Outlook Newsletters may look simple on the surface, but behind the scenes, each new newsletter creates a hidden SharePoint Embedded container. In this post, I’ll share insights about how they work, what to watch out for, and why admins should pay close attention.
SharePoint is introducing Sharing Links for Videos, allowing easier video accessibility in shared pages. Users can generate secure links for videos, enhancing visibility even for those without site access.
SharePoint Premium Document Translation has been rebranded to SharePoint Content AI Document Translation, and now supports a broader range of additional file formats.
OneDrive and SharePoint will allow users to add customizable text or image watermarks to PDF documents.
SharePoint now offers a SharePoint Agent insights report that allows administrators to track where agents have been created or modified in the last 28 days. To use this report, your tenant must have at least one SharePoint Advanced Management license add-on or a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
A new Storage tab is available in the Microsoft SharePoint usage report, offering insights into your overall SharePoint storage usage and suggestions for optimization.
Pay-as-you-go billing for SharePoint Agents through the Copilot Control System is available, but it has the same limitations and interface bugs.
I wrote a PowerShell script to get all SharePoint Embedded containers (like Loop Workspaces, Microsoft Designer, or both). The script handles paging automatically.
SharePoint Alerts will be retired in SharePoint Online. To get a report of all alerts in your tenant, it’s recommended to run the SharePoint Assessment Tool.
Teams owners cannot delete the new (Teams) channel-connected Loop Workspaces. I describe how an admin can delete such Loop containers.
The SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) features are now active for tenants with Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses.
The SharePoint admin center can include new Designer containers. I can fully explain the cause of these crazy Designer containers.
Microsoft has extended Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to files in OneDrive. Previously, it was available in SharePoint.
There are differences between “Copy link” and “Send” when sharing content in SharePoint and OneDrive.
Microsoft will remove the properties grantedTo and grantedToIdentities from Microsoft Graph. The properties were relevant for SharePoint permissions. There is version 2 for the properties.
Microsoft is enhancing security by replacing the authentication protocol with OAuth in the SharePoint Online Management Shell. Administrators should install the latest version to ensure a smooth transition.
The “Shared with us” feature on SharePoint team sites will be retired. Users can utilize “Shared with me” in OneDrive for a personalized view of shared files.
The ability to create personal pages in SharePoint will be soon be retired. Users are encouraged to create pages connected to SharePoint sites instead.
Microsoft is retiring the SharePoint “Spaces” feature. Users will lose access to their Spaces pages by August 2025. I wrote an export script.
The My Feed web part for SharePoint Pages will be retired in April 2025. Any remaining My Feed web parts will display an error message after the retirement date.