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SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop April 2025

Mark Kashman — Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT

The Easter Bunny hopped and in SharePoint tech terms - the SharePoint Easter eggs were hoppin' into your Microsoft 365 tenants! This month's (eggs) updates include: Viva Connections cards in SharePoint agents, SharePoint eSignature for Microsoft Word, SharePoint quick steps to automate common tasks and workflows, new document library template: "Resume repository", OneDrive: Ask Copilot questions on meeting recordings, and more. Plus, we recap the BIG Copilot news day and all the disclosed elements.

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00:00 Intro

01:09 Employee engagement

03:45 Teamwork

06:45 Related items

14:39 May 2025 Teasers

15:57 Closing

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Upcoming events:

NOW ON DEMAND: Microsoft's 50th Anniversary | April 4, 2025 (Worldwide)

Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas)

Microsoft Build | May 19-22, 2025 (Seattle, WA | Online)

SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)

European Collaboration Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany)

European Power Platform Conference | June 16-19 (Vienna, Austria)

TechCon 365 - Seattle | June 23 – 27, 2025 (Seattle, WA)

TechCon 365 - Atlanta | August 11-15, 2025 (Atlanta, GA)

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SharePoint roadmap pitstop March 2025

Mark Kashman — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:00:00 GMT

March Madness in SharePoint tech terms means the SharePoint team worked like mad to deliver a lot of great new tech: Create pages with Copilot in SharePoint, Viva Connections: New News experience, SharePoint agents: New usage reports, a new Table toolbar, annotation layout and tools for editing PDFs, approval workflows to any list or library, OCR for OneDrive, and more. Plus, we recap the output of the SharePoint Hackathon - celebrating the winning submissions.

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01:30 Employee engagement

10:08 SharePoint Hackathon - That's a wrap!

14:07 Teamwork

19:27 Related items

24:24 April 2025 Teasers

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Upcoming events:

"SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | NOW ON DEMAND

SharePoint Hackathon (Learning series + Awards ceremony | NOW ON DEMAND)

Microsoft's 50th Anniversary | April 4, 2025 (Worldwide)

Comms vNext | April 15-16, 2025 (Denver, CO)

Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas)

Microsoft Build | May 19-22, 2025 (Seattle, WA | Online)

SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)

European Collaboration Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany)

European Power Platform Conference | June 16-19 (Vienna, Austria)

TechCon 365 - Seattle | June 23 – 27, 2025 (Seattle, WA)

TechCon 365 - Atlanta | August 11-15, 2025 (Atlanta, GA)

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Get to know Copilot

Mark Kashman — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT

There is so much to learn about Microsoft 365 Copilot, it helps to have someone translate Copilot into practical knowledge, tips, and tricks. We chat with TJ Devine, one of Microsoft's foremost experts in Copilot - to hear how it evolves AND how best to talk about it - to understand what you can do with AI in Microsoft 365. You'll hear TJ touch on key AI innovations, core integration touch points, customer journeys with Copilot adoption, some of his favorite tips when working with Copilot, and a glimpse into the future. Small note: TJ, Mark, and Chris recorded this themselves - their real voices - no AI augmentation, just pure AI education!

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08:57 - Interview with TJ Devine

44:55 - Upcoming Events

TJ Devine | LinkedIn

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Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]

Copilot hub on adoption.microsoft.com

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Upcoming events:

"SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | Jan. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
Ability Summit | March 18, 2025 (Online)
MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 (Redmond, WA & online)
AIIM 2025 | Atlanta, GA March 31- Apr. 2
Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | March 31 – April 2 (Las Vegas, NV)
Microsoft's 50th Anniversary | April 4, 2025 (Worldwide)
Comms vNext | April 15-16, 2025 (Denver, CO)
Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas)
Microsoft Build | May 19-22, 2025 (Seattle, WA | Online)
SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)
European Collaboration Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany)
European Power Platform Conference | June 16-19 (Vienna, Austria)
TechCon 365 - Seattle | June 23 – 27, 2025 (Seattle, WA)
TechCon 365 - Atlanta | August 11-15, 2025 (Atlanta, GA)

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Deep M365Con learning with Laura and Rez

Mark Kashman — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Are you ready for deep thoughts on deep learning with Laura Rogers and Noorez Khamis? Laura is an MVP and founder of IW Mentor, who brings a wealth of knowledge in SharePoint and Microsoft 365. Rez is also an MVP and CTO at Creospark with an extensive background on the depths of SharePoint and Microsoft 365. Together, they bring us insights of in-person events, based on their own workshop experiences and the benefits they see, and receive, during hands-on learning and the importance of networking at conferences. It's a great conversation about tech, learning, and sharing what you learn.

