License enforcement for Microsoft Purview Information Protection for sensitivity labels

Starting January 2024, new customers require specific licenses to use or continue using Information Protection sensitivity labels. Existing customers using sensitivity labels without the correct licenses will have a grace period until early April 2024. Admins and users who use Information Protection sensitivity labels need to have the required licenses assigned to them. For more details on the licenses required, please refer to the link provided in the message.

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Microsoft Loop: Guest Sharing

Microsoft Loop will soon allow business-to-business (B2B) guest sharing for workspaces, pages, and components, subject to administrator policy. Sensitivity labels for Loop workspaces, pages, and components will begin rolling out in the first half of 2024. Users within organizations will be able to share Loop workspaces, pages, and components with people outside of their tenant via B2B guest sharing. The rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required.

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Microsoft Teams | Shared call history for delegates and delegators

Microsoft Teams will allow call delegators and delegates to see shared call history records for the shared line, starting late April 2024. There is no impact to tenants or admins, and the rollout will happen automatically. Users may want to update relevant documentation.

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Microsoft Purview Audit: HighCompleteness parameter in Search-UnifiedAuditLog Audit cmdlet

Microsoft is introducing the HighCompleteness parameter to the Search-UnifiedAuditLog cmdlet, which provides a more comprehensive set of audit log records by prioritizing completeness over speed. The parameter can result in slower performance, and it will be available for public preview in mid-March 2024 and for general availability in early April 2024. There will be no immediate impact on existing usage, and users can refer to a sample request to use the new parameter. No admin action is required for the rollout. For more information, refer to the provided link.

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Insider Risk Management policy template limit increase

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will increase the limit number of policies within each insider risk policy template from 5 to 20. The update will roll out from late March 2024 to mid-April 2024. No admin action is required, but users may want to update relevant documentation. The Insider Risk Management solution can be accessed in the Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal.

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Plan for Change: Intune audit logs will only be retained for one year

Intune audit logs will only be retained for one year starting April 2024. Users can export logs older than one year before the change in the Intune admin center. Notify IT admins and update documentation guidelines.

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90-Day Reminder: Windows 10, version 21H2 end of servicing (Enterprise & Education)

On June 11, 2024, Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions of Windows 10, version 21H2 will reach end of servicing. The upcoming June 2024 security update, to be released on June 11, 2024, will be the last update available for this version. After this date, devices running this version will no longer receive monthly security and preview updates containing protections from the latest security threats.

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Microsoft Teams: Attach recent and relevant files more quickly to chats and channel posts

Microsoft Teams is introducing Quick attach, which displays recent and contextually relevant files when attaching a file to a Teams chat or channel post. This feature will save time when attaching files. The rollout will not affect existing file attachment options and will be limited to certain file formats. No action is needed to prepare for this rollout.

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Microsoft Viva: Answers Intelligent Importer (Premium)

Microsoft Viva’s Answers Intelligent Importer (Premium) allows the generation of structured Q&A pairs from existing unstructured documentation and posting them into premium communities and Answers for easy retrieval and reuse of knowledge. The feature will be available within Communities for Premium users on Viva Engage and will soon be available on the Answers page. Viva Engage admins will be able to control who can see and use this feature through their admin settings. The feature supports Microsoft Word documents (.docx), PDFs, and .txt files stored on the user’s local device. Smaller documents tend to provide better results (2-10 pages), and Q&A pairs generated will be limited to 20 on each upload action.

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Microsoft Teams: Ability to change language in Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows will allow end users to change the language of the app, with the same language choices as the desktop app. The feature will roll out globally by late April 2024. Users must restart the device for the language change to take effect, and admins should enable the language change option through a setting in Skypesettings.xml.

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