Microsoft is unlocking the "Full Potential" of Private Channels in Microsoft Teams: What You Need to Know

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It has been a while since I posted something just about a Microsoft Teams update, as a lot have been Copilot in Teams to be honest. But here is a real Microsoft Teams update I think is worth knowing about, and it involves Security and Compliance as well. Microsoft is rolling out a "major" update to private channels in Teams, starting in late September 2025 and continuing through mid-December. This biggest change in this update is a shift in how private channel data is stored from individual user mailboxes to a dedicated channel mailbox. Not only will this simplifie compliance management, it will also and align private channels with shared channels, making governance and experience more consistent across Teams. This update promises to increase the support up to 1000 channels per team and 5000 members per channel, removing previous limitations. Teams will also allow meetings to be scheduled directly within private channels, enhancing collaboration.  For organizations using Micr...

First Blogger post with Live writer

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I’m not new to live writer, I’ve used it in the past, to create posts on my “spaces” page. For those of you who have followed me for a while, will know that I left MSN space in favor of blogger some time ago. I still haven’t changed my mind about why blogger is better than spaces, but I really like the writer client. It is really intuitive, and have a lot of nice features available. One of my favorites is the integration to my computers spellchecker (provided through MS-office). I’ll play around with it for a while, and see if it really is compatible with the rest of the blogger features.
**Update**
I might have found a tiny bug already. It seems the “theme” download doesn’t download the correct settings, and the blog turns out strange. If the blog seems fine to you, let me know. It might just be a bug in the new IE-beta I’m running. I’ll let you know.