SharePoint Stuff

The Microsoft roadmap roundup is a weekly summary of all the newly added items and changes within the Microsoft 365 roadmap, covering SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive and Microsoft Purview. Here’s all the new and updated Microsoft roadmap items from the past week:

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SharePoint

Includes updates for SharePoint, SharePoint Syntex and Microsoft Viva.

• Launched (6)
• Rolling out (1)
• In development (5)

🍾 LAUNCHED

• Microsoft Lists: Custom list templates – Microsoft have announced that they will be supporting custom list templates – the ability for organizations to define custom list templates. Note, you will be able to manage which templates are available to which people, based on their job role. Roadmap ID: 70753
• SharePoint: Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring – Column reflow and RSS connector web part – Few changes to our reflow automation for two-column sections, control of vertical section reflow, and the RSS Connector web part will give more control to the users around the number of publications shown at a time and the number of articles shown per publication. Roadmap ID: 93243
• SharePoint: Admin center: Migration Manager: Dropbox migrations for Government Clouds – With our recent Mover acquisition, we are excited to expand our capabilities to allow moving content from Dropbox into Microsoft 365. Roadmap ID: 83456
• SharePoint: SharePoint admin center- Tenant rename – You’ll be able to change the SharePoint domain name for your organization in Microsoft 365. For example, if the name of your organization changes from “Contoso” to “Fabrikam,” you can change contoso.sharepoint.com to fabrikam.sharepoint.com.   Roadmap ID: 82162
• Microsoft Viva: Graph connected content indexed into topic card – Preview – Include content from Microsoft Graph Connectors MediaWiki and ServiceNow for topic discovery. Roadmap ID: 72187
• Viva Insights: Schedule send suggestions (formerly delay delivery plan) available default on in Outlook with admin and user controls – Schedule send suggestions are currently available in the latest versions of Outlook on the web and Outlook for Windows to help schedule email delivery aligned with recipient work hours and minimize interruptions after-hours. Roadmap ID: 98128

🚂 ROLLING OUT

• Microsoft Viva: Focus mode in Viva Insights – The focus time experience in Microsoft Teams is being enhanced for users with Viva Insights subscriptions. Focus plan users will gain access to a focus mode experience. Focus mode will allow users to set a timer to balance short bursts of productivity with breaks, manage their task list, and tap into mindfulness exercises during their breaks. Roadmap ID: 100977

⌛ IN DEVELOPMENT

Release – November 2022

• 🆕 SharePoint: New site templates – We are introducing 3 new SharePoint site templates dedicated to helping you create sites for your HR department, to showcase Events, and a template powered by Microsoft Syntex to do contract management. Roadmap ID: 102380
• 🆕 Microsoft 365 admin center: Targeted Release for GCC, GCC High and DoD customers – GCC, GCC High and DoD customers will be able to opt-in to Targeted Release and get early access for OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Outlook for the web and Microsoft 365 Admin Center features. Roadmap ID: 93055
• 🆕 Microsoft Viva: Update to the experience for collecting feedback on AI quality and correctness through the Topic Card – Experience updates on the Topic Card to better request feedback from users on the quality of a suggested topic. Roadmap ID: 98113

Release – February 2023

• 🆕 Microsoft Viva: Topic engagement analytics – This update will introduce usage and engagement analytics on topics (views, edits, etc.) to the Microsoft Admin Center. Roadmap ID: 88699

Release – March 2023

• Microsoft Viva: Topic discovery analytics to show sites processed – This update will provide transparency on topic discovery through analytics, by showing Sites processed for discovery counts in the Microsoft Admin Center. Roadmap ID: 100060

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