Location Based Access Control

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 23, 2021 Identity Service 0 Comments

Many of our largest customers, typically in the banking and financial industries, are governed by strict standards. Their employees have access to very sensitive data and can only access that data within the boundaries of a single country. Admins currently restrict access to sensitive data based on IP address. However, IP address is less accurate and less reliable than GPS data. Thus, admins need the ability to restrict access based off of GPS data.

Now, admins will have the ability to create Conditional Access policies to allow/deny access using a new type of Named Location based off GPS data. When the policy is enabled, end users will need to share their GPS location from the mobile device on which Microsoft Authenticator is installed. The user’s mobile device is a good indication of the user’s actual location at the time.

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OneDrive: Android – Outline for PDF viewing

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 23, 2021 OneDrive for Business 0 Comments

This new OneDrive for Android release will allow you to view a table of contents that you can use for easy and concise navigation in a PDF document. Just press a title in the table of contents and you’ll navigate directly to the page.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81917.

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Office App for Desktop Improvements

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 22, 2021 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

The new version of the Office App for Desktop will bring improved performance, reliability, and includes the ability to open multiple instances of the app at the same time.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70811.

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Microsoft Information Protection: Ability to test Exact Data Match

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 22, 2021 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Customers will be able to test their custom Exact Data Match (EDM) Sensitive Information Types (SITs)

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72220

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The new Exchange admin center general availability

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 22, 2021 Exchange Online 0 Comments

The new Exchange Admin Center (EAC) is a modern and a performant admin portal. This new portal has all the functionality available in the classic EAC portal along with a lot of new features like tenant-to-tenant migration, automated G-Suite migration, and more.  It also features a personalized dashboard with reports and insights that are designed to increase productivity.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 80626

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Microsoft Teams: Operator Connect (in preview)

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 22, 2021 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Now in public preview: Microsoft is introducing Operator Connect, in addition to Calling Plans and Direct Routing, as a third option for integrating calling capabilities in Teams. This public preview enables Teams administrators to select the operator of their choice and enable them for number provisioning in their tenant.

This is rolling out to Microsoft Teams service.

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Microsoft Graph privacy controls to fully replace the classic Office Delve control in May

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 21, 2021 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

In August 2020, we announced that Microsoft Graph privacy controls (MC219941) would be available in the fourth quarter. These Microsoft Graph privacy controls allow administrators to more granularly configure the visibility of Graph-derived insights which includes documents and sites across Microsoft 365 apps and services. We also announced a six-month transition period before the new controls would replace classic Office Delve controls. 

The transition and end-of-support for the classic Office Delve control and its respective settings will occur in mid-May 2021. We are also introducing controls that allow people in your organization to customize insights that are available to them and to their colleagues.  

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Exclude specific files from OneDrive sync on macOS

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 21, 2021 OneDrive for Business 0 Comments

This new feature setting will allow you to exclude newly added OneDrive files from syncing to the cloud by file name or extension on macOS devices.

This will rollout to the OneDrive sync app on macOS.

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SharePoint: Audience Targeting capability for Events Web Part

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 21, 2021 SharePoint Online 0 Comments

This new audience targeting release will allow the ability to target specific audiences per event within the SharePoint Events Web Part. This can help users target specific events to different audiences, helping them provide more personalized experiences on SharePoint pages.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70815.

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Exchange Online – New cmdlet to make meetings shorter by default

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 21, 2021 Exchange Online 0 Comments

Last year we introduced the ability for individuals to shorten the default length of their meetings. We are now releasing a PowerShell cmdlet to allow you to shorten all events created in Outlook. With this cmdlet you can end your events a few minutes early or start them a few minutes late for all events that are under 60 minutes and over 60 minutes.

Note: There are some limitations for the cmdlet, so please read our blog for details on how to run this cmdlet and its limitations.

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Joao Ferreira

I've been working with Microsoft Technologies over the last ten years, mainly focused on creating collaboration and productivity solutions that drive the adoption of Microsoft Modern Workplace.