?? Something for everyone this week: Syntex, Viva, Teams and Outlook updates

Another big week for #Microsoft365 and here is your weekly hand-picked view of the Roadmap. I have 8 items for you this week. So much value coming down the pipe for you.

Once again, this weekly update is delivered to you so that you can see what is coming and to help you plan, communicate and become more educated. This will in turn improve the way that you work, and your business operate. So here is this week's edition.

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Optical character recognition (OCR) support for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business

With this update, you will be able to detect and protect sensitive content in images in SharePoint Online and OneDrive and subsequently apply DLP policies to prevent exfiltration of that sensitive data. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and BMP.

Preview:?April 2023?General Availability:?June 2023

Microsoft Syntex: Split PDF pages into new PDF files with the Extract action in OneDrive for iOS

Users of Microsoft Syntex can now split a PDF file into multiple PDFs with the Extract file action in OneDrive for iOS. The Extract file action lets you quickly split and extract multiple pages of a PDF into a new PDF file stored in SharePoint or OneDrive.

General Availability:?May 2023

Microsoft Syntex: Combine two or more PDF files into a new PDF file with the Merge PDFs action in OneDrive for iOS

Users of Microsoft Syntex can now combine multiple PDF files into one PDF file with the Merge PDFs action in OneDrive for iOS. The Merge PDFs action lets you quickly combine PDF files into a new PDF file stored in SharePoint or OneDrive

General Availability:?May 2023

Microsoft Teams: Attach cloud files in chat and channel from teams mobile

Introducing ability to upload files from OneDrive from Teams Mobile chat and channel. Also, view Recent files and attach most used files upfront from the Recent section.

General Availability:?April 2023

Microsoft Teams: Green screen in Teams meetings

Green screen improves the sharpness and definition of the virtual background effect around your face, head, ears, and hair. It also allows you to show a prop or other object in your hand to be more visible to other participants in a call. The virtual background with a green screen provides the best virtual background effect, consuming fewer system resources, allowing your Teams to run smoother.

General Availability:?April 2023

Outlook: New Outlook for Windows Preview

The toggle to try the preview of the new Outlook for Windows will be available to customers with access to the classic Outlook for Windows and a Microsoft 365 subscription. The toggle has been available for Insiders since May 2022.

General Availability:?April 2023

Microsoft Viva: Send Praise from your Viva Connections Dashboard

Site owners/authors can add the Praise card from Microsoft Insights on the Viva Connections dashboard, allowing employees to send out praises to their colleagues.

General Availability:?March 2023

SharePoint: New SharePoint site templates

We are introducing 3 new SharePoint site templates dedicated to helping you create sites for your portal home site, to provide guidance and assets for your brand, and a template powered by Microsoft Syntex for your Accounts payable team.

General Availability:?March 2023

There we have it. I hope that gives you some valuable insight and you are armed with some extra knowledge. It's important to know what is coming so that you can plan accordingly.