SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: December 2023
Ho ho ho, Merry SharePoint! December 2023 brought a lot to review AND a lot to look forward. We'll focus on everything that landed this past month: SharePoint eSignature, Stream: Add a survey, poll, quiz, link or text, Viva Engage: Community creation API, OneDrive app for Teams, OneDrive: Open in app, Microsoft 365 Backup (Public Preview), Microsoft Loop moves to loop.cloud.microsoft, and indicating the retirement of Delve in Dec. 16, 2024. And then, we'll highlight the top 5 SharePoint tech items of 2023, peek ahead at 5 anticipated features slated for CY24-Q1, shine a light on a few related items, hit up the always fun teasers AND stick around: We've cooked up a bonus festive song for you titled, "It's beginning to look a lot like SharePoint" - it's queried at number one on the Power BI charts :).“WWSD: What would Sue do (for your intranet)” 🎙 – The Intrazone podcast
On this episode, we hear from Sue Hanley who expertly focuses on change -- evolving and improving your intranet. Sue is an information architect, a knowledge management expert, and she doesn't shy away from the word: Portal. Sue is steeped in all sorts of governance and collaboration consultation in the grandiose enterprise content services and app: SharePoint. We grabbed time with Sue to discover how to make intranets better, how to make them work for you AND be worthy for people to go to and come back. Employees need to find things quickly and get things done – or your intranet doesn’t get a second visit.“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.“Records compliance from the get-go” 🎙 – The Intrazone podcast
On this episode, we hear from Joanne Klein - an expert on compliance in Microsoft 365. Joanne brings energy and technical expertise to real-world implementations of collaboration balanced with compliance. We spoke onsite during 365 EduCon - Chicago about records management and specific tooling (like Microsoft Purview), content lifecycle management best practices, and how to get it right from the get-go.“In-person events tips and tricks” 🎙 – The Intrazone podcast
We grabbed time with three Microsoft tech event experts: Sharon Weaver (Founder & CEO | Smarter Consulting), Sean Bugler (Principal Innovation Architect | Metropolitan Transportation Commission), and Derek Cash-Peterson (Principal Architect | Sympraxis Consulting LLC) - to get their insights about in-person events. The goal is to give you, future attendee, tips, tricks, and best practices to optimize your in-person event experience. We also got a sense of what each person plans to present + each shared a fun story from their past in-person event memory box. And we derived how Copilot "should be spelled" in their "expert" opinions :). Lots of laughs. Lots to get you prepped before boarding your flight to Orlando, FL.SharePoint Intranet Festival | May 21, 2025 | Virtual
Get ready for the second SharePoint Intranet Festival, taking place virtually on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The event is produced by https://www.swoopanalytics.com and is packed with expert insights to support your employee engagement strategy and enterprise-wide communication efforts. What makes this event special? It’s grounded in real-world intranet use cases designed for all employees, not just head-office. You’ll hear directly from leading organizations like Citi, Comcast, Prologis, Syngenta, Bauer Media, VELUX, NRMA, AustralianSuper, and Services Australia, who will share practical experiences and outcomes. It’s a rich blend of perspectives from both the private and public sectors.SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop April 2025
The Easter Bunny hopped and in SharePoint tech terms - the SharePoint Easter eggs were hoppin' into your tenants! This month's (eggs) updates include: Viva Connections cards in SharePoint agents, SharePoint eSignature for Microsoft Word, SharePoint quick steps to automate common tasks and workflows, new document library template: "Resume repository", OneDrive: Ask Copilot questions on meeting recordings, and more. Plus, we recap the BIG Copilot news day and all the disclosed elements.SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: April 2024
We focus on everything that landed this past April 2024 | SharePoint brand center (Preview) with custom fonts support, Search from Viva Connections in Teams mobile, SharePoint: New feedback button, New Planner (GA), SharePoint eSignature + Approvals, SharePoint pages: New heading support, Clipchamp: Silence Removal, Microsoft Loop: Guest Sharing, and more. Plus a few audio clips from the recent New Planner launch events. And now, to the roadmap!SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop March 2025
March Madness in SharePoint tech terms means the SharePoint team worked like mad to deliver a lot of great new tech. Here’s a summary with what rolled out: Create pages with Copilot in SharePoint, Viva Connections: New News experience, SharePoint agents: New usage reports, a new Table toolbar, annotation layout and tools for editing PDFs, approval workflows to any list or library, OCR for OneDrive, and more. Plus, we recap the output of the SharePoint Hackathon - celebrating the winning submissions.Get to know Copilot – New episode of The Intrazone podcast
There is so much to learn about Microsoft 365 Copilot, it helps to have someone translate Copilot into practical knowledge, tips, and tricks. We chat with TJ Devine, one of Microsoft's foremost experts in Copilot - to hear how it evolves AND how best to talk about it - to understand what you can do with AI in Microsoft 365. You'll hear TJ touch on key AI innovations, core integration touch points, customer journeys with Copilot adoption, some of his favorite tips when working with Copilot, and a glimpse into the future. Small note: TJ, Mark, and Chris recorded this themselves - their real voices - no AI augmentation, just pure AI education!
