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Announcing Microsoft Lists

June 8, 2020

Microsoft is taking SharePoint list functionality a step further. They’re providing a new Microsoft 365 app called Microsoft Lists to help you track information and organize your work. Simple, smart, flexible, and with ready-made templates, you can quickly start lists online, on the new mobile app, or from within Microsoft Teams.

Task Attachments and CC/BCC for Nintex for Office 365

June 5, 2020

Nintex has made new improvements to Assign a Task and Start a Task Process actions in Nintex Workflow for Office 365!

Task attachments – Add attachments to the initial task email, enabling task participants to open and review attachments directly from the task email. Enable LazyApproval to view this option in the Initial email options section.
CC/BCC – Copy the initial task email to recipients who need to be notified but are not allowed to action or respond to tasks by adding them as CC/BCC recipients.
Task outcomes – Use of forced sentence case removed allowing use of all caps, all lowercase or title case for Task outcomes.

“Pop out chat” is here for Microsoft Teams

June 4, 2020

You can now instantly pop out your one-on-one or group chat into a separate window. Then, resize, reposition, or close the window as you wish. It’s a great way to get a lot done when you’re in a meeting or in a call. You can even pop out multiple conversations!

Install SQL Server Service Packs with PowerShell

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June 3, 2020

Any Microsoft SQL database administrator (DBA) will need to patch a SQL installation at one time or another. Using PowerShell, this can be made far easier and more convenient, especially with large numbers of servers. Our friends over at Veeam have shared a simple script for patching SQL Servers with Service Packs.

Change Your Background for a Teams Meeting

June 2, 2020

If you want to change what appears behind you in a video conference, you can either blur your background or replace it entirely. You can change your background before a meeting starts or during a meeting.

Why It’s Better to “Click the link” to Join a Teams Meeting

June 1, 2020

As businesses around the world have transitioned to working from home, people are conducting online meetings more than ever to connect with others and get work done. Have you ever received a meeting invite with both a meeting link and dial-in phone numbers and not known which method is best to join the meeting?

If you have a reliable internet connection, joining via the meeting join link will provide you a richer experience in your meeting. This article provides nine ways the experiences is improved when joining via the meeting link.