Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Sensitivity analysis for policy tuning

With this update, admins with appropriate permissions will have the ability to view a sensitivity analysis, which shows the count of users in the organization that would meet specific indicator thresholds. The sensitivity analysis is presented as a bar chart, with potential inputs of an indicator threshold on the x-axis and the corresponding count of users on the y-axis. Admins can utilize this chart to make informed decisions on which threshold to apply for each indicator. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Sequence detection starting with downloads from third-party sites

Admins can configure the new sequence feature to detect risky user actions that start with downloading data from third-party domains, such as box.com or dropbox.com. This can help security teams gain visibility into actions that take place in their multi-cloud environments that may lead to a data security incident. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/insider-risk-management-policies?view=o365-worldwide#sequence-detection-preview

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Microsoft Teams: Live Translated Transcript (Premium)

Teams Premium users can now view Live Transcript in their preferred languages during the meeting and choose to show the translated transcript with the original transcript as a reference.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

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

  • Current Channel

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Upgrade to the Forms Start Page Experience on Office.com

Forms has been improving get-started experiences since last year, we are now bringing the latest portal page experiences to all customers on all hosts, including upgrading the launch page experience in office.com. Users will be directed to Forms web and access all new functionalities released recently. 

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Outlook: Android Contacts Index Widget

Users can soon quickly navigate to a section of their contact list in Outlook by selecting the letter or character that corresponds to the section they wish to view and interact with.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 135280

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Favorite/Unfavorite additional file types and folders in OneDrive and Document Libraries

Adding files and folders to Favorites is a great way to mark content of personal importance and can help you get to the content you’re looking for right away. We have made sure that the favorites experience is consistent across Microsoft 365 apps by building on top of the existing pinning and favorites experience. This release will include support for adding additional file types and folders to favorites from OneDrive web and Document Libraries.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 152744

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Loop component links will now open on Loop.microsoft.com

Loop component links that currently open in an editor on Office.com will now open on Loop.microsoft.com. Users will have access to the same functionality as is available on Office.com. Users who have access to Loop workspace will also be able to leverage these capabilities on Loop.microsoft.com.

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Microsoft Teams: On-Demand Recording Feature in Webinars

Organizers can soon publish the recording of their webinars and automatically send an update to their attendees, in which they will receive a link to watch the on-demand recording hosted on their event page. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123052

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Org Explorer in Outlook On the Web

Org Explorer helps you visualize and explore your company’s internal structure, work teams, and individual roles. This experience, available in Outlook for Desktop, is now coming to Outlook on the web. Org Explorer is a part of the People in Viva service plan, which is a part of the Microsoft Viva Suite subscription.

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