Hi it's Matt and welcome to Collaboration Coach.
This is the second part of my pick of the announcements from Microsoft's Ignite event this year.
Part one was all about Teams and in this video, part two,
we're going to look at some of the newer apps and features coming your way soon.
So first of all let's look at Microsoft Loop.
Microsoft introduced Loop during Ignite
and this is a new app that will make use of the Fluid framework.
We've covered Fluid a couple of times on the channel so far
and the idea is that you can create units of productivity
and reuse them across lots of different apps.
For example, if you create a Fluid table in Teams and you add data to it
you can reuse that table in Outlook
and when you update the data in the table in Outlook
it will also update in Teams in real time.
That is the promise of Fluid and Loop is an app that will deliver it.
Loop will support three different elements:
Loop components, Loop pages and Loop workspaces.
Loop components can be as simple as lists, tables, notes or tasks
and you'll be able to create them and reuse them wherever you get your work done
in a chat, an email, a meeting, a document or a Loop page.
Loop pages are where you can add components to,
so pages can be created, shared with your team
and updated all in real time.
Loop workspaces are shared areas that support teamwork.
They will allow you and your team to see and group all your Loop components and pages together,
share them and collaborate.
So Loop components for Teams, Outlook and OneNote will start rolling out this month
and Microsoft will share more about the availability of the Loop app
in the upcoming months.
Microsoft have been promising an update to their Stream video service for months now
and it's finally here.
Stream allows us to publish and share our videos inside of Microsoft 365
and there are no real major changes that we didn't know about already here
but I thought I'd include a quick overview of what's been announced.
Stream has switched to using SharePoint and OneDrive to store all its videos now
and that includes Teams meeting recordings.
That's been going on for a while now and it's complete.
And the Stream home page has been updated so it looks and feels like the rest of Microsoft 365.
The home page now shows you your recommended, recent, shared videos and meeting recordings
and it's easy to keyword search to find what you're looking for from here too.
There's also been some updates made to Microsoft 365 search.
You can keyword search videos using the title of the video and other metadata
and now you can also search on what was said in the video
and that's because all videos in Stream have a transcript automatically created
that can be used in search results.
And for those of us who want to create our own content
a new recording feature is being added to Stream in the next few months.
We'll be able to capture our screens and webcams, or both at the same time
and post those videos straight to Stream
and then we can share the video just like we would a normal file.
The video player has been updated
and Microsoft says that the videos are now faster to start up and play with less buffering.
And there's also a visual table of contents to videos now
so we can jump to the relevant sections of a video
just like we do with YouTube.
And talking of video,
earlier this year, Microsoft bought an online video creation company called Clipchamp.
So, during Ignite they announced that Clipchamp is now part of the Microsoft family.
Clipchamp is a really simple video editing tool that you can use exclusively online
and there's a Chrome app version that you can download and install.
It has all the features that you'd expect from a video editor.
You can record your screen and webcam
and you can add simple visual effects
and it has tons of templates for different platforms like YouTube and TikTok.
Right now it's a standalone app - there's no integration with the rest of Microsoft 365.
There is a free tier and paid tiers
so you can use it for free
but if you want to use it with all the pro features then you'll have to pay.
And interestingly there is a business plan
where teams can edit videos together.
Microsoft definitely has a gap when it comes to video creating
and with Clipchamp it hopes to encourage people to create their own videos
with these basic but easy to use tools.
Clipchamp is available for everybody right now.
More video now with PowerPoint recording studio.
Coming in early 2022,
the new recording will allow you to record your presentations and export as a video
straight from powerpoint.
you can hit the record button from the ribbon in PowerPoint and that will take you into studio mode.
There you'll see a teleprompter view that you can use to read your notes straight to the camera
and when you've recorded you can preview the video
and make changes to the slides before you export it.
When you export, if the slide deck is already in OneDrive or SharePoint...
...then it will export the video file there
and from there you can share it with anyone in your organisation.
PowerPoint recording studio is coming in early 2022.
And now some updates for Viva.
The big news from Ignite is that Viva Learning is now generally available.
Viva learning is a Teams app that gives us access to training content.
You can add the Viva Learning app to Teams and pin it to the left hand rail
and administrators can also install and pin the app for everyone in the organisation.
Once it's there, you'll find training content from several free providers
like Microsoft Learn and Microsoft 365 Training.
There are also 125 free courses from Linkedin Learning
and there is a premium subscription that gives you access to other providers
like Pluralsight and Skillsoft.
The premium subscription also includes admin tools
that will allow us to recommend and track who has completed courses.
You can search for courses you're interested in with a keyword
and then you can filter your search results on interest, provider and duration.
You can bookmark them and take them whenever you have time.
There's also a My Learning page where you can track your bookmarked courses,
recommendations and ones you've viewed or completed.
Viva Learning should be available to everyone now.
Microsoft also announced some updates for Viva Insights.
A new effective meetings page will be added to the Insights app within the next few months.
Effective meetings will give us suggestions on how to improve meeting habits
like shortening meeting times and having a break between them.
We'll also be able to track what types of meetings we're having
to see where we're spending most of our time.
There'll be a new Focus Mode page added starting in December 2021.
And focus mode is an extension of the Insights Focus Time feature.
Focus Time puts a block of time in our calendars and stops all notifications for that period
so we can focus on getting things done without interruption.
Focus Mode is going to give us help to get stuff done during that focus time.
It's not clear exactly how yet, except that it will include things like focus music from Headspace.
The new My Team features will allow people managers to access insights for their direct reports.
Managers will be able to see the personal habits of their directs
like meeting behaviors, one-to-one time, and if they're enjoying quiet hours or not.
Microsoft says the goal of My Teams Insights is to help managers support their team
by using the insights to foster positive behaviour.
The Viva Insights homepage will also enable group and manager insights
and they'll be rolling out in November 2021.
However, these home page views are a premium feature that will require a Viva insight subscription.
And finally there is a new homepage for Insights.
You can now open the insights homepage from the app launcher.
Okay so that's part two of my pick of the new announcements from Ignite.
Next up will be Sharepoint, OneDrive and Lists.
Thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you next time
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