Microsoft Teams: Front Row gallery improvements on Teams Rooms on Windows: Active video speaker promotion

Front Row now promotes pinned or spotlighted participants to the center stage when there is no shared content in the single and dual display mode. For single display mode, when no one is pinned, spotlighted or sharing content, the most recent active speaker video will be promoted to the center. In dual display mode, when no one is pinned, spotlighted or sharing content, the two most recent active speaker videos will be promoted to the center on each screen. If someone is sharing content, the most recent active video speaker will be promoted on the right screen.

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Microsoft Teams: Enabling Cloud IntelliFrame for Teams Rooms in the new Microsoft Teams app

Online meeting participants will now be able to experience a meeting with Cloud IntelliFrame in the new Microsoft Teams app.

With Cloud IntelliFrame, in-room participants appear similar to remote attendees, creating an immersive and engaging experience for everyone. Whether working from home or in the office, participants can gather more context about the physical shared space and are able to see every facial expression and cue, just as if they were there in person. Cloud IntelliFrame is only available with a Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro license.

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Microsoft Online Services Subprocessor List

This notice is to inform you of an update regarding the Microsoft Online Services Subprocessors List.

Microsoft may use non-Microsoft organizations to help provide Online Services. As a function of their role for Microsoft, a small set of these organizations may process your customer data or personal data, only to deliver the services Microsoft has retained them to provide; they are prohibited from using your data for any other purpose. In accordance with GDPR, we disclose these subprocessors to you in advance of their first engagement and provide notification of any changes over time.

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Introducing Left Navigation Customization on Microsoft365.com

We are excited to announce a new feature that will allow individuals to customize the apps on the left navigation on microsoft365.com. This feature will give individuals more control and flexibility over the apps they use and access frequently.

When this will happen:

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Migrate to the Authentication methods policy in Azure Active Directory by September 30, 2025

On September 30th, 2025 we will be retiring the ability to manage authentication methods in the legacy Multifactor Authentication (MFA) and Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) policies in Entra ID. Organizations should migrate their methods to the converged authentication methods policy where methods can be managed centrally for all authentication scenarios including passwordless, multi-factor authentication and self-service password reset. 

When this will happen:

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Microsoft Intune In Development for October 2023 is now available

The In development for Microsoft Intune page in our documentation has been updated.

How does this affect me?

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Files Hub retiring from the new Outlook for Windows

We will be retiring the Files Hub from the new Outlook for windows starting mid- October 2023. The Files Hub is a location where all attachments and files received by a user are aggregated and can be accessed through the paperclip icon from the leftmost vertical app bar in the new Outlook for windows.

When this will happen:

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SharePoint: UseRemoteAPIs functionality change

Today, we are announcing the removal of consideration for the UseRemoteAPIs permission within SharePoint Online. Meaning that while the setting remains in the UX for a short time, it will no longer be used as part of the authorization flow for API calls made to CSOM and classic REST APIs. Please see the linked blog post for additional details.

When this will happen:

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Banner message to appear for Stream (Classic) users on migrated videos

This is an important message for customers who have migrated or plan to migrate videos from Stream (Classic) to Stream (on SharePoint). 

Beginning on October 15, 2023 your users will see a banner message on top of all migrated Stream (Classic) videos. The banner will say, “This video has been migrated to Stream (on SharePoint). You accessed this video from the Stream (Classic) link, which will expire on Feb 15, 2025. If you own the content containing the Stream (Classic) link, you will need to update it with the new Stream (on SharePoint) link. Learn more

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Important Notice: End of Support for Office 2013 and Recommended Upgrade

Note: This message only applies to you if members of your organization are still running Office 2013.

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