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SharePoint User Group UK – December 2013 – Mark Stokes
SUGUK Updates
Lots of new things happening next year - Look out for some great changes
Yammer network now available
http://bit.ly/SUGUK-Yammer
SharePoint updates
SharePoint 2013 Service pack 1 is coming… - The SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is coming soon.
Office 365 Beta Exams are Now Available
Beta exam period runs: December 6th – February 16th, 2014.
http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/btl/b/weblog/archive/2013/12/06/office-365-beta-exams-are-now-available.aspx
Yammer is expanding to all Office 365 Enterprise Customers - Along with other updates and advancements in the roadmap, Yammer will now be available to all Office 365 Enterprise customers.
http://blogs.office.com/b/sharepoint/
Office 365 for business updates Real time co-authoring across the Office Web Apps - Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint Web Apps now show people working together in documents simultaneously.
Word Web App updates - New features include ability to find and replace words and phrases, apply styles and formatting to tables, and insert headers and footers for more professional reports and papers
Excel Web App updates - New features include drag and drop cells and reorder sheets, a quick analysis of a range of data right in the status bar, including sum, count, and average of a selected range of cells, and support for more workbook types including opening and interacting with spreadsheets that have Sheet Protection.
OneNote Windows Store update - New Share Charm and Camera Scan integration makes it easier for you to capture your screen, documents, and whiteboards bringing the physical notes into your notebook. Optical Character Recognition searches your image captures for text, and Recent Notes and Page Previews help you quickly navigate your notebook. Finally improved inking gives you more options for annotating your notes and captures.
Office Remote from Microsoft Research - Microsoft Research is releasing an app that lets you control a PowerPoint presentation from your Windows Phone.
Improved Message Center - Messages are now more specific to your Office 365 account, helping you stay current with Office 365.
Yammer integration updates - Yammer mobile app updates across, Windows Phone, Windows 8, and iPad improve the tablet experience for organizing inbox messages, notifications and more. Better email interpretability so that users can contribute to Yammer group conversations without leaving their inbox.
Office 365 now available in 141 markets - Office 365 is expanding to 17 new markets and supporting 4 new languages, Indonesian, Kazakh, Hindi, and Hebrew.
Lync 2013 desktop client update - New features include inline photos during an IM conversation, ability to manage your photo, recording quality options for 720P and 1080P video, and Login trace files to help admins with troubleshooting login issues.
Touch Design mobile experience - We are redesigning the SharePoint Online SkyDrive Pro and Sites experiences for touch across mobile devices making it easier for you to view, share, and explore documents and SharePoint team sites.
SharePoint Online improves external sharing - New features make external sharing easier with Get a Link for anonymous Guest Links, enabling all site members to share with external users, and the auto-generated sharing email includes all invitees on the To line.
Office 365 Admin App - Office 365 Admins can now see their Office 365 service health dashboard on their Windows Phone, with iPhone and Android versions coming soon.
Office 365 Message Encryption - Announcing an upcoming service that will enable you to send encrypted email to people outside your Office 365 organization.http://
blogs.office.com/b/office365tech/archive/2013/12/02/what-s-new-november-2013.aspx
Office Web Apps: Real time co-authoring
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Web Apps now show people working together in documents simultaneously.
http://blogs.office.com/b/office365tech/archive/2013/11/06/collaboration-just-got-easier-real-time-co-authoring-now-available-in-microsoft-office-web-apps.aspx
Office Web Apps: Word Web App Updates
New features include ability to
Find and replace words and phrases
Apply styles and formatting to tables
Insert headers and footers http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archiv
e/2013/11/07/what_1920_s-new-in-the-word-web-app_3f00_-.aspx
Office Web Apps: Excel Web App Updates
New features include
Drag and drop cells
Reorder sheets
Quick analysis of a range of data right in the status bar, including sum, count, and average of a selected range of cells
Support for more workbook types
Opening and interacting with spreadsheets that have Sheet Protection.
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2013/11/06/we-ve-updated-excel-web-app-what-s-new-in-november-2013.aspx
OneNote Windows Store Update
New Share Charm and Camera Scan integration makes it easier for you to capture your screen, documents, and whiteboards bringing the physical notes into your notebook.
Optical Character Recognition searches your image captures for text
Recent Notes and Page Previews help you quickly navigate your notebook.
Improved inking gives you more options for annotating your notes and captures.
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2013/11/25/a-big-onenote-update-for-windows-note-taking-devices.aspx
Office Remote from Microsoft Research
Microsoft Research is releasing an app that lets you control a PowerPoint presentation from your Windows Phone.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/inside_microsoft_research/archive/2013/11/18/advance-your-presentation-with-your-phone.aspx
Improved Message Centre
Messages are now more specific to your Office 365 account, helping you stay current with Office 365.
http://blogs.office.com/b/office365tech/archive/2013/11/04/an-improved-message-center.aspx
Yammer integration updates
Yammer mobile app updates across, Windows Phone, Windows 8, and iPad
Improve the tablet experience for organizing inbox messages, notifications and more.
Better email interpretability so that users can contribute to Yammer group conversations without leaving their inbox.
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2013/11/06/getting-it-done-with-social-yammer-introduces-new-features-expands-to-all-office-365-enterprise-customers.aspx
Office 365 now available in 141 markets
17 new markets
4 new languages
Indonesian, Kazakh, Hindi, Hebrew.
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2013/11/12/office-365-now-available-in-141-markets.aspx
Lync 2013 desktop client update
New features include
Inline photos during an IM conversation
Ability to manage your photo
Recording quality options for 720P and 1080P video
Login trace files to help admins with troubleshooting login issues.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/lync/archive/2013/11/12/november-2013-update-for-the-lync-2013-desktop-client.aspx
Touch Design mobile experience
MS are redesigning the SharePoint Online SkyDrive Pro and Sites experiences for touch across mobile devices making it easier for you to view, share, and explore documents and SharePoint team sites.
http://blogs.office.com/b/office365tech/archive/2013/11/19/sharepoint-online-introduces-the-touch-design-mobile-experience.aspx
SP Online improves External Sharing
New features make external sharing easier with
Get a Link for anonymous Guest Links
Enabling all site members to share with external users
The auto-generated sharing email includes all invitees on the To line.
http://blogs.office.com/b/office365tech/archive/2013/11/21/sharepoint-online-improves-external-sharing.aspx
Office 365 Admin App
Office 365 Admins can now
See their Office 365 service health dashboard on their Windows Phone
iPhone and Android versions coming soon
http://blogs.office.com/b/office365tech/archive/2013/11/21/check-the-service-health-of-your-office-365-service-on-the-go.aspx
Office 365 Message Encryption
Announcing an upcoming service that will enable you to send encrypted email to people outside your Office 365 organization.
http://blogs.office.com/b/office365tech/archive/2013/11/21/introducing-office-365-message-encryption-send-encrypted-emails-to-anyone.aspx