General Availability of Declarative Agents in Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint (Web)

Declarative Agents are now available in Word and PowerPoint Web, allowing users to customize Copilot for Microsoft 365. Rollout begins late October 2024, with completion by late November. Users can install and interact with these agents via Teams or the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. No admin action is required before rollout.

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Improved search for content around people

Microsoft 365 is introducing an improved search feature that allows users to find content related to specific people by typing their name in the search bar. This update, associated with Roadmap ID 421189, will roll out from early to late November 2024. No action is required to prepare for this update.

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Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (Defender for Office 365): Monitor action in Safe attachments policy will retire

The ‘Monitor’ action in Microsoft Exchange Online Protection’s Safe attachments policy will be retired between February and May 2025. Organizations with policies set to ‘Monitor’ will be automatically switched to ‘Block’. Users should review and adjust their Safe attachments policies accordingly.

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Microsoft Teams: Stream Custom Agent and Bot Responses

Custom engine agents and Teams bots will soon stream responses, offering real-time updates and incremental delivery of replies, enhancing user experience. This feature will roll out from mid-November to late-December 2024. Organizations may need to update training and documentation accordingly. Roadmap ID: 422261.

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Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – Loop workspace sensitivity labels

Users can apply container-level sensitivity labels to Loop workspaces to prevent oversharing and manage access effectively.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Share prompts with others in Business Chat and Copilot Lab

Easily share a prompt with others in the form of a link.

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Microsoft Viva Engage: Community settings for Community Resources and Files tab

Microsoft Viva Engage will introduce community settings for the Community Resources module and Files tab, with a rollout starting late October 2024 and completing by mid-November 2024. Community admins will gain control over the visibility of these features with new toggles. Default settings will have both features visible.

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Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook: Name pronunciation on the profile card

A name pronunciation feature is coming to Microsoft Teams and Outlook, allowing users to record and share the pronunciation of their names on their profile cards. This promotes inclusiveness and will be available from mid-November 2024 to mid-February 2025. Admins can enable it in Microsoft Graph.

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Purview | Insider Risk Management: New pay-as-you-go model for cloud storage apps, cloud services, and Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management indicators for cloud storage apps and services will shift from a free Public Preview to a pay-as-you-go model starting early November 2024. Organizations must link an Azure subscription for billing to continue using these indicators.

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Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): Enhanced audit log schema

Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer) will update its audit log schema to include unique identifiers for the user performing an action (actor) and the user/object affected (target), along with a parameter to capture old and new values of modified fields. These changes will be available for E3 license users and will roll out by late December 2024. Admins should update documentation and scripts accordingly.

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