Outlook: Outlook on the web – Suggested drafts with Copilot (EAP)

When replying to a message, Copilot can automatically give you suggestions for how to start your draft. Click any suggestion so Copilot can draft a message for you. This feature is applicable only to the Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Adoption Program (EAP).

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention -Visibility into configuration and policy sync status of endpoint devices

Provide visibility to admins about configuration status and solution health in addition to providing policy update sync status.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Matched items in audit logs

With this capability you will get visibility into matched condition and value in Audit Logs as a result of a DLP policy match.

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Excel: Office Scripts now available in Government Community Cloud (GCC)

Office Scripts enable users with all levels of Excel experience, from beginners to those with advanced coding expertise, to automate repetitive spreadsheet tasks in Excel. Scripts can be created with the Action Recorder or the Code Editor using the Office Scripts API and run in an Excel workbook. Office Scripts will soon become available to GCC users on Windows, Mac, and the web.

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Microsoft Teams: Unique join links for external presenters in Webinars

When organizers set up events and add external presenters, these presenters will receive unique join links for the webinar. This unique link allows the external presenter to automatically bypass the lobby and join a webinar directly as a presenter role.

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Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Admin Center: Manage apps, App details pages, and Custom app management for GCCH & DoD

Teams Admin Center is adding Manage apps and App details pages to GCCH and DoD. Admins can get a list of all apps present for their tenant from manage apps page, review app details, allow and block apps, as well as upload and update custom apps from Teams Admin Center.

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Microsoft Teams: Watermark support for recording playback (Premium)

Watermark support available for One Player when meeting is recorded with Watermark enabled in Teams meeting. Users should be able to record the meeting when watermark is enabled. Once the meeting is concluded, users can conveniently access the recorded content in One Player, both on the web and mobile platforms. The One Player provides a seamless playback experience with each participants seeing their own email address as watermark, allowing users to review the meeting recording.

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Update on Microsoft 365 Defender Vulnerability Management Capabilities for Servers Plan-2

We want to give you a better understanding of the Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management (MDVM) capabilities available to Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC) customers, as well as information on some recent changes in behavior, which enables these capabilities only to eligible devices.

Initially, when MDVM premium capabilities were rolled out in Defender for Servers Plan 2, they were enabled across all devices (both clients and servers) for customers with Defender for Servers Plan 2.

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Draft and Scheduled Posts with POBO (Posts on Behalf of) in Viva Engage

Viva Engage introduces Draft and Scheduled Posts features supporting POBO (post on behalf of) to enhance communication. The Draft feature allows users to save and refine posts at their own pace, ensuring polished and impactful messages. With Scheduled Posts, users can plan ahead and automatically publish content at a chosen date and time, enabling coordinated communication for important events or announcements.

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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 and edit their own questions. We will soon 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. 

When this will happen:

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