Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Filter Update for Quarantine Portal

In the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, the Admin / SecOps can review quarantined messages on the Email & Collaboration > Review > Quarantine page. On this quarantine page, all the quarantined email messages are listed. These messages can be quarantined if the messages are classified as malicious or spam or other admin actions. Admins/ SecOps can view messages which are quarantined due to a specific policy anti-malware, Safe Attachments, anti-spam, etc.) with a specific reason for quarantining. These reasons are Phish, Malware, Spam etc.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117520

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Modern Translator feature in Microsoft 365

The Modern Translator feature in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Office 2019, Microsoft Office LTSC 2021, Microsoft 365 Semi Annual Extended Microsoft 365 Semi Annual July 2021, Microsoft 365 Semi Annual Jan 2022 and Microsoft 365 July 2022 is making changes that may require users and tenant administrators to take steps to ensure continuity of service. The message is an advance advisory as work is currently in progress and there is no change in the user experience or your privacy. We are slowing rolling out the changes as part of the normal validation cycle and we will post frequent updates providing the date on which you will need to act. Customers using Outlook Web, Teams on the Web, Word Online and Microsoft 365 Semi Annual March 2023 Preview do not need to take any action.

Products Not Impacted

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Migrate your Outlook COM/VSTO add-ins to web add-ins model supported in the new Outlook for Windows

We recently announced the expansion of new Outlook for Windows to Current Channel users in April 2023, with the goal of providing a unified, modern and robust Outlook experience across desktop and web.

One of the top feedback items we hear today is that Outlook works differently on different platforms, making it hard for tenants to manage, and for users to seamlessly use it across endpoints. With the new Outlook for Windows, our goal is to bring rapid access to new features through a shared codebase and ensure platform consistency and robustness.

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Microsoft Teams: Mixed grid view in meetings.

Mixed grid eases the transition from video on to video off and places everybody in a 16:9 ratio. Users can also change their grid size by choosing one of the predefined options. As the new version of Gallery, this is the default view users will have upon joining meetings. Users can choose to go back to this view through the view switcher as desired.

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Microsoft Teams: Automatically view up to 9 videos (3×3) in Teams meetings in Chrome and Edge

Microsoft Teams Meetings currently supports a maximum of 4 videos (2×2) on the screen by default (i.e., Gallery view) on web browsers. With this update, users will be able to automatically see up to 9 videos (3×3) on Chrome and Edge on their screen by default without an explicit
action.

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Microsoft Teams: Virtual Appointments app for GCC

The Virtual Appointments app provides a single location where professionals and administrators can create and manage scheduled and on-demand virtual appointments in Microsoft Teams, view valuable appointment insights and analytics, get real-time status updates in a queue view, and send appointment reminders.

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Microsoft Teams: Change Call Queue and Auto Attendant Greetings and Announcements by Authorized Users

Changing business conditions often require adjustments to call queue/auto attendant greetings and announcements. However, it can be difficult to identify the right Teams admin to make these changes, and addressing high request volumes can be time-consuming for the responsible admins. With the introduction of user managed CQ/AA greetings for Teams Phone, authorized users (as identified by Teams tenant admins) can change greetings and announcements for their respective call queues and auto attendant directly from the user’s Teams settings, in the “Calls” settings. To implement this capability, tenant admins must select permissible greetings/announcement changes for a voice policy, and then authorize specific users in the Teams Admin Center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 116739

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Modern Authentication Settings Update

Over the past few months, we have turned off Basic Auth for specific protocols in Exchange Online. We are now making changes to the Admin Center to remove some redundant controls.

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Basic Authentication Retirement for Outlook Service

Over the coming weeks, we’re going to turn off basic authentication for the Outlook Service protocol in Exchange Online. This is the protocol used only by the native Email and Calendar app, part of Windows 10 and 11. 

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Teams Meeting Add-in Log Files Location Change

We’re making some changes to the location of Teams meeting add-in log files.

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