Microsoft Ignite 2022 dates have been announced: October 12-14. And Microsoft continues to ship new updates and releases leading up to the event – one sure to be full of new disclosures. Until then…
July 2022 brought a load of new tech to Microsoft 365 - lots of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Record a new video from Stream start page, Video collections page, One-time passcodes from no-reply@notify.microsoft.com, AAD memberOf “Nested” Groups, Power Automate flows in Lists templates, Microsoft Lists: Calendar view conditional formatting, Review mode for Word documents, news from Microsoft Inspire 2022, and more.
We also hear from Kristina Hotz (Principal product management lead - Microsoft Identity and network access) – she brings insights about what the new brand Microsoft Entra means for identity and security, the value of memberOf "Nested" Groups in Azure Active Directory (AAD), and how to best manage permissions throughout Microsoft 365 (and beyond).
The Intrazone guest this month: Kristina Hotz - Principal product management lead - Microsoft Identity and network access (Microsoft).
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All features listed below began rolling out to Targeted Release customers in Microsoft 365 as of July 2022 (possibly early August 2022).
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Record a new video from the web-based Stream start page
Microsoft 365 customers can now make demos, explainer videos, and videos to post in chats directly in Microsoft 365 with the new Stream camera. You will now be able to use the new Stream + camera integration to record their webcam, record their screen, add edits (think ink, text, backgrounds, and filters) and upload to their OneDrive.
From stream.office.com, click "+ New recording" to begin recording a new video directly within and to the Web.
Head to Stream.office.com, select the "New Recording" button to get started. Once you're done and happy with the video, you can share directly to a Teams chat, Yammer community, and more. The video file is now in your OneDrive ready to share as you would any video file in your intranet.
Note: Once complete, the video file gets stored as a .webm file within your own OneDrive for work.
- Roadmap ID 88522
- Learn more.
Stream on SharePoint: Video collections page
We want to make it easy to gather and display all videos from a SharePoint site in one place and as a tab in Teams entry point. Whenever people create a new site, the service auto-generates a static layouts page for video collections. This is a collection of all videos from the site's document library.
The new video collections page can be found within SharePoint sites by adding “/_Layouts/15/Video_Collections.aspx” to the end of the full site URL – as shown above.
For now, to access this new page, you need to append /_Layouts/15/Video_Collections.aspx to the end of the site url. You can then edit and publish this page as you would any other, it will start appearing in the site pages as well. And it becomes available to add as a tab using the SharePoint or Pages app in Teams when you click the "+" add a tab button.
- Roadmap ID: 93352.
SharePoint and OneDrive external Sharing ‘One-Time Passcode’ mails now come from no-reply@notify.microsoft.com
To improve reliability for delivery of the one-time passcode e-mails that are sent as part of the external sharing flow, we will be updating the sending address for these mails from no-reply@sharepointonline.com to no-reply@notify.microsoft.com.
This change should result in improved delivery reliability - think trusted domain, fewer share emails in spam folders - and better transparency for all customers, and their partners, who use external sharing in OneDrive and SharePoint today.
Please note, if your organization is using Azure B2B Integration with SP in Microsoft 365, this change will not impact your organization. No other e-mails sent from OneDrive or SharePoint are being changed at this time - things like newsletters, internal sharing, etc..
- Roadmap ID: NA
Microsoft Entra: memberOf "Nested" groups in Azure Active Directory (AAD) -now in Public Preview
It time to have a better means to manage group memberships with dynamic AAD security groups and Microsoft 365 groups. The ‘memberOf’ component allows you to “nest” groups within a group.
memberOf “Nested” groups allow you to create Dynamic-Group-A with members of Security-Group-X and Security-Group-Y. Members of the groups inside of Security-Group-X and Security-Group-Y don't become members of Dynamic-Group-A.
