Microsoft Teams: Intelligent call recap (Premium)

The Calls app in Teams will soon have AI-generated notes and action items from your calls, so you can pay attention to your conversations and save time coordinating next steps. Intelligent call recap will work for both VoIP and PSTN calls, and summaries will be generated from calls for which transcription was enabled.

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SharePoint: Updating all News Posts to “Made for Email”

Following the positive reception of the “Made for Email” News templates, we are rolling out a change that will make every news post you create “Made for Email” by default. Now, no matter how you create your new News Post, whether it is copying a previous post or using an existing template, you will have access to send that full distribution as an email. With this change, authors will still have access to our full webpart library by selecting “all” webparts in the webpart picker but are defaulted into having additional sending functionality.

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Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: Oversharing popups enhancements on Microsoft Outlook Win32

Microsoft is enhancing DLP features in Outlook Win32 for Microsoft 365 E5 Compliance users by introducing ‘Message contains’ and ‘Attachment contains’ predicates. These allow for client-side evaluation of email components and display relevant Policy tips and Oversharing popups. Rollout begins mid-April 2024 with completion by January 2025. No admin action is required for the update.

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Microsoft Teams apps: Updated Live Share SDK to support chat/channel tabs and Collaborative Stageview

The updated Live Share SDK for Microsoft Teams apps now supports chat/channel tabs and Collaborative Stageview. General availability begins mid-May 2024, affecting Teams for Desktop, Web, and Mac but not iOS or Android. Apps with Live Share RSC permissions can update to use new features. Preparation involves disabling unwanted apps and updating documentation.

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Microsoft Teams: Apps now supported in group chats with external users

Microsoft Teams will support apps in group chats with external users starting mid-May 2024. The rollout includes Teams for web, desktop, and mobile. Group chat hosts can add apps, but external users can’t manage them. Existing access policies will apply, and organizations can opt out if desired.

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Microsoft Syntex: New autofill columns

Microsoft Syntex introduces autofill columns for SharePoint document libraries, enabling file content processing and response saving to columns. It will roll out worldwide from mid-May to early June 2024. Users can configure prompts for this feature, which requires Azure subscription and admin center setup.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication compliance for Teams meeting

The Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance feature, which analyzes Teams meeting transcripts for policy violations, will be generally available in May 2024. No admin action is required before the rollout, but organizations should prepare by updating documentation and informing users. Global admins must consent to share Team transcripts for analysis.

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Power Platform – Public Preview of solution-aware cloud flow sharing limits in Managed Environments

We are announcing the Public Preview of solution-aware cloud flow sharing limits for Power Platform Managed Environments. This feature gives users the ability to turn sharing on and off at the managed environment level and provides a sharing rule that can be applied to entire environment groups.

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Register for the Graph API webinar on April 23

Learn how you can use Graph API to access information on Windows known issues and product lifecycle. Microsoft has heard your feedback and now gives you faster, programmatic access to Windows update data. To keep you up to date, we invite you to join us on April 23 for a webinar on Windows known issues and product lifecycle in the Graph API.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Improve prompt responses in Copilot with Graph-grounding chat with nudges to insert data sources

Use nudges to ground prompts in data sources to improve prompt responses in Copilot with Graph-grounding chat.

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