Excel Online: Office Scripts Office Scripts are like Macros, but for the online version of office. You can record behaviours, and then replay them later. If you find yourself often doing repetitive tasks, macros are great – and Office Scripts are a way to use similar functionality online. They were released in January as a …
Microsoft 365 Updates – Week Ending 30th August 2020 Read More »
A few tips to help you stop landing in the spam folder and get your message in front of people. As a bonus, they will actually increase your security too – by making sure that only you can send emails from your domain.
All of the updates to the Microsoft 365 services can be found in your admin centre, but here is a summary of the important changes from the last week.
Outlook Mobile: Improvements Delegate Permissions Outlook mobile users will be able to delegate mailbox permissions to allow other users to take actions on their behalf, from their mobile. Automatic S/MIME Signing For businesses that you S/MIME for added email security, this will allow users to set the S/MIME setting to “Always Sign” and/or “Always Encrypt”, …
Microsoft 365 Updates – Week Ending 16th August 2020 Read More »
SharePoint: default page templates Default page templates allow site owners to set a default template for all editors who are creating pages and news on their site. The default template will be pre-selected when an editor opens the template picker. However, they will have the option to select a different template before they create their …
Microsoft 365 Updates – Week Ending 9th August 2020 Read More »
SharePoint: Improved image column Previously if you wanted to add an image to a SharePoint list, you had two choices: Upload it to SharePoint and add a link to the list, or Base64 encode the image and store it in the list. As of mid-August, it will be possible to include an image in a …
Microsoft 365 Updates – Week Ending 2nd August 2020 Read More »
OneDrive: Shared Libraries removed from navigation Currently if you log into OneDrive you can see Shared Libraries on the left. These will be removed, and replaced instead with a link to your Shared Libraries. Teams: Call Merge Microsoft are adding a call merge function to Teams VOIP and PSTN calls, which will allow you to …
Microsoft 365 Updates – Week Ending 26th July 2020 Read More »
TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 Retirement Date Set TLS stands for Transport Layer Security. It is the successor to SSL and is a security protocol used by HTTPS. TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 are now widely available and offer security enhancements. TLS 1.0 in particular should not be used anymore due to two widely known …
Microsoft 365 Updates – Week Ending 19th July 2020 Read More »
Power Platform Updates The big news this week is that there are a fairly major set of updates coming for the Power Platform. This includes rafts of changes to Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, and AI Builder. The full list of planned changes (all 108 pages of it) can be found in the 2020 …
Microsoft 365 Updates – Week Ending 12th July 2020 Read More »
A question we have been asked a few times is: Why are there some extra user accounts in my Microsoft 365 user list, with #EXT# in the username? These accounts look odd – and you’d be forgiven for thinking they were up to no good. In fact, you are to be commended for asking the …
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