Microsoft Teams: Collaborative notes on Teams mobile

Collaborative notes allow meeting attendees to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items. Since Collaborative notes are a Loop component, it is always in sync regardless of how many places they live in. Assigned Tasks in Collaborative notes automatically sync with To Do & Planner.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit (Premium) – Customized retention policies for 10-Year Audit Log Retention Add On (U.S. Government clouds)

This feature will enable customers with the 10-Year Audit Log Retention Add On for Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium) to create additional customized retention policies. The new options are 7 days, 30 days, 3 years, 5 years, and 7 years retention.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit Custom Activities Search (U.S. Government clouds)

The Audit Custom Activities Search enables customers to search for specific operations in the audit log. Instead of having to use PowerShell queries to search for a specific activity or select from the events in the Activities drop-down menu, admins can use the custom search bar to search for several audit log events directly.

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Microsoft Teams: See multiple participants and shared content preview in presenter window when screen sharing

While screen sharing, the presenter window now shows up to four meeting participants (both video and audio), active speakers, and raise hands. Meeting notifications are surfaced to the central area of the screen for easier awareness and consistent windowing behavior.

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OneDrive: Updated file sharing experience

OneDrive is updating the unified file sharing experience that appears when you share files in Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, SharePoint, Stream, OneNote, Planner and many other Microsoft 365 apps. The updated sharing dialog will have simpler look and feel. Additionally, when users select “copy link” they will get a clear on-screen confirmation that the link has been copied, and the confirmation will self-dismiss.

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Microsoft Viva: McKinsey Integration through Data Egress in Insights

Organizational Health Index (OHI) applies analytical rigor to organizational health management. Our quantitative diagnostics and proven recipes for success empower senior leaders to measure and achieve the organizational health required to sustain long-term performance. This integration includes Viva Insights metrics to enhance OHI’s diagnostics and solutions.

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Microsoft Viva: Avanade Integration through Data Egress in Insights

Avanade’s employee experience transformation takes the next step by integrating with Viva Insights metrics to unlock deeper understanding and offer new solutions.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Protect sensitive text when it is shared through Web forms

This Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention for endpoint capability extends data protection controls for sensitive files and unsanctioned sites to also include sensitive data that’s shared through text (such as pasted into a Web survey form).

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint DLP – Authorized USB devices (U.S. Government clouds)

With this capability, you can create groups of USB devices and designate restrictive actions for each group within your DLP policy in Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention. As an example, you will be able to create authorized or unauthorized groups of USB devices based on serial numbers and allow ‘copy’ of documents to certain groups of USB devices and block ‘copy’ for others.

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Microsoft Teams: Ability for all participants to start collaborative annotations

All participants in meetings are now able to start collaborative annotations.

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