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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 09/04/2025

“This has always been an incredible event—and this year, it’s more important than ever.” #M365CON is where Copilot, community, and career growth come together. Join me for amazing content and face time with the people building the future of #Microsoft365 bsky.app/profile/m365...

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Christian Buckley @buckleyplanet.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Don't miss the #CollabTalk TweetJam OR the post-tweetjam panel discussion happening next Tuesday, January 28th at 9am (tweetjam) and 10am (panel) buff.ly/42o1ScK

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 20/01/2025

I'm happy to share that my third blog post for P365 is now online 😍 The blog post is about #MicrosoftTeams face and voice recognition. Microsoft will change default behavior in February. Read what a Teams administrator needs to know and how to deal with it 👇 practical365.com/voice-and-fa...

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Practical 365

Practical Office 365 News, Tips, and Tutorials

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 16/01/2025

It's #QuickTippThursday and I've published a new episode of my German #Office365 #QuickTipp series. Microsoft announced a facelift for the #Microsoft365 web portal end of last year and is now rolling out this update. In episode 252, I give you an overview of the ongoing changes youtu.be/3C6YWsof26w

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Episode 252 - Das Neue Microsoft 365 Portal

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 09/01/2025

Am 28.01. und 29.01.2025 feiern wir den #TeamsCommunityDay 🥳 Auch die TUGDE ist dabei und hat ein fantastisches Speaker Line Up rund um #MicrosoftTeams Phone System. Meldet Euch jetzt für den Standort Bochum oder München an 👇 www.meetup.com/de-DE/micros... @adrian.cloudkumpel.de @plemich.io

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 09/01/2025

The new dropdown filter will be added to the "All schedules" view. It will help to concentrate on the schedules of active Teams. The rollout will start early February and Microsoft expects to complete the rollout by mid-February 2025.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 09/01/2025

[M365 Message Center Update] Filter between active and archived teams in Shifts app schedules #Microsoft announced an update for the #MicrosoftTeams and Shifts app. The Shifts app will get a new filter allowing you to filter between active and archived Teams. #MC974351 #M365MessageCenterUpdate

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 09/01/2025

It's #QuickTippThursday 😍 In episode 251 of my German #Office365 #QuickTipp series I'm showing you a feature in New Outlook to get notifications even the Outlook client is closed and not running. 📺👇 youtu.be/z_UeBG0RIIw

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Episode 251 - Benachrichtigung wenn Outlook geschlossen

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 08/01/2025

The rollout will begin for Targeted Release user late January, for GA users February. Microsoft expects to complete the rollout by late February 2025.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 08/01/2025

Unfortunately, the label of the Loop workspace will not change, if the label of the M365 will change 🙈 In late February Microsoft will fix it and updated labels will apply to the Loop Workspace, too.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 08/01/2025

the user will lose access to the Loop workspace. Users can use different Loop components in the workspace. If the Team will be deleted, also the Loop workspace will be deleted. Also, the Loop workspace will automatically receive the sensitivity label of the M365 group at creation time.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 08/01/2025

The Loop workspace membership is the #Microsoft365 group membership of the team. Also, the membership of the Loop workspace will follow the M365 group membership. Adding a new member to the Team will grant access to the Loop workspace and when removing a user from the Team,

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 08/01/2025

[M365 Message Center Update] Add a Loop workspace tab to standard channels #Microsoft announced an update for #MicrosoftTeams and #MicrosoftLoop workspaces. Soon, you will be able to add a new Loop workplace as a tab to a Standard Teams Channel. #MC973493 #M365MessageCenterUpdate

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 08/01/2025

And again: this update applies to new tenants starting early February, but also for existing tenants without customized policies.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 08/01/2025

Transcription in Teams will be enabled by default for new tenants created in February 2025 and after that date AND tenants without customized policies. Today, the setting for transcription in the Default Policy is disabled or off. After the update, the setting is on by default.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 08/01/2025

[M365 Message Center Update] Enable transcription policy by default #Microsoft announced an update for #MicrosoftTeams and the default behavior of transcription in Teams. The rollout will start early February and expects to complete by mid-February 2025. #MC973519 #M365MessageCenterUpdate

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 08/01/2025

The rollout will start for Targeted Release user early February, and for GA users mid-February. Microsoft expects to complete the rollout by late February 2025.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 08/01/2025

It will help you to see when one of your tags that you are subscribed to has been mentioned in a message or chat. The existing @Mentions filter allows you to catch messages in which you have been personally mentioned.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 08/01/2025

[M365 Message Center Update] New "Tag mentions" filter for the Activity feed #Microsoft announced an update for #MicrosoftTeams. Teams will introduce a new "Tag mentions" filter in the Activity feed. #MC973502 #M365MessageCenterUpdate

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 06/01/2025

Set-CsTeamsEventsPolicy -Identity Global -RecordingForTownhall Enabled Set-CsTeamsEventsPolicy -Identity Global -RecordingForWebinar Enabled More details can be found here 👇 learn.microsoft.com/powershell/m...