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02:03 Interview with Laura Rogers and Noorez Khamis

38:17 Upcoming Events

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Noorez Khamis (Creospark)| LinkedIn | Twitter

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Upcoming events:

Ability Summit | March 18, 2025 (Online)

MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 (Redmond, WA & online)

Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | March 31 – April 2 (Las Vegas, NV)

Microsoft's 50th Anniversary | April 4, 2025 (Worldwide)

Comms vNext | April 15-16, 2025 (Denver, CO)

Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas)

Microsoft Build | May 19-22, 2025 (Seattle, WA | Online)

SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)

European Collaboration Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany)

European Power Platform Conference | June 16-19 (Vienna, Austria)

TechCon 365 - Seattle | June 23 – 27, 2025 (Seattle, WA)

TechCon 365 - Atlanta | August 11-15, 2025 (Atlanta, GA)

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SharePoint roadmap pitstop February 2025

Mark Kashman — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT

No extra day this year. No matter, the product team crammed a lot of goodness into the 28 days of Feb'2025. The busy'ness delivered: Viva Connections: User-created cards, Copilot Visual Creator powered by Clipchamp, Microsoft Lists: Forms updates, SharePoint: Updated document libraries, Improved Microsoft Lists links in Teams chats and channels, Preview mode for SharePoint Pages, Personal Loop workspaces, SharePoint spaces retirement, and more. Plus, we grabbed time with Matt Taylor to talk about getting started with SharePoint agents, including his own journey as a recent implant into the world of SharePoint from the Teams Rooms team.

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01:27 - SharePoint Hackathon info

04:00 - Employee engagement

07:43 - Interview with Matt Taylor

28:10 - Teamwork

38:04 - Related tech

44:00 - Teasers

45:42 - Microsoft 365 Community Conference info

Matt Taylor | LinkedIn

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Upcoming events:

NOW ON DEMAND | "SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper, CJ Tan, and Melissa Torres
SharePoint Hackathon, including six webinars | March 3-17, 2025 (Online)
Ability Summit | March 18, 2025 (Online)
MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 (Redmond, WA & online)
Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | March 31 – April 2 (Las Vegas, NV)
Microsoft's 50th Anniversary | April 4, 2025 (Worldwide)
Comms vNext | April 15-16, 2025 (Denver, CO)
Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas)
Microsoft Build | May 19-22, 2025 (Seattle, WA | Online)
SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)
European Collaboration Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany)
European Power Platform Conference | June 16-19 (Vienna, Austria)
TechCon 365 - Seattle | June 23 – 27, 2025 (Seattle, WA)
TechCon 365 - Atlanta | August 11-15, 2025 (Atlanta, GA)

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Post-publication impact of SharePoint pages

Mark Kashman — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Take an audio tutorial tour that covers 10 ways to make a SharePoint page work for you, after you publish them! After your page looks great and is ready for your audience—make a plan to put that page as close to your reader as possible. Share it directly to them - intact - without requiring them to click away from where they are already focused and working. All are built-in features of SharePoint and related technology, geared to help you get the word out. It’s not sorcery. It IS truly magical. Get ready to flex your post-publication page amplification!

