Information You May Have Missed

We are constantly sifting through all the noise to bring you relevant data you may have missed.

Update Spelling Dictionary in SharePoint Online

February 20, 2020

This doesn’t sound like it should work, but it does!

Create a document library in the root site collection called “Spelling”.
Add a text file to that library called “Custom Dictionary.txt”.
Add the words you would like to include in that you would like the SharePoint spell check functionality to recognize. The words are case-sensitive so you may need to enter the same word twice if there is capitalization involved.
When you use the Spell Check button in the ribbon on any page, the words you added the text file will be valid words used by the Spell Check functionality in SharePoint.

Posted by Eric Gregorich, Sr. Solutions Architect

Power BI Publish to Web is Changing

February 18, 2020

In December 2019, Microsoft announced a significant change to the Publish to web default experience. This now requires Power BI admins to take action before users can create new publish to web embed codes.

The change started rolling out several weeks ago and users will start seeing the updated behavior now.

Read more about this change here: http://bit.ly/2tYfspo

Posted by Jason Bell, Strategist & Chief Technologist

Use @Mentions When Commenting on Office Documents

February 13, 2020

You can use @mentions in your Office documents. Just insert a comment, as usual, then @mention somebody. Their name will be listed. After selecting a person, you will see a popup if the person does not have access to the document. It will ask you if you want to send a notification to the selected person as well as give them permission to edit the document.

Enhanced Scheduling Experience in Microsoft Teams

2020-2_EnhancedSchedulingExperienceTeams

February 10, 2020

Microsoft Teams is rolling out an enhanced scheduling experience mid-February 2020.

The existing scheduling form will be replaced with a new form that retains all existing scheduling functionality. The new form provides an improved view of available time; allows changing event information from the scheduling assistant tab; and includes an option for required and optional attendees. The new form also includes search within the location picker.

Additional features for organizers include:

All day events: a new toggle converts meetings to an all-day event.
Availability status: both people and location search provide a visual clue (red) to indicate non-availability.
Cancellation with message: provides a message when cancelling an event if desired.
Tabs in edit/view mode: tabs provide easy access to chats, meeting notes, files, scheduling assistant, and white board.
Time zone picker: meeting schedulers can select the time zone they wish to use for the meeting; by default the form selects the system time zone.

Those invited to a meeting may choose whether to RSVP and, if so, to add a message to an RSVP if desired.

Stay up to date on Roadmap ID 54364

Posted by Jason Bell, Strategist & Chief Technologist

Classic SharePoint Homepages Automatically Modernized

February 6, 2020

If a classic team site meets several criteria for being updated, the home page will automatically modernize the next time a user visits. When users first experience the change, they’ll see a walkthrough that highlights the new capabilities and includes a link to a help article with more details.

We encourage users to adopt the change in order to benefit from the power of modernized pages. However, if site admins or site owners want to revert to the classic home page, they can.

Modern Custom SharePoint Search

February 4, 2020

Custom search result pages for SharePoint sites (Office Roadmap ID: 32738) give tenant admins, or SharePoint site owners who have specialized search needs, the ability to build a custom search results page. You would build the custom page using open-source search web parts from the SharePoint Patterns and Practices community or any custom web parts developed using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx).

A few notes:

Only the modern navigation bar search box can display a custom search results page.
SharePoint site owners will be able customize a search results page on modern sites like group-connected team sites and communication sites.

View the entire Ignite session here: http://bit.ly/2UhNr74

Posted by Jason Bell, Strategist & Chief Technologist