Now in Public Preview: Quoted Reply for Desktop [web coming soon]
Description Quoted reply allows you to select messages in chat that you want to include in your response. It is a great way to add context and clarity with who you are conversing with whether it is a recent message or from one earlier in the conversation. Flighting status This feature is now available to everyone in Public Preview. How to enable Use an existing chat or create a new one. One on one, group, or meeting chat. Example User 1 writes multiple messages to user 2 User 2 opens the menu on the first message to use the reply feature User 2 writes their response with the reply embedded Final result after sending it. A useful function available is being able to click on the quoted portion of the message. Doing this will highlight the original message and also move the chat display to that location. The reply option is also available as a quick action by right clicking on the message you want to quote. Note: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below. Supported clients and platforms Windows 10 macOS iOS Android Linux Chrome Firefox Safari Edge Internet Explorer Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes No No No No No * mobile already supported Known issues None known Known limitations Quoted reply is a chat feature. It is not available for channels. This feature is supported in chats with external users except Skype for Business and Skype for Consumer as those experiences are plain text only. Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. See Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) for instructions. Summary of public preview features For a history of features in the Office and Teams public previews, see Release Notes Current Channel (Preview) - Office release notes | Microsoft Docs. Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. Thank you, Preview Team, @Jason Schumacher Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Teams Public Preview indicator “P” on avatar
Microsoft Teams Public Preview channel allows customers to easily preview and evaluate pre-release Teams features before they roll out to the rest of their company. There are no program requirements or commitments. This is an opt-in channel controlled via IT admin policy. Users who are in the Public Preview channel of Teams will now notice a “P” next to their profile picture/avatar as shown in the image below indicating that they are in in Public Preview channel of Teams. To learn more about Teams Public Preview and how to set/update the preview policy, please refer Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs Thank you, Preview Team, Shikha_Varshney Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in Teams Public Preview: Default file open setting for office files
Feature description The Teams desktop and web apps for Windows and Mac now enable users to configure the default app used to open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files that have been shared in Microsoft Teams. Users can configure Teams to open the file directly in Teams (default), open in the web browser, or open in the Word, Excel, or PowerPoint desktop apps. Prior to this feature rollout, clicking a PowerPoint, Word, or Excel file shared in Teams would open the file in Teams. Users could then select the option to open the file in the browser or Office desktop app. Alternatively, users could select More options (...) > Open and then select the target app in which they want to view/edit the Office file. Note: While it was not previously possible to change the default, this menu now offers an entry point for users to change the default app used to open Office files. Screenshot showing the options for opening an Excel spreadsheet from the Teams desktop app Screenshot showing the 'Change default' options to configure which app is used to open Office files Flighting status Available to all starting now. How to enable your client for Preview Step 1: IT admins – read instructions here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/MicrosoftTeams/public-preview-doc-updates Step 2: Users – read instructions here Feature release notes Feature should be mentioned here before posting - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/current-channel-preview How to enable the feature The ability to change the default app used to open Office files is available to all users by default. There are no admin controls or policies to disable this feature. Users can navigate to Teams Settings > General and scroll down to the Files section. The dropdown menu can be used to select the default app to open Office files: Teams (default) Desktop app Browser Screenshot of Teams general settings with the option for setting default Office file app highlighted Note: The option to choose 'Desktop app' is only available when using the Teams desktop app for Windows or macOS and only applies to that device. The Teams web app only shows options for 'Teams' and 'Browser'. O365 workload, Microsoft products dependency Workload, product etc Dependency (Yes/No) If yes, please share version requirement and any other dependency requirements Office build Yes To open a file in the Office desktop apps, users must install and activate version 16 or higher of PowerPoint/Word/Excel. Clients supported - Known issues NA Known limitations To open a file in the Office desktop apps, users must install and activate version 16 or higher of PowerPoint/Word/Excel. How to provide feedback If you run into any issues report them via your Teams client -- Help (bottom left) -- Give feedback Thank you, Preview Team @Soumitra Paul Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsNow in public preview: Pronouns in the Profile card
