Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management-Insider risk context in Microsoft Defender user entity page

With this update, any SOC analyst with the required customer-determined permissions can access an insider risk summary of user activities that may lead to potential data security incidents, as a part of the user entity investigation experience in Microsoft Defender. This feature can help SOC analysts gain insider risk context for a specific user and make more informed decisions on responses to potential incidents.

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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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 21, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Stream: Block downloads for shared videos

Some videos are meant to be viewed but not downloaded. Soon you will be able to share videos more securely with the “Can view, but not download” option. This option will be available in the permission drop down in the Microsoft 365 share dialog for Stream videos. When you select “Can view, but not download,” people who access the video you shared will be able watch it, but won’t be able to download or copy the video file.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 21, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for December 2023

Your Microsoft Intune account has been updated to the latest service build.

How does this affect me?

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Outlook for iOS: High and Low importance

You can now send email with High or Low importance from Outlook for iOS just like you can on Outlook for Windows and Web. You can find the Importance button in the command bar when drafting an email, and you can set the importance level to High, Normal, or Low.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 185704

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Stream live events will be retired on January 31, 2024

This is an important reminder for customers who use Stream (Classic) to host live events. Stream live events will be retired on Jan 31, 2024. Microsoft Teams live events and town halls in Teams, both with encoder support, are your new platforms to host and run live events.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Upgrade your Windows servicing skills to wrap up 2023

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Breaking Security Change: Ability to chat with bots based on custom app policy

On January 31st, 2024, the ability to chat with bots that are not connected to a Microsoft Teams app (e.g. Azure and PVA bots that are not published as an app) will be blocked for users who are not assigned to an app setup policy which allows uploading custom apps. 

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 19, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Audio and video flyout and settings in Teams meetings

Audio and Video flyouts in Teams enable users to efficiently manage their audio and video settings during meetings. These features are easily accessible, allowing users to control their devices and adjust key audio and video features quickly and effortlessly, without needing to navigate through multiple layers of settings.

Users can access this feature in 3 ways:

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 19, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Reminder: Use Microsoft Teams to produce Yammer Live Events (Formerly Yammer live events)

This is an important message for customers who use Stream to host live events in Viva Engage (formerly Yammer).

We’re reminding you that Stream live events will be retired on Jan 31, 2024. Microsoft Teams live events, with encoder support is your new platform to host and run live events.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 19, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Loop app transitioning to the cloud.microsoft domain

This post is about the Microsoft Loop app transitioning to the cloud.microsoft domain in the near future. The cloud.microsoft domain was provisioned in early 2023 to provide a unified, trusted, and dedicated DNS domain space to host Microsoft’s first-party authenticated SaaS products and experiences.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 19, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments