Tenant background image is being retired.

As outlined in MC243041 (March ’21) we will be retiring support for tenant background images. Instead we recommend the utilization of the improvements we’ve made to Organizational Theming.

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New Communication Compliance features: Teams conversation context

The Communication Compliance solution in the Microsoft 365 compliance center will soon support Teams conversation context (public preview) and provide new reporting for sensitive information types.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68872 and 81970.

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M365 Certified App Security & Compliance in Teams Admin center

Teams Admin center (TAC) is releasing a new feature to help admins conveniently view security, compliance and other information about third party apps directly in TAC. The “App Security & Compliance” feature will be available for all Microsoft 365 Certified apps.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83077

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On-demand channels post translation in Teams iOS and Android

This release of on-demand channels post translation will allow users to translate channel posts that are in another language, into the language of their choice. This is rolling out on the Teams iOS and Android from the latest store builds.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83399 and 63219.

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SharePoint: Page Details Updates

These updates will allow users to delete their page, edit the page URL, and copy a link to their page from within the page details panel.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81994

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Lower All Raised Hands

Meeting organizers and presenters can lower all raised hands during a Teams Meeting.

Note: Only meeting organizers and presenters can manage raised hands.

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Introducing 2×2 gallery view for Teams meetings viewed in Edge and Chrome browsers

Edge and Chrome browsers will soon be able to display up to four participant videos (2×2) during a Teams meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70589.

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Two new Direct Routing endpoints in Japan

Direct routing service is adding capacity across regions and that capacity falls into already published Teams IP ranges and domains. Please make sure that all published Teams specific endpoints are permitted for your Direct Routing scenarios.

When this will happen:

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Roaming bandwidth control

Roaming bandwidth control is a new capability that allows admins to set dynamic bandwidth policies which are based upon the geographic location of users’ Teams clients. This allows admins to set more limited bandwidth controls for when users travel to remote or bandwidth constrained locations, and then relax limitations when they travel to a location with higher bandwidth capacity. Initially two settings from the Teams Meeting Policy will be included – AllowIPVideo, andMediaBitRateKb

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81350

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Exact Data Match support for Customer Managed Key

After a successful public preview (MC246007) in April 2021, this new release will enable you to be able to encrypt Exact Data Match (EDM) data using your own Customer Managed Key (CMK), further enhancing EDM data security.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81987.

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