Microsoft Project: Assigned to Me view for Project tasks

View and update (i.e. mark as complete & progress) all the tasks assigned to you across projects in one place – Assigned to Me view. This view appears in the app of their choice – Planner, Tasks in Teams, or ToDo.

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SharePoint: Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring

Updates include two changes to the text web part from multilingual proofing to better control over line spacing

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SharePoint: Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring

Updates include two changes to the text web part from multilingual proofing to better control over line spacing

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Microsoft Teams: Support PSTN dial-in, dial-out, and call-me attendees in meetings to join Breakout Rooms for DoD and GCC High

Enabling dial-in, dial-out and call-me PSTN participants to join breakout rooms and come back to the main room when breakout rooms end.

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Windows 365: Administrator alerts for Cloud PCs in grace period

An administrator will have the ability to configure to receive notifications when Cloud PCs enter grace period.

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OneDrive: Update to settings pane for PC folder backup

OneDrive plans to make a change to the settings pane for the PC folder backup feature (sometime called Known Folder Move). This settings pane is found by going to OneDrive icon in the system tray then selecting Settings- Sync and backup- Manage backup. The change will introduce toggle buttons to the settings pane along with information showing how much storage, of an end users total storage allotment, will be used by the feature. There is no change to the PC folder backup feature itself which, when enabled, automatically syncs your end user’s Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders on their Windows PC to their OneDrive.

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Microsoft Teams: Support for Targeted Release

Microsoft Teams will support Targeted Release.  When an admin sets release preferences to one of the Targeted Release options, those users will be first to see the latest updates and help shape the product by providing early feedback. You can choose to have individuals, or the entire organization receive updates early.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/admin/manage/release-options-in-office-365?view=o365-worldwide

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Microsoft Teams: Video Closed Captions in PowerPoint Live

Closed Captions will now be supported for embedded videos in PowerPoint Live for Teams. If the video contains out-of-band closed captions, all viewers will automatically have the option to turn closed captions on for the video.

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Allow End Users to Upgrade Distribution Lists to Microsoft 365 Groups

Admins will be able to allow end users (owners) of Distribution Lists to upgrade their List to a Microsoft 365 Group themselves. This feature is launching in preview and depending on the usability and feedback on this feature, additional changes may be scheduled in the future.

When this will happen:

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Microsoft Teams support for Targeted Release

With this support, users opted-in to Targeted Release will be the first production users to see the latest Microsoft Teams features and help shape the product by providing early feedback.

Prior to this, Targeted Release provided early access to OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Office for the web, Microsoft 365 admin center and some components of Exchange Online. 

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