Copilot in Stream to become available for customers using Microsoft 365 Copilot

Copilot in Stream, a new feature for Microsoft 365 Copilot products, will be available in late-April 2024. It allows users to extract information from videos, summarize content, ask questions, locate discussions, and identify calls to action. Preparation may include updating training and documentation.

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Forms: Pre-filled link in Microsoft Forms

You can send respondents a form with some fields already filled in. This feature is designed to simplify respondent experience and improve data accuracy.

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Microsoft Viva: Admins and delegates in Viva Engage con close conversations on behalf of others

Admins and delegates in Viva Engage con close conversations on behalf of others. Delegates are only allowed to close conversations on behalf of the delegator.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Insider Risk Management – Microsoft Purview capabilities in Copilot for Security

With Microsoft Purview capabilities in Copilot for Security, your security teams gain unprecedented visibility across the security data. Microsoft Purview brings user risk and data risk insights to help the SOC with comprehensive and enriched signals to understand the full attack story and impact of a security incident. 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.

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Microsoft Defender for Microsoft Office 365: enhanced clarity in submission results

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is updating submission results for enhanced clarity. Administrators will see improved results for submissions, including emails, Teams messages, attachments, URLs, and user reports. The updates will be available via the submission experience and API, linked with Roadmap ID 389856. Rollout begins mid-April 2024. No action is needed from users.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Adding last used dates to Tenant Allow/Block Lists

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will soon add a ‘last used date’ to Tenant Allow/Block List entries, aiding in managing the necessity of URLs, files, domains, and email addresses. The feature will start rolling out in mid-April 2024 and complete by late April 2024. No admin action is required for this update.

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When to use Windows 10 Extended Security Updates

Learn how to prepare for Windows 10 End of Support and take advantage of a new offer for those using cloud-based management. If you need temporary help to make the transition to Windows 11, you can enroll in the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. You have three options to do so: the traditional 5-by-5 activation, through Windows 365, or using a cloud management solution. A new article announces a ~25% discount in the latter case. Read complete information at When to use Windows 10 Extended Security Updates
 

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Insider Risk Management – Gain comprehensive summary of Insider Risk Management alerts with Copilot for Security

,Copilot for Security is embedded in Insider Risk Management to summarize alerts to help accelerate data security investigations. 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 to manage security and compliance. 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.

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Microsoft To Do: Microsoft To Do availability in Outlook on the web

Microsoft To Do will be available from the Outlook on the web app launcher. To Do will replace the tasks module currently available. After this change, you will see To Do in the app launcher instead of tasks.

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Outlook: Prepare for Meetings with Copilot in the new Outlook for Windows and web

With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot can identify and summarize the key points so you can show up prepared in just a few minutes. When you have an upcoming meeting, Copilot proactively shows you a “Prepare” button in your inbox which helps you quickly get context for the meeting providing a summary of the meeting and showing and summarizing relevant files leveraging the power of the Microsoft Graph. Now you have all the most important details you need and can arrive prepared and ready to engage in a productive conversation. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows

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