Microsoft Viva: New praise compose experience and praise trends

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 17, 2022 Microsoft Viva 0 Comments

The praise composer – accessible through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar or through the Viva Insights app in Teams – is being refreshed to replace praise badges with emojis and introduce the ability to select gradient backgrounds. Additionally, in the Viva Insights app in Teams, praise trends are being introduced, privately surfacing analytics such as counts of praise sent and received, your top fans and top praises received.

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Whiteboard: Text formatting

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 17, 2022 Whiteboard 0 Comments

This brings text formatting functionality in Whiteboard, optimizing the default font style (for text boxes) & allowing you to format text among other functionalities!

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Microsoft Graph: SharePoint Pages API

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 17, 2022 SharePoint Online 0 Comments

New graph API to create and manage SharePoint pages and news posts.

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Focus Mode in Viva Insights Teams App

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 17, 2022 Viva Insights 0 Comments

The focus time experience in Microsoft Teams is being enhanced for users with Viva Insights subscriptions. Users that have booked time through focus plan will receive a notification as their focus time nears. Upon clicking the notification, the user will enter a new focus mode experience. Focus mode will allow users to set a timer to balance short bursts of productivity with breaks, manage their task list, and tap into mindfulness exercises during their breaks. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100977

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New Insights Added to ‘Meetings’ People Experience Category in Adoption Score

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 17, 2022 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

Adoption Score is available as a capability within the Microsoft 365 admin center to help organizations get the most out of their investment in Microsoft 365. We are releasing new Meetings insights within the Adoption Score people experiences category which shows insights into recommended practices across the meeting experience, from set-up to the meeting itself, to the critical post meeting follow-up.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98170

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The Office app is becoming the Microsoft 365 app

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 17, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

On October 12, 2022 at Microsoft Ignite we announced that the Office app for web (office.com), Windows, iOS, and Android will be rebranded to become the Microsoft 365 app. In the coming months, these apps will automatically update to the Microsoft 365 app, which will include a new icon, styling, and features. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98173

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Transcription for Calls on Microsoft Teams for Android

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 17, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Transcription for 1:1 calls and group calls will be available on the Microsoft Teams app for Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98510.

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Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Analyze linked content shared in Teams chats and private channels

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 17, 2022 Microsoft 365 Apps 0 Comments

Coming soon for Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance, we’re introducing new functionality to enable communication compliance policies to include content shared in Microsoft Teams chats and private channels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88845.

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Exchange: Message Recall Option to Disable the Recalling of Read Messages

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 17, 2022 Exchange Online 0 Comments

Updated October 14, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

We are releasing a new Message Recall for Exchange Online feature that will recall messages that are flagged as “read” – the classic Message Recall in Outlook doesn’t recall read messages. Before we release the new feature, we want to let you know that tenant admins now have the option to disable the recalling of read messages for your organization.

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Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: Support for complex conditions (GA)

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 17, 2022 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

Currently available in public preview for Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (MC420054), we’re introducing support for complex conditions as part of a new DLP rule authoring experience. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93274.

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