SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: February 2021
February 2021 brought some great new SharePoint and related tech offerings: Microsoft Viva Topics (GA), SharePoint web part toolbox updates, Lightbox for images, Quick Links web part audience targeting, SharePoint portal launcher scheduler, Microsoft Lists: Number column updates, Managed Metadata column, Microsoft Search in classic SharePoint sites, and more. Details and screenshots below, including our audible, “groundhog, shadow-casted” companion: The Intrazone Roadmap Pitstop: February 2021 podcast episode – all to help answer, "What's rolling out now for SharePoint and related technologies into Microsoft 365?"
SharePoint roadmap pitstop - October 2024
October 2024 brought many spooky and exciting updates - no bones about it (ok, a skull or two, maybe): Copilot agents in SharePoint, Clipchamp for Microsoft 365 E3 and E5, Copilot in Viva Amplify, SharePoint eSignature: Adobe Acrobat Sign and Docusign integration, SharePoint: Design Ideas, Microsoft Lists: Add approvals to any list, Copilot agents in OneDrive (announced), Colorful folders in Windows File Explorer, SharePoint list and library rules will now send notifications from the no-reply@sharepointonline.com email address, New Planner for the Web, Teams new calendar experience, and more.SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: August 2024
August 2024 brought some great new offerings across a number of engineering teams not vacationing: Microsoft 365 Backup (GA), SharePoint: A new Start experience, SharePoint: New Banner web part, Stream Playlist card on Viva Connections dashboard, Viva Amplify: Video templates, OneDrive: Annotate PDFs (text boxes), Microsoft Lists: Row reorder, Clipchamp: Image background removal, Microsoft Loop components in OneNote, and more.SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: September 2022
September 2022 brought some great new offerings: Cultural site template for Hispanic Heritage Month, Manage site access based on sensitivity label, Viva Learning cards for the Viva Connections Dashboard, New 'Activity' column in OneDrive, Granular Policies for OneDrive: Request Files, Quick Access to SharePoint document libraries in Office backstage, Schedule send for Teams chat, Video clips in Teams chat (Preview), new Stream mobile app (beta) - iOS and Android, improved Adobe PDF experience in Microsoft Teams, and more.In the podcast episode, I chat with Sesha Mani, Principal group product manager on the SharePoint team focused on all the goodness SharePoint and OneDrive IT Pros can do to manage and control their collaborative, content management environments. You'll hear what we're doing to make it easier to more-granularly protect your sites, easier-to-switch profiles in Edge, user-defined permissions for Office files, and protected PDF support.SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: September 2024
September 2024 brought a few nice updates and some key disclosures—SharePoint: Brand center, Copilot in OneDrive (GA), Copilot in SharePoint: Text web part, Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 news, Bing Generative Search news, Microsoft Delve retirement, Microsoft AI Tour Live updates, completion of the Microsoft Loop Learning Series, and more.“Ubisoft: Custom search supports game development” 🎙 – The Intrazone podcast
Game on! We caught up with Mihaela Nita, Franck Cornu, and Stephanie Daigle - all from the gaming company Ubisoft- to learn about their journey to update their old global search application – originally built on SharePoint Server 2013 on-premises, now fully leveraging SharePoint in Microsoft 365.“Microsoft 365 Backup - Veeam” 🎙 – The Intrazone podcast
Back up your data with confidence. Microsoft 365 Backup offers lightning-fast restorability, ensuring business continuity. On this episode, guest host, Brad Gussin from the SharePoint engineering team, provides an overview of the core offering. You'll then hear an interview with our valued partner, Karinne Bessette from Veeam, about the Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 solution.SharePoint roadmap pitstop: July 2024
July 2024 brought some great new offerings—New SharePoint content pane, co-authoring in SharePoint, OneDrive: Additional file types to filter, OneDrive: Updated shared folder experience, new Copilot in Planner (preview), the 2024 release wave 2 plans for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, details about how to enter the Deadpool Xbox giveaway sweepstakes, and more. Plus, we hear fromMelissa Torres on recent SharePoint pages innovation, including co-authoring.“Microsoft 365 Backup - Commvault” 🎙 – The Intrazone podcast
You need reliable backup and restore of for your data, within hours – not weeks or months. Microsoft 365 Backup is your in-place solution for lightning-fast restorability, ensuring business continuity. We appreciate the value our partner ecosystem brings to extend our core offering. On this episode, guest host, Brad Gussin (Principal PM Manager on the SharePoint team) and me provide an overview of the core Microsoft offering. You'll then hear Brad (Microsoft) interview our valued partner, Brad Kirby (Senior Director of Product Management at Commvault) about their integration of Commvault Cloud with our Microsoft 365 Backup storage platform - extending data recoverability and searchability.
