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Microsoft are rolling out new features and changes to the Microsoft 365 services frequently.
Microsoft Syntex | SharePoint Advance Management (SAM) Add-on (GA)
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- February 2023
To help SharePoint and IT Admins address sprawl and oversharing, we are thrilled to announce the general availability of Microsoft SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) add-on, a new set of advanced security and content management capabilities.
Yammer is evolving into Viva Engage
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- February 2023
Microsoft announced the intention to rebrand Yammer into Viva Engage to provide a consistent and delightful experience for our customers. This change will happen across all existing Yammer surfaces-- including web, mobile, and integrations (Embed, SharePoint, and Outlook) and will occur throughout 2023. In the coming months you can expect Yammer to become Viva Engage through the update of brand elements like logo, app icon and name.
Viva Topics brings new integrations with Viva Engage (formerly Yammer)
- Roadmap ID: 72184
- February 2023
Engage is integrating with and adopting Viva Topics to make community-sourced knowledge easily accessible across an organization and support a consistent experience in Microsoft 365. Among others, this brings: 1) Topic cards will show in Engage when you hover over a highlighted topic, and 2) Topic pages and cards will include content from Engage such as questions and answers, and conversations from the relevant community.
Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint): Create, View and Share Playlists
- Roadmap ID: 109564
- February 2023
This feature will allow users to organize their video and audio files into a playlist for easy organization, sharing and playback. Playlist creators can share their playlist with others. People with access to the playlist and to the files in the playlist can watch/listen to the video/audio files in order or skip back and forth between items in the playlist - along with the full player capabilities with chapters, closed captions, playback speeds, and more.
OneDrive Home, the new landing experience
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- February 2023
We have refreshed the OneDrive Commercial Web landing experience to help you get to the files you’re working on quickly and easily. The new OneDrive Home experience surfaces your most recently used files, along with relevant file activity, so you can see everything at a glance and quickly prioritize where to start working.
New OneDrive Shared Experience
- Roadmap ID: 117426
- February 2023
Continuing with OneDrive, we have made updates to the Shared > Shared with you experience that also lives in the left nav on OneDrive Web -- to make it easier for users to quickly get back to shared content.
SharePoint: External File Request in SharePoint Document Library
- Roadmap ID: 103625
- February 2023
Initially, this feature was released for OneDrive. And we're pleased it's now here for SharePoint document libraries. You now have an easy and secure way to request and obtain files from anyone. Just choose a folder in a SharePoint Document Library where others can upload files to - this accomplished with a unique, secure share link that you share with them.
Export list as a dataset to Power BI
- Roadmap ID: 117379
- February 2023
We are adding a new option under the "Export" menu for Microsoft Lists: Export to Power BI. With this feature, users can easily and quickly create a dataset based on their list in the Power BI service, in their environment of choice.
SharePoint: Update to Rules Email Notifications for Lists and Libraries
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- February 2023
Rules can be created for lists and libraries to send automatic email notifications based on events in the target list or library. Previously, these email notifications were sent from SharePoint Online .
Microsoft Teams: Wiki retirement and the future of note taking in Teams Channels
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- February 2023
We are offering note taking capabilities through Teams Channels powered by OneNote. With this release, users have an option to export their wiki content to OneNote notebooks in Teams standard channel. After exporting, users can go to the Notes tab to collaborate using OneNote in channels. Note: With this change users can continue to access and edit existing wikis but can’t create new wikis in Teams channels.
Microsoft Teams: Automatic lowering of a user's Raised Hand after speaking
- Roadmap ID: 90022
- February 2023
Keeping your hand raised can be virtually tiring. And when you forget to lower it, you might be prone to your digital hand falling asleep. Got to hand it to the Teams team, this feature alerts you and saves you from that tingling feeling and keep the meeting moving forward.
Use Microsoft Teams to produce Yammer Live Events
- Roadmap ID: 82054
- February 2023
Yammer live events have historically used Stream live events for video processing. Microsoft is retiring Stream live events in September 2023. Teams live events is the successor service that will allow you to create, host and produce live events within Yammer with the same functionality that you get with Stream.
Schedule Send Suggestions Available in Microsoft Teams Chat
- Roadmap ID: 98159
- February 2023
When composing a 1:1 message in Teams chat after-hours, users will see schedule send suggestions that enable postponing message delivery until the start of the chat recipient’s working hours.
Visio Personal App in Teams
- Roadmap ID: 109596
- February 2023
Visio will be available as a Teams Personal App. There are no changes to the existing file open behavior, however there are new abilities that the Visio Personal App can provide. With a private workspace, users will be able to view and edit Visio files in a central location without leaving Teams.
