Posts by Joaoferreira

How to Embed a Microsoft Teams Town Hall in a SharePoint Page (and why you should)

Town halls are where leadership aligns the organization and answers questions at scale. Making the event visible on your intranet gives employees one more entry point to attend live, review the agenda and resources, and watch the recording later—all without hunting for the invite.

Since Microsoft added embed support for Teams Town Hall, organizers can copy an embed code from the Microsoft Teams scheduling window to add it directly in SharePoint. Attendees get the same engagement features (Q&A, captions, reactions) in the embedded player, with access controlled by the event’s permissions.

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By João Ferreira Oct 7, 2025 Pages 0 Comments

What’s new for SharePoint – September 2025

September was an exciting month for SharePoint and the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, bringing updates that continue to push collaboration and content management forward. The highlight of the month is Knowledge Agent in SharePoint—a game-changing feature that combines intelligent content curation, automated site maintenance, and natural-language workflow creation, all within the SharePoint experience. This innovation aims to make knowledge management smarter and more proactive than ever.

Another major update worth celebrating is the story around SPFx Field Customizers. Microsoft listened to community feedback, and advanced customizations for Microsoft Lists are here to stay. These capabilities complement column formatting, giving developers and power users more flexibility to deliver tailored experiences where JSON formatting options fall short.

This post explores these highlights and other key updates from September, so you can stay ahead and make the most of what’s new in SharePoint and related technologies.

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By João Ferreira Oct 1, 2025 What's new 0 Comments

SharePoint Is Now AI Ready: Introducing the Knowledge Agent

Microsoft is transforming SharePoint into the foundation for AI‑powered collaboration. Over the past year, we’ve seen Copilot for Microsoft 365, and Agents redefine how organizations create, manage, and govern information. Now, with the introduction of Knowledge Agent, SharePoint takes a major step forward: making your content AI‑ready by default.

Why is this important? Because AI thrives on structured, fresh, and discoverable content. If your intranet is full with outdated pages and inconsistent metadata on files, Copilot can’t deliver its full potential. Knowledge Agent addresses this by combining intelligent content curation, automated site maintenance, and natural‑language workflow creation, all inside SharePoint.

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By João Ferreira Sep 18, 2025 Agents 0 Comments

New SharePoint Page Templates: A Second Chance Done Right

Microsoft recently reintroduced the new SharePoint page templates, but not without a twist. These templates were initially released and then quickly pulled back. Now they are back and with support for all template types, prioritizing your own templates and allowing you to create beautiful site pages.

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By João Ferreira Sep 16, 2025 Pages 0 Comments

What’s new for SharePoint – August 2025

August brought valuable updates and announcements for licensed Copilot users, with AI taking center stage across SharePoint. The big highlights this month are the new Agent Link WebPart, the SharePoint pages sections with AI, and the AI-generated audio briefings for SharePoint news in Viva Connections.

What’s cool about these updates is how they all work together to make your life easier. Whether you’re creating content with AI-powered page sections, managing documents with smart actions, or consuming news through audio briefings in Viva Connections, Microsoft is clearly betting big on AI to handle the boring stuff so you can focus on what matters. It’s all about making SharePoint smarter and more helpful without you having to think about it.

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By João Ferreira Sep 5, 2025 What's new 0 Comments

What’s new for SharePoint – July 2025

July delivered some significant updates that will enhance your productivity, including enhanced Copilot capabilities in the text editor with new “refine” functionality that allows users to make targeted content improvements, global availability of eSignature services for secure document signing within the Microsoft ecosystem, and upcoming News page improvements that will integrate Copilot capabilities for a better user experience.

To learn more about these announcements, continue reading for detailed coverage of each feature, including rollout timelines, admin considerations, and potential benefits for your SharePoint environment.

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By João Ferreira Aug 7, 2025 What's new 0 Comments

How to Preview SharePoint Site Pages Without Opening Them

Let’s be honest – managing a Site Pages library with hundreds of pages is a real pain. You know the drill: click, wait, scroll, realize it’s the wrong page, go back, repeat.

I’ve been there, and I’m sure you have too. Opening several pages just to find the right one is time-consuming and frankly, pretty frustrating. There’s actually a way to preview pages directly in the library without ever leaving it.

This little trick could save you hours of hunting through pages, and honestly, it’s one of those “why didn’t I think of this sooner” moments.

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By João Ferreira Jul 10, 2025 Pages 0 Comments

What’s new for SharePoint – June 2025

While June brought fewer announcements than usual, the updates we received are particularly significant and warrant careful attention.

The month’s biggest story was the SPFx Field Customizers deprecation notice that initially scheduled retirement for June 2026. Following substantial community feedback, Microsoft has postponed this planned change and continues to evaluate the situation. This serves as an important reminder to monitor these announcements closely and maintain transition strategies.

Key changes on the horizon include the retirement of Microsoft Lists mobile apps in favor of the mobile browser experience, and the unification of Stream and Clipchamp under the Clipchamp brand – a transition that will complete by late July 2025.

June also delivered valuable enhancements for content creators and administrators, including click-through rate metrics in page analytics, enhanced site headers and footers, and improved Content AI capabilities for document translation. Additionally, new compliance features around data lifecycle management and site attestation policies may require planning consideration.

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By João Ferreira Jun 30, 2025 What's new 0 Comments

What’s new for SharePoint – May 2025

May brought some solid updates that actually make sense. The big news? 50 new page templates are rolling out soon, and they look way more practical than what we’ve had before.

There’s also a new FAQs web part powered by Copilot that might finally solve those repetitive support questions we all deal with. Plus OneDrive is getting some practical tools – think converting files to PDF and adding watermarks without jumping through hoops.

Which update sounds most useful for your team? Let me know in the comments – always curious what pain points these might solve for you.

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By João Ferreira May 31, 2025 What's new 0 Comments

The Fantastic 50: SharePoint New Page Templates Are Coming

Remember the SharePoint Fantastic Forty? If you’ve been around the SharePoint ecosystem long enough, you probably recall that application templates initiative to help customize and enhance your SharePoint experience. Well, get ready for déjà vu – we’re about to get the Fantastic 50 SharePoint page templates.

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By João Ferreira May 27, 2025 Pages 0 Comments