Excel: Co-authoring Support For Protected Files in Excel and Excel for the web

Adding Support for the co-authoring of protected files to both web and desktop.

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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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Microsoft Teams: Pairing the channel and the corresponding SharePoint folder name.

When renaming a
Teams’ channel, the corresponding SharePoint folder will be renamed and reflect
the new name. This will help create consistency across Microsoft 365 endpoints,
making it easier on users to find their files from anywhere.  This new feature will be available for all Standard and
Private channels. For Standard channels – The corresponding folder in
SharePoint will be renamed. For Private channels – The corresponding site name
and the folder in SharePoint will be renamed. For legacy Teams channels that
were renamed prior to this rollout, there will be no change in experience. When
a legacy channel is renamed after this release, it will simultaneously rename
the corresponding SharePoint folder.

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Planner: View Planner tasks on your Outlook calendar for GCC, GCC High, and DoD

Users in GCC, GCC High, and DoD environments can view Planner tasks in their Outlook calendar by importing plans into Outlook via an iCalendar feed.
More info: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/see-your-planner-schedule-in-outlook-calendar-9f0eb699-cf2b-45be-a464-83f005d82547?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

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Microsoft Teams: Organize chats in mobile app

In the Teams mobile app, you will be able to pin chats and filter the Chat list.

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SharePoint: Microsoft Lists – column settings in Grid view

The capabilities when in Lists “Grid” view (previously Quick Edit) will now allow people to pin a column to the filter’s pane, format the column, show/hide columns, and hide their column(s). You used to have to exit out of Grid edit to accomplish these common tasks.
More info: https://support.microsoft.com/office/add-edit-or-delete-list-items-a4b31f53-f044-470e-9823-4526594bacde

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Microsoft Viva: Exclude content from topic discovery based off applied sensitivity labels

Use Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) sensitivity labels to control which files should not be included in topic discovery.

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Microsoft Teams: Fluid components in Teams chat

Fluid components in Teams chat allow end users to send a message with a table, action items or a list that can be co-authored and edited by everyone in line.

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Microsoft Teams: Automated webinar invite

When webinars are setup and
scheduled, the webinar invite is now automatically added to the attendee’s
calendar.

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Excel: Track tasks with @mentions

Use @mentions in comments to create, assign and track tasks within your workbook.

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