The groups that define the membership of the dynamic group can be any group type represented in Azure Active Directory – user or device security groups, Microsoft 365 groups, and groups synced from on-premises, or a mix of all three. And, unlike existing nested security groups today, memberOf dynamic groups return a flat list of members, so can be used for licensing assignment and application assignment.
Microsoft 365 admins can start here: https://entra.microsoft.com (the admin portal).
- Learn more and review all Microsoft Entra offers
- "Create "nested" groups with Azure AD Dynamic Groups" by Kristina Hotz
- "Secure access for a connected world—meet Microsoft Entra" by Joy Chik
- + short video, "Step into the future of identity & access with Microsoft Entra," a conversation with Vasu Jakkal (CVP of Microsoft Security) and Joy Chik (CVP of Identity and Access)
Teamwork updates across SharePoint team sites, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams
Microsoft 365 is designed to be a universal toolkit for teamwork – to give you the right tools for the right task, along with common services to help you seamlessly work across applications. SharePoint is an intelligent content service that powers teamwork – to better collaborate on proposals, projects, and campaigns throughout your organization – with integration across Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Yammer, Stream, Planner and much more.
Create Power Automate flows embedded within ready-made Microsoft Lists templates
Microsoft Lists ready-made templates are getting a boost. To help improve automation of information, you now have the option to install pre-created Power Automate reminder flows whenever you create a list from select list templates: Work progress tracker, Content scheduler, and the Recruitment tracker.
Some list templates, such as the Work progress tracker shown above, come with flows that are automatically created when you create a list from that template.
You'll be prompted to install the included Power Automate reminder flow after the list has been created. The reminder flow is an automated flow that runs on a schedule in the background, so it does not appear in the Lists menu, and you can further refine it using the Power Automate flow designer. And people with a Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 license, or a Power Automate per-user plan can create and use the reminder flow that is included with these select ready-made Lists templates.
- Roadmap ID: 88906.
- Learn more:
Microsoft Lists: Calendar view conditional formatting
We hinted at this one in a previous roadmap pitstop when we talked about dragging-and-dropping list items from the Unscheduled pane when in Calendar view… Now you can better customize the calendar view by color coding items based on conditions or rules. You manage the rules and coloring within the 'Format current view' in the top-right section of Calendar view.
Color-code list items as they appear within Calendar view when they meet certain rules by your design through conditional formatting.
Imagine the title of an item appearing green when its status is marked as "Complete" and red when its status is marked as "Not ready." Or a scenario for social content publishing calendar: you could have varying colors appear for a blog or social video asset as it goes through review, approval, and on to publishing for visual scheduling. It really brings your calendar views to life, and one of the features we've been hearing as an ask to deliver - so we hope you like it.
- Roadmap ID 93360
OneDrive/SharePoint: Review mode for Word documents
When sharing a link to a document, you can assign someone to 'Review Mode' in the Share Dialog by using the new 'Can Review' option in the permission dropdown. They'll then have access to review the document - to make edits with tracked changes intact and leave comments.
Select "Open in review mode only" when sharing Word documents to ensure the recipient can add comments or make edits that have tracked changes on by default.
Document owners or other collaborators who have full edit permissions - can then approve and incorporate any suggested changes to the document, or not. That's the beauty of it - great access with limited power. The power to review.
- Roadmap ID : 93400
Related technology
Microsoft Viva news from Microsoft Inspire 2022
Viva Engage announced: The newest app in Microsoft Viva, designed to help people and teams to be their best, have a voice, and feel included in the workplace. Viva Engage brings people together across the organization to connect with leaders and coworkers, find answers to questions, share their unique story, and find belonging at work.
- Learn more.
- Roadmap ID 93409 - starting late August 2022, with planned completion by end of Sept. 2022.
Viva Goals generally available (8/1/2022)
Microsoft Viva Goals is a goal setting and management solution that aligns teams to your organization’s strategic priorities, driving results and a thriving business. We help business leaders build higher performing teams, HR leaders improve employee experience, and employees feel a sense of purpose and belonging at work.
