In July 2023, SharePoint and Microsoft 365 introduced many new features like new SharePoint site creation experience, Viva Pulse GA, Viva Connections platform updates, new Search layouts for results, and Simplified sharing in OneDrive. Other updates included Lists UX update, Stream playback in Teams chat and channels, Azure AD > Microsoft Security Identifier (MSeID), highlights of Inspire announcements among others.
In a podcast episode, Chris McNulty, Director of Product Marketing (Syntex – Microsoft), announced the Microsoft 365 Backup and Archive at the Microsoft Inspire 2023 event. These features started rolling out to Targeted Release customers in Microsoft 365 as of July 2023.
SharePoint in Microsoft 365 helps build an intelligent intranet that offers benefits like reducing IT and development costs, increasing business speed and agility, and enhancing the dynamic, personalised nature of your intranet.
With the new SharePoint site creation experience, users can choose a site template based on their needs. It offers a visual preview, a list of site capabilities, and a list of pages and other features that come with each template to provide clarity to future site owners.
These updates come as a part of Microsoft's commitment to provide a dynamic, engaging, and intelligent intranet. The new SharePoint site creation experience aims to enhance user understanding and control over what they create, allowing them to make informed decisions. The other features like Viva Pulse GA, Viva Connections platform updates, new Search layouts for results, and Simplified sharing in OneDrive contribute to increasing functionality, user-experience, and overall business outcomes.
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SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop for July 2023 brings new and exciting features to Microsoft 365. This includes a new SharePoint site creation experience, Viva Pulse GA, Viva Connections platform updates, new Search layouts for results, OneDrive: Simplified sharing, Lists UX update, Stream playback in Teams chat and channels, AAD > MSeID, Inspire announcements highlights, and more. Chris McNulty, Director of Product Marketing (Syntex – Microsoft) announced Microsoft 365 Backup and Archive during the Microsoft Inspire 2023 event. All the new features began rolling out to Targeted Release customers in Microsoft 365 as of July 2023.
To inform and engage employees, build an intelligent intranet on SharePoint in Microsoft 365 and benefit from reduced IT and development costs, increased business speed and agility, and improved dynamic, personalized, and welcoming nature of your intranet. With the new SharePoint site creation experience, users have the guidance and clarity they need before creating a site. They can see what the template does, a visual preview, a list of site capabilities, and a list of pages and other features that come with each template. OneDrive also has simplified sharing feature.
Stream playback in Teams chat and channels, AAD > MSeID, and Inspire announcements highlights are some of the other features that are available in Microsoft 365. Lastly, Chris McNulty also presented a bonus love song about OneDrive, titled "King of the Cloud" during the podcast episode.
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