Chat Bubbles

Originally posted by Microsoft Jun 14, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Previously, Teams users needed to manually open a chat window to view the chat screen. Now thanks to this new feature, chats sent during a Teams meeting will surface on the screens of all meeting participants, making the chat more central to the conversation.

Key points:

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PDF nighttime reading mode for OneDrive on Android

Originally posted by Microsoft Jun 11, 2021 OneDrive for Business 0 Comments

With 3 new color modes for viewing PDFs—day, night, and sepia—users have more control over the appearance of PDFs and how much blue light they see.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72230.

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Microsoft Stream (built on SharePoint): Updated Web player for video

Originally posted by Microsoft Jun 11, 2021 SharePoint Online 0 Comments

The web player for audio & video files that are stored in OneDrive and SharePoint (including when those files are embedded in Teams, Yammer, and SharePoint web parts) is being updated with a new user look and feel and adheres to greater levels of accessibility for keyboard navigation and screen readers.

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Extend Compliance Manager capabilities beyond Microsoft 365 assets

Originally posted by Microsoft Jun 11, 2021 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

Microsoft Compliance Manager is a feature in the Microsoft 365 compliance center that helps you manage your organization’s compliance requirements with greater ease and convenience. This new release of pre-configured assessment templates extends Compliance Manager capabilities beyond Microsoft 365 assets.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72223.

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Microsoft Lists: @mention people in comments

Originally posted by Microsoft Jun 10, 2021 Microsoft Lists 0 Comments

You’ll now be able to “mention” people you work with while adding a new comment to a list Item. This will help people share and collaborate on list items.

The person who receives a notification can click a link that takes them directly to the comment in context, review the comment, and take the requested action.

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New Azure AD built-in role – Cloud App Security Administrator

Originally posted by Microsoft Jun 10, 2021 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

We have created a new built-in role in Azure AD for you to manage Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS).

When this will happen

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Teams Attendance Report

Originally posted by Microsoft Jun 9, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

This reporting dashboard will appear as a tab in the meeting detail will provide:

  • Attendance information for Teams regular meetings.
  • Registration information for Webinar prior to the meeting and joined registration and attendance data after the meeting.

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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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