Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Changes to cloud app catalog

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is making some changes to the cloud app catalog to improve our app risk scoring.

When this will happen:

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Data Loss Prevention: Adding matched attachment details in Activity Explorer for Data Loss Prevention rules in Exchange

We are adding new fields in Microsoft Exchange to help prevent data loss. With these updates, admins can see more details about the attachments that are present in the email that violated the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules, including name, size, and labels. There will be new fields for the attachments that are in emails when they match a DLP rule that will be displayed in Activity Explorer, DLP Alerts, and Microsoft Theft Protection (MTP) Alerts. With these updates, you can get better insights into the violation that has occurred even before you start getting into the finer details of the issue.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369015

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Privileged Access Management (PAM) for Microsoft Graph Data Connect (MGDC) will be retired on April 30, 2024

Privileged Access Management (PAM) for Microsoft Graph Data Connect (MGDC) will be retired – all tenants must use the new MGDC onboarding experience after this date. If your tenant is already using the new onboarding experience, you may disregard this message.

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Microsoft Viva: URL changes for Viva Insights on the web and analyst workbench

The URLs for Microsoft Viva Insights on the web and analyst workbench will be updated as part of a broader effort across Microsoft to transition to a single domain directly tied to the Microsoft brand.

The new URLs are as follows:

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Microsoft Edge Data and Consent Changes in European Economic Area

Note: If your organization does not have users in European Economic Area, you can safely disregard this message.

To prepare for the Digital Markets Act, Microsoft Edge will roll out changes starting no earlier than February 20, 2024, that will go into effect in the European Economic Area (EEA). This will allow end users in the EEA the option to uninstall the Microsoft Edge browser. In addition, Microsoft Edge will no longer rely on the Windows diagnostic group policies in the areas affected by the Digital Markets Act. It will instead use the Microsoft Edge group policy, DiagnosticData, for diagnostic data collection. Edge version 122 will also introduce a new policy, UrlDiagnosticDataEnabled, to enable more control over optional data collection. This policy provides the ability for your organization to send optional diagnostic data to help with critical product improvements and stability but avoid sharing URLs of pages visited and per-page usage.

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Microsoft Teams for Windows is discontinuing support for the legacy ADAL Authentication SDK

Note: This message is relevant to organizations that haven’t yet fully transitioned to New Teams on Windows PCs. If every Teams user in your organization is already using New Teams, no further action is required.

New Teams removes support for ADAL (Active Directory Authentication Library), a legacy SDK used in rare cases by Teams Classic. This change is part of our broader effort to improve performance and security.

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An updated version of the February 2024 security update Scan Cab for Windows Server Update Services is available

IMPORTANT: this notice only affects environments where:
  • This notice only affects environments where Scan Cab is used to check for update compliance.
  • The Scan Cab for the February 2024 security update was deployed before 4:00 PM PST on February 13, 2024.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

We’ve released updates to the following update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps:

  • Current Channel
  • Monthly Enterprise Channel
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

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Take action: February 2024 security update is now available

The February 2024 security update is now available for Windows 11 and all supported versions of Windows 10. We recommend that you install these updates promptly. For more information about the contents of this update, see the release notes, which are easily accessible from the Windows 11 and Windows 10 update history pages. To learn more about the different types of monthly quality updates, see Windows monthly updates explained. To be informed about the latest updates and releases, follow us on X @WindowsUpdate.

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Microsoft Stream: Site-level video analytics dashboard

This dashboard gives access to aggregated analytics for videos on a SharePoint site. This feature will go live in late January for customers enrolled in the private preview of Stream advanced video analytics. Customers interested in applying to join the private preview may submit an application via the URL associated with this roadmap item.

We expect the dashboard to enter general availability in June. The metrics on this dashboard are divided into the following sections:

  • First, the Lifetime Video report contains 3 metrics for videos on the SharePoint site—Total Views, Unique Viewers, and Average Watch Rate.
  • Second, Video Traffic report shows views and viewer patterns across the last 7 days, 30 days, and 90 days.
  • Third, Video Usage shows views by device and geolocation. Fourth, Top 20 Videos shows a list of the most popular videos on the SharePoint site in the last week.

More info: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbRxtVxJyO0BFOoG0pvqGnDONUM0dCQU9LMkpUUkkwWU9FR0NORUVNTExJSy4u

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