Windows Tech Community Live: December 11

Join the next Windows edition of Tech Community Live. Get answers to your questions about managing Windows devices and updates. Ask for guidance to move past challenges. Share your feedback. Microsoft product teams will be live to discuss the latest features, including security, update management, hotpatching, AI enhancements, and Copilot+ PCs. Post your questions today for this special session. 

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

We’ve released updates to the following update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps:

  • Current Channel
  • Monthly Enterprise Channel
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

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Microsoft Teams: Queues App – adding Service level for Realtime stats

Service level is now available as part of Queues App realtime stats. Authorized users will be able to review the Service level metric and adjust staffing accordingly.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Retention based on Last Accessed for files in OneDrive and SharePoint

This creates the ability to apply Retention to each SharePoint or OneDrive item based on when it was last accessed by a user.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention – Endpoint DLP should show full path of target domain and not just the domain name in Activity Explorer

Endpoint DLP should show full path of target domain and not just the domain name in Activity Explorer.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Separation of the Copilot for Microsoft 365 retention policy location from Microsoft Teams chats

Today, admins must manage retention and deletion for Copilot for Microsoft 365 interactions using a retention policy location that also includes Microsoft Teams chats. This feature will provide a new location option to manage only Copilot for Microsoft interactions, separate from Microsoft Teams chats.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Updated welcome screen for the Microsoft 365 app on Windows

The Microsoft 365 app welcome screen on Windows will be updated to display a welcome message and progress bar while the Microsoft 365 app loads.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Kickstart your document with contextual prompts

Copilot includes files and meetings based on your recent activity when suggesting prompts you can use to draft a new document in Word.

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Microsoft Viva: End user cards in Viva Connections

Employees can now create their own cards that connect to other tools and destinations on Connections dashboard.

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Microsoft Viva: Enterprise News Reader

This update will replace the current Feed experience in Viva Connections across desktop, mobile, and web platforms with a SharePoint News reader experience. This new experience will present SharePoint news from the organizational sites, boosted news, user’s followed sites, frequent sites and people they work with in an immersive reader experience. This will include a Copilot powered news summary as well, available in desktop only in this initial release.

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