New sharing interface in Office 365

Looks like we have a new interface for sharing files in both Teams Sites (above),

and OneDrive (above).

Now the sharing option drops down from the Share menu rather than popping up a dialog box in front of everything.

It also has some buttons at the bottom to help you with the way you want to share the item.

You can adjust the link settings by clicking on the pull down menu for whom you wish to share the link with.

You also get the same style of menu when you try and get a link as shown above.

You may not as yet see these options but expect them to be rolling out to you soon.

In private browsing

I work across many different Office 365 (and Azure) tenants every day. Many times I need to be inside multiple tenants at the same time. How can I do that effectively? I use ‘private’ browsing modes inside each browser to keep login details isolated.

You can think of ‘private’ browsing as an isolated instance of surfing the web. When you start ‘private’ browsing you start with a ‘clean’ environment (no credentials, logins, etc) are remembered. When you close down the sessions everything is forgotten.

Here’s how you start ‘private’ browsing sessions across the major browsers.

Microsoft Edge

Right mouse click on the Microsoft Edge browser icon and select New InPrivate window from the menu that appears.

If you are already using Microsoft Edge, select the three dots in the upper right to display the above menu. Select the New InPrivate window option.

Google Chrome

Right mouse click on the Google Chrome browser icon and select New incognito window from the menu that appears.

If you are already using Google Chrome, select the three dots in the top right to display the menu shown above. From this menu select New incognito window.

Internet Explorer

Right mouse click on the Internet Explorer browser icon and select Start InPrivate browsing from the menu that appears.

if you are already using Internet Explorer, select the Cog icon in the top right, then from the menu that appears select Safety. From the fly out menu that then appears, select InPrivate Browsing.

Firefox

Right mouse click on the Firefox browser icon and select New private window from the menu that appears.

If you are already using Firefox, select the three lines in the top right to display the menu shown. From the menu that appears, select New Private Window.

Thus, between these four major browsers and their ‘private’ browsing modes, I can work with eight different tenants all at once. Barely enough, I’m telling you. Barely enough.

Need to Know podcast–Episode 151

We welcome Marc back after a ‘near death’ experience, well according Marc that is. That hasn’t stopped us bringing you the latest Microsoft Cloud news around Office 365 and Azure. We also feature some additional interviews Marc conducted in the halls of Experts Live 2017 recently with the likes of Daniel Mar, Thomas Maurer and Wally Mead. Listen along for loads of great Microsoft Cloud news and info.

Take a listen and let us know what you think –feedback@needtoknow.cloud

You can listen to this episode directly at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-151-experts-live-2/

Subscribe via iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

The podcast is also available on Stitcher at:

http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ciaops/need-to-know-podcast?refid=stpr

Don’t forget to give the show a rating as well as send us any feedback or suggestions you may have for the show.

Resources

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CIAOPS Introduction to PowerShell course

Upcoming Understanding collaboration in Office 365 CIAOPS training

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Changing a Group/Teams icon in Office 365

If you go out and create a new Microsoft Team you don’t get the opportunity to add a custom icon for that Team. Thus, you get a Team as shown above with just some letters and coloured background which is rather boring.

However, when you create a Microsoft Team, you also get a SharePoint Team Site. Unfortunately, this also just has the same ‘standard’ icon by default.

A Microsoft Team also creates an Office 365 Group which again has the same old ‘standard’ icon.

So how do you change the icon?

Go to the very right of the Group menu and select the three dots (also called an ellipse). From the menu that appears select Edit Group.

A panel will slide out from the right. Select the pencil icon on the image and upload you new icon.

When the new images appears in the pane, select the Save option at the top of the panel, just above the image.

You should see your Group icon update as shown above.

You should also see the icon update in Outlook on the web (OWA) as shown above.

The SharePoint Team Site icon should also update automatically

and the Planner plan connected to the Group and Team.

and finally into the Microsoft Teams app itself.

One icon to rule them all!

Understanding collaboration in Office 365 course

I’m happy to announce a new course is available from the CIAOPS Academy. This course will focus on the collaboration tools available in Office 365. This means SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, OneDrive and more. You’ll not only learn how these products work but you’ll also learn how to use them effectively to increase the productivity of your business.

The course will divided into 5 live sessions held every Friday in June. Thus:

Friday June 2nd 2017 – SharePoint & OneDrive
Friday June 9th 2017 – Groups, Teams and Staffhub
Friday June 16th 2017 – Yammer & Skype for Business
Friday June 23rd 2017 – Delve & Planner
Friday June 30th 2017 – Migration and Driving adoption

The sessions will run for 1 hour and be recorded. Session time are:

8am – 9am – Sydney, Australia
3pm – 4pm – PDT, USA
6pm – 7pm – EDT, USA
11pm – 12am – BST, UK

The recordings of each session will be available shortly after each session is completed. Although each session will run for 60 minutes, there will be an open Q and A at the end that will continue as long as people have questions not answered in the session.

All the material, including recordings, course notes and additional offers will be available for download after the fact.

The material presented during this course is a great way to fast track you understanding and adoption of Office 365 adoption tools in your business. Not only will you see the technology in use but the sessions will include hands on material for all students to participate in, so you’ll be directly interacting with the technology during the time. This way you’ll get to see and experience exactly what is possible with Office 365 collaboration technologies.

If you are keen to jump on board then I have a special early bird discount as a reward. Normally the cost of the course is US$299 but if you sign up before the 12th of May 2017 at 9:00am you’ll receive $60 off the cost using the coupon code EARLYBIRD1 or this direct link:

Understanding collaboration in Office 365 – $60 early bird discount

Remember, you need to use the link or the coupon code to get the discount.

An additional offer is that if you are not already a CIAOPS Academy affiliate you should sign up so you can offer this course to others and receive a commission. That’s right, just refer this (or any CIAOPS Academy course) to others and you’ll receive a percentage of the course direct to you. To become an affiliate simply sign up for free at the CIAOPS Academy and then contact me (director@ciaops.com) to let me know you want to be an affiliate and I’ll send you all the details and get you signed up asap.

In summary. Sign up for the upcoming CIAOPS Academy Office 365 collaboration course here (and get an early bird discount):

Understanding collaboration in Office 365 – $60 early bird discount

and contact me (director@ciaops.com) if you want to become an academy affiliate and receive commissions for courses you sell.

I hope to see you in attendance at the course in June.

CIAOPS Need to Know Webinar–May 2017

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Welcome to May and to another Need to Know webinar where you can learn all about the Microsoft cloud. As usual we’ll cover off all the latest Office 365 news (and there will be plenty this month) and I’ll also open the floor to any general questions. Our deep dive focus this month will be on the heart and soul of SharePoint – Document Libraries. You’ll learn how to get more from the locations you store files in SharePoint. If you use SharePoint Online, this is not a session to miss.

You can register for free at:

May Webinar Registrations

The details are:

CIAOPS Need to Know Webinar – May 2017
Thursday 25th of May 2017
11am – 12am Sydney Time

All sessions are recorded and posted to the CIAOPS Academy.

There of course will also be open Q and A so make sure you bring your questions for me and I’ll do my best to answer them.

The CIAOPS Need to Know Webinars are free to attend but if you want to receive the recording of the session you need to sign up as a CIAOPS patron (for only USD$10 per month) which you can do here:

https://www.patreon.com/ciaops

or purchase them individually at:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com/

Also feel free at any stage to email me directly via director@ciaops.com with your webinar topic suggestions.

I’d also appreciate you sharing information about this webinar with anyone you feel may benefit from the session.