A new feature in Microsoft Purview | eDiscovery will allow generating and downloading keyword reports from review sets using KQL queries. It’s part of Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 171751, rolling out from December 2024 to March 2025, and will not disrupt current workflows. Preparation involves evaluating the feature’s impact on eDiscovery processes.
A new entry point for Viva Connections will be added to the SharePoint app bar, with rollouts starting mid-January 2025 for Targeted Release and late January 2025 for General Availability. This feature requires a published dashboard and enabled Viva Connections on tenants. No admin action is needed before the rollout.
SharePoint introduces a Pay-as-you-go billing model for Agents, starting mid-January 2025. Admins must set up billing in the Microsoft 365 admin center using an Azure subscription and resource group. This allows unlicensed users to access Agents, while licensed users continue as per their terms.
In July 2024, we released the New Analysis Engine for Power Apps canvas apps. This new engine decreases app load times and improves performance when authoring an app. All apps still using the old analysis engine will be migrated to the New Analysis Engine starting February 2025.
Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook: Microsoft 365 Copilot can help you prepare for upcoming meetings by summarizing key information about a meeting such as the purpose, action items, pre-reads and related discussions. Copilot summarizes based on meeting related information found on the Microsoft Graph and provides a unique summary for each attendee based on the content they have permission to access.
This feature will be available in new Outlook for Windows and web. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature.
Outlook for iOS will start supporting CryptoTokenKit for SMIME in December 2024, with no required actions for organizations unless they wish to use this feature.
Microsoft Teams will soon automate the association of peripherals to BYOD rooms using meeting room invite data, enhancing user experience with features like auto-selection of audio/video devices and shared display mode. Rollout begins mid-January 2025 for Targeted Release and late January for General Availability. No admin action is required before rollout, but it’s recommended to review room inventory and encourage users to book rooms and plug in peripherals. This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469495.
Viva Engage reactions history will be included in network-level data exports starting early December 2024, with full rollout by mid-December. Admins can export tenant data by date range to view reactions.
We are announcing the Automate work button in Excel Online feature. This feature allows users to automate tasks and run processes from Excel on Windows desktop and Mac devices. This feature will reach general availability on December 31, 2024.
We are announcing the Extend email drafts with file links from third-party systems feature for Copilot for Sales. This feature allows you to add content and links from external, third-party systems to emails. This feature will reach general availability on December 17, 2024.
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