365 Message Center Show
231 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsA weekly review of the Microsoft 365 Message Center, with Daniel Glenn, Darrell Webster, and special guests. 365MCS.com #365MCS
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Modern experience for managed metadata services - #140
April 15, 2020 05:29 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBThe SharePoint Online managed metadata services finally gets a modern SharePoint makeover. Term store manager, content type gallery and tagging / filtering options are all in line for modernization. Also on the show: - Basic Auth and Exchange Online update - Microsoft Teams: Raise your virtual hand in Teams meetings - Microsoft Forms eDiscovery export format change - End-user spam notifications missing phish mails - Streamlining the recipient experience for link...
Microsoft Teams background effects arriving mid April - #139
April 06, 2020 20:40 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBOnly the most anticipated feature while we all work from home... change our backgrounds in Microsoft Teams so we don't look like we're working from home! Also on the show: - Sharing behavior for non-Office resources - Secure by default: Junking domains that fail authentication - Outlook on the web, new editor capabilities (Microsoft Editor) - Licensing and enforcement deadline extensions for Dynamics 365, Power Automate, and Power Apps - SharePoint and OneDrive ...
Microsoft 365 temporary feature adjustments - #138
April 01, 2020 03:52 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBTo reduce load on Microsoft 365 services as the World works from home, some features are reducing functionality, sync frequencies reducing and meeting recordings render in lower resolution. It's only a temporary move. Microsoft were planning to increase capacity, but not as suddenly as has occurred in recent weeks. Keep safe. Stay home. Flatten the curve. Also on the show: - Syncing files used by local computer in OneDrive - Structural navigation caching in SharePoint - U...
Multi-Window Chat for Microsoft Teams - #137
March 25, 2020 04:32 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MBMulti-Window chat for Teams is just around the corner, beginning deployment early April. Pop out chat conversations into separate windows. Just in time to manage those multiple conversations as you work from home during #covid19 Also on the show: - SharePoint mobile app to support customized themes - Audience targeting in site, footer and hub navigation - Device Management support for Collaboration Bars in Teams - End User Spam Notification messaging updates ...
#136 - Edit metadata from within the SharePoint Document Library and List
March 16, 2020 21:20 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBYour end users will soon be able to edit SharePoint metadata in a file or list directly from the web part. Users will now have the ability to open and edit file or list item properties directly from the document or list view web parts. Also on the show: - Forms Activity Reports in the Microsoft Admin Center - Outlook mobile updates the roll out of Privacy Settings - Microsoft Secure Score improvement action updates - Native Mode Alignment Tool for Yammer now available...
#135 - OneDrive Sync Version History
March 11, 2020 04:55 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MB*Stay tuned to the end for a special interview with Sébastien Levert (Twitter), Product Lead at Valo & Microsoft MVP, concerning the new multilingual publishing in modern SharePoint* We've been able to manage document versions in OneDrive on the Web. Now we'll be able to do it from our desktop through changes to OneDrive sync on Windows and Mac. Download, restore and delete previous versions of documents using File Explorer or Finder. Also in this episode: - Microsoft Authentica...
#134 - Teams tab that references page or list on any SharePoint site
March 06, 2020 05:40 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBThe new SharePoint app for #MicrosoftTeams will let you link to any page or list on any SharePoint site in your tenant. Up until now, we've been limited to referencing SharePoint pages on the Team's SharePoint site. Now you can add news, support pages, communications sites, lists and more, from any site in the tenant. Though it will still respect permissions, so ensure it's a resource your team can get to first. - Publishing commands added to Pages library - Basic Authentication Re...
#133 - New Office app available on iPhone and Android
February 26, 2020 23:26 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBThe new Microsoft Office app for mobiles is now available across iPhone and Android. It combines Word, Excel and PowerPoint with other quick capture tools to start that document, record that idea or pick up from where you left off, while you're on the move. - Power Apps can read context from Microsoft Teams - Sharing settings in the modern SharePoint admin center - Insider Risk Management in Microsoft 365 compliance center - Communication compliance in Microsoft 365 compl...
