Outlook: Mandatory labeling pre-compose for mobile

We have listened customer feedback on Outlook mobile need meet the mission of “On the Go”, and for organizations have mandatory labeling enabled without default labeling, and would like to have the label selection first before going to compose the email. Then when the users click “Send”, the email could just be sent without any forgotten labeling pop ups. Outlook mobile will introduce a new MDM setting to allow admins to enable this louder mandatory configuration for Outlook mobile clients (iOS and Android) specifically. We will enable Android first in early Q1 of 2023, and iOS will release in Q2 of 2023.

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Microsoft Outlook: Teams Chat from Outlook meetings

This feature provides an easy Teams chat experience from Outlook in the context of a meeting for participants to send a quick message or review the chat.

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Outlook: Text predictions in Quick Reply on Android

Text predictions will be available in the quick reply experience as they have already been in full compose.

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Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams and Outlook – Frontline worker Audience targeting using Job code, location and department

Capability for frontline worker communicators to identify target audience by using Location, Job Code and Department in Microsoft Teams and Outlook.

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Outlook: Outlook on the web: Junk/Phishing reporting actions integrated with Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Description: The appearance and behavior of report phishing/junk actions in Outlook on the web can be controlled by admins using User Reported Settings in security.microsoft.com. Admins will be able to control whether the built-in Report actions appear in Outlook on the web, where these messages get reported to, and whether the user is prompted as they report phishing and junk.

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Outlook on the web: Meeting Recap

Meeting recap helps users stay on top of meeting results and follow up by making it easy to find meeting related documents such as the recording and meeting notes without the need to navigate across multiple apps, so they can recap a meeting and follow-up asynchronously.

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Outlook: Context IQ -inline search and insert

Editor leveraging Context IQ allows users to easily search for and insert entities that exist across their Microsoft 365 account like people and files, in a message they’re writing. When users type the “@” symbol, a menu will appear that shows the different options. Outlook can also proactively assist users by suggesting relevant content to insert based on the context of their current message.
More info: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2021/11/02/whats-new-in-microsoft-365how-were-empowering-everyone-for-a-new-world-of-hybrid-work/

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Microsoft Outlook: Compliant meetings

Outlook: Compliant Meetings – Make your meetings secure and compliant by applying sensitivity labels

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Outlook for Android: Schedule send

Write now, send later with “Schedule send”. To choose when to send, select … when writing an email.

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Outlook for iOS: Schedule send

Write now, send later with “Schedule send”. To choose when to send, select … when writing an email.

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