Microsoft Secure Score is adding new improvement action for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

This feature will update Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of security posture.

This update will include a new Microsoft Defender for Endpoint recommendation ‘Set user authentication for remote connections by setting Network Level Authentication to ‘Enabled’’ as a Microsoft Secure Score improvement action. We will continue to add suggested security improvement actions on an ongoing basis.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Mar 3, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Temporary Whiteboard collaboration for external and shared device accounts

Microsoft Whiteboard on OneDrive for Business (ODB) is leveraging a new capability that allows temporary collaboration during a Teams meeting. This applies to device accounts from Surface Hub and Teams Meeting Room devices, as well as any users who are not in your tenant.

Note: This capability does not enable file-level sharing and does not grant access to the file. It provides temporary access only for the duration of the Teams meeting (similar to PowerPoint Live sharing during a meeting).

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Originally posted by Microsoft Mar 2, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

• Current Channel

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Originally posted by Microsoft Mar 1, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Co-authoring on Microsoft Information Protection encrypted documents is in public preview on mobile devices

With hybrid work here to stay, organizations are increasingly looking for ways to facilitate seamless collaboration among workgroups and across organizations while keeping their data secure and compliant.

At Microsoft, we have been working hard to introduce product innovations to help organizations achieve this. Today – we are excited to announce that co-authoring on Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) encrypted documents is now coming to mobile for both Android and iOS. Customers will no longer be locked out of these documents on a mobile device which means greater flexibility to choose your device for being productive on the go. This expands upon our current co-authoring support for desktops Windows and Mac and Office on the web.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Mar 1, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Retirement of health status feature in the Office cloud policy service

Upcoming, we will be retiring the health status feature in the Office cloud policy service.

Note: If you don’t use the Office cloud policy service in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center, you can disregard this message.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 23, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Updates to Threat Explorer and Email entity page

As part of Hunting improvements, we are making updates to the Email entity page, and Threat Explorer and Real-Time Detections. These updates should help provide additional data points and context for security analysts. These updates include:

Updates to Email entity Page will include:

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 18, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

• Current Channel

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 17, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Outlook for Android will require Android 8.0 or above starting May 23, 2022

Beginning May 23, 2022, Outlook for Android will no longer support Android 7.1 or below. Users will need to upgrade their Android operating system to Android 8.0

Note: If your organization does not utilize Android, you can safely disregard this message.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 16, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Add-in health view being added to the Microsoft 365 Apps health dashboard

A new view focused on add-in health is being added to the Microsoft 365 Apps health dashboard in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center. The view will provide information about the reliability and performance of Component Object Model (COM) and Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) add-ins used by Office apps in your organization.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 15, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Upcoming Microsoft Defender for Endpoint package (Mac) will include Python 3

On Feb 18th, Apple will be retiring Python version 2.7 and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint package (MDE) (Mac) will include Python 3.

• When macOS 12.3 rolls out, Python will no longer be pre-installed on macOS by default.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 15, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments