Microsoft SharePoint is introducing a new feature that allows authors to align content across columns at the top, center, or bottom of a section. This option is available for 2-column and 3-column sections and will be rolled out worldwide from mid to late May 2024. No action is needed to prepare for this update.
Microsoft Teams will introduce a feature to create avatars from photos using AI technology, rolling out in mid-May to mid-June 2024. It requires a quad-core processor, 4 GB RAM, and is available for various Microsoft Teams and Office 365 licenses. Users can create up to three avatars and need Teams 2.1 or newer on Windows PC or Mac. To prepare, enable Mesh Avatars in the Teams Admin Center.
The Microsoft Purview Compliance portal is introducing new logs for security administrator activities, with a rollout for Public Preview in late May 2024 and General Availability in mid-June 2024. No action is required to start logging these new activities. Roadmap ID: 385346.
Microsoft Purview’s audit search is adding four new filters: Id, UserType, UserKey, and ClientIP. These will help organizations better investigate user activities. The update is part of Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 384092, with a Public Preview in late May 2024 and full rollout by late June 2024. No admin action is required before the rollout.
Microsoft Teams will introduce advanced meeting policies for IT Admins to control content sharing in external meetings, requiring Teams Premium license. This includes screen sharing and whiteboard functionalities and will be available on various platforms. Rollout begins early May 2024, with full availability by late August 2024. No admin action is required before the rollout.
The Microsoft Purview compliance portal will soon integrate with the Cloud Policy service to store audit logs for policy changes, with rollout starting mid-June 2024. This allows admins to review policy change history in Purview Audit. No admin action is required before the rollout.
Microsoft 365 is enhancing Insider Risk Management with configurable risk level expiration settings for adaptive protection. Admins can choose to retain or expire risk levels after a user’s alert is dismissed or case is resolved. Public Preview starts in May 2024, with General Availability in July 2024.
Microsoft SharePoint is introducing improved version history controls to enhance data protection and storage management. Admins can set intelligent version deleting options and default organization limits. The Public Preview begins in May 2024, with General Availability starting in August 2024. New capabilities include automatic and manual version limits, consistent default settings, and detailed version storage reporting. Users can view and adjust file version expirations. Admins should review updated documentation to prepare for these changes.
Microsoft Purview is enhancing the Audit custom retention policy experience. With this change, customers can now create blanket custom retention policies which will apply to all Audit recordTypes. This capability will become available in addition to the existing support of manually selecting specific recordTypes in the custom policy.
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