Feb 05 2018 07:18 AM
Has anyone else heard anything more about this? Not much news since the announcement by @Mark Kashman last fall. The roadmap says it was to be released last quarter (Q4 2017), but it isn't even at Targeted Release yet. We are eager to try this and see it as a huge win for our organization as we move more and more services into Office 365.
Feb 16 2018 02:43 PM
Feb 20 2018 12:10 PM
Thanks @Mark Kashman - Hope this gets going quickly and is still going to be as envisioned. We have a great need and dependence on these kinds of email digests.
May 22 2018 10:37 PM
Just checking in to see if this is getting any closer to rollout? I see its still in development status on the Office 365 roadmap. I was hoping to use this feature for a Communication Site project I'm working on.
May 23 2018 05:21 AM
Seriously. This was announced at Ignite in September 2017, promised by Q4 and supposedly released in Q1 of this year. It is almost Q3 and no sign of it our tenant. MS has to do a better job rolling out what they show off. Or at least communicating about why the rollouts are late.
May 29 2018 01:09 PM
I just had a pop up about the News Digest in my Comm. Site. There was a link to "Learn More" which sent me here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-and-send-a-news-digest-42efc3c6-605f-4a9a-85d5-1f9ff...
I don't see the button to "Email a News Digest" yet, but I imagine this is very close to being released.
Jun 04 2018 11:15 PM
Jun 04 2018 11:17 PM
Understood. I can take that feedback, Matt. It slipped my radar that we were delayed, and the team is working on righting that. Looping in @Andy Haon and @John Sanders who can shed light on release timing - though I know it to be imminent. Thanks, Mark.
Jun 06 2018 11:46 AM
Jun 06 2018 11:56 AM
See above. Coming soon.
Jun 07 2018 06:40 AM
You can see this feature briefly in action in the SharePoint Swoop videos (video #5).
Jun 07 2018 06:56 AM
@James Strugnell errh...not really. If you're talking about what Benjamin showed on his mobile - that was the SharePoint App news rollup feature not the news digest email
Jun 07 2018 07:13 AM
Watch from around 4:30.
Jun 07 2018 07:21 AM
@James Strugnell - you are right! looks awesome. When is this going to be generally available?
Jun 07 2018 07:24 AM - edited Jun 07 2018 07:25 AM
Jun 07 2018 07:33 AM - edited Jun 07 2018 07:37 AM
@John Wynne - We can't get rid of you:), I saw it in the swoop clip - thanks bud! I appreciate testing and the need to get it right. Need to manage end user expectations who have been asking for this feature since it was first announced.
Jun 07 2018 11:13 AM
Jun 07 2018 04:03 PM
Jun 08 2018 06:06 AM
I am seeing the feature now in our tenant but my account is marked in First Release (the entire org is not in first release). Others in the org do not see this feature yet. Progress, though! Thanks!
I did a simple test and it worked almost as expected. The email did not have the images. The image placeholders gave the error "The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the correct file and location."
The image still exists in the original location and is unchanged. The link in the email to the compiled News Digest page is correct and the images are on that page. Not sure if this is a result of the feature not being fully deployed in our tenant for us, or if it has to do with just my account being one of of the few in first release in our tenant.
Thanks for the continued work! Hope these last few issues get worked out.
Jun 08 2018 06:19 AM