Post is based on video „The Mobile and Intelligent Intranet:
SharePoint sites and PowerApps” from Microsoft Mechanics @ YouTube:
https://youtu.be/x8tgKBXmmPg
Microsoft SharePoint team plans to transform intranets into
a mobile and intelligence powered experience. That means to combines the
productivity of SharePoint team sites, the broadcast reach of publishing sites
and portals, and the seamless integration of business apps. The goal is to find
and access content from everywhere and on any device.
Learn about the new features and functions in this blogpost:
Overview
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New mobile App
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New SharePoint home in the App Launcher
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New TeamSite UI powered by the Office Graph
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Groups getting the full power of TeamSites
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Updates to DocLibs and List
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New Page creation with fluid and responsive
authoring experience
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PowerApps and Flow
Watch the Overview video:
SharePoint mobile App
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Home Tab
o Focused
on News
o Build
on the Office Graph
o Containing
News from TeamSites, Blogs, etc.
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Links Tab
o Important
Links like in „SharePoint“ tab in the App Launcher
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Sites Tab
o Build
on the Office Graph
o Frequently
Tab
§ List
of sites a user is using most often
o Following
Tab
§ My
followed sites
o Open
a TeamSite from the mobile App
§ Focusing
on NEWS (published by TeamSite
owner) and ACTIVITY (build on the
Office Graph)
§ Access
the navigation / content of the sites
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People Tab
o Build
on the Office Graph
o Search
for people
o „Work
With“ & „Work on“ information per person
Watch the SharePoint mobile App video:
SharePoint home
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Card based design with preview of the sites
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List of sites you follow
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Frequent
o
Same sites as you see in the mobile App
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Suggested
o
Based on the Office Graph
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Links
o
Same sites as you see in the mobile App
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Create a new site
o
New dialog based process
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TeamSite = content centric place for teams with
DocBibs, List and Libraries
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Publishing = for publish and broadcast content
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Answering some simple questions
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A Group is also created for the TeamSite to
store conversations, using Planer etc.
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Set policies and compliance rules
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Set members for the new TeamSite
Watch the SharePoint home video:
The new TeamSite experience
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UI can be fully customized
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Every TeamSite is connected to an O365 Group
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Group Member are shown directly on the landing
page
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„Go to Outlook“ link to see the Group
conversations
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News (same as on mobile App)
o
Can be configured by TeamSite members
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Activity (same as on mobile App)
o
Build on the Office Graph
Watch the new TeamSite experience video:
Next generation Document Library
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New UX
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Basic actions like NEW, UPLOAD, SHARE direct on
top
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New visualization
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Search box on top left corner
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New LINK function to direct link videos or
recent documents into a library
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New for Power User
o
Content types and templates still available
o
Easy add news columns
o
New INFORMATION PANNEL to see and edit metadata
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New filter, slice & dice UX
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New pinning function
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MOVE and COPY function
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Custom toolbar actions still available
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Document library can still be added as a Webpart
to sites
Watch the next gen. Doc Lib video:
Modern pages and authoring experience
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New page editing canvas which is ootb responsive
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Background images are automatically formatted
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Rich text editor for text
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Embed documents based on WebApps
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New Webparts based on PowerBI & the Office
Graph
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Group conversation Webpart
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Can direct be used in the SharePoint mobile App
Watch the page and authoring video:
New SharePoint List experience
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UX is similar to Document library
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Flow
o
integrated in SharePoint Lists and also in
Document libraries
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Connect external content and information to
SharePoint
o
Build workflows & business processes in
SharePoint
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PowerApps
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integrated in SharePoint Lists and also in
Document libraries
o
Can be used in a list as a view or as a Webpart
on a page
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Integrated with SharePoint mobile App
Watch the SharePoint Lists experience video:
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