Outlook for Android will require Android 9.0 or above starting July 10, 2023

Beginning July 10, 2023, Outlook for Android will no longer support Android 8.x or below. Users will need to upgrade their Android operating system to Android 9.0 or newer.

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Video Messaging in Outlook Mobile

Video Unfurl and Playback will unfurl video links into a delightful thumbnail​ when reading an email that contains a video. Upon tapping the thumbnail, the user will be able to view the video in their full mobile screen with full screen playback. Video Unfurl and Playback will be available on both iOS and Android soon.

We’re also introducing Video Capture and Upload on Android: this will allow users to capture a video on their phone within the Outlook Mobile app and seamlessly upload the video to the email being composed. Upload will leverage OneDrive for Business, allowing the user to share videos of large size and length with OneDrive. 

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Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro and Basic service plans backfill

Teams Rooms provide rooms specific functionality through room specific licenses and underlying products (Service plans) included in these licenses. To ensure consistency of experiences across current and future room licenses, all Teams Rooms Pro licenses will be backfilled with Microsoft_Teams_Rooms_Pro service plan while all Teams Rooms Basic licenses will be backfilled with Microsoft_Teams_Rooms_Basic plan.

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Microsoft Teams: GCC-H support for Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro on Android

Teams Rooms on Android and the Teams Admin Center now fully supports GCC-H customers. This is feature available only with the Teams Rooms Pro license.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention – Detect sensitive files that are encrypted, or password protected

With this capability, your DLP policies will be able to detect the presence of, and prevent password protected Microsoft Office, PDF, and archive files on Windows endpoint devices from unauthorized use.

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse

Viva Pulse is a feedback tool that empowers managers to get day to day feedback on projects and team dynamics, resulting in quicker action. Using smart templates, research-backed questions, and analytics, Viva Pulse enables teams to use their voice so they can help managers pinpoint what’s working well and which areas to focus on over time

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Outlook: Outlook Lite – Vernacular Voice Compose on Android

Available only in India. Users can compose emails in 9 supported languages using their voice. They can also choose to translate it to another language before sending.

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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium): Enhancements for Teams meeting recordings

Coming soon to public preview, we’re rolling out enhancements to Teams meeting recording and video files stored in OneDrive and SharePoint to improve management within eDiscovery workflows.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 106101.

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Microsoft Search: Graph connector results in Bing ‘All’ tab

Microsoft Graph connectors results is available for users to query from Bing’s ‘All’ tab. If the user’s query contains a pattern with Custom vertical name, the system will return relevant results on top in the Bing ‘All’ tab from the Custom vertical content. This is applicable for Custom verticals defined on Graph connectors.

Examples: <query terms> in <vertical name> OR <vertical name> <query terms> etc.

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Microsoft 365 admin center: Teams apps Usage Tracking Soon Available within Usage reports

Microsoft 365 admin center will soon support tracking on the usage of all Teams apps in usage reports. IT admins will have a first-hand view of monthly and daily active user counts for first-party, third-party store, and third-party line of business apps.

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