M365 Productivity Solution Coach & User Adoption Coach, Specializing in M365 Collaboration and Communication
I hope May flowers are blooming wherever you are, Microsoft is bringing us governance and great user functionality this month. How are you minding your groups? Are you using a governance tool? If you are interested in governance tools, we can help with recommendations that suit your organizational size, budget, and use cases, but if…
Happy April! Here are some impactful changes for your Digital Workplace this month Microsoft Teams Shared Channels Those of us that collaborate in multiple tenants have been eagerly anticipating this feature. Microsoft will be completing the rollout of Shared Channels in early April. External collaboration is off by default and many organizations intentionally…
It’s March 2022! We have some great updates this month for you to consider in your Governance and User Adoption Plans as well as share with your Admins so they can prepare for new functionality. (Updated) Connected Templates Microsoft is announcing the upcoming release of Connected Templates with Microsoft Teams and SharePoint. The connected templates…
First, please block your calendar for March 9th and plan to come to our Digital Workplace Strategy Summit! It’s February, so we hope you will LOVE the updates this month! Teams app setup policy group assignment Teams App Setup policies allow you pre-install and pin your apps in Teams and assign them by policy to…
Happy New Year! In 2022 Microsoft is bringing us some great new functionality to the M365 experience. Here are some changes that are coming soon! (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Hide your own video in Teams meetings Microsoft has updated the rollout schedule for this gem! If you are like me and get distracted by your…
Welcome to your source for the December Digital Workplace Updates! Many of the updates have new release dates so watch your M365 Message Center for late breaking changes. New Microsoft Lists entry point in the SharePoint app bar If you’ve got the SharePoint App Bar enabled expect to see the SharePoint Lists icon rolling…
Welcome to your source for the November Digital Workplace Updates! This month we’ll feature some news from Ignite, but if you’d like the entire book of news, I’m linking it here. Many of the updates in the book of news are items we can help you with for your longer term strategic plans. Viva comes…
In October we are accustomed to seeing many new usability features that are showcased at Microsoft Ignite. We highly recommend catching some of the Ignite sessions that interest you and we will follow up with our favorites next month. Here are some important updates you’ll see rolling out to your tenants soon! Microsoft Forms…
Happy September! One of the items I always recommend when forming a Governance Committee is to have someone in your organization be granted the Message Reader permission to view the messages in the Office 365 Message Center. It’s where you’ll get the most detail for the items you want to follow, there is a planner…
Happy August everyone! “August is like the Sunday of summer”. This unattributed quote resonates here in Texas with quick final vacations before school (and bad traffic) starts again next week here in Austin. We are also busy keeping up with changes to the M365 Productivity stack. SharePoint News Boost You should soon see an…