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Microsoft are rolling out new features and changes to the Microsoft 365 services frequently.
Announcing General Availability of Storyline for Microsoft Viva Engage and Yammer
- Roadmap ID: 93407
- October 2022
Storyline is a new way for people to share, connect, and contribute to their organization through Yammer and the Viva Engage app. Previously, the only way to share broadly through Yammer was through communities, but communities aren’t always a perfect fit for what people want to share. In some cases, there may not be a community that matches the subject the person wants to discuss. In other cases, the community’s audience may be too broad, or not broad enough.
Focus Mode in Viva Insights Teams app
- Roadmap ID: 100977
- October 2022
The focus time experience in Microsoft Teams is being enhanced for users with Viva Insights. If you have booked time through focus plan, you will receive a notification as focus time nears. Here's where the Upon clicking the new focus mode experience kicks in. Focus mode will allow users to set a timer to balance short bursts of productivity - with a focus timer, tasks, and content for mindfulness breaks
Focus Mode in Viva Insights Teams app
- Roadmap ID: 100977
- October 2022
The focus time experience in Microsoft Teams is being enhanced for users with Viva Insights. If you have booked time through focus plan, you will receive a notification as focus time nears. Here's where the Upon clicking the new focus mode experience kicks in. Focus mode will allow users to set a timer to balance short bursts of productivity - with a focus timer, tasks, and content for mindfulness breaks
Stream (on SharePoint) is now generally available
- Roadmap ID: 93294
- October 2022
Stream (on SharePoint) is deeply integrated with Microsoft 365. Now, video can be a part of your everyday work and school apps: you can search, discover, play, share, embed, and record videos directly in Microsoft Office.
Collaborate in Teams meetings with Excel Live
- Roadmap ID: 96099
- October 2022
With “Excel Live”, you can share and collaborate with Excel workbook in a meeting. This is handy when you want to get work done with your colleagues in a meeting, it seamlessly turns the meeting window canvas to an Excel workbook collaboration without having to move between windows and screens.
OneDrive: Folder Backup for macOS
- Roadmap ID: 82032
- October 2022
OneDrive has your back'up - no matter if you're a PC or Mac. Folder Backup enables an admin and/or end-user to redirect the local macOS Desktop and Documents folder to OneDrive. This allows you to keep using those folders to save their content while delivering the protection and access anywhere promise that OneDrive offers.
The Office app is becoming the Microsoft 365 app
- Roadmap ID: 98173
- October 2022
You might have already seen this when visiting Office.com - a quick note pops up with a nice "Learn more" link. At Ignite, on October 12, 2022, at Microsoft Ignite we announced that the Office app for web (office.com), Windows, iOS, and Android will be rebranded to become the Microsoft 365 app.
New reports appearing in Adoption Score in the Microsoft 365 admin center
- Roadmap ID: 98170
- October 2022
These capabilities help IT admins and adoption specialists maximize their organizations’ investment in Microsoft 365 whilst maintaining a strong commitment to user-level privacy. At Microsoft, we believe that data-driven insights are crucial to empowering people and organizations to achieve more.
