Ignite 2019 - What's new in the Admin Center

In thig blog I'll highlight some of the new features that have been announced at Ignite for the M365 Admin Center.

Setup

New Setup page combines services, features and add-on.

Sign-in and Security

Privacy and compliance/Data migration/Apps and updates

Each of these options will have their page that explains the feature as well as provide context for the end user impact.

User and Group Creation

The is a new wizard for user and group creations available in the user and group setting options.

Add a user

Add a Group

Deleted Groups

New page to view and recover deleted groups

Edit Group Email

New option to edit an email address for a group

Settings Page

New settings page combines Services, Security & Privacy, and Organization profile into one page with tabs.

Productivity Score

New reports for the productivity score include the technology and end user experience

Health and Network Performance

A new network performance Health report is available, it doesn't look like anything is wired up yet but hopefully will be soon. There also are some non-active links to a network monitoring tool.

That's all I've seen for today, I'll keep this post updated with anything else I see in the admin center.

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