Microsoft Defender for Office 365: AIR Initiated Remediation Logging

The AIR attribution update will empower customers with enhanced insights by deciphering between remediations produced by AIR versus truly manual remediations initiated independently by SecOps teams. Presently, all actions produced by AIR and approved by SecOps are logged as manual remediations throughout the portal. With this update, messages that are remediated as a result of approval of an AIR action will be logged as SecOps approved automated actions.

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Microsoft Teams: Meeting options to control participants’ ability to admit attendees from meeting lobby

Meeting organizers will have options in the meeting settings on who can admit attendees from the lobby into the meeting.

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Microsoft 365 Apps admin center: New Cloud Update Deactivation available now

The Microsoft 365 Apps admin center now allows admins to deactivate Cloud Update for specific channels, with immediate effect for onboarded customers. This feature does not change existing settings and devices will be updated within 30 minutes of deactivation. Deactivation is not available for legacy servicing profiles.

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Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Stream: New video page templates

New video page templates are coming to Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Stream, with a rollout starting in April 2024 for Targeted Release and June 2024 for General Availability. Users will be able to create video pages and news posts directly from the Stream web app. No admin action is required before the rollout.

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SharePoint: Manage your organization’s brand in the new brand center preview

The new SharePoint Brand Center, rolling out from mid-April to June 2024, offers centralized management of brand assets across sites and pages. Global administrators need to activate the Brand Center app in the Microsoft 365 admin center, which requires Public CDN use. Steps vary based on current tenant configuration.

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Viva Connections – Manage your organization’s brand in the new brand center preview

Microsoft is introducing a new SharePoint brand center to manage brand assets across sites and pages, with a preview rollout starting in mid-April 2024 and completion expected by June 2024. The brand center requires activation by a global administrator and the use of Public CDN.

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SharePoint: Introducing custom fonts for SharePoint preview

SharePoint is introducing custom fonts for its brand center, allowing brand managers to upload and manage custom font packages for use within SharePoint and Viva Connections. This feature will roll out from mid-April to June 2024 and will initially support various site components, with more to be added later. Preparation may include updating training and documentation.

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Microsoft Viva: Introducing custom fonts for SharePoint and Viva Connections Desktop preview

Microsoft Viva introduces custom fonts for SharePoint and Viva Connections Desktop, available in preview from mid-April to June 2024. The SharePoint brand center allows brand managers to upload and manage custom fonts, which can be applied across various elements within SharePoint and Viva Connections Desktop. Eight Microsoft-provided font packages are also available. Custom fonts are supported in multi-geo environments with specific configurations.

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Microsoft Teams: Join Zoom meetings with an ID and passcode from a Teams room on Android

Teams Rooms on Android can now join Zoom meetings with an ID and a passcode. This feature is only available with the Teams Rooms Pro license and your room must be configured to enable Direct Guest Join meetings. Learn about how to enable Teams Rooms devices to join third-party meetings at the link below.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/rooms/third-party-join

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Find the perfect visual with Copilot and Designer in Word

Copilot in Word now integrates with Designer to help you find the perfect image or create a banner to bring your document to life.

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