Microsoft Teams: Teams premium feature usage report for administrators in Teams admin center (Premium)

Teams Premium feature usage report in the Microsoft Teams admin center (TAC) will help administrators understand the usage of various Teams Premium features across users in their organization.

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Microsoft Teams: School Connection – Providing access to parents via their phone number

The School Connection app in Microsoft Teams (mobile) empowers parents and guardians to engage, support, and monitor their student’s learning at school. This release enables a parent/guardian to get access to their child’s profile in School Connection if they login to Teams (mobile) with their phone number and the school has registered that phone number as a parent/guardian contact. Additionally, a parent/guardian will easily get access to their child’s profile if the phone number or email address that is registered by the school is saved as a contact information in their Microsoft account. Learn more about School Connection at the link below.
More info: https://parent.microsoft.com/

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery – Compliance boundary cmdlet tool for managing compliance boundary property

This cmdlet allows users to verify the compliance boundary property of a specific OneDrive site, ensuring that the value is correctly configured. If the property is not set or if the site is in arbitration, users can use this cmdlet to assign the property value for the site for compliance boundary to take effect.

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Microsoft Intune: Simplified App Control policy creation experience (curated workflow)

Configure an App Control policy with built-in toggles in the console that expose all App Control for Business capabilities.

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Microsoft Teams: Enhanced app discovery

With enhanced app discovery users can easily discover and use apps they’ve previously used in group chats, channels, and meetings, allowing them to consent to use the app everywhere in Teams with one click.

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Outlook: Adding search to settings on Outlook for iOS

We recently rolled out updated settings on Outlook for iOS. To make the settings experience even better, we are now adding the ability to search within settings so that you can find exactly what you’re looking for.

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Microsoft Copilot: Support for referencing PDF files in PowerPoint

Microsoft Copilot introduces the ability to create PowerPoint presentations from PDF files. This feature requires a Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 license and will be globally available between late May and mid-June 2024. No admin action is needed for the rollout. Roadmap ID: 396344.

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Microsoft Teams: Custom backgrounds for Teams Rooms on Android

Custom backgrounds for Teams Rooms on Android will soon be available, allowing the upload of images via the Teams admin center. This feature requires a Teams Rooms Pro license and will roll out in July 2024 (Worldwide and GCC) and August 2024 (GCC High). Users can manage backgrounds through specific admin center settings.

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Microsoft Outlook: Microsoft 365 Groups connectors retire starting August 5, 2024

Microsoft 365 Groups connectors in Outlook will retire from August 5 to September 5, 2024. Users won’t be able to create or manage connections, and existing ones won’t receive updates. Microsoft recommends using Power Automate app as an alternative to receive notifications and updates on Group email. Users should prepare for this change by notifying their organization and updating documentation.

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Microsoft Outlook: Emails sync to your device for offline use

Outlook will introduce a sync window feature, allowing users to select the number of days’ emails to sync for offline access, with options from 1 to 30 days, including attachments. This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 189809 and will roll out in June 2024. Admins can set default sync settings, and users can customize their preferences. Initially, there’s a 30-day sync limit and a 2,000 message download limit.

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