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EricDeferm
Iron Contributor
Jul 07, 2017

How to send a welcome message to new users?

What are the possible options for sending a welcome message when a new hire receives an Office365 account? Can this be done in Sharepoint? MS Flow? If not possible in O365, what are the options to ...
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EricDeferm's avatar
EricDeferm
Iron Contributor
Jul 09, 2017
HI Vasil Michev,
Tx for your prompt reply. This is really a great feature, just discovered it now.
Do you know if MS will provide more of these 'Ready to send messages' ?
Today I notice a RtSM for Teams, any chance we can expect RtSMs for Stream, Planner, Sway, and other future apps?
VasilMichev's avatar
VasilMichev
MVP
Jul 09, 2017

That's something Anne can answer, probably on Monday though :)

  • Anne Michels's avatar
    Anne Michels
    Former Employee
    Jul 10, 2017

     Hi all,

    thanks for your feedback. We're indeed currently working on how to improve the "to user email capabilities" that we have in the admin center and to make this feature more discoverable to admins as well. If you have feedback in general on how you would like to see this fucntionality improve and evolve, please let us know.

    Thanks,

    Anne

    • Kevin Pepper's avatar
      Kevin Pepper
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 02, 2017

      Hi Anne,

       

      I have not seen any updates on this in the past 4 months.  Are there any works in progress??

       

      Thanks

      Kevin

      • Anne Michels's avatar
        Anne Michels
        Former Employee
        Nov 02, 2017

        Hi Kevin,

        we had to postpone this work. We're still evaluating it but we don't have an ETA yet.

        Thanks,

        Anne

    • EricDeferm's avatar
      EricDeferm
      Iron Contributor
      Jul 11, 2017
      Hi Anne, we have the same requirements as Joe:
      - option to automatically sent to new users (per template)
      - customize the message
      - availability of templates for the main new features/applications
      - add our own templates (like Welcome msg)
      Tx.
      • NunoAriasSilva's avatar
        NunoAriasSilva
        MVP
        Jul 11, 2017

        I agree, this aproach and this ideas could be to be considered regarding to adoption to Office 365.

    • Joe Stocker's avatar
      Joe Stocker
      Bronze Contributor
      Jul 10, 2017

      Hi Anne,

       

      Sure - here is my feedback:

      Currently the new email templates are on demand only. It would be ideal if those can be triggered to be send for any new employee.

      It would also be great if we can customize the templates or create our own that are then sent to new employees automatically.

      Thanks,

      Joe

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