Microsoft Teams: Click Through Collaborative Annotations Layer

Users are now able to click through the annotation layer to interact with content in meetings without restarting the current annotation session.

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Microsoft Stream: Add videos to playlist from OneDrive and SharePoint

For videos stored in OneDrive or SharePoint, this feature will allow you to add videos to playlists. Upon selecting these videos, now users will also have an option to add this to playlists from a modal window that shows the user’s playlists and the recent ones that they have accessed.

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Microsoft Purview Information Protection uses cipher block chaining mode for encrypted content by default.

Today, when protecting content Microsoft Information Protection uses AES in electronic codebook (ECB) mode to encrypt Office files and emails. Starting in July, M365 Apps, Exchange Online, and SharePoint Online will begin to use cipher block chaining (CBC) mode by default.

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Microsoft Teams: Breakout rooms support and Select Together Mode for everyone on Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows

  • Breakout room support
  • Choose your Together Mode scene and select it for everyone

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95680, 126105

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Microsoft 365 admin center: Adoption Score Default On

Adoption Score in the Microsoft 365 admin center will soon be enabled by default without the need to opt-in before first use. If you want to opt-out, you can still navigate to the Adoption Score dashboard and opt-out of the experience. Adoption Score continues to be backed by Microsoft’s commitment to user-level privacy.

When will this happen:

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Microsoft Stream: Playlist View in SharePoint List Webpart

Users can soon select a playlist to be displayed in the list webpart in the full-blown playlist view along with video playback.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124808

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Introducing zooming controls while viewing screenshare

This change is applicable to Microsoft Teams users using meetings and calls.

Users in a Teams call or meeting will now see new buttons to zoom in, zoom out and restore the original size of the incoming screenshare. This will greatly enhance the experience of users viewing screenshare. (Ability to zoom was previously only available using pinch to zoom gesture on trackpad or other shortcuts.)

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Microsoft Purview Audit: Granular scoping with role-based access control (RBAC) – Preview

We’re introducing role-based details to Microsoft Purview Audit search results to enable you to delegate granular permissions to users and analysts.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98145.

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Microsoft Purview Records Management: Update to auto-labeling policies based on sensitive information in the content

We are enhancing our Records Management auto-labeling policies for content that contains sensitive information, to allow administrators to scope these policies to include or exclude specific mailboxes as well as utilize adaptive policy scopes. This change will remove the current restriction of having to include all mailboxes (including Exchange & Microsoft 365 groups) in the scope while creating these policies and creates a consistent scoping experience across all Records Management auto-labeling policies. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124920.

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Microsoft Edge: Option to attach the Edge sidebar to the Windows desktop

Users of the Microsoft Edge sidebar will soon have the option to access their apps and sites directly from their Windows desktop. As an opt-in experience, users can attach the sidebar to their Windows desktop by clicking a “popout” icon near the base of the sidebar in the browser. This enables a side-by-side experience that works with any Windows app—including Microsoft Edge itself. Users enjoy streamlined access to the same set of powerful AI tools and web-based services, including Bing Chat, without launching a browser window, enhancing productivity regardless of where they are in Windows. Administrators can control the availability using the StandaloneHubsSidebarEnabled.

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