Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Improved Data Loss Prevention policy tips

Microsoft Purview | Information Protection will update DLP policy tips for consistency across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows, aligning with SharePoint Online and OneDrive. Public Preview begins early June 2024, with General Availability starting mid-July 2024. No admin action is required before rollout.

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Meeting cost and quality insights will be available in Viva Insights

Microsoft Viva Insights is introducing a new meeting cost and quality report and improved features for managing meeting time. These will roll out from mid-May to early June 2024 for users with a Viva Insights premium license. Admins can manage feature access using VFAM.

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Microsoft Teams: Town hall Graph APIs

Microsoft Teams Live Events is being replaced by Teams Town Hall, supported by new Microsoft Graph APIs releasing end of May 2024. These APIs will enable management of Town Halls and their components. Rollout begins July 2024, with no admin action needed but user notification recommended.

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Microsoft Teams: New onboarding to teams and channels

Microsoft Teams is introducing a new onboarding process for joining teams and channels, starting in June 2024. This update, which applies to web and desktop versions, allows team owners to recommend channels, streamlining the experience for team members. Rollout will be automatic, with no admin action needed.

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Microsoft Teams: New file image previews in messages

Microsoft Teams will soon introduce file image previews in chats and channels, enhancing content interaction. This feature allows users to see a small preview of attached files like images, PowerPoint, or PDFs. Rollouts begin in June 2024, with different completion dates for various user groups. No admin action is needed before the rollout.

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Microsoft Viva: Copilot assisted hours update in Microsoft Copilot dashboard

Microsoft Viva is updating the Copilot Dashboard to provide a detailed breakdown of Copilot assisted hours for Viva or Viva Insights subscribers. The update, which requires no admin action, will start rolling out in early May 2024 and complete by mid-May 2024. Users should be informed of this change.

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Microsoft Purview | Information Protection – Sensitivity label protection policy for Azure SQL, Storage, and Amazon S3

Microsoft Purview’s Information Protection introduces a new feature, Protection Policy, for label-based protection on Azure SQL, Data Lake Gen 2, Blob Storage, and Amazon S3. General availability starts early November 2024, with a public preview phase free of cost, followed by pay-as-you-go pricing. Prepare by creating a policy in the Purview Portal. Roadmap ID: 394282.

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Dynamics 365 Apps – Public Preview of delete stub, unlicensed and removed Microsoft Entra group users from Dataverse

We are announcing the Public Preview of delete stub, unlicensed and removed Microsoft Entra group users from Dataverse environments. Launching May 1, 2024, this feature will provide you with the ability to delete users with a disabled status in your Dataverse environment, offering greater flexibility in adhering to privacy laws and regulatory requirements, and to free up storage space.

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SharePoint: Sensitive information processing model

SharePoint Premium users will now have the capability to apply a prebuilt sensitive information processing model to SharePoint libraries. This model is designed to detect and possibly extract sensitive information from documents upon their library.

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Microsoft Teams: Users will now be notified when their admin unblocks a requested app

Users on teams will be notified when their IT Admin unblocks an app that was previously requested by the user.

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