OneDrive Roadmap Roundup – August 2019

The OneDrive team has been hard at work releasing features that will further enhance the collaboration experience with OneDrive.

Here are the latest functionalities that landed in production in the month of August-2019.

• Comments on non-Office files
• Popular Around Me
• Direct sharing link to individual PowerPoint slide
• Virtual Desktop updates
  
  

  Comments on non-Office files
  Roadmap ID: 16617
  
  

  Comments  are an effective and easy way of collaborating on a file by bringing your peers into the discussion, assigning tasks or giving feedback. We have seen great usage of this functionality in the Office files stored in OneDrive and SharePoint. This month we extend the same functionality to all files allowing you to work together not just in Office documents but with photos, CAD drawings, PDF’s and more. Users will now have the ability to add comments to files as part of their review process, leaving notes and getting notifications to ensure you are always in the loop.
  
  Comments on non-Office files.
  
  

   

  Popular Around Me
  Roadmap ID: 49510
  
  

  “Popular Around Me” in the "Shared With Me " view on web will now surface files which are recommended based on your working relationships to help you find relevant and trending information faster and discover content you might not have been aware of. “Popular Around Me” view doesn't change file permissions and users will only see what they already have access to.
  
  

   

   

  New "Popular Around Me" view that intelligently surfaces files recommended to you based on your working relationships.

   

   

  Direct sharing link to individual PowerPoint slide
  Roadmap ID: 51537
  
  

  End users now have the capability to get the direct link to a specific slide in PowerPoint web app and share it with their colleagues. All the controls related to sharing apply to created link.

   

  Sharing link to a specific slide in a PowerPoint

   

   

  Virtual Desktop updates
  Roadmap ID: 27027
  
  

  OneDrive sync client now supports Windows Server 2019 with Files On-Demand. This allows users running OneDrive in virtual desktop environments to leverage the power of Files On-Demand to save disk space and experience a faster initial sync. Follow this article to keep yourself updated regarding the support of Server 2019 with FSLogix for non-persistent virtual environments.

   

   

  Learn more and stay engaged

  As you can see, we continue to evolve OneDrive as a place to access, share, and collaborate on all your files in Office 365, keeping them protected and readily accessible on all your devices, anywhere.

   

  You can stay up-to-date on all things via the OneDrive Blog and take advantage of end-user training resources on our Office support center.

   

  Thank you again for your support of OneDrive. We look forward to your continued feedback on UserVoice and hope to connect with you at Ignite or another upcoming Microsoft or community-led event.

   

  Thanks for your time reading all about OneDrive,

  Ankita Kirti – Product Manager – OneDrive | Microsoft