Enhancing the collaboration and diagramming experiences with new tools, shapes in Visio for the web

More recently, we've been focused on enhancing the diagramming experience for Visio in Microsoft 365, Visio Plan 1, and Visio Plan 2 users to include new diagram types. New collaboration and diagramming tools in Visio for the web. Format Options pane: The new Format Options pane in Visio for the web brings Fill, Line, and new Dimension options right next to your diagram. Improved interoperability between the Visio web and desktop apps: With this update, Visio for the web users can open files that were previously not supported for editing in Visio for the web and edit shapes with certain properties such as rectangular gradients and those containing OLE objects. An image demonstrating how a user can open and edit a Visio file consisting of shapes with gradients in Visio for the web. Grid and Snap to Grid: Previously available only in the Visio desktop app, the Grid and Snap to Grid options are currently rolling out to Visio Plan 1 and Visio Plan 2 subscribers only in Visio for the web. We will continue to add new diagram types to enhance the diagramming experience in Visio for the web. Read more at https://bit.ly/3yYAq65 Source: Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft 365 Blog

Refreshing the OneNote app on Android mobile

The Home page displays your recent Notebook pages, Sticky Notes, and Samsung Notes from all your signed-in accounts in a single unified view. You can tap on a note card to view or edit the note or long press on it to take a quick action. Sort your notes by Updated Date, Created Date or Alphabetically, and use the filter options to filter notes by note type, Notebook Page, Sticky Note, Samsung Note, or by signed in account. A GIF image demonstrating how to filter notes by note type in the OneNote app on an Android mobile device. Swipe down to sync your notes and long press the note cards to take quick actions, such as deleting, moving, copying, sharing, or adding notes to your mobile device's home screen. A GIF image demonstrating the Quick Action feature by moving a note from one notebook to another notebook in the OneNote app on an Android mobile device. The new quick capture bar at the bottom of the page allows you to easily take notes within the mobile app in your preferred modality with a single click. Read more at https://bit.ly/3yz4ofA Source: Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft 365 Blog

Introducing the Microsoft 365 Health dashboard: an easy way to view key health information

Your feedback to us was that it's difficult to understand the complete health of your Microsoft 365 environment because the information you need is spread out across many pages in the Microsoft 365 admin center. We heard you! So, we created a new dashboard that pulls this information together, giving you an at-a-glance view of key health information. An image providing a complete view of the Health dashboard page in the Microsoft 365 admin center. An image of the Service health and usage section on the Health dashboard with a table providing examples of health status, average daily users, and license utilization for each service. To help you succeed in this ongoing effort, the Health dashboard provides an at-a-glance view of whether Microsoft 365 desktop apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are up to date. An image of the Microsoft 365 app updates section of the Health dashboard providing a examples of device counts for devices that are on: Latest build, One build behind, and Two or more builds behind. An image demonstrating the new Dashboard menu option in the left navigation menu on the Health dashboard page in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Read more at https://bit.ly/3yz4oMC Source: Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft 365 Blog

Most used SharePoint Framework solutions from the Store

We are excited to see the continuous growth on the submissions of the SharePoint Framework solutions to the app source and on the usage of the SharePoint store. SharePoint Framework 1.16 in autumn 2022 with updates for Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva and SharePoint Viva Connections product type in AppSource for easier acquire of the Viva apps to your environment - no ETA Support for SharePoint Framework solutions in the Microsoft Teams store - no ETA Support SharePoint Framework extensibility for list and library new, edit and view panels and more.... We are looking forward to more great solutions that enable innovation, and help our customers get more done with Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint. Cerkl Broadcast for SharePoint provides unique notifications to employees through your existing SharePoint. My Links is a SharePoint app where you can add and manage your web links through an intuitive interface. After installing My Links in a SharePoint page and adding your links, you can also install the My Links web part in another location and your original links will be available to you at the new location. My Links can be installed in multiple SharePoint locations, always providing you quick access to your original links list. Please see following resources around getting started on building extensibility for Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva and SharePoint using SharePoint Framework. Read more at https://bit.ly/3Ijq187 Source: Microsoft Tech Community SharePoint Blog

