Exchange: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 – Quarantine End User Allow and Block list management

We are Updating the experience for end user allow and block list management of their emails. With one click, end users will block emails from unwanted senders and prevent those emails from showing up in their default quarantine view anymore as well as in their Quarantine notifications. End users will also be able to allow emails from trusted senders and prevent future emails from those senders from landing in quarantine given there are no Admin overrides in place. End users will also have visibility into Admin overrides that led to a Quarantined email message if there is one.

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Announcing Updated Settings in Microsoft Outlook for Android

The Outlook for Android Settings page is being updated so that you can find the settings you need more efficiently.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 185387

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Preset Organizational Background (Premium)

We are introducing granular controls to the existing Organizational Defined Background capability which is part of Teams Premium now. With the granular controls, admins will be able to show only custom backgrounds, require background blur, or preset an organizational background.

  • Organizational defined backgrounds – provides catalog of org backgrounds for user to choose from
  • Show only custom backgrounds (launched July 2023) – when configured, users will only have the option to apply a custom background.
  • Require background blur (launched October 2023) – when enabled, if a user does not have a background image applied their video background will be blurred.
  • Preset organizational background (ETA February 2023) – when enabled, a user will have a preset background defined by IT without the ability to change the background.

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Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: Oversharing Popups enhancements in Microsoft Outlook for Windows (32 bit)

In Microsoft Outlook for Windows (32 bit) for E5 users, we are expanding the functionality of Oversharing popups (Show policy tip as a dialog) for better parity with the deprecating AIP popups.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 367053.

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Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Sensitivity labels to discover private teams and protect shared channels

In the Microsoft Purview Compliance portal, under Information Protection, we are introducing two new controls in the sensitivity label creation/edit process. These changes are designed to improve the controls around private team discoverability in Teams and to provide additional controls for the shared channels in Teams channels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 165698 and 174575.

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The January 2024 Windows non-security preview update is now available for Windows 11, versions 22H2 and 23H2

The January 2024 non-security preview update is now available for Windows 11, versions 22H2 and 23H2. Information about the contents of this update is available from the release notes, which are accessible from the Windows 11 update history page. To learn more about the different types of monthly quality updates, see Windows monthly updates explained. To be informed about the latest updates and releases, follow us on X @WindowsUpdate.

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The January 2024 Windows non-security preview update is now available for Windows 10, version 22H2

The January 2024 non-security preview update is now available for Windows 10, version 22H2. The preview update for Windows 11, versions 22H2 and 23H2 will be available in the near term. Information about the contents of this update is available from the release notes, which are accessible from the Windows 10 update history page. To learn more about the different types of monthly quality updates, see Windows monthly updates explained. To be informed about the latest updates and releases, follow us on X @WindowsUpdate.

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Microsoft Teams: Privacy statement customization in Virtual Appointments

Admins can customize the privacy statement shown to attendees joining the appointment to address specific considerations and concerns for their online engagement. Admins can update the content for the privacy statement under the privacy profile in the Microsoft Admin Center.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Adaptive Protection in Gov Cloud

Adaptive Protection will now be available in Government clouds. Adaptive Protection is a capability of Microsoft Purview that dynamically assigns appropriate Data Loss Prevention policies to users based on the risk levels analyzed by the machine learning models in Insider Risk Management. 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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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Ability to rename the policy and rule names in DLP

This feature gives the ability for the DLP admin to rename the existing policy/rule without having to create the entire the rule or policy again.

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