Exchange Online is updating bulk email filtering for better accuracy, factoring in intermediaries and enhancing BCL scores, especially when CAUTH is set to None. Rollout begins early October 2024, with completion by late October. Admins should review logs and prepare for changes in bulk email management.
Upcoming updates to the “Turn off sharing recommendations” Cloud Policy will prevent users from sharing or editing folder permissions with individuals in Outlook on the web and new Outlook for Windows. Rollouts begin in October 2024, with no required admin action before the rollout.
In October 2024, Intune will only support Android 10 and later for user-based management methods. Unsupported versions will not receive technical support, bug fixes, or guaranteed feature functionality. Organizations should prepare by updating helpdesk communications and configuring admin settings to warn or block users on older Android versions.
Managers and delegates will be able to see the user who has responded to meeting invites in shared calendars. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web #newoutlookforwindows
Users will be able to search for and select SharePoint Sites in CIQ to scope their prompts to.
Microsoft Teams is introducing a new policy for voice and face enrollment, defaulting to ‘On’ for enhanced meeting features. Rollout begins early October 2024, with the policy enabled in January 2025. Admins have until mid-January 2025 to adjust settings. The csTeamsAIPolicy will replace csTeamsMeetingPolicy, offering separate EnrollFace and EnrollVoice settings.
The Loop components feature in Microsoft Word for the web, introduced to Targeted Release customers in December 2022, has been retired. Users can no longer insert new Loop components, but existing ones will work as usual. Loop components remain available in other apps and the Loop application.
The new calendar in Teams combines rich productivity features and the latest innovations like Microsoft Copilot, to help users more seamlessly manage their schedules, prepare for and recap meetings, and even identify optimal days for in-office collaboration. The new calendar in Teams is designed to be familiar and reliable, as it’s one unified calendar that works across new Outlook for Windows, Outlook on the web, Microsoft Places, and now Microsoft Teams. With this update, users will see the ‘New calendar’ toggle at the top right of the calendar app in Teams. New calendar is off by default, and users can toggle to try the new experience.
Classic Microsoft Purview Compliance portal will be retired by 2024 and the new Microsoft Purview portal will provide all existing capabilities and more. The new Purview portal offers a streamlined design and a unified experience, allowing you to discover and access data security, data governance, and risk and compliance solutions for all your data, wherever it resides across your data estate.
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