Introduction

This release contains new features, changes, improvements, and resolved issues.  If an entry here is a result of a bug report or feature request, the relevant ID number (#xxxx) will be at the end of the entry.

Prerequisites ​

It is required to have 6.69 or any hotfix installed before upgrading to this version.

Please check previous release notes if you are not upgrading from the latest version.

Supported environments

This release supports the following environments:

• Office 365 Tenant and Azure
• SharePoint Server 2013​​
• SharePoint Server 2016
• SharePoint Server 2019

Please note: As the SharePoint Modern experience platform and development framework is too far behind SharePoint Online, the Enterprise on Modern SharePoint experience capabilities are not currently supported on SharePoint Server 2019.

Changes and improvements

• Corporate News (Modern) - #31034: The content box will span 50% of the Timeline template if a color has been applied. If it is transparent, the text will span across the whole image.
• Everywhere Panel (Modern): Users now have the option to display labels for Everywhere Panel menu items.
• Noticeboard (Classic): A new option to select the language for e-mail notifications has been added to the Classic Notification Panel.
• Noticeboard (Classic/Modern): An option to enable notifications for comments has been implemented and can be configured in the Administration Centre.
• Noticeboard (Classic/Modern): Additional checks have been added for RSS feed items to avoid duplicate items.
• Noticeboard (Classic/Modern) - #30131: Noticeboard notification emails will no longer be sent to disabled/inactive users. Note: Running the PrincipalNameSync Timerjob will update the user's active status based on the corresponding enabled status has been changed in the AAD.
• Noticeboard (Modern): Click events outside of the create panel have been disabled.
• Noticeboard (Modern): English UK will now be displayed on the date picker should the appropriate configurations be set.
• Noticeboard (Modern): GIFs are now accepted as valid publishing images.
• Noticeboard (Modern): Users will no longer be able to input invalid values into the refined search date picker.
• Noticeboard (Modern) - #30569, #30902: Selecting 'Show all items' from the contextual menu will clear all previously set filters. 
• UI Change: All Yammer related text in the Administration Center has now been changed to reflect the transition to Viva Engage.
• UI Change: The Viva Engage logo in the Notification Panel has been changed to be dynamically styled.

Resolved issues

• Corporate News (Classic) - #30384, #31038: Issues regarding the search result template layout have been resolved.
• Corporate News (Classic) - #31336, #31766: Issues regarding the display of news article view count have been resolved.
• Noticeboard (Classic/Modern) - #32333: New comments made on items will now appear with no delays.
• Corporate News (Modern): Articles with longer titles will now be truncated at 2 lines without overflow.
• Corporate News (Modern): The default result source for web parts has been corrected.
• Corporate News (Modern) - #31671: Adding custom styling to the Timeline template will no longer cause the page to become unresponsive.
• Corporate News (Modern) - #31691: The content box will no longer overlay on top of the breaking tag on smaller resolutions.
• Department Staff (Classic) - #27138: Special characters in Department names will no longer cause issues with filtering and displaying results.
• Department Staff (Classic) - #31548: Issues with the selected values not being properly saved and displayed have been resolved.
• Learning & Events (Classic) - #31369: Authorized users will now be able to sign up other users without errors.
• MegaMenu (Modern) - #32001: The dropdown will no longer disappear when dragging the mouse from the top item towards the dropdown.
• MegaMenu (Modern) - #32589, #32593, #32619: The conflict with SharePoint causing the page to crash upon scrolling has been resolved.
• Noticeboard (Administration): Default selections for Insights dropdowns will no longer have blank values.
• Noticeboard (Modern): Blank property pane tabs in older web parts have been removed.
• Noticeboard (Modern): Issues regarding deleted comments not being displayed in certain cases have been resolved.
• Noticeboard (Modern): Search inputs will now inherit colour from themes.
• Noticeboard (Modern): The Issue with dates not being displayed on the noticeboard overview, item modal, and comments is now resolved.
• Noticeboard (Modern): The issue with the date filter not being applied and causing errors has been resolved.
• Noticeboard (Modern): The issue with the date filter not being displayed when editing refined filters has been resolved.
• Noticeboard (Modern): The issue with the pagination showing more than necessary pages has been resolved.
• Noticeboard (Modern) - #31150, #31522: The issue regarding publishing images not being displayed within the item modal has been resolved
• Webpart Utilities (Modern) - #31693: Toggling certain property pane properties will no longer cause the property pane to go blank.

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