Customizable dashboard in Teams admin center

Teams admin center is adding support for customization of the widgets in the dashboard. Administrators can now personalize the dashboard widgets as per their preference. They can reorder the widgets and pin them at a position they would like to see. For widgets that are not being used frequently, Teams admin center now gives the flexibility to hide them from the dashboard.

The widgets are now optimized for smaller screens too.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Update to Quarantine retention period for Malware detections

Given feedback from our customer on the need for an additional time to triage the emails or files that were quarantined as result of potential malware we are increasing the retention period from 15 days to 30 days.

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Microsoft Office Translator Add-in retiring in September 2022

With the inclusion of the Translate feature in Office applications, we will be retiring the Translator add-in for Office. 

When this will happen:

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Universal Print: Support for Azure Virtual Desktops

Universal Print enables employees using Windows 11 through Azure Virtual Desktop to print to organization printers without the need for print servers. The printers that people set up persist from session to session and only for their sessions.

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Forms: Convert Word/Pdf form or quiz to Microsoft Forms survey

This feature allows you convert you existing surveys or quizzes into Microsoft Forms, making it much quicker to get started. After import, you can still edit as needed before collecting responses.

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Outlook: Updated design for Office Dictation

The Office dictation toolbar has been redesigned to showcase new visuals, responsive UI, and a smaller design to stay out of the way of what matters – your content!

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Word: Updated design for Office Dictation

The Office dictation toolbar has been redesigned to showcase new visuals, responsive UI, and a smaller design to stay out of the way of what matters – your content!

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Communication Compliance: Accelerate onboarding with step-by-step guidance (preview)

Coming soon to public preview, the Communication Compliance solution in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal will surface step-by-step guidance to help admins get started with policy configuration and common Communication Compliance tasks. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88919.

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Microsoft Teams Real-Time Analytics – Extended Telemetry Preview

IT admins may notice that Microsoft Teams Real-Time Analytics history is currently available for 7 days instead of the usual 24 hours. This is part of an ongoing public preview of this functionality before release as part of the Microsoft Teams Advanced Communications add-on license.

When this will happen:

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Site Limits for SharePoint Lists, Libraries, and Subsites

SharePoint recommends a maximum of 2,000 lists and libraries per site, and 2,000 subsites per site. These have been long standing limits for SharePoint but have not been formally enforced.

There have been cases where some sites exceeded these limits, resulting in poor site performance and low-quality viewing experience. One of the most impacted areas is the API performance that degrades significantly when users access data on the sites that exceed their recommended limits. The API calls may time out or get throttled, blocking the users from opening the site or resulting in unexpected failures. In some extreme cases, the issue can impact functionalities beyond these sites.

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