Binge watch all the new SharePoint deeper dive demos in our Microsoft Mechanics video playlist
If you want to binge watch all of what's new and coming to SharePoint, check out the Microsoft Mechanics SharePoint Virtual Summit 2017 demo playlist. We feature the engineers behind the technology updates across Communication Sites, OneDrive, mobile, Team Sites and more. First up: Communication Sites, but the rest will roll in automatically
Announcement: OneDrive Sync Updates
All of us here on the OneDrive Team have been hard at work delivering many of the OneDrive sync client updates we communicated at Ignite to further improve the user experience and administration of syncing files from Office 365. With the holidays rapidly approaching we wanted to give you an update on those enhancements. The best part is the latest OneDrive sync client will automatically update with these new capabilities. If you aren’t running the latest OneDrive sync client, or aren’t sure, you can learn more here. Activity center The activity center is now available in the latest OneDrive sync client on Mac and PC giving you visibility to the most recent sync activity and status. Simply click on the OneDrive icon in your system tray (PC) or Finder (Mac) to see your file sync Conditional access You can now restrict OneDrive sync to only domain joined or workplace joined devices. You can even make access contingent on PC health if you like. All of this can be managed through the new OneDrive admin center preview and by configuring Azure Active Directory policies. Learn more here. Syncing SharePoint sites Making sure you have the information that is critical to you on every device no matter where you are is key to our customers. The ability to sync SharePoint sites directly to OneDrive is one of these features that makes doing this easier and simpler for end users. We’ve had great feedback on the public preview of syncing SharePoint Online document libraries in the latest OneDrive sync client. We remain committed to providing a reliable and performant sync experience for all your Office 365 files and continue to refine the public preview to meet our quality expectations. We’re on target to make this capability generally available in January. Standalone Mac client Ever since we added OneDrive for Business support to the latest sync client, we’ve seen an increase of adoption and interest from the Mac community. However, one of the largest blockers for enterprise deployments is that most admins do not want to utilize the Mac App Store to deploy and distribute software due to its limitations. Today we’re releasing a standalone OneDrive sync client for Mac that you can deploy and manage outside of the Mac App Store. This standalone client also provides sync status visual overlays in Finder, a Finder shortcut for OneDrive, and the ability to set-up OneDrive sync to run at log in. This latest client also has built-in multi-language support. You can get the standalone client for Mac here. As we get ready for 2017, I want to take a moment to wish all of you a healthy and happy new year from the OneDrive/SharePoint teams here in Redmond. We look forward to continuing to bring all of you more great innovation while finding new ways to make you more productive no matter where and how you choose to work. Thank you and happy holidays! Stephen L Rose Director, OneDrive Product MarketingIntroducing Microsoft Teams Real-time Call Quality Analytics
The purpose of this article is to provide the reader insights on using the Microsoft Teams Real Time Analytics Dashboard. An overview and walk through on using the RTA tool is detailed along with real world example scenarios that the reader can use as foundational knowledge when beginning to troubleshoot conferences within their own environments.What’s new in Office 365 Usage Reporting – Ignite Edition
In Office 365, admins have access to a suite of usage reporting tools - including the reporting dashboard in the admin center with 18 reports and Usage Analytics in PowerBI - that enable them to get a deep understanding of how their organization is using Office 365. Today, we're introducing a wealth of new usage reporting capabilities that help organizations drive end user adoptionMicrosoft wants your ideas on end user adoption & engagement with Microsoft 365 & Office 365
Microsoft is looking for IT professionals like you to provide feedback on end user adoption and engagement for Microsoft 365 / Office 365 through a brief survey. Topics include key challenges in your role, end-user adoption and engagement practices, and preferred communications from Microsoft.
