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Microsoft Viva: Connections news notifications on desktop
With this release, existing news notifications in Viva Connections mobile will also be available in Viva Connections desktop.
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With this release, existing news notifications in Viva Connections mobile will also be available in Viva Connections desktop.
This will allow users to start a Teams chat directly from an email message with the sender or all of the recipients in the email, the Teams chat opens in Outlook – so users can chat and continue their workflow in Outlook. #newoutlookforwindows
The appearance and behavior of Report Phishing/Report Junk actions in Outlook for iOS and Outlook for Android can be controlled by admins using User Reported Settings in security.microsoft.com. Admins will be able to control whether these Report actions appear in Outlook, where these messages get reported to, and whether the user is prompted when they report phishing or junk. Admins will also be able to customize text and other aspects of the dialogs that appear before and after users’ report phishing or junk.
Microsoft Teams will soon bring Workflows powered by Microsoft Power Automate to the three-dot menu for files shared in Teams chat or channels. Users will be able to select the three-dot menu on files shared in Teams chat or channels, and then choose Workflows to configure and run workflows for files. The feature will only be available in the New Teams client on the desktop and on the web. No action is needed from users to prepare for this rollout.
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will soon improve indicators for “Deleting of SharePoint files/folders” to include files/folders moved to the recycle bin. No action is required, but organizations may want to adjust indicator thresholds. Access the solution in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Rollout begins early April 2024.
Microsoft Graph eDiscovery premium API will expand to support items stored in Microsoft Exchange, including emails and calendar invitations. The limit for each purge action per unique location will expand from 10 to 100 items per location. This feature will improve the consistency and scope of the purge action for scenarios such as data spillage or malicious content remediation. Admins responsible for Teams and Exchange purge should review the updated documentation and existing processes, validate the behavior of the eDiscovery premium purge API, and make any related updates to internal organization process and documentation.
Copilot responses in Microsoft Teams Mobile meetings and calls will include a citation number for easy access to the content source. The rollout will begin mid-April 2024 and no admin action is required. Improved user experience and productivity is expected.
OneDrive for web will have a Media node added to the left navigation, allowing commercial customers to view photo and video content stored in their OneDrive in a single view. This will be available worldwide in April 2024, and end-users will be able to perform actions on the media content in this view. No action is required to prepare, but updating user training and notifying end-users may be beneficial.
Microsoft Teams is introducing a new feature that allows admins to pre-pin and pre-install meeting apps for users. This update extends the functionality to meeting apps, streamlining the user’s experience, especially during meetings. Admins can choose the meeting apps to pre-pin and pre-install, and no specific actions are required to prepare for this feature update. The rollout will begin in early April 2024 and is expected to complete by mid-April 2024 worldwide.
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