11th MVP Award Rewarded

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I am actually on vacation, but as I sit here under the summer sun, toes in the pool and a cold drink within reach, I have been waiting for that email confirming that I’ve been awarded my 11th Microsoft MVP Award! As last year, I am being awarded in both the Teams and Copilot category. To say I’m humbled would be an understatement. Being part of the global Microsoft MVP community for over a decade now has been an incredible journey, filled with learning, sharing, speaking, and connecting with passionate technologists from every corner of the world. What is the Microsoft MVP Award? The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award is given to technology experts who share their knowledge and real-world expertise with communities. With fewer than 4,000 MVPs worldwide, it’s an honor to be part of such a vibrant and dedicated group. MVPs contribute through speaking engagements, writing, open-source contributions, and helping others online and offline. You can learn more about the progra...

P for Global Preview, reply to chat and restart Live events!

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Here are a couple of updates that have already been rolling out, or should be just around the corner in your tenant.

Microsoft has made it very obvious to the end-user if they are running public preview or not. If you are running in this mode, there will be a "P" showing next to your avatar in the top right corner of the Teams app. If you are interested in participating in the public preview, and have access to new features in the final testing and verification stage before public release? Here is how to enable the feature. 

Reply to specific chat feature has been released. This I know I've seen posted many places already, because this a feature we have been waiting for. Teams now allow a user to select a specific chat anywhere in a channel, and reply directly to that chat. The reply will embed the original post to show the context.

And finally, it will be possible to re-join/re-start a Live event that was prematurely shut down. I think this is one of the biggest issues I've had when running Live events in the past. But if someone now unexpectedly ends the stream, it should be possible to re-start and continue the event. At least after mid October when the feature should be finished rolling out.