Option to automatically allow Spoofing and Impersonation related message directly using Admin Submissions

Today security administrators can use the Submissions page in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal to submit email messages, URLs, and attachments to Microsoft for scanning

We are enhancing the email submission capability with an option to automatically allow Spoofing and Impersonation related emails from senders/infrastructure that were classified as legitimate by the admin, despite being initially blocked by the system. This will help mitigate false positives while the system continues to learn.

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Remove Freehand by InVision from the ShareTray

The Meeting Share Tray will no longer allow you to share the Freehand by InVision app to collaborate on a Freehand board during a meeting. Instead, users will be able to use the Freehand app for Teams Meetings, as described here: Freehand whiteboard app for Microsoft Teams – InVision Support.

Note: If your organization is not using Freehand by InVision you can safely disregard this message.

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Microsoft Lists calendar view conditional formatting

The new feature, Microsoft Lists: Conditional formatting on calendar view, helps customize the calendar to meet specific requirements. Items in a list calendar view can be color coded based on conditions or rules specified on the fields available in the view. These rules can be managed using the ‘Format current view’ section of the Calendar view.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93360

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Important changes to Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform predefined and imported Solution security role updates

We previously announced a feature that would allow administrators to update predefined Dataverse security roles’ privileges and imported Solution security role’s privileges, and the changes are retained. This announcement was communicated under Message Center post MC391928.

Following additional internal discussions, we have decided to make further modifications to this feature. To perform these modifications, we have reverted this change.

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: Microsoft Purview | Data purge capabilities for Microsoft Teams content (GCC and DoD)

Extend data purge functionality to Microsoft Teams content to facilitate purge of sensitive or misplaced data. To track feature availability in GCC-High, see roadmap item 88975.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/data-spillage-scenariosearch-and-purge?view=o365-worldwide

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Microsoft Information Protection: Advanced Message Encryption – Office 365 Message Encryption portal access logs (U.S. Government clouds) 

This feature will enable logging of external user activities accessing the Office 365 Message Encryption Portal to retrieve encrypted mail. The logs can be retrieved using the Audit Logs functionality in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

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Microsoft Teams: Suggested Replies in Group Chat

Suggested Replies will be enabled in group chats, allowing you to select a quick response when you are mentioned in a group chat or when you are having a 1:1 conversation within a group chat.

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Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring – Column reflow and RSS connector web part

These updates include changes to our reflow automation for two-column sections and the RSS Connector web part by giving more control to users around the number of publications shown at one time and the number of articles shown per publication.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 93243

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Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Sensitivity labels now apply to modified documents (WXP on PC and Mac)

Coming soon to public preview, default labeling policies can be applied to any supported document that a user edits, not just a new document. This update applies to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on PC and Mac platforms. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93209.

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Modern Meetings and Calls on Teams Web Client

The modern meeting/calling experience will be available for Teams on the Web in Chrome and Edge browsers – including improved pre-join, dynamic view, and updated control bar. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 92928

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