Authoring Copilot in SharePoint combines the power of Large Language Models (LLMs), your data in the Microsoft Graph, and best practices to create engaging new web pages. It can utilize built-in templates or custom templates from your organization, along with existing documents as grounding data, to generate high-quality page content. All of this is achieved while upholding our commitment to data security and privacy in the enterprise.
Introducing two new DLP Exchange predicates: “Message contains” and “Attachment contains” with a focus on DLP evaluation on only specific email components like email body or attachments. Unlike the broader “Content contains” predicate that evaluated entire email envelope, these enable targeted DLP evaluation on specific email components.
This updates the work location sharing options to include the option of not sharing any location information to other users in the organization. The three supported location sharing options will now be “No location shared,” “Only general location shared (Office or Remote),” and “Detailed location shared (Building or desk location information).” The location sharing option will be respected when showing a user’s location information coming from Work Hours and Location across Outlook, Places, and Teams experiences. #newoutlookforwindows
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The message details the importance of keeping the OS updated for Microsoft Teams desktop client support, outlining the timelines when unsupported OS versions will receive notifications and eventually be blocked from using the client. It also provides links to the lifecycle policies and steps for preparation.
Microsoft Teams is introducing two new features to enhance app discovery and adoption, including a curated app section and personalized recommendations. Rollout will start in early October 2024, with full availability by late October 2024. Admins should review preinstalled apps for visibility in the new store sections.
Microsoft Teams is updating UDP signaling ports for Calling and Meetings to enhance efficiency. The source ports will change from 49152-65535 to 50070-50089, with the destination UDP port remaining at 3478. Rollout begins early October 2024. Admins should allow the new UDP source ports to the specified destination ports.
Microsoft Teams will enhance guest performance in Edge, enabling faster meeting joins, starting early November 2024 and completing by late January 2025. No admin action is needed for this automatic rollout. This is linked to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401117.
Automatic updates for Teams Android Devices to Company Portal version 5.0.6152.0 are planned, starting mid-October 2024 until late December 2024. Devices running older versions may be unstable after July 1, 2025. Organizations should ensure devices are updated and check Teams Admin Center for current firmware and application versions. Accelerated updates will occur outside business hours, overriding normal update timelines and maintenance windows. Devices no longer supported will not receive updates. Preparation may include manual updates or allowing automatic updates to proceed.
The option to specify client ID and secret when creating Azure ACS principals will be removed. Users must adopt the system-generated client ID and secret. This change will start in early October 2024 and end by early November 2024. No admin action is required for this automatic change. Azure ACS is retiring on April 2, 2026.
EU-based organizations with Teams Q&A data in the US will have their data moved to EU datacenters starting late October 2024. During the migration, the Q&A feature will be read-only for about 4 hours, and users will be unable to create new Q&A-enabled meetings. Notifications will be sent to inform of the specific migration date and time.
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