Microsoft Viva: Sync provider data from specific dates
We are introducing flexibility on provider setup form where admins can sync data from specific dates for a provider instead of full data sync.

We are introducing flexibility on provider setup form where admins can sync data from specific dates for a provider instead of full data sync.

When users connect their laptop to a room’s shared peripheral through USB, Teams automatically detects the room’s audio and recommends connecting on the pre-join screen, streamlining the bring your own device (BYOD) meeting room experience. For room devices (e.g., displays, audio devices) recognized as shared and on Microsoft’s known BYOD devices list, users will automatically transition to the room’s audio upon connection.

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.

Admins can now manage file and conversation-related settings from the Engage admin center without being routed to the legacy Yammer admin center.

This introduces the ability to exclude users and groups from IRM policies. 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.

When you set the default browser to Microsoft Edge on MacOS and enable the feature, web links from the Teams desktop app sent via chats, channels, calendar, and other entry points will seamlessly open automatically in the profile that is signed into Teams app and skips the need to reauthenticate in the browser making it faster and easier to access content. Administrators can control the availability of this feature using the “Choose Which Browser Opens Web Links” Microsoft 365 policy.

This introduces the ability to open or restart the new Outlook for Windows when not connected to the internet. Previously, you needed a connection to the internet to open or restart the new Outlook. Offline access is only supported when the app is already running and then goes offline. Opening and restarting the app while offline will be introduced with this rollout. #newoutlookforwindows

We are expanding the functionality of oversharing pop-ups (Show policy tip as a dialog) in outlook win32 to support additional scenarios powered with predicates such as Content is not labeled and Message/Attachment is not labeled, File extension is. It will also support a customizable oversharing dialog with the ability to configure custom title, body, business justifications, and dynamic variables/tokens for matched recipients, attachment names, and labels.

AI prompts setting is available now in the Power Platform admin center (PPAC).
How does this affect me?
Admins can now control AI prompts availability in Power Platform and Copilot Studio for a given environment through PPAC. To access this new feature setting, please follow the below steps in PPAC:

