1. Fluid Components

• A new way to create “live” documents in Microsoft products
• Create them and then share them with a link for others to edit in real-time
• Real-time editing means you can share anywhere, and edit in one
• Perfect for teams in Microsoft Teams and Outlook
• Embeddable for editing without opening

2. Upgraded Outlook Boards

• You can now embed live components into Boards
• Boards is a place to manage all types of elements in one place
• Outlook boards continues to grow with the ability to pin

3. Agenda for Meetings

• New ways to take notes for meetings, in live components
• You can also extend a note using OneNote
• These agendas and meeting notes can be embedded into Microsoft Teams meetings in real-time too, perfect for collaborating together

4. Meeting Layouts

• Layouts of meetings have been improved
• You can now see remote attendees to meetings more front and center
• This helps to improve the way you have meetings for both office and remote staff — better hybrid blending
• You can add more live components to any team meeting

5. Gallery View

• Perfect for in-office and remote situations
• If your team/office has two PCs or TVs — you can now split people evenly on both screens — perfect for maximising real-estate.

6. Hardware Upgrades

• Improvements to camera technology for meetings
• Microsoft have released an array of new releases to help meetings become more fluid and smooth
• A new “Facebook Portal” like camera helps to track people and zoom closer, to make you feel as you were in the meetings from remote

7. Together Mode

• Improved cinema and board meeting cut-outs are available
• Microsoft aiming to make meetings more personal with this addition

8. Whiteboard

• Microsoft take on Miro with this new Whiteboard upgrades
• Perfect for experiencing diagrams, notes and wireframing in real-time
• Members can edit and add their own elements to this too
• You can add live components to edit too
• They have also added template abilities too

9. Recaps

• Meeting recaps have now become easier
• An attendee who missed a meeting, depending on your MS365 plan, can now see a recap and overview of what happened, key notes and even a full recording of the meeting if detail needs to be increased.

10. Focus Time

• Microsoft have partnered with Headspace further to add meditations, breakout sessions and education about focus at work
• A new pomodoro type mode will be added allowing folks to focus and set time in their calendar as to not damage it with meetings