Microsoft Teams phone devices: Explicit Consent meeting recording policy

The message details a new Explicit Consent recording meeting policy for Microsoft Teams phone devices, requiring participant consent for recordings or transcriptions. It will roll out in mid-July 2024, with the feature being disabled by default and admins having the option to enable it.

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Microsoft Graph Connector: Connection statistics for Admins

The message discusses the introduction of Connection statistics for admins in Microsoft Graph Connector, providing insights into crawled and indexed items. It will be available in Public Preview and General Availability from late June to early July 2024. No preparation is needed for this update.

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Microsoft 365 apps: Set expiration available for all links when sharing

Microsoft 365 apps will soon allow setting expiration dates for all shared links. This feature will be available for links shared with anyone, people in your organization, or selected individuals. The rollout will start in late June 2024 and finish by mid-July 2024, requiring no admin action.

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Microsoft Defender XDR: Simplified DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) setup for enhanced domain protection

The message details a Microsoft Defender XDR update simplifying DKIM setup for domain protection, with a rollout starting mid-June 2024 and completing by mid-July 2024. It introduces easier DKIM activation during domain registration and a redesigned DKIM page for better information visibility. Preparation is minimal as the update is automatic.

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Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Ability to delete indicator variants (GA)

Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management will soon introduce a feature allowing admins to delete indicator variants, with Public Preview completed in February 2024 and General Availability expected by early July 2024. This control will be available in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. No admin action is required before the rollout.

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify – Easier to find your most recent templates

Updates to the Viva Amplify template display include showing the most recently modified templates on the campaign overview page for easy access and separating the Viva Amplify provided templates from the user-saved campaign templates.

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SharePoint: eSignature sequential signing

Sequential signing enables the creator of an eSignature request to specify the sequence of recipients. The document is first signed by the initial recipient in the sequence, then forwarded to the subsequent recipient for their signature. This process continues in the designated order until every recipient has added their signature. Once everyone has signed, the signed document is made available to all involved.

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify – Introducing content pane

The content pane is a new place for relevant panes that help authors create their publications. With the introduction of this centralized location, a new toolbox will help authors quickly browse and add content to create rich and engaging pages. The content pane will include additional panes such as configuration tools and design ideas. Within Viva Amplify, the content pane is used to host the distribution channel selection, writing guidance, and audience selection.

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify – Improved authoring experience

This updates the Viva Amplify editors for both Outlook and Teams distribution channels to improve previewing and editing. These updates will provide improvements to load time and create a coherent audience selection experience across the channels.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Proactive document summarization

Automatically see a Copilot-generated summary of a document you open.

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