#132 - Interactive Yammer email in Outlook on the Web
February 19, 2020 02:37 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBThey weren't kidding when they coined the #yearofyammer tag at #MSIgnite last year. Imagine working your way through your email notifications from #MicrosoftTeams, #Yammer, and other #Microsoft365 services. You open an email notification for a Yammer conversation and while you're in your flow answering email, you post a quick response to the Yammer thread - direct from email! This level of email interaction is also coming to Teams. But Yammer is set to give us the first taste. Nice! ...
#131 - Create Yammer live events using Microsoft Teams
February 11, 2020 17:09 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBCreate a Yammer live event and produce it from within Microsoft Teams. This simplifies producing live events, for orgs that don't yet have the capability to use an external app or device. Up to 10 presenters can join the Teams meeting where the live stream is produced. Also in this week's show: - Microsoft 365 admin center defaulting to new experience - Microsoft 365 usage reports adds administrator roles - New service health status: "False Positive" - Live Events in Yam...
#130 - Updating classic SharePoint team site home pages to the modern template
February 06, 2020 23:17 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MB*Stay tuned to the end for a special interview with Joanne Klein (Twitter), Owner of NexNovus Consulting, Office 365 consultant, & Microsoft MVP, concerning legal holds in Microsoft Teams private channels and the new Advanced eDiscovery tools in Microsoft 365* Classic SharePoint team site home pages that have not been customized are soon to be upgraded to the modern template. Organisations with customized classic home pages are left untouched, giving time to update custom web parts and desi...
#129 - Office 365 ProPlus changes to browser default search engine
January 29, 2020 18:05 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBMicrosoft Search is one of the big focuses for Microsoft 365 this year. It's instrumental in productivity and finding the info you're looking for. The entry points for using Microsoft Search have expanded to a search box in the title bar of Office applications and integration with Bing. This update to Office 365 Pro Plus will change Google Chrome to use Bing as the default search engine. Unsurprisingly, the technical community had some opinions to express about this. Also in this week's...
#128 - Enhanced scheduling experience in Teams
January 21, 2020 05:57 - 53 minutes - 73.1 MB*Stay tuned to the end for a special interview with Susan Hanley, SharePoint consultant & Microsoft MVP, concerning default SharePoint sharing links that can now default to people with existing access* Meetings are a core experience in Microsoft Teams. In the early days of the release of Teams, scheduling a meeting was a simple but limited experience. Today, the meeting scheduling form in Teams is just about at parity with the Outlook on the web scheduling form. This release gives more opti...
#127 - RSS feed updates for Microsoft 365 Roadmap individual features
January 14, 2020 21:38 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MBIf you're patiently waiting for a coming feature in #Microsoft365, use the new feature level RSS feed in the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. One we've been waiting for is more of the SharePoint library experience in the #MicrosoftTeams Files tab. Add the RSS feed to your favorite reader and keep watch. Also in this week's show: - Outlook on the Web: Sync with Sticky Notes - Power Automate to approve hub-site joins - Power Apps custom forms integration with SharePoint librarie...
#126 - Office 'What's New' Management
January 06, 2020 22:43 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MBThe What's New feature in Office displays short notifications and links to help for new features arriving in Office for Windows. This management feature is now in preview. Also in this week's show: - Updated Kaizala administration roles - Discover Office files in Outlook for Android - Updated Consent flow for custom Kaizala Action - Microsoft Teams Priority Notifications promotion extended to April 1 - eDiscovery for Yammer - Announce when dial-in users...
#125 - Email notifications for comments & mentions in Office
December 23, 2019 22:52 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBOn episode 125 of The 365 Message Center Show, we'll discuss all 14 new updates in the Microsoft 365 Message Center. - Office 365 Video to Microsoft Stream migration - retirement date and timelines - New features coming to the Office 365 app launcher and Office.com - Outlook on the web, new mobile browser experience - FindTime, updating back-end service - Outlook on the web - Files view - Office 2016 for Mac end of mainstream support - Teams meeting policie...
