1 00:00:02,776 --> 00:00:04,462 Now that we have talked about the service 2 00:00:04,462 --> 00:00:06,544 health, let's talk about how you can keep 3 00:00:06,544 --> 00:00:11,739 up to date with Microsoft 365 updates. In 4 00:00:11,739 --> 00:00:13,792 the cloud world, keeping up to date really 5 00:00:13,792 --> 00:00:16,875 becomes part of your job because Microsoft 6 00:00:16,875 --> 00:00:20,397 ships feature updates daily, and unlike 7 00:00:20,397 --> 00:00:23,272 on-premises, we do not control when those 8 00:00:23,272 --> 00:00:26,310 updates hit our tenants. So it's really an 9 00:00:26,310 --> 00:00:28,806 ongoing task. In other words, even if 10 00:00:28,806 --> 00:00:31,759 you're an IT pro and didn't really deal 11 00:00:31,759 --> 00:00:34,540 with change management a lot for on-prem, 12 00:00:34,540 --> 00:00:37,974 it's now part of your job in the cloud 13 00:00:37,974 --> 00:00:41,661 world. So where do we go to stay up to 14 00:00:41,661 --> 00:00:43,974 date? There are really four main places; 15 00:00:43,974 --> 00:00:48,669 the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, the Office 365 16 00:00:48,669 --> 00:00:51,052 Message Center, the Microsoft Tech 17 00:00:51,052 --> 00:00:54,814 Community, and lastly, Social Media and 18 00:00:54,814 --> 00:00:58,136 Conferences. Let's take a look at them in 19 00:00:58,136 --> 00:01:01,387 detail. First of all, the Microsoft 365 20 00:01:01,387 --> 00:01:04,928 Roadmap. The Microsoft 365 Roadmap is the 21 00:01:04,928 --> 00:01:08,358 central roadmap for all of the features in 22 00:01:08,358 --> 00:01:11,135 the Microsoft 365 services, and it can be 23 00:01:11,135 --> 00:01:14,168 found on the web at the link in the slides 24 00:01:14,168 --> 00:01:18,060 or simply search for Microsoft 365 Roadmap 25 00:01:18,060 --> 00:01:20,518 on your favorite search engine, and you 26 00:01:20,518 --> 00:01:23,600 will find it. Features on the roadmap go 27 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,254 through several stages so you can really 28 00:01:26,254 --> 00:01:29,515 follow the progression. First of all, they 29 00:01:29,515 --> 00:01:32,912 show as in development, then they go into 30 00:01:32,912 --> 00:01:35,590 rolling out, and finally, into launched 31 00:01:35,590 --> 00:01:39,456 once they're available in each and every 32 00:01:39,456 --> 00:01:41,834 tenant. If you want to make it easier to 33 00:01:41,834 --> 00:01:44,550 follow, you can also subscribe to the RSS 34 00:01:44,550 --> 00:01:48,048 feed of the roadmap and follow it in your 35 00:01:48,048 --> 00:01:52,554 favorite RSS reader. Next up is the Office 36 00:01:52,554 --> 00:01:55,931 365 Message Center. The Office 365 Message 37 00:01:55,931 --> 00:01:59,638 Center can be found in your Microsoft 365 38 00:01:59,638 --> 00:02:02,216 admin portal, and here you can get 39 00:02:02,216 --> 00:02:04,747 messages from Microsoft on upcoming 40 00:02:04,747 --> 00:02:08,559 changes, updates, and so on. Messages come 41 00:02:08,559 --> 00:02:11,736 in different categories such as stay 42 00:02:11,736 --> 00:02:16,156 informed, plan for change, and prevent or 43 00:02:16,156 --> 00:02:18,338 fix issues. It's important to know that 44 00:02:18,338 --> 00:02:20,701 all of the messages you get are really 45 00:02:20,701 --> 00:02:23,842 when stuff is coming to your tenant. So if 46 00:02:23,842 --> 00:02:26,360 a feature is not activated in your tenant, 47 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,824 you might not get a message for it. Also, 48 00:02:30,824 --> 00:02:32,971 something that is super important is that 49 00:02:32,971 --> 00:02:35,268 the ability to view the message center is 50 00:02:35,268 --> 00:02:37,441 not included in the SharePoint 51 00:02:37,441 --> 00:02:39,515 administrator role so you need to have 52 00:02:39,515 --> 00:02:42,964 either the message center reader role, or 53 00:02:42,964 --> 00:02:48,000 the service administrator role in order to view them.