Microsoft Purview | Data loss prevention: Contextual evidence match for Endpoint DLP

With this update you will be able to see the matched sensitive information type and the context surrounding it (300 characters) as a result of a DLP policy match on your endpoint devices.

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Whiteboard: Embedded Online Video

Users can insert a video URL and have the video appear directly on the canvas.

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Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: New built-in trainable classifiers with auto-labeling support

Utilize several new built-in, ready-to-use trainable classifiers to discover and auto-classify sensitive content across categories such as product development files, personal financial information, and standard operating procedures. These classifiers are pre-trained using diverse and large numbers of real-world samples to provide broad coverage of multiple common business functions (such as finance, legal, human resources, mergers and acquisitions, or marketing communications), as well as more granular documents and specific forms.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/classifier-learn-about?view=o365-worldwide

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Whiteboard: Timer

Adding a timer to Whiteboard to help enable users to run timed activities, such as a timed brainstorm.

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Microsoft Teams: Leave a meeting on all my devices

When a Teams user has joined a meeting using multiple personal devices they can encounter friction when leaving the meeting, including forgetting to leave the meeting on one of their many devices. This functionality allows Teams users to leave a meeting from all their devices with a single tap.

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Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: New out-of-the-box trainable classifiers with auto-labeling support

Utilize several new pre-trained and ready-to-use trainable classifiers to discover and auto-classify sensitive content across multiple common business functions (such as finance, HR, healthcare, legal, procurement, and IT), as well as more granular sensitive document categories including IP/trade secrets such as product development files, strategic planning documents, A files, and personal financial information. These classifiers can be applied as conditions in Data Lifecycle Management retention policies and Data Loss Prevention policies.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/classifier-learn-about?view=o365-worldwide

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Microsoft Teams: Teams Platform Apps in Group VOIP Calls

All the familiar functionalities of meeting apps – tabs, bots, in-meeting dialogue, and meeting
stage – will be supported in Teams VOIP Calls. Users of your apps will enjoy the same familiar app experience as seen in Teams Meetings, in their Teams VOIP Calls.

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Whiteboard: Save and share user templates

Users will have the ability to save whiteboards as a template, and will be able to share that template with other individual users.

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Microsoft Viva: Recurring Time Booking for Breaks, Learning, and Message Catch Up in Viva Insights

Microsoft Viva Insights is introducing new recurring time booking options to make it easier to take regular breaks during the workday, protect time to meet weekly learning objectives, and have daily time to catch up on emails and chats. These booking options will be accessible to the user through the Briefing email sent at the end of the week as well as through the Viva Insights app in Teams.

The feature is only available to those with a Microsoft Viva Insights subscription.

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New Required Diagnostic Data (RDD) for Viva Learning

Viva Learning is introducing a separate toggle to allow Admins to better control the type of diagnostic data that is collected by Microsoft for Office client software running on the user’s device in your organization.

When this will happen:

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