1. Donald Donais
July 10th, 2019
20 Office 365 productivity tips that you've probably never used (but should)
Thomas Duff

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
August 14th, 2019 – TBD
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
Microsoft Flow Virtual Summit – July 10th – Online
SharePoint Saturday Omaha – August Omaha, NE
MN Microsoft 365 User Group – August MTC
SharePoint Fest Seattle – August 19th – Seattle, WA
Microsoft Ignite – November 4th – Orlando, FL
Anything Else?

9. Speaker

10. Tom Duff (aka Duffbert)
Office 365 Developer at Cambia Health Solutions
Fun Fact:
I am *fascinated* by Minnesota weather!

11. Break

12. News and Updates

13. SharePoint and Teams: folder in site visibly
Published 06/14/2019
Rollout
Starting late June
Complete worldwide end of August
Visibility of folders to Teams channels in SharePoint
Chat capability
Guides users to take actions in Teams
Delete/Renaming channels
Message Center:

14. PowerApps – Improved data table control
Posted 06/17/2019
Experimental Option
New Features
Field selection experience
Configure column controls
HeaderText property
More Information:

15. Forms Pro – Generally Available
Posted 06/17/2019
Generally Available – July 1st
Preview Program ending
Lasting until July 30th
30-Day Trial becomes available
Qualifying Office 365 license revert
Microsoft Forms Pro to Microsoft Forms
Pricing
Based on number or responses received
Microsoft Forms Pro capacity add-on
Message Center:

16. Adobe Document Cloud integration
Posted 06/17/2019
Services
SharePoint
OneDrive
Features
Inline commenting
Drawing
Form Filling
SSO with Azure AD
Adobe Sign
PowerApps
Flow
More Information:

17. Plan cards for Office 365 groups
Published 06/18/2019
Rollout
Starting mid-July
Complete end of July
Planner Hub changes
Removing plan cards for O365 groups with no Plan
Message Center:

18. Enhancements to the Preservation Hold Library
Published 06/18/2019
Rollout
Starting early July
Complete worldwide end of August
Current process
No grace period for release of SPO Holds
Preservation Hold Library items deleted
New process
30-day grace period for release of SPO Holds
Preservation Hold Library items moved
Second Stage Recycle Bin
Message Center:

19. PowerPoint Presenter Coach
Posted 06/18/2019
Rollout
PowerPoint for the web this summer
Features
Rehearsal mode
On-screen feedback
Pacing
Inclusive language
Filler words
Insensitive phrases
Just reading slides
Detailed report at end
More Information:

20. O365 Groups - Org Privacy policies
Published 06/18/2019
Rollout
Targeted Release in June
Complete worldwide end of July
O365 Group privacy policies shared with guests
Updated welcome when invited
Message Center:

21. PowerPoint Designer Update
Published 06/19/2019
Rollout
Targeted Release mid-June
Complete worldwide end of July
Design Ideas support branded templates
Requirement: Intelligent Services enabled
Message Center:

22. Site Usage Page Update Posted 06/19/2019 Rollout
Targeted Release mid-June
Completed worldwide end of July
Improved User Experience for charts
Unique Visitors
Site Visits
Popular Platforms
Message Center:

23. Instant Flow steps in Business Process Flows
Posted 06/19/2019
In Preview
Add Instant Flows as steps in BPF
Requires solution-aware flows
More Information:

24. PowerApps Center of Excellence Starter Kit
Posted 06/20/2019
Focus on responsibilities
Administration & Governance
Nurture
Support
Operations
Includes
Canvas Apps
Flows
Power BI Dashboard
CDS Entities
Custom Connector
Model Driven App
Download:
More Information:

25. Export Planner to Excel
Posted 06/24/2019
Export details to Excel
Top of sheet includes plan details
Line items for plan tasks
Export Usage Scenarios
Archiving
Analysis
Merging Plans
Printing
Sharing
More Information:

26. Forms Ownership Transfer
Posted 06/24/2019
Administrators transfer ownership
Users with disabled licenses
Removed users
Requires Global Administrator
Visit specialized URL
address]
GCC Excluded
Message Center:

27. Yammer Question and Answer
Published 06/25/2019
Rollout
Starting July 1st
Complete worldwide “soon after”
All users can access Q&A Feature
Mark best answer
Question Poster
Group Admin
Message Center:

