SharePoint Premium users can now enable/disable Unstructured, Structured, and Prebuilt Document Processing individually. Admins can turn off each service on the Microsoft Syntex admin page, and models of the turned-off service cannot be created or run. The rollout will occur automatically by mid-March 2024, and no admin action is required.
Users with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license will be able to receive answers grounded in their organizational Graph data with the Microsoft Start app. The app is available for iOS and Android.
This feature allows you to annotate and save PDF files with text boxes, when those files are stored in OneDrive and SharePoint. Users can access the annotation feature by opening the PDF in file viewer and selecting “edit”.
Microsoft Power Platform will be displayed as the modifier of files and items in SharePoint when modified by Power Automate flow or Power App. Users should inform site owners of the change in display.
Microsoft SharePoint is expanding Approvals to any list, allowing users to configure Approvals by going to the Automate dropdown from the command bar in SharePoint Online lists or in the Microsoft Lists app. The rollout will begin in mid-April 2024 for Targeted Release and early May for General Availability, with completion expected by early May and mid-June, respectively. Users can manually add approvals columns back into views at any time. Organizations should inform their users of the new functionality and include the Microsoft Support link in their end-user documentation and support process.
Microsoft Viva Engage is introducing Copilot and AI-powered Summarization in late April 2024 for all users with a premium Viva Engage license. Copilot provides personalized suggestions for what to post on Engage and offers collaboration on writing Engage posts. Copilot suggestions are powered by AI Summarization, which produces LLM-generated summaries of Engage posts. Admins can use the Viva Feature Access Management platform to control the availability of Copilot and AI Summarization in premium Viva Engage for the entire tenant and for select users and groups. No admin action is required to make Copilot available for use.
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will soon have a policy deletion enhancement allowing admins to delete all associated alerts and users in scope when deleting a policy. No action is needed to enable this feature. The update will roll out mid-May 2024 to mid-June 2024 for public preview and mid-July 2024 to late July 2024 for general availability worldwide. The solution can be accessed in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Learn more about creating and managing insider risk management policies on Microsoft Learn.
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is expanding its detections to Microsoft Fabric, with ready-to-use indicators based on user activities in Power BI. This update extends its risk detection capabilities to Microsoft Fabric products by offering ready-to-use risk indicators based on activities that may lead to a data security incident in Power BI. Insider Risk admins with appropriate permissions can opt into these new indicators in the new Microsoft Purview portal or in the Purview compliance portal at Insider Risk Management settings. The update will begin rolling out early April 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024.
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