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Microsoft are rolling out new features and changes to the Microsoft 365 services frequently.
Viva GA news from Ignite (Nov. 2nd, 2021)
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- November 2021
We are excited to announce that all four Viva modules —Viva Connections, Viva Insights, Viva Topics, and Viva Learning—are now generally available and with the purchase of just one plan, the new Viva suite, you have access to all of them. We also announced new capabilities and partnerships for each module and a centralized IT admin experience.
Private drafts for SharePoint pages and news
- Roadmap ID: 85629
- November 2021
This new feature allows you to create private drafts for pages and news articles. Authors of SharePoint pages and news will be able to create private drafts. When a private draft is created, only the creator and site admins can see the page (including from within the Pages library). The creator can then share the private draft with other people to allow them to access and edit the p
SharePoint spaces has a new Embed web part
- Roadmap ID: 70732
- November 2021
You'll be able to insert HTML pages as web parts in a SharePoint space. Space viewers will see a thumbnail image in the 3D space that can be viewed as a fully functional HTML overlay when selected.
SharePoint Framework v1.13
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- November 2021
This gives developers the ability to build engaging experiences for Connections + improvements and fixes for Microsoft Teams and SharePoint development. In v1.13, you'll find, the general availability of Adaptive Card Extensions - applicable to Connections desktop and mobile, support for version 1.10 of Teams JS client SDK, support for version 3.9 of TypeScript, support for version 2.9 of the Adaptive Card SDK, the release of image rendering APIs, and more.
SharePoint admin center: Teams channel site management
- Roadmap ID: 82161
- November 2021
With growing adoption of Microsoft Teams and channels, we heard your feedback to simplify management of the Teams and Channel connected team sites. So now, when I go to a teams-connected site in SharePoint admin center, I can see all corresponding channel sites and ensure that right optional security policies are inherited from the parent site.
Microsoft Lists: Sync your lists for improved performance and offline access
- Roadmap ID: 68809
- November 2021
Lists sync lets you work on your lists offline, improves performance on all kinds of networks, and helps alleviate list throttling. Common operations on lists, such as changing list views, sorting, filtering, and grouping will happen locally and finish quickly even on very large lists.
Updates to the site creation experience
- Roadmap ID: 85683
- November 2021
The goal is to make it easier for site creators to select the right type of SharePoint site, understand roles, and site permissions. You'll see refreshed graphics, expanded site descriptions, and additional context for different permission levels in the Site permissions panel. It also helps understand the differences between a communication site and a team site.
New Microsoft Feedback portal - now available for OneDrive and SharePoint ideas
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- November 2021
Over the years, we have enjoyed getting your feedback through SharePoint UserVoice. The team has been hard at work on the replacement solution, one that carries forward past submissions and evolves for feedback going forward. Introducing Microsoft Feedback (Preview) – a portal ready for your feature ideas and feedback for OneDrive and SharePoint
Custom Backgrounds are now on Microsoft Teams for Android
- Roadmap ID: 82234
- November 2021
We know you love custom backgrounds and blur on iOS, desktop and web, and we are excited to share that those same features are now available for Android mobile devices. If you want to change what appears behind you in your video meetings or calls, you can either blur your background, replace it entirely with any image you want, or use a Teams virtual background template.
Office.com updates
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- November 2021
Office.com, and the Office mobile and desktop apps, infuse intelligence into the overall content experience so you can stay on top of things, get access to all your tools, and quickly act without leaving your workflow. Office.com helps you start your day or as you get back to your work.
Generate captions on-demand for Stream videos stored in SharePoint and OneDrive locations
- Roadmap ID: 85552
- November 2021
If you don't not have a transcript, and have edit permission to a video, you will be able to use the Transcript and captions setting within the player to generate captions in English. Once the transcript has been generated, the user can refresh the page to see the file and turn on Transcript and captions to display the file as closed captions for their video.
