Groups icon change in Outlook on web

The Microsoft 365 Groups icon seen under the Groups section in left navigation pane will be changed. This change is applicable only to Outlook on Web application. Currently it is represented by a folder icon. It will be replaced by the Groups icon. This icon change will bring visual coherence between Outlook on Web and Outlook Desktop application.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85632.

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Microsoft Teams: Teams Advisor guidance for Phone system deployment

Teams administrators can use Deployment Advisor for tailored guidance on deploying Teams Telephony to their organizations.

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Microsoft Teams: Teams admin center – Sensitivity label support in Government clouds

Teams administrators can leverage existing sensitivity labels and assign them when creating new teams. Sensitivity labels assigned to teams help provide stricter
security and compliance controls.

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Microsoft Viva: Enabling Delay Delivery Plan in Outlook to Microsoft Viva Insights licensed users

To empower people with personal insights and recommendations in the flow of work to build better work habits, we are enabling Delay Delivery plan in Outlook to Microsoft Viva Insights licensed users or users with MyAnalytics (Full) service plan. Microsoft Viva Insights will show you suggestions for scheduling email deliveries that align with the recipient’s working hours in their respective time zones. The delay helps minimize disruptions to recipients outside their working hours.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/insights/personal/use/delay-delivery

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Visio: Grids and Snap to Grids in Visio for the web

Align your shapes visually using grids and choose to snap them to the grids.

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Microsoft Teams: AAD conditional access support for Teams rooms on Windows

Microsoft Teams rooms on Windows now support Azure Active directory conditional access support. Admins can configure Teams rooms device’s access to Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Exchange online services based on device compliance status. In addition, to make it simpler for our customers, Azure Active Directory Premium 1 license is added to the Room System Standard and Room System Premium and variations of these SKUs for education, government customers. Detailed documentation on how to configure Teams rooms on Windows to use AAD conditional access feature will be published to give IT admins head start for configuring it.

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Microsoft Teams: Calling app update for Teams Rooms on Windows

Teams Rooms on Windows are making an alignment for calling experience to Teams desktop replacing Dial pad control on the Teams room console with Call. Calling app provides users functionality to dial PSTN calls where available as well as enable entry point for P2P Teams calls, group Teams calls and P2P federated user calls. This change is only applicable if the Teams rooms is running in Microsoft Teams only or Microsoft Teams (default) and Skype for Business modes.
With this change, all P2P calling and group calling functionality that was previously under New meeting button is moved under Call. For customers that use SIP URI calling through Skype for Business, Enter SIP URI entry point is available in Microsoft Teams (default) and Skype for Business mode.

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Microsoft Teams: Meet now support for Teams Rooms on Windows

Teams Rooms on Windows are making an alignment for Meet now experience to Teams desktop replacing New meeting control on the Teams room console with Meet (aka Meet now). With Meet, users can start an ad-hoc meeting with a single tap and invite participants to it. This change is only applicable if the Teams rooms is running in Microsoft Teams only or Microsoft Teams (default) and Skype for Business modes. With this change, all P2P calling and group calling functionality is moved under calling application.

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Endpoint discovery for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in GCC-H

Endpoint Discovery and Network Device Assessment Jobs for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint enables organizations to discover and secure unmanaged endpoints. Once discovered integrated workflows can be used to secure the devices using Defender for Endpoint’s threat and vulnerability management, threat detection and automated incident responses capabilities.
More info: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/04/13/secure-unmanaged-devices-with-microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-now/

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: Advanced eDiscovery – Identify Teams as data sources

Simplified picking of relevant Teams and channels (standard, private, and shared) to intelligently identify associated custodian mailboxes, group mailboxes, OneDrive for Business accounts, and SharePoint sites that may contain Teams data that’s relevant to your case.

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