You can control live transcription (start, stop, restart) during a meeting from a Team Rooms on Windows device. The real-time transcript includes each speaker’s name and timestamp. You can also change settings including the spoken language, the translated language, and whether the original and translated transcript would show side by side. This feature is available in Teams Rooms Pro.
Outlook for Windows will soon support adding personal Microsoft accounts with non-Microsoft email addresses, allowing users to access subscriptions like Microsoft 365. Rollout begins mid-November 2024 for Targeted Release and mid-December 2024 for General Availability, completing by mid-January 2025. This feature is on by default.
Eligible users can sign up for the Teams Exploratory trial on mobile, allowing full Teams features for free for up to 6 months. Rollout begins early/mid-November 2024. Users need a managed domain email and no active Teams license. Post-trial, a 30-day grace period is provided before access is revoked.
SharePoint list and library rules’ automated emails will now be sent from no-reply@sharepointonline.com with the display name “SharePoint Online.” This change is effective immediately and requires no action, but email policies and workflows might need updating to include this new address.
The Microsoft Intune Service Update for October 2024 includes new changes, with the service release number soon to be updated in the Tenant Status blade. Users are encouraged to click additional information to learn more and to review the latest features on the Intune What’s New page and blogs.
Eligible users can sign up for the Teams Exploratory trial on mobile, allowing full Teams features for free for up to 6 months. Rollout begins early/mid-November 2024. Users need a managed domain email and no active Teams license. Post-trial, a 30-day grace period is provided before access is revoked.
Microsoft Teams on the web will soon allow users to take control during screensharing, a feature already available on the desktop version. Rollout begins early December 2024 for Targeted Release and mid-January 2025 for General Availability, with no admin action required.
Microsoft SharePoint is updating its font management, including hiding “From Microsoft” font packages, applying fonts in site templates, and updated package availability. Rollout starts mid-October 2024 for Targeted Release and early November 2024 for General Availability, with new PowerShell commands and site script actions for font management. No admin action is required before rollout.
In late October 2024, the Any app active users in the Adoption by app section of the Microsoft 365 Copilot usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center will include Business Chat (web) users, causing a slight increase since August 20, 2024. Overall, you can expect an increase in active users of less than 2% on average. However, please note that your tenant may experience a higher increase depending on specific usage patterns and needs. The specific usage data for Business Chat (web) is expected to be available by November 2024. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature.
Communication Compliance is introducing a new template dedicated to analyzing all Copilot for Microsoft 365 prompts and response to help ensure content prohibited by customers’ policies, such as harassing or threatening language, is not being used in Copilot for Microsoft 365 interfaces. This scales Communication Compliance’s reach, consistent with Microsoft 365’s expanding interfaces. In addition, administrators are also able to select Copilot chats as a checked location in the policy creation wizard for any new or existing policies. This empowers administrators to fine-tune their management strategy precisely to their organization’s needs, with a focus on user privacy protection. Whether it’s setting specific conditions or deploying trainable classifiers, this feature provides flexibility and adaptability in compliance management, ensuring your organization’s communications remain secure, compliant, and respectful of user privacy.
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