Microsoft Search: Introducing the New Search and Intelligence Homepage

We are excited to announce that we are rolling out a new homepage for the Search & intelligence admin portal, the central place to learn and administer Microsoft Search capabilities for your organization. The new homepage provides you with a single-entry point to access a range of Microsoft Search features and functions, such as Graph connectors, user feedback, Microsoft Search educational content, and more. 

When this will happen:

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Viva Learning Webapp Moving to Learning.Cloud.Microsoft

We are excited to announce that Viva Learning webapp is migrating from https://vivalearning.microsoft.com/ to https://learning.cloud.microsoft/. Viva Learning Webapp will also have self-explanatory and user-friendly links to tabs in Viva Learning.

This migration places the Viva Learning Webapp in the “.microsoft” domain.  After rollout, Viva Learning Webapp URLs will automatically redirect to the “learning.cloud.microsoft” domain. Users will be able to access all the features of the Webapp but under “.microsoft” domain.

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Custom Backgrounds for Announcement Posts in Channels

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to create custom backgrounds for their Announcement posts with the generative AI power of Microsoft Designer. This release of Custom Backgrounds for Announcement Posts will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop and Web for Channels 2.0 in English – US markets only. In line with current announcement behavior, Mobile will only support the consumption of custom backgrounds. Feature is disabled for EDU tenants while the team implements a policy setting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123501

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Announcing Viva Home: The Home for the Viva Suite on the Web

We are excited to announce the upcoming availability of Viva Home, a single web destination for your employees to access all the Viva apps they are licensed for. With Viva Home, employees can gain quick access to all Viva apps and learn how to incorporate them into their everyday work.

Labeled as “Viva”, this new page will be discoverable in the Apps experience at microsoft365.com/apps, as well as in the Microsoft 365 App Launcher. The new experience provides a centralized location for Microsoft 365 users to access all their Viva apps such as Connections, Engage, Insights, Learning, Goals and more on the web. The content displayed on the page will respect the end-user’s license and service plan assignment.

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Microsoft Teams: Automatic Updates for the Teams app on Android-based Teams Devices

Android-based Teams devices will start receiving automatic updates for Teams app, in addition to firmware.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 163598

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Microsoft Teams: Branded Meetings – Join Launcher Screen with Brand Image and Logo Support (Premium)

The Teams Join Launcher web page will now support the brand logo and brand image uploaded for branded meetings. This is a Teams Premium feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 164081

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Microsoft Purview: Audit Search Graph API (Preview)

Microsoft Graph offers a unified API endpoint for accessing data from multiple Microsoft cloud services in a single response. This feature provides a new Audit Log Query API that enables our customers to create applications to programmatically query and retrieve their organization’s Audit activity logs.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117587

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Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows- All-in-one experience

With update 4.19 coming in November, Teams Rooms on Windows will support all-in-one and board device form factors, such as the Surface Hub 3.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 170740

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Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of new attributes and features for alert and case

Coming soon, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out public preview of new attributes and features for alert and case.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 179385

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One Time Passcode (OTP) for simplified setup of Teams Rooms on Windows

With Teams Rooms on Windows update 4.19 coming in November, we are introducing a new and simplified way to setup Teams Room on Windows. During the first boot experience, the user will be presented with an option to enter a one-time passcode (OTP) to automatically fetch the resource account credentials and sign into Teams Rooms. The users will need a pro license to utilize this feature and provision the OTPs on the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 170745

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