Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Introducing Bulk Senders Insight to optimize bulk email management for enterprises

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 introduces Bulk Senders Insight, a tool to optimize bulk email management. It helps admins fine-tune bulk email policies by simulating the optimal bulk complaint level and identifying potential issues. Rollout begins mid-August 2024 with no admin action required before then.

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Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows: New native Microsoft-defined camera controls in camera settings

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows will soon feature new native camera controls for Active Speaker Framing, Group Framing, and Edge Composed IntelliFrame in the camera settings menu. Rollouts begin mid-September 2024, with no admin action required for the update.

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Microsoft SharePoint: document processing models will no longer process files if the service is not enabled for the site

SharePoint document models will only process files on enabled sites post-September 2024 rollout. Before, models processed files even if the site was disabled. Changes apply automatically; no admin action needed before rollout. Ensure Syntex service is enabled on sites where processing should continue.

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Power Automate – Create and edit expressions with Copilot announcement

We are announcing the create and edit expressions with Copilot feature for Power Automate. With this feature, makers can create, edit, and fix their Power Automate expressions by invoking Copilot. This feature will reach general availability on September 15, 2024.

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Power Automate – Mark input parameters in manual trigger with new options announcement

We are announcing the mark input parameters in manual trigger with new options feature for Power Automate. With this feature, makers can mark parameters in manual trigger as either optional, dropdown, or multi-select. This feature will reach general availability on September 15, 2024.

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Microsoft Teams: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership

With our Deploy Teams at Scale tool on the Teams Admin Center, you can deploy location-based frontline teams where team membership is automatically managed alongside any manual changes made by your team owners.

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60-Day Reminder: Upcoming end of servicing date for some editions of Windows 11, versions 21H2 and 22H2

On October 8, 2024, Windows 11, version 21H2 (Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions) and Windows 11, version 22H2 (Home and Pro editions) will reach end of servicing. The upcoming October 2024 security update, to be released on October 8, 2024, will be the last update available for these editions. After this date, devices running these editions will no longer receive monthly security and preview updates containing protections from the latest security threats.

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Outlook: Move menu improvements

Two improvements are coming to the move menu on Outlook for iOS and Android. Users will now be able to expand and collapse folders within the move menu and see folder hierarchy when searching in the move menu.

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Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Recap for GCC-H environments

Intelligent meeting recap uses AI to provide a quick summary of your meeting, highlighting key discussion points, identifying follow-up actions, and offering quick access to significant points such as name mentions, when a screen was shared, individualized speaker markers, topics, and chapters.

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Power Platform admin center – General Availability of Delete application users and View platform application users

Starting on August 8, 2024, the Delete application users and View platform application users features will be made available in the Power Platform admin center (PPAC).

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