When to use Windows 10 Extended Security Updates

Learn how to prepare for Windows 10 End of Support and take advantage of a new offer for those using cloud-based management. If you need temporary help to make the transition to Windows 11, you can enroll in the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. You have three options to do so: the traditional 5-by-5 activation, through Windows 365, or using a cloud management solution. A new article announces a ~25% discount in the latter case. Read complete information at When to use Windows 10 Extended Security Updates
 

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Insider Risk Management – Gain comprehensive summary of Insider Risk Management alerts with Copilot for Security

,Copilot for Security is embedded in Insider Risk Management to summarize alerts to help accelerate data security investigations. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

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Microsoft To Do: Microsoft To Do availability in Outlook on the web

Microsoft To Do will be available from the Outlook on the web app launcher. To Do will replace the tasks module currently available. After this change, you will see To Do in the app launcher instead of tasks.

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Outlook: Prepare for Meetings with Copilot in the new Outlook for Windows and web

With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot can identify and summarize the key points so you can show up prepared in just a few minutes. When you have an upcoming meeting, Copilot proactively shows you a “Prepare” button in your inbox which helps you quickly get context for the meeting providing a summary of the meeting and showing and summarizing relevant files leveraging the power of the Microsoft Graph. Now you have all the most important details you need and can arrive prepared and ready to engage in a productive conversation. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows

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SharePoint: Planned release of AI insights

We are planning to provide an LLM-powered data analysis tools that admins can use to gain insights and actions.

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Exchange: Adding support for Inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC for Exchange Online GCC-H and DoD

We are adding inbound support for SMTP DANE with DNSSEC to Exchange Online GCC-H and DoD. Look for another roadmap item for inbound support in WW and GCC, and one for outbound support of SMTP DANE with DNSSEC.

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Power Platform – Announcing Public Preview of new governance features

We are announcing the Public Preview of Power Platform environment groups and rules, and improvements to environment routing. This will help administrators govern at-scale more quickly and easily through features such as Managed Environments for Power Platform.

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Time zone updates for Kazakhstan, Samoa, and Palestinian Authority

Three time zone changes have been put into effect as part of the March 2024 non-security preview update and the April 2024 security update. Samoa has abolished the use of DST. Kazakhstan has switched to a single time zone throughout the entire country. The Palestinian Authority has delayed the beginning of DST for 2024 and 2025. Microsoft recommends temporary workarounds for users affected by these changes. Read individual articles on the Daylight Saving Time & Time Zone Blog
 

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Reminder: Stream (Classic) retires on April 15, 2024, and all unmigrated videos will be deleted

Stream (Classic) will retire on April 15, 2024, and all unmigrated videos will be deleted. Admins must migrate their tenant’s Stream (Classic) data to Stream (on SharePoint) before the retirement date to prevent data loss. Stream (on SharePoint) offers many capabilities, including recording and playing videos directly in many everyday work and school apps, advanced recording tools, searchability, and analytics. Microsoft has created a migration tool to transfer videos to SharePoint, and admins can also refer to a 1-day migration guide.

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Microsoft Teams: Explicit transcription consent to transcribe meetings

Microsoft Teams will require explicit consent from participants for transcription during meetings if the policy ‘get recording and transcription consent’ is turned on. This will roll out worldwide between April and July 2024. Admins should ensure the policy is on. Participants who do not consent cannot unmute, turn on their camera, or share content during the meeting.

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