Feature retirement – Evaluation Lab retirement

As we continue to evaluate the value of the features and services to provide, we have made the decision to retire the Defender Evaluation Lab.

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Copilot in Viva Engage

Copilot is coming to Viva Engage! In mid-January, a new control will be available on your Viva Engage admin dashboard in the Analytics and AI section. This control will enable you to activate the preview of Copilot in Engage for all users with a premium license. Licensing requirements for these features post preview are yet to be confirmed.

Copilot provides access to Large Language Model (LLM) technology, with Microsoft Responsible AI protections, to assist users as they access and create value through Viva Engage. 

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Viva Engage Network Analytics

Network analytics is coming to Viva Engage! In mid-January, admins and corporate communicators will be able to monitor organization-wide engagement via the network analytics dashboard. Additionally, a new control will be available on your Viva Engage admin dashboard in the Analytics and AI section that will enable you to activate summarization and theme extraction for your network with Microsoft Responsible AI protections, to assist users as they access network-wide data about employee engagement on the platform.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 168623

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Copilot (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) service plan name change

In late January 2024, we are updating the name of the service plan used to manage commercial data protection for Microsoft Copilot to increase clarity:

  • Current name: Copilot
  • New name: Commercial data protection for Microsoft Copilot

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – New goal sharing experience

Facilitate effortless sharing of goals and goal progress with the enhanced sharing functionality in Viva Goals.

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – Add Images to Check-In Notes and Review Dashboards

With this capability, users can attach images to check-in notes and dashboards in Viva Goals to better illustrate their ideas visually.

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Power Platform Connectors – Allow list new Azure Logic Apps IPs

Upcoming mandatory infrastructure updates will require new IP endpoints to be allow-listed for all Azure service regions starting in March of 2024.

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New Power Platform endpoint used by Power Apps

Beginning February 2024, Microsoft Power Apps is introducing a new endpoint for the Power Platform API as a service dependency change in all clouds: *.content.powerplatform.com. The Power Apps end-user experiences will leverage this new endpoint. This change has been reflected in the documentation Power Platform URLs and IP address ranges.

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Rename Topic Center site address from SharePoint Admin Center

You can now rename the Topic Center site address from SharePoint Admin Center. You will use the same flow that you do now for changing the site address. You can also use the PowerShell, Start-SPOSiteRename to make the change. Previously, the site address update could only be completed by making a request to Microsoft Support.

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Microsoft Syntex: document translation

We are providing a new service that lets you easily create a translated copy of a selected file or a set of files in a SharePoint document library. You can translate a file while preserving the original format and structure of the file. This feature supports a large number of languages and file types either manually or automatically by creating a rule.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 161828

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