Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention- OCR Cost Estimator Support for MAC Endpoints

,OCR Cost Estimator allows you to estimate the potential cost for using Optical Character Recognition. This means that you will no longer be required to set up an Azure Subscription for billing first and can accurately estimate the cost you would have incurred while using OCR. This will help you to identify the optimal configuration settings for OCR as per your requirements. Cost Estimator can be used for 30 days and will not scan images for sensitive content.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 9, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

• Current Channel

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 8, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions encryption support in new Outlook for Windows

New Outlook for Windows is rolling out S/MIME support for sending and reading signed and encrypted emails. This feature is accessible in Options > More Options and will not impact organizations not using New Outlook or without S/MIME setup. Rollout is automatic, requiring no admin action but user notification is advised.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 8, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Edit your display name in meetings

Participants in Microsoft Teams meetings will soon be able to edit their display name temporarily during the meeting. This feature is optional and controlled by meeting organizers. Rollouts begin in February 2025 and continue through April 2025, depending on the release schedule. Admins can enable this feature in the Teams admin center.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 8, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

SharePoint Online: Re-imagined Hero with the new carousel layout in pages and news

SharePoint Online introduces a Carousel layout for the Hero web part, enhancing pages and news with a slideshow, new styles, and a call to action. Rollout begins mid-January 2025 for Targeted Release and mid-February 2025 for General Availability, requiring no admin action.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 8, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Enhanced confidentiality in voicemail greetings

Microsoft Teams has increased voicemail greeting privacy, now omitting recipient names for external calls. This feature is available now and requires no admin action post-rollout. Users should be informed of this change, which also affects Skype for Business.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 8, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Filter between active and archived teams in Shifts app schedules

The Shifts app in Microsoft Teams will soon introduce a filter to toggle between active and archived teams, aiming to streamline focus on current schedules. This update, part of Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422814, will roll out in early February 2025 and requires no admin action.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 8, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Viva Engage – Community replies and reactions in Teams

Users with the Viva Engage app in Teams will now receive notifications when others reply or react to their posts.

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Windows 365: Concurrency assignment for Windows 365 Frontline in dedicated mode

Concurrency assignment in Windows 365 Frontline in dedicated mode refers to the number of active Cloud PCs that can be used simultaneously within the total number of licensed Cloud PC usage for Frontline. This allocation ensures that resources are optimized based on the specific needs of the organization and its users.

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Microsoft 365 admin center: New Feature access management UI in Admin Center

Through the new Feature Access management user interface, admins will be able to manage feature access settings directly in Microsoft 365 admin center. Feature access management allows admins to use access policies to manage which users can access specific features in Viva apps, so you can tailor your deployments to meet your local regulatory or business requirements. Previously, these policies could only be managed with Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets. After this rollout, admins can choose to use either Microsoft 365 admin center or PowerShell to manage feature access. Existing policies set for an organization will persist and can be managed in both places.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 8, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments