Microsoft Edge Data and Consent Changes in European Economic Area

Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 14, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Note: If your organization does not have users in European Economic Area, you can safely disregard this message.

To prepare for the Digital Markets Act, Microsoft Edge will roll out changes starting no earlier than February 20, 2024, that will go into effect in the European Economic Area (EEA). This will allow end users in the EEA the option to uninstall the Microsoft Edge browser. In addition, Microsoft Edge will no longer rely on the Windows diagnostic group policies in the areas affected by the Digital Markets Act. It will instead use the Microsoft Edge group policy, DiagnosticData, for diagnostic data collection. Edge version 122 will also introduce a new policy, UrlDiagnosticDataEnabled, to enable more control over optional data collection. This policy provides the ability for your organization to send optional diagnostic data to help with critical product improvements and stability but avoid sharing URLs of pages visited and per-page usage.

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Microsoft Teams for Windows is discontinuing support for the legacy ADAL Authentication SDK

Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 14, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Note: This message is relevant to organizations that haven’t yet fully transitioned to New Teams on Windows PCs. If every Teams user in your organization is already using New Teams, no further action is required.

New Teams removes support for ADAL (Active Directory Authentication Library), a legacy SDK used in rare cases by Teams Classic. This change is part of our broader effort to improve performance and security.

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An updated version of the February 2024 security update Scan Cab for Windows Server Update Services is available

Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 14, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

IMPORTANT: this notice only affects environments where:
  • This notice only affects environments where Scan Cab is used to check for update compliance.
  • The Scan Cab for the February 2024 security update was deployed before 4:00 PM PST on February 13, 2024.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 14, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

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

  • Current Channel
  • Monthly Enterprise Channel
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

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Take action: February 2024 security update is now available

Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 14, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

The February 2024 security update is now available for Windows 11 and all supported versions of Windows 10. We recommend that you install these updates promptly. For more information about the contents of this update, see the release notes, which are easily accessible from the Windows 11 and Windows 10 update history pages. 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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Microsoft Stream: Site-level video analytics dashboard

Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 13, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

This dashboard gives access to aggregated analytics for videos on a SharePoint site. This feature will go live in late January for customers enrolled in the private preview of Stream advanced video analytics. Customers interested in applying to join the private preview may submit an application via the URL associated with this roadmap item.

We expect the dashboard to enter general availability in June. The metrics on this dashboard are divided into the following sections:

  • First, the Lifetime Video report contains 3 metrics for videos on the SharePoint site—Total Views, Unique Viewers, and Average Watch Rate.
  • Second, Video Traffic report shows views and viewer patterns across the last 7 days, 30 days, and 90 days.
  • Third, Video Usage shows views by device and geolocation. Fourth, Top 20 Videos shows a list of the most popular videos on the SharePoint site in the last week.

More info: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbRxtVxJyO0BFOoG0pvqGnDONUM0dCQU9LMkpUUkkwWU9FR0NORUVNTExJSy4u

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Microsoft Teams: Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Teams chat on mobile

Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 13, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Users will be able to easily access Copilot on the Teams mobile app.

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Microsoft Teams: Limit Presenter Role Permissions

Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 13, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Organizers who schedule meetings where attendees are presenters by default will now have a secured Microsoft Teams meetings experience. We are introducing a PowerShell, so admins can control the presenter role permissions in untrusted environments, such as EDU, where students assigned as presenters can remove other students from the meeting. 

Key changes that apply to personal and work or school accounts excluding Microsoft Teams Rooms:

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Data Loss Prevention – Enriched Data Loss Prevention (DLP) alert email notifications for DLP admins

Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 13, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

There is now increased information in the alert email notification sent to the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) admins upon a DLP policy match. Previously a DLP alert email only included the user activity and the type of sensitive information matched in the alert. Now, DLP admins will get additional context such as alert ID, policy details, device details, and more. This will help admins quickly assess the priority of an alert and determine the next steps before navigating to the Microsoft Purview DLP alerts page or Microsoft 365 Defender DLP alerts page.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369645

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Retirement of entities in Outlook for contextual add-ins

Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 13, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We’re making some changes to the way Outlook supports contextual add-ins. Contextual add-ins activate based on the content of an email message or a meeting request. Currently, Outlook supports two methods for activating contextual add-ins: entity stamping and regular expression (regex) matching.

Entity stamping is a process where Outlook identifies and highlights certain types of data in a message, such as addresses, phone numbers, meeting suggestions, and task suggestions. When a user clicks on a highlighted entity, Outlook shows a list of add-ins that are relevant to that entity.

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Joao Ferreira

I've been working with Microsoft Technologies over the last ten years, mainly focused on creating collaboration and productivity solutions that drive the adoption of Microsoft Modern Workplace.