Planning a Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 Migration? What Should You Consider?
Hi everyone, Has anyone recently migrated from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365? I’m interested in knowing what challenges you faced during the migration, especially around mailbox data, calendars, contacts, user mapping, or the final cutover process. For those planning the migration, what are the key things you recommend preparing before getting started? Would like to hear your experiences and suggestions.
Tracking whether managers actually complete their review cycles on time
Every quarter our HR team has to chase managers who havent finished their performance reviews. Right now they literally track it in an Excel spreadsheet and send reminder emails manually. Its embarrassing honestly. We're an M365 shop and I feel like there should be a way to automate this or at least get some visibility into completion rates without it being a manual process. Whats everyone else doing?PowerPoint NEW Image Editing Tools Explained — Remove Background, Upscale & Edit Images Instantly!
🚀 PowerPoint just received one of its most powerful updates ever! Microsoft has introduced a brand‑new built‑in image editing experience, allowing you to enhance visuals without leaving PowerPoint. In my latest YouTube video, I walk through all the new capabilities now rolling out in Microsoft 365, including: ✨ Remove background 🧽 Erase unwanted objects 🔄 Move elements inside an image 🔍 Upscale low‑resolution pictures ⚡ Auto‑enhance lighting & contrast 📝 Add or edit text directly on images All of this happens directly inside PowerPoint, making slide creation faster and more intuitive than ever. These features are now available on: 💻 Windows 🍎 Mac 🌐 PowerPoint for the Web If you work with presentations daily, this update is a real productivity boost. 📹 Watch the full breakdown and demo here ➡️ https://youtu.be/OZzfFi2qpAk Let me know what feature you find the most useful! 👇 #Microsoft365 #PowerPoint #Productivity #AI #Presentations #Microsoft365Insider #CreatorsAutoSave disabled when opening SharePoint-synced files from Finder after macOS Tahoe 26.6 update
Files stored in SharePoint Online and synchronized locally through OneDrive are opened as local documents when launched from Finder. Office applications display "Saved to my Mac" and AutoSave is turned off by default. However, opening the exact same files through Word/Excel > Open > Sites, or via SharePoint "Open in Desktop App", correctly identifies them as cloud documents. In that scenario, AutoSave is enabled and collaboration/version history features work as expected. Troubleshooting already performed: OneDrive reset and re-linked SharePoint library re-synced Signed out and back into both Office and OneDrive Removed Microsoft credentials from macOS Keychain and re-authenticated Recreated local OneDrive sync relationships Verified OneDrive File Provider extensions are enabled Verified Office applications and OneDrive are fully up to date Tested with newly created files and existing files Tested "Always Keep on This Device" with no change in behavior The issue appears to be specific to the Finder-to-Office launch path after upgrading to macOS Tahoe 26.6. Before upgrading to macOS Tahoe 26.6, opening the same SharePoint-synchronized files directly from Finder correctly preserved cloud document identity and AutoSave was enabled as expected. I discussed this issue in detail with Apple Support, but they quickly dismissed it, saying that the problem is not on Apple's side and that I should contact Microsoft instead.New Entra ID group device criteria scoping is missing from Cloud Update
Hi, the New Entra ID group device criteria scoping is missing from Cloud Update. Message center says that it should be GA late July, but here we are and it's still not there. Is there a way to know when should we expect it to rollout for real? Thks in advance and don't hesitate if you have any questions
How can specific users be exempted from a tenant-scoped Microsoft 365 Apps Policy?
Hello, I am looking for guidance regarding Microsoft 365 Apps Cloud Policy Service behavior and policy precedence. Current configuration: In Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center → Policy Management (config.office.com), we have the following policies: Policy 1 Name: Shorten Meeting Global Scope: Tenant Priority: 0 Configured settings: Shorten appointments and meetings = Enabled Reduce the end time of short appointments and meetings = 5 minutes Reduce the end time of long appointments and meetings = 10 minutes Policy 2 Name: Test Scope: User (Security Group) Priority: 1 Assigned only to a dedicated test group Relevant settings configured as Not Configured Observed client behavior: On corporate-managed devices, affected users receive the following registry values: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Cloud\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar shortenevents = End_Early endearlyshort = 5 endearlylong = 10 The Outlook option: File > Options > Calendar > Shorten appointments and meetings is greyed out. Additional validation: Using the same Microsoft 365 account on an external non-corporate device: The above registry path is not present. The Outlook option is editable. Testing performed: A user-scoped Cloud Policy was created and assigned to a dedicated security group. For the "Shorten appointments and meetings" setting, only the following options are available: Enabled Not Configured There is no Disabled option. but the Tenant policy continued to apply and the Outlook option remained locked. Questions Is there a supported way to exempt specific users from a tenant-scoped Microsoft 365 Apps Cloud Policy when the setting only supports "Enabled" and "Not Configured" and does not provide a "Disabled" option? Does Not Configured in a User-scoped policy allow evaluation to continue to the lower-priority Tenant policy? If policy precedence is changed so that: Test Policy = Priority 0 Tenant Policy = Priority 1 would the User policy potentially suppress the Tenant setting? Is there a supported way in Microsoft 365 Apps Cloud Policy Service to provide exceptions for specific users while keeping the Tenant policy as the organizational default? Has anyone successfully implemented an exclusion or override scenario for the "Shorten appointments and meetings" setting? Any guidance or documentation references would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.Best way to run pulse surveys inside Teams?
