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Microsoft Viva Topics
- Roadmap ID: 72069
- February 2021
Topics is the latest product output from Project Cortex, bringing artificial intelligence (AI) to empower people with knowledge and expertise in the apps they use every day and to connect, manage, and protect content across systems and teams. It is also the first one of four disclosed Microsoft Viva modules to be released.
Lightbox for images on SharePoint pages
- Roadmap ID: 70669
- February 2021
A lightbox popup is a window overlay that appears on top of a webpage. With this update, when people click or tap on an image in SharePoint, they will be able to see a larger version of the image in the lightbox. When viewing the image in the lightbox, the remainder of the page is inactivated and dimmed.
SharePoint web part toolbox updates
- Roadmap ID: 70668
- February 2021
This one is for page authors or site owners that design a lot of content on their site home page. If you're new to using web parts, one thing the team discovered was the lack of discovery - of all the useful web parts.
SharePoint: Audience Targeting for Quick Links web part
- Roadmap ID: 67115
- February 2021
We are adding the ability to target specific audiences per link within the Quick Links Web Part. With it, you will be able to target specific links to different audiences, helping you provide more personalized experiences on SharePoint pages.
SharePoint Portal Launch Scheduler
- Roadmap ID: 66162
- February 2021
This is an admin feature designed to help coordinate and schedule launch details for SharePoint sites that are expected to receive high volumes of traffic. The Portal Launch wizard available via SharePoint PowerShell is designed to configure the deployment waves when launching a new site.
Microsoft Lists | Support for thousands separator and custom symbols in Number columns
- Roadmap ID: 68716
- February 2021
With Microsoft Lists and SharePoint lists, owners and members have the ability to add a thousands separator to numbers and to be able to choose their preferred symbol that best represents what the numbers represent - like the various currency symbols used across the world.
Adding taxonomy columns for modern SharePoint library views
- Roadmap ID: 70609
- February 2021
Yes, the power of metadata in the hands of those that need to manage document library content as the business prescribes. This new feature gives you the ability to add taxonomy-powered columns directly to library views in modern SharePoint libraries.
Microsoft Search in classic SharePoint sites
- Roadmap ID: 57131
- February 2021
This is a quick and simple one, with lots of power for sites that have been around a while and may still be in classic mode. We are expanding the reach of Microsoft Search; classic SharePoint team sites that do not have customized search experience will be updated to the modern Microsoft Search experience, bringing improved personalization and relevance.
Text predictions are coming to Word for Windows
- Roadmap ID: 80179
- February 2021
Initially, text predictions popped up in Outlook for Windows - during composition to help users write more efficiently by predicting text quickly and accurately. Now, text predictions are coming to Microsoft Word when writing documents in English. And we know a lot of Word document are created in Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
Evolution of Microsoft Lens
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- February 2021
And with the evolution, beyond a new name, comes some dynamic new features, like intelligent actions into the camera, including: Image to Text, Image to Table, Image to Contact, Immersive Reader, and QR Code Scan.
OneDrive for Android updates
- Roadmap ID: NIL
- February 2021
We’re introducing an updated home screen experience for Android users, plus support for Samsung Motion Photos and 8K video. Now, you can pick up where you left off on recent and offline files, and easily re-discover memories from the past right from the home screen.
