Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Automatically turn on auto-labeling policy

Admins can configure their auto-labeling policies to be automatically turned on if there aren’t any changes to the policy within a set number of days from simulation completion. This configuration option will be available in the auto-labeling policy setup in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal and via cmdlet.

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Microsoft 365 app: Tagging for commercial users in the Microsoft 365 app for web and desktop

Tagging in the Microsoft 365 and web and desktop apps is a new, intuitive way for commercial users to organize their work independent of where files are stored. Find the new ‘Tags’ feature in the ‘My Content’ section of the Microsoft 365 App.

This feature is only available to users who have OneDrive provisioned.

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Microsoft Search: Microsoft Search in DoD updates

Additional features including Customizable Bookmarks and QnA

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Microsoft Purview Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Protect sensitive text when it is pasted through Web forms

Updated September 15, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention that can help organizations create policies that prevent their users from pasting sensitive data to specific websites, including personal email, generative AI prompts, social media sites and more when accessed through a supported web browser.

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Generate unique join links for external presenters so they can easily join events

Organizers can set up events and effortlessly add external presenters, who will receive exclusive Teams join links. These links enable external presenters to directly enter the event, eliminating the need for organizers to manually admit them from the event lobby or modify their event role during the session. This creates a hassle-free event experience for organizers and presenters!

External Presenters are considered people outside of your organization, including guests (AAD/B2B/non-AAD), federated, unfederated, and anonymous users (non-AAD).

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Releasing the Planner Loop component

With the Planner component, teams that are using the Loop app to collect project info can include plans from Microsoft Planner. When a Planner component is created in the Loop app, everyone can stay in sync, working in a shared space that can also include lists, tables, notes and more.

The component will first be available in the Loop app. Other Loop enabled apps will be supported later, for example, Outlook and Teams.

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Teams Network Assessment Tool Urgent Update Required

Note: If your organization is not using the Teams Network Assessment Tool you can safely disregard this message.

An update has been released for the Teams Network Assessment Tool on September 7th, 2023 (Version 1.5.0.0).

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Yammer Enterprise rebrand on Service health and Message center

As part of the Yammer to Viva Engage transition announced in May 2023, we are updating the Service Health Dashboard (SHD) and Message center to align with the new taxonomy. At the end of September, the service titled “Yammer Enterprise” will be consolidated under the node “Microsoft Viva”, and subsequent messages will be titled “Microsoft Viva Engage” if the service is impacted.

When this will happen:

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Avatars: Hardware Requirements and Service Plan Update

You will soon see a new service plan associated with your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 license: Avatars for Teams (MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS). 

Avatars for Teams app is also updating the minimum hardware requirements to access this feature. The new minimum specified hardware requirement is a two core CPU with 6gb RAM. Users will not be able to utilize this feature if it does not meet the minimum hardware spec. This change is due to be able to provide users with a better Avatars for Teams experience. 

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Bing Chat Enterprise available/default on in the Microsoft Edge mobile app in late August 2023 (iOS & Android)

Bing Chat Enterprise will be available in Preview on mobile devices during the last week of August through an update to Microsoft Edge version 116 (iOS and Android). It will be turned on by default unless your organization has previously opted out of Bing Chat Enterprise.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 151035.

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