Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse

Viva Pulse is a feedback tool that empowers managers to get day to day feedback on projects and team dynamics, resulting in quicker action. Using smart templates, research-backed questions, and analytics, Viva Pulse enables teams to use their voice so they can help managers pinpoint what’s working well and which areas to focus on over time

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Outlook: Outlook Lite – Vernacular Voice Compose on Android

Available only in India. Users can compose emails in 9 supported languages using their voice. They can also choose to translate it to another language before sending.

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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium): Enhancements for Teams meeting recordings

Coming soon to public preview, we’re rolling out enhancements to Teams meeting recording and video files stored in OneDrive and SharePoint to improve management within eDiscovery workflows.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 106101.

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Microsoft Search: Graph connector results in Bing ‘All’ tab

Microsoft Graph connectors results is available for users to query from Bing’s ‘All’ tab. If the user’s query contains a pattern with Custom vertical name, the system will return relevant results on top in the Bing ‘All’ tab from the Custom vertical content. This is applicable for Custom verticals defined on Graph connectors.

Examples: <query terms> in <vertical name> OR <vertical name> <query terms> etc.

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Microsoft 365 admin center: Teams apps Usage Tracking Soon Available within Usage reports

Microsoft 365 admin center will soon support tracking on the usage of all Teams apps in usage reports. IT admins will have a first-hand view of monthly and daily active user counts for first-party, third-party store, and third-party line of business apps.

When this will happen:

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Power Platform admin center – Automatic deletion of inactive developer environments

Microsoft Power Platform is introducing a cleanup mechanism that will automatically remove inactive developer environments from your tenant (inclusive of all entry points, including the Power Apps Maker Portal and Power Platform admin center). This change will begin rolling out in mid-April 2023 by region and will be available worldwide by the end of May 2023.

With this change, developer environments will be first disabled after 90 days of inactivity. Once the environment has been disabled for 30 days, the environment will be deleted if no action is taken by administrators.

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New Microsoft Edge updater for macOS

Starting with Edge 113, Microsoft Edge for macOS will begin using a new updater called EdgeUpdater.

Note: This change only affects Microsoft Edge on macOS.

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Microsoft Teams: Meeting Recap Enhancements

We are bringing improvements for Meeting Recapping. Now, you can find your recording, transcripts, meeting content, and meeting notes all under a single new Recap tab. Watch your recording directly in the Recap tab to catch up on what was discussed while reviewing the notes and transcript without having to switch screens/apps.

When this will happen:

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Live Captions Usability Improvement in Teams Meetings

The new Caption Settings pane now allows 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.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 107782.

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Loop experiences admin policy setting update

We’ve heard some feedback and we’ve updated the admin documentation to clarify how to enable and disable Loop experiences in your tenant. 

Starting December 2022, a new method for controlling Outlook, Word for the web, and Whiteboard integrations was added. 

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