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Upcoming events:

"SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | Jan. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST

Ability Summit | March 18, 2025 (Online)

MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 (Redmond, WA & online)

Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | March 31 – April 2 (Las Vegas, NV)

Microsoft's 50th Anniversary | April 4, 2025 (Worldwide)

Comms vNext | April 15-16, 2025 (Denver, CO)

Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas)

Microsoft Build | May 19-22, 2025 (Seattle, WA | Online)

SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)

European Collaboration Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany)

European Power Platform Conference | June 16-19 (Vienna, Austria)

TechCon 365 - Seattle | June 23 – 27, 2025 (Seattle, WA)

TechCon 365 - Atlanta | August 11-15, 2025 (Atlanta, GA)

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SharePoint roadmap pitstop January 2025

Mark Kashman — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:19:00 GMT

Kicking off 2025 with a bang, and a BIG SharePoint event. January 2025 brought a lot of new offerings: Viva Connections on the SharePoint app bar, Pay-as-you-go billing model for SharePoint agents, Re-imagined Hero web part, Viva Engage: Leadership feed, Editorial card web part, Accessibility assistant tool for SharePoint pages, SharePoint pages: Flexible sections, Microsoft Teams: New DVR capabilities, and more. Plus, we grabbed a few important audio snippets from the BIG SharePoint Event with Jeff Teper and the SharePoint team - focused on AI and your intranet.

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02:00 Snippets from the BIG SharePoint event

05:31 Employee engagement

13:06 Teamwork

16:29 Related items

19:01 Roadmap teasers

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Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]

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Listen to and follow Sync Up, our podcast from the OneDrive team.

Upcoming events:

NOW ON DEMAND | "SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" with Jeff Teper and team + plus our new 5-part SharePoint learning series, new customer studies (Amey, Takeda, and Avanade), insights about the upcoming SharePoint Hackathon (March 2025), and more.

M365 Miami 2025 | Feb.6-7, 2025 (Miami, FL)

SharePoint Hackathon | March 3-26, 2025 (Global | Online)

MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27, 2025 (Redmond, WA & online)

Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas)

SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)

European Collaboration Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany)

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SharePoint agents in the wild

Mark Kashman — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Ground your SharePoint agent curiosities in real-world AI use and insights. We talk with customer success expert, Matt Wolodarsky, who recently worked with 80+ of our early adopter customers to best understand their use of SharePoint agents and how we can craft and shape their future. We also talk with Brent Sanders and Anna Henke-Gunvaldson from the Microsoft Legal team (CELA) who share how they put SharePoint agents to work on our internal legal portal called CELAWeb - to help others navigate the nuance and complexity of legal matters as they engage with customers and partners year-round. Get ready to go beyond what SharePoint agents are, and dive into how they can be used to save time, time and time again.

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04:57 Interview with Matt Wolodarsky

36:49 Interview with Brent Sanders and Anna Henke-Gunvaldson

01:08:09 Upcoming Events

Matt Wolodarsky | LinkedIn

Brent Sanders | LinkedIn

Anna Henke-Gunvaldson | LinkedIn

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Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]

Related resources

Microsoft Legal | SharePoint agent case study (coming soon from Microsoft)

NEW SharePoint agent adoption guide (adoption.microsoft.com)

SharePoint agents (adoption.microsoft.com)

GA BLOG | “SharePoint agents now in general availability“ by Adam Harmetz (VP - SharePoint, Microsoft); published on day one of Microsoft Ignite 2024.

CJ Tan’s “One-click AI agents in SharePoint and Teams - focused on files you select” video from the Microsoft Mechanics show

“Create and share SharePoint agents in a few clicks” from the Meet the Makers series - Karuana Gatimu interviews CJ Tan.

Microsoft Learn - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.

Microsoft Tech Community Home

Stay on top of Microsoft 365 changes

Upcoming events

"SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | Jan. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST

M365 Miami 2025 | Feb.6-7.2025

MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 (Redmond, WA & online)

Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas)

SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)

European Collaboration Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany)

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SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop December 2024

Mark Kashman — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Happiest of holidays, and welcome to 2025! December 2024 brought some great new offerings: Microsoft Syntex pay-as-you-go: Simple document processing model, Viva Connections: Power Apps card, Viva Pulse now included in Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Search for Bing retirement, Outlook.cloud.microsoft, Add external content links to Viva Learning, Microsoft 365 data residency: New Zealand, the big, upcoming SharePoint Event + AMA (Jan.29.2025 - 9 AM PST), and more. Plus, a little year in review: The top five features of 2024, a quick list of apps we said goodbye to, and a few 2025 predictions.

