Licensed Microsoft Viva Pulse users will soon be able to access Viva Pulse directly from the Viva Connections dashboard. Admins need to add a Viva Pulse card to the dashboard. Rollout starts early June 2024, with full availability by late June 2024. No admin action required before rollout.
Starting May 16, 2024, Microsoft will require add-in developers to prompt users for device permissions on Edge and Chrome for the web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. A Device Permission API will be available to facilitate this change. No admin action is required before the rollout.
The ability to export data from the retired calendar board view in Microsoft Outlook will be discontinued on June 15, 2024. Users should export their data before this date to prevent data loss.
Admins and corporate communicators will be able to see any leaders who were added or removed in Viva Engage, as well as any audiences and removed from a leader in Viva Engage.
The Files tab in chat is now ‘Shared’. The shared tab shows all the files and links that were sent in the chat, making it easier to find them- all in one place. Channels are not affected by this change.
Catch-up is a new experience in Copilot which aims to proactively help users catch up and take action on important updates. It contains a group of cards. Each card has an update related to an important meeting or document. It will work in M365chat and Teams Copilot. It shows up as a tab on the home page.
Copilot Lab will allow users to browse and use suggested prompts in Copilot for Microsoft 365 on mobile platforms.
The Graph API provides access to Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage insights and analytics, allowing for the creation of customized reporting and analytics.
The Defender for Cloud Apps experience in Defender XDR is now generally available. Auto-redirection is enabled by default for all customers, and starting June 16th, 2024, there will be no opt-out option available.
This Message center post outlines some of the reasons why users may remain on classic Teams and what steps the administrators need to take to transition users to new Teams or address existing problems. This applies to Commercial, EDU, Government cloud customers as well as VDI environment users. Reference to our last MC post regarding End of Support and End of availability (MC783985 April ’24)
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