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Microsoft are rolling out new features and changes to the Microsoft 365 services frequently.
Microsoft Viva Connections - mobile (Public Preview)
- Roadmap ID: 86542
- September 2021
Viva Connections, part of Microsoft Viva, is your gateway to a modern employee experience. The Viva connections app incorporates a customizable dashboard, the feed, and relevant resources all in one experience in the Microsoft Teams desktop and mobile apps.
Update on the video playback experience for videos in OneDrive and SharePoint
- Roadmap ID: 82002
- September 2021
Known as "OnePlayer" internally, it's truly crafted by the Stream and OneDrive team - all designing for universal video playback experiences across Microsoft 365 apps and services.
Improvements to the Text web part for SharePoint pages and news
- Roadmap ID: 85584
- September 2021
We’ve added the ability to paste images directly into the Text web part so it minimizes distance between the image and related text, plus you can wrap around images like you can do in other Office apps.
SharePoint navigation switcher for team sites
- Roadmap ID: 85568
- September 2021
Team site owners will be able to switch the team site navigation orientation from vertical to horizontal or turned off completely. Achieve a different look and feel, layouts, and alignment styles.
Share a list as a link
- Roadmap ID: 81965
- September 2021
Welcome to a more powerful means of sharing Lists - aka, more options of how you share elevating the abilities closer to what you can do with Files and folders - view, edit, varying levels of who you share to, and the ability to establish defaults.
Microsoft Lists: Applied filters
- Roadmap ID: 82069
- September 2021
As you apply and adjust filters to narrow or expand what appears in the current list view, you'll now see which filters have been applied and you can remove them without going back into the column filter pane - you will now do this at the top-left portion of the list.
Microsoft Planner : Recommended plans
- Roadmap ID: 70726
- September 2021
Discover plans that are relevant to your work. This surfaces new plans that include tasks assigned to you but that you haven't opened yet. Recommended plans can be found in the Planner hub between Recent and All or in the left pane between Favorites and Recent.
Microsoft Planner : Move tasks to any plan
- Roadmap ID: 70738
- September 2021
Until recently, you could only move tasks between plans in the same team, making it harder to coordinate tasks across teams. With this new feature, you can move tasks to any plan you're a member of, that's right across teams - or in other words, across Microsoft 365 Groups. To move tasks in the Planner web app, tap the ellipses (...) that will appear in the upper right corner when hovering over your task, and select Move task.
Whiteboard storage moves to OneDrive in Microsoft 365
- Roadmap ID: 66767
- September 2021
In addition to the recent Whiteboard updates to provide a new, unified experience across all devices, I wanted to highlight one update that’s close to home. All new whiteboards will now be created in the OneDrive of the person who starts or creates a whiteboard. This applies to whiteboards created in the Whiteboard stand-alone apps and in Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft Teams: Reply to a specific message
- Roadmap ID: 81113
- September 2021
When chatting in Teams, you will be able to reply to a specific message. The original message will be quoted in the reply text box, helping everyone in the chat to understand the message’s context more easily. Quoted replies will be available in 1:1, Group and Meeting chats.
Yammer now has nested replies
- Roadmap ID: 70809
- September 2021
Closely related on the conversations front, nested replies and threaded conversations help users organize, follow, and contribute more effectively, and it’s been a top customer request ever since the new Yammer landed last year. This update improves the entire conversational experience - keeping things in context.
