General Availability of Outlook Lite for Android

We will be releasing a new Android app for Outlook called Outlook Lite. Outlook Lite brings the main benefits of Outlook in a smaller-sized app with fast performance for lightweight devices on any network. The Outlook Lite app will support Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365, Outlook, Hotmail, Live, and MSN accounts. Support for third-party accounts and multi-account support will be enabled in the future.

Outlook Lite does not support Android Work Profile for work accounts. Outlook Lite will be initially available only in the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Venezuela. Support for other countries will be enabled in the future.

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Suggested Replies in Group Chats on Teams Desktop

Suggested Replies are now available in group chats on Teams Desktop, allowing you to select a quick response when you are mentioned in a group chat or when you are having a 1:1 conversation within a group chat.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95618

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Microsoft Teams: Native Apple Silicon Support – Universal Binary Teams Version

Teams now comes as a Universal Binary Mac so it runs natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon based Mac devices.

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Microsoft 365 admin center: Addition of Shared Mailboxes to the Mailbox Usage Report

Expansion of mailbox insights to the mailbox usage report.

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Microsoft Edge: Gaming for Microsoft Edge sidebar

Play popular casual games for free. Administrators can control the availability of the Games menu in the Microsoft Edge sidebar by using the AllowGamesMenu policy.

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Microsoft 365 admin center: Exchange Server Software Updates

This report provides admins with information about their on-premises Exchange servers. The data is curated from multiple sources and provides details on Exchange server update status.

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Microsoft Teams: ‘Share to Teams’ from Teams personal Apps or Tabs

‘Share to Teams’ now allows users to share URLs from personal app or tab to other user or group or channel within Teams. This launches the ‘Share to Teams’ experience in a pop-up/modal window enabling a faster and seamless sharing experience.

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OneDrive: Review mode for Word documents in the sharing dialog

In any Word document, share a document for review by clicking the Share button, and then clicking the Share command in the menu. In Word for the web, add the people that you want to review the document, and then select the Can review option.

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Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention: Support for trainable classifiers (prevew)

Coming soon to public preview, we’re introducing machine learning (ML) based trainable classifiers for DLP policies along with enhanced templates and default policies that incorporate trainable classifiers. Additionally, classifier-related information and alerts will appear within Activity explorer.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88937.

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Microsoft Teams: Usability Improvements to In-Meeting Notifications

Microsoft Teams is updating the user experience for how in-meeting notifications are displayed. With this update, there will be less distractions during meetings and it will be easier to understand important information (e.g. a meeting being recorded). 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96283.

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