#124 - Teams and Outlook Email Integration
December 17, 2019 17:10 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBThere's 6 new Teams-Outlook email integrations coming. On episode 124 of The 365 Message Center Show, we'll discuss all 6 and the other messages from this past week's delivery. - Clutter for Outlook retirement - Microsoft Search Change to suggested Q&As - Microsoft Teams coming to existing installs for Semi-Annual Channel customers - Fluid Framework Preview for creating Fluid documents - Teams-Outlook email integrations - Retention labels, proof of disposal for ...
#123 - Updated SharePoint start page experience
December 15, 2019 00:24 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBThis week, we're live from SharePoint Fest Chicago #SPFestChi. The SharePoint start page will be tidied up, organising featured and suggested sites into tabs. This makes room for more featured links, your recent documents and saved for later pages. Does this make the SharePoint start page more functional? Daniel and Darrell discuss this and more this week: - Handling repeated phishers in #Microsoft Forms - Meeting chat notifications in #MicrosoftTeams - Retirement ...
#122 - SharePoint list Modern settings
December 02, 2019 23:04 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBEnable and disable column totals in the modern user list experience. Create a document view for list data featuring column formatting. Daniel and Darrell discuss this and more this week: - Windows Server 2008/R2 and 2012/R2 end of support for Office 365 Pro Plus. - Power BI planned maintenance December 14th - SharePoint list Modern Settings - Office 365 Message Encryption (OME) updates to enhance email authenticity - SharePoint team sites 'Next steps' panel We also...
#121 - Multiple SharePoint admin center updates
November 25, 2019 18:33 - 40 minutes - 55 MBReplace your root site. Permissions panel improvements and more. It has been a busy week for SharePoint. Daniel and Darrell discuss this and more this week: - Teams new Chat button location - Search coming into Outlook for Windows - Microsoft Teams for Linux - Turning off Self-service purchase of Power Platform - Suggested replies in Outlook for iOS - Multiple updates to SharePoint admin center - Service Health Dashboard email notifications - Delve Blog...
#120 - Microsoft Teams tagging, but not as you'd expect
November 19, 2019 03:56 - 1 hour - 90.3 MB*Stay tuned to the end for a special interview with DC Padur, Sr. Program Manager at Microsoft, concerning SharePoint Home Sites rolling out soon!* Tagging. But not as you'd expect it to be. Microsoft Teams is introducing a way to group members of a team using tags. Use the tags to mention all members of a tag. This is an improvement on @mentioning channels. Daniel and Darrell discuss this and more this week: - Power Apps integration with document libraries - Tags in Micr...
#119 - After MSIgnite
November 17, 2019 06:12 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBBack from #MSIgnite, this show is a best effort as we stop and take a breathe after so many announcements. This week: - Save for later on OneDrive Files - SharePoint File Hover Card: Conversations - SharePoint and OneDrive sensitivity labels (preview) - Fluid Framework Preview - Welcome a new colleague into Microsoft Teams - SharePoint File Hover Card - People who viewed - Microsoft To-Do: Notifications for shared lists Join Darrell Webster as he covers the...
#118 - #MSIgnite 2019 Edition
November 14, 2019 22:55 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBThe Microsoft 365 Message Center is an essential source for learning of coming changes to Microsoft 365 products and services. Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell (as a Service) Webster live from Microsoft Ignite as they comment on the weeks announcements. They are joined by Mike Ziock from the team at Microsoft responsible for Microsoft 365 Roadmap and Message Center. Mike tells us what's changed and what's in store for the Message Center and Service Health Dashboard. - Request Files command...
