SharePoint : Exploring Auto News Digest feature

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Today sharing small but important PowerShell script.

PowerShell script : How to enable or disable the auto news digest feature

What is auto news digest feature

• The SharePoint auto-news digest feature sends an automated email to users about the latest news posts that are relevant to them, but that they may not have viewed yet.
• If our organization is branded with theme colors and a logo, these will automatically show in your news digest.

• This is a great way for users to catch up on news that they may have otherwise missed.

Which news are included in news digest

• Authoritative news posts published on organization news sites.
• News posts boosted by the organization that a user has access to.
• Published news posts that are relevant to the user, and that the user has not viewed yet.
• Only posts that the user has access to. Rest assured that users won’t be sent news posts that they don’t have permission for.
• No more than 10 news posts in each digest.
• No more than one email digest is sent per week. If there are no news items that are relevant to the user, a news digest will not be sent.

How to know that Auto News Digest feature is enabled in my organization

• We have an PowerShell CMDLET “Get-SPOTenant” to know if Auto News Digest feature is enabled or not

PS C:\> Get-SPOTenant | Select-Object EnableAutoNewsDigest
EnableAutoNewsDigest
--------------------
               False

How to Update the setting for Auto News Digest feature

• We have PowerShell CMDLET “Set-SPOTenant” to update the setting for “Auto News Digest” feature

PS C:\> Set-SPOTenant -EnableAutoNewsDigest $true
PS C:\> Get-SPOTenant | Select-Object EnableAutoNewsDigest
EnableAutoNewsDigest
--------------------
                True
PS C:\>

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