Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Updates to quarantine folder storage

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is making some changes to quarantine folder storage. The experience for users will remain the same and users can leverage the delete action to maintain the storage folder for their quarantined messages.
More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/simplifying-the-quarantine-experience-part-two/ba-p/3354687

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Microsoft Secure Score is adding new improvement actions for Salesforce and ServiceNow

We’re updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a broader coverage of security posture. This update will include new controls for Salesforce and ServiceNow posture as a Microsoft Secure Score improvement action. We will continue to add suggested security improvement actions on an ongoing basis.

Please be advised that these new improvements actions will require a Salesforce/ServiceNow configured connector via Defender for Cloud Apps. For more information, please see: Connect Salesforce to Defender for Cloud Apps | Microsoft Docs or Connect ServiceNow to Defender for Cloud Apps | Microsoft Docs.

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Microsoft Viva: First run experiences to introduce topic highlights in SharePoint pages and topic page editing

First Run Experiences for a user’s first encounter with topics and contribution. Visual cues appear to teach users how to interact with the topic highlights on SharePoint pages, how to edit and publish a topic page, and how to reference a topic using topic picker while authoring a SharePoint page.

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Microsoft Stream: New in-product messages to help admins promote usage of Stream (on SharePoint)

We are introducing two new in-product messages that will allow admins to promote the usage of Stream (on SharePoint) within their organization. First, admins will have the option to turn on a small banner message which will appear on the home page of Stream (Classic) to all users. Admins can choose a default message or customize one of their own. The default message states: You’re accessing Stream (Classic). To visit the new version of Stream, select the Stream (on SharePoint) button to the right. The default message is localized to all languages. If admins choose to place a custom message, they will need to localize the message to any required languages. Second, when users select “Upload video” from Stream (Classic) a message will appear by default that gives users the option to upload their videos to either Stream (Classic) or Stream (on SharePoint). Should your organization wish to opt-out of this default message, you can raise a support ticket with subject line “Disable upload to Stream (on SharePoint)”.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/streamnew/new-stream

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Microsoft Stream: Timeline markers in Teams meeting recordings for when you left or joined meetings

We are adding markers (which appear as icons above the video timeline) in Teams meeting recording timelines to indicate when you joined or left a meeting. The markers are personalized, so that only you will see your join and leave marker. The markers help you jump right to part of a meeting that you may have missed. Markers will only show up on recordings of Teams meeting that you were invited to and that you joined.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Hourly option for notifications

We are adding a new hourly option to end user notifications, allowing users to be able to rely on prompt notification about quarantined items when appropriate. With this feature users can be rest assured that they will be updated frequently once new items lands on their quarantine folder.
More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/simplifying-the-quarantine-experience-part-two/ba-p/3354687

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Microsoft 365 compliance center: Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management – Sequence detection

The chronological order of risky activities is an important aspect of risk investigation and identifying these related activities can help to better identify which activities pose a bigger risk.  In Insider Risk Management, you can detect these activities with a sequence detection. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, security and policy violations, and more. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/insider-risk-management?view=o365-worldwide

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Quarantined message storage in hidden system folder on user mailbox

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is changing the way quarantined messages are stored for users. Previously, quarantined messages were stored in a hosted repository away from the User mailbox. Moving forward these messages will be stored in a hidden system folder that is in the user mailbox. Although this hidden system folder is in the user mailbox it is important to note that this folder is not accessible by the users in any way. It is also worth noting that this change aligns with our long-term goal of surfacing the quarantine experience for users in the outlook client. For users who do not have a cloud mailbox (i.e., On-prem users) we will continue storing their quarantined messages in a hosted repository.
More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/simplifying-the-quarantine-experience-part-two/ba-p/3354687

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Custom organization branding for quarantine notification (custom sender address and Custom subject)

We are adding capabilities to making it possible for SecOps to customize end user quarantine notifications with their respective organization sender address and custom subject. Doing so helps ensure that users have safe and secure access to their quarantined messages and trains them to recognize legitimate notifications.
More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/simplifying-the-quarantine-experience/ba-p/2676388

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Quarantine asynchronous update [stage one]

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is working to enable additional quarantine enhancements, like partial string search functionality and 1,000 message bulk operation support in quarantine. As a result, we’ll be making adjustments to the release process through an asynchronous approach. the first stage will be the introduction of the asynchronous updates and the second stage will the introduction of enhancement features such as partial string search and 1,000 message bulk support.
More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/simplifying-the-quarantine-experience-part-two/ba-p/3354687

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