Microsoft will be streamlining the recipient experience for SharePoint and OneDrive links made to specific people in your organization. After this update is available in your tenant, when users in your organization receive a “specific people” link to files or folders on OneDrive or SharePoint they will no longer be presented with a page directing them to click “Next” to sign in (only guest users will still see that prompt).

Futhermore, if the link has been shared with multiple people via the “specific people” option, then internal users will be prompted to enter their email address and guided through signing in through Azure AD if not already signed in to another Microsoft 365 service (see screenshot for example).

This updated feature will be begin rolling out gradually in early April, and the rollout will be completed by early May.

The following features will be rolling out to improve your Teams Meeting experience:

• Background effect in Teams meetings: Users will be able to select Microsoft provided background images prior to or during a video call.
• New experience for launching instant channel meetings: Users will now see the Meet Now button in the Channel header in the top-right corner.
• Improved Teams meeting join launcher experience: When launching a Teams meeting from a link, users will be provided with clearer options for how they would like to join the meeting.

Microsoft recently announced the general availability of the robotic process automation (RPA) capability in Power Automate called UI flows. This RPA solution natively integrates with Office 365, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft Azure; and has been designed to allow for both attended and unattended RPA scenarios.

• With Attended RPA, users can record click-steps and mouse motions on their desktop to automate windows applications or web-based applications.
• With Unattended RPA, tasks that need no human interaction can be fully automated.

We have all heard of hackers taking advantage of the uncertainty and fear that the novel coronavirus is causing for people around the globe. Our partner, AppRiver, has identified a specific wave of attacks attempting to exploit the US economic stimulus package.

We all need to be extra cautious in the coming days and weeks and stay on the lookout for potential phony IRS notifications, internal communications from employers, and other variations of these legitimately themed attacks.

Microsoft Editor is an AI-Powered writing assistant, similar to Grammarly. The purpose is to help with grammar and spellchecking at a much more advanced level. This will be built into Microsoft Word (web and desktop) and Outlook (Outlook.com and Outlook for the web), as well as a browser extension. Basic Editor functions will be available to everyone for free, and Microsoft 365 users will have access to additional powerful features that will vary by endpoint.

Microsoft Editor began rolling out at the end of March 2020, with general availability by the end of April.