Microsoft Viva: Copilot assisted hours update in Microsoft Copilot dashboard

Microsoft Viva is updating the Copilot Dashboard to provide a detailed breakdown of Copilot assisted hours for Viva or Viva Insights subscribers. The update, which requires no admin action, will start rolling out in early May 2024 and complete by mid-May 2024. Users should be informed of this change.

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Dynamics 365 Apps – Public Preview of delete stub, unlicensed and removed Microsoft Entra group users from Dataverse

We are announcing the Public Preview of delete stub, unlicensed and removed Microsoft Entra group users from Dataverse environments. Launching May 1, 2024, this feature will provide you with the ability to delete users with a disabled status in your Dataverse environment, offering greater flexibility in adhering to privacy laws and regulatory requirements, and to free up storage space.

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Microsoft Purview | Information Protection – Sensitivity label protection policy for Azure SQL, Storage, and Amazon S3

Microsoft Purview’s Information Protection introduces a new feature, Protection Policy, for label-based protection on Azure SQL, Data Lake Gen 2, Blob Storage, and Amazon S3. General availability starts early November 2024, with a public preview phase free of cost, followed by pay-as-you-go pricing. Prepare by creating a policy in the Purview Portal. Roadmap ID: 394282.

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SharePoint: Sensitive information processing model

SharePoint Premium users will now have the capability to apply a prebuilt sensitive information processing model to SharePoint libraries. This model is designed to detect and possibly extract sensitive information from documents upon their library.

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Microsoft Teams: Users will now be notified when their admin unblocks a requested app

Users on teams will be notified when their IT Admin unblocks an app that was previously requested by the user.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Loop available in Loop components in Teams and Outlook

People with a Copilot License can now leverage Copilot in Loop when they paste Loop components into the Teams app, Outlook, and Meeting Notes.

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Microsoft Teams: Attach files from SharePoint Sites in the mobile app

Users will be able to browse, multiselect and attach files from SharePoint Sites to a chat or channel conversation in the mobile app.

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Microsoft Outlook: Microsoft Copilot app in classic Outlook for Windows

The Microsoft Copilot app will be available in classic Outlook for Windows, starting with a Public Preview in early May 2024 and achieving General Availability by early June 2024. This feature comes with a qualifying Copilot license and requires no admin action prior to rollout.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Reported mailbox notifications messages subject change

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is changing the subject line format for end-user reported notification messages to improve readability and rule creation. The rollout starts late May 2024 and ends mid-June 2024. No action is required from users as existing settings remain unaffected.

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Outlook: Support for Auto-Expanding Archives

Auto-Expanding Archives are a component that provides customers the ability to grow their mailbox archives over the normal 100 GB quota limit.

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