Microsoft Viva: Manage spotlight settings in Viva Connections

Elevate your Connections experience with more control over what appears in the spotlight section. Operators will have the ability to pin items, including hyperlinks from any source, onto the spotlight section and select SharePoint sites as additional content sources to dynamically populate the spotlight section.

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Microsoft Teams: Prevent user from sharing content in externally hosted meetings (Premium)

If a user attends a meeting hosted by an external tenant, the IT admin of the person attending the externally hosted meeting can decide in which externally hosted meetings the user can share their content.

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New steps have been released to mitigate Kerberos signature validation vulnerabilities

The April 2024 security update released on April 9, 2024 addresses a security vulnerability in the Kerberos PAC Validation Protocol. New Take Action steps have been released as part of KB5037754 to prevent bypassing PAC signature validation security checks added in KB5020805: How to manage Kerberos protocol changes related to CVE-2022-37967.

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Loop components in Microsoft OneNote

Loop components will be available in Microsoft OneNote, enhancing collaboration and productivity. Rollout for OneNote Web starts early April 2024, and for the Desktop App, early June 2024. Users can insert Loop components for real-time collaboration. Admins should update policies and documentation to prepare. Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 379968 is associated with this update.

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Microsoft Viva | Viva Goals: Add images to check-In notes and review dashboards

Viva Goals will allow users to attach images to check-in notes and dashboard updates. This feature will be generally available in early May 2024, with no other functionality changes for users with existing permissions. Documentation will be updated before the rollout. No admin action is required.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Bulk replacement or removal of a retention label

Admins can perform a bulk replacement or removal of a retention label using the Purview compliance portal. They can perform the action across the entire tenant or targeted to specific content using KQL and static or adaptive scopes.

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Microsoft Teams: Ability to block Attendee Emails from Teams Town Halls

This feature allows the organizers of town halls to block the sending of attendee emails from Microsoft Teams.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints – Archive File Support for Mac Endpoints

DLP will inspect the content of every archive file when it is created, modified, or read. On inspection, all the files (of supported file format) within the archive file will be classified and evaluated against active DLP policies. After, the archive file will get the applicable auditing/enforcement policy applied to it.

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Microsoft Edge: Desktop shortcut for new Microsoft Enterprise SKU devices

New Microsoft Enterprise SKU devices will automatically have a Microsoft Edge desktop shortcut after the first Windows Out of Box Experience. This starts mid-April 2024 with Edge version 124, requiring no admin action but may necessitate user notification and documentation updates.

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Microsoft Viva Engage: Delegates and admins can close conversations in Storylines and Communities

Microsoft Viva Engage will soon allow delegates and admins to close conversations in Storylines and Communities. This update, linked to Roadmap ID 382930, will roll out in early April 2024. The new feature supports psychological safety goals and includes the ability to reopen conversations. No preparation is needed for this rollout.

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