Changes to the Registration campaign feature in Azure AD

Publicly switched telephone networks (PSTN) such as SMS and voice authentication are the weakest forms of MFA. To help your users move away from them we are introducing changes to the Microsoft managed state of the Registration campaign feature in Azure Active Directory.

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PDF Tools app retirement

We will be retiring the PDF Tools app from Teams, Office and Outlook store by mid-July, 2023. 

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Upcoming changes to direct email notifications

Direct email notifications are sent to users who are assigned users who are assigned a pre-configured administrator role in an impacted Dynamics 365 or Power Platform environment, or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Lifecycle Services (LCS) project or environment.

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New tenant configuration experiences within Viva Engage admin center

Starting the first week of July, the same tenant configuration experiences currently available in the Yammer admin center will also be available within the Viva Engage admin center for Microsoft Viva customers. Global admins, Engage admins (Yammer administrator AAD role) and Yammer network admins can access these features from both the Web and Teams version of the Viva Engage admin experience. 

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Microsoft EHR Connector: Auto updating public keys for EHR connector enabled virtual visits

This feature update will allow Microsoft Teams EHR Connector to automatically supply Epic EHR systems with customer specific public keys for OAuth2 authentication during EHR Connector meeting launches. This differs from the pre-existing workflow where public keys were manually uploaded into Epic. By automating this process, the feature provides reliability and security improvements by allowing more frequent automated rotation of certificates by avoiding manual steps in the rotation process.

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Planned Maintenance: Nosie suppression in Stream will be down for limited time

We have maintenance planned for: Noise suppression in new Microsoft Stream

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Microsoft Defender for Identity: Classic portal automatic redirection

Beginning on June 30, 2023, access to Microsoft Defender for Identity legacy portal at portal.atp.azure.com will be unavailable. Any request will be automatically redirected to Microsoft 365 Defender portal at security.microsoft.com. All new and existing tenants will be automatically redirected to the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, and the option to opt-out will no longer be available.

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Viva Learning content provider configuration feature will now be migrated to Viva Learning Admin tab

Currently content provider configuration for Viva Learning happens on the Microsoft 365 Admin center. We will be migrating the provider configuration capabilities on Manage providers in the Viva Learning admin tab, which is where we will continue to invest our development resources.  

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Answers in Viva Information Panel

Next month, more enhancements for Answers in Viva will be available for Microsoft Viva customers. Admins will see a new information panel appear in the right column of the Answers tab within the Viva Engage app in Microsoft Teams, and on Yammer.com.

Answers is a conversational experience for asking questions and connecting people to answers that lives within Viva Engage. The new information panel in Answers helps you provide bespoke guidance to your employees to support their use of Answers in your organization. This feature is only visible to administrators until the content is saved and published, then all licensed users of Answers will be able to see the information panel. Consider publishing getting started guidance, key contacts and links to help your employees get the most out of their experience using Answers.

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Viva Learning content provider configuration feature will now be available in Viva Learning Admin tab

Provider configuration will now be available on Viva Learning Admin tab. Admins can add/edit/delete the LMS, 3P and global learning providers directly from Manage providers in Viva Learning app. The existing configuration capabilities on M365 Admin centre will no longer be available by 15th June.

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