Microsoft Teams Connect aka Shared Channels Coming Later in 2021
Microsoft Teams Connect, a new way of collaboration based on federated shared channels, is now in private preview and should be available later in 2021.
March 2, 2021
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Microsoft Makes Teams Multi-Geo
At the Ignite 2021 event, Microsoft announced that Teams will have multi-geo capabilities later this year. The same license as used for other multi-geo workloads applies to Teams.
March 2, 2021
OneDrive Gets a New Warning and Microsoft Clarifies that 250 GB File Size Limit
Microsoft has introduced a first file delete warning in the OneDrive sync client. They've also confirmed that OneDrive for Business supports the 250 GB limit for file uploads.
February 28, 2021
Teams Template Policies Now Available in Admin Center
The Teams admin center now includes the ability to create template policies to control the set of templates shown to users when creating new teams.
February 26, 2021
Recent Improvements Rolling Out to Make Teams Meetings Better
Microsoft has released several improvements to Teams meetings to make these gatherings more functional and better to use.
February 26, 2021
A New Start at Practical365.com
Tony Redmond has joined the Practical365.com team to write for the site covering a range of Microsoft 365 topics.
February 24, 2021
SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business are Kissing Cousins and Now Share an Admin Center
The SharePoint Online admin center is absorbing the functionality of the OneDrive for Business admin center. Some settings have already moved across.
February 23, 2021
Teams Approvals App Delivers Simple Workflow
The new Teams Approvals app delivers simple workflow capabilities built on top of Power Automate and Dataverse. The simplicity is attractive.
February 22, 2021
Talking to Microsoft About Group Sprawl
Microsoft currently offers people the opportunity to talk to them about the challenges of managing Microsoft 365 Groups. Here's what I said.
February 19, 2021
Microsoft Adjusts Switchover Plan for Teams Meeting Recordings
Microsoft announced a revised plan to switchover storage of Teams meeting recordings from Stream to OneDrive for Business. The July 2021 switchover will happen for all tenants.
February 18, 2021
Microsoft Wants to Talk About Group Sprawl (Finally)
Seven years after the introduction of Office 365 Groups, Microsoft finally wants to discuss the problem of group sprawl and how to fix it.
February 17, 2021
How the Viva Insights App for Teams Surfaces Information from MyAnalytics and WorkPlace Analytics
Insights is one of the four modules in the Microsoft Viva Employee Engagement Platform. The Insights app for Teams surfaces the same information as MyAnalytics for most people, but more is coming.
February 15, 2021