Loop Component on the Whiteboard

 Microsoft whiteboard users can now benefit from a new feature that allows them to choose between three distinct text styles. This latest addition enables greater flexibility and personalization of text on whiteboards, enhancing the overall experience of using the platform.

In addition to this, the feature complements the existing capabilities of the platform, which include Loop Components such as task lists, tables, voting, progress trackers, and checklists, as well as the recently released Copilot support.

Microsoft Teams Room on Android Update -Teams App Version: 1449/1.0.96.2022120503 - December-2022

 

Microsoft Teams Room on Android Update -Teams App Version: 1449/1.0.96.2022120503 - December-2022

• You want to brainstorm in the office, simply walk up and start whiteboarding using the new whiteboard button on the home screen. With just one touch, you can quickly launch Microsoft Whiteboard and start collaborating outside of a Teams meeting. 

• Admins can enable and control this feature with the Allow initiate Whiteboard on the admin setting on the device.

  
  
  

• Seamlessly switch from local to online collaboration by selecting Start meeting on the local whiteboarding screen. This quickly kicks off an ad-hoc meeting and automatically presents the existing whiteboard. From there, you can add participants into the meeting and contribute across the same whiteboard in real-time.

  
  
  
  
  
  

• Microsoft Whiteboard can now be viewed side by side with remote meeting participants using the Content + Gallery layout. Whenever content sharing starts, Content + Gallery will now be the default layout regardless of the content type.

  
  
  

• Content sharing in a meeting is more accessible with the redesigned share menu. When you select Share in the meeting control bar, you can find all content options that can be shared in one place, including Microsoft Whiteboard. Sharing Microsoft Whiteboard in a meeting is also now supported on resource accounts

  
  
  

• We are also introducing a new touch screen support that allows you to control the room system from both the touch display at the front of the room and the touch console, whichever is more convenient. Admins can enable this feature with the Enable touch screen controls setting on the device. To further enhance the meeting experience on large screen devices, 4K display is also now supported.

• Aside from optimizing touch experiences for local meetings, we are also enriching hybrid meetings through remote camera pan, tilt, and zoom controls support. Remote meeting participants can now control the zoom and orientation of a Teams Rooms camera directly from their desktop during a meeting.

• Joining a meeting on a room device has also become more inclusive. With chat notifications, you can see incoming chat messages on the front-of-room display and participate in the meeting on equal grounds. Admins can enable this in the device settings, and you can temporarily disable this using the meeting control bar.

Whiteboard Sharing/Collaboration is not working on Neat/Surface Hub Devices

 

Where does Microsoft Whiteboard canvas content is saved?

When you initiate Microsoft Whiteboard canvas on the Microsoft Surface Hub or Microsoft Teams Room on Android by default the data is stored in Azure. However, if you initiate a whiteboard sharing on the Teams client (Windows/Mac) the data will be stored on the user One Drive who is initiating the whiteboard. The Whiteboard content is saved and synced automatically to OneDrive for Business or Azure. So, the next time when you open the same whiteboard on the same device or any other device with the same login you will see all your content and you can start from where you are left over.

Where does my Whiteboard content store in OneDrive?

Microsoft migrated Whiteboard's default storage location from Azure to OneDrive starting in January 2022. Once the migration is completed (Admin must configure Teams meeting policy to enforce the default store location) you can access the data under the “One Drive\Whiteboard” folder.

If you collaborated with others, the data will be under "Shared".

Whiteboard is not starting on the Surface Hub/ Neat Board devices?

After Microsoft migrated to OneDrive for Business the SharePoint sharing policy takes precedence to produce the data, you might see errors like a blow,

You SharePoint admin can configure the Sharing policy to allow anonymous users to access the content with the below settings,

Set-SPOTenant -AllowAnonymousMeetingParticipantsToAccessWhiteboards On

Manage sharing for Microsoft Whiteboard | Microsoft Learn

After the change, you should be able to access the whiteboard without any further issues.

What is the anonymous user can access to the content means?

When you are sharing a whiteboard and inviting Surface Hub or Neat Boards, the device resource accounts will impersonate the presenter tokens to temporarily access the whiteboard during the meeting. Once the meeting is over the device account will not have access to the content.

Can external participants able to collaborate on the whiteboard in Teams meeting?

Yes, external users will be able to collaborate within Teams meetings, if your SharePoint admin enabled the below settings.

Set-SPOTenant -AllowAnonymousMeetingParticipantsToAccessWhiteboards On.

Can I disable external anonymous users accessing the whiteboard during the meeting?

If you want to allow only MTR devices within the organization, but you want to block the external attendees, your Teams Admin needs to configure “Meeting Settings” not to allow external users to have access to Teams meeting apps.