Lightweight management of manually created topics outside the Viva Topics license

Viva Topics provides a central knowledge base for manually created topics and definitions inside apps like Viva Engage. These topics don’t use Viva Topics’ AI, topic cards, or pages, but can be selected to classify conversations and posts in Viva Engage.

With this release, we are providing a way for Viva Engage admins to edit, create, and delete these “simple” topics without Viva licensing as a way to make knowledge management more accessible to more users. Please visit the ‘Manage topics’ page via the URL below:

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 11, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Unsaved default label indicator

When default labeling of files is enabled in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Microsoft 365 Apps for Windows, a default sensitivity label is applied to any unlabeled document when it is saved. To improve user confidence that default labeling is functioning, the sensitivity bar will now indicate that a label will be applied on next save when the user opens a new or previously unlabeled file.

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Automatic Transcription for Video Uploads to SharePoint Online, Yammer, and Office.com

Videos uploaded to SharePoint Online, Yammer, and Office.com will have transcriptions automatically generated shortly after upload. This feature will not be available for A1 and trial tenancies.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124932

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 11, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Capture Request to Use Shared Channels for External Collaboration

Microsoft Teams admins will soon be able to capture and redirect requests for external collaboration in shared channels. This update of Microsoft Teams will be rolling out on Teams admin center, Microsoft Teams Desktop and Web, and will provide a way for organizations to capture and redirect requests for external collaboration when users attempt to add an external member to a shared channel where B2B direct connect cross-tenant trust has not been mutually configured between the two organizations.

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Dynamic Emergency Calling on Teams Web

We will be enabling Dynamic Emergency calling support for Teams Web. This will allow users to manually add an address on the web client before dialing the 911 call. Since this is critical functionality, we will be releasing this functionality as soon as possible.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 11, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Browse files by People in OneDrive

OneDrive People View: Easily get to files shared by people with the new People view in OneDrive Web

Sometimes it can be hard to remember the name of a file or exactly when it was shared, but you know who shared it with you. Because of this, we’ve created an entirely new way to get back to your shared files both internal and external – organized by the people you work with! This view presents the people you have recently collaborated with, along with all the files that have been shared with you by each person.

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Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance – Enhanced Investigation and Remediation Experience (preview)

Coming soon to public preview, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance will release enhancements to the investigation and remediation workflows which will help designated investigators facilitate quicker and better-informed actions on policy matches. Enhancements will be available to designated Communication Compliance investigators with the appropriate role-based access control permissions, and include bulk policy exports, interactive how-to demos, and additional context around policy settings and keywords/conditions flagged in a policy.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 124929 and 124976

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 11, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Update to the Free LinkedIn Courses Available in Viva Learning

As part of the Viva Learning integration with LinkedIn, Microsoft provides free content in Viva Learning that can be accessed by any Viva Learning user without the need for a LinkedIn premium license. As part of this partnership, we are increasing the set of free courses to the Global Skilling Initiative catalog which consists of more than 300 courses. This will replace the existing catalog of 125 free LinkedIn courses available in Viva Learning. 

You can find more details on the Global Skilling Initiative program here.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 10, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Custom list templates can now include Power Automate flows

Even though they were just released, custom list templates are getting another boost! As part of our efforts to evolve Microsoft Lists and enable more users to take advantage of automations, admin users now have the option to create and deploy custom list templates that include pre-created Power Automate flows. When end users create a list from the deployed custom list template, they will also have the option to install any pre-created flows that are attached to that list template. You can use this feature to create a list + automation template that can be adopted by many teams across your organization.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117436.

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Twitter web part display in SharePoint

If your users are not using the Twitter web part in SharePoint in Microsoft 365 this notification may be safely disregarded.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 10, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments