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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.