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02:11 Employee engagement

SPONSOR | Upcoming SharePoint event

09:36 Top 5 SharePoint features shipped in 2024

20:40 Related technology

26:29 January 2025 teasers

32:22 AI and agents insights from Jeff Teper

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Upcoming events

ON DEMAND

Microsoft Ignite 2024 | Incl. SharePoint "event guide"
ESPC | Dec 2-5, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden (incl. Jeff Teper's ESPC24 keynote on demand)

UPCOMING

"SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | Jan. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
M365 Miami 2025 | Feb.6-7.2025
MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 (Redmond, WA & online)
Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas)
SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)
European Collabroation Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany)

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Guide to employee effectiveness with Synozur

Mark Kashman — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT

On today's episode, Michelle Caldwell (CEO – Synozur) shares how best to envision and plan for employee effectiveness within the AI era. Michelle puts focus on seeing your company as a comprehensive and integrated framework – a Company Operating System – across people, content, processes, key product use, and more. You’ll discover how to take an empathetic approach to modern workplace experiences, to operate more effectively and achieve your strategic goals.

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Michelle Caldwell | LinkedIn | Twitter

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Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]

Synozur (website) + Polaris Pathways (podcast)

Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.

Microsoft Tech Community Home

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ON DEMAND Events

Microsoft Ignite 2024 | Incl. SharePoint "event guide"
ESPC | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden (incl. Jeff Teper's ESPC24 keynote on demand)

UPCOMING Events

"SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | Jan. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
M365 Miami 2025 | Feb.6-7.2025
MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 | Redmond, WA, and online
Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 | Las Vegas
SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)
European Collabroation Summit | May 26-28, 2025 | Düsseldorf, Germany

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SharePoint roadmap pitstop November 2024

Mark Kashman — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT

This month's pitstop looks at everything that landed in November 2024: Viva Engage: Updates for the Copilot adoption community, Copilot Pages, Add Approvals to any SharePoint document library, Teams: New chat and channels experience, Teams: New calendar experience, and Windows Server 2025 (GA). Plus, we share highlights from Microsoft Ignite 2024 - Five announcements from across the Microsoft portfolio. You'll also hear a segment of audio from Maya Rodrig - from the Microsoft Loop team - summarizing Copilot Pages alongside BizChat. It's a busy pitstop to get up to speed AND look ahead.

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01:24 Employee engagement

07:13 "Copilot Pages" by Maya Rodrig

11:17 Teamwork

13:23 Related technology

31:25 Teasers

Maya Rodrig | LinkedIn

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Upcoming events:

Microsoft Ignite 2024 | Now on demand (incl. SharePoint "event guide")

ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 in Stockholm, Swede

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SharePoint roadmap pitstop October 2024

Mark Kashman — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:00:00 GMT

October 2024 brought a few spooky and exciting updates - no bones about it (ok, a skull or two, maybe): Copilot agents in SharePoint, Clipchamp for Microsoft 365 E3 and E5, Copilot in Viva Amplify, SharePoint eSignature: Adobe Acrobat Sign and Docusign integration, SharePoint: Design Ideas, Microsoft Lists: Add approvals to any list, Copilot agents in OneDrive (announced), Colorful folders in Windows File Explorer, SharePoint list and library rules will now send notifications from the no-reply@sharepointonline.com email address, New Planner for the Web and more. Plus, audio snippets from the OneDrive October 8th event, a new tech song for SharePoint Advanced Management, and a visit from Count Dracula 365.

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01:43 Employee engagement

11:32 Teamwork

23:44 Related technology

28:35 Teasers

31:00 "SAM Copiloting Securely" by Dustin Willard

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Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

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Upcoming events:

Microsoft AI Tour | Ongoing, free, one-day events around the world. Up next: Hilversum (Nov.4), Casablanca (Nov.27), Bern (Nov.28), Warsaw (Nov.28), Toronto (Dec.3) and more to close out 2024 and continuing into 2025.

TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX

Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024 | Chicago, IL

ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden

CollabCon 2024 + CollabCruise | Dec. 12, 2024 | Orlando, FL [CollabCruise Dec.13-16 on the brand new Royal Caribbean Utopia of the Seas]

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SharePoint roadmap pitstop September 2024

Mark Kashman — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:00:00 GMT

September 2024 brought a few nice updates and some key disclosures—SharePoint Brand center, Copilot in OneDrive (GA), Copilot in SharePoint: Text web part, Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 news, Bing Generative Search news, Microsoft Delve retirement, Microsoft AI Tour Live updates, completion of the Microsoft Loop Learning Series, and more.

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00:59 Employee engagement

03:25 Teamwork

07:42 Related technology

25:18 Teasers

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Upcoming events:

Oct. 8th at 10am PDT | Microsoft OneDrive: AI Innovations for a New Era of Work and Home

Oct. 14-18 | ESPC - SharePoint week (Seven virtual webinars | Free)

Oct. 16th at 8am PDT "Create and share Copilot agents in SharePoint in a few clicks" with CJ Tan and Karuana Gatimu; our next "Meet the Makers" episode.

CollabDays New England | October 18-19, 2024 | Burlington, Massachusetts

TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX

Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov. 18-22, 2024 | Chicago, IL

ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec. 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden

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Microsoft Loop 101 and AMA

Mark Kashman — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Time to get Loop'y. This episode is your Microsoft Loop 101 audio course. It's a mix of foundational insights and a full 80-minutes of Q&A from an AMA four Loop product makers: Patrick Gan, Manon Knoertzer, Derek Liddell, and Dan Costenaro. They take and answer a ton of audience questions during a recent ask Microsoft anything, AMA. They covered topics across governance, permissions inheritance, AI, integrations with Planner and Teams, and how pages are stored. We also included information about the new Copilot Pages, powered by Microsoft Loop, plus a slew of upcoming events and webinars.

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08:05 Full Microsoft Loop AMA audio (from 9/12/2024)

01:34:05 Upcoming events and webinars

Microsoft Loop | LinkedIn | Twitter | Try Loop | Loop adoption hub

SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback

Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

"Copilot pages for IT Admins - Sep 2024 update" by Dan Costenaro

Full Microsoft Loop AMA + Q&A on demand (video): https://aka.ms/LoopAMA

Try Microsoft Loop: https://loop.cloud.microsoft

Loop on the Microsoft 365 public roadmap

Loop adoption center

Get started with Loop ('how to' content on support.microsoft.com)

Loop governance capabilities (Microsoft Learn)

All Loop blog posts on the Microsoft 365 tech community

Ron Pessner’s blog "Microsoft Loop | Live, Five-Part Learning Series" (has the full, playable versions of each part in the series + info about presenters and what's covered in each)

Loop on LinkedIn: "Microsoft Loop Community" public group

Loop on X: @MicrosoftLoop

Full 5-Part Loop Learning playlist on the "Microsoft Community Learning" YouTube channel: (now on demand)

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Microsoft Tech Community Home

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Upcoming events:

September 26, 9am PT "Microsoft Loop IT governance and management controls"

October 2nd at 9am PT "The development spectrum of Microsoft 365 and Power Platform" with SMEs

April Dunnam, Vesa Juvonen, and Chris Kent.

Oct 8th at 10am PT | Microsoft OneDrive: AI Innovations for a New Era of Work and Home

Oct. 14-18 | ESPC - SharePoint week (online)

Oct. 16th at 8am PT "Create and share Copilot agents in SharePoint in a few clicks" with CJ Tan and Karuana Gatimu; our next "Meet the Makers" episode.

CollabDays New England | October 18-19, 2024 | Burlington, Massachusetts

TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX

Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date" |Chicago, IL

ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden | and always review and share the CommunityDays.org website

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SharePoint roadmap pitstop August 2024

Mark Kashman — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:00:00 GMT

August 2024 brought a slew of updates and information—Microsoft 365 Backup (GA), SharePoint: A new Start experience, SharePoint: New Banner web part, Stream Playlist card on Viva Connections dashboard, Viva Amplify: Video templates, OneDrive: Annotate PDFs (text boxes), Microsoft Lists: Row reorder, Clipchamp: Image background removal, Microsoft Loop components in OneNote, and more. Plus, you'll hear audio from a recent live AMA - specifically a question to David Johnson (Principal PM Architect from the Microsoft Digital team) asking him to share one good story and one bad story about managing Microsoft's Microsoft 365 tenant over the years. As you can imagine, he's got stories. And to round it out, we have insights about a few timely events for SharePoint, Planner, Loop, and more.

