Teams Multitenant Org (MTO) in GCC, GCC High, and DoD clouds

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 30, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We’re pleased to announce the upcoming Multi-Tenant Organization (MTO) capabilities in Microsoft Teams. Admins can activate these features by configuring an MTO group in the Microsoft 365 admin center, while users utilize the new Teams desktop client.

Aimed at organizations managing employees across multiple tenants within the same cloud boundary, these features provide a seamless collaboration experience within MTO groups, enabling access to resources across tenants. The capabilities cover search, chat, calling, meetings, and content sharing, eliminating silos and facilitating collaboration across tenant boundaries.

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Microsoft 365 Groups in Outlook: Users can now choose to switch to the new Groups experience in Outlook on the web

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 30, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We are excited to announce that users will be able to choose to transition from the old Microsoft 365 Groups in Outlook to the new Groups in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows. The transition is optional for users, who can switch back to old Groups if desired.

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System generated emails from workflows and alerts will now show SharePoint Online as the sender display name

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 30, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We have made some changes to system generated emails from SharePoint workflows and alerts display names.

To align system generated emails with best practices, SharePoint Online workflow and alert emails will be displayed as “SharePoint Online”. There is no change to the underlying sending email address, no-reply@sharepointonline.com. 

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Outlook: Outlook for web – new application ID

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 30, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Outlook for web will migrate to a new appID. The existing Microsoft-owned appID used by OWA is changing in preparation for OWA’s authentication platform migration to a SPA auth model using MSAL.

When this will happen:

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Microsoft Teams: Hide General Channels

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 30, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Similar to other channels in a team, now you will be able to hide general channels as well!

As a team member, when you become a part of a team, you see general channel always shown in your teams and channels list. Sometimes, even though the channel is not used, you still have it sticking in your teams and channels list. Introducing the capability for you to hide general channel, like any other channel in the team. Note, if general is the last channel in the team, then the team will get hidden as well. 

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Microsoft Teams: Global reader role for Teams devices in Teams admin center

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 30, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Admins can now use the existing Global reader role for read-only access to the Teams devices section in the Teams admin center!

The Global reader role is a built-in role in Microsoft Entra ID that allows admins to view all administrative features and settings without the ability to edit or modify them. This role is useful for auditing, reporting, and troubleshooting purposes.

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Microsoft Exchange Online: Support for inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 30, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We are adding support for DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (or DANE) for SMTP and Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for inbound mail to Exchange Online. DANE for SMTP is a security protocol that uses DNS to verify the authenticity of the certificates used for securing email communication with TLS and protecting against TLS downgrade attacks. DNSSEC is a set of extensions to DNS that provides cryptographic verification of DNS records, preventing DNS-spoofing and adversary-in-the-middle attacks to DNS.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 63213.

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Microsoft Teams: Copilot for Sales plugin for Copilot in Teams meetings

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 29, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Admins can enable the Copilot for Sales plugin in the plugin menu. All plugins are toggled ‘off’ by default, and users can toggle it ‘on’ from the plugin menu. When Copilot for Sales plugin is set to ‘on,’ Copilot in Teams meetings will be able to access Sales and Dynamics 365 data to return insights for a summary of the sales opportunity for the meeting based on the transcript, as well as retrieve brand information for the account from Dynamics 365 if the account name was mentioned.

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Microsoft Teams: Join meetings with a QR code on Teams Rooms on Android using Teams mobile

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 29, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Users can quickly join a meeting from a Teams Room even without forwarding the invite to the room calendar by scanning a QR code using their mobile device camera. The user will then enter the Teams mobile companion mode experience on their mobile. The QR code is found on the Teams Room home screen and can also be scanned to start an ad-hoc meeting or cast content from their mobile to the Teams Room display. If the user does not have the Teams mobile app, they will be directed to download it after scanning the QR code. IT admins can control the QR code feature in the device settings and the Teams admin center. The feature supports cross-tenant meetings when the organization and user policies allow it.

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Microsoft Teams: Give feedback for Teams Rooms on Android

Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 29, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

The Help button includes a Give feedback option that lets users share their opinions and ideas about Teams Rooms with Microsoft. We use this feedback to improve the Teams experience. IT admins can enable or disable this feature for users and manage feedback policies using PowerShell.

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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.

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