Meet App on Microsoft Teams

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 26, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams users will soon have a dedicated space to manage their meetings – “Meet”. The Meet app is a centralized hub for all meeting activity and content.

The feature is rolling out exclusively on the new Microsoft Teams across Desktop and Web, and will serve as the destination for pre, during and after meeting insights, content, and action items. With the Meet app, users can prepare for upcoming meetings, catch on something they missed, and find meeting content, agenda, notes, chats, and recaps – all in one place

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Outlook: Multi Account Search

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 25, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Search now allows results from all mailboxes configured in the app. Searches return in a single search merged results from all their mailboxes on the message list.

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Outlook: Support for offline search without Spotlight dependency

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 25, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

iOS’s offline search implementation relies on Spotlight (Apple’s local search index). In some cases, Intune policy can block the use of Spotlight, which will completely disable offline search for users.

We are adding support for offline search even if your company’s Intune policy blocks use of Spotlight.

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Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Tracking and Revocation

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 25, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Tracking and revocation provides admins and end-users greater control over local files. When an end-user protects their local file with an encrypted sensitivity label, they enable the tracking and revocation feature.

With this feature, the file owner and admin of the organization can view user access attempts to the file and whether they were successful. If needed, the file owner or admin can revoke access to the file.

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Outlook: New Outlook for WIndows and web – Preserve Declined Meetings

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 25, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

A new calendar setting in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows will enable users to choose if they want their declined meetings to be removed or kept on their calendar.

Declined events will not show as tentative nor block your free/busy when other people try to book time with you.

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Microsoft Syntex: Merge and Extract PDFs in OneDrive for Web

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 25, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Syntex: Combine two or more PDF files into a new PDF file with the Merge PDFs action, or split PDF pages into new PDF files with the Extract pages action, in OneDrive for Web.

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SharePoint admin control for App registration / update

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 25, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

This is an enhancement to the security measures for administrative governance that modifies the default procedures for application registration and permission updates. Following the implementation of this change, site owners will be unable to register applications or update permissions unless authorized explicitly by the tenant administrator.

Upon attempting to register an application, a notification will be displayed stating “Your SharePoint admin doesn’t allow site owners to create an Azure Access Control (ACS) principal. Please contact your SharePoint administrator.”

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SharePoint Platform: Visual Refresh

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 25, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We are introducing updates to the Microsoft Fluent Visual styling of the SharePoint platform that will improve the experience across the SharePoint Authoring Experience and Microsoft Syntex.

Aligning with the latest Microsoft Fluent design system principles includes updated icons with softer edges, a cooler grey palette, and more rounded corners on various UI controls.

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Teams Auto-Install Approved Apps (AAA) Feature Update

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 25, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams Auto-Install Approved Apps (AAA) uses activity from your users to install and surface apps that admins have already allowed for the tenant. An admin can enable AAA to help users naturally discover and use apps that are highly relevant to their needs within Microsoft Teams. Specifically, when a user signs into specific SaaS apps using Azure AD (e.g. in web browser), the app will be installed for that user on Teams.

This feature is Generally Available as OFF by default and can be turned ON by admins in Teams Admin Center.

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Microsoft Teams: Front Row AI (artificial intelligence) enhancements for Teams Rooms on Windows

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 25, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.18 update includes Front Row AI enhancements including:

  • Front row gallery improvement – video segmentation with a unified background
  • Spatial audio on the front row   

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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.