Upcoming mandatory infrastructure updates will require new IP endpoints to be allow-listed for all Azure service regions starting in March of 2024.
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Microsoft Teams will soon introduce enhanced chat features, including contextual information access and chat search, for desktop, web, and Mac users. Rollouts begin late July 2024 for Targeted Release and continue through September 2024 for different availability stages. No admin action is required for this update.
Microsoft 365 apps will introduce a new experience for setting user-defined permissions in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with updated names for permission levels. Preview starts mid-July 2024, with general availability in early September 2024. Organizations may need to update training materials accordingly.
We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:
When joining a meeting in a Microsoft Teams Room on Windows with a companion device, in-room participants will be grouped under the room node. Participants must join through Proximity Join with Microsoft Teams Rooms.
Using people count information, the room video tile is dynamically re-sized in Gallery view. If there is only one user in the room, the video tile will be the same size as the remote participant tile. If there is more than one user in the room, the room video tile will be 4x the size of the remote participant tile. Admins will be available to turn on/off the people count capability.
Joining SIP-based conferencing services like Google Meet, Zoom, Cisco Webex, and others via Teams Rooms offers a seamless collaboration experience, mirroring the native Teams interface. This integration supports features such as 1080p video, dual screen, various layout options, HDMI input, and others contingent on the third-party platform’s in-meeting controls. A SIP calling plan from a CVI partner, currently Pexip, is necessary. This is available for Teams Rooms customers with a Pro license.
Your organization can now disable connected experiences for privacy concerns without impacting data security policies such as sensitivity labels. Services associated with Microsoft Purview (e.g. sensitivity labels and rights management) are no longer controlled by policy settings to manage privacy controls for Microsoft 365 Apps. Instead, these services will rely on their existing security admin controls in Purview portals.
Dynamic watermarking is a new sensitivity label setting that overlays watermark text containing the consuming user’s information on content in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Microsoft 365 Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for web will soon feature an enhanced File menu and more efficient file renaming. Rollout begins mid-May 2024, completing by early October 2024. The update addresses user feedback for easier file management and clearer autosave indication. No admin action is required for the rollout.
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