Microsoft Teams: introducing organization-wide backgrounds (preview)

Currently, your end users can replace the background in a video meeting or call with an image, if you have enabled this feature for Teams desktop apps and Teams on the web.

We are introducing, via a preview feature, the ability for you to provide backgrounds that end users have access to across the organization.

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Microsoft Search: Earn Microsoft Rewards when using a work or school account

Users in your organization will soon have the ability to earn Microsoft Rewards points when signed into select Microsoft 365 services (Microsoft Search in Bing) with their organizational (work or school) account.

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Organization logos in Outlook for iOS and Android

This new Outlook for iOS and Android update will display your organization’s logo, that is defined within Azure Active Directory, in the left-hand navigation area and while composing messages and calendar events. This feature will help users differentiate their work accounts from their personal accounts in the app.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72214.

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Customized backgrounds in Microsoft Teams meeting video coming to mobile devices

If you have enabled this feature for Teams desktop apps, users will be able blur their background in a video meeting or call or replace the background with an image.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82234 

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OneDrive sync client update available for Mac

We are making updates available for the OneDrive sync app on Mac.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70693.

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Microsoft Teams Room: share wirelessly from iOS or Android Teams app

With this update, your end users can wirelessly share the content of their mobile device (iOS and Android) in a Teams Room without needing to first set up a meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 70564 and 70565.

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New DLP alerts management dashboard in Microsoft 365 compliance center

You will soon see a new Data loss prevention (DLP) alert management experience within the Microsoft 365 compliance center. The DLP alerts dashboard is currently in preview.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72206.

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Outlook for iOS – More actions available in New Message and New Event press and hold menus

This coming Outlook for iOS release will make Book a Workspace, New Message and New Event available through the New Message/New Event button. After long pressing the New Message/New Event button, users will be able to access actions within the New Message, and New Event press-and-hold menus which will bring features like New Message, New Event, and Book a Workspace to both the Mail and Calendar modules in Outlook for iOS.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72217.

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Opt-in to the new Teams live events multi-window producer experience

Currently, a Microsoft Teams live event producer manages a live event within the primary Teams window.

With MC248212 (April 1, 2021), we announced a new feature that allows producers to manage a live event in a separate Teams window. We are providing an opportunity to opt-in to this new feature before it rolls out to your tenant.

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Yammer retiring support for TLS 1.0\1.1

This message post is a reminder of the ongoing progress of retiring TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols in Microsoft 365.

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