Microsoft July 2022

Written by Mino IT | Aug 17, 2022 12:22:53 AM

This month Microsoft has lots of new features and feature enhancements.

Microsoft Teams Updates

1.Shared Channels now GA

NEW FEATURE
How this will affect your organisation:

Powered by B2B direct connect, shared channels provide the flexibility to collaborate with parties both inside and outside an organization and work effectively as one extended team in a channel without the need to tenant switch. With shared channels you can:
• Collaborate with members who are not part of the team in which a channel is created.
• Provide a gateway for both parties to share files, hold conversations, meet, and review documents in a secure and deliberate way, without switching tenants.
• Retain your flow of work, as external shared channels show up alongside channels from your organization.
• Attain access to the full suite of Teams collaboration capabilities with external partners in other Azure AD orgs, just as you would with colleagues from your organization.

When this will happen:
GA

2. Video Clip in Chat

NEW FEATURE

How this will affect your organisation:

Video clip is a new feature that allows you to easily record and send a short, lightweight video message in chat, making a lasting impression and capturing a viewer’s attention as opposed to plain text. Currently available in Teams (Free) and Essential purchased directly through Microsoft.

When this will happen:
Public preview in August and generally available in September.

3. Collaborative Annotations

NEW FEATURE

How this will affect your organisation:

Collaborative Annotations lets all meeting participants draw, type, or react on top of the content being shared in the meeting using a rich toolset powered by Microsoft Whiteboard. During desktop screen sharing, and with Annotation mode enabled, meeting attendees will see the Annotations toolbar and can start adding annotations to get input and drive discussion.

When this will happen:
GA

4.Digital Contact Center Platform

NEW FEATURE

How this will affect your organisation:

With the Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform, contact centers are equipped with modern digital tools to engage customers across voice, video, and other digital engagement channels—powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Power Platform, and the newest member of the Microsoft family, Nuance.

When this will happen:
TBD

5. Excel Live

NEW FEATURE

How this will affect your organisation:

Excel Live revolutionizes the way you can collaborate in Microsoft Teams meetings – with a click, everyone has access to edit the workbook in real time – right within the meeting itself. Excel Live also supports Sheet Views, which means everyone co-editing the workbook can sort or filter however they need, without disrupting others. Excel Live will be available for public preview in August.

When this will happen:

Public preview in August

6. External Access Chat Invitation Flow for Managed Organizations

NEW FEATURE

How this will affect your organisation:

When receiving a new one-on-one chat from an external user, Teams users will receive an invitation to accept or block the external user. This also provides the ability to block external users at any point, which revokes access to presence and incoming messages.

When this will happen:

Mid-August and expect rollout to be completed by early September.

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