Microsoft 365 admin center: Adoption Score AI assistance category

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We are introducing a new people experiences category in Adoption Score in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The new category helps organizations understand the adoption of Microsoft Copilot features in Microsoft 365. This AI assistance category includes a score on a 100-point scale to help track the overall adoption of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365. This score for the AI assistance category will be available in preview and will not impact the overall Adoption Score. 

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Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: General availability of Enhancements tothe unusual activity booster detection

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out general availability of Enhancements to the unusual activity booster detection.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 115493

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End of support for the Microsoft 365 app browser extension

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

The Microsoft 365 app browser extension (formerly named Office browser extension) is a free extension available on Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome that gives you access to your Microsoft 365 apps and documents on the web. This extension will reach retirement and end of support on January 15th, 2024. 

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

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft will retire Stream (Classic) on April 15, 2024 and all videos on Stream (Classic) will be deleted after the retirement date. Stream (Classic) has already been auto disabled for end users, and admins can delay this change till the retirement date. Admins must migrate their tenant’s Stream (Classic) data to Stream (on SharePoint) before the retirement date to prevent data loss.

Note: GCC customers have a different retirement timeline. Timelines for WW as well as GCC tenants can be found here Migration & retirement timeline.

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Microsoft Managed Desktop – Feature Update: Windows 11 23H2 Test Group Enablement

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Managed Desktop is preparing for the release of Windows 11 23H2 by enabling customers to start testing the new version of the OS.

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Microsoft 365 Groups Connected Viva Goals Teams

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Viva Goals is launching this new team set up experience that enables end users to leverage their existing Microsoft 365 groups that they already own to create teams. The connected experience provides an effortless way for team owners to leverage the group membership and policy settings used commonly by Teams, SharePoint and other cloud apps. With this Microsoft 365 group-connected Viva Goals Teams experience, users will be able to also set their team` Viva Goals content as restricted and protect their team OKRs from unintended access.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 165682

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance Insightful Policy Performance – Public Preview

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Coming soon to public preview, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance is introducing Insightful Policy Performance, a useful addition to Communication Compliance. This provides real-time visibility into scanning progress and updates on parent items that meet policy conditions.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 145793

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Community Campaigns in Viva Engage

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Introducing community campaigns to boost engagement within your community. Now, community admins can easily create campaigns directly within the community. Simply locate the campaign’s right rail, click the plus button, and fill in campaign details like #hashtag, description, and default publisher in the pop-up. 

Campaigns start as drafts, allowing admins to upload cover photos, set goals, and pin links before hitting the publish button. Admins and regular users can view all community campaigns by clicking “View all campaigns” in the right rail. 

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SharePoint Add-In retirement in Microsoft 365

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Since the release of SharePoint Add-Ins in 2013, Microsoft has evolved SharePoint extensibility using SharePoint Framework (SPFx) enabling you to write applications that can be used in Microsoft SharePoint, Viva Connections and Microsoft Teams. With our continued investment in SharePoint Framework, Microsoft is retiring SharePoint Add-Ins.

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Azure ACS retirement in Microsoft 365

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 30, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Since the first use of Azure ACS (Access Control Services) by SharePoint in 2013, Microsoft has evolved the authorization and authentication options for SharePoint Online via Microsoft Entra ID (a.k.a. Azure AD). Using Microsoft Entra ID as auth platform for your SharePoint Online customizations will provide your applications the most secure, compliant and future proof model. With our continued investment in Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft is retiring the use of Azure ACS as auth platform for SharePoint Online.

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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.