1 00:00:03,433 --> 00:00:05,056 Now that we have seen the theory, let's go 2 00:00:05,056 --> 00:00:07,969 to the lab and check out the Microsoft 365 3 00:00:07,969 --> 00:00:12,194 Roadmap, and the Office 365 Message 4 00:00:12,194 --> 00:00:15,465 Center. We are now in the lab environment, 5 00:00:15,465 --> 00:00:16,886 and let me open up the browser here where 6 00:00:16,886 --> 00:00:21,873 I have already opened up the Microsoft 365 7 00:00:21,873 --> 00:00:25,342 Roadmap. The Microsoft 365 Roadmap is the 8 00:00:25,342 --> 00:00:27,876 place where you can go and see all of the 9 00:00:27,876 --> 00:00:31,515 features that Microsoft plans that are in 10 00:00:31,515 --> 00:00:33,941 development, rolling out or launched. You 11 00:00:33,941 --> 00:00:37,601 can filter by the different products in 12 00:00:37,601 --> 00:00:40,847 Microsoft 365 so EMS, Office 365, or 13 00:00:40,847 --> 00:00:43,462 Windows Services 10. The platform, which 14 00:00:43,462 --> 00:00:48,012 is either for Online, Android, iOS, Mac, 15 00:00:48,012 --> 00:00:51,201 the cloud instance, so this depends if 16 00:00:51,201 --> 00:00:54,090 you're in enterprise, Education, GCC, GCC 17 00:00:54,090 --> 00:00:58,497 High, as well as filter that. Let's say 18 00:00:58,497 --> 00:01:01,188 you only want to see all of the features 19 00:01:01,188 --> 00:01:03,843 that are new within the last week. You can 20 00:01:03,843 --> 00:01:05,497 filter by that and it's automatically 21 00:01:05,497 --> 00:01:08,364 going to show you that five features have 22 00:01:08,364 --> 00:01:12,303 been added in development and two of them 23 00:01:12,303 --> 00:01:15,104 are now rolling out. If you click on one 24 00:01:15,104 --> 00:01:17,131 of them, let's click for example on 25 00:01:17,131 --> 00:01:19,753 Updated SharePoint start page experience. 26 00:01:19,753 --> 00:01:21,956 We're going to get that the SharePoint 27 00:01:21,956 --> 00:01:24,251 start page previously known as the 28 00:01:24,251 --> 00:01:26,874 SharePoint home is getting a UX refresh, 29 00:01:26,874 --> 00:01:29,224 and we're also adding new experiences to 30 00:01:29,224 --> 00:01:32,346 the start page to help users discover and 31 00:01:32,346 --> 00:01:35,936 give back to their content. We can view 32 00:01:35,936 --> 00:01:38,192 that the release is planned for October, 33 00:01:38,192 --> 00:01:42,228 calendar year 2019, and we can view the 34 00:01:42,228 --> 00:01:44,450 feature id, when it got added to the 35 00:01:44,450 --> 00:01:47,804 roadmap, as well as different tags. Some 36 00:01:47,804 --> 00:01:50,912 of the items and let's see if I pick 37 00:01:50,912 --> 00:01:53,295 another one here, if I ever have any extra 38 00:01:53,295 --> 00:01:56,097 information, some of them might have links 39 00:01:56,097 --> 00:01:58,504 to different blog posts or things like 40 00:01:58,504 --> 00:02:00,740 that where you can get more information, 41 00:02:00,740 --> 00:02:04,000 but that only usually happens as they get 42 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,262 closer to the rollout or have been 43 00:02:08,262 --> 00:02:12,071 released. It's a good idea to look at the 44 00:02:12,071 --> 00:02:14,626 RSS feed or try to follow it every week, 45 00:02:14,626 --> 00:02:17,394 and then my favorite view is Changed 46 00:02:17,394 --> 00:02:20,517 within the last week. So I can really see 47 00:02:20,517 --> 00:02:22,919 what are the different things that are 48 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,348 happening Microsoft 365, and I really 49 00:02:25,348 --> 00:02:28,282 highly advise you to take a look at the 50 00:02:28,282 --> 00:02:31,137 roadmap at least once a week, if not 51 00:02:31,137 --> 00:02:33,959 bi-weekly. This way you get a feeling of 52 00:02:33,959 --> 00:02:36,764 what Microsoft is shipping and try to 53 00:02:36,764 --> 00:02:39,555 anticipate if there are any big changes or 54 00:02:39,555 --> 00:02:43,100 any big features that impact your company 55 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:45,135 so you're ready for them, and you can see 56 00:02:45,135 --> 00:02:46,888 if there is any training that needs to be 57 00:02:46,888 --> 00:02:49,558 planned or any change management 58 00:02:49,558 --> 00:02:54,238 activities. Now let's go to the Office 365 59 00:02:54,238 --> 00:02:57,033 