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Co-Authoring for Semi-Annual channel
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-8Does a little dance! We've been waiting for co-authoring for what seems like years.
And yes auto-save. I've already prepared my main client for the change. They are going to hate it at first but then again, people resist any change to Office :-)
I've been running the monthly version for, err, months and I've got used to it - in fact, I'm now upset when a document on my old Windows domain at work doesn't autosave.
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.
Might be coincidence but same client I mention above raised a ticket about shifting to G-Suite because there was a resource tracker Excel document that keeps getting locked. Bit of a knee jerk reaction but it does show how annoying this is.
Generally, I recommend they don't synchronise document libraries onto their laptop using OneDrive except if possibly going somewhere where internet access is suspect or they definitely need an offline copy for an important meeting.
Not 100% sure what you mean by autosync with OneDrive?
Disappointing.
