New Microsoft Teams for Web: Now generally available for Firefox, Safari, and Linux

Microsoft Teams for Web is now available for Firefox, Safari, and Linux users. It supports the latest three versions of Firefox and the latest two versions of Safari. Users can switch back to classic Teams for Web until mid-May 2024. No admin action is required before the rollout.

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Microsoft Teams: Tenant-wide policy for permission to download meeting transcription

Microsoft Teams is introducing a tenant-wide policy to control permissions for downloading meeting transcripts, with IT admins able to exempt certain security group members. The rollout begins mid-May 2024 for Targeted Release and extends to General Availability in various stages through August 2024. Default transcript permissions will also be updated post-rollout.

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Managing Microsoft Viva Engage no longer requires the assignment of a Microsoft 365 license seat

Global and Engage admins can manage Microsoft Viva Engage without a dedicated service plan after a change in May 2024. Other admin roles still require a “Viva Engage Core” plan. Admins should adjust licenses accordingly and update documentation. Rollout is automatic.

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Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Exfiltration of business sensitive data to free public domain emails

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is introducing a feature to detect exfiltration of sensitive data to free public domain emails, with a public preview in mid-May 2024 and general availability in late June 2024. The update enhances email insight alerts and adds new domain detection for better security incident prevention.

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Plan for Change: Updates to Basic Mobility and Security URLs and user interface

In mid-May 2024, Basic Mobility and Security will undergo updates including UI changes and new URL locations. The device list UI will be updated, and the URL will change to https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home#/IntuneDevices. APNs certificate management will move to the Microsoft Azure portal, and activating Basic Mobility and Security will shift to the Microsoft Purview overview page. Organizations should inform IT admins and update documentation and firewalls accordingly.

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Plan for Change: Migrate classic Conditional Access policies

Azure AD Graph is retiring, and admins must migrate classic Conditional Access policies to Microsoft Graph by July 10, 2024. Failure to migrate will prevent new device enrollment and compliance via the Company Portal and Intune apps across various platforms.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Bring the latest from your organization into your Word chats with Microsoft Copilot Graph-grounded search

Ask Copilot a question in Word chat, and Copilot generates an answer using the rich, people-centric data and insights in the Microsoft cloud. That’s the power of Copilot and Microsoft Graph.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Bing search integration brings the power of the web to your chats in Word

Ask Copilot a question in Word chat, and Copilot generates an answer using the power of integrated Bing search. And you never have to leave the app.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Excel – Formula Conditional Formatting

Additional support for complex conditional formats beyond the basic top and bottom or conditional operators. For example, Copilot analyzes two factors when highlighting all rows where the product is bikes and sales is greater than 100.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Enhanced multiple action experience from Threat explorer

SecOps can take multiple actions such as purging emails, submissions, and Tenant-level block actions through a single wizard on the bulk of messages. In addition, Tenant-level block URL and File actions are now available directly from Threat explorer.

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