Announcing the availability of Quick Access filters in Office app for Android

The Office Mobile team is excited to announce the availability of Quick Access filters in Office Mobile on Android phones and tablets! This feature can help you increase your productivity while customizing Office on your Android mobile device, so it works best for you. Locate your content easily with Quick Access filters. Quick Access filters provide you with easy navigation and personalization options, helping you locate your content more quickly. Users can personalize their home screen by adding, removing, or organizing these filters for quick access. Open the Office app on your Android device and locate the Quick Access options at the top of your home screen. An image demonstrating the Quick Access options available on the Office app home screen on an Android device. Tap on a Quick Access option to see filtered content based on the filter you choose. Read more at https://bit.ly/3a5cog8 Source: Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft 365 Blog

Microsoft SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop June 2022 The Intrazone

Beyond prepping for Microsoft Inspire next month, we saw June 2022 bring a lot of new tech to Microsoft 365 - lots of SharePoint and related tech goodness: The LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group site template in time for this year's Pride month, Viva Topics in Teams chat, inline playback of videos in Hero web part, updated site logo management, multilingual UI when editing team sites, rename Add to OneDrive Shortcuts, OneDrive: Pin and unpin shared libraries, Planner cards in team site activity feed, SPS'2013 Workflows migration assessment tool, Teams chat with self, and more. Full-screen view of the main home page from the LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group site template once deployed as a site within your tenant. To help keep that engagement with your content and communications, when someone clicks to play a video in the Hero web part section of a SharePoint site, the video will now play inline. Site owners will be able to navigate to the 'Header' panel from the 'Change the Look' settings, and then scroll to the bottom of the panel where the site logo options will be located. Teamwork updates across SharePoint team sites, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams. Streamlining the SharePoint multilingual user interface when editing team sites. Planner cards now appear within the SharePoint team site activity feed. Read more at https://bit.ly/3bsAAtd Source: Microsoft Tech Community SharePoint Blog

Join Family Insiders and make your voice heard!

Family Insiders get the opportunity to connect with Microsoft decision makers who are building new family experiences for the products you use every day. Microsoft teams take Insiders behind-the-scenes on virtual monthly community calls where product leads, designers, engineers, and researchers present new family experiences and learn about Insiders' unique perspectives. Family Insiders have tested Microsoft Defender for Individuals before public release, shared feedback about the new Family widget on Windows, and virtually met with Family Safety, OneDrive, Lists, Edge, and Education teams to share what matters most to them and their family. Connect with Microsoft teams to improve product experiences for families everywhere. Preview new designs and test upcoming features before general release. Get tips and tutorials for making the most of your Microsoft products. Earn Microsoft swag for engaging with the community and sharing your feedback! Read more at https://bit.ly/3QWdtYp Source: Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft 365 Blog

OneDrive Roadmap Roundup Q2 CY2022

The OneDrive team is excited to share all the recent OneDrive updates and feature releases we've released between April and June 2022. You can now use Add shortcut to OneDrive in Teams to give yourself quick access in OneDrive to the Teams files you work with most frequently. OneDrive Sync Admin Reports for macOS give you more visibility into who in your organization is running the OneDrive Sync client on macOS and any errors they might be experiencing. When you open the OneDrive Sync health dashboard, you'll see an executive summary of what's going on with OneDrive Sync in your organization. The OneDrive File Picker lets you connect your custom web apps to content stored in OneDrive and SharePoint. Register here: What's new in OneDrive: Q2 roadmap roundup. You can stay up-to-date on all things via the OneDrive Blog and the OneDrive release notes. Read more at https://bit.ly/3nlC636 Source: Microsoft Tech Community OneDrive Blog