Outlook: New Outlook for Windows – Reply To header

Users will be able to toggle a “Reply to” field in the email compose form, which will allow them to add one or multiple addresses which will be used as the recipients for any replies to that message. #newoutlookforwindows

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse – Authoring with M365 Copilot

Viva Pulse authors can now work with M365 Copilot to add a question, rewrite a question, and create a survey from scratch to quickly create and send their surveys to their teams to collect feedback. M365 Copilot can seamlessly capture the author’s needs to recommend survey questions that fit their unique scenario.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: DLP Policy Tip Support in Outlook for Mac

DLP policy tips for Microsoft Outlook for Mac provide real-time notifications to users when their email contains sensitive information that violates organizational policies. Users can see policy tips directly in the mail tip UI and have the option to remove non-compliant recipients or override the policy if necessary. This feature ensures compliance by alerting users to potential data loss risks before sending emails.

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Microsoft Teams: Townhall concurrent attendees increase to 100,000

Organizers of town hall instances can now reach wider audience in a single event with an expansion to a maximum of 100,000 simultaneous attendees. This increase serves as a significant jump from the previous attendee cap of 50,000 for organizers with a Teams Premium license. The quality and stability of town halls up to this new limit will remain constant, providing high-quality and reliable content to participants. For events with more than 20,000 concurrent attendees, some interactivity features are disabled for all attendees. Organizations can get support for audiences up to 100,000 concurrent attendees by selecting the Max Capacity limit to be as high as desired up to 100,000. Reaching out to the Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program (LEAP) for assistance (Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program – Microsoft Adoption) is recommended for every event. This feature is available for town hall organizers that have an active Teams Premium license.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Designer is now part of Copilot, enhanced with new template and slide suggestions

Designer is now part of Copilot. Copilot suggestions now brings you familiar Designer slide layout and presentation template suggestions in a vertical gallery, along with new capabilities.

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Microsoft Teams: Teams Town hall Organizer/Co-Organizer/Presenter Join as Attendee

Event crew members will soon be able to join a live Town hall as an Attendee during the event to monitor the experience for viewers.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: DLP Policy Tip Support in Outlook Mobile

DLP policy tip support for Outlook Mobile enhances data loss prevention measures on mobile devices by providing real-time alerts to help users avoid accidentally sharing sensitive information, ensuring compliance with organizational policies.

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Microsoft Bookings: New Queue functionality to manage appointments for Teams Premium users

Microsoft Bookings will introduce a new Queue functionality for Teams Premium users, providing real-time management of appointments. The rollout will begin mid-April 2025 and complete by late April 2025. No admin action is required, but users need a Teams Premium license to access this feature.

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Microsoft Purview: New Personalization settings

Microsoft Purview is introducing a new Personalization page to enhance user experience. Features include pinning solutions, toggling solution bar visibility, showing solution walk-throughs, exporting personalization data, and deleting preferences. Public preview starts late March 2025, with general availability by early June 2025. No admin action is required.

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Microsoft Outlook: Disable add-in user reporting buttons now that built-in Report button is GA for all platforms

As communicated in four previously published posts for Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Exchange Online starting in 2022 and ending with MC960818 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS/Android: New reporting buttons integrated with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (February 2024), the built-in Report button is available for all Microsoft Outlook platforms. Learn more: Report phishing and suspicious emails in Outlook for admins – Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Microsoft Learn.

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