1. Search, search and more search
Donald Donais
May 8th, 2019
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Doug Splinter

2. Agenda

3. User Group Goal / Objectives
Develop and support a local community focused on Microsoft SharePoint surrounding technologies
Educate user group members about SharePoint and surrounding technologies
Transfer knowledge within the community
Communicate best practices
Introduce new products / solutions

4. MNSPUG Sponsors Dedicated Sponsors SharePoint User Group Support
Sponsorships Levels:
Gold Sponsorship - $500
Silver Sponsorship - $250
Avtex (
Microsoft (
SharePoint User Group Support
Wrox Press ( O’Reilly (

5. MN SharePoint Users Group Website
SharePoint Resource Documents
SharePoint Resource links
RSS Feeds
Meeting Schedule
Past User Group Presentations
Past User Group Recordings
Sponsorship Information

6. Social Networking
Linked In group – The most interactive… includes job postings…
Post Job Posting on the Jobs Discussion page
Twitter tags and #MNSPUG
Yammer – Minnesota SharePoint Users Group

7. Upcoming Schedule Next Meeting Ongoing Schedule
June 12th, 2019 – SharePoint Conference Recap
Microsoft Technology Center, Bloomington, MN
Check for updates!
Ongoing Schedule
2nd Wednesday of every month
9:00 to 11:30 am
Microsoft Technical Center – Edina

8. Local and Online Events
Dashboard in a Day – May MTC
Microsoft 365 Admin Workshop Day – May MTC
SharePoint Conference – May 21st – Las Vegas, NV
App in a Day – June MTC
SharePoint Saturday Nashville – June Nashville, TN
Anything Else?

9. News and Updates

10. Custom Learning for Office 365
Published 04/10/2019
Create from Provisioning Service
Custom Learning Resources
HLS Video series
Provision a Custom Learning Site in SharePoint Online
End User Experience of Custom Learning for Office 365
Extending and Customizing the Custom Learning for Office 365 Solution
More Information:

11. The Smallest Feature Published 04/11/2019 Feature
Semicolon doesn’t break formulas
More Information:

12. Updates for Company Branding
Published 04/11/2019
Rollout
Start: early May 2019
Worldwide: end of May 2019
Updating pages
Sign out
Authentication error
Message Center:

13. Feature Update: Structural navigation performance banner
Posted 04/11/2019
Change in scheduled rollout
Postponed at this time
What was it?
IF SPO detects navigation causing render issues display banner to site owners
“Slow performance detected. Your site is using structural navigation, which decreases page performance. Learn how to improve performance by using a different navigation method.”
Message Center:

14. Full-fidelity shared libraries in OneDrive
Published 04/11/2019
Rollout
Targeted Release: mid-April
Worldwide: end of May 2019
View shared libraries
OneDrive on the web
Support for viewing metadata
Other capabilities
Viewing
Sorting
Grouping
Message Center:

15. Company Logo Updates Posted 04/16/2019 Rollout
Targeted Release: late April
Worldwide: end of May 2019
Modernizing navigation bar
Logo
Any file size
Any format
via a URL
Message Center:

16. Screen properties for responsive canvas apps
Published 04/16/2019
Properties
Orientation
Layout.Horizontal
Layout.Vertical
Size
Small
Medium
Large
ExtraLarge
SizeBreakPoints
Still requires formulas for controls
More Information:

17. Canvas Debugging with Results View
Posted 04/17/2019
Enhancements to intellisense
Implications
No more need for “verification” screens
No more flipping to file menu to view variables
Helps understand complex formulas
More Information:

18. Office 365 Group card enhancements
Published 04/17/2019
Rollout
Targeted Release: April
Worldwide: end of June
New Features
Search members
Renew groups
Approve pending members
Message Center:

19. Updated Feature - Group-connected team site homepage
Posted 04/18/2019
Rollout: mid May 2019
Previous Group home pages (before mid 2018)
2 web parts (News and Activity)
Newer Group home pages (after mid 2018)
4 web parts (News, Activity, Quick Links & Documents)
Upgrading existing 2 web part pages to show 4
Only those NEVER edited and saved by a user
Message Center:

20. File Restore Enhancements
Posted 04/22/2019
Rollout
Targeted Release: April 2019
Worldwide: end of May 2019
Services
OneDrive
SharePoint
Teams
Office 365 Groups
Yammer Groups
Restore all files in the past 30 days
More Information:

21. PowerApps Component Framework
Published 04/23/2019
Public Preview
Model-driven apps
Build visual components
PowerApps
Dynamics 365
Upcoming capabilities
React-based virtual controls
Support for canvas apps
More Information:

22. April 2019 Updates for SharePoint News
Published 04/23/2019
Features
Audience targeting
Targeted Release – late April 2019
notifications for engagement
Targeted Release – April 2019
Worldwide – mid-June 2019
Organization Assets
Targeted Release – late May 2019
Hero web part call to action
Starting – May 2019
More Information:

23. PowerApps Maker Enhancements
Published 04/24/2019
New Features
Drag & Drop
Cut & Paste
Model-driven apps
More Information:

