Microsoft Teams: Presenter window enhancements while screensharing

Microsoft Teams is enhancing the presenter window during screensharing to show up to four participants, active speakers, raised hands, reactions, and shared content previews. Meeting notifications will be more visible. Rollout starts mid-May 2024, with no preparation needed from users.

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Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Copilot for Security capabilities

Microsoft Purview’s integration with Copilot for Security will improve security incident investigations starting early April 2024, offering enhanced visibility and user risk context, with no admin action required before rollout.

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Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Microsoft Copilot for Security Alert summary

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will soon include Microsoft Copilot for Security to summarize alerts and expedite data security investigations. Public preview begins in April 2024, with general availability in May. Users need Copilot for Security licenses and specific permissions to use this feature.

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Coming soon: Collapsible navigation and favorites in the Intune admin center

The Intune admin center will soon update to include collapsible navigation menus and a favorites feature. Starting May 1, 2024, admins can customize their experience by collapsing menu sections and favoriting pages. No action is needed, just awareness of the upcoming changes.

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High Volume Email for Microsoft 365 Public Preview

Microsoft 365 is introducing High Volume Email (HVE) for large-scale internal communications, allowing up to 100,000 recipients per day at no cost during Public Preview. It integrates with business applications and will feature a dedicated page and reports in the Exchange admin center. Rollout begins April 2024. No immediate action is required for preparation.

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Microsoft Whiteboard: @mentions in comments

Microsoft Whiteboard will introduce @mentions in comments, allowing users to mention others within their tenant. This feature will start rolling out worldwide in early April 2024, with completion expected by late April 2024. Users will receive notifications via email and Outlook, and see badges on comments for mentions and unread replies. No admin action is required for this update.

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Copilot in Stream to become available for customers using Microsoft 365 Copilot

Copilot in Stream, a new feature for Microsoft 365 Copilot products, will be available in late-April 2024. It allows users to extract information from videos, summarize content, ask questions, locate discussions, and identify calls to action. Preparation may include updating training and documentation.

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Forms: Pre-filled link in Microsoft Forms

You can send respondents a form with some fields already filled in. This feature is designed to simplify respondent experience and improve data accuracy.

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Microsoft Viva: Admins and delegates in Viva Engage con close conversations on behalf of others

Admins and delegates in Viva Engage con close conversations on behalf of others. Delegates are only allowed to close conversations on behalf of the delegator.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Insider Risk Management – Microsoft Purview capabilities in Copilot for Security

With Microsoft Purview capabilities in Copilot for Security, your security teams gain unprecedented visibility across the security data. Microsoft Purview brings user risk and data risk insights to help the SOC with comprehensive and enriched signals to understand the full attack story and impact of a security incident. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

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