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Sunday, January 29, 2023

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 4 - 2023 (January 23 - January 29)

Hello Friend of Microsoft Teams,

Find below a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that have been published in Week 4 of 2023, January 23 – January 29.

Feel free to share with your partners, customers, colleagues, and peers.

 

What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):

Field Advisories:

 

Community:


M365 Message Center :

 

  • Teams :

 

Introducing the new enriched and valuable offering of Teams Premium MC505035 · Published Jan 27, 2023

We introduced the new offering of Microsoft Teams Premium as a preview on Friday, December 16, 2022. Teams Premium provides you with additional value for Teams advanced capabilities.            

Teams Premium will include all Advanced Communications features and as well as additional capabilities for intelligence, security, advanced webinars, and advanced Virtual Appointments.        

Teams Premium will be available at a lower price than Advanced Communications.

 

(Updated) Introducing OneNote viewer in Teams mobile apps MC469578 · Published Nov 22, 2022 · Last updated Jan 26, 2023

Updated January 26, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are excited to announce the OneNote viewer feature within Teams mobile apps.

Through this new feature, users will be able to open and view OneNote notebooks right within their Teams mobile apps. Users interested in editing the content will be directed to the standalone OneNote mobile app. The experience will be available as part of the Teams mobile apps on Android and iOS (including iPads) starting with English language users, followed by international languages.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 103097

Standard Release: We expect to begin rolling out the OneNote viewer starting early December 2022 and complete the rollout by late February (previously late January).

 

Microsoft Teams: Simplified App Update Experience MC503298 · Published Jan 26, 2023

Microsoft Teams now maintains an index of all of the apps (and the corresponding versions) a user has consented to. Using this index, an app is automatically updated in real time everywhere it is installed for the user. After the user updates the app in any one context, the updated version is available in all other installed contexts, without any other user action.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95676

GA: We will begin rollout in early March and expect rollout to be complete by late March.

GCC, GCC-H, DoD: We will begin rollout in mid-March and expect rollout to be complete by early April.

 

Additional Filters in Approvals update MC502190 · Published Jan 25, 2023

We are providing this message as an update to MC449930 (October '22).

Microsoft Teams approval list within the personal app will include additional filters to filter your approval list. You can search for keywords in the Approval title or filter by Requested or Custom approvals.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 92486

This is available now.

 

Teams in-context Stores MC501986 · Published Jan 25, 2023

The in-context stores are found in menus throughout the Teams experience that let users discover and install apps that support the specific context the user is in. For example, when a user opens the Message extension (ME) in-context store they are shown a selection of apps that have the ME capability. Discovering apps in the in-context Store keeps users in their flows and avoids unnecessary context switching.

We have started rolling this out and will complete rolling out by late March 2023.

 

Microsoft Teams: Automatic lowering of a user's Raised Hand after speaking MC501981 · Published Jan 25, 2023

Teams will soon have a feature that will alert attendees in meetings that have raised their hands and already had their questions addressed to automatically lower their hand. This will allow meeting organizers the opportunity to focus on unanswered questions.

This release will be rolling out only to Microsoft Teams Desktop users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90022.

Public Preview will roll out in early February.

Rolling out to Production will begin in mid-March and expect to complete rollout by late March.

GCC will begin rolling out in late March and complete by early April.

GCC-H will begin rolling out in late April and complete by early May.

DoD will begin rolling out in early May and complete by mid-May.

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users ability to delete chats MC466199 · Published Nov 12, 2022 · Last updated Jan 24, 2023

Updated January 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Due to an issue with admin controls in TAC that we are actively working on fixing, please refer to the PowerShell documentation to control the setting for enabling or disabling delete chat capability. Link: Set-CsTeamsMessagingPolicy

Users will be able to delete 1:1 chats, group chats, and meeting chats if they are a participant in Microsoft Teams. This permanently deletes the chat only for the user, other people in the chat and conversation history are not impacted.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90723

We will begin rolling out in early December and expect to complete rollout by mid-February (previously mid-December).

