The latest set of updates for Groups in Outlook introduces new ways to manage the group emails you receive in your inbox. These updates are, in large part, based on customer feedback about the Groups subscription model. That model has now been replaced with Follow in inbox.
Following the July 26, 2017 announcement. Today, all commercial customers can access Microsoft Forms through the Forms tile in the Office 365 app launcher or directly at http://forms.office.com.
Microsoft Forms is a simple and lightweight app for creating polls, surveys, and quizzes. With Microsoft Forms, your users can easily gather customer feedback, measure satisfaction, organize team events, and more. The app works on any web browser and includes features such as themes, logo and image support, real time responses, automatic charts, question branching, and support for collaboration.
Click on the Forms tile in the Office 365 app launcher or visit http://forms.office.com to create your first poll, survey, or quiz. Learn more about Microsoft Forms.
https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/08/31/new-to-office-365-in-august-enriching-teamwork/
The SharePoint team is excited to announce the new Group calendar web part! This web part will be added to the toolbox when creating team news articles and modern pages. We are rolling out to First Release customers now!
https://flow.microsoft.com/nl-nl/blog/flow-collections/
Flow collections are a set of template collections organized by role or by vertical. To start off, we’ve released four collections for marketing, human resources, software development, and education. These collections will be featured on our front page.
Source: https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/08/08/introducing-the-outlook-com-beta/
Outlook.com beta, an opt-in web experience where you can try out new product innovations and let us know what you think. Recent advances in programming, design, and artificial intelligence have enabled our engineers and designers to improve the Outlook.com web experience in several areas—and we’re eager to get your feedback. If you enjoy being a part of what’s next, just click the Try the beta toggle, rolling out to all users in the next few weeks. You can test drive our new experience and switch back to the regular web experience any time.
Here’s a look at what’s new:
We’re implementing a more responsive web development framework that delivers an upgraded search feature, a fresher look with a modern conversation style and a new design to let you see, read, and attach files and photos faster.
A new look with upgraded search that previews files and photos right in your conversation list.
Your inbox now shows you Quick Suggestions as you type—so you can easily add information about restaurants, flights, or your favorite teams’ schedules to your conversations. An improved photo experience puts all the pictures sent or received in your email in one place and makes it easier to share them with others. The new modern conversation style makes it easier to manage and preview photos and attachments.
Get Quick Suggestions for places as you type, so you can easily add details to your emails.
You can personalize your inbox with your favorite people and folders to make it easier to find the friends, files, and conversations that matter to you and give your communications a personal touch with an easier way to access tons of expressions, including popular emojis and GIFs right inside Outlook.
A variety of emojis and GIFs are available to add personality to your messages.
Additional enhancements will be rolled out over the next few months, including updates to Calendar and People. Based on your feedback, we’ll iterate, improve, refine, or discard them. At the end of the beta, we’ll bring the best innovations into Outlook.com.
Today, we started rolling out the Try the beta toggle. You can access the Outlook.com beta as soon as you see the toggle switch appear on the top right corner of your inbox. If you don’t see it now, you’ll see it in the next few weeks. It’s easy to move between the beta and the regular Outlook.com experience by switching the toggle back and forth.
Find the Try the beta toggle on the top right of your inbox.
If you want to be a part of the evolution of Outlook.com, this is your chance. Just switch the toggle on the top right corner of your inbox and join us. We will be posting updates on new and updated features in our Outlook.com beta support article, so check it regularly to stay up-to-date with the latest changes.
We read every piece of feedback that we receive, so please send us your thoughts through UserVoice.
—The Outlook team
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2017/08/09/automated-expiration-for-office-365-groups-using-azure-ad-is-now-in-public-preview/
Sometimes there’s nothing like a fresh coat of paint to make a room or a house look new, familiar and engaging! Well, get your paint brushes ready. The new site theming experience, previewed last may during the SharePoint Virtual Summit (showcased here), will begin rolling out to First Release customers on August 21st, 2017. This new capability provides site owners with six default themes that can be applied to all pages of the site – both within team sites and communication sites.
To get started, just click the upper-right site gear icon, and then select Change the look. You then can quickly click on each item and see the change in real-time. In no-time you’ll have the site looking spiffy and new.
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2017/08/02/the-new-azure-ad-signin-experience-is-now-in-public-preview/