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Microsoft Office 365 October Updates
We’re always excited when Microsoft announces the new Microsoft 365 updates for the month, so we thought that we’d collect all the updates for October 2020.
November 5, 2020
Overview
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A new month means new features and updates to Microsoft 365 apps! This month, Microsoft shares a few updates to Microsoft Teams including the availability of Polls, noise suppression, and more! They also share updates to Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention, Microsoft Dataverse and much more.
Let’s have a look at the Microsoft 365 November updates below:
Updates to Microsoft Teams
Polls
With the form integration already available in Teams, meeting presenters can now easily create polls in advance, then launch them during meetings. The integration allows attendees to easily view and answer the poll and is a great way to keep participants engaged during these meetings.
Meeting presenters can choose to keep users’ responses anonymous or completely close a poll to prevent any more responses.
Published polls will display in a popup on the respondent’s screen as well as in the meeting’s chat.
Polls for Teams meetings has largely rolled out and will be available to all users by December.
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- 1. Make sure Teams is up to date
- 2. Ensure the Forms app has been installed
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Noise Suppression
Family members not keeping quiet during your Teams meetings or construction workers busy making noise outside? Teams now has an automatic, real-time noise suppression feature which helps reduce unwanted background noise during your calls.
Power Automate
Another new feature newly available in Teams is the Power Automate app.
It provides a lightweight designer experience and many different templates to help users get started with building workflows right in Teams.
The app will also make it easier to convert repetitive tasks into automatic routine tasks, for example, if you like to schedule one-on-one calls with employees.
Microsoft Dataverse
Microsoft Dataverse (previously known as Common Data Service) is now generally available to Microsoft 365 users.
“Microsoft Dataverse is a low code data platform that helps users build apps and bots in Teams without needing to connect to storage, manage integrations or switch applications.”
The Power app has built-in security and governance features which provide full control of access to workflows, bots, and apps with their underlying data.
Read more about Microsoft Dataverse here.
Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention
Protecting and managing your organisation’s data securely is critical. It’s more important than ever to have the necessary tools and applications to support remote and hybrid work scenarios as many are currently still working from home.
That’s why it’s great to hear that Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (aka Endpoint DLP) is now generally available.
“This solution enables organisations to enforce policies that identify and prevent risky or inappropriate sharing, transfer or use of sensitive information across Cloud and On-Premise endpoints.”
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Microsoft Edge
Microsoft released two new features for Edge users to increase their productivity.
Web Capture
The first feature called Web Capturing Edge, allows users to easily capture web content.
How to use Web Capture
1. Open Microsoft Edge.
2. Click on Settings and More or select the three dots at the top.
3. Click on Web Capture in the menu. You can also use the Ctrl + Shift + S keys to select the capture tool.
4. Drag a box over the area you want to capture (you can scroll as well).
5. Release your selection to capture it.
“My Feed”
The second feature is a section called My Feed which can be found on the Enterprise new tab page for users.
The feed showcases the latest news and info from a user’s favourite content providers. The feed, which is located right next to a user’s work files, allows them to stay up to date with information most relevant to their company or industry.
Other Updates
Read Aloud on Word and the Office app for Android
Those of you who want to hear your Word document out loud, Read Aloud is the feature for you.
“The new voices for Read Aloud offer a more natural and pleasant listening experience which lets users easily pause and resume, as well as adjust the voice speed.”
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Get Started
1. Open the Word / Office app on an Android smartphone.
2. Navigate to the Review tab.
3. Tap on Read Aloud.
The feature is now generally available for Word on Android as well as Word on the Office app for Android.
OneNote Feed
If you’re an enthusiastic note taker and you’re always scribbling on platforms like OneNote or Sticky Notes, then the new OneNote feed is the ideal update for you.
The new OneNote feed syncs users’ notes across the various platforms and showcases them in one easily accessible feed. Users can easily reference their notes while composing an email or working in OneNote.
The new feed is available in OneNote, OneNote on the Web, OneNote for Windows 10, Outlook on the Web and outlook.com.
Missed the Microsoft 365 updates for October 2020? Don’t worry, you can check it out here.
To get started with Microsoft 365, get in touch for a free consultation with one of our Microsoft experts.
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