Microsoft Teams: Content from camera

“Content from camera” in Teams enables you to share content from physical artefacts such as whiteboards and documents in a high quality and legible way during meetings. All you need is a laptop or PC with an in-built camera or with an attached USB camera. Educators can also share content directly from a document camera.

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Microsoft Cloud App Security: App governance add-on feature for Microsoft 365 platform

App governance add-on feature to Microsoft Cloud App Security is a security and policy management capability that customers can use to monitor and govern app behaviors and quickly identify, alert, and protect from risky behaviors with data, users, and apps. App governance is designed for OAuth-enabled apps that access Microsoft 365 data via Microsoft Graph API.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/app-governance-manage-app-governance?view=o365-worldwide

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Whiteboard: Web Templates

Participants in Teams and on Whiteboard for the Web can add a variety of built-in templates for meetings, workshops, decision making, planning, design thinking and more.

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Microsoft Teams: Cortana now available for EDU customers in international markets

Cortana voice assistance in the Teams mobile app and Microsoft Teams display is now available for EDU customers in international markets to help you streamline communication, collaboration, and class-related tasks in school using spoken natural language. With Cortana voice assistance, you can call someone or perform class-related tasks, you can message someone or send message to your class. Also, you can find and share files, and search or navigate within the Teams mobile app or on the Microsoft Teams display. The initial release will be to UK, India, Canada, and Australia. This is in addition to the prior release to EDU customers in the US.

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Microsoft Information Protection: OneDrive for Business location picker supports security groups and distribution lists.

Data loss prevention (DLP) for OneDrive for Business will soon support user accounts and groups as part of the policy scoping location picker, enabling more granular control of DLP policy scope (i.e. to include/exclude particular departments, business units, geo-specific security groups, etc.)
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/data-loss-prevention-policies?view=o365-worldwide

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Whiteboard: User Experience

Participants in Teams and on Whiteboard for the web will see a new, refreshed user experience.

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Microsoft Teams: Restart Live Event

Previously when a producer or presenter ran a live event, they were not able to restart it even if you accidently ended it or if the event ran into an error. With this new feature, you will be able to restart your live event after you have ended it or if you have encountered a problem during it.

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Microsoft Teams: Video Streams Out via AJA or Blackmagic Design Hardware.

Isolated video streams can be sent out of Teams meetings via AJA and Blackmagic Design hardware devices.

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Microsoft Teams: Reporter and Side-by-Side Presenter Mode in desktop or window sharing

Two new presenter modes are now coming available. Reporter places content as a visual aid above your shoulder like a news story. Side-by-side displays your video feed next to your content. You can now select a mode that fits your needs and promotes a more engaging presentation and consumption experience.

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Microsoft Teams: Video Streams Out via AJA or Blackmagic Design Hardware for GCC-High and DoD

Isolated video streams can be sent out of Teams meetings via AJA and Blackmagic Design hardware devices.

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