I’m looking for a lightweight way to run recurring pulse surveys directly in Teams. Forms works fine for basic questions, but follow-up, reminders, anonymity, and reporting become manual pretty quickly. Curious what others are using for short employee check-ins or sentiment surveys inside the Microsoft ecosystem. Or am I not using Forms to its full potential?
Office Home & Business 2019 license no longer recognized after reinstall ("No license found")
Hello everyone, I'm looking for some help because Microsoft Support has not been able to solve this issue. I own a genuine perpetual license of Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac, linked to my Microsoft account since August 2019. The license is still listed under Services & Subscriptions, but Office no longer activates. My hardware MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012) Model: MacBookPro10,2 Intel Core i5 8 GB RAM macOS Ventura 13.7.8 Installed using OpenCore Legacy Patcher Office version originally working: 16.78 Later tested with 16.101 and 16.93 Same result on every version What happened Office had already been successfully activated and worked normally. I was able to: create documents edit documents save documents After restarting the Mac, Office suddenly requested activation again. Since then it has never activated successfully. Initially Office failed to activate with an unknown error. After completely uninstalling and reinstalling Office using Microsoft's installer, the activation process changed. I can now successfully sign in with my Microsoft account, but after authentication Office displays: "No license found for this account." My Office Home & Business 2019 license is still present in my Microsoft account under Services & Subscriptions. Even though my Microsoft account clearly owns Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac. Microsoft account The license appears correctly under: Services & Subscriptions Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac Added to my account on August 7, 2019. The website instructs me to open an Office application and sign in to activate. Everything I've already tried Uninstalled Office completely Installed Office again using Microsoft's installer Installed Office 16.78 Installed Office 16.93 Updated to Office 16.101 Removed Office containers Removed Group Containers Deleted OneAuth cache Deleted Entrabroker cache Removed activation tokens Cleared Office preferences Signed out and signed back into Microsoft account Deleted Office credentials from Keychain Reinstalled Microsoft AutoUpdate Verified no MDM profile exists Verified Internet Accounts Verified Microsoft account Microsoft Support remotely accessed my Mac and repeated all troubleshooting steps Nothing solved the issue. Additional information Running: defaults read com.microsoft.office returns: OfficeActivationLicense = NoLicense although: OfficeActivationEmailAddress = email address removed for privacy reasons is correctly detected. The activation window successfully reaches Microsoft's login page. Office now asks for my Microsoft account credentials. Authentication completes successfully. After a few seconds Office reports: "No license found for this account." It then offers only two options: Buy Microsoft 365 Use another account Microsoft Support remotely connected to my Mac, completely removed Office, installed a newer official installer, and the problem remained exactly the same. My question Has anyone experienced this after reinstalling Office 2019? Could this be: a licensing server issue? an incompatibility introduced after Office 2019 reached end of support? an activation problem related to OpenCore Legacy Patcher? something else? I would really appreciate any suggestions. Thank you very much. Additional notes: The Office license has been associated with the same Microsoft account since 2019. The same installation was successfully activated and worked normally before the problem started. The issue only appeared after restarting the Mac. Microsoft Support has already remotely accessed my computer and could not resolve the problem.Bookings - No more notes or extra fields available
Hi there and happy new year to all. Starting from mid-december, we are facing an issue with our company Microsoft Bookings: basically the custom fields (like address, notes and so on). The book page will just ask for Name & Surname, E-mail Address and Phone Number. On our Administration back-end, the Customer Notes fileds is greyed out (you cannot enable it), and all the custom fields disappeared, you have just the standard ones. We have this issue in all our different booking pages, and all the services are affected. Any hint about this? Thanks!
