Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Tenant Allow Block List limits

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 29, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Soon, customers with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 plan 2 can create 10,000 block entries and 5,000 allow entries (via admin submissions) in the Tenant Allow Block List for each category (Domains & addresses, Files, and URLs). Customers with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 plan 1 can create 1,000 block entries and 1,000 allow entries (via admin submissions) in the Tenant Allow Block List for each category. Customers with Exchange Online Protection will remain at 500 block entries and 500 allow entries (via admin submissions) in Tenant Allow Block List for each category. The limit for spoofed senders will remain at 1,024 total entries (block entries and allow entries combined) for all service plans.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98185

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Handling Malicious Intra-Organizational Messages by Default

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 29, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We have turned on intra-organizational protection by default for high-confidence phishing messages that contain a malicious or spam-based URLs in Microsoft Defender for Office 365. We are doing this along with the handling of intra-organizational messages (MC577356).

When this will happen:

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 29, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

  • Current Channel

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Microsoft Teams Live Event Retirement

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 29, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

With the introduction of Town halls in Microsoft Teams, Teams Live Events will be retired for commercial customers on September 30, 2024. This provides commercial customers with a 12-month window to prepare for the retirement and transition off Teams Live Events. 

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Introducing Microsoft Teams Town hall

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 29, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

To simplify the virtual event experience on Teams, we are integrating our live event capabilities into our Teams meeting experience. This will create a unified experience for users whether they are hosting a small meeting, customer-facing webinar, or company-wide town hall. As a part of this integration, we are introducing Town halls in Microsoft Teams, a new experience to host and deliver large-scale, internal events to create connections across an organization. Town halls will provide a one-to-many format with advanced production capabilities and a structured approach for attendee engagement. With town halls, customers can host various types of internal as well as external events including company-wide town halls, all hands, global team meetings, internal broadcasts, fireside chats, and more. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123148

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Microsoft Teams Premium Town hall

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 29, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

To simplify the virtual event experience on Teams, we are integrating our live event capabilities into our Teams meeting experience. This will create a unified experience for users whether they are hosting a small meeting, customer-facing webinar, or company-wide town hall. As a part of this integration, we are introducing Town halls in Microsoft Teams, a new experience to host and deliver large-scale, internal events to create connections across an organization. Town halls will provide a one-to-many format with advanced production capabilities and a structured approach for attendee engagement. With town halls, customers can host various types of internal as well as external events including company-wide town halls, all hands, global team meetings, internal broadcasts, fireside chats, and more. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 173182

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Microsoft Teams: Immersive spaces in Microsoft Teams

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 28, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Immersive spaces in Teams makes it easier for Teams users to transform their meetings into a 3D experience. With just one click, you can connect with your team in a pre-built immersive space right from the view menu in Teams meetings.

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Microsoft Teams: Town Halls

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 28, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Set up and host large scale events across an organization with the familiar Teams app you use for webinars and meetings. Town hall capabilities include a new meeting template, capacity for up to 10K attendees, third-party eCDN support, green room, manage what attendees see, moderated Q&A, RTMP-in, live translated captions, and more.

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Microsoft Teams: Teams Panels recognized and visible in Teams Rooms Pro Management

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 28, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management will now support Teams Panels. Teams Panels will appear under Inventory and Rooms. If a Panel is sharing a resource account with a Teams Room or Surface Hub, the Panel will appear in the Inventory list for the room. The Admin capabilities for panels include viewing the health status, app version, firmware version, and serial number of the device. Admins can also record an issue, remotely restart, apply config profiles, create groups, and add rooms with Teams panels.

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Microsoft Teams: Management of BYOD (Bring your own device) meeting spaces with Teams Rooms Pro Management

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 28, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

The BYOD (bring your own device) rooms in the Pro Management Portal provides IT admins with a comprehensive overview of their BYOD rooms’ utilization and activities.

With this new addition, IT admins will gain valuable insights into how these spaces are being utilized, enabling them to make data driven decisions.

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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.