Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring – Column reflow and RSS connector web part

These updates include changes to our reflow automation for two-column sections and the RSS Connector web part by giving more control to users around the number of publications shown at one time and the number of articles shown per publication.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 93243

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Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Sensitivity labels now apply to modified documents (WXP on PC and Mac)

Coming soon to public preview, default labeling policies can be applied to any supported document that a user edits, not just a new document. This update applies to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on PC and Mac platforms. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93209.

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Modern Meetings and Calls on Teams Web Client

The modern meeting/calling experience will be available for Teams on the Web in Chrome and Edge browsers – including improved pre-join, dynamic view, and updated control bar. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 92928

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Add DKIM Domain in Sending Infrastructure for Tenant Allow Block Lists-Spoofing

For Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Exchange Online Protection, we are adding support for providing “DKIM verified domain” as the “Sending Infrastructure” within Tenant allow-block lists-Spoofing, so that Security Administrators can better manage Anti-Spoofing activity and override it based on Spoof Intelligence. Currently, what is supported in this field is either the domain from DNS PTR record or /24 IP Subnet. Additionally, being able to specify a ‘DKIM verified domain’ will help serve scenarios where shared infrastructure provider services are used for sending emails. Since the DKIM domain is unique to each tenant and if it passes verification even when other authentication signals fail, if desired for legitimate business reasons, a spoofed message can still be allowed instead of being blocked.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93359

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Changes to OneNote features: Evernote Importer and IE Web Clipper

We are announcing two changes to Microsoft OneNote features:

  • With the retirement of Internet Explorer browser effective 15 June 2022 (MC306663 Dec ’21), we will also be retiring the OneNote Web Clipper for Internet Explorer effective the same date. The OneNote Web Clipper works best with a modern browser like Microsoft Edge.
  • Effective 1st September 2022, we will also be retiring the Evernote to OneNote Importer, and it will no longer be available for download at https://www.onenote.com/import-evernote-to-onenote. Existing downloads of the Importer .exe file can still be used for importing Evernote content, but users may run into errors since we haven’t actively supported the tool since 2020.

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Reminder: Microsoft Office default change – Blocking VBA macros in files from the internet

VBA macros are a common way for malicious actors to gain access to deploy malware and ransomware. As a reminder (MC322553 Feb ’22), to help improve security, we are changing the behavior of Office applications to now block macros in files from the internet. Learn more in this blog post.

This change only affects Office on devices running Windows and only affects the following applications: Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word.

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Microsoft Secure Score is adding new improvement actions for Microsoft Defender for Identity

Updated June 16, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

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

Coming soon to general availability, we are introducing a new capability to better manage the lifecycle of documents labeled as a record. This 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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E-signature Approvals Fully Embedded Within Team Approvals for a Streamlined Experience

Users can now seamlessly create and review e-signature approval requests directly in Teams removing the need to access the e-sign provider website.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 92941

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IE11 desktop application has retired and is out of support as of June 15, 2022 (non-LTSC, non-Server)

As previously communicated, the Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) desktop application has retired and is out of support as of today, June 15, 2022. Following industry best practices, the IE desktop application will be progressively redirected to Microsoft Edge over the next few months and after will ultimately be permanently disabled via a future Windows Update to help ensure a smooth retirement.

If you have not set up IE mode in Microsoft Edge, we recommend doing so as soon as possible to help avoid business disruption.

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