Microsoft Teams: Simplified sign in for iOS and Android devices

Note: If your organization does not support mobile devices, you can ignore this message.

Microsoft Teams admins will now have the capability to make sign in faster for iOS and Android device users by prefilling domain names using app configuration policies. This change will especially benefit frontline workers who frequently sign in and out of a shared device.

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New Teams rollout schedule for Commercial and EDU customers

This is an updated timeline for the rollout of the new Teams to Commercial and Education customers. The new Teams is available for all customers today and is being enabled in stages as defined below. Teams Admin Center policy controls will remain available until end of March 2024, at which point they will only apply to your VDI users if applicable. We have heard your feedback; if we are unable to update to new Teams by the end of March, users will be allowed to remain on classic Teams until classic Teams is no longer available. More updates on the end of availability will come in the next few weeks.

We recommend updating your organization to the latest version of the new Teams at your earliest convenience as all new feature development will only be available in new Teams. Comprehensive documentation is available here: End of availability for classic Teams client – Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit – New filters in Audit Search

Audit Search allows customers to retrieve audit logs relevant to a security or compliance investigation. With this change, customers will now be able to search for relevant audit logs using additional fields such as ObjectId, UserKey, UserType, IP Address, DocumentId, SiteId, and AppId.

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Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone

Users can now record themselves anywhere and share it with coworkers in the Microsoft Teams chat or channel without worrying about the background. Users can now change their background to any image they want or make the background blurry while recording using their Microsoft Teams camera on iOS devices.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380852

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Microsoft Viva Engage: Updates to conversation analytics

New features are coming to conversation analytics in Microsoft Viva Engage! By the end of March, users will notice a new look for analytics on their posts. Conversation analytics will refresh faster with real-time updates, the expanded set of reactions will show in the reactions breakdown, and users will be able to filter activity across various time periods (7 days–12 months). These updates will be available to all customers with a Microsoft 365 license. Additional capabilities like sentiment analysis and more detailed engagement breakdowns will be available only to customers with a Viva Suite or Viva Employee Communications and Communities license.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 168625.

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Microsoft SharePoint: New Embedded Admin role impact

Microsoft SharePoint Embedded, currently in Public Preview, is an API-only solution empowering app developers to leverage the file and document storage in Microsoft 365 to create line-of-business or multitenant applications. Microsoft Loop is an example of a SharePoint Embedded application.

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Planned Maintenance – Windows Autopatch configuration update – March 2024

Planned Maintenance: As part of our routine device management services, we will deploy the next update of the Windows Autopatch baseline (version 2403) to your Microsoft Entra ID organization (tenant). 

When this will happen:

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New Microsoft 365 app launcher for web apps

We are excited to announce an update to the Microsoft 365 app launcher for web apps.

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February skilling snacks: Bite-sized learning for IT pros

Visit our updated learning series on all things Windows. Every two weeks, we package available resources on a different topic in a way that is easy to consume in under two hours each. This professional development opportunity is appropriate for all skill levels, from entry-level to senior and seasoned.  

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Viva Topics To Be Retired

Viva Topics will be retired as Microsoft focuses our efforts on building new knowledge and content experiences in Microsoft Copilot. 

When will this happen:

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