Update Branding on News Digest

[Marc Rohde]

While the news digest is a nice feature to promote news on a communication site, is there any way to update the branding on the e-mail?  Unless I use a corporate brand image in an article image I get the Microsoft and SharePoint brand prominent in the users e-mail and we are seeing less engagement because the message is perceived as spam or from outside the organization.

While we are slowly training users with 10% churn at points we will 'be on the treadmill' forever without some ability to distinguish brand and make Microsoft less prominent.

[#2]

Agreed, it would be useful to be able to add custom branding, this is a feature request, so let Microsoft know that this is needed by adding support to these suggestions and vote them up.

News Digest Banner and Logo Enhancements

News Digest

Allow modification of email digest template

[#3 · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately, Microsoft has not provide a way to apply custom branding to any notification sent by SPO, ODFB or Office 365

[#4]

@Marc Rohde   I email the digest to myself, then hit the "forward button", view gridline in tables and I edit the header that way.  Ideal? No, but it's a workaround for now.

[#5]

@Zanna66 such an obvious and simple solution that I overlooked.    I like this approach since their isn't a "technical" option.  Honestly I don't know that anything MS would implement would be more perfect or easier.

[#6]

@Zanna66 That's a great idea.  Works a treat....not quite as good as having an e-marketing platform but definitely gets around the issue. 

[#7]

@AmyNAT I tried this and I thought it would work for me but the headings come up as links not as a heading format when I press "forward" and even when I receive it still it shows as blue links...also the blue CTA to the SP site a the bottom of the newsdigest mailer I can't seem to format as the "fill colour" option is nowhere to be found... !t

[#8]

Hi,@Grassol 

Those links are supposed to take you to your article on SharePoint.  What we are talking about is branding the digest (removing the microsoft logo at the top, etc.).  What are you trying to accomplish by removing the link to the article?

[#9]

@Zanna66 Yes I do realise these are links meant for taking you to the SP page, however, when the mailer first arrived it had neat and tidy proper headings - now they are links. I have done the new header branding etc np so please ignore picture example my issue with the work around to brand the mailer is that the headings disappear and you are given links instead

[#10]

Interesting. I haven't created a digest in a while so this must be something new.

[#11]

Thank you so much!

[#12]

great idea!

[#13]

@Grassol 

It's some extra steps but if you paste the whole mail in a word document and use the mailing functionality in Word it comes out exactly as you have formatted it in a HTML mail.

[#14]

@JanJonkman @Marc Rohde @camilagonzalezg @meschclarke @Zanna66 

Microsoft now supports the ability to brand your news digest with your organization's theme colors and logo.

Check this blog post for more information: SharePoint Auto News Digest updates 

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