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The other one I show that always amazes is syncing folders from Teams so they show up in Windows Explorer

Re-imagined Hero with the New Carousel Layout for SharePoint Pages and News | Microsoft Community Hub Exciting Enhancements to the SharePoint Hero Web Part with new layout options and other configuration possibilities.

It was always the top request when building an intranet and there was always a need to build it. Now, the Hero we part becomes even more capable of providing carousel option in SharePoint

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You're rumoured to be buying tik tok every now and then?

New capabilities to help scale up modern meeting spaces for users and IT | Microsoft Community Hub Modernizing the office to new ways of working is a big priority for organizations this year as they continue to optimize their workspaces post Covid....

Miracast will finally arrive on Teams Room for Windows, which will include Surface Hub
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What’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot | Jan 2025 | Microsoft Community Hub Welcome to the January 2025 edition of What's new in Microsoft 365 Copilot! Every month, we highlight new features and enhancements to keep Microsoft 365...

As always, the Microsoft 365 Copilot updates come thick and fast. Two of my favourites this month are narrative builder in PowerPoint and scoped conversations in Word.

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autogen & OpenAI Assistants API powered collaborative Report generation | Microsoft Community Hub Sales performance reports must be generated monthly using CSV files stored in the cloud. These files contain both Product Master data and Transaction data....

A new world of agents talking to agents to accomplish tasks is coming. This article has a great example of using Azure Assistants API to generate a report with responsibilities delegated to different agents.

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Welcome to Blue Sky Steph

Introducing Community Experts in Viva Engage | Microsoft Community Hub We’re thrilled to announce the addition of a new role within a Viva Engage community, community experts. A community expert is a member of a community who is...

Do you have experts in your organisation who share their knowledge? Are you using Viva Engage to enable them to share and answer questions in communities?

If so, these people should be elevated to Community Experts.

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I liked that one too, I think the music could be fun if it were playlist AND lyrics to an anthem - oh wait, I'm building a country 😁

Unlock Your Prompting Skills with this Creative Project | Microsoft Community Hub Dream up a destination with this skilling project for Microsoft 365 Copilot and learn prompting best practices 

To complement any Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat adoption journey, this project is a fun hands on starting point

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The Great Microsoft 365 Copilot Journey: Empower Your Team with Copilot | Microsoft Community Hub Discover an onboarding experience that can transform your team's productivity with Microsoft 365 Copilot. 

There were a number of new blogs from Microsoft yesterday. One that caught my eye was on the adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot.

It sets out a suggested six week adoption journey, with resources to help

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Action required: MSOnline and AzureAD PowerShell retirement - 2025 info and resources | Microsoft Community Hub As announced in Microsoft Entra change announcements and prior blog updates, the MSOnline and Microsoft AzureAD PowerShell modules...

If you haven't already, then now is the time be updating any Power shell scripts that you have that rely on Azure Ad or MSOnline modules as they will be retired in the coming months.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot now available to Viva Insights analysts | Microsoft Community Hub We’re excited to announce the availability of Microsoft 365 Copilot within the Analyst Workbench in Viva Insights.   Copilot can help analysts choose a...

It'll be fun to test Microsoft 365 Copilot in the Viva Insights analyst workbench

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Less burnout, more impact: AI continues to transform frontline efficiency | Microsoft Community Hub Learn more about new innovations in AI and security designed specifically for the frontline.

There are some really interesting features coming to frontline workers over the coming months.

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A beautiful view of green fields leading to hills with woods lit up by the setting sun

It was a beautiful day for a walk yesterday. 3 hours of countryside and serenity to help recharge the batteries

I've landed on light mode with nightlight to make it easier on the eyes. Only downside is that it looks kind of yellow when shared

Microsoft Entra: Top 50 features of 2024 | Microsoft Community Hub Do you feel like you’re still catching up with all the Microsoft Entra product innovation and security improvements from 2024? Not to worry – the team from...

Was 2024 the year of Entra? Based on this list of 50 highlights, it probably was.

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Don't worry, Copilot Gents is a typo, not a name change

Case Study: Microsoft Careers Portal – Efficient Faceted Navigation with Azure AI Search | Microsoft Community Hub The Microsoft Careers Portal processes 10 million job applications per year. For a tailored user experience, it uses Azure AI Search for features like...

One of the key requirements for many organisations is a good search experience, especially when customers or custom content is the basis of the search. Azure AI Search is perfect for this and can be used as an I put for Copilot Gents and Open AI.

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What's New In Microsoft 365 Copilot | December 2024 | Microsoft Community Hub Welcome to the December 2024 edition of What's new in Microsoft 365 Copilot!

Lots of updates coming for Microsoft 365 Copilot:
- Release notes
- Ability to customise Copilot Academy in Viva Learning
- New templates in Copilot Analytics

And that is just the admin updates!

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Microsoft SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop December 2024 December 2024 brought some great new offerings for SharePoint and related technology in Microsoft 365: Microsoft Syntex pay-as-you-go: Simple document...

What better way to start the New Year than a SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop?

Highlights from 2024 and a look forward to Jan 2025

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Picture of me with festive clothing

Merry Christmas

I have no idea how to write or play music but I thank everyone who does as I could not survive without listening to music

Some Christmas reading to help prepare for the New Year

Demo: Enriching Data in Azure AI Search Indexing Pipeline Using Azure AI LLMs/SLMs for RAG Apps | Microsoft Community Hub Enhance your RAG applications with enriched data context using Azure AI's LLMs/SLMs. This demo shows how to integrate custom skills in the Azure AI Search...

This is a model we have been having discussions about when there is a curated set of content to ground requests with.

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Effortless scheduling with Copilot – transform email threads into productive meetings | Microsoft Community Hub Learn how to use Copilot to quickly turn long email chains into actionable agendas, leading to more efficient meetings and effective collaboration.

As many people who have worked with me know, I like an agenda for a meeting so I know what I am committing to, or not.

Now, with Copilot, it is easy to schedule a meeting based on an email chain, and an agenda will be generated.

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8 Components of SharePoint Information Architecture | Microsoft Community Hub What is Information Architecture (IA)?  IA is the practice of organizing, structuring, and labelling content in an effective and sustainable way. It...

Back to basics with SharePoint Information Architecture. This knowledge is required to enable SharePoint to be designed well which in turn drives permissions which results in good information governance. And that is essential for Copilot in Microsoft 365!

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It is the responsibility of a good boss to provide feedback to help us develop. They shouldn't always say we are great as there is always room for improvement

Completely agree!

I must have drunk too much Microsoft Cool Aid. While watching Carry-on on Netflix, all I can think of when I see Northwind is Microsoft demos 🤔