Outlook: Rich AutoReply Toolbar for Android

Users will now be able to format the text in their autoreplies. Options include bold/italics/underline, numbered/unnumbered lists, font style and links.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Updates to spam reporting

We’re working on creating consistent reporting experiences for customers, and as a result we’re deprecating the standalone spam detections report. A new Spam detections report view will now be available in the Threat Protection Status report.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/view-email-security-reports?view=o365-worldwide#threat-protection-status-report

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Microsoft Teams: Better together for calls on Teams phones

With this capability, users will be able to use the better together feature on P2P calls and group calls.

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Microsoft Intune: Management of user-installed apps on iOS

Microsoft Intune can assume management of previously installed applications on iOS without requiring the deletion and re-distribution of such apps on devices enrolled into Intune using Device Enrollment. These apps may have been distributed using a different MDM previously, or they may have been user-installed. This capability simplifies change management for both required and available apps when enrolling devices to Intune

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Microsoft Lists: Grid view keyboard improvements

When you edit in grid view (previously ‘Quick edit’), you will have a faster editing experience that adheres to greater levels of accessibility. Navigate across rows and columns using the tab key. Plus, pressing Enter enbales you to edit that field. Clicking Enter on a new row saves the new item. And pressing the Esc key closes editor.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Localization of end user spam notifications

We’re making it easier to send end user spam notifications to users in multiple languages. Instead of Admins choosing the specific language for quarantine notifications, spam notifications will be sent by default in the language assigned to the user’s mailbox.

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Microsoft Teams: Support of Live Caption for Teams on VDI for Azure Virtual Desktop

Teams
users on virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) will be able to use live
captions. Live captions display the text version of the audio during the call.

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Exchange: Online – Tag for external email

Exchange will make available a PowerShell cmdlet so that admins can enable the protections against spam & phishing threats from external senders.  This will be achieved by presenting a new tag on emails called “External” in the message list in Outlook on the web, the new Outlook for Mac, Outlook for iOS and Android. In some Outlook clients, a “mail tip” will be included at the top of the reading pane with sender’s email address.
More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/native-external-sender-callouts-on-email-in-outlook/ba-p/2250098

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Microsoft Viva: Improvements for Topic Management

This update will empower Knowledge Managers, providing additional metadata for sorting and filtering through the list of topics, including additional quality and usage columns, and segmentation to help manage topics at scale.

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Microsoft Graph: Taxonomy service Graph APIs

New Graph APIs that allow developers to work directly with Managed Metadata Services, which provides a common taxonomy for tagging and classifying content across Microsoft 365.
More info: https://resources.techcommunity.microsoft.com/graph-apis-documentation/

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