Aug 13 2019 02:39 PM - edited Aug 16 2019 02:43 PM
Hi All. We have a few official sources now for information about changes in Microsoft 365.
Announcements at conferences > Product Blogs in the Tech Community > Roadmap > Message Center.
But changes still slip through without prior notification. Some with minimal warning. Some don't appear in the Roadmap. Some have a mid to high impact on organisations.
Community-driven sources of observed changes are still highly valuable. They are unfiltered, calling it as they experience it. When there's a popular following of a source, followers add the "me too" effect and validate the observed change.
What are your favourite and reliable sources for hearing and sharing observed changes in Microsoft 365? How do you monitor your source so it's not burdensome to alert and aware?
EDIT: Inspired by @Chris Webb and a bit of thinking out loud, I suggest as a community we standardise on using a single hashtag on all social channels to share observed changes. Then we can all contribute. We might even get Microsoft to standardise on it.
Reply with your suggestions, or existing hashtags you already follow that we might all standardise on and amplify. e.g.
Cast your vote on the Twitter poll and add your opinion to the conversation thread.
It’s time the #Microsoft365 technical community used a standard hashtag to share when they observe changes and outages. Here's the 3 hashtags you suggested.
— Darrell as a Service :bellhop_bell: (@DarrellaaS) August 16, 2019
Cast your vote for the hashtag you would use. Watch the back story video in the reply below. #RE365
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Never cared much about Twitter, so I crawl these boards instead. Of course, the old Yammer network was quite more useful in this regard, but life goes on.
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Aug 20 2019 12:38 PM
@Cary Siemers, hashtags don't need to be just for Twitter. Once we land on something to use across the social platforms, it could be used on LinkedIn, even Instragram or Snapchat.
I hear you when you say you just want one place to find out about change and announcements.
I think that's supposed to be the Message Center, but it doesn't list everything.
The suggestion for using social a standard hashtag is to create conversation around an observation, a change, an outage. But I realise that some will just want to read about it and take action, not talk about it.
I see a need for different formats to advise of change:
Live - Events and social.
Long form detail - blog posts
Long term plan - the roadmap
Specific to your org - Message Center
Quantifiable feedback - UserVoice.
Discussion - Social, the Tech Community and comments on content.
Aug 20 2019 01:20 PM - edited Aug 20 2019 01:23 PM