24. On-Premise Gateway Enhancements
Posted 04/24/2019
Power Platform Admin Center
Features
Visibility into personal gateways
Manage Installers
Known Issues
Gateways value wrong for clusters
Groups not supported “yet”
More Information:

25. Error resolution flow for illegal file and folder names in OneDrive
Posted 04/24/2019
Rollout
Start: mid-April
Worldwide: end of April 2019
Automated fix suggestions
Windows
Mac
Message Center:

26. SharePoint Online Column Formatting
Posted 04/24/2019
Rollout
Start: end of April
Worldwide: mid-May 2019
Lists and Libraries
Number column
Data Bars
More Information:

27. Document Sets in SharePoint Online
Posted 04/24/2019
Rollout
Start: early May
Worldwide: end of May 2019
Modern Experience
New modern experience
Classic Experience
Document Set home page not affected
Message Center:

28. Microsoft Graph Endpoints for Government Cloud
Posted 04/24/2019
Compliant with data classification levels
DoD information impact levels 4 & 5
Endpoints
L4:
L5:
More Information:

29. New CSOM version and PowerShell Cmdlets
Posted 04/26/2019
Version:
Properties and Methods
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.OrgAssets
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.OrgAssetsLibrary
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.OrgAssetsLibraryCollection
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.User.Expire
Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.SwapSite
PowerShell Cmdlets
Add-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary
Get-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary
Invoke-SPOSiteSwap
Remove-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary
More Information:

30. What’s new in Teams – April 2019
Published 04/30/2019
Updates
Teams on Surface Hub
Praise
Request to add others to teams
Org-wide teams up to 5000 members
Show and Hide teams
PowerShell for Teams hits GA
More Information:

31. Yammer simplified first-time login experience
Posted 04/30/2019
Updated first-time experience
No longer prompted to switch language
No longer prompted to invite new members
Not sent a welcome
Message Center:

32. OneDrive Roadmap Roundup – April 2019
Published 04/30/2019
Updates
Golden folder icon design
Improvements in sync client
Self-help option: “Illegal files names not syncing”
Request assistance
Prompt for pending uploads
Classic UI Manage Access pane
Expand Block Download for specific people
Required document properties
More Information:

33. Information Barriers Published 04/30/2019 In Preview
Create Policies using S&CC PowerShell
User blocked from performing action
Adding members to a team
Starting private chat
Invite a user to join a meeting
Screen sharing
Placing phone call
Existing assets
1:1 chats become read-only
Users removed from group chat
Team membership updates
More Information:

34. Manage discovery of private teams in Microsoft Teams
Posted 05/01/2019
Rollout
Targeted Release – Mid May 2019
New Discovery setting per team
Show in search results
Included in suggestions
Only affects visibility in Teams client
Message Center:

35. Time clock in Shifts Posted 05/01/2019 Rollout Start: Early May
Worldwide: End of May
New Feature
Opt-in
Clients
Web
Desktop
GCC Excluded
Message Center:

36. Shifts Multiteam Support
Posted 05/01/2019
Rollout
Start: Early May
Worldwide: End of May
New Feature
Only affects users on multiple Shift teams
Navigate to other teams through top header
Select correct Team before performing actions
GCC Excluded
Message Center:

37. SharePoint Lists Updates
Published 05/05/2019
Rollout
Targeted Release – Mid May 2019
Creation
From an existing list
From Excel
More Information:

38. Microsoft Build Announcements
Posted 05/06/2019
Microsoft Edge Updates
Internet Explorer Mode
Privacy Tools
Collections
Fluid Framework
Microsoft Graph data connect
Microsoft Search
MyAnalytics
Actionable Messages
Outlook
Word
Ideas in Word
More Information:

39. Microsoft Search Published 05/06/2019 General Availability
Available through
Office
Outlook
SharePoint
OneDrive
Bing
Windows
Coming Soon
Universal API endpoint
More Information:

40. Teams Enhancements at Build
Published 05/06/2019
Upcoming new features / updates
Streamlined end-to-end application lifecycle
App Certification Pilot
New and improved platform capabilities
New Teams APIs for Microsoft Graph
Reusable, low-code app templates
New developer documentation and training content
More Information:

41. SharePoint Framework Update
Published 05/06/2019
Maintenance Release
v1.8.2
Items Fixed / Addressed
microsoftTeams property on web part context is public not beta
Fixed memory exceptions during WebPack
Updated build tools to use versions with smaller node_modules
Updated generator to use new tooling
React scaffolding adds office-ui-fabric-react v6
Support for Node.js 10
More Information:

42. Root Communication site
Published 05/06/2019
Rollout
Targeted Release: early May 2019
Worldwide: end of June 2019
Activated through PowerShell
Enable-SPOCommSite
Can even apply a site design
Requirements
Root site cannot have classic publishing enabled
Quick launch navigation enabled
Message Center:

43. Break

44. Speaker

45. Doug Splinter Director – Microsoft Technology Center

46. Closing

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