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
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.
Read more here: http://bit.ly/37Zz8YM
Posted by Eric Gregorich, Sr. Solutions Architect
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:
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
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.
Read more here: http://bit.ly/2UmdMks
Posted by Eric Gregorich, Sr. Solutions Architect
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:
View the entire Ignite session here: http://bit.ly/2UhNr74
Posted by Jason Bell, Strategist & Chief Technologist
January 30, 2020
Achieving success with Office 365 means making sure it helps everyone in your organization achieve more with their work.
Driving adoption comes from the understanding of your business challenges and addressing these with Office 365 solutions. It is about ensuring that people across the organization understand the benefits and embrace the solutions. People naturally resist change, so they need to know what’s in it for them.
The purpose of the Adoption Guide is to assist in the adoption process.
Read more here: http://bit.ly/2RG1eTM
Posted by Jason Bell, Strategist & Chief Technologist
