Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – User exclusion

This introduces the ability to exclude users and groups from IRM policies. 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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Microsoft Edge: Edge on MacOS now seamlessly opens links in Teams

When you set the default browser to Microsoft Edge on MacOS and enable the feature, web links from the Teams desktop app sent via chats, channels, calendar, and other entry points will seamlessly open automatically in the profile that is signed into Teams app and skips the need to reauthenticate in the browser making it faster and easier to access content. Administrators can control the availability of this feature using the “Choose Which Browser Opens Web Links” Microsoft 365 policy.

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Outlook: Offline app boot

This introduces the ability to open or restart the new Outlook for Windows when not connected to the internet. Previously, you needed a connection to the internet to open or restart the new Outlook. Offline access is only supported when the app is already running and then goes offline. Opening and restarting the app while offline will be introduced with this rollout. #newoutlookforwindows

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Oversharing Pop-up enhancements on Outlook win32 desktop

We are expanding the functionality of oversharing pop-ups (Show policy tip as a dialog) in outlook win32 to support additional scenarios powered with predicates such as Content is not labeled and Message/Attachment is not labeled, File extension is. It will also support a customizable oversharing dialog with the ability to configure custom title, body, business justifications, and dynamic variables/tokens for matched recipients, attachment names, and labels.

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Power Platform admin center – Information about the new AI prompts feature setting

AI prompts setting is available now in the Power Platform admin center (PPAC).

How does this affect me?

Admins can now control AI prompts availability in Power Platform and Copilot Studio for a given environment through PPAC. To access this new feature setting, please follow the below steps in PPAC:

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

  • Current Channel

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The August 2024 Windows non-security preview update is now available for Windows 11, versions 23H2 and 22H2

The August 2024 non-security preview update is now available for Windows 11, versions 23H2 and 22H2. The non-security preview update for Windows 10, version 22H2 will be available soon. Information about the contents of this update is available from the release notes, which are accessible from the Windows 11 update history page. To learn more about the different types of monthly quality updates, see Windows monthly updates explained. To be informed about the latest updates and releases, follow us on X @WindowsUpdate.

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CAPTCHA Verification for Anonymous Meeting Participants

Microsoft Teams is introducing CAPTCHA verification for anonymous participants, rolling out in early to mid-October 2024. This feature, which is off by default, can be enabled by Tenant Admins in the Teams Admin Center to provide additional security.

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Microsoft Defender for Identity: New recommendations for Microsoft Secure Score

Microsoft Defender for Identity will soon add new recommendations to Microsoft Secure Score, automatically updating scores to better reflect security posture. Public Preview and General Availability rollouts will begin mid-September 2024. Organizations should review Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to prepare.

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Viva Pulse: Measure Microsoft Copilot impact for Microsoft 365 with the Copilot Dashboard-Pulse integration

The Microsoft Copilot Dashboard, integrated with Viva Pulse, helps measure the impact of Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft 365. It provides insights for AI readiness, adoption, and ROI measurement. The dashboard will allow launching and viewing of Pulse surveys, which will be available worldwide in early to mid-September 2024. Admins need to ensure necessary licenses and access are in place.

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