Microsoft Viva Amplify will introduce ‘Design ideas’ for authors to enhance sections with new layouts and formats, rolling out in September 2024. This feature will be available by default for users with Authoring permissions and requires no admin action prior to rollout.
Customers can manually trigger sync for different data types on Manage providers in Viva Learning admin page.
Users will be able to automatically see their auto-mapped calendars when toggling from classic Outlook to the new. #newoutlookforwindows
Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows will soon allow direct meeting recording start/stop with a Teams Rooms Pro license and app version 5.2. Rollouts begin mid-October 2024, with different timelines for Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD. The feature will be on by default and configurable by admins.
LMS setup form will now have detailed error description for LMS setup failures.
ActiveX will be disabled by default in Office 2024, affecting Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio. This change occurs in October 2024 for Office 2024 and begins in April 2025 for Microsoft 365 apps. Users can re-enable ActiveX by adjusting Trust Center Settings, the registry, or group policy settings.
The Microsoft 365 admin center will implement continuous access evaluation (CAE) in September 2024, enabling near real-time session termination or reauthentication and enforcing policy changes without waiting for token expiration. This rollout requires no admin action and offers benefits like mitigating insider threats, preventing unauthorized access, and removing user access swiftly.
Site ownership policy is a one-stop solution to effectively manage ownership needs of all SharePoint sites in your tenant. It helps you to define your organization’s ownership criteria and identify sites that are not compliant. You can further notify predefined set of users of your choice to find the next best site owner or admin. You can also choose to automate actions on sites that remain ownerless for more than 3 months to prevent risks of data mismanagement.
Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance introduces advanced classifiers for detecting workplace safety violations in over 100 languages, available worldwide from late August to early September 2024. No admin action is required for this update.
Exchange is updating property size and count limits, effective in two phases from late September to late November 2024. Organizations must adhere to these new limits and prepare accordingly. Phase 1 includes limits for properties like CloudMSExchUCVoiceMailSettings, while Phase 2 includes CloudMSRtcPolicyAssignments, among others.
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