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Microsoft are rolling out new features and changes to the Microsoft 365 services frequently.
Viva Topics in Outlook for the web is now at GA
- Roadmap ID: 88693
- April 2022
You can manually use hashtags to attach topic cards to any message. Viva Topics can then display those to your readers with suggested additional topics in the message pane.
Viva Topics insight analytics
- Roadmap ID: 88696
- April 2022
As soon as Viva Topics is activated for your Microsoft 365 tenant, you will see a count of the files processed and topics that are discovered from those files. As more topics are discovered, and your knowledge managers and users are engaged, you will see a visible topics count and a breakdown of the topics discovered, created by users, hidden by settings and removed.
Microsoft Stream: Comment on a video or audio file in SharePoint and OneDrive
- Roadmap ID: 88521
- April 2022
This feature allows you to have threaded conversations on a video or audio file saved in OneDrive or SharePoint through a cohesive and familiar commenting experience like the one used in Lists, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
SharePoint: Create from the SharePoint app bar
- Roadmap ID: 82160
- April 2022
This new feature allows you to create sites, files, and lists right from within the SharePoint app bar. Select the Create command (the plus sign) on the app bar and then select an option from SharePoint sites, Microsoft Lists, or Office files (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote).
Microsoft Lists for Android
- Roadmap ID: 70704
- April 2022
With this new app, you can access your lists on the go anytime, anywhere. Manage events, track issues and assets, help with new-employee onboarding, and keep coordinated across inventory. With access on the go, easy sharing, and quick photo capture, you can keep everyone connected with the latest information using Microsoft Lists.
Create and manage Power Apps from Microsoft Lists within Microsoft Teams
- Roadmap ID: 88894
- April 2022
Build low-code, mobile-friendly apps from Lists directly inside of Teams via a new integration with Power Apps. A published app can be added as a tab in a Teams channel and shared with the rest of your team, while maintaining its connection to the list as a source of data.
Microsoft Lists Calendar view experience: 'Unscheduled' Pane
- Roadmap ID: 93223
- April 2022
You will see a new 'Unscheduled' tab within the events pane to the right within a list Calendar view. The items with missing start and/or end dates and those with start date later than the end date would appear on this pane. You can then select the items to open the edit form and make appropriate edits to schedule these items.
OneDrive and SharePoint: Access your Teams standard and private channel files
- Roadmap ID: 88911
- April 2022
A lot happens in SharePoint as you create and use various types of channels in Teams - primarily the associated Files tab in each channel creates a unique folder or site for the files of that channel. So, when a person navigates to the document library of a SharePoint site associated with a team, there is now an “In channels” section visible and collapsed by default.
OneDrive: Pin shared libraries to Quick Access
- Roadmap ID: 82165
- April 2022
We’re adding the capability to pin shared libraries to the Quick Access section in OneDrive Web to easily find and access the places where you regularly work. We’re also surfacing a list of your recently used shared libraries in the “More Places” page within OneDrive to help you find the places that you’ve recently opened files from.
Viva Insights: Shared focus plans
- Roadmap ID: 88839
- April 2022
Last month we talked about focus plans for individuals. Now, Viva insights is releasing new capabilities to help teams protect time for focused work. The shared focus plan will enable managers and team leads with a Microsoft Viva Insights license to foster mutual productivity norms and drive a positive team culture by inviting teams to coordinate focus time for uninterrupted work.
Microsoft Purview: Your home for Microsoft 365 compliance solutions
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- April 2022
As of April 19th, 2022, Microsoft 365 compliance solutions will be consolidated under the Microsoft Purview brand name. This change will bring together Microsoft 365 compliance solutions and Azure Purview into a single portfolio and will align the naming of various solutions for consistency with other offerings.
Bookmarks in new Yammer
- Roadmap ID: 88953
- April 2022
Based on user feedback, we are making it easy to get back into those important conversations. You're now able to bookmark any conversation in Yammer for future reference and access & manage bookmarks from their profile page in Yammer.
Whiteboard files now will be stored on the SharePoint files platform
- Roadmap ID: 66767
- April 2022
This is a new day for Whiteboard. Going forward, when you create a new Whiteboard, it'll be a .whiteboard file for the first time - that's a huge deal! Whiteboard now in SharePoint and OneDrive so you can manage & organize your boards like the rest of Microsoft 365 files like Excel, OneNote, and more.
