Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention – New predicates for endpoint DLP

With this capability, admins can extend the below mentioned predicates to Microsoft Purview DLP for Endpoint – Document is unscannable- Document didn’t complete scanning-  Document name matches patterns- Document size equals or is greater than.

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Outlook: New Outlook – Tidy left navigation options and folder list improvements

The folder list in the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for Web experience is undergoing some UI changes to make it easier to read and navigate. Links that were previously under folder
groups to do things like add new folders are under the context menu instead.
Right click on the mailbox folder to create a folder or subfolder, and on search folders to create a new search folder.

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Power Automate app changing name to “Workflows” within Microsoft Teams

To provide a unified workflow experience within Microsoft Teams we will be merging the existing Workflows app with the Power Automate app. With this merger the Power Automate app will be changing its name to “Workflows”.

There will be no change to user experience within the app. Users will still be able to manage all their flows within the app along with browsing workflow templates or creating a new flow from scratch. Whether you have existing workflows in the Power Automate app or the Workflows app your workflows will persist in the new unified app. Users will still be able to configure new workflows through the various app entry points (tab, bot, message extension, message action, personal app).

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Restricted Access Control for SharePoint and OneDrive Sites

We are introducing a new advanced capability for SharePoint Administrators to restrict SharePoint and OneDrive sites to specified users. With this feature, SharePoint administrators can restrict site access to specified users using Microsoft 365 group or AAD security groups. Users not added in the specified group(s) will not be able to access the site even if they were previously granted site access.

This message is associated with Microsoft Roadmap ID 163991

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Microsoft Syntex: rule to set content type based on filename

We are adding a new rule in Microsoft Syntex that will provide the capability to automatically set a content type to a file when it is added to a SharePoint library.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 165699

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New SharePoint site theme options

We are adding two new SharePoint themes to our Change the Look menu. The addition of Black and Cerulean will enhance your site customization options by providing additional theme colors for the base of your sites. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117368

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End of Support for Cortana on Microsoft Teams Room on Windows and Teams Displays (Lenovo ThinkSmart View)

We are making some changes to Microsoft Teams Room on Windows (MTR-W) and Teams Displays that will impact Cortana voice assistance. Come end of September 2023, we will no longer support Cortana voice assistance, both push-to-talk capability and wakeword detection, on all MTR-W devices and Teams Displays, specifically Lenovo ThinkSmart View.

We know that this change may affect some of the ways you work on Teams devices, so we want to help you transition smoothly. We are excited to keep innovating and using AI to help you work smarter and faster. We are working towards new ways to use AI to save time and focus on what matters most to you.

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REMINDER: Upcoming Changes to Customization Controls in Viva Pulse In-App Experience

Currently, there are two customization controls in the Viva Pulse In-App Admin Experience. The ‘Stock Questions’ control allows employees to edit stock questions. The ‘New questions’ control allows employees to create their own questions. In the upcoming release, we will be merging the two controls into one customization control.

This one control, when turned ON, will allow employees to edit stock questions and add their own questions in the Pulse survey. All customization capabilities will be turned ON when this control is ON, and all customization capabilities will be turned OFF when this control is OFF.  

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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium): Identify, add and preserve Teams channels as non-custodial data locations

Coming soon to Public Preview in eDiscovery (Premium) is the capability to pick relevant Teams channels (standard, private, and shared) as non-custodial data locations. This will intelligently identify associated custodian/group mailboxes and SharePoint sites related to the channel.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88815

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Microsoft Viva: Download Learner’s progress data

Allow admins to download learners progress data.

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