Changes to the registration campaign feature in Microsoft Entra (previously Azure Active Directory)

Updated September 18, 2023: Deployment will begin September 25th and will run to October 20th. These dates replace the dates mentioned in the email “We’re enabling a stronger form of multifactor authentication beginning September 15, 2023” that you might have received. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Publicly switched telephone networks (PSTN) such as SMS and voice authentication are the weakest forms of MFA. To help your users move away from these less secure MFA methods we are introducing changes to the Microsoft managed state of the registration campaign (aka Nudge) feature in Microsoft Entra (previously Azure Active Directory).

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Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 20, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Outlook: Shared Calendar Notifications

The feature gives the ability for a user to receive notifications for changes in a calendar they have shared or have been shared with. Delegates and editors for a principal’s calendar can subscribe to notifications for certain changes to the events in the principal’s calendar. Similarly, any user who has their calendar shared out can subscribe to notifications for certain changes done to their calendar by any delegate or editor. The notifications will be triggered for create, update and delete actions to events in the calendar.

When this will happen:

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Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 19, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Simplifying Meeting Join Experiences on Teams Mobile

We are improving the meeting join experience on Teams Mobile (iOS / Android) in several ways:

1. Streamlining the meeting join process by reducing the number of steps it takes to join the meeting, particularly for users joining from externally of the organization.
2. Users who join without signing in will now have the capability to preset and preview video / audio settings prior to joining the meeting.
3. Simplifying the join process for users with multiple accounts by improving the account switching user experience.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 19, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Meeting Protection Support and Improved View Switcher for Teams Rooms on Android

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Android Update 3 (2023) includes new in-meeting experiences including:

• Improved view switcher and front of room display controls 
• Meeting protection support – End-to-end Encryption for meetings and Sensitivity labels

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Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 18, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: General availability of static alert and case IDs

Insider Risk Management will provide static alert and case IDs to help admins track and communicate investigation progress with colleagues more easily.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124777, 139455

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Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 18, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Watermark support for recording playback (Premium)

Recording can now be enabled for watermarked meetings (Watermark feature requires a Teams Premium license). An email ID will be displayed as the watermark during the meeting recording playback. Once a meeting has concluded, users can access the recorded content on both web and mobile platforms to watch the recording with watermarking.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 137654

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Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 18, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Teams Panels Recognized and Visible in Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal

We are pleased to announce that Teams Panels will soon appear and be supported in the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal. Panels will start to appear under the Rooms and Inventory pages. The device health signals and management functionality will be similar to what is offered on Teams Rooms on Android devices.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 18, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Extended Real-time Telemetry Retention Up To Seven Days

The Real-Time Analytics feature in the Teams admin center (TAC) allows IT admins to view their users’ meetings and identify issues related to audio, video, content sharing, and network connectivity. As an admin, you can use this information to investigate and address any problems with the meeting experience while the meeting is ongoing.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 18, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Purview Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Protect sensitive text when it is pasted through Web forms

Updated September 15, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention that can help organizations create policies that prevent their users from pasting sensitive data to specific websites, including personal email, generative AI prompts, social media sites and more when accessed through a supported web browser.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 15, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Generate unique join links for external presenters so they can easily join events

Organizers can set up events and effortlessly add external presenters, who will receive exclusive Teams join links. These links enable external presenters to directly enter the event, eliminating the need for organizers to manually admit them from the event lobby or modify their event role during the session. This creates a hassle-free event experience for organizers and presenters!

External Presenters are considered people outside of your organization, including guests (AAD/B2B/non-AAD), federated, unfederated, and anonymous users (non-AAD).

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Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 15, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments