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May 5, 2022 was World Password Day. In celebration, Microsoft commemorated the day by helping people move away from passwords altogether. The company announced support for the expansion of a password-less standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web consortium. Apple and Google also announced support for the standard, which is a major step forward toward a password-less future.
 

Microsoft is making life easier for people who use Microsoft 365 services on the web. Just announced is the ability for Microsoft 365 web users to sign into and switch between work and personal accounts in the same web browser, without the need for complicated workarounds.
 

Section templates will soon be a new template option in SharePoint for those building intranet sites with SharePoint.
 

The SharePoint page layout for the site that ‘sits behind’ your team in Teams is being revamped. Also changing is how the site theme and navigation is inherited when the Teams-connected sites are added to a hub site.
 

Microsoft has announced a new feature called Microsoft List Calendar: Unscheduled Pane.  This feature will allow you to review all the items not yet appearing in the Calendar view due to missing dates. These items will appear on the Unscheduled tab within the events pane to the right of the Calendar view.
 

Resources in the SharePoint app bar are expanding to include the ability to create sites, files, and lists as an action.
 

When you navigate to a Teams connected SharePoint site in SharePoint or OneDrive, you will be able to access the files stored in that team’s standard and private channels. You will see a new In channels section when you navigate to the default document library of a Teams-connected site.
 

Microsoft is announcing new Office product innovations designed to help make hybrid work, work. Whether it’s creating more engaging meeting experiences, enabling collaboration with external partners or customers, or giving you the flexibility to work on your terms, these new features and solutions address the new expectations people have for the workplace.
 

Microsoft is updating their search engine to feature People-centric features. According to Microsoft “this update will allow people in your organization to find content through people and understand people through their content.”
 

Currently large folders cannot be deleted from OneDrive and SharePoint Document Libraries on web. Now, Microsoft is working on a new update for its cloud storage service that will allow users to delete large folders on Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint Document Libraries on web.
 

This new release will update the channel rename experience in Teams to simultaneously rename the corresponding folder in SharePoint sites whenever a channel in Teams is renamed.
 

In this blog post we will do a high-level tour of all the apps in Microsoft’s task management ecosystem, including Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Loop.
 

Microsoft announced a new feature in PowerPoint that will make remote presentations more effective and immersive. 
 

Microsoft Lists is getting a Board View, this will allow you to work with list data in a board format. Great for when you want to track items as you move forward in a process or workflow. Due mid-January to early February.