Viva Connections Dashboard Customization

Originally posted by Microsoft May 3, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We are excited to announce that dashboard customization is now available on Viva Connections Mobile! This feature allows your employees to personalize their mobile dashboard with the information that is most relevant to their work.

We want to inform you that this feature is enabled by default for all your employees. However, we understand that every organization is different, and you may have specific requirements or preferences. Therefore, we want to let you know that as a tenant admin or site operator, you can turn off the feature if necessary. The toggle turn OFF will be available in the dashboard details with the heading “Allow users to rearrange and hide dashboard cards”

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Improved Connect/Disconnect Tracking in Group Visits

Originally posted by Microsoft May 3, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We’ve enhanced the ability to discretely track each individual Connect & Disconnect when multiple Organizers or multiple Guests join a Microsoft Teams EHR Connector visit via Teams.

When this will happen:

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Breakout Rooms participant shuffle

Originally posted by Microsoft May 3, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Breakout Rooms Participant Shuffle delivers a new capability to randomly assign participants to rooms also after rooms are created.

Participants can be randomly reassigned both prior to the meeting or during the live meeting.

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Microsoft Purview Records Management – Disposition review automatic approval

Originally posted by Microsoft May 3, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

To provide enhanced flexibility to the existing multi-stage disposition review feature in Microsoft Purview Records Management solution, we are adding an ability to automatically approve disposition for each stage after a specific number of days if no action has been taken by a reviewer.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124798.

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Microsoft Teams: QR code sign-in on Teams Displays for hotdesking

Originally posted by Microsoft May 2, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

This feature helps hotdesking users sign-in quickly and securely into their Teams displays by scanning a QR code using their Teams mobile app on Android phones and iOS phones.

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Microsoft Teams: Virtual front desk on certified Teams displays

Originally posted by Microsoft May 2, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Virtual front desk is a feature that enables IT admins to interact with and provide personalized assistance to customers, colleagues, or guests who are on-site via video call on a Microsoft Teams
display.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Restrict egress activities when accessing sensitive websites in Microsoft Edge (U.S. Government clouds)

Originally posted by Microsoft May 2, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

This capability allows restricting common egress activities as users navigate protected sites or access sensitive content via Microsoft Edge. With this new capability, organizations will be able to designate groups of protected sites and apply different restrictions, and monitor or restrict common egress activities when users visit protected sites with audit, block, and block override controls.

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Outlook: New Outlook for Windows – ICS support

Originally posted by Microsoft May 2, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

ICS is a file format that holds event and calendar information and enables users to share that information through email. With full ICS support in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to view local ICS files and import them to their calendar. This mimics the experience currently available in classic Outlook for Windows.

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Microsoft Teams: Allowing registered attendees to bypass the lobby in Webinars

Originally posted by Microsoft May 2, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Organizers can set a new lobby policy so registered attendees will now automatically bypass the lobby when they join the webinar.

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Microsoft Teams: Export API Support for Teams Control Messages

Originally posted by Microsoft May 1, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Control Messages are system generated messages on Teams client when an activity or event occurs. For example, User A was added User B to a chat and shared all chat history. Export API, a compliance archiving solution for Teams, goes beyond user generated Teams message and provides support to archive Teams control messages. As part of this release, Export API will support member add and member remove messages in the context of Teams, chats, and channels.

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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.