Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Barriers v2 support for all new onboarding customers

Microsoft Purview Information Barriers v2 (IB v2) is now available for all new onboarding customers. IB v2 has enhanced architecture which enables the following new features:

Large-scale segment support: The segment limit in organizations has increased to 5,000.
Multi-segment support: Users can be assigned to up to 10 segments.
Flexible user discoverability: Organizations can now choose to allow IB-protected users to discover each other while adhering to IB communication and collaboration policies.

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Microsoft Teams: Multiple camera view for Teams Room on Windows

Teams Room on Windows will support up to four single stream cameras that will be shown to remote meeting attendees. With multiple camera view, remote meeting attendees will have the ability to follow all the action in the room and manually toggle between views from the room that they want to see.

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Microsoft Teams: Multiple camera view for Teams Room on Windows

Teams Room on Windows will support up to four single stream cameras that will be shown to remote meeting attendees. With multiple camera view, remote meeting attendees will have the ability to follow all the action in the room and manually toggle between views from the room that they want to see.

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Microsoft Viva: Choose custom images as icons for resources in Viva Connections

Operators will be able to add custom images as icons to links located in resources in Viva Connections!

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Microsoft Secure Score – changing Microsoft Defender for Identity recommendation

The Microsoft Secure Score improvement action for Microsoft Defender for Identity is being updated to better reflect security posture. The recommendation to manage accounts with passwords older than 180 days will be removed from the UI, with the score adjusted accordingly. Rollout starts mid-July 2024, no admin action needed.

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Microsoft Teams: New preapproval policies for RSC permissions

Microsoft Teams introduces a public preview of preapproval policies for RSC permissions, enabling admins to control user consent for RSC on an app-by-app basis. Rollout begins June 24, 2024, for Targeted Release and mid-September 2024 for General Availability. Admins can learn to manage these policies via PowerShell cmdlets. No action is required for the rollout.

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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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Control the availability of Copilot in Viva Goals using Viva Feature Access Management starting in July 2024

Starting July 2024, Copilot in Viva Goals will be managed via Viva Feature Access Management (VFAM). Admins can control its availability for specific groups or entire tenants. Existing settings will be automatically transferred to VFAM without needing reconfiguration. Rollout begins mid-July and completes by late August 2024.

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Microsoft Viva: Playlist Card on Viva Connections Dashboard

This feature allows tenant admins to create a card for a playlist to be accessed from the Viva Connections Dashboard.

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Microsoft Teams: Automatically set work location on bookable desks

The user’s work location can be automatically set to ‘In the office’ upon plug-in to peripherals at a bookable desk. Once IT enables the policy for a tenant or a group, users can opt-in to automatically update their location making it easier to connect with co-workers when they are in the office.

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