Viva: Learning – new Admin IA

We are introducing an improved Admin experience for Admins within Viva Learning app so that they can have all Viva Learning specific app controls at a single place.

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Viva: Learning integration with Viva Connections

As a part of this feature, Viva Learning assignments will now be available in Viva Connections app in Teams.

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Microsoft Stream: Variable playback speed support (0.5 – 2x) for all video on OneDrive & SharePoint

This feature allows users to control the playback speed of videos stored OneDrive & SharePoint. Users will be able to slow down or speed up the playback (0.5x -2x) while watching the video. Note: Teams meeting recordings already have this functionality, we are now adding it to all other videos stored in OneDrive and SharePoint.

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Microsoft 365 Defender: Update to User Page

Over the last few months, the experiences and functions of Microsoft Defender for Identity have been made available in Microsoft’s extended detection and response (XDR) platform, Microsoft 365 Defender. Merging identity data and functions into this XDR experience is a valuable addition to a security teams capabilities, with identity providing important context to detection logic and investigation potential.

To enhance the identity experience further, we are making some changes to the User page in Microsoft 365 Defender. We are standardizing the look and feel to align with the other entity pages available in Microsoft 365 Defender. The structure and layout of all entities should be consistent after this release. These changes are pre-requisites for upcoming functionality, due to land later in the year. 

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Quality Score Columns in Manage Topics

We are continuing to expand the information that we deliver to Knowledge Managers to better equip them to manage Viva Topics knowledge networks. As part of this process, we have added two new columns in the Manage Topics view: Topic Score and Org Topic Score.

When this will happen:

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Microsoft Purview | Records Management: User experience update for Disposition Review dashboard (preview)

Coming soon to public preview, we’re adding a “Progress” column to the Disposed Items tab in the Records Management > Disposition Review dashboard.

When this will happen:

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Meeting effectiveness surveys and plans coming in the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams

Surveys and shared plans to help promote effective meeting habits are being introduced for users with Viva Insights subscription.

Meeting effectiveness surveys enable meeting organizers to view aggregated feedback from attendees on the meetings they organized. Organizers can also gain insights into successes and opportunity areas to promote a healthy meeting culture.

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Restricted access to Microsoft Teams data via Exchange Web Services

Microsoft will start restricting access via Exchange Web Services (EWS) to Teams message data starting on January 31st, 2023. Fully supported access to Teams message data is available through the Microsoft Graph Teams Export API. Teams Export APIs allow you to export 1:1, group chat, meeting chats, and channel messages from Microsoft Teams.

Note: If your organization has not developed an application leveraging EWS you can safely disregard this message.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

We’ve released updates to the following update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps:

  • Current Channel
  • Monthly Enterprise Channel
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

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Excel: Automate your tasks in Excel for Windows

With this update, you can now create, edit, and run Office Scripts in Excel for Windows using the Code Editor and All Scripts taskpane. Office Scripts is a feature that enables you to automate repetitive spreadsheet tasks that was previously only available in Excel for the web.

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