Power Platform – Storage Shared Access Signature security enhancements

We are announcing the General Availability of security enhancements for Storage Shared Access Signature (SAS) for the Microsoft Power Platform. These new security enhancements will be made available on October 1, 2024.

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Public Preview: Microsoft Entra ID FIDO2 provisioning APIs

Microsoft Entra ID introduces FIDO2 provisioning APIs in public preview, enabling pre-provisioning of security keys for users, simplifying onboarding, and ensuring phishing-resistant authentication. Rollout begins mid-September 2024, with completion by late September. No admin action is required for the rollout.

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Viva Pulse: New Pulse templates, Conversations in Pulse reports, eDiscovery and Microsoft 365 Audit support

Microsoft Viva Pulse will introduce new templates, enable conversations in Pulse reports, and offer eDiscovery and Microsoft 365 Audit support. These updates are available in Public Preview and will roll out in early September 2024. Features will be enabled by default with no admin action needed.

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Removing a recommendation to update Microsoft Secure Score

Microsoft is updating the Microsoft Secure Score in Defender for Endpoint to better reflect security posture, removing the recommendation SCID-84 for Local Admin password management. The change will occur from mid-September to mid-October 2024, with no action required from admins.

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Microsoft Outlook: Updated handling of PDFs with Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels for iOS and Android

Outlook for iOS and Android will prompt users to open PDFs with sensitivity labels in the Microsoft 365 app starting early September 2024, with full rollout by late October. This update is automatic and requires no admin action but informing users is recommended.

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Microsoft Teams phone devices: Speed dial customization using line keys for non-touch phones and sidecars

Microsoft Teams phone devices will soon allow non-touch phone users to customize speed dial using line keys and sidecars. This feature, part of Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 411577, will roll out from mid-October to late December 2024, depending on the region. It will be enabled by default and requires the latest application update.

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(Reminder) Microsoft 365 admin center: Admins can no longer receive user passwords in email as of August 30, 2024

Starting August 30, 2024, Microsoft 365 admin center will retire the ‘Send password in email’ feature. Admins should use the ‘Print’ option for secure sharing of user account details. This update is a reminder from an earlier announcement and no action is required from admins.

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Microsoft Teams admin center: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership

The Microsoft Teams admin center will soon allow the deployment of location-based frontline teams with flexible membership, where admins can use dynamic rules for automatic updates and team owners can manage members. This rollout, associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410774, will begin in early October 2024 and is expected to be completed by mid-November 2024. It will be on by default with no required admin action before the rollout.

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Design ideas in Viva Amplify

Microsoft Viva Amplify will introduce ‘Design ideas’ for authors to enhance sections with new layouts and formats, rolling out in September 2024. This feature will be available by default for users with Authoring permissions and requires no admin action prior to rollout.

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Microsoft Viva: Manual sync trigger options for provider data

Customers can manually trigger sync for different data types on Manage providers in Viva Learning admin page.

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