OneNote: Product Update 2023

Continue reading to learn more!(While the OneNote experience continues to be improved across all your devices, this article will address only the OneNote on Windows app. We encourage all users on OneNote for Windows 10 to begin transitioning to the OneNote on Windows app for the latest features and best sync. For those who love the left-sided layout on OneNote for the web, OneNote for Mac, and OneNote for iPad, you'll be thrilled to hear that we've brought this experience to the OneNote on Windows app! Using the new Vertical Tabs layout option under the View menu, you can use a navigation experience similar to other Microsoft 365 apps and services, such as Outlook and Teams. We want to remind you that these updates are only for the OneNote app, not the OneNote for Windows 10 app. If you're still using the OneNote for Windows 10 app, we highly recommend you switch to the OneNote app as soon as possible. The OneNote for Windows 10 app will no longer be supported in 2025. The latest OneNote Windows app is available as part of Microsoft 365, it may already be included as part of Microsoft 365 on new Windows 11 devices and can also be downloaded as a free standalone version from the Microsoft Store. -------------------- Read more at https://bit.ly/3SiBSKV Source: Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft 365 Blog

Microsoft 365 Admin Monthly Digest

Welcome to the Microsoft 365 IT admin blog, your monthly source of tips, insights, and best practices for managing and optimizing your Microsoft 365 environment. In this edition, we cover the upcoming AMA on Microsoft 365 Copilot, general availability of the new Teams desktop app, take a peek into the impact of hybrid work on carbon emissions, and explore new and upcoming features in the Microsoft 365 admin center including enhancements to Migration Manager, device management, and new RBAC roles in Microsoft Purview. We'll be hosting the next AMA on Microsoft 365 Copilot tomorrow on Thursday, November 9, in the Microsoft 365 Copilot Tech Community. Earlier this year, Microsoft announced a new Emissions Impact Dashboard for Microsoft 365 that can help admins and IT leaders track emissions from their Microsoft 365 use. Migration Manager is a powerful tool, hosted within the setup page of Microsoft 365 admin center, that helps seamlessly transfer data from various file sources, such as BOX, Google Drive, Dropbox, and File Share, to Microsoft 365. Currently rolling out, Microsoft is improving how admins manage user device update channels in the Microsoft 365 admin center to simplify getting ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot and manage devices in general. As always, stay current with the latest updates on the Microsoft 365 admin center from the Microsoft 365 roadmap and the message center. -------------------- Read more at https://bit.ly/49aQwtL Source: Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft 365 Blog

Microsoft SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop October 2023

October 2023 brought some spooky new offerings: Power Apps leader in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Applications Platform, Video search improvements, new Intelligence & Search admin homepage, OneDrive colorful folders, New Microsoft Teams, Viva Goals + Planner, SharePoint: BCS retirement in Microsoft 365, and more. All features listed below began reanimating, I mean, rolling out to Targeted Release customers in Microsoft 365 as of October 2023. The new homepage provides you with a single-entry point to access a range of Microsoft Search features and functions, such as Graph connectors, user feedback, Microsoft Search educational content, and more. Welcome to the new Microsoft Search and Intelligence admin center - to tailor the Microsoft Search experience for your organization. Teamwork updates across SharePoint team sites, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams. To simplify these options and provide the best experience for these scenarios going forward, Microsoft is announcing its plan to retire Business Connectivity Services in Microsoft 365 and focus on Microsoft Power Apps as its replacement technology. January 8, 2024: Microsoft will block Business Connectivity Services features in new Microsoft 365 tenants by default, as well as in tenants who haven't used the feature since October 30, 2023. -------------------- Read more at https://bit.ly/3QC6OED Source: Microsoft Tech Community SharePoint Blog

Work faster and smarter with Bing Chat Enterprise

Bing Chat Enterprise is an AI-powered web chat that will you get instant answers, insights, and creative inspiration for your team's business needs-all while security and data protection you expect from Microsoft. Bing Chat Enterprise is designed to protect your data. Bing Chat Enterprise uses natural, conversational language to help you explore new concepts, get answers to questions, and generate ideas. Based on the information you've given, Bing Chat Enterprise will provide you with a sample of your product's most important features and various ways to better market them to your customer base, such as suggesting a video as an effective marketing option. Bing Chat Enterprise can answer that question by scouring the web for video marketers' success statistics. Bing Chat Enterprise can compare your numbers and channels and analyze the impact a marketing video could have on your customers' engagement. Bing Chat Enterprise is available for no additional charge to all customers with Microsoft 365 Business Standard and Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses. -------------------- Read more at https://bit.ly/3FybJQz Source: Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft 365 Business Blog

