Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals: Admin Option to Enable/Disable sharing to Microsoft Teams in Viva Goals

Viva Goals will be giving users the ability to share links to goals as rich adaptive cards, including progress and status. Users get the context they need around goals they’re working towards and can also update them in Microsoft Teams without losing focus or clicking away from the conversation. As part of this feature, Viva Goals will introduce a menu option to share goals content to Teams, under the “Share” menu in the application.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 9, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

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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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 9, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Viva Pulse Admin Experience

Viva Pulse is a new employee feedback experience that is available for use with your Viva Suite subscription. Viva Pulse empowers managers and project team leaders to request and receive feedback from their teams at any time. Managers and project leads can choose from research-based templates to quickly create a survey and send it to select individuals or groups. They can also track feedback to understand team sentiment over time and show teams they’re being heard by working together to take clear steps to address needs.

We have begun rolling out a new admin experience for Viva Pulse. This update is designed to create more consistency and clarity navigating the admin experience across the Viva suite.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 7, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Viva: Share an Update (Broadcast) Feature for Viva Goals

With the new “Share an Update” feature, leaders can share updates of their team goals to the members of their organization directly from Viva Goals. Updates are sent to users via email.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 148471

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 4, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Refiners Available in Outlook Web

We are launching Refiners on Outlook Web which will appear after a user completes a search. These will allow users to filter down their search results further to find their emails easily.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 141109

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 2, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Outlook: Search Box Interface Improvement

The interface of Search Box in Outlook is being upgraded, making it more prominent and discoverable, with higher color contrast on the input area, border, and font, along with fine tunes on all themes, as well as light and dark modes.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 151024

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Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 1, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

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

• Current Channel

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 28, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Outlook: Android Contacts Index Widget

Users can soon quickly navigate to a section of their contact list in Outlook by selecting the letter or character that corresponds to the section they wish to view and interact with.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 135280

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 28, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Loop component links will now open on Loop.microsoft.com

Loop component links that currently open in an editor on Office.com will now open on Loop.microsoft.com. Users will have access to the same functionality as is available on Office.com. Users who have access to Loop workspace will also be able to leverage these capabilities on Loop.microsoft.com.

When this will happen:

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 28, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft 365 apps for Mac Suite Installer will include Microsoft Defender for individuals

Starting in September 2023, the Microsoft 365 apps for Mac Suite Installer will contain a shim application for the Microsoft Defender for individuals app. Users can download the full version of the Microsoft Defender for individual’s app through this shim application. 

What is the Microsoft Defender for individual’s app?

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 27, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments