Microsoft Information Protection: Maintain label and protection when creating PDF files from VBA in Office apps

This feature is for VBA developers who use Office fixed format export functions to create PDFs from documents with sensitivity labels and encryption. By default, all PDFs created using Office’s fixed format export functions will automatically inherit the source document’s label or encryption. Some VBA add-ins may need to be updated to avoid issues when post-processing an encrypted PDF.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93406

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Retiring Resume Assistant in Word

Resume Assistant is being phased out, starting in September 2022. By the end of January 2023, it will be removed and no longer supported.

Microsoft is committed to improving your Microsoft 365 subscription. As a result, we occasionally remove features and benefits that duplicate equivalent offerings that are available to subscribers.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

We’ve released updates to the following update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps:

  • Current Channel
  • Monthly Enterprise Channel
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)
  • Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

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We’ve changed the minimum iOS system requirements for Outlook for iOS and watchOS

Outlook for iOS is supported on the two most recent versions of iOS. When a new version of iOS is released, Outlook’s Operating System requirement becomes the two most recent versions: the current version of iOS and watchOS and the previous version.

With iOS 16 currently in beta, Outlook for iOS is preparing to drop support for iOS 14. In addition, once iOS 16 is released to GA, the system requirements for Outlook for iOS will be updated to reflect support for iOS 16. Microsoft will update the minimum system requirements for Outlook for iOS app from iOS 14 to iOS 15.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Actions from the email entity page

We are adding the ability to take actions from the email entity page. You can take email remediation actions, create submissions, tenant level block actions (block sender/domain/file/URLs), investigative actions from email entity page.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93295

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

  • Current Channel

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Microsoft Secure Score is Updating an improvement action for Microsoft Defender for Identity

We’ve updated Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of your security posture.

This update will include this new Microsoft Defender for Identity recommendations as part of Microsoft Secure Score “Unsecure domain configurations” improvement action:

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Microsoft Office Translator Add-in retiring in September 2022

With the inclusion of the Translate feature in Office applications, we will be retiring the Translator add-in for Office. 

When this will happen:

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Multiple-Linked Entity Support in Microsoft To Do

In Microsoft To Do, we surface tasks from different sources to provide users with a single place for all of their tasks. One aspect we want to ensure is that tasks that are captured will always be linked back to the source of where they were created.

We currently have the provision to support a single link. For tasks created in Planner, To Do provides the link to the Tasks app in Teams.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

  • Current Channel

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