Announcing 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.Microsoft Tech Community: Upgrade complete
The Microsoft Tech Community platform upgrade is complete! This significant enhancement brings you a modernized user experience, powerful tools for seamless content creation and discovery, and a more accessible and inclusive community environment. With this upgrade, we have laid the groundwork for ongoing innovation, growth, and engagement. We invite you to explore the new features and share your feedback in the Community Lounge. We will continue to monitor performance and address any issues promptly to ensure a smooth experience for all users. Thank you for your continued support and active participation in the Microsoft Tech Community. We are excited about the future enhancements this upgrade will bring and look forward to your valuable feedback.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.
