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365 Message Center Show #365MCS

Daniel Glenn and Darrell Webster

A weekly review of the Microsoft 365 Message Center, with Daniel Glenn, Darrell Webster, and special guests. 365MCS.com #365MCS

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46:24

Copilot Availability, New Teams meeting gallery,...

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2023/11/06

We discuss two hot topics this week that didn't feature in the Message Center - Availability of Microsoft 365 Copilot, and the unannounced renaming of home pages in SharePoint templates. Microsoft 365 live is full of surprises. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Microsoft 365 Copilot General Availability - Microsoft Teams- Files App Updating to OneDrive App Experience in Teams - Microsoft Stream- Collaborative notes in Teams meeting recordings - Classic Teams Users Will be Automatically Updated to

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36:10

Forward your Microsoft Teams chats - #308

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2023/10/30

Forward your chats to other chats, meetings and channel conversations. Just like you can forward email, you will be able to share a message with someone outside of the original chat. But this new power comes with responsibilities. Daniel and Darrell discuss this and more. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Microsoft Teams: Automatically view up to 9 videos (3x3) in Teams meetings in Chrome and Edge - Bing Chat sidebar experience in Edge renamed to Copilot in Edge with updated icon - Microsoft Teams

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32:40

Refreshed Viva Connections home, People Search...

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2023/10/23

The Viva Connections landing page is starting to look more like a ready-to-go intranet home page. News in a carousel. Announcements as banner along the top. Dashboard. But there are significant changes to how Resources work. Listen to learn more. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Viva Engage admin center toggle to disable private messages within a network - Microsoft Viva: Refreshed Landing Experience for Viva Connections Desktop - Whiteboard: "Specific people” Share Link Fallback - People Search

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38:25

Microsoft Designer will make Teams announcements pop...

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2023/10/16

New Teams still has a few features to catch up on compared with Classic Teams. Announcement backgrounds will be back soon with a zingy twist. We will be able to use Microsoft Designer to create them and customize further. This might be the first integration we've seen between Designer and another Microsoft 365 app. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Loop components in Channels and Loop Embed Mode in Teams - Create new Loop Components in Microsoft Whiteboard - Viva Connections: Apply brand colors

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33:21

Will you switch to New Teams and other 365 messages -...

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2023/10/09

New Teams is now Generally Available, including most of the features on the list to be at parity with Classic Teams. What do Daniel and Darrell think about it? What will your organization do? Darrell and Daniel cover: - Announcing the general availability of the new Microsoft Teams app for Windows and Mac - Microsoft Viva: Create Up To 50 Distinct Experiences in Viva Connections - Dictation Support Coming to the New Outlook - Business Connectivity Services (BCS) retirement - Require

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40:20

Microsoft Mesh. So close, we can almost touch it - #304

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2023/10/02

Immersive Microsoft Mesh is almost here. So close we can almost touch it. Is it going to revolutionize meetings? Will it live up to the promise of greater interaction with attendees? Daniel and Darrell discuss the related messages this week and how Mesh might land with organizations as Public Preview looms. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Loop workspaces will start counting towards tenant storage quotas - Introducing Left Navigation Customization on Microsoft365.com - Files Hub retiring from the

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33:38

Copilot and Windows 11 - #303

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2023/09/25

Microsoft announced their consolidation of the Copilots and its part to play in serving up assistance direct to you in Windows 11. If your organization is an M365 subscriber and Windows is part of your subscription, you may have seen a Copilot message in the Message Center too. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Viva Connections "Top News" Card Updated to Include More News Source Options - Ratings and Reviews for Apps on Teams now Available - Expanding our AI capabilities to meet the everyday needs

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29:54

Planner Loop component. Collab notes on Teams mobile...

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2023/09/18

Get ready for a new way to bring task management into Microsoft Loop. Planner components are arriving at the end of September 2023. Also, Collaborative notes are coming to Teams mobile, to access notes before, during and after a Teams meeting. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Generate unique join links for external presenters so they can easily join events - Collaborative notes on Teams mobile - Releasing the Planner Loop component - Teams Calendar- Near real-time sync calendar sync with

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40:39

SharePoint News in Outlook and Viva Engage Campaigns...

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2023/09/11

Two new communications tools arrived in Microsoft 365. SharePoint news in Outlook publishes your news as attractive emails, showing the full page content. In Viva Engage, Campaigns connect communications and activities with hashtags, landing pages, and measurable goals and promote visual sponsorship by leaders. This week's episode is longer, but that's because it's full of demos! It's about time we had a good 'show and tell'. Darrell and Daniel cover: - SharePoint News in Outlook - Microsoft

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36:13

Python in Excel, Teams Premium Trial, Workflows...

