Microsoft 365 admin center: GroupID to be hidden by default in Microsoft 365 active user reports

We will be hiding the ‘GroupID’ variable in the Groups activity section of the Active users Microsoft 365 Services and Active Users Microsoft 365 Apps reports. The reports can be accessed by going to the Microsoft 365 admin center and selecting Reports – Usage – ‘Active users – Microsoft 365 Services’ or ‘Active users – Microsoft 365 Apps’ – Groups activity. ‘Group ID’ is shown in Column R in the csv file when ‘export’ is selected.

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Microsoft Teams: Teams Connect shared channels

Teams Connect shared channels makes collaborating with those inside and outside your organization easier. Multiple organizations can work together in a shared space – have conversations, schedule a meeting, share, and co-author files, and collaborate on apps,
without ever switching tenants in a secure, governable and compliant environment.

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Multitasking Panel for Meetings on iPad

The Teams Mobile meeting experience is being updated for the iPad. Users will now see a collapsible right panel during meetings, which enables richer multitasking experiences such as chat or viewing participant list alongside the ongoing meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86923

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Password protected download of quarantined messages

With this change we are giving the ability to password protects items they download from quarantine. We want users to be confident that the items they are downloading to their systems will not execute involuntarily without their consent, and this capability will allow them to safely transport the items to external analysis tools.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93305

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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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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Quarantine asynchronous update

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is introducing a new way of interacting with quarantined messages through an asynchronous approach. Previously, quarantine operations were carried out in a synchronous model on the technical execution side.

Note: This change is a major step towards introducing partial string search functionality and 1,000 message bulk operation support in quarantine.

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Outlook for Android support for saving documents to cloud storage accounts

Upcoming shortly, Outlook for Android users will have the option to save files to their configured cloud storage accounts.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 95108

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Emails Related to AAD Groups are Changing Format

When using Microsoft 365 and Security groups, emails are sent to users in the following scenarios:

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Outlook: Update of RSVP user experience

We are updating the end user experience for RSVP.

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Outlook: Microsoft Feed on the Outlook Mobile Search Page

The Search Page in Outlook Mobile is being enhanced with a new Feed that aims to help users stay on top of interesting things that are happening in M365. The Feed looks at what is happening in M365 and surfaces updates and insights about people, documents, and other artifacts in a vertical Feed view, ranked personally for each user.

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