Forms: New features in Teams polls in meetings

By integrating Teams and the Forms app, we have created a new way for meeting presenters to poll attendees. Adding a Forms poll in Teams Meetings uses the customized meetings experiences outlined in MC224434 (October 2020) and MC225995 (December 2020). With this update, Polls in Teams Meetings now support guests and provides an optimized mobile experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 79448.

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Focus mode for modern SharePoint pages

We’re excited to share that this coming release will enable SharePoint page authors and viewers to focus on a greater amount of page content by hiding the site header, site navigation, and global navigation bar with one click.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70800.

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New Teams DLP policy recommendation widget

We are introducing a policy recommendation widget within the Microsoft 365 compliance center for data loss prevention (DLP) for Microsoft Teams. If you currently have already created at least one Teams DLP-related policy in your policy portfolio, you will not see the recommendation widget.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70731.

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Excel Trust Center: new option to block Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros

We are introducing a new Excel Trust Center setting to further restrict the usage of Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros. As part of this rollout, a registry key is being retired, and a group setting is being renamed.

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Planner Mobile Push Notification Update

We are updating the delivery method for mobile push notifications in the Planner mobile apps for iOS and Android. Notifications from these apps will be delivered via a direct push method, where the contents of the notifications will be sent to the mobile device over Apple and Google push notification services. End users will see no changes to their existing user experience with Planner.

Notification content may include;

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Excel for the Web Usability Enhancements

Delighting our customers with faster, smoother, and richer experiences in Excel for the web is an uncompromised goal across our Excel team. We recently added performance improvements to Excel for the Web scenarios (see MC239095) and today we’re announcing several features to help customers better navigate and manipulate Excel for the web files in a browser.

In response to customer feedback, this represents the next set of improvements targeting Navigational and Usability enhancements in Excel for the web. This communication is meant to highlight the changes our customers are asking for, and to reaffirm our commitment and ongoing investment in Excel for the web rich end user experiences.

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Announcing redirect of compliance solutions from legacy SCC portal to M365 compliance center

The Microsoft 365 compliance center provides easy access to the data and tools you need to manage your organization’s compliance needs. It is the recommended portal for compliance solutions.

We will soon begin redirecting users from the legacy Security & Compliance Center (SCC) portal to the Microsoft 365 compliance center for the following solutions: Audit log, Data loss prevention, Information governance, and Records management. This is a continuation of our migration to the Microsoft 365 compliance center; we began redirecting users there to access Advanced eDiscovery in September 2020 (MC223174).

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Manage Auto-Claim Policies for products containing Microsoft Teams

An auto-claim policy lets users automatically claim a license for a product the first time that they sign into an app. As an admin, you typically assign licenses to users either manually, or by using group-based licensing. By using auto-claim policies, you manage the products for which users can automatically claim licenses. You can also control which products those licenses come from.

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Adding Quick Permissions to the OneDrive/SharePoint Share Control

This new feature will enable OneDrive/SharePoint share control users to more easily change permissions when sharing links.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70806.

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New for Communication Compliance: policy health check and ability to pause policy

New capabilities coming soon to the communication compliance solution in the Microsoft 365 compliance center will give you additional guidance and control over your policy settings.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68687.

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