New details on IE11 desktop application next steps

Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) visual references, such as the IE11 icons on the Start Menu and taskbar, will no longer be removed by Windows update as previously communicated. Based on customer feedback, organizations will maintain control over determining the timing to remove IE11 UI elements from their devices, if they have not already done so.

Note: IT teams can remove IE11 visual references on Windows 10 devices by using the Disable IE policy.

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Microsoft Intune: Remote Help for Android

Provides cloud-based Android remote assistance connection.

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Microsoft Viva: Enhancements to aggregate insights surfaced through the Viva Insights app in Teams

With this release, the aggregate insights surfaced through the Viva Insights app in Teams will display results for all subgroups within the organization. New sorting controls will make it easier to highlight the most important information, and the interactive charts will make navigating the results easier than ever.

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Microsoft Teams: Resources-specific consent apps

Admins will be allowed to pre-approve apps using resource-specific consent (RSC) permissions, so that users can install them even when RSC is otherwise turned off.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: New and updated Sensitive Information Types (SITs)

In our continued efforts to improve the coverage and accuracy of out-of-the-box sensitive information types (SITs), we have added 7 new SITs and updated the definition of 2 existing SITs. 

When this will happen:

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Track and pause firmware auto-updates for Teams devices from Teams admin center

We are introducing enhancements to firmware auto-updates for Android-based Teams devices in Teams admin center.

These enhancements –

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Safe Attachments policy: Retire option ‘Apply the SafeAttachments detection response if scanning cannot complete’

We will be retiring the Safe Attachments option ‘Apply the SafeAttachments detection response if scanning cannot complete (timeout or error)‘ starting early June 2023.

When this will happen:

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Planned Maintenance: Updates to mail encryption from external mail

We have maintenance planned for Exchange:

When this will happen:

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Microsoft Teams: A new default home screen and an enhanced custom background feature for Teams Rooms on Windows

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.17 update includes new and improved home screen features, including:  

  • New default home screen experience with modern UI update 
  • Enhanced custom background feature for Teams Rooms Pro users. 

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Microsoft 365 Compliance Center update: eDiscovery PowerShell cmdlet supporting certificate-based authentication (CBA)

This is a follow up to the post MC515529. Basic authentication is no longer supported and has been retired. See Deprecation of Basic Authentication in Exchange Online | Microsoft Learn

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 106112

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