Outlook: Mandatory labeling pre-compose for iOS

We have listened customer feedback on Outlook mobile needing to meet the mission of “On the Go” and for organizations to have mandatory labeling enabled without default labeling and would like to have the label selection first before going to compose the email. When the users click “Send”, the email could just be sent without any forgotten labeling pop ups. Outlook mobile will introduce a new MDM setting to allow admins to enable this louder mandatory configuration for Outlook mobile clients (iOS and Android) specifically. We will enable Android first in early Q1 of 2023, and iOS will release in Q2 of 2023.

This release will include supporting the new sensitivity bar below the subject line as well as support label colors.

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Microsoft Secure Score is adding new Improvement Actions

We’re updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of security posture.

We will continue to add suggested security improvement actions on an ongoing basis.

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Microsoft Teams: Default Meeting Layout Controls for Teams Rooms on Android

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android IT admins can choose the default meeting layout. When a meeting begins, room users will see the default meeting layout. They can switch to other views using the view switcher during a meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 121663

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

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

  • Current Channel
  • Monthly Enterprise Channel
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

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Announcing the Semantic Index for Copilot

Today we announced Semantic Index for Copilot – a new capability in Microsoft 365 E3 and E5. A core part of the Copilot System, the Semantic Index is a map of your individual and company data. It is a foundational capability for Microsoft 365 Copilot, and will enhance enterprise search results for Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 – whether customers are using Copilot or not. Semantic Index for Copilot will start rolling out later this calendar year for Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 customers.

How this will affect your organization:

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Microsoft Viva: Personalized activity feed

With this release, Users especially non OKR owners will land on their activity feed page that is prioritized with updates from leaders, people they work with regularly and OKRs that are relevant to help them stay informed on the status, progress, comments/reactions from people of the goals they care about. Users can comment/react to the post in the activity feed

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Microsoft Intune: iOS ADE enrollment

When enrolling corporate Apple devices with ADE (setup assistant with Modern Auth), admins want to ensure that device config policies and apps (macOS only) are on the device prior to the device being released from SA for the IW to freely use. This can be accomplished though Apple MDM Command called AwaitingConfiguration. This item delivers this Apple MDM command to iOS and ipadOS devices using ADE.

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Microsoft Stream: Playlists in the SharePoint List webpart

This feature will allow you to display playlists on SharePoint pages using the List webpart. The playlist will display video titles and thumbnails, and people with access to files in the playlist can click on the thumbnails to view the videos.

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SharePoint: Microsoft Lists – User experience (UX) update

This update improves overall performance of Microsoft Lists and introduces new features, like the ability to add ratings to any list, drag and/or paste images directly into a list, see who collaborating with you – and where – in real-time, switch views by clicking tabs, and more.

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Microsoft Teams: Compact chat list

A new chat density setting will enable users to condense their chat list and have more chats visible on the screen. This setting does so by hiding message previews.

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