SharePoint: Engaging Comments Arrive

Key insights

• 365 Message Center Show Ep. 439 highlights several upcoming Microsoft 365 updates, including SharePoint comments powered by Viva Engage, new Copilot slide features, Teams notification controls, workflow form tools, and cross-posting of news.
  
• Comments on SharePoint pages will support replies, likes and threaded discussions so readers and authors can talk directly on pages and news posts.
  @mentions will notify people by email when they are referenced, and likes or replies also trigger notifications.
• Benefits include reduced back-and-forth email, faster in-context feedback, and clearer activity tracking through targeted notifications and replies that keep conversations tied to the page.
• Controls and scope: site owners and admins can enable or disable comments in SharePoint settings; this feature applies to pages and news posts, not list-item comments which use a separate experience.
• Create interactive slides with a new Copilot skill (Windows and Mac), plus a web-only Copilot skill called Explain this presentation to summarize or clarify slide content.
• Other near-term changes: Microsoft Teams adds a temporary pause notifications option, workflows can collect data with List Form in Workflows, and SharePoint News can be cross-posted to Viva Engage to broaden reach.

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