Microsoft Teams: Creation of Contact Groups in Calls App

Creation of Contact Groups are now available in the right rail pane of the Calls App. Users can now create new groups, and edit the membership of existing groups via the Calls App.

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Microsoft Purview | Endpoint DLP App groups and granular app restriction policies (U.S. Government clouds)

This feature enables admins to define endpoint data loss prevention policies to lock specific apps for different activities and enables more granular restrictions for individual apps.
More info: https//docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/dlp-configure-endpoint-settings?view=o365-worldwide#restricted-apps-and-app-groups
Preview date: November CY2022

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Header and footer content mark changes for Microsoft Purview Information Protection in Word

We’re improving behavior of Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MIP) content markings for headers and footers in Word to be more closely aligned with the behavior implemented by the Azure Information Protection (AIP) plugin for Office apps. This includes inserting header and footer content with the “in front of text” configuration so content markings won’t rearrange existing document content.

When this will happen:

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In Development for Microsoft Intune is now available

The In development for Microsoft Intune page in our documentation has been updated.

How does this affect me?

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FindTime add-in is moving to a native feature called Scheduling Poll

The FindTime add-in will now be a native feature called scheduling poll. People can use scheduling poll to choose specific time slots and share those with people inside and outside their organization so they can schedule a time with them.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93325

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Skype for Business: Microsoft Teams Skype to Teams Call Queue calling

Skype for Business OnPrem user will be able to call Teams Call Queue via VoIP or PSTN

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Microsoft Whiteboard: Whiteboard for DoD

Microsoft Whiteboard provides an infinite canvas where teams can ideate, create, and collaborate visually via the cloud. This includes our web, Teams and Surface Hub clients.

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Microsoft Teams: Updated companion mode for Android users for GCC and DoD

For a better hybrid meeting experience, Teams users on their Android phone can use a single tap to join a meeting on both their device and Microsoft Teams Room. Audio on their device will be automatically turned off to ensure echo doesn’t happen. Furthermore, the landing experience on Android will be optimized for engagement activities to make it easier to raise hand or react, chat, see all participants, and more.

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Microsoft Viva: New landing experience for Viva Connections desktop

Help people in your organization manage their daily flow of work using a customized landing experience in Teams that displays the most important tasks, tools, news, and resources in one central place. The new landing experience offers expanded navigational tools between Viva apps and acts as the home base for Viva experiences in Teams.
More info: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2208247

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: Microsoft Purview | Information protection – New capability to scope labels independently on files and emails

Admins can use this capability to scope labels separately for Outlook email clients and for Word, Excel, PowerPoint clients.

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