Users can now access applications in group chats with individuals outside their organization, fostering improved collaboration, interactivity, and productivity. The group chat’s host involving external participants can install, remove, or update applications for use by all members.
Introducing a new control for IT administrators to restrict permissions for the download of meeting transcript files (stored in OneDrive for Business) for any users within the tenant. This policy applies to new meeting transcripts across the entire organization. Administrators can exempt people who are members of specified security groups from the policy. This allows admins to specify governance or compliance specialists who should have download access to meeting transcripts. We are also updating the default permissions so that even when the policy is not applied only transcript owners (recording initiator or meeting organizer) will have permission to download or delete the transcript file, while meeting participants can only view the transcript in Teams app or Stream. In addition to the tenant-wide policy for download permission, the meeting organizer will be able to select in Stream which participants are restricted from downloading, viewing, and editing the transcript in Stream.
With this new feature, an admin can choose whether they want to expire the Adaptive Protection insider risk level. Today, this expiration happens automatically, but you can now choose to keep the Adaptive Protection insider risk level for a user, even if their alert is dismissed or case is closed. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
Microsoft Teams is enhancing the presenter window during screensharing to show up to four participants, active speakers, raised hands, reactions, and shared content previews. Meeting notifications will be more visible. Rollout starts mid-May 2024, with no preparation needed from users.
Microsoft Copilot in Intune is now in public preview, offering AI insights for quicker issue resolution and optimized policy settings. It assists with policy management and device troubleshooting. Preparation involves learning about Microsoft Copilot for Security and starting with Copilot for Security and Copilot in Intune. Early Access customers must transition after six months.
Microsoft Purview’s integration with Copilot for Security will improve security incident investigations starting early April 2024, offering enhanced visibility and user risk context, with no admin action required before rollout.
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will soon include Microsoft Copilot for Security to summarize alerts and expedite data security investigations. Public preview begins in April 2024, with general availability in May. Users need Copilot for Security licenses and specific permissions to use this feature.
The Intune admin center will soon update to include collapsible navigation menus and a favorites feature. Starting May 1, 2024, admins can customize their experience by collapsing menu sections and favoriting pages. No action is needed, just awareness of the upcoming changes.
Microsoft 365 is introducing High Volume Email (HVE) for large-scale internal communications, allowing up to 100,000 recipients per day at no cost during Public Preview. It integrates with business applications and will feature a dedicated page and reports in the Exchange admin center. Rollout begins April 2024. No immediate action is required for preparation.
Microsoft Whiteboard will introduce @mentions in comments, allowing users to mention others within their tenant. This feature will start rolling out worldwide in early April 2024, with completion expected by late April 2024. Users will receive notifications via email and Outlook, and see badges on comments for mentions and unread replies. No admin action is required for this update.
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