Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Prompt suggestions in Copilot chat

Get started in Copilot chat quickly with automatic prompt suggestions that enhance your productivity by providing relevant and context-aware prompts based on your previous interactions.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- Alert Spotlighting

On the alert list page, high priority alerts will be spotlighted to help analysts prioritize the most important alerts first. Alerts are spotlighted based on predefined rules which are common across all tenants across all industries. Alert Spotlighting feature was developed to assist admins in prioritizing alerts to be triaged. Every generated alert has a risk score, a list of activities performed, tags, and triggers.

The Alert Spotlighting feature uses this information to decide whether an alert can be spotlighted. Based on a detailed study of alert triage patterns across tenants, we have developed a rule-based algorithm to spotlight alerts that would be of importance to admins, based on historical volume analysis.

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

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Outlook: Pinned ability to always see who is in the office based on Work Hours and Location

This introduces an “always on” ability to see who is in the office based on Work Hours and Location. This information will be pinned (available) on the top-right corner of the Calendar surface in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows

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Microsoft Teams: Block a user for your organization

With the availability of the delete API (removeallaccessforuser API), it does not stop the malicious user from resending the message to the same victim. To help prevent that, a block user API will allow the admin to block the malicious user from reaching out again. To make this even more effective, we will utilize a similar feature as the allow/block list in federation to block the malicious user from the entire organization.

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Microsoft Teams: Improvements to the “Manage what attendees see” feature

Microsoft Teams is enhancing the “Manage what attendees see” feature with new intuitive controls for a simpler event production and professional attendee viewing experience. This update is already available for Targeted Release and will roll out globally from late August to early September 2024. The update will apply automatically, with no admin action needed, but users should be informed and documentation updated. A test session is recommended to familiarize with the new controls.

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New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and the web: Use the Ctrl Y shortcut to jump to a folder

The new Microsoft Outlook update allows users to quickly navigate to folders using the Ctrl+Y shortcut and typing the folder name. This feature is rolling out from late July to mid-September 2024 and will be on by default. No admin action is required for the rollout.

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Microsoft Graph API is generally available in v1.0 to manage username, group names, and site names

The message details the general availability of Microsoft Graph API v1.0 for managing names and the upcoming release of two APIs for updating and getting admin report settings. Rollout starts early August 2024, with completion by mid-August. Global admins can change name display settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center. No action is required before the rollout.

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Microsoft Outlook: Updated behavior for “OpenLinks” app configuration keys for Android/iOS

Microsoft Outlook’s behavior for “OpenLinks” app configuration keys on Android/iOS is updated. Two keys control hyperlink behavior, with changes rolling out in mid-September 2024. Documentation will be updated to reflect the new functionality, and organizations may need to review their configurations.

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Schedule with Copilot from an Email

Outlook’s new feature, Schedule with Copilot, allows enterprise users with Copilot licenses to schedule meetings directly from an email thread. It’s rolling out in mid to late August 2024 for the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web. No action is required to prepare for this release.

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Microsoft Lists: Add attachments to forms

Users will be able to add attachment fields to enhance their list forms. This feature allows users to upload files directly to the form, providing additional context or necessary documentation.

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