Impact on preview connections created on Microsoft built Graph connectors

We communicated the preview availability of three, Microsoft built, on-prem Graph connectors (Windows file share, MSSQL, Oracle DB, Enterprise websites) in MC248003 (March ’21). We are pleased to share these connectors will be moving to GA in late April.

Note: if you are not using the on-prem Graph connectors outlined above, you can safely disregard this message.

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Changes in email alert notifications

We’re enhancing MDE alert notifications functionality. 

When will this happen:

May 15, 2021

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Quarantine portal deep link in end user spam notification

We are adding a deep-link in the end user spam notification to the quarantine console present in the security and compliance center.

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Skype for Business Online Connector Retirement

Originally announced in MC230065 (December 2020) and MC244740 (March 2021), Microsoft Teams PowerShell module is available to all tenant administrator. This is a reminder the Skype for Business Online connector will retire on May 15, 2021.

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Teams: Create tasks from Teams chats or channel posts

This new feature will allow users to create Tasks from Teams chats or channel posts and enable them to identify tasks that arise naturally in Teams conversations while ensuring important work isn’t overlooked. This will rollout on Microsoft Teams desktop and mobile.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68696.

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Adding translator service to Service Health Dashboard

This new translator toggle feature on the Service Health Dashboard (SHD) page will use Microsoft’s translation service to automatically translate the content of Incidents and advisories to the language selected by user.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82267.

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New policy settings available to control the feedback users can send to Microsoft

Users have the ability to send feedback to Microsoft from within Microsoft 365 products if you have not disabled this feature for your organization. We are introducing policies to help you more easily manage in-product feedback and surveys for your organization. User feedback goes directly to our engineers and helps us shape the future of Microsoft products and services for all our users.

The feedback we collect from your users will soon be available for you to review in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Keeping the feedback experiences enabled will let you see what your users are saying about the products they are using.

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Microsoft Forms data insights: Word Cloud for open text question

We are introducing a new AI based data insight type Word Cloud for open text question in Forms. The key phrases from the open text responses will be extracted and be visualized with word cloud. This can help users to get a quick view on the top text phrases people answered with.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81840

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Updates to post-delivery detections and investigations

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is introducing new alert policies related to post-delivery detections as well as enhancements to the Automated Investigation & Response (AIR) playbooks associated with them.

In addition, we are modifying the severity classification for six default alert policies to better align the alerts with their impact on your organization.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Forwarding report to be retired in June

We will retire the Forwarding report from Microsoft Defender for Office 365 beginning June 14, 2021.

You are receiving this message because our reporting indicates your organization may be using the Forwarding report.

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