Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights leader deep-dive reports focus on customer, business operations, and agility

Microsoft Viva Insights app in Microsoft Teams will release two Out of Box Experience (OOBE) reports for leaders with themes on new hire onboarding and integration, and external focus. The reports will help leaders understand employee onboarding experience, professional development, and external relationships. The rollout will begin in late March 2024 and complete by mid-April 2024. Organizations should review and assess the impact and notify users about the change. Learn more about the Leader reports at the provided link.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New Quarantine release details

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is rolling out new details on who or what is responsible for releasing a message from quarantine. The Release by field will be propagated with the email address of the user or admin responsible for the release. This will be available in the email summary flyout panel accessible from the Quarantine page. The release will be captured by the system. Admins should update their training documentation. The rollout will begin in late March 2024 and complete by late April 2024.

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Microsoft Outlook Mobile: Open a Teams Meeting chat from the calendar

Microsoft Outlook Mobile users will be able to open Teams Meeting chat directly from the meeting event on their Outlook mobile calendar. This feature will be rolled out in late April 2024 and will be completed by late May 2024. Users will be able to open the chat in the Teams Mobile app, and if the app is not installed, they will be linked to a page asking if they wish to download the Teams Mobile app. No admin action is required for this rollout.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance – User scoping role-based access control (RBAC)

Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance is introducing User Scoping with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), empowering organizations to delegate management and remediation authority to specific individuals based on regions or organizational units. This new feature introduces delegate management and remediation authority for different people in different regions or organization units with role-based access control (RBAC) using Microsoft Entra administrative units. The rollout will begin late April 2024 and is expected to complete by late May 2024. No admin action is required for this automatic rollout. Access the Communication Compliance solution in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

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SharePoint Online: Change history reports now include organization settings reports

SharePoint Online’s change history reports now include organization settings reports. Admins can track and review changes made to settings that impact the entire tenant by creating up to ten instances. The feature update will be rolled out in preview beginning in March 2024. No action is needed to prepare for this change.

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Microsoft Viva Learning: Disable LinkedIn Learning premium content

Microsoft Viva Learning is rolling out a feature for admins to disable LinkedIn Learning premium content in Viva Learning for all users in their tenant. This feature will be available worldwide from late March 2024 to mid-April 2024. This rollout does not affect any existing Viva Learning functionality or configuration, and there is no impact for end-users in Viva Learning. To turn off LinkedIn Learning premium content, go to Viva Learning Admin > Manage Providers > LinkedIn Learning. No action is needed to prepare for this rollout.

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Viva Learning | New language settings for admins and users

Viva Learning is introducing new language settings for admins and users. Admins can define supported languages in the Available languages setting in the Viva Learning admin page, while users can personalize Viva Learning by choosing their preferred language in the Viva Learning app settings. The rollout will begin in April 2024. After rollout, Viva Learning will only reflect the user Language setting in Viva Learning, and changing the language in Microsoft Teams or a browser will not affect the language setting for Viva Learning. Learning admins should prepare the set of languages that the tenant supports in Viva Learning and inform users about the new capability to change Viva Learning language within the application.

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Microsoft Viva Learning | Easily switch across Viva Learning Teams app and Webapp

Microsoft Viva Learning will allow users to easily switch between the Teams app and standalone Webapp using the Webapp button in Teams and Open in Teams option in Webapp. The rollout will begin in early April 2024 and end by mid-June 2024, with no action required from users. The update will enhance Viva Learning features in Teams app and Webapp.

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Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of administrative units support

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is rolling out public preview of administrative units support, allowing admins to subdivide the organization into smaller units and assign specific admins or role groups to manage only the members of those units. Admins can configure administrative units in Azure and assign them to solution admins or members of Insider Risk Management role groups from the permissions area of Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Rollout will begin mid-March 2024 and is expected to be completed by mid-April 2024.

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License enforcement for Microsoft Purview Information Protection for sensitivity labels

Starting January 2024, new customers require specific licenses to use or continue using Information Protection sensitivity labels. Existing customers using sensitivity labels without the correct licenses will have a grace period until early April 2024. Admins and users who use Information Protection sensitivity labels need to have the required licenses assigned to them. For more details on the licenses required, please refer to the link provided in the message.

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