Yammer: New Administrator Role in Azure Active Directory (AAD)

,A new role is being added to Azure Active Directory titled, “Yammer Administrator”. Users who are assigned the Yammer Administrator role will be allowed to manage all aspects of the Yammer service.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/roles/permissions-reference
Preview date: June CY2022

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Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring

We’re making changes to the editing experience for SharePoint pages to make it easier for users to understand where they are by adding labels, reducing clutter by consolidating actions into a single web part toolbar, and putting authors into focus mode by default to remove visual distractions.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82177.

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Microsoft Secure Score improvement action updates

We’re updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of security posture.

When this will happen:

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Microsoft Viva Service health communications

In September 2021 we announced that My Analytics and Workplace Analytics services are becoming part of the Microsoft Viva brand, via MC282545. As part of our continued effort to streamline our Service health communications, service incidents and advisories will be published under the ‘Microsoft Viva’ service listing. Additionally, the ‘Microsoft Workplace Analytics’ service listing will be removed, and all future incidents and advisories will be communicated under ‘Microsoft Viva’.

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Service health dashboard surfacing issues that require action

There are times when issues may arise in your environment that require an admin to take action. These types of issues are not caused from the Microsoft services being unhealthy but something specific to your organization. 

When this will happen:

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Briefing Email from Microsoft Viva: Language Expansion (FR, DE, IT, PT)

The Briefing email from Microsoft Viva helps users start their day on track by surfacing information to prepare for upcoming meetings, follow up on outstanding tasks as well as protect time for independent work. Currently, the briefing email is available for Microsoft 365 Enterprise users with Exchange Online mailboxes in English and Spanish. In June 2021, we announced in a message center post (MC259743) expanded support for Exchange Online mailboxes in French, German, Italian, and Portuguese set to start in November.

This message is a follow-up communication with guidance for admins of Microsoft 365 customers with Exchange Online mailboxes in French, German, Italian and Portuguese. Please review the actions suggested below.

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Microsoft Teams: Changes to Microsoft Teams apps’ native permissions in the browser

In order to better secure Microsoft Teams third-party applications that request native device permissions – such as camera, microphone or location access – we will be requiring users to manually opt-in for these permissions per app in the Microsoft Teams web browser experience. We are already doing this on the Teams desktop and mobile clients.

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: Public preview of Teams data in Content explorer

Coming soon to public preview, Microsoft Teams data will be available in Content explorer for admins to search and review.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82185.

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: Public preview of built-in filters in Activity explorer

We will be 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 82184.

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API connectors IP addresses update

We’re making some changes to our third-party API connectors configuration.

Note: If you are not using API connectors with Defender for Cloud Apps you can safely disregard this message.

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