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Release 2024 - March 29th

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Dear Powell Intranet users,

We're excited to unveil a new version to enhance your intranet management experience.

❓If you have any questions about this release, you can ask here. 🙋

Here's a quick overview of what will be available after March 29

👪 For everyone

  1. Discussion : Be notified when someone answer to a conversation that I opened
  2. Global Favorites webpart : Change the order of links as a user

✍️ For Contributors

  1. New webpart editing forms (Teaser/Beta) : a whole new way to build your webparts

 

🧙 For administrators 

  1. Contribution Board : Manage the contributions table with the new query generator and editing panel

  2. Search : Add shadow to icons for aggregate tile view​


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❗Important announcements

  1. New Azure AD Powell Intranet Application: Important information to know about major changes

📖  Documentation

  1. the first written documentation about Powell Manager. : 🥁 Powell Manager: Deployment tool – Help Center - Powell Software (powell-software.com) [Need to be signed]
  2. New available documentations
  3. Updated documentations

 


👪 For everyone

Discussion : Be notified when someone answer to a conversation that I opened

Administrators now have the capability to choose an email template while editing the webpart that allows them to notify someone whenever a user responds to their discussion topics

Moreover, we have introduced a new email template specifically designed for this purpose, titled "Discussion - Reply Notifications." When a reply is written, this template will send an e-mail in the following format:



 


Global Favorites (WP) : Change the order of links as a user

In the latest update, enhancements have been made to the Global Favorites feature within the Tools section to support drag and drop functionality for ordering. Additionally, we've extended this capability to the webpart edit functionality for Global Favorites, ensuring consistency across user experiences.

Within the webpart settings, users now have the option to arrange items either through drag and drop or via pagination.

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The dynamic drag and drop functionality allows users to reorder their links by simply dragging them into the desired sequence.

 


✍️ For Contributors

New webpart editing forms (Teaser/Beta) : a whole new way to build your webparts

We're excited to unveil a fresh approach to creating and customizing Powell Webparts. We're thrilled to offer you a sneak peek at the innovative customization options and redesigned interfaces aimed at enhancing the Powell experience.

Timeline

  • April / May / June : Available in Beta (contact your CSM to ask for it if you want to participate and give us your feedbacks) 
  • June 21th : Final release

Change your title directly from the webpart

Easy mode to select the content displayed

 

Helpers to easily map your displayed properties

Gather the features related to the view in one place to simplify how to enable it.

 


🧙 For administrators 

Contribution Board : Manage the contributions table with the new query generator and editing panel

In this release, we've implemented an enhancement to the Contribution Board configuration, specifically focusing on search query configuration. We've introduced the Easy Query Builder, mirroring the functionality previously implemented in new search edits.


 

This addition facilitates the process of configuring search queries to easily create contribution board views.

 

Search : Add shadow to icons for aggregate tile view​

We've improved the view of aggregated tiles in the Search webpart edition. Icons on aggregated content tiles now have a shadow effect, making them stand out, especially when associated documents are not clearly visible.


This enhancement improves the user experience by drawing attention to relevant content in search results and avoiding visual errors.


❗ Important announcements

(Reminder) New Azure AD Powell Graph API

We inform you of an important update regarding our Azure AD application "Powell-GraphAPI"

We have redesigned our architecture and this change requires action to re-consent a new Azure AD application "Powerll Intranet".

To ensure a smooth transition and minimize disruptions, we have planned the following steps:

  • Today: We are sending you this notification to inform you of the situation and let you understand the next steps.
  • Starting on December 8th, 2023, you can select the new Azure AD Powell Intranet Graph API application from Powell Manager and consent to it with your tenant Administrator account.
  • Starting January 5, 2024, An alert message will be displayed on your intranet dashboard, visible only to administrators. This message will guide you through an automated consent procedure to facilitate the consent of the new Azure AD App "Powell Intranet."
  • From June 2024: The Azure AD application "Powell-GraphApi" will be permanently removed. We highly recommend following the consent procedure to ensure uninterrupted service continuity.

This transition is essential to maintain the quality of our services following these architectural changes. We want to assure you that all measures have been taken to minimize the impact on your daily operations.


Here is a documentation explaining the migration process

📖 Migrating the Azure AD App "Powell-GraphApi"

 

Please be aware that the migration does not impact Powell's permissions; instead, they constitute a revalidation of those rights subsequent to the migration.


We understand that this may raise questions or concerns, which is why our technical team and customer service will be available to assist you at every stage of the process.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this process. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact our technical support team, who will gladly assist you.

 

 


📖  Documentation

the first written documentation about Powell Manager :

🥁 Powell Manager: Deployment tool – Help Center - Powell Software (powell-software.com) [Need to be signed]

How was it built ?

Thanks to the perfect combo between AI & humans. We built a special GPT bot to transform the great "Powell Academy" videos transcripts into a "step by step guide". Then it was reworked by the product team.

 

New documentations

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