#117 - Self-service Power Platform
October 29, 2019 19:59 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBAnnouncing self-service provisioning of advanced Power BI, PowerApps and Flow capabilities. This has landed with strong discussion on both sides - Power User and Admins. Learn about what you can and what you can't do to prepare. Also this week: - Activity based Microsoft Teams renewal - Outlook mobile rolling out Microsoft Information Protection sensitivity labels - Services & add-ins, Security & privacy, and Organisation profile are shifted to a single page in the adm...
#116 - SharePoint site URL rename
October 22, 2019 04:56 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBThe #SharePoint crowd cheers, "we can rename a site URL in SPO!" This is a big deal and we're glad to see redirections are automatically provided. Also this week: - OneDrive PC Folder Backup support for cross-volume moves - Time-saving updates for Outlook mobile help you be better prepared - Microsoft Teams will silently sign in new users - ATP Safe Links Update - Additional Safe Links protection within Outlook - Microsoft 365 Audit public preview - Retiring abil...
#115 - Form customization in SharePoint lists and libraries
October 16, 2019 04:29 - 42 minutes - 58.3 MB*Stay tuned to the end for a special interview with Drew Madelung concerning Yammer changes to data retention* Customize the order and visibility of fields in the forms in SharePoint lists and libraries. Filling out relevant metadata becomes more focused and less overwhelming for end-users. Also this week: - End of support for Windows 7 and changes for support of Office on Windows 7 - Upcoming Changes to Yammer Data Retention Options - Changes to the address that i...
#114 - Live captions in Microsoft Teams meetings
October 07, 2019 21:12 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBThis week sees a valuable accessibility feature arrive in Microsoft Teams. Live captioning has been making an impact to PowerPoint presentations and now expands to Teams, making meetings more inclusive. Also this week: - Microsoft Surface hardware announcements - Microsoft Compliance Manager permissions changing - Updated SharePoint start page - Changing timestamps in Message Center posts - Updating default setting for live captions/subtitles in teams - OneDriv...
#113 - Delegate can change delegators' settings in Microsoft Teams
September 30, 2019 20:43 - 34 minutes - 46.7 MBIt has been a busy week of Microsoft 365 messages: - Action Requested: Evaluate and update any Conditional Access policies in preparation for iPadOS launch (Intune) - Upgrade your macOS to access new Office 365 for Mac updates - Skype for Business external access setting retired from Microsoft 365 Admin center - Global reader built-in role for read-only administrative access across Microsoft 365 - Office 365 Communications API available for GA - SharePoint sites select...
#112 - Sharing reports for SharePoint Online
September 23, 2019 23:34 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBIn this weeks installment of #Microsoft365 messages: - Pinned channels in Microsoft Teams - Use Microsoft Flow to approve SharePoint hub-site joining - Office 365 ceases support soon for Office 2013 - Sharing reports in SharePoint Online - Sensitivity labeling in Outlook on the web - New updates for PSTN calls in Microsoft Teams - Office 365 Quarantine updates for zero-hour auto purge Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell Webster as they cover the latest messages in the #Microsoft3...
#111 - Your files need attention
September 16, 2019 19:52 - 29 minutes - 40 MBIn this weeks installment of #Microsoft365 messages: - Start using those community hashtags for observed changes and alerts: #M365Change or #M365Alert - Automated Investigation and Response is Generally Available - Native sensitivity labels for Office for Windows - Upload Center to Files Need Attention - Prepare Intune for iPadOS Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell Webster as they cover the latest messages in the #Microsoft365 Message Center.
#110 - #MicrosoftTeams secondary ringer
September 09, 2019 19:39 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBIn this weeks installment of #Microsoft365 messages: - Microsoft Teams secondary ringer - SharePoint Online Site Swap for orgs with less than 10,000 - Manage sharing requests from SharePoint site panel - Exchange Online improvements to accelerate replication of changes to Azure Active Directory - Teams channel moderation setting when posting a message - Community hashtags for observed change: #M365Change and #M365Alert Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell Webster as they cover the latest mes...