Introducing the Reminders Window in the New Outlook for Windows Preview

Introducing the reminders window. This reminders window is a new notification style for the New Outlook for Windows preview. It is a pop-out window that organizes your meeting/event reminders and task reminders in one place. You can also snooze reminders, dismiss reminders, or join Teams meetings directly from the window.

Here is how users can enable this reminder window:

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New Insights Report feature for information barriers in SharePoint and OneDrive

We are delighted to introduce the new Insights Report feature for information barriers in SharePoint and OneDrive. With new insights reports, SharePoint or Global administrators can generate standardized reports to discover and take actions to further reinforce the IB policies on SharePoint sites and OneDrive accounts in their tenant.

This capability is available for public preview for all organizations (IBv1 (legacy) and IBv2 architecture).

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Visual Update for Microsoft 365

The new look of Microsoft 365 introduced alongside Windows 11 in June 2021 will become the default look for Windows 11 Subscription and Perpetual 2021 users.

When this will happen:

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Manage result layouts for SharePoint results in Microsoft Search

We’re making changes to Microsoft Search. This update will allow Microsoft Search administrators to change result layouts for select SharePoint content using adaptive cards with Result Type feature in Microsoft Search administration.

The default result layouts for SharePoint sites, pages, list items and Portable document format (PDF) results can now be replaced with layouts built using adaptive cards. The changes can be made for Organization level search applicable to Office.com and SharePoint home.  

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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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Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals

Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals

We have maintenance planned for Viva Goals:

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Azure AD is becoming Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft Entra ID is the new name for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).

No action is required from you.

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Minecraft Education: Trails & Tales Update

This update includes bug fixes to increase reliability of multiplayer connections. We also added fun new mobs and features like camels, bamboo, sniffers, cherry groves, and archeology sites. Create a new world with the redesigned Templates page and write more code with the Agent. Use the Help button to share your feedback with the Minecraft team anytime.

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Microsoft Teams: SMS Notifications in Virtual Appointments Template (Premium)

External guest users will receive SMS text notifications about their appointment, including appointment details and the meeting join link so they can join directly from mobile. Text notifications are sent for appointment confirmation, updates, and a reminder 15 minutes before
the appointment begins. This is available in US only at this time.

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Microsoft Viva: Lightweight management of manually created topics outside the Viva Topics license

Viva Topics provides a central knowledge base for manually created topics and definitions inside apps like Viva Engage.
These topics don’t use Viva Topics’ AI, topic cards and pages but can be selected to classify conversations and posts in Viva Engage.  With this release, we’re proving a way for knowledge admins to edit, create, and delete these “simple” topics without Viva licensing as a way to make
knowledge management more accessible to more users.

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