Office 365

Teams – Number of simultaneous participants shown in video is increasing

This has been an important customers request and Microsoft Teams is going to increase the number of simultaneous video participants in Teams meeting from 4 to 9. For more than 9 participants, those with video on will be prioritized to be shown on the stage. Participants with audio will be shown below the meeting stage. […]

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OneDrive – You can now access the file version history from OneDrive client and Windows Explorer

The OneDrive client has been updated and now provides access to the file version history from both the OneDrive client and Windows Explorer (for files synced with OneDrive).     You need run the OneDrive client version 20.052.0311.0006 or later to enjoy this new capability.

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SharePoint – The SharePoint Mobile application now supports custom branding

As you may know, you can customize the branding of your Office 365 tenant using your own logo and banner. This customization has been available for quite some time now, but there was one limitation: the SharePoint mobile app did not apply the customization and continue to display a standard/generic branding. Well, good new, it

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Teams – Team membership limit is going to be increase to 10 000 members

As you may know, there is some limits which apply to Microsoft Teams, one of them is the number of maximum members in a Team. Well good news, this limit is going to double by the end of May, going from 5 000 members to 10 000 members. This capacity increase will start by end

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Exchange Online – Hybrid Configuration Wizard Could not convert string to DateTimeOffset error

As you are now aware, the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) has been recently updated (see https://t.co/p3WYcmBpGD) to reach a new major version(17.xxx) Well, after updating the HCW to the latest version, you may face the following issue when you try to run it to configure or update your Exchange Hybrid Configuration when connecting to

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Exchange – A new major version of the Exchange Hybrid configuration Wizard is now available

As you know by now, you can setup Exchange in hybrid configuration to integrate your Exchange on-premises infrastructure with Exchange Online; this is done using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) which is available for download and provide a wide range of configuration options (from lightweight to complete/classic configuration). Well, good new, the HCW just got

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Exchange Online – New version of the Exchange Online PowerShell (aka v2) is now available

As you know, managing Exchange and Exchange Online can be done from either the Exchange Administration Center (EAC) or with PowerShell modules. In the case of Exchange Online PowerSHell module, there has been already 2 major version; the first one with the initial release of Exchange Online years ago (which did not supported MFA) and

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Exchange Online – Get ready for the retirement of Basic Authentication

In the process of re enforcing security, one of the key is to use robust and secure authentication protocols and methods. With that in mind, get ready for the retirement of the basic authentication in Exchange Online for POP and IMAP. If you use POP and/or IMAP to connect to an Exchange Online mailbox, you

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Outlook Mobile – You can now search for files from Outlook Mobile

This feature has been already available for iOS devices. This now also available in Outlook Mobile for Android devices. When you click the Search button in Outlook Mobile you will now have access to your files (including attachments). When you click on the Files section you have access to a complete and detailed list of

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Exchange Online – You can now add a personal calendar and refreshed UI for calendar management

This new feature is only available through Outlook Web Access (aka OWA, aka Outlook on the Web). When you use OWA to access your calendar (https://outlook.office.com/calendar/) you will have a refreshed ‘Add calendar’ which then will also gives you the ability to add a personal calendar from Outlook.com, Google or Team Snap. To access this

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