Outlook: [iOS] Text predictions in Quick Reply

Text predictions will be available in the quick reply experience as they have already been in full compose.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Quarantine Notifications enabled for Preset Security Policies

We are updating the recommended quarantine notification policy in the Standard and Strict preset security policies.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Built-in Protection Time of Click URL Email Protection

Last year, we enabled Built-in-Protection in Defender for Office 365 by default for all new and existing Defender for Office 365 customers. Specifically, it added a base level of Safe Links and Safe Attachment protections – delivery time file and URL detonation as well as time of click protection across email, Teams, and Office workloads.

We are now enabling the final remaining aspect of the built-in protection policy: SafeLinks URL time of click email protections.

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Configuration of Private CDN is no longer required for SharePoint Online

We are pleased to announce that the configuration of Private CDN is no longer required. It is now automatically managed within the SharePoint online service.

When this will happen:

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Data Lifecycle Management – Removing the Preservation Hold Library (PHL) access in SharePoint

We’re making an update to the ability to remove the Preservation Hold Library in SharePoint and OneDrive from being accessible through Site Contents or the site’s navigation.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 103613

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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 Teams: Ultrasound Howling Detection

When multiple people join a meeting in the same room then a feedback loop is created which causes echo and in most cases the echo quickly escalates to howling (like when a musician holds the mic too close to a loudspeaker). If multiple users on laptops join from the same location, we share with the user that another Teams Device is detected in the vicinity and is already joined with audio to the current meeting. We will automatically mute the mic and speakers of the person who has joined post a user who has joined with audio on.

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Microsoft Teams: Record video messages directly from within a Teams chat using Video clips in government cloud

Video clip is a new feature in Microsoft Teams that enables the user to record, review, send and view short-form video in Teams chat from desktop and mobile.

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Microsoft Teams: Live Captions Usability Improvement

The new Caption Settings pane allows for better discovery and easier navigation. Users have the ability to customize the size and color of their font as well as the height and position of the caption window with the option to scroll to review captions of what has been said, up
to one minute ago.

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Microsoft Teams: Join meetings from calendar view on Apple CarPlay

You can now choose to join a meeting from the new calendar view on Apple CarPlay on your iPhone.

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