message center. I'll go into the Microsoft 60 00:02:57,033 --> 00:02:59,957 365 admin center here. I have already done 61 00:02:59,957 --> 00:03:03,183 Show All inside the navigation, and I have 62 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:06,415 the Message center over here. In the 63 00:03:06,415 --> 00:03:08,863 Message center, I will really see what are 64 00:03:08,863 --> 00:03:11,785 the changes that are happening to my 65 00:03:11,785 --> 00:03:15,105 tenant right now? Let me scroll to the 66 00:03:15,105 --> 00:03:17,426 right a bit, and you will see the 67 00:03:17,426 --> 00:03:19,041 category. So for example, this one that's 68 00:03:19,041 --> 00:03:22,397 at the top, Prevent or Fix Issues. So this 69 00:03:22,397 --> 00:03:25,854 one is pretty important, and I need to act 70 00:03:25,854 --> 00:03:28,617 by September 30, because that's probably 71 00:03:28,617 --> 00:03:32,439 when the change will hit my tenant. Some 72 00:03:32,439 --> 00:03:35,646 of them are not exact on when it will 73 00:03:35,646 --> 00:03:38,565 actually hit so unless it's a prevent or 74 00:03:38,565 --> 00:03:41,522 fix changes, you're usually not going to 75 00:03:41,522 --> 00:03:44,829 have the date, especially on the Stay 76 00:03:44,829 --> 00:03:47,701 Informed ones. Let me click on an example 77 00:03:47,701 --> 00:03:52,072 here. I will use the Update Feature Site 78 00:03:52,072 --> 00:03:55,276 Swap. So here we got this on September 6, 79 00:03:55,276 --> 00:03:57,456 and you will see that we're updating 80 00:03:57,456 --> 00:04:00,427 SharePoint Online Site Swap. We're now 81 00:04:00,427 --> 00:04:03,097 ruling this out to Office 365 82 00:04:03,097 --> 00:04:07,585 organizations, up to 10, 000 or fewer 83 00:04:07,585 --> 00:04:10,176 licenses. So remember that organizations 84 00:04:10,176 --> 00:04:10,854 that probably have more than 10, 000 85 00:04:10,854 --> 00:04:15,210 licenses will not actually get this 86 00:04:15,210 --> 00:04:18,737 message because the Message Center is what 87 00:04:18,737 --> 00:04:21,735 applies to my tenant. So if Microsoft has 88 00:04:21,735 --> 00:04:24,529 features that it rolls out depending on 89 00:04:24,529 --> 00:04:27,458 the number of licenses, it will only show 90 00:04:27,458 --> 00:04:30,998 in there when it actually planned to hit 91 00:04:30,998 --> 00:04:33,920 my tenant. A lot of the times, you will 92 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,664 also see that this message is associated 93 00:04:36,664 --> 00:04:42,481 with Office 365 Roadmap ID and the ID 94 00:04:42,481 --> 00:04:44,300 number. So this way you can click on it, 95 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:47,088 and it'll bring you to the Microsoft 365 96 00:04:47,088 --> 00:04:49,916 Roadmap, and it should filter. Right now I 97 00:04:49,916 --> 00:04:52,795 see that it actually did not work, but let 98 00:04:52,795 --> 00:04:56,814 me try to copy the id from here, and let's 99 00:04:56,814 --> 00:05:00,285 search for it. It will show me the roadmap 100 00:05:00,285 --> 00:05:03,334 ID that it talks about, and here I can get 101 00:05:03,334 --> 00:05:06,106 more information about the roadmap. And as 102 00:05:06,106 --> 00:05:09,451 you see, right now this one is planned to 103 00:05:09,451 --> 00:05:13,639 really be completed at by Q1 calendar year 104 00:05:13,639 --> 00:05:17,079 2020. So as I say, the Microsoft 365 105 00:05:17,079 --> 00:05:19,331 Roadmap, you should look into it every 106 00:05:19,331 --> 00:05:22,461 week; however, the Message Center, I 107 00:05:22,461 --> 00:05:25,217 highly recommend it as an Office 365 108 00:05:25,217 --> 00:05:28,706 admin, you look into it every day, because 109 00:05:28,706 --> 00:05:31,132 the sooner you know about a change or 110 00:05:31,132 --> 00:05:33,507 about something important, the more time 111 00:05:33,507 --> 00:05:36,500 you have to plan and to act on it. So I 112 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:39,290 really recommend that you look at it every 113 00:05:39,290 --> 00:05:43,455 single day. That is it for the Microsoft 114 00:05:43,455 --> 00:05:46,327 365 Roadmap and Office 365 Message Center. 115 00:05:46,327 --> 00:05:48,133 Now let's go back and talk about the tech 116 00:05:48,133 --> 00:05:54,000 community and social media and conferences.