What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint – December 2024

Microsoft published a comprehensive roundup of the enhancements made to its SharePoint service in December 2024. The company mentioned that some of these new features are currently being rolled out to Targeted Release Microsoft 365 customers.

SharePoint: Microsoft Syntex update

Microsoft has released a new simple document processing prebuilt model for its Syntex pay-as-you-go service. It leverages optical character recognition (OCR) and deep learning technologies to extract data from structured documents.

This new pre-built model is designed to identify and extract key-value pairs, named entities, selection marks, as well as bar codes from documents such as invoices, forms, contracts, receipts, and bank statements. Users can configure this model to extract this information to specified library columns.

Power Apps card for Viva Connections

Microsoft has added support for the Power Apps card to Viva Connections. This new feature allows customers to embed their Power Apps and Cards directly into the Viva Connections dashboard. With the Power Apps card, users can perform various tasks quickly within the dashboard, including checking sales numbers, submitting forms, and submitting vacation requests.

The Power Apps card enables organizations to design cards tailored to their specific requirements, such as surfacing important news, providing access to training content, and managing various tasks.

Viva Pulse integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription

Microsoft has announced that the Viva Pulse experience is now a part of the Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription. The Viva Pulse tool lets organizations use brief surveys to collect real-time employee feedback. This new integration lets businesses measure employee sentiment and gain insights into how teams are adopting Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Additionally, leaders can access and analyze the survey results through the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard. This feature is available for the Viva Pulse app on Windows and macOS, the web, as well as iOS and Android devices.

Microsoft has also highlighted the top five SharePoint features and related tech items that shipped to customers in 2024. These include SharePoint agents, a new forms experience in Microsoft Lists, Copilot in OneDrive, autofill columns support in SharePoint Premium, and Microsoft 365 Backup.

Later this month, Microsoft plans to roll out a couple of updates to SharePoint customers. Microsoft Viva Connections is getting a new integration with the SharePoint app bar. Microsoft will also launch a new Pay-as-you-go billing model for SharePoint agents.