Date: Friday, Apr 17, 2020
Reading time: 25 minutes.

Microsoft 365 Updates: Microsoft Teams meeting updates, SharePoint, Office 365, and Exchange

Key Updates and Announcements Happy Friday! I have two weeks worth of updates as I decided to kick back and relax during the Easter break. Here’s a few of the changes that have my interest: Teams Meeting experience improvements! Most people who have participated in a Teams meeting this week most likely would have been a part of the shenanigans of people applying new background effects. Perfect timing to rollout this change as so many people are working from home who want to block out the visual noise caused by working in make shift offices.

Tags: Microsoft Teams Sharepoint Online Office 365 Exchange Online
Categories: M365 Updates
Date: Friday, Apr 3, 2020
Reading time: 17 minutes.

Microsoft 365 Updates: Microsoft Teams increasing maximum membership to 10,000 members, SharePoint, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, Office 365, and Exchange

Key Updates and Announcements Happy Friday everyone. Another week, many more updated provided by Microsoft, here’s a few of note, with a full list provided in the list of updates section. Create a SharePoint list from an Excel table: The ability to crate a SharePoint list from an Excel table, this will be rolling out early April with the targeted completion date early July 2020. You can find more information by clicking here here.

Tags: SharePoint Online Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Teams Yammer Office 365 Exchange Online
Categories: M365 Updates
Date: Friday, Mar 27, 2020
Reading time: 14 minutes.

Microsoft 365 Updates: Microsoft Teams multi window chat, Secure Score, Office 365, SharePoint, OneDrive, Intune, and Outlook

Key Updates and Announcements Happy Friday, everyone. More updates from Microsoft this week. Great news for those wanting multi window chat for Microsoft Teams, it’s on it’s way. Some tenants will start to see the functionality from early April, and the rollout will be finalised by end of May 2020. List of Updates Note: Please ensure you’re signed into your Office 365 Administration portal to access the links referenced below. Also note, some tenants may not have all the below updates currently published to them

Tags: Security and Compliance Office 365 SharePoint Online OneDrive for Business Microsoft Intune Microsoft Teams Microsoft Outlook
Categories: M365 Updates
Date: Friday, Mar 20, 2020
Reading time: 10 minutes.

Microsoft 365 Updates: Microsoft makes changes to boost Office 365 performance, Teams Australian media processors, Outlook, Secure score, SharePoint, and Office 365

Key Updates and Announcements Happy Friday, Everyone. I hope everyone is staying safe during these trying times. Microsoft streamlining Office 365 performance to accommodate additional remote workers Due to the current world climate, there’s been a surge in the number of people working from home resulting in unprecedented pressure placed onto IT infrastructure, including networks and cloud based services. As a result of this additional usage, Microsoft have made changes to de-emphasis some features to free up valuable computing resources to ensure vital services remain responsive.

Tags: Microsoft Outlook Security and Compliance SharePoint Online Office 365
Categories: M365 Updates
Date: Monday, Mar 16, 2020
Reading time: 9 minutes.

Three years and counting: a working from home experiment

In recent weeks due to global circumstances there is much chatter surrounding the need for people to work from home and the impact this type of decision has on the ability for people to successfully complete their work within these constraints. Whilst working from home is not a new concept and many organisations allow for staff to work from locations other than their typical central office location, for many people this arrangement may be for a single day per week, less frequently, alternatively for some they make a deliberate choice to always leave home each day and be present at the office.

Tags: Microsoft Teams Office 365
Categories: Other