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New Announcement Post for Microsoft Teams now available
Microsoft Teams has released a new type of post called "Announcement". The announcement posts allow for a a user to create a post with an additional visual emphasis to distinguish it from a regular post or response.
To create an Announcement post, open Teams. Click the formatting icon just below the "Start an new conversation" input.
Formatting icon
Click on the "New Conversation" drop down and select "Announcement". You will see the format change to having a banner area and a few ...
New Choice Column Formatting Options available in SharePoint
Microsoft recently unveiled the capability for users to now format any choice column without the need to for code. Formatting provides the ability to visualize your content faster and can help with identification and flow.
How to get started
Create any list within SharePoint and create a "Choice" column.
Add a Choice column
Name your column and add the choices that a user can select from.
Configure your column
Once your column has been added, click on the drop-down arrow next ...
New Unified Search Experience Rolling Out Now
Microsoft is in the midst of transforming how employees get work done. Part of the updates for Office 365 are creating a new unified search experience throughout all of the applications and places you do work in Office 365.
Today, some of the first steps have landed on my Targeted Release tenant. The search bar in my applications has now moved up to the suite bar and the search results are consistent across all of the experiences. The new Office Icons are now showing in the App Launcher ...
Get the most out of the Markdown Web Part in SharePoint
Markdown language is a fast and efficient language for taking fast notes or content creation on web sites. SharePoint now offers a web part that recognizes this markup allowing for additional opportunities for users.
Configurations
Place the web part on the page by hovering over the canvas that you would like to add it to and clicking on the "+" icon. Select "Markdown" from the toolbox.
The web part by default will show using the dark theme and preview. To start using, start ...
Introducing the New Yammer Conversations Web Part
Microsoft has gained much feedback over the past couple years regarding Yammer and how organizations around the world are using it's capabilities to enhance and drive communication and collaboration throughout their organization.
One of the largest pieces of feedback regarding the Yammer web part is that it did not allow for the user to gain context of the conversation or allow for the ability to interact or comment as part of the conversation without being redirected to the Yammer applic...
A Breakdown of the New Mega Menu Site Navigation in Modern SharePoint
Microsoft just released into Targeted Release tenants the ability to add a mega menu navigation at the site collection level.
*If you are looking for a true global navigation solution, you will need to create a custom SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Extension
Mega Menu Navigation
How to Configure
To change the navigation to the mega menu, click on the site actions menu (gear icon) in the upper right corner of the screen and select "Change the Look" from the dropdown menu.
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Site Footer Now Available
The new Footer functionality has been released into Targeted Release tenants. The footer is implemented at the Site Collection level.
*If you have a need for a global solution, the creation of an SPFx extension is the only alternative solution.
How to Implement in a Site
To implement a footer into a site collection, click on the site actions icon (gear icon) in the upper right corner of the screen. Select "Change the Look" from the dropdown menu.
Select "Footer" from the ...
Tag colleagues in SharePoint Page Comments Now Available
Microsoft has now released the updated capability to tag a user within the comments section on a Modern SharePoint page.
To add a comment, navigate to the bottom of the page. If you do not see the comments area, edit the page and be sure to enable the comments section at the bottom of the page.
To mention a colleague, type "@YourUser" to tag that person within your comment.
Press "Post" when ready to post to the page. Your comment can be seen by anyone with access to the ...
Introducing the People Web Part – Get the most out of the Out-of-the-Box Web Parts Series
The People web part is a new SharePoint Framework web part introduced in the Modern SharePoint pages. It allows for a user to be able to not only view the name of a contact, but also interact with their peers in the organization.
How to add to a page
To add the People web part to a page, hover over the canvas you would like to add it to and click on the "+". Select "People" from the web part toolbox.
Add People web part to the page
The web part will now be added to the page. The ...