28. Quick Edit Improvements
Posted 06/25/2019
Rollout
Targeted Release early July
Complete worldwide early October
New Features
Filtering content
Dragging and Dropping column widths
Showing View and Column formatting
Improved User/Choice field support
Message Center:

29. OneDrive Enhancements
Posted 06/25/2019
OneDrive consumer
Personal Vault
Storage increase
Office 365 Subscribers
New additional storage plans
More Information:

30. PowerApps checker PowerShell Module
Published 06/26/2019
Validate solutions with PowerShell
Get-PowerAppsCheckerRules
Get-PowerAppsCheckerRulesets
Invoke-PowerAppsChecker
Saves detailed reports
Preview in PowerShell Gallery
Upcoming capabilities
Azure DevOps integration
More Information:

31. SharePoint News and Page Recommendations
Published 06/27/2019
Rollout
Targeted Release early July
Complete worldwide end of July
Bottom of News and Pages
SharePoint Recommendations
Powered by machine learning model
# of Views
Relationship to viewers
“other features”
Can be disabled
Page level – Toggle in edit mode
Site level – SharePoint Recommendations site feature
Message Center:

32. OneDrive & SharePoint integration with Azure AD B2B
Posted 06/28/2019
In Preview – integration disabled by default
Rollout
Starting late June
Completed worldwide end of July
When user shares with external user
Guest account immediately created (if needed)
Message Center:

33. Improved Flow integration into OneDrive for Business
Posted 06/28/2019
New OneDrive trigger
For a selected file
OneDrive Launch Panel
Runtime inputs like Approver, Message
OneDrive out-of-the-box templates
Copy as a PDF
More Information:

34. New SharePoint CSOM version released
Posted 06/28/2019
Version:
New PowerShell cmdlets
Add-SPOTenantCentralAssetRepositoryLibrary
Get-SPOTenantCentralAssetRepository
Remove-SPOTenantCentralAssetRepositoryLibrary
New properties, classes, methods
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.OrgAssetsLibrary.OrgAssetType
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.HubSiteCreationInformation.HideNameInNavigation
Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.SiteProperties.ExternalUserExpirationInDays
More Information:

35. What's New in Microsoft Teams | June 2019
Published 06/30/2019
Features
Teams included in existing Office 365 ProPlus installs
Information Barriers
Teams announcements
Group chat with up to 100 people
Manage discovery of private Teams
Skype and Teams interop in GCC
Auto-updates default decrease network bandwidth
GitHub app updates
Azure Pipelines for Teams
Meeting options to control lobby
Single toolbar for controls in meetings and calls
Video support in Chrome
More Information:

36. 360-degree Image Viewer Published 07/01/2019
Rollout complete in early July
Adds functionality in SharePoint and OneDrive for Business
Interactive
Panoramic
File Triggers
Projection type “Equirectangular”
Manually tagged
.360.jpg
.360.jpeg
Message Center:

37. Activity Highlights Posted 07/01/2019 Rollout
Targeted Release early July
Completed worldwide end of August
File hover card
Adding activity highlights
Shows relevant activities to file
Coworker edits, comments
Link directly to activity
Message Center:

38. OneDrive Roadmap Roundup – June 2019
Posted 07/01/2019
Features
Password protected Anyone sharing links
New files experience in Outlook mobile
External sharing with AAD B2B (Preview)
OneDrive sync client B2B sync across organizations
More Information:

39. SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: June 2019
Posted 07/01/2019
Features
Yammer Q&A
Yammer Files stored in SharePoint
Organizational Assets
Stream mobile record and upload videos
Hub site limit raised to 2,000
Adobe integrations
Microsoft Search in OneDrive
On-hover file cards
OneDrive auto-sync team site libraries
SharePoint connected Teams channel
To-Do available on Mac
July Teasers
OneDrive sync client B2B sync
Direct links to PowerPoint slides
More Information:

40. Bulk Approvals Published 07/02/2019 Rollout
Targeted Release early July
Complete worldwide end of September
Multi-select
Approve
Reject
Message Center:

41. Forms Theme Ideas Posted 07/09/2019 Add background images
Based on Title value
Recommended backgrounds
Adjusts theme to match background image
More Information:

42. Closing

43. Thanks for coming! Last But Not Least Please Fill Out Evaluations
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