Organize the components in your diagrams with layers in Visio for the web

Users with a Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 license can now use layers to group a related set of shapes in a drawing and change properties of all the layer members at once. A cropped image of a network diagram in Visio for the web highlighting the new Layers menu button on the Home tab. An image of a network diagram in Visio for the web showing the new Layers pane open to the right of the canvas. A cropped image of a network diagram in Visio for the web highlighting the + Add New Layer button at the top of the Layers pane. A cropped image of a network diagram in Visio for the web demonstrating how to access more options for layers in the Layers pane. Learn more about how to add a layer and use layers to set properties for multiple shapes in Visio for the web. We look forward to hearing your feedback and learning more about how you utilize layers in Visio for the web. -------------------- Read more at https://bit.ly/476Qe5i Source: Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft 365 Blog

European SharePoint Conference ESPC23 Amsterdam, Netherlands Event guide Microsoft 365 Azure

Amsterdam is one of the most vibrant and diverse cities in Europe - and primed for in-person depth and breadth learning during the European SharePoint Conference - now simply branded as: ESPC23 - in Amsterdam, Netherlands - November 27-30, 2023. You'll find content delivered by the world's best Microsoft 365 and Azure experts, including many Microsoft leaders and employees from the product teams. A unique page of all Microsoft speakers and activities during ESPC23. Jeff Teper, Karuana Gatimu, Dona Sarkar, and Rafal Lukawiecki will be leading four keynotes that span topics, plus Microsoft speakers delivering breakout sessions among thought leaders and members of the community from around the world. Microsoft keynotes/AMA, breakout sessions, and developer-focused sessions. Microsoft breakout sessions(All times represented in CEST (local Amsterdam time. Shout out to event leads and community members Sarah McNamara, Kevin Monahan and the #ESPC23 team for putting together ESPC23, corralling all speakers and content, and for supporting and promoting the knowledge and expertise to promote the world-class Microsoft 365 tech community around the world. -------------------- Read more at https://bit.ly/473h9ij Source: Microsoft Tech Community SharePoint Blog

Discover and assign the Microsoft 365 E3 Extra Features license

IMPORTANT. This article only applies if you bought a Microsoft 365 E3 Original subscription through an Enterprise Agreement. If this applies to you, you now see the Microsoft 365 E3 Extra Features product on the Licenses page in the Microsoft 365 admin center. As part of your Microsoft 365 E3 Original subscription, your organization now has access to the Microsoft 365 E3 Extra Features license at no additional cost. Microsoft Clipchamp - A video editing tool for anyone to create professional-looking videos, even with no prior experience. Microsoft Loop - A co-creation app that lets teams bring together all the parts of a project in one place and collaborate across the apps and devices they already use. To use any of the features provided by Microsoft 365 E3 Extra Features, you must assign a license for it to your Microsoft 365 E3 users. We recommend that you assign the license to your users as soon as possible, so that they can use the features and improve their Microsoft 365 experience. -------------------- Read more at https://bit.ly/3SeL7vC Source: Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft 365 Blog

The power of the SharePoint web part The Intrazone podcast a Microsoft podcast

Ask anyone, web parts make the intranet go 'round. In the world of SharePoint web parts, Pat and team build and deliver useful ones. Our chat focuses on developing web parts - past and present, some of their productivity-focused web part solutions, and tips and tricks for both developers and intranet managers. You can never get too much information about a good web part - be it one you use out of the box, one you procure from a partner, or one you build and design, and customize for your business. The Intrazone host and guest, left-to-right: Mark Kashman with Pat McGown [guest] - during the interview hosted via Teams. Stay connected to the SharePoint community blog and where we'll share more information per episode, guest insights, and take any questions or suggestions from our listeners and SharePoint users. The Intrazone, a show about the Microsoft 365 intelligent intranet. -------------------- Read more at https://bit.ly/3Fui4fQ Source: Microsoft Tech Community SharePoint Blog