Microsoft Teams connector apps webhook URL security improvement

Connectors support in Microsoft Teams is transitioning to a new webhook URL format to enhance security. In the future, connector webhook URLs will contain the name of the tenant in them.

Old URLs continue to work for now, but users will be prompted to re-create connectors.

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Microsoft Search in classic SharePoint sites

We are expanding the reach of Microsoft Search in SharePoint; classic team sites that do not have customized search experience will be updated to the modern Microsoft Search experiences that deliver better personalization and relevance.

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Microsoft Teams: User feedback improvements

Two improvements are coming to the Teams feedback submission process. When a user submits feedback, the submission will be automatically reviewed to identify any existing help documentation on the topic. We will then show relevant documentation to the user. In addition, if the Teams administrator enables this feature, users will have the option to share an email address when submitting feedback, which allows Microsoft to follow-up directly.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68880.

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Microsoft Secure Score and Microsoft Teams integration

We are adding our first security recommendation for Microsoft Teams.

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Microsoft Teams introduces meeting recap in the calendar event details tab

The new meeting recap feature in Teams helps meeting attendees and those unable to attend a meeting stay up-to-date by providing the meeting recording, transcript, and chat all in one place. These are automatically shared in the Chat tab and viewable in the Details tab.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68729

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New Teams meeting lobby setting – only invited users join directly

Teams meeting organizers can have greater control over their meetings by enabling a new lobby setting where only Calendar meeting invited users will be able to join directly.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68730.

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Start Meet Now from Outlook desktop client (Windows)

We’ve made it easier than ever to start a Teams meeting through the addition of the Meet Now button in Outlook.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68838

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Suggested communities on home page, new community creation, and improved pinned conversation treatment

We are bringing suggested communities to the right rail on the Yammer home page and improving the pinned conversation experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 66151 and 71474.

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Announcing evaluation mode and trial for Defender for Office 365

We’re introducing an evaluation mode in Microsoft Defender for Office365 which applies only to email protection. The Microsoft Defender for Office 365 evaluation experience is designed to eliminate the complexities of device and environment configuration so that you can focus on evaluating the capabilities of the security solution.

The ability to access and setup evaluation mode requires a customer to either have a paid or trial license for any of the following licenses as part of their subscriptions:

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Windows 10 native notifications in Teams

With this update, your users will be able to choose their preferred means of Teams notifications delivery, either via the Teams built-in notification system or via their native OS notification system.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 66742.

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