Microsoft Forms: Planned data migration

Planned Maintenance: Microsoft Forms

We have maintenance planned for Microsoft Forms:

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: General availability of Power BI sensitivity label data in Activity explorer

Power BI will now send sensitivity label activity data to Activity Explorer for admins to search and review.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85685

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Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving

Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving out of the tab header bar and into the tab dropdown to help declutter the user experience. This impacts all first-party and third-party application tabs in chats, channels and meetings, such as Assignments, Grades, Planner or the Website tab. These tab actions will be found by clicking on the tab name to show a dropdown menu. These actions include:

  • Reload tab
  • Go to website
  • Copy link to tab
  • Pop-out tab
  • About this tab

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Rich text and images in Planner task notes

We are adding support for rich text (bold, italics, underline, etc.) and images in the Planner task notes field.

NOTE: We will update this post once we have Microsoft Graph documentation for the new rich text task notes field available.

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: Information Governance – Allow record label to start “unlocked” for manual records declaration

,Organizations sometimes need the ability to declare a file as a record after a period of collaboration. This update allows records managers to apply a record label to content but allow collaboration. Users can then toggle a switch when ready to lock the file and prevent edits.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/get-started-with-records-management?view=o365-worldwide
Preview date: January CY2022

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DocuSign Integration into Approvals App in Microsoft Teams

There may be times when managers need more formal attestation, such as a signature, before being able to act on an approval request. We will soon allow Teams admins to enable electronic signature support through DocuSign within the Microsoft Teams Approval app (desktop and web).

NOTE: A DocuSign license will be required to leverage this functionality/feature.

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New Microsoft 365 Lists entry point in the SharePoint app bar

Resources in the SharePoint app bar will be expanding to include an entry point to Microsoft 365 Lists.

  • Microsoft 365 Lists content is personalized to the individual user>

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Reminder: Update to Microsoft 365 and Outlook for Windows connectivity

Final Reminder: As previously announced (MC229143 – December ’20, MC274503 – July and MC288472 – September), to ensure that we meet performance expectations, we are updating the supported versions of Outlook for Windows that can connect to Microsoft 365 services.

Note: Effective November 1, 2021, the following versions of Outlook for Windows (starting with Outlook 2007, in a phased rollout), will not be able to connect with Office 365 and Microsoft 365 services.

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General availability: Microsoft 365 now includes the core functionalities of Visio

In this feature update, we are adding Visio in Microsoft 365 commercial plans for your users at no additional cost. Visio in Microsoft 365 comes with a web app that offers core functionalities of Visio and allows users to create, edit, and share professional diagrams and integrates with a variety of Microsoft solutions, including Microsoft Teams, for a collaborative diagramming experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72235.

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: Information Barriers – Segments and Policies landing pages

,The Information Barriers solution within the Microsoft 365 compliance center enables organizations to restrict communication and collaboration between two user groups to avoid a conflict of interest from occurring. This user experience (UX) update adds solution landing pages for management of segments and policies.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/information-barriers-policies?view=o365-worldwide
Preview date: November CY2021

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