OneDrive: Admins can configure a group policy to block specific folders from OneDrive Sync

In addition to being able to configure a group policy to exclude specific files or file extensions from Syncing with OneDrive, admins can now exclude folders as well. End-users will be able to see the excluded folders in the Sync configuration applied to them via their OneDrive Advanced Settings.

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Microsoft Teams: Copilot in Microsoft Teams

Copilot in Microsoft Teams helps users stay organized and on top of all their information in chat, meetings, and calls, with the ability to ask Copilot any question and discover insights. Use one of the suggested prompts or enter a free text question of your own.

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Outlook: New Feedback Experience Update

The feedback entry point for Outlook for Web will be moving from the bottom of the Help pane to the Help tab of the ribbon, for ease of discovery. A streamlined experience, diagnostics log collection and the ability to add screenshots and video make it easier and quicker for users to describe their feedback and helps Microsoft act on it. Users can also search for information related to their feedback, including updates on features under development, workarounds for problems and how-to from Help. This change obeys the general Feedback policy.

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Syntex OCR for image-only multi-page PDF and TIFF

With this update, multi-page image-only PDF and TIFF files in the libraries you have configured for Syntex OCR will also have text extracted.  This extracted text will be available to Microsoft Purview scenarios and to end user search powered scenarios. For multi-page PDF and TIFF documents, OCR is charged on a per page basis.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124940

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Stream (Classic) to be disabled on Oct 15, 2023 unless you take action

This is a reminder regarding a previous message center post “Stream Migration Tool and Delay Settings are Now Generally Available” MC516263

Starting on October 15, 2023 your users will no longer be able to access Stream (Classic) unless you take action to delay this change. This change can be delayed until April 15, 2024. The process to delay this change can be found here: How to delay the change that will block users from accessing Stream (Classic)

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Dictation Support Coming to the New Outlook

Dictation lets you use speech-to-text to author messages in Outlook with a microphone and reliable internet connection. It’s a quick and easy way to draft emails, send replies, and capture the tone you’re going for.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 171199

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Overview of Windows Backup as installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11

The Windows Backup system component is installed on devices as part of Windows updates released on and after August 22, 2023. This component is designed to provide a cloud solution to back up files and folders, settings, credentials, and apps. In addition to restoring data, users can import data when switching to a new Windows device. 

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Microsoft Viva: Refreshed landing experience for Viva Connections desktop

The refreshed landing experience for Viva Connections introduces several requested new features including branding capabilities, sending announcements, a revamped Resources section, and support for different card sizes. The refreshed landing experience also brings the feed back into the viewport on your Connections page and offers an improved layout to the landing page.

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Microsoft Security email update and Resources for Azure AD rename to Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft Entra ID is the new name for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The rename and new product icon are now being deployed across experiences from Microsoft. Most updates will be complete by mid-November of this year.

As previously announced, this is just a new name, with no impact on deployments or daily work, and no changes to capabilities, licensing, terms of service, or support.

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Microsoft Power Platform – Copilot and generative AI features announcement

We are announcing that copilots and generative AI features for Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Dynamics 365 will be available in all environments in the Europe region starting on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.

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