Reminder: Stream (Classic) retires on April 15, 2024, and all unmigrated videos will be deleted

Stream (Classic) will retire on April 15, 2024, and all unmigrated videos will be deleted. Admins must migrate their tenant’s Stream (Classic) data to Stream (on SharePoint) before the retirement date to prevent data loss. Stream (on SharePoint) offers many capabilities, including recording and playing videos directly in many everyday work and school apps, advanced recording tools, searchability, and analytics. Microsoft has created a migration tool to transfer videos to SharePoint, and admins can also refer to a 1-day migration guide.

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Microsoft Teams: Explicit transcription consent to transcribe meetings

Microsoft Teams will require explicit consent from participants for transcription during meetings if the policy ‘get recording and transcription consent’ is turned on. This will roll out worldwide between April and July 2024. Admins should ensure the policy is on. Participants who do not consent cannot unmute, turn on their camera, or share content during the meeting.

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Support continues after Log Analytics Agent retires on August 31, 2024

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will continue to be supported after the retirement of Log Analytics Agent on August 31, 2024. No immediate action is required, but it is recommended to upgrade to the latest available agent and versions will cease to function as of October 1, 2024. Notify admins and update documentation as appropriate. Learn more through provided links.

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Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Contextual Summaries with Copilot for Security

Microsoft Purview’s Communication Compliance will introduce contextual summaries of policy matches in Copilot for Security. This feature will help investigators identify potentially risky content and understand the meaning of the content with just one click. Public preview will begin in early April 2024 and general availability worldwide will begin in early June 2024. Users must have a Copilot for Security license and proper permissions to use this feature. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides tools to detect business conduct and regulatory compliance violations.

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Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Interact with Copilot in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Interact with Copilot in Outlook, ask questions, or provide instructions directly inside Outlook. Users can type and receive responses from Copilot in a right-hand side panel that can be opened by the user by clicking on the Copilot icon in the top nav bar. #newoutlookforwindows

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Protect your most sensitive content with double key encryption

Double Key Encryption (DKE) provides organizations with a second encryption key for your most sensitive content.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/double-key-encryption

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Tenant Allow Block list in GCC, GCCH, and DoD

All the Tenant Allow/Block functionality as present in WW environment will be available to admins and security analyst of GCC, GCCH, and DoD.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel – Graph Grounded Chat

Ask Copilot for answers grounded in your work content from the Microsoft Graph—your chats, documents, meetings, and emails—beyond your active Excel workbook. If you’re analyzing a workbook and want to enhance your understanding using information from another source in your tenant, just ask Copilot in Excel.

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What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for March 2024

The message announces the latest Microsoft Intune Service Update for March 2024, with changes to be seen in the Tenant Status blade of the Intune console soon. Users can learn more about the update by clicking on the provided links.

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Retirement of Policy Management for Draft with Copilot in Outlook

The message announces the retirement of the Policy Management feature for Draft with Copilot in Outlook on April 15, 2024. Administrators will no longer be able to disable Draft with Copilot in Outlook, and instead, eDiscovery for Copilot in Outlook is recommended.

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