Virtual Appointment as a new Teams Meeting Template

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2022 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

A new Teams Meeting Template, Virtual Appointment, will be added as a new template type accessible from the ‘New meeting’ dropdown menu in the Teams Calendar. This is a free experience that brings enhanced business-to-consumer meeting features into the lightweight and familiar Teams scheduling experience. When meeting with someone from outside of your organization, the Virtual Appointment meeting can be used to ensure the person you are meeting with has a seamless experience with the meeting from start to finish – all without having to learn new tools or leave the standard scheduling flow.

Users can use the Virtual Appointment template instead of a standard Teams meeting for meetings with external users. They can select the meeting type, fill out the tailored scheduling form, including external guests and meeting details, and then send the meeting. The external guests invited will receive a customized meeting invitation that includes key appointment details and a quick-join button, which allows users to join the meeting from anywhere – without downloading Teams – and enter a pre-appointment waiting room before the meeting begins. This provides a familiar experience to internal users and makes external user join a seamless experience.

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Microsoft Teams: Actionable Missed call Notification in Activity

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 19, 2022 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Users will have the option to call back on a missed call directly from their activity feed.

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Microsoft Teams: Edit and Delete events support for messages in user: Bot chats

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 19, 2022 Microsoft Teams 0 Comments

Currently, message events can be accessed by developers. This feature allows developers to access, edit or delete event updates on messages in user:bot chats.

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Microsoft Syntex: move and copy content rule actions

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 19, 2022 SharePoint Syntex 0 Comments

Syntex content rules allow you to configure simple actions in document libraries based on file metadata. To make it easier to manage uploaded content we are providing two new actions, allowing you to move and copy files based on metadata extracted by Syntex models. For example, you can create a rule to move files tagged with a specific customer name to a specific library. This helps you structure your content architecture with the power of AI-driven processing.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98111

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Microsoft 365: Microsoft Feed

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 19, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Microsoft Feed provides users with a mix of relevant content from across Microsoft 365 that helps users discover and learn about people and interests relevant at work. The feed is personal to users and will show users content based on what’s likely to be most relevant to the current user at any given time.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 106124

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Attribution support for sticky notes in Microsoft Whiteboard

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 19, 2022 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

To provide the ability to tenant admins to enable/disable Attribution functionality for OneDrive for Business (ODB) backed whiteboards.

  • This policy controls whether users can use the attribution functionality within Whiteboard application to view who was the first and latest to write on the sticky note.
  • If you enable or don’t configure this policy setting, everyone on the whiteboard can view attributions. When enabled, board owner of the whiteboard can disable attributions for that whiteboard from Settings Panel.
  • If you disable this policy setting, users on the whiteboard cannot view attributions

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New details on IE11 desktop application permanent disablement scheduled for February 14, 2023

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 19, 2022 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

The out-of-support Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) desktop application is scheduled to be permanently disabled on certain versions of Windows 10 devices on February 14, 2023, through a Microsoft Edge update, not a Windows update as previously communicated. All remaining devices that have not already been redirected from IE11 to Microsoft Edge are scheduled to be redirected with the Microsoft Edge update scheduled for February 14, 2023. Similar to how Windows updates work, redirection from IE11 to Microsoft Edge will be included in all future Microsoft Edge updates and will impact all devices within your organization at the same time with no ability for users to reverse the change. Therefore, if your organization still has dependencies on IE11, you must take steps now to complete your transition before February 14, 2023, or risk business disruption at scale when users lose access to IE11-dependent applications. As a reminder, IE11 has been out of support since June 15, 2022.

The change to use Microsoft Edge update to disable IE is intended to provide a better user experience and help organizations transition their last remaining IE11 users to Microsoft Edge. Users will see a dialogue box when they are transitioned to Microsoft Edge. When they try to click any IE11 icons or other entry points, they will be redirected to Microsoft Edge. Users’ browsing data will be automatically brought over to Microsoft Edge from IE11 so they can seamlessly continue browsing.

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Minecraft Education: Product Name change

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 16, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

We are changing our app name to “Minecraft Education” and will be rolling out new branding starting in January. Please note that “Minecraft Education” is the same product as “Minecraft: Education Edition” should you see our name appear differently. We are excited to share our new look soon!

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Microsoft Intune: Multiple administrative approval

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 16, 2022 Microsoft Intune 0 Comments

,Multiple administrative approval capability enables you to use Intune access policies to require that a second administrative account be used to approve a change before the change is applied.

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General Availability: OneDrive sync reports in the Apps Admin Center

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 16, 2022 OneDrive for Business 0 Comments

Use the OneDrive sync health dashboard in the Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center to get an executive summary of everything happening with OneDrive so that you can resolve common issues quickly and focus on other strategic tasks as an administrator.

Proactively keeping OneDrive healthy helps ensure that your organization’s information is protected. The dashboard provides you with sync health reports for tracking relevant health issues and advisories, checking the sync status and app version of individual devices, and monitoring Known Folder Move roll out.

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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.