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01:43 Employee engagement

10:35 AMA audio snippet with David Johnson (MS IT)

13:53 Teamwork

18:32 Related tech

35:00 Teasers

Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

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"Learn governance from Microsoft Digital, Microsoft’s own IT department" (blog)

"Reimagining content management at Microsoft with SharePoint Premium" (Inside Track)

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Upcoming events:

"Meet Copilot in Microsoft Loop" (webinar) | September 4th at 10:00am PDT

Next episode of Mondays at Microsoft | September 9th at 8:00am PDT (online)

Microsoft Loop AMA (90 minutes) | September, 12th from 10:00am - 11:30am PDT (online)

"The new Microsoft Planner: What’s New and What’s Coming Next" + Live AMA | September 17 at 9am PDT

Metaverse One 2024 | September 18 (online)

Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Sept. 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV

CollabDays - Portugal Porto 2024 | Seopt.21, 2024 | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | Sept.24-27, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden

CollabDays - New England | Oct. 18, 2024 | Burlington, MA

TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX

Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date" | Chicago, IL

European SharePoint Conference [ESPC]| Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden

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Microsoft 365 Backup—Veeam

Mark Kashman — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMT

Back up your data with confidence. Microsoft 365 Backup offers lightning-fast restorability, ensuring business continuity. On this episode, guest host, Brad Gussin from the SharePoint engineering team, provides an overview of the core offering. You'll then hear an interview with our valued partner, Karinne Bessette from Veeam, about the Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 solution.

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Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.

Karinne Bessette | LinkedIn | @Veeam [guest]

Brad Gussin | LinkedIn [co-host]

Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

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Learn more about Microsoft 365 Backup (adoption.microsoft.com)

Learn more about Veeam's Microsoft 365 Backup solution

"Microsoft Announces General Availability of Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Backup Storage" by Zach Rosenfield [July 31, 2024]

Watch "The Ins and Outs of Microsoft 365 Backup & Archive"

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Upcoming events:

TechCon365 - DC | Aug. 12-16, 2024 |Washington, DC

CollabDays Hamburg | Hamburg, Germany | August 31, 2024

Microsoft Power Platform Conference | September 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV

CollabDays Portugal Porto 2024 (previously CollabDays Lisbon)| Sept. 21 Venue: Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

CollabDays New England | October 18-19, 2024 | Burlington, Massachusetts

TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX

Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024 | Chicago, IL

ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden

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Microsoft 365 Backup—Commvault

Mark Kashman — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Microsoft 365 Backup is your in-place solution for lightning-fast restorability, ensuring business continuity. On this episode, guest host Brad Gussin from the SharePoint engineering team provides an overview of the core offering. You'll then hear an interview with our valued partner, Brad Kirby from Commvault, about their integration of Commvault Cloud with our Microsoft 365 Backup storage platform - extending data recoverability and searchability.

Read this episode's corresponding blog post.

Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.

Brad Kirby (Commvault) | LinkedIn | @Commvault [guest]

Brad Gussin | LinkedIn [co-host]

Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

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Learn more about Microsoft 365 Backup (adoption.microsoft.com)

Learn more about Commvault's Microsoft 365 Backup solution

"Microsoft Announces General Availability of Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Backup Storage" by Zach Rosenfield [July 31, 2024]

Watch "The Ins and Outs of Microsoft 365 Backup & Archive"

Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.

