Viva Connections Toolbox displaying store apps

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 12, 2022 Viva Connections 0 Comments

In the current Viva Connections environment: for users to acquire more Cards to their Dashboard, they need use the “Add an app” under Settings and Dashboard Edit Page, but it does not include Viva Connections Apps provided by Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). This is a major blocker of ISVs acquisition engine. We need to provide better entry points for users to discover and add ISV Cards.

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Microsoft Teams: Meeting Toolbar Usability Improvements

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 12, 2022 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

The updated Microsoft Teams meeting toolbar makes navigating meetings and discovering new features and capabilities easier than ever, including the ability to seamlessly switch between views and menu options.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102065

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Announcing Public preview of permanent deletion of users in Power Platform

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 12, 2022 Power Apps 0 Comments

We are pleased to announce that you can now delete and remove users with a disabled status in Power Platform. The rollout of this feature preview has already begun and is expected to be available globally by the end of December 2022.

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Microsoft Outlook: Teams Chat from Outlook meetings

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 9, 2022 Outlook 0 Comments

This feature provides an easy Teams chat experience from Outlook in the context of a meeting for participants to send a quick message or review the chat.

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Microsoft Viva: Automatic Topic Relationships available in GCC

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 9, 2022 Viva Topics 0 Comments

The ability for AI to suggest relationships between topics will be available for customers in our Government Clouds. These suggested related topics appear on the topic card, page and answers.  This is already available for standard worldwide customers.

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Microsoft Viva: Meeting prep inline suggestions coming to Outlook with Viva Insights

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 9, 2022 Viva Insights 0 Comments

Users with a Viva Insights subscription will receive inline suggestions in Outlook to book meeting preparation time. Meeting invite recipients will receive the inline suggestions if the meeting is between 30 and 60 minutes long, it has fewer than 12 attendees, it is not recurring, and the user has time on their calendar for prep time.

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Microsoft Teams: Bots and Message Extensions in DOD

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 9, 2022 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

DOD customers are able to build and deploy Bots and Message Extensions in their Microsoft Teams environment. This release supports custom, line-of-business bots.

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Announcing Ability to Digitally Sign VBA Projects in Microsoft Access Databases

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 9, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

When creating a Microsoft Access database, authors will be able to use a code signing certificate to digitally sign the database. The signature will cover VBA code and other elements of the database such as Access macros and action queries.  This will enable databases to execute VBA code and other active elements when the Trust Center Macro Settings are set to only enable digitally signed VBA macros to run.

When this will happen:

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New Service Plans for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva SKUs

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 9, 2022 Viva Topics 0 Comments

As previously announced, we will be releasing our new experiences for Viva Engage and Answers in Microsoft Viva in early 2023.

When this will happen:

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Microsoft Project: Advance Dependencies in Project for the Web

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 8, 2022 Microsoft Project 0 Comments

Set non-default dependencies between tasks, such as Start-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish and Start-to-Finish dependencies.

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Joao Ferreira

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