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Mention Everyone in chat MC485628 · Published Dec 15, 2022 · Last updated Jan 24, 2023

Updated January 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Similar to how users mention individuals in chat, users will now have the option for “Everyone” within their options for mentions. After typing @, users will see the same people results they see today, but a new option, “Everyone” will be available. By selecting Everyone and sending the message, a notification will be sent to all users in the group chat based on their selected notification settings. Users can adjust how they are notified within their Teams notification settings.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 101573

We will begin rolling out in mid-February (previously late January) and expect to complete rollout to desktop, iOS and Android in mid-March (previously late February).

 

(Updated) Custom Download Location for Files in Teams MC420059 · Published Aug 26, 2022 · Last updated Jan 24, 2023

Updated January 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently all file downloads from Microsoft Teams go to the Downloads folder. We are releasing a new feature that enables users to be able to choose their preferred download location for downloading files from Teams or specify a download location for each download.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 94719

We will begin rollout in early September and expect rollout to be completed by late March (previously late January).

 

(Updated) Schedule Send for Teams Chat MC427758 · Published Sep 8, 2022 · Last updated Jan 24, 2023

Updated January 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

As remote teams become more common and spread across multiple time zones, Teams is introducing the schedule send feature that allows users to schedule chat messages to be delivered in the future. With this feature, we can help build better work-life balance and support flexible schedules by scheduling chat messages so that they only deliver during our peer’s work hours. Users can schedule messages to be delivered both on desktop and mobile. Additionally, all scheduled messages can be edit and delete before they are delivered.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88281

Production: will begin rolling out in early November (previously late September) and we are expected to complete roll out by mid-February (previously late November).

GCC: roll out will start in mid-January and complete by mid-February.

GCCH: roll out will start in mid-February and complete by mid-March.

DoD: roll out will start in mid-February and complete by mid-March.

 

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(Updated) New Service Plans for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva SKUs MC482179 · Published Dec 9, 2022 · Last updated Jan 25, 2023

Updated January 24, 2023: We have updated this message with additional details.

As previously announced, we will be releasing our new experiences for Viva Engage and Answers in Microsoft Viva in early 2023. We are now assigning the new service plans to the corresponding SKUs to get ready for the release.

Beginning in mid-December 2022 and expect to complete by late December 2022.

 

Meeting Category Trends and Details in the Viva Insights App in Teams and Meeting Category Insights Card in Digest Email MC434658 · Published Sep 19, 2022 · Last updated Jan 24, 2023

Updated January 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Categories in Outlook and Teams allow users to easily tag, label, and group calendar events. In the Viva Insights app in Teams, using meeting category insights in the Effective meetings tab, users can see a percentage breakdown of how they are distributing their time across their categories.

An upcoming update to this feature will allow users to:

See how their meeting time distribution has changed over the last 3 months, the last 4 weeks, and the next 4 weeks under meeting trends

View the list of meetings in each category, with details including meeting name, total time spent, duration of each instance, and cadence, under meeting details

We are also releasing a new card in the Digest email from Microsoft Viva that summarizes their meeting category insights. In this card, users will be able to see up to 3 categories in which they have spent the most time over the last 4 weeks. This card will show the percentage of time each category contributed to the user’s total meeting time in the last 4 weeks, as well as how that percentage has changed from the previous 4 weeks. The explore more button provides an easy way to navigate to meeting category insights in the Viva Insights app, where users can explore percentage breakdown, trends, and details.

These features will be available for users who have a Viva Insights subscription.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98164

We will begin rolling out in early November (previously mid-October) and expect to complete rollout by late February (previously early January).

 

Microsoft Viva: Praise Highlights in Profile Card in Teams and Outlook MC500903 · Published Jan 24, 2023

Praise in Microsoft Teams is designed to appreciate the effort that goes into the wide-ranging, collaborative work that Teams users do. Users can send praise to their colleagues through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar or through the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams. For both, admins can use the Microsoft Teams admin center to enable/disable Praise.

With updates coming soon, praises received will be highlighted on a user’s profile card in Teams and Outlook. There are settings available for users that prevent praise highlights from being visible on their profile card.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109551

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in early February and expect to complete rollout by late February.

 

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 3 - 2023 (January 16 - January 22)

Hello Friend of Microsoft Teams,

Find below a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that have been published in Week 3 of 2023, January 16 – January 22.

Feel free to share with your partners, customers, colleagues, and peers.

