2023 Microsoft 365 Insider Blog Awards

(Originally posted January 3, 2024 By ~ Microsoft 365 Insider Engagement Team)

Happy New Year, Microsoft 365 Insiders, and welcome to 2024! With awards season in full swing, we wanted to give a shout-out to the amazing writers who contributed to and highlighted the most talked-about Microsoft 365 features of 2023.

2023 Microsoft 365 Insider Blog Awards

We’ve created four categories for the first-ever Microsoft 365 Insider Blog Awards, and we’re excited to share the results with you.

Most Viewed Posts

Looking at this list, you will see features that have been requested by customers for a long time or have been in response to customer feedback. Please continue to share your thoughts, comments, and ideas. We value and listen to them!

1. Review tracked changes with a new card in Word — 172,570 page views
2. Shortcuts for pasting text only in Word — 163,521 page views
3. New Outlook for Windows Preview now supports third-party accounts – 107,412 page views
4. Local folders are now available in the new Outlook for Mac. — 101,412 page views
5. Insert an image into a cell using the IMAGE function in Excel — 90,858 page views

Add all your email accounts to Outlook

Most Engaged on LinkedIn

When you’re focused on your career and career development, LinkedIn is a great place to learn about new features in Microsoft 365 and how to use them to be more productive. It’s also a place to celebrate important birthdays, like your 40th.^Day One of our favorite apps, Word! Bringing festivities and innovation!

1. Word turns 40! — 663 participations
2. Using Python in Excel: Empowering Your Data Analysis Capabilities — 381 participations
3. New Microsoft 365 Apps improvements available across all your devices — 282 participations
4. What’s new in Microsoft 365 Apps – December 2023 — 170 participants
5. Microsoft Loop: Transforming the way we work together — 150 participation

Microsoft Word Timeline

Most Engaged on Twitter

We love sharing timely updates about Microsoft 365 with you and hearing your thoughts. Keep the feedback coming!

1. Introducing new layout options in OneNote for Windows — 516 participations
2. New Outlook for Windows Preview now supports third-party accounts — 377 participations
3. Shortcuts for pasting text only in Word — 265 participations

New layout options in OneNote

most prolific writer

Azai Sodi

Contributed by Ajay 4 posts Welcome to our blog focused on Microsoft 365 apps and how to get the most out of them on Android and iOS. Great job, Ajay!

We would also like to acknowledge the other three authors who each contributed. 3 posts:

• Aaron Liu Aaron’s post focuses on Microsoft Forms, showing readers new possibilities, from designing beautiful invitations to efficiently collecting feedback.
• Ridhima Gupta Ridhima’s post focuses on PowerPoint and shows how to leverage video to tell your story, share content, and connect with your audience more effectively.
• Peter Wu Peter’s post focuses on accessibility features in PowerPoint across platforms, showcasing features and capabilities designed to make PowerPoint more usable for people with disabilities, while also making it useful and beneficial to everyone.

We hope you enjoyed this roundup of the most popular features and most prolific writers of 2023. As we begin 2024, we’ll continue to bring you the latest and greatest news, tips, and insights about Microsoft 365, and we look forward to your continued feedback. Happy New Year!

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