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Microsoft Edge Data and Consent Changes in European Economic Area

Note: If your organization does not have users in European Economic Area, you can safely disregard this message.

To prepare for the Digital Markets Act, Microsoft Edge will roll out changes starting no earlier than February 20, 2024, that will go into effect in the European Economic Area (EEA). This will allow end users in the EEA the option to uninstall the Microsoft Edge browser. In addition, Microsoft Edge will no longer rely on the Windows diagnostic group policies in the areas affected by the Digital Markets Act. It will instead use the Microsoft Edge group policy, DiagnosticData, for diagnostic data collection. Edge version 122 will also introduce a new policy, UrlDiagnosticDataEnabled, to enable more control over optional data collection. This policy provides the ability for your organization to send optional diagnostic data to help with critical product improvements and stability but avoid sharing URLs of pages visited and per-page usage.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 14, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams for Windows is discontinuing support for the legacy ADAL Authentication SDK

Note: This message is relevant to organizations that haven’t yet fully transitioned to New Teams on Windows PCs. If every Teams user in your organization is already using New Teams, no further action is required.

New Teams removes support for ADAL (Active Directory Authentication Library), a legacy SDK used in rare cases by Teams Classic. This change is part of our broader effort to improve performance and security.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 14, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

An updated version of the February 2024 security update Scan Cab for Windows Server Update Services is available

IMPORTANT: this notice only affects environments where:
  • This notice only affects environments where Scan Cab is used to check for update compliance.
  • The Scan Cab for the February 2024 security update was deployed before 4:00 PM PST on February 13, 2024.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 14, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Take action: February 2024 security update is now available

The February 2024 security update is now available for Windows 11 and all supported versions of Windows 10. We recommend that you install these updates promptly. For more information about the contents of this update, see the release notes, which are easily accessible from the Windows 11 and Windows 10 update history pages. To learn more about the different types of monthly quality updates, see Windows monthly updates explained. To be informed about the latest updates and releases, follow us on X @WindowsUpdate.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 14, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Limit Presenter Role Permissions

Organizers who schedule meetings where attendees are presenters by default will now have a secured Microsoft Teams meetings experience. We are introducing a PowerShell, so admins can control the presenter role permissions in untrusted environments, such as EDU, where students assigned as presenters can remove other students from the meeting. 

Key changes that apply to personal and work or school accounts excluding Microsoft Teams Rooms:

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 13, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Retirement of entities in Outlook for contextual add-ins

We’re making some changes to the way Outlook supports contextual add-ins. Contextual add-ins activate based on the content of an email message or a meeting request. Currently, Outlook supports two methods for activating contextual add-ins: entity stamping and regular expression (regex) matching.

Entity stamping is a process where Outlook identifies and highlights certain types of data in a message, such as addresses, phone numbers, meeting suggestions, and task suggestions. When a user clicks on a highlighted entity, Outlook shows a list of add-ins that are relevant to that entity.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 13, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Intune moving to support Android 10 and later for user-based management methods in October 2024

In October 2024, Intune will be moving to support Android 10 and later for user-based management methods which includes:

  • Android Enterprise personally-owned work profile
  • Android Enterprise corporate owned work profile
  • Android Enterprise fully managed
  • Android Open Source Project (AOSP) user-based
  • Android device administrator
  • App protection policies (APP)
  • App configuration policies (ACP) for managed apps

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 13, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Interim DST guidance for Kazakhstan, Samoa, and Palestinian Authority

Three Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes will be released as part of the March 2024 non-security preview update and the April 2024 security update. Samoa has abolished DST. Kazakhstan has switched to a single time zone. The Palestinian Authority has announced a delay in DST dates for 2024 and 2025. Microsoft recommends temporary workarounds for users affected by these changes. Read individual articles on the Daylight Saving Time & Time Zone Blog. 
 

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 13, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Retiring of Suggested Tasks Insight Type

We will be retiring the ‘suggested tasks’ insight type which may appear on profile cards on Teams and Outlook

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 12, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Reminder: Changes coming to Windows Boot Manager revocations for Secure Boot, April 9, 2024

Administrators should observe mitigations and security enforcement requirements coming into effect with Windows updates released on and after April 9, 2024. Devices running Windows updates released July 11, 2023 or later include security measures designed to protect vulnerable boot managers against a Secure Boot bypass vulnerability disclosed in CVE-2023-24932. Secure Boot is a Windows security feature designed to protect devices from bootkit malware.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 12, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

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