Key Takeaways: Cybersecurity researchers have identified two new techniques that enable hackers to steal data from Microsoft SharePoint. Threat actors could abuse SharePoint’s logging mechanisms and mask file downloads as access or synchronization events. Microsoft has categorized these exploits as moderate security issues not requiring immediate patching. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new techniques that could enable hackers to steal data from Microsoft SharePoint. Microsoft SharePoint is a web-based platform used for collaboration, content management, and business process ..read more

Microsoft detailed yesterday several new updates coming to its SharePoint platform over the coming months, including a new AI-powered Copilot experience. Microsoft has an ambitious product roadmap for SharePoint sites and pages this year, and advanced image editing features and a new integration of Sharepoint pages into emails will roll out first in the next couple of months.  According to Adam Harmetz, Vice President of Product Management at Microsoft, the following SharePoint roadmap is “the biggest step we’ve ever taken in the 22-year history of the product to reimagine ..read more

MC533807 – Microsoft will be rolling out the ability to map fields of a modern template to library columns in Microsoft Syntex Content Assembly. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98126 When this will happen: Targeted Release: Rollout is expected to start in mid-March and is expected to be complete by late March 2023. Standard Release: Rollout is expected to start in late March and is expected be complete by early April 2023. How this will affect your organization: Users will see a new “Select from managed metadata term set/term” option as an input source while creat ..read more

MC526126 – Soon, Viva Connections will include an analytics experience. Use analytics to understand how and when users engage with components of the Viva Connections experience, popular content types, and the platforms used to access the app. This feature is associated with Roadmap ID 93367 Note: Viva Connections analytics data is aggregated and cannot be tracked to an individual user. When this will happen: The Viva Connections analytics experience will start rolling out to your organization in March and will be completely rolled out by early April. How this will affect your organization ..read more

MC525663 – Microsoft is updating the SharePoint Online Site Sharing backend to use Azure B2B Invitation Manager instead of the legacy SharePoint Invitation Manager.  This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117557 When this will happen: This change will begin rolling out in late February, and complete rollout by end of April. How this will affect your organization: Today, sharing just the SharePoint site goes through the original SharePoint Invitation Manager which always creates guest users in your organization’s directory. Microsoft is now updating this flow & e ..read more

Microsoft has recently announced the release of SharePoint Workflow Manager. The new workflow engine powers the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform and replaces the Service Bus and Microsoft Workflow Manager for Windows Server. SharePoint Server uses Microsoft Workflow Manager and Service Bus to facilitate business processes in on-premises environments. These components could be particularly useful to support critical activities like project task management and document collaborations. Microsoft launched its SharePoint Workflow Manager service in preview back in December last year. The new workf ..read more

MC514975 – As announced at Ignite and MC477853 (December ’22), Microsoft Syntex is a new family of products that utilizes AI advancements to transform how content is created, processed, and discovered. The free preview of Microsoft Syntex pay-as-you-go is coming to an end in March. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 101512 When this will happen: The preview will end in March. How this affects your organization: If your users are assigned Syntex seat licenses, they will be able to continue using Unstructured Document Processing and Prebuilt Document Processing per the ..read more

MC495329 – With File Request feature in SharePoint Document Library, users have an easy and secure way to request and obtain files from anyone. Users can choose a folder in SharePoint Document Library where others can upload files using a link that is shared with them. Users you request files from can only upload files; they can’t see the content of the folder, edit, delete, or download files, or even see who else has uploaded files. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 103625 When this will happen: Preview: Microsoft will begin rollout in late January 2023 and expect ..read more

When organizations decide to migrate data from on-premises file servers or other platforms to SharePoint on-premises or SharePoint Online, they need to determine how tagging and classifying content should work. In this article, we’ll explain how you can use Sharepoint managed metadata to control how users add metadata to content across SharePoint sites in an organization. SharePoint Online provides content types, managed metadata, and sensitivity labels to classify data. For organizations migrating content to SharePoint, content types are critical for the security and searching of the content ..read more

MC454797 – Updated November 18 2022: Microsoft has updated the content below for clarification. Thank you for your patience. As communicated in MC278815 (August ’21) Microsoft 365 apps and services ended providing support for Internet Explorer 11 in August, 2021. Beginning mid-January, 2023, access to SharePoint Online and OneDrive from Internet Explorer 11 and Edge IE will be hard blocked for all users. Users should access these services through a modern browser, and Microsoft recommends Microsoft Edge as a faster, more innovative browser than IE11. When this will happen: Mid-January 2023 How ..read more