Here we go again! The Office team keep a steady pace of updates coming to the Office Roadmap. This time it’s a bit weird, but we have a lot of things being rolled back!? Also I noticed that the site was down today for maintenance. So, is this just a DR solution and they lost data or have they just messed things up? I smell that someone actually MANUALLY updates this list, but hey, they can’t be that crazy, can they?
Anyhow - this is NOT how a roadmap/changelog should work. Microsoft, you customers tries to listen to what you do, but this is just not acceptable. Last week I told a customer it was launched, and now it’s not….FIX THIS. Scrap this Roadmap site and make proper changelog - if you don’t know how, go ask your colleagues in the Microsoft Graph team and ask them how they do it.
Changes 2016-02-01
Launched
Nothing new launched this time around.
Rolling out
- Apps for Project Pro for Office 365 write support: Rolled back from Launched!
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) in SharePoint Online: Rolled back from Launched!
- DLP in SharePoint - Policy Management: Rolled back from Launched!
- Multiple timeline bars in Project Pro for Office 365: Rolled back from Launched!
- Next-generation OneDrive for Business sync client (PC & Mac): Rolled back from Launched!
- Office 365 Video - Yammer settings per channel: Rolled back from Launched!
- Red Alert Autoposting: Rolled back from Launched!
- Task Notifications in Project Online: Rolled back from Launched!
Yammer service on by default
In Development
- Azure departmental template availability: was cancelled last week
- Cloud PBX in Skype for Business: was launched last week
- Manage Yammer licenses in Office 365: was rolling out last week
- Mobile PDF annotation support for iOS: was launched last week
- Office 365 local datacenter in India: well, do you have a datacenter in India or don’t you!?!?
- PSTN Calling in Skype for Business: Was launched…
- PSTN Conferencing in Skype for Business Online: was also launched…
- Real time presence for PowerPoint: was rolling out
- Real Time presence in PowerPoint for desktop: was rolling out
- Skype Meeting Broadcast: was launched
- Sway recycle bin: was launched
Things that just is a mess and a big questionmark
- Allow/Deny list external sharing domains: was listed as in development last week but don’t exist no more…
- Bitcoin Currency Format Support: and I just spent tons of money on Godizilla machines to mine some bitcoins…
- Expiring Yammer Announcements: looks like they don’t expire after all, but hey ho, they are experimenting with Mark stuff as read in the inbox - the biggest improvement in this service for three years - AND THEY DON’T PUT THAT ON THE ROADMAP!!
- FastTrack | Expanded language support: was iun development
- OneDrive for Business Web UX refresh: was launched
- Search on Yammer iOS app: was rolling out
- Set an expiry date for a guest share: that explains why I didn’t see this last week, it is NOT launched
- Skype for Business One-time search notification: magically disappeared from the previously released list!
Let’s keep an eye on that roadmap, I have a feeling something will happen soon again…