Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Detect AIP labelled files (pfile) using the condition “content contains sensitivity label”

Data Loss Prevention policy supports a condition to detect if a file contains certain label. Today, office (DOCX, PPTX, XLSX) and PDF files are supported. This feature will support files other than Office and PDF also where MIP label is applied using AIP labelling client.

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Microsoft Stream: Audio tracks and descriptions for Stream on SharePoint

Video owners and editors will soon have the ability to upload multiple audio tracks in a single video when using Stream (on SharePoint). These audio tracks will act as alternates to the main audio track.  This feature can be used to add multiple language audio tracks for multi-lingual organizations, or to add audio descriptive tracks or to add audio tracks for other purposes. Viewers of the video will be able to select which audio track they would like to hear by clicking the Audio Tracks button (headphones icon) in the video player.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) – App Permissions for Graph API

Now organizations who are automating eDiscovery workflows will be able to authenticate and execute workflows with an application based authentication method.

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OneDrive: OneDrive Sync Account Detection

The OneDrive Sync client for work and school will show a one-time message to users who sign into a personal OneDrive account on their work machine. The message will only be shown if the personal OneDrive account is already available in the Windows account manager. The message will provide users a one-click option to configure their personal account with OneDrive.  If users choose to enable the feature, then they will be able to see both personal and work/school files in their work/school OneDrive and in File Explorer.

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Exchange: Client Credential Flow for SMTP AUTH

Client Credential Flow for SMTP AUTH allows applications to use Modern authentication for submitting authenticated emails to Exchange Online without an interactive sign-on.

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OneDrive: Color and font changes in OneDrive for Web

We are introducing minor color, font, and icon changes to user interface on OneDrive for Web.

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OneDrive: Navigation updates in OneDrive for Web

OneDrive for Web will soon support the ability to expand or collapse the left navigation bar. Additionally, OneDrive will have a new command, in the form of a button labeled “+ Add new”, for creating new content and uploading files/folders. This command will be available across Home, My Files, Shared, Favorites, Recycle bin, and all Shared libraries in the Quick Access section. Note: upload functionality will be accessed via the “+ Add new” command.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Recommended thresholds in policy wizard

With this update, admins with the appropriate permissions can get tailored recommended thresholds for all the built-in indicators within the policy wizard. This feature enables organizations to finetune their insider risk policies and get an optimal number of alerts. 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 to manage security and compliance. 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 Teams: The new Microsoft Teams app

The new Teams has been reimagined from the ground up, delivering up to two times faster performance while using 50 percent less memory. It enables users to collaborate with people across organizational boundaries by seamlessly using Teams across multiple tenants or accounts.

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Stream (Classic) retirement date extended to April 15, 2024

As mentioned in previous message center posts (MC516263, February ’23), Microsoft is retiring Stream (Classic). Some of the retirement dates for Stream (Classic) have been extended. The new retirement date is April 15, 2024. Certain parts of the service will retire sooner unless you take action, so make sure you review the retirement timeline, prepare your users for this change, and start migrating. The successor service Stream (on SharePoint) is currently available for all customers to begin using. Encourage your users to upload and manage videos in SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Viva Engage directly.

See the full retirement timeline for more details: Migration & retirement timeline.

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