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Upcoming events:

TechCon365 - DC | Aug. 12-16, 2024 |Washington, DC

CollabDays Hamburg | Hamburg, Germany | August 31, 2024

Microsoft Power Platform Conference | September 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV

CollabDays Portugal Porto 2024 (previously CollabDays Lisbon)| Sept. 21 Venue: Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

CollabDays New England | October 18-19, 2024 | Burlington, Massachusetts

TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX

Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024 | Chicago, IL

ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden

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SharePoint roadmap pitstop July 2024

Mark Kashman — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:00:00 GMT

July 2024 brought some great new offerings—New SharePoint content pane, co-authoring in SharePoint, OneDrive: Additional file types to filter, OneDrive: Updated shared folder experience, new Copilot in Planner (preview), the 2024 release wave 2 plans for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, details about how to enter the Deadpool Xbox giveaway sweepstakes, and more. Plus, we also hear from Melissa Torres from the SharePoint team who focuses on pages and news. You'll hear Melissa talk about recent updates and then dive into learning more behind the scenes co-authoring in SharePoint pages.

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7:50 Interview with Melissa Torres

24:45 Teamwork

28:35 Related Technology

35:00 Teasers

Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

Melissa Torres|LinkedIn | Twitter [guest]

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BLOG + DEMO VIDEO | "Introducing Coauthoring for SharePoint Pages and News" by Melissa Torres

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Upcoming events:

TechCon365 - DC | August 12-16, 2024 | Washington, D.C.

CollabDays Hamburg | August 31, 2024 - Hamburg, Germany

Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Sept. 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV

CollabDays - New England | Oct. 18, 2024 | Burlington, MA

TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX

Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date" | Chicago, IL

European SharePoint Conference [ESPC]| Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden

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Amped up on Amplify

Mark Kashman — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT

This episode is like a gift to your future work "comms pro" personality. All the heartache of manual copy/pasting into various internal distribution channels will fade away. And what shines through? The ability to communicate like a pro with the broadest reach and impact for your internal news and campaigns - big or small. We talk with Liz Sundet (Senior Customer Experience program manager at Microsoft), a wonderful technologist and trainer focused on getting Microsoft customers prepared to use Microsoft Viva Amplify. You'll hear insights about the tech, best practices for internal comms, and insights into how customers use Amplify to, you guessed it, amplify their internal comms, with solid reporting intact.

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Note: We now publish posts for our regular episodes to the Community News Desk blog. We will continue to publish 'SharePoint roadmap pitstop' episodes to the SharePoint community blog.

Liz Sundet | LinkedIn | Twitter

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OneDrive | @OneDrive | OneDrive community blog | Feedback

Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]

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Upcoming events:

Community Days - Chicago | July 20, 2024 | Chicago, IL, United States

M365 NYC (Community Days) | July 26, 2024 | New York, NY, USA

TechCon365 - DC | August 12-16, 2024 | Washington, D.C.

CollabDays Hamburg | August 31, 2024 - Hamburg, Germany

Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Sept. 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV

CollabDays Portugal Porto 2024 (previously known as CollabDays Lisbon)| Sept. 21, 2024, Venue: Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

CollabDays - New England | Oct. 18, 2024 | Burlington, MA

TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX

Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date" | Chicago, IL

European SharePoint Conference [ESPC] | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden

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SharePoint roadmap pitstop June 2024

Mark Kashman — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 11:00:00 GMT

It's official - summer is here (in the Northern Hemisphere); happy Wintering Southern Hemi. No matter the latitude, the attitude and altitude of tech delivery continued with verve and zest. June 2024 brought some great new offerings—Viva Amplify supports SharePoint audience targeting, SharePoint Premium: Autofill columns, SharePoint: Apply shapes to images, updated CLI for Microsoft 365 v7.10, Teams: File previews in messages, SharePoint: Text web part updates, OneDrive: Shortened URLs, Microsoft Designer updates + new icon, planner.cloud.microsoft, and more. We also hear from Dave Cohen about how the SharePoint team plans, designs, and delivers ongoing value to your intranet of today and tomorrow.

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04:40 Employee Engagement

10:55 "The intranet of tomorrow: beautiful, flexible, and AI ready" with Dave Cohen

15:09 Teamwork

20:22Related Technologies

29:35 Teasers

Dave Cohen | LinkedIn

Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]

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Learn from Dave Cohen and Denise Trabona about SharePoint: The intranet of tomorrow: beautiful, flexible, and AI ready