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Microsoft are rolling out new features and changes to the Microsoft 365 services frequently.
Microsoft 365 now supports up to 100 GB file sizes, per file, into OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams
- Roadmap ID: 49368
- June 2020
The funnel into Microsoft 365 grows… We're increasing the max file Size from 15GB to 100GB for individual files. For best performance, we recommend uploading very large files using OneDrive sync – especially *differential sync* when actively working with large files. And it, too, applies to content migration scenarios.
Acronym answers are now available with Microsoft Search in SharePoint
- Roadmap ID: 64865
- June 2020
Users often run into unfamiliar acronyms and abbreviations used by their organization or team. Terms that are specific to organizations or teams might be new to people who move from one team to another, those who work with internal partner teams, or are new to the organization.
You can now enable the communication site experience for classic SharePoint team sites
- Roadmap ID: 46338
- June 2020
This optional feature allows SharePoint admins and site owners to enable the modern communication site experience on any classic team site that meets the requirements, including the root site.
Site analytics - average time people spend on any given site
- Roadmap ID: 57159
- June 2020
We are adding a new report on the SharePoint site usage page, that details the average time spent per user. Each site has this dedicated analytics page. You'll see a trend line for the time people spend on site pages and news posts for 7-day and 30-day periods.
Site analytics - cumulative analytics for SharePoint hub sites
- Roadmap ID: 57160
- June 2020
SharePoint hub sites make it easy to organize information and collaboration based on project, department, division, or region. This report provides site owners and members cumulative insights to unique viewers, total visits, top sites, and most popular content - for all sites that are part of the hub site.
Consolidated page for Migration in the SharePoint admin center (Microsoft 365)
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- June 2020
This is essentially a new Migration landing page within the SharePoint admin center. It has everything you need no matter where your content is coming from. It is your one-stop shop for all things files and content into SharePoint, OneDrive and Microsoft Teams.
Updating the default SharePoint site theme from blue to teal
- Roadmap ID: 60592
- June 2020
Old SharePoint logo and color scheme - blue. The new SharePoint – icon and theme – is teal. We’re updating the default site theme to match the SharePoint timeline. SharePoint will automatically update new and existing communication sites and team sites with a new teal site theme.
Microsoft uses the Fluent design system to ensure a cohesive and accessible design
- Roadmap ID: 63777
- June 2020
Beyond teal… Fluent has been applied to more of the SharePoint user interface resulting in some visual changes. You will notice larger and bolder typefaces, increased opacity for drop shadows, and rounded corners for square graphical elements.
Improving the List Quick Edit experience - Save a view in Quick Edit
- Roadmap ID: 64229
- June 2020
That's right, you can save a view in Quick Edit for any SharePoint list or document library. Note: when a user saves a view in Quick Edit, the list or document library will always render in quick edit for easy inline editing.
Improving the List Quick Edit experience - Expanding the default Quick Edit view from 30 items to 100
- Roadmap ID: 64143
- June 2020
You will now see 100 items per page on SharePoint document library or list when using Quick Edit; aka, less need page through items - noting that the majority of lists are greater than 30 items and less than 100 - a nice data-driven outcome based on real customer use.
Improving the List Quick Edit experience - Create all column types directly from Quick Edit
- Roadmap ID: 63277
- June 2020
You’ll be able to create all the same columns types when you need to start tracking additional information without have to leave Quick Edit.
Improving the List Quick Edit experience - View and edit items in forms inside of Quick edit
- Roadmap ID: 64232
- June 2020
Get full visibility on the whole of information per list or file item by viewing it’s form (instead of scrolling to the right on the row)
Improving the List Quick Edit experience - “New” button on the command bar
- Roadmap ID: 64230
- June 2020
Alongside adding a new row below the last, you can now click the New button to add a new item or file – the same “New” experience when not in Quick Edit.
Updated list and library - Updated hyperlink and date column editors
- Roadmap ID: 63275
- June 2020
We are always striving to improve design consistency, user experience and performance. Now when you add a hyperlink and text to an item or add or update it’s date and time, you’ll have a much better experience doing it. These simple updates save you time, and simply look and work better.
Updated list and library - Bulk edit your list items and file properties in the form
- Roadmap ID: 64228
- June 2020
You can now select multiple items and edit their list items or documents properties at once in the form. Again, a big time saver.
Connect web parts to consume dynamic data
- Roadmap ID: 57307
- June 2020
Dynamic filtering allows you to filter the contents of a list or library web part on a page depending on a value selected in another list or library web part on that same page. Think of one being a source and the other being a way to visualize the item details. A nice way to build quick productivity apps in conjunction with SharePoint pages.
Updated sharing links that block downloads for PDFs, images and audio files
- Roadmap ID: 64278
- June 2020
This sharing link allows recipients to read the file, but not download it. This month's update expands the list of supported file types to include PDF files, images, and audio files. The experience of creating a "read-only/download-blocked" sharing link is unchanged; you must uncheck “Allow editing” for the “Block download” toggle to appear.
PowerPoint Presenter Coach on Android
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- June 2020
Last fall, the virtual Presenter Coach released to PowerPoint for the web. And, it is now generally available for Android devices - both in the PowerPoint app and in the new Office mobile app.
Temporary increase to 20k attendees for Live Events in Yammer
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- June 2020
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced this temporary limit increase would be enabled for Microsoft 365 live events to help better support customers, through July 1, and now will continue to support until October 1, 2020.
