SharePoint is introducing coauthoring for Pages and News, allowing multiple authors to edit simultaneously with real-time changes. It's associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124853, starting late June 2024 for Targeted Release and early August 2024 for General Availability. No admin action is required for the rollout.
MC803012 – Coming soon to Microsoft SharePoint: The ability for multiple authors to edit the same Page at the same time, without having to take turns. Authors can see real-time changes made by others as they happen in Pages, sections and web parts.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124853.
When this will happen:
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late June 2024 and expect to complete by late July 2024.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early August 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024.
How this will affect your organization:
Before this rollout: Only one author can edit a Page at the same time. While an author is editing a Page, no other user can edit until the author publishes or saves the draft.
After this rollout
Authors will be able to edit a Page or News post at the same time as others are editing. In this example, three authors are editing simultaneously, and each author can see the presence of other authors (top right corner of page) and the web parts each author is editing (top right corner of each web part).
Coauthoring details
This feature is on by default and accessible to all SharePoint authors.
What you need to do to prepare:
This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required. You may want to notify your SharePoint authors about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.<
Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation.
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