 

What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):



Field Advisories:

 

Community:


M365 Message Center :

 

  • Teams :

 

(Updated) Schedule Send for Teams Chat MC427758 · Published Sep 8, 2022 · Last updated Jan 20, 2023

Updated January 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below to account for mobile rollout. Thank you for your patience.

As remote teams become more common and spread across multiple time zones, Teams is introducing the schedule send feature that allows users to schedule chat messages to be delivered in the future. With this feature, we can help build better work-life balance and support flexible schedules by scheduling chat messages so that they only deliver during our peer’s work hours. Users can schedule messages to be delivered both on desktop and mobile. Additionally, all scheduled messages can be edit and delete before they are delivered.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88281

Production: will begin rolling out in early November (previously late September) and we are expected to complete roll out by mid-February (previously late November).

GCC: roll out will start in mid-February and complete by mid-March.

GCCH: roll out will start in mid-February and complete by mid-March.

DoD: roll out will start in mid-February and complete by mid-March.

 

The Room Remote feature for desktop MC499441 · Published Jan 20, 2023

The Room Remote feature enables touchless meetings by allowing users to control a nearby shared meeting room device from their Desktop/PC with Teams client.

This feature was first launched on Mobile and will now be available on your Desktop device formfactor.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95482

Rollout is expected to start mid-January 2023 and will complete late January 2023.

 

(Updated) General availability - Receive all chats messages in all scopes MC485096 · Published Dec 14, 2022 · Last updated Jan 19, 2023

Updated January 19, 2023: We have updated the timeline and content below. Thank you for your patience.

The resource-specific consent (RSC) permissions model for receiving all message, originally developed for Microsoft Teams Graph APIs, is being extended to bot scenarios. This feature was available for the channel scope and now is being extended to chat scope.  With RSC, conversation owners can consent for a bot to receive all user messages in standard channels and chats without being @mentioned.

This change is related to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 100883

Will begin rolling out early March (previously early January) and expect to complete by late March (previously late January).

 

(Updated) Customer Lockbox for Microsoft Teams MC346909 · Published Mar 25, 2022 · Last updated Jan 17, 2023

Updated January 17, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Customer Lockbox is available today for Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. With this update, we are enabling Customer Lockbox for Microsoft Teams as well.

Note: If you are already using Customer Lockbox today, no extra steps are needed to take advantage of this update.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86190.

Standard: We will begin rolling this out in late March and expect to complete rollout by late April. - Complete

GCC: We will begin rolling this out in mid-June and expect to complete rollout by late December (previously late June). - Complete

GCC-H: We will begin rolling this out in early September and expect to complete rollout by late April (previously late December).

DoD: We will begin rolling this out in early-September and expect to complete rollout by late April (previously late December).

 

(Updated) Known Issue: Admins may not be able to update certain Teams devices to the latest available firmware MC495325 · Published Jan 6, 2023 · Last updated Jan 17, 2023

Updated January 17, 2023: We have updated the ETA for this below. Thank you for your patience.

We are temporarily pausing updates (previously announced via Message center) to the latest available firmware for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android devices, Phones, Displays, and Panels from Teams admin center.

 

  • Microsoft 365/Viva :

 

(Updated) New Service Plans for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva SKUs MC482179 · Published Dec 9, 2022 · Last updated Jan 20, 2023

Updated January 20, 2023: We have updated this message to ensure visibility.

As previously announced, we will be releasing our new experiences for Viva Engage and Answers in Microsoft Viva in early 2023. We are now assigning the new service plans to the corresponding SKUs to get ready for the release.

Beginning in mid-December 2022 and expect to complete by late December 2022.

 

For the latest information/updates you can always check these resources :

 

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Kind Regards/Vriendelijke groeten/Med vänlig hälsning/Salutations,

Mattias Kressmark


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Sunday, January 15, 2023

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 2 - 2023 (January 9 - January 15)

Hello Friend of Microsoft Teams,

Find below a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that have been published in Week 2 of 2023, January 9 – January 15.

Feel free to share with your partners, customers, colleagues, and peers.

