Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook: Name pronunciation on the profile card

A name pronunciation feature is coming to Microsoft Teams and Outlook, allowing users to record and share the pronunciation of their names on their profile cards. This promotes inclusiveness and will be available from mid-November 2024 to mid-February 2025. Admins can enable it in Microsoft Graph.

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Purview | Insider Risk Management: New pay-as-you-go model for cloud storage apps, cloud services, and Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management indicators for cloud storage apps and services will shift from a free Public Preview to a pay-as-you-go model starting early November 2024. Organizations must link an Azure subscription for billing to continue using these indicators.

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Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): Enhanced audit log schema

Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer) will update its audit log schema to include unique identifiers for the user performing an action (actor) and the user/object affected (target), along with a parameter to capture old and new values of modified fields. These changes will be available for E3 license users and will roll out by late December 2024. Admins should update documentation and scripts accordingly.

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The October 2024 Windows non-security preview update is now available for Windows 11, version 24H2

The October 2024 non-security preview update is now available for Windows 11, version 24H2. Information about the contents of this update is available from the release notes, which are accessible from the Windows 11 update history page. To learn more about the different types of monthly quality updates, see Windows monthly updates explained.

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Microsoft Teams: Audio support for screen sharing in immersive events

We’re adding audio support for screen sharing in Microsoft Mesh. Presenters will now be able to choose whether they’d like to include system audio when starting a screen share in a Mesh event. This feature is available for presenters in Mesh with a Teams Premium license.

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Custom question benchmark mapping

Viva Glint survey creators will be able to associate a custom question with a Viva Glint benchmark to leverage the benchmark in the reporting UI.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Extensibility – Admins have transparency on granular metadata for agents

Admins have transparency on granular metadata (data source, custom actions) for agents.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Policy Scoping changes in Data Loss Prevention for OneDrive

Data Loss Prevention for OneDrive for Business will soon support user accounts and groups as part of the policy scoping location picker.

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Dynamics 365 Customer Service – Use proactive prompts and insights generated by Copilot

We are announcing the use proactive prompts and insights generated by Copilot feature for Dynamics 365 Customer Service. This feature enables users to discover and prompt Copilot without the need for manual typing. This feature will reach general availability on November 15, 2024.

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Windows 11, version 24H2 improved update fundamentals

With Windows 11, version 24H2, you get reduced installation time, restart time, and central processing unit (CPU) usage for Windows monthly updates. Additionally, feature updates now have smaller download sizes. That’s due to the extension of conditional downloads to Microsoft Edge. Learn about the details behind these improvements in a new article, Windows 11, version 24H2 improved update fundamentals.
 

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