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Co-Authoring for Semi-Annual channel
When will coauthoring in the desktop app be released for the semi-annual channel?
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Approximately January 2019! The new semi-annual (targeted) came out on March 13. This build contains the feature set that will be released in the July 2018 update, and co-authoring didn't make the cut. So it looks like Microsoft will push this one out during the January 2019 release instead.
Semi-annual (targeted) release notes: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/mt465751.aspx
Explanation of channel release windows: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployOffice/overview-of-update-channels-for-office-365-proplus#visual-representation-of-the-update-channels-for-office-365-proplus
Hello, any update as to whether the co-authoring features has been released in the January 2019 update? Our firm is on the semi-annual channel and I've not seen the feature yet, so curious to know when to expect this to arrive...
Yes! Co-authoring and AutoSave are here.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/semi-annual-channel-2019#version-1808-january-8
I've got clients actually considering switch to G-Suite for the co-authoring feature in sheets. I'm amazed that it's not going to make the semi-annual channel in July. Bizarrely, when I suggest they edit the document in Excel online, they don't like that idea. But they will considering going browser only for G-Suite. Users eh!
But still disappointed with Microsoft on this one...Yea,
I knew going to 6 month release tracks was going to cause delays in features, but this is ridiculous.
The bad thing is, the OneDrive Sync client auto enables sync documents with office 2016 and causes continuous lockouts for documents stored in SharePoint. I don't know how many people in my org have had this issue.
Disappointing.
Also looking for this information. They are really good at hiding that this feature requires the Monthly channel to work...I'm on 1708 but don't have co-authoring available in Semi Annual Targeted.
Help!
Yes Please. I have spent the past 2 days fighting with trying to figure out why this won't work to finally come across this one post that explained my issue.
Microsoft was 0 help on the phone when I talked to them
for others that may wonder how to switch from the targeted to monthly channels: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3185078/how-to-switch-from-deferred-channel-to-current-channel-for-the-office