Description In a hybrid multicultural workplace, the simple act of using the right pronouns for one another can help build trust and improve communication among colleagues. If your Admin has turned on pronouns in your organization, you have the option to include them on your profile card. Pronouns are the words we use to replace someone's name in a sentence, such as “he,” “she,” or “they” in English. Examples: They asked for directions I told them the meeting is at 9 am This office is hers He will attend Flighting status Enabled in Public Preview. See more details below how to enable the feature. How to enable For Admins Note: By default, the pronouns setting is OFF. Important! Before you decide to turn pronouns on or off, please consider the following: When you turn pronouns on or off, it can take up to six hours for users to see changes. For example, if you turn pronouns on, users won’t be able to see the option to add pronouns on their profile for up to six (6) hours. If you turn pronouns off, any previously set pronouns might stay visible in Microsoft 365 (for example, on profile cards) for up to six (6) hours. When you turn pronouns off, all the pronouns' data created by users will be deleted. The data deletion process could take up to thirty (30) days to complete. If you decide to turn pronouns back on within that period, any hidden pronouns that have not yet been deleted from Microsoft servers will be made visible in Microsoft 365 experiences, such as profile cards. Here are steps for how to turn pronouns on or off in the Admin Center. (Please note that you tenant needs to be in Targeted release to see the settings.) Log into the Microsoft 365 Admin Center as a global administrator. Go to the Settings > Org settings > Security & privacy page, and then select Pronouns. Check the box to turn pronouns on. Uncheck the box to turn pronouns off. Select Save. For more information for Admins see: Pronouns in Microsoft 365 For end users Your pronouns are available to people at your work or school when they use Microsoft 365. Once you add your pronouns, anyone that has an account at your work or school, including guest accounts, can see the information. Go to Teams and open your profile card. To open your profile card in Teams, you can select your profile picture in the upper right corner in Teams. On your profile, select + Pronouns or the pronouns listed below your name. To add or change your pronouns, select from the examples (only available in English), or enter your own. To delete, remove your pronouns. In the example below, Elvia Atkins has added She/Her. Select Save and then Got it. Changes are updated immediately. For end users: Pronouns on your profile in Microsoft 365 Note 1: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below. Note 2: To be able to use this feature, users need to be in Public Preview and the feature needs to be enabled in their tenant. Supported clients and platforms Windows macOS iOS Android Linux Chrome Firefox Safari Edge Yes Yes - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes Known issues None Known limitations None Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. See Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) for instructions. Summary of public preview features For a history of features in the Teams public previews, see Microsoft Teams Public Preview - Microsoft Tech Community Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client. Thank you, Preview Team Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsTeams Insiders: Preview Features Sync
Agenda: Teams Preview Intro Meet the Teams Preview Program team Features discussion 7 features currently flighting in Public Preview Upcoming Preview features Date: Monday 1st February 2021 Time: Please save the attached calendar invite. Note: (Optional) Please join Teams Public Preview channel prior to joining the meeting 🙂Preview exited, now GA: PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams
Description Wish you could get some extra help behind the scenes while presenting in a Teams meeting? Check out our new Presenter View! Once you select a PowerPoint file from the Teams Share Tray, Presenter View is opened automatically. You can see the current slide, the slide notes, and a thumbnail strip of all the slides in the deck for easy ad-hoc slide navigation. This view is completely behind the scenes. It’s private to the presenter in control. Your audience can only see your current slide (highlighted in the big red box), or the slide that they choose to navigate to (if audience navigation is not locked by you). If you have a co-presenter for the meeting, when that person clicks “Take Control”, Presenter View will be opened for him or her immediately, while you’ll be switched to the normal audience view without the slide notes and the thumbnail strip. Flighting status Completed, fully available in R3.6. How to enable No setup needed. This is a view private to the presenter in control. Once the feature is available to you, you will see it if sharing a PowerPoint during a Teams meeting. Under Share tray > PowerPoint, choose a file and you will see the slide notes and the thumbnails of all of the slides. Note: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below. Microsoft 365 workloads and dependencies Product, workload, or area Dependency (Yes/No) If yes, version requirements and other dependencies Exchange No Sharepoint, files No Skype for Business No Outlook add-in No Azure AD No OneDrive No Office No Supported clients and platforms Windows 10 macOS iOS Android Linux Chrome Firefox Safari Edge Internet Explorer Yes Yes - - - - - - - - Known issues Control Bar: if the navigation buttons on the Teams U-bar disappears during your sharing, you'll have to leave the meeting and rejoin. High Contrast theme: Presenter View UI may not update to high contrast mode, if you change Teams theme to High Contrast during an ongoing sharing session. Known limitations Only available in the “new meeting experience” at the moment (Teams Settings > General > Application) Not available in Teams web app yet Enable your Teams client for the public preview First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs. Users then choose to join the public preview individually. See Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) for instructions. Summary of public preview features For a history of features in the Office and Teams public previews, see Release Notes Current Channel (Preview) - Office release notes | Microsoft Docs. Send us your feedback Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. Thank you, Preview Team Emily Kirby Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft TeamsGet rich insights from your data with intelligence in Excel
