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Plan and design your project methodology to successfully implement finance and operations apps with FastTrack services, data management and more.
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Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
We also implemented other general improvements to site performance, user interface, and security.
We're also finalizing our plan for the next few months of features and improvements on Q&A! We'll share more details soon about specific work coming up.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
We also implemented other general improvements to site performance, user interface, security, and spam prevention & removal.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
We also implemented other general improvements to site performance, user interface, security, and spam prevention & removal.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
[Multi-locale]
Shipped support for Italian, French, German, Russian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean, Chinese (China).We also implemented other general improvements to site performance, user interface, security, and spam prevention & removal.
We made the following fixes and improvements since our last release notes, still focusing primarily on wrapping up work for multi-locale support on Microsoft Q&A.
Spanish
Tag wasn't localized when editing a question.We also implemented other general improvements to site performance, user interface, security, and spam prevention and removal.
We made the following fixes and improvements since our last release notes, still focusing primarily on wrapping up work for multi-locale support on Microsoft Q&A.
[Community feedback]
Fixed issue where Q&A was failing to mark questions as a duplicate.[Community feedback]
Fixed issue where the non en-us locale tags were searching en-us tagged content rather than the content tagged with its respective locale.We also implemented other general improvements to site performance, user interface, security, and spam prevention and removal.
We made the following fixes and improvements since our last release notes, still focusing primarily on wrapping up work for multi-locale support on Microsoft Q&A.
[Community feedback]
Fixed issue where part of the site wasn't available.[Community feedback]
Fixed issue where original posters we able to accept their own answer.[Community feedback]
Fixed issue where users were unable to post a comment or answer sporadically.We also implemented other general improvements to site performance and user interface.
We made the following fixes and improvements since our last release notes, focusing primarily on wrapping up work for multi-locale support on Microsoft Q&A.
[Multi-locale]
Shipped support for Spanish.[Community feedback]
Refreshed issue fixed where users were seeing "This page isn't working right now" error.[Community feedback]
Improved performance when displaying collections.We also implemented other general improvements to site performance and user interface.
We made the following fixes and improvements since our last release notes, focusing primarily on wrapping up work for multi-locale support on Microsoft Q&A.
[AI]
Q&A Assist now available to all users asking questions in Microsoft Q&A.[Multi-locale]
Continued work to support Q&A questions and answers in multiple languages.We also implemented other general improvements to site performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
[Experimentation]
Close experiment for Answer rating by question authors. Our team is evaluating the results this week.[Community feedback]
Filter by questions you follow now enabled[Q&A Assist]
Update result cards to use new properties[Community feedback]
Updates to permissions for users with MVP and Microsoft affiliations[Community feedback]
Continued spam fighting[Community feedback]
Bug fix: Ensure Profile shows tags a user follows with correct tag name[Community feedback]
Bug fix: Issue with Tags / follow functionality – If your followed tags on Q&A are out of sync, sign out and back in again to resync them to your Learn/Q&A profile.[Community feedback]
Bug fix: Enable users to save changes to Q&A email notification preferences in ProfileWe also implemented other general improvements to site performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
[Experimentation]
Launch experiment for Answer rating by question authors[Q&A Assist]
Increase number and relevancy of AI answers[Q&A Assist]
Updates to ensure references and sources for AI answers are displayed consistently[Q&A Assist]
UI adjustments to results and footer for Ask a Question page[Community feedback]
Bug fix: Increase vote count when user submits feedback on Q&A questions[Community feedback]
Bug fix: Display answer counts for "Find similar question" request[Community feedback]
Bug fix: Ensure seamless transition when user replaces their question draft with AI-generated question draft using Q&A Assist[Community feedback]
Bug fix: Allow users to change code language when using Learn Editor in rich-text mode[Community feedback]
Bug fix: Update tooltips for AI featuresWe also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
[Community feedback]
Fix UI error when marking questions as duplicate[Community feedback]
Mobile: Ensure Ask a Question page auto populates tag when opening from a tag page[Q&A Assist]
Fix UX bug when surfacing similar questions from Q&A and external sitesWe also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
[Community feedback]
Editor improvements including: Disable '@' mentions in code blocks[Community feedback]
Restore missing events from Profile activity[Community feedback]
Improve specificity of 400 error messaging across Q&A[AI work]
Attribute AI answers to Q&A Assist instead of Anonymous userWe also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
[Community feedback]
Show basic syntax highlighting for code blocks at rendering[Community feedback]
Resolving editor bugs with blank lines and hyperlinks[AI work]
Move AI banner next to answers[AI work]
Don't automatically accept AI-generated answers[AI work]
Improve messaging to users when AI can't provide an answerWe also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
[Community feedback]
Resolved caching issues[Community feedback]
When selecting and deleting a code block in rich-text mode, it's now deleted [Community feedback]
Fixed odd keyboard behaviors on code blocks We also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
[Community feedback]
Italicizing bold text doesn't remove bold in the markdown editor [Community feedback]
Code block doesn't longer get corrupt on edit We also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
[Community feedback]
Improvements to automatically deal with spam.[Community feedback]
Creating more than one quote in same comment duplicates quotes and replies.[Community feedback]
New users are now receiving Q&A email notifications.[Community feedback]
Users don't get an email notification when they post or edit content.[Community feedback]
Users don't receive email notifications when content is automatically reported as spam.We also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
[Community feedback]
Improvements to automatically deal with spam.[Community feedback]
Fixed issue when posting content with nested numbered list.Fixes and improvements that only affect moderators.
