Episodes
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Custom SharePoint news email templates - #319
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
We felt this headline was worth jazz-hands. (In truth, I forgot to edit and remove it from the beginning). Set up the email page templates for your SharePoint news that suits your needs. Set a default and show them first to SharePoint news authors.
We also cover OneDrive inside Outlook, and duplication of townhall and webinar event details.
Darrell and Daniel cover:
- Microsoft SharePoint news for email now supports custom template tab settings and wider posts
- Updated Lists in Team Sites, Lists progressive web app (PWA), and Teams
- In form Teams meeting option updates for webinars and townhalls
- Reordering registration form questions for webinars
- Introducing the ability to duplicate an existing town hall
- Introducing the ability to duplicate an existing webinar
- OneDrive for Business opens in Outlook on the web
- Mute On Air available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows
Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.
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Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Changes to Website tab in Teams create big impact - #318
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
The Website tab in Teams channels is changing to reduce support for displaying sites within the Teams app. The community feedback suggests this will impact a number of ways that organizations work. It has been a way to bring useful sites into "the hub for teamwork." Now, some of those sites will have to just launch in a separate browser.
Darrell and Daniel cover:
- Changes to the Website tab in the new Teams client
- Microsoft Viva Engage - New feature to limit moving of conversations across communities
- Microsoft Teams - Tags will be supported in Private Channels
- Tags in Shared Channels for Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Teams - Private and shared channels links
- Microsoft Outlook - New Sync Feature
- Microsoft Teams - Allow meeting participants to create Collaborative notes
- Microsoft Teams - Chat/Channel Copilot will Preserve Side Pane Preferences
Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.
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Monday Jan 15, 2024
What time is it where you are? - #317
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Scheduling meetings in Teams with team members from different time zones is going to get a whole lot easier. Now the time will show in the Scheduling Assistant view. Oh, and the Share window for sharing files changed... again. Things are always changing in M365. It has kept us busy for years.
Darrell and Daniel cover:
- Classic Teams users to be updated to new Teams after March 31 2024
- Invite people you choose in the Share control in Microsoft 365 apps
- Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants time zone
- Now get Real Time Calendar Notifications in Teams
- Join meetings and make calls via Teams Mobile on Android Auto
Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.
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Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Teams meetings simplified audio and video settings - #316
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Making adjustments to your audio and video settings during Teams meetings just got simpler. New flyout menus keep you in your meeting while letting you select your devices and tuning your settings. Present your best-self while staying in your meeting.
Darrell and Daniel cover:
- Microsoft Teams: Join Teams work meetings from Microsoft Teams (free) and vice versa
- Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status
- Updates to adding topics to posts in Viva Engage
- Viva Engage: Answers in Communities
- Audio and video flyout and settings in Teams meetings
Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.
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Monday Dec 18, 2023
Discovery feed in Teams. Copilot in Viva Engage - #315
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Finishing this year's season of the 365 Message Center Show, we discuss the new discovery feed in Teams. Will it save us time and bring all messages together or help us find new conversations of interest? Also, Copilot is coming to Viva Engage to help craft posts. Will they be more authentic and engaging with the help of AI?
Daniel and Darrell will be back next year after a 2 week break. Thank you for another year of fantastic support. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday season.
Darrell and Daniel cover:
- Copilot in Viva Engage
- Retiring Delve Web
- Microsoft Stream: View and Edit mode toggle
- Microsoft Teams: Discover Feed in Channels
- Promote channel creation
- Simplified team creation
- Simpler and quicker creation of teams and channels
- New experiences for video and images in Viva Engage are coming to you in 2024
Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.
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Monday Dec 11, 2023
Archive Teams channels - #314
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Tidy up those busy teams that have lots of channels no longer in use. This is one step better than simply hiding them or expecting team members to hide channels in their own personal Teams and channels list.
Darrell and Daniel cover:
- Microsoft Teams: Archive channels
- Outlook: Choose how many days of emails sync to your iOS or Android device for offline usage
- Action Required - Changes to Get & Transform Data (aka Power Query) features in Excel
- Tasks in my area or department (a mobile Planner in Teams feature)
- Contact Unification across Outlook and Teams
Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.
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Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Share Whiteboards with guests. Campaigns in Engage - #313
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Using specific people links, share a Microsoft Whiteboard after a meeting and continue the collaboration. Use Community Campaigns to bring communication together using a hashtag and its own landing page.
Also in this episode, Daniel asks Microsoft for more pictures on their messages and Darrell draws one on his whiteboard to meet the need for now.
Darrell and Daniel cover:
- Introducing monthly Search newsletter for Search administrators
- Microsoft Whiteboard: External Guest Sharing via Specific People Share Link
- Specific People Link (PSL) Support for Collaborative Notes
- Tags management settings now include option to exclude / include guests
- Community Campaigns in Viva Engage
- SharePoint Add-In retirement in Microsoft 365
Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.
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Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Teams Chat embedded in Outlook - #312
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Start a new chat with people from your organisation, without leaving Outlook. This will be useful when catching up on email and then starting a Chat conversation with the sender of the email.
A slower week for messages. But still worth taking a look at the small changes announcement in the MC this week.
Darrell and Daniel cover:
- Quick Conflict Peek when you RSVP on Calendar Event Detail page
- Remove Activity Feed Item in New Teams
- Teams chat embedded in Outlook Web (Enterprise)
- Stream videos can now be watched inline in Outlook
- Profile Card in Teams Mobile
Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.
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Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Copilot is coming to Windows 10 - #311
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Microsoft is extending the reach of Copilot experiences to the Windows 10 desktop. There are still tens of thousands of computers running Windows 10. Microsoft Copilot (formerly known as Bing Chat) will be available as a chat / search experience. Surely this will include the new switch to turn on Copilot to use with your work data (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise).
Darrell and Daniel cover:
- Collaborative Notes in Channel Meetings
- Name changes of Project for web
- Name changes Tasks by Planner and To Do
- Announcing the general availability of new Teams on web for Edge and Chrome
- Copilot coming to Windows 10
- Organizational Data in Microsoft 365
- Additional Teams Meeting Templates Added to Outlook Teams Add-In
- Together mode and content share layout improvement
- Microsoft Teams: Meeting chat invitations from unmanaged users
Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.
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Monday Nov 13, 2023
Microsoft Stream interactive features - #310
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Raise engagement in your Microsoft Stream videos using surveys, polls and quizzes. Add a hyperlink and text to direct to supporting resources and related links. This opens up a number of possibilities for webinar recordings, communications, awareness, and training videos.
Darrell and Daniel cover:
- Microsoft Stream: Add a survey, poll, or quiz to a video at specific times
- Microsoft Stream: Add a hyperlink or text callout to a video at specific times
- Co-organizer experience updates in Teams Webinars and Townhalls
- Virtual Events – Green Room License
- FindTime add-in is being removed and replaced with Scheduling Poll as a native feature
- Microsoft Teams Who bot to be retired
Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.
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