Microsoft Teams: Control your activity notifications from the activity card

Users will be able to control what shows in their activity feed by clicking on the ellipsis from the activity card, helping them to stay on top of the information that matters most to them.

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Microsoft Viva: MyTopics for all users in a Topics tenant

If your tenant has completed AI-indexing, a very small subset of topics will now be available to all users, even without an assigned Topics license. Any user in your organization will be able to view their associated “MyTopics” that appear in their “suggested” and “confirmed” connection webparts of Topic Center home, the Topic adaptive card for Viva Connections, and the People Profile card. They can confirm or remove these associations.

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Decorate your background in Teams Meetings (Premium)

Teams Premium users will be able to use “Decorate your background,” leveraging gen-AI to augment your real-life surroundings. It creates a personalized atmosphere for your video calls.

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IntelliFrame experiences on new Teams app and Recognition expansion

This is a two-part update, with: 

  1. IntelliFrame experiences availability on new Teams app for Desktop, 
  2. Expanding recognition support to cover scenarios such as meeting invite forwarding and Teams meeting nudge among others (Please See below for details)
    • IntelliFrame experiences from Edge cameras like Yealink Smartvision 60 are currently available on Teams Desktop platform. With this update, we want to announce the availability of IntelliFrame on New Teams app.
    • Recognition expansion: This update applies to both existing and new Teams desktop app. Previously recognition was only supported when an organizer invited the meeting room with Intelligent camera connected. With this update, we are able to support the following scenarios.
      • Meeting forward (both one time and recurring meetings)
      • Teams nudge (using Roster>add participant)
      • Join by meeting ID (Using MTR to join a meeting by ID)
  3. Also, under “Recognition” feature, we heard our users and renamed unrecognized users from “Guest” to “Participant”. Moving forward, with this update anyone who is unrecognized will see their name label as “Participant.”

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Cross-tenant manager synchronization

Cross-tenant synchronization now supports provisioning the manager attribute.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 186222

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Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Tracking and Revocation in Compliance Portal

Users can access the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to check who has tried accessing their sensitivity labeled and encrypted local Office files and revoke access when needed.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 177890

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Enhancements to DLP capabilities on macOS endpoints

The Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention will enable you to expend some of your existing DLP policies to macOS endpoints, including Removable USB device groups/Network share groups/Printer groups, Most restrictive, and Network share coverage and exclusions.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 174658

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Improved Frontline Workers Availability Preferences

We’re excited to announce significant product upgrades focusing on enhanced FLW Availability Preferences.

Frontline workers often balance various personal commitments and specific work-time preferences. Through shifts, FLWs can establish availability preferences for calendar dates alongside recurring days. This feature streamlines shift assignments for frontline managers, who can seamlessly assign shifts by reviewing these availability preferences within the Shifts app.

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Tasks in my area or department (a mobile Planner in Teams feature)

In the Tasks by Planner and To Do app in Microsoft Teams, buckets are a common way to organize tasks into different areas of work.

The mobile experience for the Tasks app in Teams will soon be updated to make it easier to filter to a specific bucket or set of buckets so that you can focus on the tasks in your area. We expect this simple user experience change to provide greater focus and greater productivity, while maintaining the familiar look and feel throughout the Tasks app.

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Enhanced User Request Management and Navigation in Teams Admin Center

We are excited to share some upcoming updates to the user app request feature in the Teams Admin Center aimed at enhancing the request administration process. Here are the key changes:

  1. User Requests Tab: A new ‘User Requests’ tab is now available on the App Details page. It provides detailed information about each request, including the requester’s name, email, job title, and request date, allowing for more informed decisions about app approvals.
  2. Dashboard Widget: A widget on the main Teams Admin Center dashboard now shows the most requested apps, giving a clear view of user preferences and helping you prioritize app management tasks.
  3. Improved App Request Browsing: The ‘Browse by app requests’ filter has been added to the ‘Manage apps’ page, making it simpler to view app requests by demand.

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