We also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
[Community feedback]
Line breaks are no longer removed when posting content.[Community feedback]
You can now insert triple backticks as inline code blocks.[Community feedback]
Headers in the editor match the size of the headers when published.[Community feedback]
Updated email notification templates to take you directly to that comment or answer from the email message.[Community feedback]
Added a "Discard draft" button for questions, answers, and comments to clear the form.Fixes and improvements that only affect moderators.
[Community feedback]
Editing only the tags on a deleted question no longer undo delete (restore) the question.We also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
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in code spans/blocks no longer causes unwanted italics.We also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
We also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Here are the updates and enhancements we did since the previous release notes.
We improved the @ mention users when posting content and the searching by question author experiences as follow:
We broke down the Microsoft affiliations as follow:
We fixed the following issues:
We also implemented improvements to performance and user interface.
Welcome to the new Q&A. We're excited for you to experience this release. It's a big one. We did a ton of work improving Q&A for our users, and this release establishes a strong foundation that we continue to build on going forward.
Goals and highlights of this release:
This is just the start. This release unlocks our ability to continue to innovate on Q&A and create better integration with the rest of Learn. We're excited to bring you more this year and beyond.
Check out the details on the improvements listed next.
Our new user interface is optimized for readability, improved workflows, and efficiency.
Additionally, we now support themes. By default, you see the theme set on your operating system. to change the theme (light, dark, or high contrast), go to the bottom of any page, select "Theme", and select the theme of your choice.
Our new editor supports editing in a preview mode (new default) or you can use Markdown. The new editor is supported for asking, answering, posting comments, or editing content.
For additional time saving, you can also copy and paste formatted content from other places and Q&A editor preserves the format!
We have made including attachments easier. You can drag/drop, copy/paste, or browse for images or attachments to include them in a post.
Never worry about losing your work in progress. If you need to move away and come back while you're in the middle of a question, answer, or comment, we have you covered with improved drafts.
Some people aren't familiar with the Q&A format and sometimes people post a comment as an answer and vice-versa. So, it's very easy to convert the answer to a comment or convert the comment to an answer. Comments do not have character limits anymore, so you will be able to convert any answers to comments, regardless of their length.
We have integrated Q&A content in the Learn site search experience. So you can find Q&A content from anywhere on the site. This is the first of what we hope will be many ways that we better integrate Q&A into the rest of the Learn experience. Search shows a question preview of up to 255 characters which gives you additional information of what the question is about without having to select it. In addition, we improved the question cards for better readability. The improved card experience is available within search and the questions/tags details pages.
In addition, we've revised filtering and sorting capabilities in all these experiences.
Once you find the information you're looking for, you can easily manually follow content, automatically follow content, or add it to a collection for later reference.
Steps for adding to a collection:
Content ratings are more meaningful now. As a question author, you can rate an answer to indicate to the answerer (the community and the support teams at Microsoft) whether their answer helped you. If the answer didn't help you, let us know the reason so the community can help you further.
If you're the question author, continue accepting the answers that helped you solve your problem. If you receive a better answer afterwards, no worries, we made it easier to switch accepted answers. Simply select the new answer you want to accept, and we'll make the change for you!
Other users can also rate any answer and help others know which answers are most helpful. This should provide a strong signal about what answers the community find most useful.
Any authenticated user can select I have the same question control, so users answering can find out the most popular questions.
Voting on a comment is intuitive and let the other users know that comment is important to read when they're reviewing the question or the answer.
To keep the site safe and healthy, we count on our users to report content that doesn't follow Q&A Code of conduct. Any content reported by the users goes to the moderation queue where a moderator can edit it, delete it, or mark it as an invalid report.
You can now share questions with others outside Q&A. The sharing menu aligns with content sharing across Microsoft Learn site.
Steps to share:
You can stay informed with site-wide banners for announcements or issues related to Q&A or local banners in part of the site for issues or announcements with specific products supported on Q&A.
Another way you can stay up to informed is by enabling and configuring an expanded set of email notifications on Q&A. You can change what content you automatically follow as well as have control about receiving email notifications.
To easily evaluate the reputation of other users, we now show reputation on the user's card. This includes the user's affiliation (Microsoft employee or Microsoft Most Valuable Professional or MVP) together with their reputation points.
You can continue follow users via the card, and you can see who is following you in your profile.
Microsoft Q&A moderators assist with the day-to-day affairs of the community. The effectiveness of moderation directly impacts the quality of the community, the overall usefulness of Q&A, and the customer satisfaction rate.
Moderators are essential to maintaining the integrity of the site. Moderator support includes ensuring that questions and answers are posted with the correct information, helping to protect customer privacy, and managing violations to the Code of Conduct.
From the simplified moderation tools and throughout the site, moderators can perform the following actions
Here are the features that we replaced with another feature:
Here are the features that we don't support and we're planning to support on an upcoming release:
Here are the features that we have discontinued:
Training
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Implement finance and operations apps - Training
Plan and design your project methodology to successfully implement finance and operations apps with FastTrack services, data management and more.