Microsoft Tech Community - July 5 Release (Profile Page update)
You may have noticed that there is a new look to the profile pages. When you click on your own profile or the profile pages of others, you'll notice you can do more things than in the previous view. Here is a list of the changes you'll noticed at a glance: You will continue to see your name, your role and the name of the company you work for at the top of the profile page You can instantly send a private message (will be sent to their private inbox) or follow an individual member in the Tech Community Instantly see your current Tech Community stats based on number of posts, likes received, number of your replies marked as 'Best Responses' and number of subscriptions Presence of the member online at the Tech Community (if green, probably a good time to message them to get a quicker response) Information the member has themselves disclosed about their location and social media channels. Date they joined the Tech Community is also shared here A brief self-written bio of the member Tabs to see their activity feed, achievements (badges earnt), who their followers are and who they are following Under the 'Activity' tab, you can discern between Conversations they've started, Conversations they've replied to, or all the conversations they are involved in See who they have given likes to or who sent them likes. Here is a list of future plans we have for the profile pages: A drop-down list posts where you have @mentions A view where you can see the communities the member or yourself have joined A view where you can see the spaces the member or yourself have favourited. These changes are part of an effort to make the Tech Community a place where you can showcase your expertise on Microsoft technologies and help you make connections to IT Pros across the planet. Let us know what you think by replying to this post!Welcome Tech Academy, the newest addition to the Tech Community!
The Tech Academy is now available from the Microsoft Tech Community navigation bar. The Tech Academy unifies Microsoft's learning and readiness platforms for IT Professionals and Developers into a single place.It gives you access to a centralized repository of readiness content and lets you track your progress as you complete it. Our content library allows you to search across nearly 20 channels, including Microsoft Virtual Academy, Channel 9 and docs.microsoft.com, with more to follow, saving you space in your browser favorites. To help you on your learning journey we have also created structured Learning Pathways. So whether you are looking to kick-start your cloud knowledge, find out more about Microsoft 365 or learn about the latest updates to our existing products and feature sets, we have a pathway to fit your learning needs. And the best news is, that whenever new content becomes available, we will add it to the relevant learning pathways. As a subscriber to a learning pathway, you will then be notified to come back for the new materials if you want to stay up to date. This way, you will never stop learning and have a single place to find out more about our latest product advancements. If you missed the Microsoft Ignite Conference last month or want to review some of the content, do not worry we have you covered with specific pathways for all Microsoft Ignite materials. We also want to give you the power to keep track of your own learning progress. That is why we have created the Workspace and Dashboard area. Using these areas you can set deadlines, see what you have already achieved and how you compare to the rest of our community of learners. Try the Tech Academy now! Help us make the Tech Academy the best resource for all your learning and readiness needs by sharing any feedback you have below.Hey, I'm Dylan, your new Community Manager!
Hi there! As a community manager and over all tech geek, I'm incredibly excited to be part of the Microsoft Tech Community! Before joining the Tech Community team, I worked in reactive social engagement within Microsoft and freelanced in Social Strategy for a local indie publishing firm. Outside of work I spend a fair amount playing video/board games, spending time up in the mountains or going out to eat somewhere new in the city. Enjoying a nice cherry cider. (Yes, it was delicious.)Hey, I'm Eric, your community manager!
Hello all! I'm Eric Starker, your community manager - still relatively new, I've been at this since March. You'll find me primarily working in the Cloud & Enterprise spaces in the Tech Community, working with the esteemedDaniMartMS:) I'm located in Seattle, WA. My previous related background includes community management/social media stints at Microsoft, ad agency work, and other work in tech and gaming. I also have a past life pursuing a career as an actor/singer. Outside of work, I'm a big SF/fantasy nerd (still geeking out on last night's Game of Thrones premiere), love seeing theatre, wandering the city, board and video games, and traveling. Great to be here and look forward to continuing to chat with you all here in the Tech Community!Introducing Allen, our new Community Manager
I am very pleased to be joining a talented team who are dedicated to bringing IT professionals from all over Microsoft's products and services together to help solve shared problems and provide feedback. I am coming in from the Skype (Consumer) world where I have been running the Skype Community and Insider program. Before that I was running the Skype Developer program, enabling 3 rd party plugins to leverage and build upon the Skype ecosystem. I have been a beta tester for Skype since 2003, my first build was Windows 0.93 Beta, and I am also an active member of Windows Insider and Xbox Insider programs. My role here will be to collect and review your feedback and suggestions you have for our community. Using this data and aligning to our internal planning I will build out a roadmap for changes to the community platform and share these with you all. I am a certified Lithium community manager and building strong, dynamic and engaging communities is something I believe deeply in. Outside of work I spend time playing World of Tanks on my xBox, watching Sci-Fi (Dr Who and Star Trek mainly) and being from Bonny Scotland I love to get out and go for a drive in the country. I Love cruising, the picture above was taken as we approached the port of Messina in May 17. I invite you all to share any idea's you have about features on our Community Idea's board or comment below. Allen SAnnouncing the Microsoft Tech Community!
Today we are pleased to announce the launch of the Microsoft Tech Community, bringing multiple communities together in one central location to support discussions and best practice sharing across a variety of Microsoft products and services. The Microsoft Tech Community is an evolution of the Office 365 Network, growing to support new Azure; Windows Server, and SQL Server Communities and in future many more communities. The URL of the new community will change soon to http://techcommunity.microsoft.com and redirects will be in place for any existing URL on the http://network.office.com domain. In today's announcement, not only will you see new communities added but you will also see the following features: New Navigation Menu that reflects all of your favorite spaces, making it easier for you to navigate from space to space. Spaces can be discussions, blogs or idea exchanges and when favorited will appear here. Microsoft Ignite Community page launched: https://network.office.com/t5/Microsoft-Ignite-Conversations/bd-p/IgniteCommunity Discussions about Microsoft Ignite are happening here: https://network.office.com/t5/Microsoft-Ignite-Conversations/bd-p/IgniteCommunity Coming soon: Discussion threads for each session! Make sure you favorite the Microsoft Ignite Content space to stay up to date on the latest sessions! You can find the Microsoft Ignite Community Page via the new navigation menu under 'Events'. In our roadmap, this Events landing page will house more than just Microsoft Ignite but in the lead-up to the September event all our events efforts will be focused on Microsoft Ignite. New styling applied to Avatars. Colored rings indicate different community roles: 'Red' = a MTC (Microsoft Tech Community) Community Manager 'Blue' = a Microsoft Employee 'Green' = a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) Profile Hovercards activated when hovering over a member's avatar so you can easily see which organization they belong to and what their activity is on the MTC A 'Follow' button will be applied soon and we are working on a 'People' section to help you manage your networks and feeds from the people you follow in the MTC Toggle between Blogs and Discussions in Communities: While we don't have blogs everywhere in the community yet, we are supporting the concept of blogs in the community. This will be where Microsoft Product Experts will be sharing product news, insight into how Microsoft products work and best practices they've observed. 'Favorite' Blog spaces to power your feed in your Home Page. We have temporarily taken the Community Ideas section offline while we are working on some bug fixes. While you wait you can use the Community Discussion space to share feedback on the new community. Once Community Ideas are back online we'll be making an announcement in the Community Info Center. Coming soon: 'More Resources' links in the right hand rail of Communities Continuing to refine threading and whitespace in conversations for desktop and on mobile Ability to 'Follow' users via a button on their hovercard 'People' section (more on this soon) More Blogs & More Communities! The following fixes to bugs have been applied: Notification alert is now back on your Avatar via the Profile Menu To fix this bug we had to revert back to our original larger Profile Menu. We are investigating ways to make this profile menu smaller Community Spaces tiles are now wider to support longer Space names Removed the 'Sign In' text next to the Avatar placeholder image to support a better mobile experience Known bugs and issues we are working on fixing: @mentions not working on all browsers Line breaks in Firefox and on iOS in incorrect places Styling of the hyperlinks in the notifications feed Replies, Likes and Views Icons not appearing in IE 11 and IE 9 browsers Please continue to share your feedback in the new Microsoft Tech Community. We are scheduled to shut down the Office 365 Network on Yammer on September 15 (read announcement here). If you have questions about the future of groups that exist on the Yammer network and unable to find them on the new Microsoft Tech Community, please let us know via the Community Discussion space. Thank you for your input so far, we will continue to make updates to features of the MTC and the best way to stay informed is by favouriting the Community Announcements space to power your feed.
