Microsoft Viva: Topic discovery analytics to show sites processed

This update will provide transparency on topic discovery through analytics, by showing Sites processed for discovery counts in the Microsoft Admin Center.

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Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint): Upload and manage files in the Stream web app

This feature will allow you to upload a new a video directly from the Stream Web app. Additionally, if you have permissions, you can move the video file to a new location or make a copy.

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Excel: Run your Office Scripts from a workbook button in Excel for Mac

This update introduces the ability to run scripts via buttons in Excel for Mac, enabling users to more easily find and use scripts in context of their spreadsheet workflow.

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Microsoft Teams: Zero install link unfurling

Users can now see a preview card when a pasted link unfurls even when they don’t have the app installed.

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Microsoft Teams: People targeting Graph API

This allows organizations to publish content to multiple teams. Today, the hierarchy is used for task publishing to distribute task lists across multiple teams based on team attributes. Today, customers must use a preview version of PowerShell since we do not have Graph APIs to upload their hierarchy. Having Graph APIs for this hierarchy would Give customers capabilities to work with their hierarchies through Graph for both querying the hierarchy and for end-to-end workflows Remove the barrier of downloading the preview cmdlets from PowerShell once we eventually get the APIs out and release new cmdlets.

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Microsoft Viva: New Admin tab interface in Viva Learning

Viva Learning is an enterprise learning and training experience that acts as a one-step solution for all the learning needs of your organization. If your enterprise is already using Viva Learning, admins will notice a change in the appearance of the Admin tab in Viva Learning.

This new capability allows the Admin tab to act as a toolbox for admins to manage the learning requirements for their organization. The new Admin tab, which will have a Feature set capability, will be released on September 16, 2022. New admin capabilities for Viva Learning will continue being released going forward.

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning cards are available for the Viva Connections Dashboard

Viva Learning is an enterprise learning and training experience that acts as a one-step solution for all the learning needs of your organization. Viva Connections gives everyone a personalized destination to discover relevant news, conversations, and the tools they need to complete daily tasks. Both Viva experiences can be accessed on mobile and desktop devices in Microsoft Teams and are a part of the Microsoft Viva suite .

By mid-September, you’ll be able to integrate Viva Learning and Viva Connections experiences by using the Viva Learning card on the Viva Connections Dashboard. This new feature will enable users to track their learning assignments directly within Viva Connections dashboard. When users interact with the Viva Learning card, they’ll be able to complete learning courses within the flow of the work in Teams. The Viva Learning card will display in the Viva Connections Dashboard card toolbox even if your organization does not have a Viva Learning premium license. 

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Microsoft Purview | Audit: Granular scoping with role-based access control (RBAC)

IT departments in large organizations are built in a way that some of the day-to-day tasks are delegated to specific people or roles in the organization following the industry standard of least privilege access. Admins have a need to delegate role-based permissions to users or analysts in a granular way. In some cases, this delegation is based on function, and in other cases it is based on geography or scope of work. In this release, Audit will provide role-based information with Audit search results through the UI.

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Microsoft Lists: Mobile app support for Android tablet devices

People will be able to use Microsoft Lists for Android on their Android-based tablets – to capture, track and collaborate on information, while on the go.

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: Microsoft Purview | Audit Support for Customer Key

Given the sensitivity of Audit log data, many organizations want to add additional layers of protection, including encryption. Microsoft Purview Customer Key allows organizations to use their own keys giving them control over their encryption. With this update, admins will have the ability to encrypt their Audit log data using Customer Key.

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