 

 What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):


Field Advisories:

 

Community:


M365 Message Center :

 

  • Teams :


(Updated) Announcing Microsoft Teams Premium MC445406 · Published Oct 12, 2022 · Last updated Jan 14, 2023

Updated January 14, 2022: We have updated the content below to provide additional clarity. Thank you for your patience.

Today, we are excited to announce Microsoft Teams Premium. Built on the familiar, all-in-one collaboration experience of Microsoft Teams, this new offering makes every meeting from 1:1s to large meetings, to virtual appointments to webinars more personalized, intelligent, and protected. Unlike the disconnected experience and costs of multiple point products or add-ons, with Teams Premium you get everything you need for just one low price.

As part of the Teams Premium announcement, these existing features will move to Teams Premium, and will be still open for everyone for a grace period of time:

  • Live translation of captions – available to all until 60 days after Teams Premium General availability.
  • Custom together mode scenes - available to all until 30 days after Teams Premium General availability.
  • Timeline markers in Teams meetings recordings (join/leave meetings)- available to all until 30 days after Teams Premium General availability.
  • Virtual Appointments - available to all until 30 days after Teams Premium General availability.
    • SMS notifications
    • Organizational analytics in Admin Center
    • Scheduled queue view

Teams Premium will be generally available in February.

 

Actionable Missed call Notification in Activity MC497317 · Published Jan 14, 2023

Users will have the option to call back on a missed call directly from their activity feed. This will help users complete the underlying task quickly and improve triaging of activities.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102236

Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-January and expect to complete by late January.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early February and expect to complete by mid-February.

 

Microsoft Teams: Federated Group Calling MC496927 · Published Jan 12, 2023

We are releasing the capability for users to easily start a group Teams call with federated colleagues outside of the organization, including video and screensharing, all over an internet connection without any PSTN usage charges.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 103042

Rollout will begin in early January 2023 and is expected to be complete by mid-January 2023.

 

(Updated) My Activity retirement in Teams desktop and web clients MC450203 · Published Oct 26, 2022 · Last updated Jan 12, 2023

Updated January 12, 2023: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

As announced in MC411679 (August '22) we are retiring "My Activity" feature within the Activity app from Microsoft Teams desktop and web clients.

Activity will now support only activities directed to you (the option to view activities initiated by you will be retired), where we will continue to invest our development resources.

We will begin rolling this out late February (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by mid-March (previously early December).

 

(Updated) Virtual Appointment as a new Teams Meeting Template MC488588 · Published Dec 20, 2022 · Last updated Jan 12, 2023

Updated January 12, 2023: We have updated the message to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

A new Teams Meeting Template, Virtual Appointment, will be added as a new template type accessible from the 'New meeting' dropdown menu in the Teams Calendar. This is an included experience that brings enhanced business-to-consumer meeting features into the lightweight and familiar Teams scheduling experience. When meeting with someone from outside of your organization, the Virtual Appointment meeting can be used to ensure the person you are meeting with has a seamless experience with the meeting from start to finish - all without having to learn new tools or leave the standard scheduling flow.

Users can use the Virtual Appointment template instead of a standard Teams meeting for meetings with external users. They can select the meeting type, fill out the tailored scheduling form, including external guests and meeting details, and then send the meeting. The external guests invited will receive a customized meeting invitation that includes key appointment details and a quick-join button, which allows users to join the meeting from anywhere - without downloading Teams - and enter a pre-appointment waiting room before the meeting begins. This provides a familiar experience to internal users and makes external user join a seamless experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100705

We will begin rolling out early February 2023 and expect to complete by late February 2023.

 

(Updated) Suggested Replies in Teams Desktop MC379024 · Published May 12, 2022 · Last updated Jan 12, 2023

Updated January 12, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Suggested Replies present users with an option of three responses to choose from for selected messages and is now available to your users in Teams Desktop.

We apologize for not informing you about this change prior to it being released. We continue to work to ensure we are being proactive in our communications. Thank you for your patience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 92674

Standard: Complete

GCC: mid-May through early June - Complete

GCC-High: late July (previously early June) through mid-January (previously late October) - Complete

DoD: mid-January through late February (previously mid-November)

 

(Updated) PowerPoint Live in Teams: Magnify Slide MC452198 · Published Oct 28, 2022 · Last updated Jan 12, 2023

January 12, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

When a deck is presented via PowerPoint Live in a Microsoft Teams meeting, all meeting attendees can use the Magnify Slide feature to privately zoom into the presentation while maintaining full fidelity of the slide content. When a meeting attendee magnifies a slide, it doesn’t change how the presenter or the other meeting attendees view the slides. The “Sync to presenter” button will also appear, which allows the meeting attendee to resume following the presenter. When the meeting presenter uses the Magnify Slide feature, the zoomed in presentation content is displayed to all meeting attendees to see and follow along. The initial roll out of Magnify slide in PowerPoint Live will only be available for Microsoft Teams Desktop.

There are multiple ways to use this feature in a Teams Meeting using PPT Live:

  • Use the +/- buttons in the (…) menu
  • Use Plus or Minus keys or Shift + Plus or Shift + Minus key on the keyboard (Ensure keyboard focus is on the PowerPoint Live slideshow area)
  • Pinch or stretch on the track pad while hovering over the slide
  • Pinch or stretch on the slide using a touch screen enabled device
  • Use Ctrl + mouse wheel scroll while hovering over the slide

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96758

This feature will reach GA by February (previously early January).

 

Wiki retirement and the future of note taking in Teams Channels MC496248 · Published Jan 11, 2023

We are announcing that Wiki's will be retired from Teams. We are offering note taking capabilities through Teams Channels powered by OneNote.

The following change will be rolled out starting mid-February

 

Retirement of apps based on selected templates MC496251 · Published Jan 11, 2023

We will be retiring the apps based on the following Teams App Templates - Poll, Survey, Checklist, Quiz and Training. Check the app store for alternate options.

Note: If your organization is not using Teams App Templates you can safely disregard this message.

The applications will be active until 10th February. Users will be able to retrieve any data until 10th March. On 10th March the applications will be fully retired.

 

Notification Granularity for Teams Mobile through Intune MC496241 · Published Jan 11, 2023

Customers in fields like finance, healthcare, and law have been asking for a more granular control of what Teams Mobile shows and hides in a notification preview. In response, we are introducing an optional way for admins to control how much detail a user sees in a lock screen notification.

Note: This feature is only available to customers with Intune. If you organization does not use Intune you can safely disregard.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102651

We began rolling this out in mid-December and expect to complete by late January.

 

(Updated) General availability - Receive all chats messages in all scopes MC485096 · Published Dec 14, 2022 · Last updated Jan 11, 2023

Updated January 10, 2023: We have updated the timeline and content below. Thank you for your patience.

The resource-specific consent (RSC) permissions model for receiving all message, originally developed for Microsoft Teams Graph APIs, is being extended to bot scenarios. This feature was available for the channel scope and now is being extended to chat scope.  With RSC, conversation owners can consent for a bot to receive all user messages in standard channels and chats without being @mentioned.

This change is related to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 100883

Will begin rolling out early January and expect to complete by late January.

 

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Video Filters in Teams Meetings MC495330 · Published Jan 7, 2023 · Last updated Jan 10, 2023

Updated January 10, 2023: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

Video Filters are a new feature in Microsoft Teams meetings that will allow participants to augment their video stream with visual effects, such as frames and styles. These filters are built on the Teams Platform infrastructure and provided by Microsoft first- and third-party partners as apps and displayed as a collection of filters.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86811

Public Preview: We will complete rollout in late January 2023.

Standard Release and GCC: We will begin rolling out in early February 2023 and expect to complete rollout in late April 2023.

 

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Introduction of organization insights in Microsoft Viva digest email MC496249 · Published Jan 11, 2023

The biweekly digest email will carry premium organizational insights for qualifying managers. Initially, these insights will include three rotating areas of focus: after-hour collaboration, meeting culture, and manager 1:1 time. Eventually, this pipeline of insights will grow.

Users can navigate directly to the Viva Insights app in Teams for a more detailed view.

These changes will start rolling out in mid-January 2023 and will be available worldwide by end of Feb 2023.

 

New Integration Management Settings for Global Admins in Viva Goals MC496243 · Published Jan 11, 2023

Viva Goals supports integrations with Microsoft and third-party apps and platforms so that the OKR implementation process is as simple, effective, and seamless as possible. Effective immediately, global administrators can manage which integrations are available to Viva Goals organizations in your tenant. Additionally, Microsoft Planner and Excel integrations with Viva Goals will be available by default.

This capability is currently available. Rollout is complete.

 

(Updated) New home experience for Viva Connections desktop MC447338 · Published Oct 17, 2022 · Last updated Jan 10, 2023

Updated January 10, 2023: The New home experiences for Viva Connections desktop will begin rolling out to production tenants from January 17, 2023 and continue through Q1 of this calendar year.

As a reminder, customers that already have an existing home site can choose to keep their existing desktop experience using our new PowerShell command that is already available to all customers since mid-November. More information about the PowerShell command is captured in this doc Get more details in the customization guidance.

Customers with existing home sites can choose to keep their existing desktop experience using our new PowerShell command that is already available to all customers since mid-November. More information about the PowerShell command is captured in this doc: Customize and edit the Viva Connections home experience.

A new desktop experience is being released for Viva Connections that’s easier and faster to set up and optimizes content to deliver a modern employee experience. The new Viva Connections desktop design serves as a new home experience option that centers essential job tasks, personalized content, easy access to other Viva experiences, and better aligns with the mobile experience.

It uses existing assets from your organization’s home site and Viva Connection’s Dashboard, Feed, and Resources. If your organization already has Viva Connections set up, you’ll have the option to choose to keep the existing desktop experiences that features the home site or to use the new home experience. Learn more about the new Viva Connections home experience.

Key points:

  • If you’ve already set up Viva Connections, existing content will pre-populate the new home experience.
  • If you haven’t set up Viva Connections yet, the default experience includes starter cards on the Dashboard but otherwise doesn’t impact the current mobile experience.
  • There will be an option to select the default landing experience if your organization already has a home site. This option will become available to all customer by mid-November in the form of a PowerShell command. More information about the PowerShell command will be in the customization guidance. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 99917

The new home experience will become available to Targeted release customers soon. More details about the release schedule will be shared in a MC post in the near future.

The new home experience will become generally available in 2023.

 

Get ready for Answers badges in Microsoft Viva. MC495890 · Published Jan 10, 2023

Answers badges are coming to Viva Engage! People can get recognized by their colleagues through the Answers feature based on the upvotes their questions or answers have earned, or if their answers were marked as the best answer.

These are the 5 different badges that can be earned:

  • Best Answer: your answer is marked as the best answer
  • Seeker level 1: your question receives 3 upvotes
  • Seeker level 2: your question receives 10 upvotes
  • Scholar level 1: your answer receives 3 upvotes
  • Scholar level 2: your answer receives 10 upvotes

Each user will have an Achievements and awards section where they can collect all their badges and check other people's badges in their profiles as well.

They can access it from the right rail located in Answers or on their profile page.

This announcement blog shows more about the Answers badges experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72188

We will begin rolling out early February 2023 and expect to complete by early March 2023.

 

New Experiences coming to Viva Engage MC495879 · Published Jan 10, 2023

Next month, new experiences will be available within Viva Engage for Microsoft Viva customers.

Admins will see new capabilities and service plans in the Admin Center and new experiences in the Viva Engage app in Microsoft Teams, and on Yammer.com. For an overview of these experiences, check out this blog.

We will begin rolling out February 2023 and expect to complete by end of March 2023.

 

 

For the latest information/updates you can always check these resources :

 

Disclaimer :

If others are interested to receive these “Friends of” messages directly from me, they can always share their contact details with me.

Or if you/they no longer want to receive these “Friends of” emails, just reply per email and I will remove you from this “Friends of” DL

 

Kind Regards/Vriendelijke groeten/Med vänlig hälsning/Salutations,

Mattias Kressmark


Disclaimer :

The content of this communication and its attachments (if any) is for general information purposes only and does not under any circumstance constitute a binding offer or acceptance of Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate, unless this is expressly stated in a separate document executed by a person with sufficient powers to do so. The content shall not be considered to supplement or amend the terms of any existing agreement with Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft NV/SA or any other Microsoft Group affiliate. Furthermore you are reminded that the content is solely based on the limited information provided to us at the time of this communication and it will be subject to possible changes occurring hereafter.

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