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New-CsTeamsEventsPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell)

TeamsEventsPolicy is used to configure options for customizing Teams Events experiences.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 06/01/2025

The new policy will roll out in mid-February and expect to complete by late February 2025. Microsoft recommends to act today and set the new parameter by PowerShell: Example to set the recording behavior for Town Halls or Webinars:

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 06/01/2025

Currently the Teams meeting policy controls the recording options for normal meetings, Town Hall meetings & Webinar meetings in a single parameter. Soon, there will be a dedicated parameter in Teams Meeting policy to control recording behavior for Town Hall and a dedicated parameter for Webinars.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 06/01/2025

[M365 Message Center Update] New recording policies for town halls and webinars #Microsoft announced new policy options for #MicrosoftTeams Town and Webinar meetings. #MC971032 #M365MessageCenterUpdate

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 06/01/2025

Soon, customers can send and receive SMS messages within Microsoft Teams. It sounds that Admins need to enable the SMS service per user. More infos to come when the feature is available.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 06/01/2025

[M365 Message Center Update] SMS for calling plans #Microsoft announced a new feature for #MicrosoftTeams Phone System ☎️ - SMS Chat in Calling Plans for customers in US and Canada The rollout will start mid-February and expect to complete by late February 2025. #MC971033 #M365MessageCenterUpdate

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 02/01/2025

You can find our podcast here 👇🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/a... Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ai-...

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AI und Du: Copilot in Microsoft 365

Technologie Podcast · 3 Folgen · Zweiwöchentlich

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 02/01/2025

@adrian.cloudkumpel.de and I have a new #Community project and we proud to release our second episode of the German podcast "AI und Du - Copilot in Microsoft 365". In our second episode we are talking about the planned renaming of #Copilot in #Microsoft365 and the impact on our users.

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AI und Du: Copilot in Microsoft 365

Technologie Podcast · 3 Folgen · Zweiwöchentlich

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 02/01/2025

It's #QuickTippThursday and time for a new episode of my German #Office365 #QuickTipp Series. In Episode 250, I discover a new feature in Classic Outlook Client, tasks management with ToDo Here you can find some insights 👇📺 youtu.be/mfxx3qy_y3U

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Episode 250 - Aufgaben mit ToDo im Classic Outlook

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 01/01/2025

The rollout begins for Targeted Release user in early February, for GA users late March. Microsoft expects to complete the rollout by early April 2025.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 01/01/2025

To use this new feature, a tenant must have a valid Viva Engage and Teams license. Premium features in Viva Engage requires of course a Viva Engage Premium license, which is part of Viva Suite and Viva Employee Communications and Communities licenses.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 01/01/2025

The first step is the integration of Viva Engage in Teams. A new Storyline in Viva Engage triggers a notification in Teams Activity. Also, users can access the Viva Storyline page over a new tab in a 1:1 chat with a person.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 01/01/2025

Currently, employee communication can be often scattered across different platforms or tools. This leads to frustration and delay in information for users. To address this, Microsoft plans to bring Viva Engage and Microsoft Teams closer. It should help to stay connected and collaborate in Teams.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 01/01/2025

[M365 Message Center Update] Viva Engage storyline will be integrated in Teams #Microsoft announced the integration of Viva Engage Storyline in #MicrosoftTeams. #MC969448 #M365MessageCenterUpdate

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 30/12/2024

The Rollout will start for Targeted Release users late February 2025, for GA users early March 2025, and expects to complete by mid-March 2025.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 30/12/2024

Users can set how to open Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files (in a browser, desktop app, or directly in Teams) from Classic Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Microsoft hopes to get a more consistent user experience over the different M365 apps including Microsoft Teams.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 30/12/2024

[M365 Message Center Update] File open preferences will extend to more Microsoft 365 apps #Microsoft announced an update for #MicrosoftTeams and file open preferences. The well-known feature in Teams will be extended to other #Microsoft365 apps. #MC967240 #M365MessageCenterUpdate

Screenshot of the M365 Message Center post including Relevance (medium), Platform (Deskop), Message Id, Roadmap Id (471000) and a description of the new feature

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 26/12/2024

It's #QuickTippThursday and time for episode 249 of my German #Office365 #QuickTipp Series 👇📺 It's about how to create a QR Code for a website in #Microsoft Edge browser youtu.be/UN3rnPVWwdA

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Episode 249 - QR Codes generieren in Microsoft Edge

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 19/12/2024

Seit heute online: Episode 279 meiner #Office365 #QuickTipp Serie 🥳 In dieser geht es um #MicrosoftTeams und die neue Kalender App 📅 Was alles Neues auf Euch wartet, erfahrt Ihr hier 📺👇 youtu.be/zFcSZp0voZA

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Episode 248 - Neuer Kalender in Microsoft Teams

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 16/12/2024

The rollout will start for Targeted Release user early January, for GA users late January, and expect to complete by early February 2025.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 16/12/2024

Soon, Teams will allow forwarding of app cards across chats, excluding bot cards. You will get a new way to share app cards across chats by clicking the "More Actions" menu in the message with app card and select forward. Forwarding of bots cards is excluded from this release.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 16/12/2024

[M365 Message Center Update] Forward messages with app cards #Microsoft announced an update for #MicrosoftTeams and app cards. #MC956699 #M365MessageCenterUpdate

Screenshot of the M365 Message Center post including Relevance (medium), Message Id, Roadmap Id (469506) and a description of the new feature

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 11/12/2024

You can write a channel posting and schedule when it should be posted. Also, you will be able to edit or cancel a scheduled posting. The rollout will start for Targeted Release user early January, for GA users early February. Microsoft expects to complete the rollout by mid-February 2025.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 11/12/2024

[M365 Message Center Update] Scheduling channel messages #Microsoft announced an update for #MicrosoftTeams and Channel messages - soon you will be able to schedule channel messages. #MC953752 #M365MessageCenterUpdate

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 11/12/2024

The rollout will start for Targeted Release user mid-January, and for GA users late MArch 2025. Microsoft expects to complete the rollout by early April 2025.

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Thorsten Pickhan @thorpick.de · 11/12/2024

Teams administrator can manage and control the option by Microsoft Teams Meeting Policy. Please be aware of that the new Meeting Policy option "Anonymous users can join a meeting after verifying by email code" complements the existing option controlling anonymous user access to a meeting.

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