Forum Discussion
Rollout of Modern Pages to First Release Full Org
- We've rolled out to 10% of First Release tenants so far, and the plan is to go to 50% today. We're still doing some final analysis of the roll out data, and I'll update you all when we do expand the ring.
Alright Dave, so we didn't make the first 50%. What's the next expansion estimate? Thanks!
- Dave Cohen (US)
Microsoft
We don't have a concrete date to share for the next ring expansion, but I expect it will be either late next week or early the week after. For those that do have access, please send us your feedback. :)
Hi Dave - any further updates on the rollout? Thanks!
- Dave Cohen (US)
Hi everyone,
We had hoped to expand scope this week but we're running down a bug that's pretty difficult to reproduce consistently. I don't have any concrete dates right now, but I'll update this thread again Monday or Tuesday next week. Trust that the team is working furiously to get modern pages out to as many people as we can.
Thanks,
Dave
looks like we're in the lucky 50%, plus I've had some access by a selected FR dev tenant so feedback as requested:-
+ Very positive move overall
+ Good editing experience
+ Responsive
+ SharePoint framework
+ Nice UI
+ Document & content embed parts offer good flexibility (Forms needs to be embeddable)
+ Simple autosave and publish
+ Page and document previews in quick links
- Page banner far to big. Text starts halfway down the page!
- Needs ability to rearrange web parts like you can in Sway
- Branding options needed, especially with regards to the default, fixed header image
- quick links needs list view as well as tile view. A way of creating multiple lists is also needed as navigation options are limited. Ability to easily select pages when adding quick link
- Ability to have individual document libraries as a type in highlighted content
Agree this is off to a great start. It reminds me of a super-simplified SquareSpace pallet if anyone has used that,
Questions:
* Is One Column going to be the only design option? It is "too simple" if that makes sense, need at least two column option if not three.
* the existing Promoted Links uses the flat square tile buttons. Are these going away? It seems the Quick Links show a modern tile view, but it shows the person that adds the Link -- so it does not feel like a proper navigation. So if I add five quick links, my face is permanently on the page five times!! There is no way to customize the look and feel of Quick Links. This is a problem too.
* Is there any stated directions for these pages? Was anything discussed at Ignite about some reasonable picture of the target state, in particular, are these meant to be basic, basic, end user team site pages, or are these appropriate for more sophisticated layotus, say for an Intranet home page? What are other widgets that are coming to this feature set? What is the intent?
Interested to see how this plays out.
Rob.
