Updates, updates and updates. This time around there’s a great deal of clean up on the Office Roadmap. Mayhaps they are adding space for all the neat SharePoint things we expect to see next week at the SharePoint Future event.

There’s also a bunch of new stuff added to the In Development category, scroll down and learn something.

Also worth noticing is that the Yammer team has started to catch up on the feedback they received over the last few years. I think that in just a few weeks they made more than they actually been able to do for years. Good job - now if you only could focus on some proper integration; with identities, search, threading and stuff that matters.

Changes 2016-04-17

Launched

  • Funnel Chart: New Funnel chart, rolling out for Excel 2016 and Excel for Windows Mobile first (new)
  • March Updates in Office Mobile Apps for Windows devices: Lots of updates for the Metro Office (new)
  • Project Online - Portfolio Dashboard: Really cool new Dashboard for Project Online (from in development)
  • Project Online - Portfolio Dashboard for iPad: As above, but for the iPad (from in development)
  • Public Folder eDiscovery & In-Place Hold: Compliance stuff for Public folders (from rolling out)

Rolling out

  • Class Notebook: limit sharing and delition of section groups: blocks sharing from the Mac and iOS Apps cause it breaks the sharing model. Also moving section is blocked. And some “delition” stuff (new)
  • Content Search Export: export data (compliance) from mailboxes and SharePoint to your local machine (new)
  • eDiscovery Case Management, Hold & Permissions: More eDiscovery improvements (from in development)
  • Learning Tools for OneNote: GA for the Edu OneNote Learning tools (new, but was called Learning Tools for OneNote, which is moved to previously released)
  • New Yammer group experiences: We’re starting to see some improvements to the Yammer service (finally), changing how you interact with groups (from indevelopment)
  • Office 365 Reporting Dashboard: I really like this new reporting dashboard in the new admin center, but can’t wait for the PowerBI content pack (from in development)
  • Optimizing Yammer Inbox for Team Collaboration: More Yammer improvements. Did I read “mark group as read”. Wow! (new)
  • Safety Tips for Office 365: warnings about suspicious e-mails (new)
  • Yammer Discovery Feed: Updates to the Yammer feeds to make it easier to discover new information (from in development)
  • Yammer Group UI Redesign: First big UX update since the Microsoft acquisition? (from in development)

In Development

  • April Updates in Office Mobile apps for Android devices: Android App updates incoming (new)
  • April updates in Office mobile apps for iOS devices: And iOS (new)
  • April updates in Office Mobile Apps for Windows devices: And for you poor people who still are on this platform (new)
  • Bing Speller in Office Online: Office Online is now powered by Bing Spell Checker, brave! (new)
  • Chat while co-editing a document: direct access to Skype when co-authoring (new)
  • Classroom scale co-authoring in PowerPoint Online: improved scale in PowerPoint co-authoring (new)
  • Embed content into OneNote for iOS: embed stuff (Sway, Mix, videos) in OneNote for iOS
  • Embed content into OneNote for Mac: and on Mac (new)
  • Embed content into OneNote Online: and Online (new)
  • Embed Sways into Microsoft Classroom:  and some Sway embedding (new)
  • End of school year Class Notebook archive: Class Notebooks is getting a tremendous amount of improvements! (new)
  • Enhanced UML diagram support: Better UML support in …Visio? (new)
  • FastTrack | Box to OneDrive for Business Migration: Get yer files outta Box (new)
  • FastTrack | Power BI onboarding support: Onboard your E5 users faster (new)
  • Focused Inbox for Outlook for Windows, Mac and web: The Focused inbox is coming to Windows and Mac. It says “loved on iOS” - I’m not 100% agreeing on that one though. (new)
  • Improvements to Yammer notifications: Notifications; mobile and e-mail will be improved. (new)
  • Message Center improvements Spring 2016: Inline Bing translation, be careful! (new)
  • Office 365 Advanced Security Management - Alerting: Advanced threat detection alerts (new)
  • Office 365 Advanced Security Management - App Discovey Dashboard: Find out what other cloud services your organization is using. (new)
  • Office 365 Advanced Security Management - App Permissions: centrally block external apps from accessing your Office 365 tenant (new)
  • Office 365 Groups: guest access support: GUEST ACCESS IN GROUPS!!! NUFF SAID! (new)
  • Office Online accessibility: improvements for people with disabilities (new)
  • Offline Messages: Just look at that description, just mumbo jumbo. But this is about Skype Offline messages, cool! (new)
  • OneDrive for Business SharePoint Online Document Library Sync: Long awaited sync for SharePoint libraries (new)
  • OneNote: New special ink effects: LOL! Rainbow and Glitter ink. That’s exactly what we need to be productive! (new)
  • Polls on Yammer iOS app: Reply to polls in the Yammer app, ‘bout time (new)
  • PowerPoint Online Transitions and Animations: enhanced effects in PowerPoint Online (new)
  • Project Online - Financials: project level time-phased costs. Probably a super cool feature for Project peeps (new)
  • Project Online - Mobile apps for team members: Project Online Apps for iOS, Android and Windows Mobile! (new)
  • Send to Sway from OneNote: yup, send OneNote data to a Sway (new)
  • Skype for Business PSTN Conferencing with Toll Free numbers: Toll Free numbers to PSTN conferencing in Skype (new)
  • Smart Lookup in Office Online: Search in Bing from Office Online (new)
  • Upload local Outlook attachment to OneDrive & OneDrive for Business: Attaching files in Outlook 2016 can now directly upload to OneDrive (new)
  • Yammer Language Auto-detection: Yammer now detects language based on your browser setting. Hope you can change it though!! (new)

Cancelled

  • Yammer Group Administrator Onboarding
  • Yammer Group Inbox View

Moved in to Previously released

  • Analyze Office 365 data with Equivio Zoom:
  • Android: Android for Work compliance with multi profile support:
  • Android: Deeper Integration with Outlook:
  • Android: Easy Sign-in, Sign-up:
  • Android: Presenter view:
  • Apps for Project Pro for Office 365 write support:
  • Archiving in Office 365 for 3rd-party data:
  • Auto Generated Project IDs in Project Online:
  • Capacity Management capabilities in Project Online:
  • Chart Support for Office for iPad:
  • Cloud PBX in Skype for Business:
  • Colorful Office theme:
  • Compliance Search Conditions:
  • Configurable push notifications for Office 365 Admin app:
  • Contact sync for Outlook for Android:
  • Dark theme:
  • Dark theme for Outlook 2016:
  • Data Loss Prevention (DLP) in SharePoint Online:
  • Data Loss Protection (DLP) for Office desktop:
  • Directory pictures in Outlook 2016 search suggestions:
  • DKIM Outbound for Exchange Online Protection:
  • DLP in SharePoint - Policy Management:
  • DLP Policy Tips in Office Clients:
  • Easy Enable for Data Analysis Add-Ins:
  • Embedded video in Universal app:
  • Enforce Office 365 Identity in Yammer:
  • EU Model Clauses and HIPAA BAA Availability for All Yammer Customers:
  • Events from email:
  • Exchange Online Protection- Zero Day auto-purge:
  • FastTrack | Data migration to OneDrive from Google Drive:
  • FastTrack | Skype for Business Onboarding Expansion:
  • FastTrack | Azure Rights Management Onboarding:
  • FastTrack | Data migration to OneDrive for Business from File Shares:
  • FastTrack | Data migration to SharePoint Online Team Sites from File Shares:
  • FastTrack | FastTrack Center services coming to smaller customers:
  • FastTrack | Improving Intune onboarding with MDM:
  • FastTrack | Office 365 ProPlus Upgrade Assistance:
  • FastTrack | Project Online Onboarding:
  • February Updates in Office Mobile Apps for Android devices:
  • February Updates in Office Mobile Apps for iOS:
  • February Updates in Office Mobile Apps for Windows devices:
  • First Release: Office 365 ProPlus and Office 365 Business:
  • First Release: Select People support for SharePoint & OneDrive for Business:
  • Group Updates feed and Direct Messages for Yammer mobile apps:
  • Higher DPI support for 250% and 300%:
  • Inline OneDrive attachment preview for Outlook on the web:
  • January Improvements in Excel 2016 for Windows:
  • January Improvements in Excel Mobile for Windows:
  • Keyword & People search suggestions in Outlook 2016:
  • Learning Tools for OneNote Preview:
  • Likes Coming to Outlook on the web:
  • Lync mobile release - Android:
  • Lync mobile release - Windows Phone:
  • Making it easier to share files and collaborate:
  • Manage Yammer licenses in Office 365:
  • Math Input Control:
  • Mentions Available in Outlook on the web:
  • Mobile offline files (read-only) for iOS:
  • Mobile PDF annotation support for iOS:
  • Morph for iOS:
  • Multiple timeline bars in Project Pro for Office 365:
  • Multi-select Attachments in Outlook 2016:
  • New capabilities on Yammer Android app:
  • New Chinese and Japanese Default Fonts:
  • New Forecasting Capabilities:
  • New Functions for Shorter Formulas:
  • New per-user licensing for Sway:
  • Next-generation OneDrive for Business sync client (PC & Mac):
  • November Improvements in Excel Mobile for Windows:
  • Office 2013 Windows client modern authentication public preview:
  • Office 365 Admin app - Group functionality:
  • Office 365 Admin app - Push Notifications for Message Center:
  • Office 365 app launcher refresh:
  • Office 365 Domain Purchase Experience:
  • Office 365 Groups: auditing:
  • Office 365 Groups: dynamic membership:
  • Office 365 Groups: files quota management:
  • Office 365 Groups: naming policies for aliases:
  • Office 365 Groups: Outlook on the Web and Outlook Groups app user interface improvements:
  • Office 365 Groups: Support compliance requirements:
  • Office 365 help pane updates:
  • Office 365 ISO 27001 and 27018 Audit Report:
  • Office 365 local datacenter in India:
  • Office 365 Multi-Channel Catalog Support:
  • Office 365 My Account updates:
  • Office 365 Service Trust Portal:
  • Office 365 Video - Channel Recycle Bin:
  • Office 365 Video - Deploy in US Government zone (GCC) & China datacenters:
  • Office 365 Video - Improved upload experience:
  • Office 365 Video - Insert video from SharePoint edit page ribbon:
  • Office 365 Video - Video Viewer Statistics:
  • Office 365 Video - Yammer settings per channel:
  • Office Online multi-user coauthoring in Yammer:
  • OneDrive for Business Web UX refresh:
  • OneDrive for Windows Phone unified app:
  • OneNote Online: Record Audio clips & Insert File:
  • Pan and zoom while loading large charts/SmartArt:
  • Persian calendar support in Outlook 2016:
  • PowerPoint Designer - Desktop:
  • PowerPoint for iPad animations, themes, widescreen, backgrounds, and zoom support:
  • PowerPoint Morph - Desktop:
  • Preview_Office 365 Customer Security Considerations Refrence Guide:
  • Project Online content pack for PowerBI:
  • PSTN Calling in Skype for Business:
  • PSTN Conferencing in Skype for Business Online:
  • Quick Access Toolbar customization:
  • Quick Shape Formatting:
  • Read-only mode for Excel:
  • Real time co-authoring in Word:
  • Real time presence for PowerPoint:
  • Real Time presence in PowerPoint for desktop:
  • Red Alert Autoposting:
  • Resource Engagement Workflow in Project Online:
  • Set an expiry date for a guest share:
  • Set Automatic Replies in Outlook for iOS & Android:
  • SharePoint Online uses Exchange Web Services to send mail:
  • Skype for Business for Android:
  • Skype for Business One-time search notification:
  • Skype Meeting Broadcast:
  • Smart Lookup for Office:
  • Storage and file upload improvements for Sites and OneDrive for Business:
  • Support for multi-selection of Slicer items using touch:
  • Sway admin controls over Insert tab content sources:
  • Sway in Service Health Dashboard:
  • Sway recycle bin:
  • Task Notifications in Project Online:
  • Tell Me:
  • Word Online: Improving feature capabilities: