Office 365 received several updates throughout June 2017, below is our summary of some of the key updates:
Microsoft Forms
Microsoft released Forms into preview for Office 365 commercial customers. Forms allows you to create surveys, quizzes and polls to collect information, and then analyse the results using Excel services. Forms is enabled by default and includes external collaboration features.
Skype Updates
Microsoft Pulse is now available in Skype Meeting Broadcast. Pulse is a voting app that enables meeting attendees to participate in an event in real time, which keeps them engaged and gives organisers up-to-date information about how event information is being received. Link
Skype for Business from within Yammer; you can now launch and perform some basic Skype for Business tasks right from your navigation bar in Yammer in Office 365. Link
Improving People in Outlook for iOS & Android
Outlook for iOS and Android received an update to enable users to edit contacts directly within the app. Link
Microsoft Stream now available worldwide
Microsoft Stream is now generally available to all Office 365 Tenants; Microsoft Stream builds on the learnings from Office 365 Video to bring intelligence and deeper integration into Office 365 and beyond. Link
Outlook 2016 for Mac
Outlook for Mac is adding several highly requested features for Office 365 customers, including the ability to send an email at the time of your choice and request delivery notifications and read receipts. These additions deliver four of the top 10 requested features, and are designed to help you be more productive and stay in control of the day ahead. Link
Microsoft Teams
Cloud storage integrations; users can now connect Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and ShareFile. These locations can be controlled from the Teams Organisation settings.
Teams is also now available through InTune conditional access.
Exchange Online
Exchange Online Remove-CalendarEvents - When a mailbox is removed, the meetings organised by that mailbox continue to exist on conference room calendars or other calendars. The Remove-CalendarEvents cmdlet allows admins to cancel all future meetings organised by a specific mailbox, so that the calendars of the meeting attendees (resources & users) can be cleared up. You can use this cmdlet to cancel future meetings organised by a user or a resource mailbox in Office 365. Link
Yammer Updates
Notifications are being updated based on feedback. Link
Yammer will also now use Office 365 Groups. Link
Microsoft Planner Mobile App
Microsoft Planner mobile app is now available for iPhone and Android phones. Planner is available to customers with Office 365 Enterprise E1–E5, Business Essentials, Business Premium and Education subscription plans. Link
Microsoft InTune & Conditional Access
Microsoft InTune and Conditional Access is now generally available via the Azure Portal; you can manage all Intune MAM and MDM capabilities in one consolidated admin experience, and leverage Azure AD grouping and targeting.
Microsoft Mechanics
Microsoft Mechanics saw small technical updates to Office 365, here are the key ones to note:
- The new unified Enterprise Mobility + Security management experience in the Azure Portal
- Introducing the new enterprise video service - Microsoft Stream
- Advanced Threat Protection across Windows 10 and Office
- By Michael Skitt (Senior Microsoft Consultant)
