Microsoft Teams support for Targeted Release

With this support, users opted-in to Targeted Release will be the first production users to see the latest Microsoft Teams features and help shape the product by providing early feedback.

Prior to this, Targeted Release provided early access to OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Office for the web, Microsoft 365 admin center and some components of Exchange Online. 

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Information barriers v2 is now generally available for all new customers to IB

Microsoft Purview Information barriers v2 (IB v2) is now generally available for all new customers onboarding to IB after February 15, 2023. IB v2 has enhanced architecture which enables the following features:

  • Large scale segment support: The segment limit in organizations has increased from 250 to 5,000 segments.
  • Multi-segment support: Users can be assigned to up to 10 segments instead of being limited to just one segment.
  • Flexible user discoverability: Organizations can now choose to allow IB-protected users to discover each other while adhering to IB communication and collaboration policies.

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“Projects” in Viva Goals is changing to “Initiatives”

To align deeper with the OKR methodology, “Projects” in Viva Goals is renamed to “Initiatives”. In addition to changing the default terminology to Initiatives, Viva Goals will also be introducing the ability for organization admins to customize the term to a term of your choosing.  

When this will happen:

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Delete or rename files in a channel and in your OneDrive folder in Teams

This is a follow up to MC455193 (November ’22). We had to delay the rollout and are now ready to proceed. Thank you for your patience.

To rename or delete a file in a channel, go to the files tab and find the file you want. Then select More options (the three dots) on the file.

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Windows 365: Citrix HDX Plus for Windows 365 Enterprise

Support for administrators to integrate Citrix Cloud with Windows 365 giving access to Citrix HDX technologies for enhanced Cloud PC security and manageability.

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Network Protection for macOS starting deployment to General Availability on 1/31!

Network Protection for macOS will soon be available for all Microsoft Defender for Endpoint onboarded macOS devices which meet the following criteria:

• Licensing: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint tenant (can be trial)

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SharePoint: New site theme options

We are adding two new SharePoint themes to our Change the Look menu. The addition of Black and Cerulean will enhance your site customization options for how you want your sites to look.

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Microsoft Teams: In-context Stores

The in-context stores are found in menus throughout the Teams experience that let users discover and install apps that support the specific context the user is in. For example, when a user opens the Message extension (ME) in-context store they are shown a selection of apps that have the ME capability. Discovering apps in the in-context Store keeps users in their flows and reduces the
confusion regarding the apps capability users face today when installing apps from the Store.

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Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities

Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants.

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Visio Personal App in Teams

Visio will be available soon as a Teams Personal App. There are no changes to the existing file open behavior, however there are new abilities that the Visio Personal App can provide. Additionally, this change comes with a number of UX improvements to the Office ribbon in Teams to provide a decluttered experience consistent with Office for the Web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109596

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