Those of us on the Excel team have been investing in intelligence for a long time, with the goal of making analysis easy and intuitive for everyone. Last week in this Office 365 blog post, we provided a closer look at a new feature called Insights. Insights is our newest artificial intelligence-powered capability that will roll out in preview to Office Insiders this month. We’re really excited about how well Insights will work alongside existing intelligent, results-oriented features like Flash Fill, Chart Recommendations, and PivotTable Recommendations, all of which are longtime user favorites. Read on for more information on Insights and the broader set of similar features already available in Excel. Releasing a preview of Insights Insights is a new service that automatically highlights patterns it detects in your data, helping you discover and analyze new insights such as trends, outliers, and other useful analyses and visualizations. It will look for interesting trends in your data and provide quick summaries with PivotTables and charts. Because this feature is powered by machine learning, it will provide increasingly advanced analysis as usage grows. We’re releasing Insights as a preview for Office Insiders this month. Automatic insights powered by AI Intelligence in Excel Excel is the go-to tool for millions when it comes to data and insights. Intelligence features in Excel help you accelerate your end-to-end workflow, from connecting and shaping data to understanding, analyzing, visualizing, and forecasting intricate information. Radically simple and powerful experiences in newer capabilities like Get & Transform and Power Pivot enable you to meet increasingly complex data needs by yourself. Here are some more examples of the Excel capabilities that help you uncover hidden data insights and be more productive. Recommended PivotTables—Recommended PivotTables is perfect for users who have limited experience with PivotTables. When you use this feature, Excel determines a meaningful layout by matching your data with the most suitable areas in the PivotTable. This helps give you a starting point for additional experimentation. After a recommended PivotTable is created, you can explore different orientations and rearrange fields to achieve your specific results. Recommended Charts—Instead of sifting through the dozens of options in Excel, the Recommended Charts tool automatically recommends a chart for you based on highlighted spreadsheet data, saving you time and giving you the best visual for your needs. Quick Analysis—The Quick Analysis tool provides immediate access to a gallery of formatting styles and visualizations, including charts, tables, formulas, and sparklines. It automatically recommends the best approach for analyzing your selected range of data, and then produces an immediate preview so you can quickly judge different options. For example, you don’t need to be a PivotTables expert to use them: Quick Analysis will generate one for you, giving you more time to analyze data instead of organizing it. Just like other Excel innovations, Quick Analysis was designed to save you time and help you quickly surface the right insights. Conditional Formatting—One of our customers’ favorite tools, Conditional Formatting gives you the flexibility to write rules that format data sets in a specific way. For example, it can highlight duplicates, add color scales, and incorporate icons to help you quickly identify anomalies and patterns. Error Checking Options—If you’re working with a lot of data, it’s easy to mistype a number or enter the wrong formula. Excel helps you avoid these errors with notifications that appear when a set of numbers or formulas seems wrong or inconsistent. These notifications also give advice for fixing the error, saving you time looking for a solution. AutoFill and Flash Fill—Both AutoFill and Flash Fill were built with one goal in mind: to save you time entering and manipulating data. With AutoFill, you can quickly populate an entire column with sequential data, like dates. Flash Fill works similarly, but recommends inputs based on data in adjacent cells. Flash Fill is often used to help people transform or clean their data for further analysis. Map Charts—Excel can automatically detect geospatial information in spreadsheets using Bing to produce data-infused maps. These maps help you segment data by country, state, county, or postal code to identify regional patterns. One-click forecasting—If you have historical time-based data, you can use Excel’s one-click forecasting to create a forecast. This feature creates a new worksheet that contains both a table of the historical and predicted values and a chart that expresses this data. A forecast can help you predict things like future sales, inventory requirements, and consumer trends. Plus, several partners have built Azure-enabled Excel tools that incorporate machine learning into the forecasting feature for more robust, customized insights. Get & Transform—One of the most significant additions to Excel 2016 was Get & Transform, a powerful set of tools that provide fast, easy data gathering and shaping capabilities. Using Get & Transform, you can connect, combine, and refine data sources to meet your analysis needs. You can connect to a whole host of data types like Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL and data providers like Exchange, SalesForce, Dynamics, even Facebook. Power Pivot—Power Pivot performs powerful data analysis and creates sophisticated data models. With Power Pivot, you can mash up millions of rows of data from various sources, perform information analysis rapidly, and share insights easily. We also recently announced that Excel will soon be able to understand more data types than just text and numbers. Plus, it will be able to augment your data based on public and enterprise data sources over time. Lastly, we’ll be releasing a capability that enables developers and data scientists to create new functions that business users can leverage for more customized analyses. Stay tuned. If you’d like to stay connected to Excel and its community, read our Excel blog posts, and send us ideas and suggestions for the next version of Excel through UserVoice. You can also follow Excel on Facebook and Twitter. Insights in Excel is starting to roll out in preview to Office 365 commercial subscribers enrolled in Office Insiders in the United States this month
