Microsoft Search: Microsoft Search in DoD

Organization-wide search across files, sites, people, and news; Search box in suite navigation bar in SharePoint, OneDrive, Office.com; Shared Search Results page between SharePoint and Office.com; Adding a new image vertical and actions on search results in SharePoint and Office.com

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Authenticator number matching to be enabled for all Microsoft Authenticator users

Microsoft Authenticator App’s number matching is Generally Available! Microsoft will start enabling this critical security feature for all users of the Microsoft Authenticator app.

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Retiring 3 entry points to access contents from the SharePoint mobile app

We will be retiring 3 entry points to access contents from the SharePoint mobile app; instead, we recommend the utilization of the search bar, save for later, and other avenues in the SharePoint mobile app to access any content. These spaces were just shortcuts to access contents, but the users can still access them in SharePoint just not at these spaces after the retirement.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Migration of quarantine notification frequencies

This communication is an extension of the previous communication in MC383901

We are updating the frequency interval available for user quarantine notification.

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Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android – New touch and collaboration experiences

New touch and collaboration experiences will include 4K display support to further enhance your meeting experience on large screen devices and the ability to control the room system from both the Front of Room touch display and the touch console for convenience; to get this experience, the “Enable touch controls” setting on the device must be enabled.

You will also be able to quickly start collaborating outside of a Teams meeting with the new, one-touch Whiteboard icon on the home screen. Tapping on this will launch the Microsoft Whiteboard app locally, and it will also allow you to start an ad-hoc meeting with your local whiteboard, enabling you to seamlessly switch from local to online collaboration.

The “Allow initiate Whiteboard” setting on the device must be enabled to get this experience.

When joining from a Teams Rooms device, you’ll start to see incoming chat messages to increase meeting inclusiveness. As a remote meeting participant, you’ll be able to add the PTZ Camera Controls app and control the zoom and orientation of a Teams Rooms camera directly from your desktop during a meeting; to get this experience, the Far end camera control policy must be enabled on the resource accounts.

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AntiMalware Default Policy: Common Attachment Filter Settings Updates

We are making some changes to the common attachment filter settings for the Default policy (only) in the Anti-malware policy. The earlier default selection value of the ‘Quarantine the message‘ is now changed to ‘Reject the message with NDR’. 

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Microsoft Teams: Virtual Appointments calendar level analytics

Individuals and departments can drive business outcomes and improve customer experience by focusing on key metrics, such as length of appointments, wait times, and number of attendees. The report includes trends over time and the ability to drill down into individual appointment data.

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Mac is retiring support of Catalina (10.15)

Note: this message applies only to organizations with macOS devices in their environments.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will no longer support macOS version Catalina (10.15) as Apple ended support for Catalina (10.15) in December 2022.

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Editor Using Context IQ: Inline Search Within Documents in Word for the Web

Editor using Context IQ allows users to easily search for and insert entities like People, Files, Viva Topics, or Loops in documents in Word for the Web while staying in flow. When users type the “@“ key, a menu will appear that allows them to search for, filter, and insert entities that exist across their M365 account.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 103098

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Briefing Email Enhancements: dynamic subject titles, tasks from Teams chat, and integrations with Learning

The Briefing email from Microsoft Viva helps users start their day on track by surfacing information to prepare for upcoming meetings, follow up on outstanding tasks as well as protect time for independent work. A few updates are coming to the daily briefing email to highlight suggested tasks from 1:1 Teams chats and to highlight key information from Viva Learning directly in your inbox.

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