 Microsoft is rolling out some great new features this month. But before we give you our thoughts on some of the most useful, it's important to note their announcements on temporarily reducing services during this period of exceptional demand and usage. Reduced features due to excess demand during this period MC207439 Category Administration Please be aware of the following announcement from Microsoft as it affects all Office 365 users (although some features are running normally for Education customers). "As a part of our commitment to customers and Microsoft cloud services continuity during these unprecedented times, we're making temporary adjustments to select capabilities within Microsoft 365. Last week, we shared details about adjustments in Microsoft Teams, such as how often we check for presence, the interval in which we show when the other party is typing, and reduced video resolution. We are sharing a few other temporary changes you can expect. OneNote:
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We will continue to monitor our Microsoft 365 services on an ongoing basis and share any further updates here." Greater integration between Teams and Skype Consumer rolling out now MC205801 Category Teams What is this all about? Microsoft is providing greater integration between Microsoft Teams and consumer or personal Skype users. How does this affect me? Post this change, Teams users in your company can chat with and call Skype users by using their email address and vice versa.
There are some restrictions when comparing a Teams to Teams call as follows:
What do I need to do to prepare for this change? This change will be disabled by default and therefore your Administrators will need to turn this feature on if this is something you want your company to benefit from. The change will be gradually rolled out towards the end of March 2020 and the rollout will be completed by the end of April. More from Microsoft https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-skype-interop View and manage OneDrive document versions from File explorer MC205517 What is this all about? Unknown to most users who only access OneDrive through File Explorer, OneDrive does version control all files and therefore it is possible, through the OneDrive browser interface, to view version history and, if necessary, to restore a previous version. This change will enable users to view and manage version history through File Explorer on both Windows and Mac devices. How does this affect me? You will see a new entry in the context menu in Mac Finder, Windows File Explorer, and OneDrive Activity Feed. Version history will allow you to download previous versions of a file as well as restore or delete previous versions without needing to access this feature via the browser.  What do I need to do to prepare for this change? Nothing. Simply look for this new feature to be available when it starts to roll out in April 2020. Outlook Mobile updates the Search experience MC208100 Category Office Products What is this all about? As well as the enhanced corporate security controls that Outlook on your mobile provides over the standard iOS or Android mail apps, Microsoft is now rolling out more of the familiar browser and desktop Outlook features to its Mobile App making it more efficient to find information and to respond to contacts, email and events. How does this affect me? If you spend a lot of time managing emails or your diary on a mobile, then the following new features might just make your life easier. 1. The keyword search experience in Outlook now includes information from the deleted folder, so if you have accidentally deleted that email and need to find it, use search.
What do I need to do to prepare for this change? Once this feature is available in your Office 365 environment, you should review your sites and decide if audience targetting should be turned on and then who the audience should be. This feature is rolling out now and should be completed by the end of May. Edit metadata from within the SharePoint Document Library and List View web parts MC206010 Category SharePoint What is this all about? SharePoint pages enable you to embed a view of a list or library as a "Web part". However, the ability to change any of the columns of data or "metadata" associated with the list item or the document has required you to leave the page and to navigate directly to the underlying list or library view. This enhancement will let you modify metadata directly from within the web part. How does this affect me? You will now have the ability to open and edit file or list item properties directly from the document or list view web parts on a SharePoint page and therefore no longer need to navigate to the List or Document Library to update the metadata. To edit the metadata directly from the webpart, either click on the:  or click “More” under item properties.  More from Microsoft • Customise permissions for a SharePoint list or library • Use the Document Library web part • Use the List web part Add a survey or response "Poll" to your Outlook emails MC205124 Category Outlook What is this all about? You will soon be able to embed a quick poll or survey in an Outlook email and sent it to your intended recipients. This takes the existing ability to add response buttons to a whole new level. Perhaps you need to survey staff about an upcoming event and want to provide 4 options for them to choose from, or you want to provide a client with a choice of options relating to a project. Easy, just insert a Poll. How does this affect me? Regardless of whether you use Outlook for Mac, Outlook for Windows or Outlook on the web you will soon be able to create a poll within Outlook without needing to find-and-install an add-in. Simply create a new email and then click the "Poll" icon, add your questions and send. Depending on the Outlook app, the Poll icon will appear in different places, see below. User access to the Poll add-in Outlook for Mac  Outlook on the web  Outlook for Windows
What do I need to do to prepare for this change? Unless you are a Mac user there is nothing you need to do. This enhancement is rolling out now and should be completed by the end of April. If you are a Mac users and have previously downloaded the old Quick Poll add-in, you will need to uninstall it at https://outlook.office365.com/ecp/ in order to use the new pre-installed Poll add-in. More from Microsoft https://support.office.com/article/create-a-poll-in-outlook-46893563-ab12-4bd0-aff7-26f5a488fea0 Author: SO365 Insights |
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