Records Management – Configure a record label to start unlocked for user-driven records declaration

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2021 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

We are introducing a new capability to better manage the lifecycle of documents labeled as a record. This new feature enables Records Management administrators to create retention labels that will mark contents in SharePoint and OneDrive as records but will not be “locked” (restricted for edits) until a user manually locks it. This will help customers who use automatic or default labeling of content which includes documents in a draft state which are not yet final and will need to become a locked record until they reach this stage of their lifecycle. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 roadmap ID 88509.

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Advanced eDiscovery hold reports coming to public preview

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2021 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

Coming soon to public preview, hold reports in Advanced eDiscovery allows organizations to access built-in reports with information about all legal holds associated with eDiscovery cases in the Microsoft 365 compliance center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 roadmap ID 88540.

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Pairing naming convention between Teams channels and corresponding SharePoint folders

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2021 SharePoint Online 0 Comments

Updated Timeline: We apologize for not sending an earlier update regarding our delayed rollout. We delayed the feature release to ensure the best possible experience for our users, and it is now ready.

As previously mentioned (MC280294 – August), this new release will update the channel rename experience in Teams to simultaneously rename the corresponding folder in SharePoint sites whenever a channel in Teams is renamed. We are taking this step to eliminate the difficulty in tracking, across all Microsoft 365 endpoints, that occurs when a channel in Teams is renamed and the corresponding folder’s naming convention is not updated accordingly in SharePoint. This will rollout on Teams desktop and web.

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Self-service trials for Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2021 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

Beginning on January 26, 2022, customers, and individuals without global or billing admin rights can sign up for Microsoft Project or Microsoft Visio 30-day trials before directly purchasing subscriptions or engaging their IT procurement team.

Note: These trial capabilities are available worldwide except for India. They are not available for Education or Government customers.

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Microsoft Teams: Meet now and call app update for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Teams Rooms on Windows are making an alignment for Meet now and calling experiences to Teams desktop replacing “New meeting” control on the Teams room console with Meet (aka Meet now) and replacing “Dial pad” control on the Teams room console with Call. With Meet, users can start an ad-hoc meeting with a single tap and invite participants to it. Calling app provides users functionality to dial PSTN calls where available as well as enable entry point for P2P Teams calls, group Teams calls and P2P federated user calls.

This change is only applicable if the Teams rooms are running in Microsoft Teams only or Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams (default) modes. With this change, all P2P calling and group calling functionality that was previously under “New meeting” button is moved under Call. For customers that use SIP URI calling through Skype for Business, Enter SIP URI entry point is available in Microsoft Teams (default) and Skype for Business mode under Call.

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Reminder: IE11 desktop application retires in 6 months on June 15, 2022 – Set up IE mode today (non-LTSC, non-Server)

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2021 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

As previously announced in (MC257152 – May), (MC288052 – Sept), and (MC298657 – Nov), the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge. Internet Explorer mode (IE mode) provides legacy browser support within Microsoft Edge. Because of this, the IE11 desktop application will be retired on June 15, 2022. This means that the IE11 desktop application will no longer be supported and afterwards will redirect to Microsoft Edge if a user tries to access it.

With 6 months left before retirement, we highly recommend you start preparing for this multi-month transition today. The essential first step—Site Discovery—typically takes 3-4 weeks. Site Discovery identifies legacy-dependent sites in your organization based on user traffic. Don’t delay and get started on your transition today.

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: Information governance – Apply retention label action at end of retention period

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 17, 2021 Microsoft 365 compliance center 0 Comments

,When an item reaches the end of its retention period a new label can be automatically applied. This feature is useful for multi-stage retention when there are different retention settings in each phase of a file’s lifecycle.
Preview date: January CY2022

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Visio: Self-service trials

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 17, 2021 Visio 0 Comments

Users can explore all the capabilities of Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 for free using the self-service trial experience to sign up for a trial plan.

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: General availability of built-in filters in Activity explore

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 17, 2021 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

We are releasing built-in filters for use within Activity explorer to allow easy access to the most commonly used filters.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 roadmap ID 88826.

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Exchange Data Loss Prevention – Update to sender address location

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 17, 2021 Exchange Online 0 Comments

We’re making some changes to how sender address based conditions are evaluated by Exchange Data Loss Prevention in the Microsoft 365 compliance center.

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Joao Ferreira

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