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Microsoft are rolling out new features and changes to the Microsoft 365 services frequently.
New Content Scenarios for My Feed Web Part on SharePoint
- Roadmap ID: 82172
- February 2022
The My feed web part is the pathway to a very personalized experience in your intranet. You add a My feed web part to a broader communication site - one like a home site, or what you deem as the broader intranet in Teams - aka, Viva Connections. The feed knows who is signed in and shows them content and activities relevant to them.
Viva Topics: Use Syntex taxonomy to generate topics
- Roadmap ID: 82049
- February 2022
Microsoft Viva Topics and SharePoint Syntex customers can build on their existing investments in classifying and organizing content with the ability to use the taxonomy service in Syntex and SharePoint to generate topics. This new integration uses the term names, including those you are already using with SharePoint Syntex, descriptions, synonyms and tagged files to create topics that the AI can use as a seed to discover additional connections with people and files.
Microsoft Graph connector for Jira and Confluence cloud standard release announcement
- Roadmap ID: 86516
- February 2022
Microsoft released two new Graph connectors for Atlassian Confluence and Jira. With the Microsoft Graph connector for Confluence cloud, you would be able to index and search for Confluence pages and blogs from any of Microsoft Search endpoints like Bing, SharePoint, Office.com etc. Similarly, with the Graph connector for Jira cloud, you will be able to index and search for Jira issues and tickets.
Pairing naming convention between Teams channels and corresponding SharePoint folders
- Roadmap ID: 72211
- February 2022
Time for the service to be in sync between Teams channels and its connected SharePoint document library. This new release enables simultaneous rename of the corresponding folder in SharePoint sites whenever a channel in Teams is renamed – applicable to Teams desktop and web.
Microsoft 365 connected templates
- Roadmap ID: 84724
- February 2022
When you create a new team using a default template - for example, the “Manage a Project” template, the project management channels and apps, and the connected SharePoint template will get applied automatically. Now, the pages, lists, and Power Platform integrations from SharePoint will be automatically pinned as tabs in Teams and you can edit these pages and lists directly in Teams.
OneDrive sync for macOS will now run natively on Apple silicon
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- February 2022
We are thrilled to be rolling out another top feature request - Folder Backup (Known Folder Move) support for macOS to Public Preview. People using OneDrive on macOS Monterey 12 will be able to move their Desktop and Document folders to OneDrive.
Pin or hide your own video in Teams meetings
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- February 2022
We have now expanded the ability to pin your own video on the meeting stage. This way, you can see your own video in the increased size on your screen. Inversely, you also can hide your own video during a meeting on others' screens. This will reduce distractions during calls while still having your video available for other participants.
Tips for task management across Microsoft 365
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- February 2022
I wanted to call out a new blog from the Project team that up-levels many of the task or project management apps and what they offer across Microsoft 365 - AKA, Microsoft’s task management ecosystem. This includes Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Loop.
