This provides simplified onboarding changes to MDE attach functionality through integration with Intune and Defender.
IRM admins can now select DLP alerts as indicators in IRM policies. IRM admins can select DLP policies that they would like to bring into IRM. By enabling this indicator, admins can detect if a user has alerts for the pre-selected DLP policies. When an IRM alert is generated, admin can see if there are any high-risk alerts for this user within DLP for the policies that are enabled as indicators. This feature will help admins view this information within IRM itself without having to switch to DLP.
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy
Microsoft Viva Learning introduces new updates for admins and users, enhancing academies with features like multi-layer grouping, branding options, and customizable components. Rollout begins mid-February 2025, requiring no admin action but suggesting user notification and documentation updates.
The new App Management Unification Impact report helps administrators preview changes to app and tenant settings before the unified management of Microsoft Teams apps is implemented. It will be available in February 2025 for tenants with Microsoft App Centric management, allowing admins to adjust settings accordingly.
Microsoft Teams for iOS will update the iPad Calendar week views starting early February 2025, with new features like a default five-day view, color sync, and improved meeting management. Organizations using iPads should inform users and update documentation; no admin action is required.
Microsoft Viva introduces an ‘Accessibility assistant’ tool for Amplify, aiding content creators with accessibility standards. Rolling out from late January to early March 2025, it features checks and guidance, supporting Banner, Text, Image, and Quick Links web parts. No admin action is required for the rollout.
This notice is to inform you of an update regarding the Microsoft Online Services Subprocessors List.
Microsoft may use non-Microsoft organizations to help provide Online Services. As a function of their role for Microsoft, a small set of these organizations may process your customer data or personal data, only to deliver the services Microsoft has retained them to provide; they are prohibited from using your data for any other purpose. In accordance with GDPR, we disclose these subprocessors to you in advance of their first engagement and provide notification of any changes over time.
The cmdlets `Search-MailboxAuditLog` and `New-MailboxAuditLogSearch` in Microsoft Exchange Online will retire in March 2025. Admins can access and modify records until late June 2025, after which they become static. Users should be notified, documentation updated, and auditing enabled to use `Search-UnifiedAuditLog`.
The new Microsoft Viva Engage feature will show ‘Relevant for you’ comments in the home feed to help users navigate large discussions. It’s available to all Engage license holders, will roll out between February and March 2025, and requires no admin action for implementation.
Microsoft Lists now offers admin control to hide real-time collaborators at the site collection level, available worldwide since early December 2024. Admins can use a PowerShell command to disable this feature for enhanced privacy. No action is required before the rollout.
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