- Roadmap ID: 82188.
- Learn more + unique episode of The Intrazone, “Get your OKRs on with Viva Goals” where we talk with Goals leads: Lucy Hitz and Kevin Shively.
Viva Sales announcement
Viva Sales enhances the experience of sellers by enabling them to be more productive in the flow of work in Microsoft 365 and Teams. It helps with mundane tasks like data collection and entry. It provides a clear view of customers’ status, so sellers make the most of their meetings & conversations. Sellers get AI-driven follow-through suggestions and reminders designed to close the sale. Viva Sales gets them back to doing more of what they love – connecting with customers.
Viva Sales in the context of a meeting summary within Microsoft Teams.
Employee learning API for Viva Learning announcement
With this API, customers can discover content from any Learning Management System (LMS) or learning provider in Viva Learning. And in the other direction, LMS or learning providers can use the API to display courses on Viva Learning, just like any of our pre-integrated learning partners (SAP SuccessFactors, Skillsoft, Coursera, etc.). The employee learning API in Microsoft Graph is now available in public preview.
LMS or learning providers can use the API to display courses on Viva Learning.
Plus a few additional Inspire highlights beyond Viva worth noting:
- Microsoft teams Connect Shared Channels general availability | Learn more.
- Microsoft Teams Q&A general availability | Learn more.
- Excel Live, a new way to transform meetings around data analysis. Excel Live will be available in Public preview at the end of August 2022 | Learn more.
August 2022 teasers
Psst, still here? Still scrolling the page looking for more roadmap goodness? If so, here is a few teasers of what’s to come to production next month…
- Teaser #1: Meeting Category Insights coming to the Viva Insights App in Teams [Roadmap ID: 93410]
- Teaser #2: Microsoft Viva Insights App in Teams: UI Updates [Roadmap ID: 93346]
… shhh, tell everyone.
Helpful, ongoing change management resources
- Admins – get started with Microsoft Entra: https://entra.microsoft.com
- "Create "nested" groups with Azure AD Dynamic Groups" by Kristina Hotz
- Modern Work announcements from Microsoft Inspire: “From enabling hybrid work to creating collaborative experiences—here’s what’s new in Microsoft 365” by Colette Stallbaumer General Manager, Microsoft 365, and Future of Work.
- To learn about all the above and more, watch the now on-demand breakout sessions, "Enable digital employee experience with Microsoft Viva" – BRK32 from Microsoft Inspire.
- Upcoming events + on-demand workshop:
- 365 EduCon - Dallas (Aug. 8-12, 2022)
- Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL)
- European Cloud Summit (Sept.26-28.2022; Mainz, DE)
- 365 EduCon - Chicago (Sept.26-30.2022)
- Teams 10X (Sept. 28-29.2022; virtual)
- Microsoft Ignite (Oct.12-14.2022; hybrid) + FAQs + follow @MS_Ignite
- North American Collaboration Summit (Oct.12-14.2022; Branson, MO)
- Microsoft Lists workshop [now available on-demand]
- "Message center in Office 365"
- Install the Office 365 admin app; view Message Center posts and stay current with push notifications.
- Microsoft 365 public roadmap + pre-filtered URL for SharePoint, OneDrive, Yammer and Stream roadmap items.
- SharePoint Facebook | Twitter | SharePoint community blog | Feedback
- Follow me to catch news and interesting SharePoint things: @mkashman; warning, occasional bad puns may fly in a tweet or two here and there.
Thanks for tuning in and/or reading this episode/blog of the Intrazone Roadmap Pitstop – July 2022. We are open to your feedback in the comments below to hear how both the Roadmap Pitstop podcast episodes and blogs can be improved over time.
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Stay safe out there on the road’map, and thanks for listening and reading.
I appreciate your time,
Mark Kashman – senior product manager (SharePoint/Lists) | Microsoft)
The Intrazone Roadmap Pitstop – July 2022 graphic showing some of the highlighted release features.
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