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2023/08/28

It's our 300th episode. To celebrate we are wearing cake, talking Python in Excel and giving all of your users a free 60 day trial of Teams Premium. OK, the trial is included in Microsoft 365 and we didn't organize it. But it was nicely timed. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Web links from Microsoft Teams chats to open in Microsoft Edge Teams chat will open side-by-side with link - Preview: Python in Excel - Inking Support Coming to the New Outlook - Workflows replacing Connectors within

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30:00

Schedule post on behalf in Viva Engage - #299

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2023/08/21

Internal comms people are going to love this update. Post a Viva Engage message on behalf of your leadership by setting a schedule. This means you can time the Engage post to coincide with the scheduled publishing of your SharePoint news post. Fantastic that we finally get this functionality. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Draft and Scheduled Posts with POBO (Posts on Behalf of) in Viva Engage - MC667672 - Viva Goals: Export OKRs to PowerPoint - MC668254 - SharePoint: Microsoft Lists – Create a

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30:10

Viva Amplify and new Stream web part - #298

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2023/08/14

What if we told you that Viva Amplify is coming to Viva Suite and Employee Communications & Connections subscribers in September? Would you be excited to plan your first communications campaign with it? What if we said Amplify can also be used by anyone who would like to send communications across multiple channels in your organization? Would you be open to sharing it? Daniel and Darrell discuss this and how the new Stream web part will be used to present videos stored in SharePoint and

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39:22

Announcements in Viva Connections - #297

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2023/08/07

Send short announcement messages to target audiences through the Viva Connections app. This has potential to replace the Company Communicator app in Microsoft Teams. Recent Planner plans and To Do lists will appear in your recent files on Microsoft 365 home page. SharePoint pages are now easier to share using the new Share button. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Twitter web part retirement - See your Recent Microsoft Planner plans and Microsoft To Do Lists on Microsoft 365 Homepage - Refiners

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30:25

Improved Microsoft Teams channel invites - #296

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2023/07/31

The new Teams channel invites will restore faith and interest in using channel meetings. Meeting organizers have more control as to whether team members will receive an emailed invite. SharePoint web parts receive a visual refresh. Loop components will open using loop.microsoft.com and within the Loop app if your organization is using it. Darrell and Daniel cover: - SharePoint Platform: Visual Refresh - Channel meeting invitation | Allow organizer to send a channel meeting invite to everyone in

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35:47

View Stream videos inline in Teams. Browse files by...

365 Message Center Show #365MCS ·

2023/07/24

Share a Stream video in Teams chat and channel conversations, and you will be able to preview and play them from within the conversation. OneDrive has a new feed to show up-coming and past meetings and their related files. It has a really interesting way to show files and recordings for recurring meetings too. SharePoint site creation show's more about the site template you're about to pick. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Viva Suite app: Viva Pulse – Enabling Notifications - Microsoft Teams: Stream

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37:57

New Outlook reminder update, Teams Cloud...

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2023/07/17

New Outlook gets a separate window for displaying reminders. Microsoft Teams Cloud Intelliframe frames up people in a meeting room so we can see their faces. Browse OneDrive files by people and see what they have been working on recently that has been shared with you. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Browse files by People in OneDrive - Automatic Transcription for Video Uploads to SharePoint Online, Yammer, and Office.com - Azure AD is becoming Microsoft Entra ID - Manage File Access in Microsoft

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30:36

Changes to OneDrive UI, and more free LinkedIn...

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2023/07/10

OneDrive on the web is changing to bring focus to your content and make it easier to create new files. LinkedIn Learning adds more free courses to Viva Learning basic. Custom list templates will soon included Power Automate flows as part of the template, packaging up a nice reusable app with automation. Darrell and Daniel cover: - OneDrive: Color, font, and navigation changes in OneDrive for Web - OneDrive Sync Account Detection - Key Document Updates as a Highlight in the Profile Card -

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35:23

Annotate on a live screen during Teams meetings - #292

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2023/07/05

Now during your Teams meetings, annotate on a live screen. This is an improvement on the freeze-frame screenshot with annotations we had till now. Click through the annotations layer and continue to use the live shared window or desktop. This will be great for support scenarios and collaborative feedback over the top of what is shared. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Removal of access to Sections view in Outlook Mobile Feed - Introducing Voice One Time Password (OTP) - Microsoft Teams Compact Chat

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36:25

Get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot - #291

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2023/06/26

If your organization is interested in using Microsoft 365 Copilot, you can start preparing now. We talk about the things you can prepare for, things you should be doing anyway, and things you will have to wait for. Darrell and Daniel cover: - (Updated) Future of the Mail and Calendar apps in Windows with Outlook - New Viva Connections Analytics Experience Coming Soon - Get Ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot - Microsoft Lists User Experience Update - Microsoft Teams: New App Sharing Experience -

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36:54

Viva Pulse, Teams group chat links, changes to MFA -...

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2023/06/19

If your org has Viva Suite, then Viva Pulse is now available. Send short surveys out to your team to see how they are doing. Teams group chat now lets you share a link to a reply in the chat. Lastly, MFA will stop support for SMS and phone call code authentication. Darrell and Daniel cover: - Microsoft Viva: Answers in Viva on Mobile - Viva Pulse availability - Group chat message copy links are now available! - Present a Local File From PowerPoint app to PowerPoint Live in Teams - Changes to

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