Teams meetings to support view-only attendees

We originally communicated this in MC240169 (Feb ’21). Currently, Teams meetings are limited to 300 users. If someone tries to join a meeting after it reaches capacity, they are unable to do so. With this update, meeting organizers who are assigned an appropriate license will be able to host a Teams meeting that has overflow capacity.

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Microsoft Teams: webinars plus new meeting registration options

We are excited to announce the forthcoming availability of Teams webinar capabilities, beginning rollout at the end of April 2021, completing in May 2021.

Associated features that apply to webinars and meetings, include:

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New conditions available for auto-labeling in Exchange Online

This update introduces new conditions for auto-labeling in Exchange Online. A policy can now apply a label to mail based on sender, recipient, subject, or header matches without requiring you to scan for sensitive content.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72225.

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Teams: Create tasks from Teams chats or channel posts

This new feature will allow users to create Tasks from Teams chats or channel posts and enable them to identify tasks that arise naturally in Teams conversations while ensuring important work isn’t overlooked. This will rollout on Microsoft Teams desktop and mobile.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68696.

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Adding translator service to Service Health Dashboard

This new translator toggle feature on the Service Health Dashboard (SHD) page will use Microsoft’s translation service to automatically translate the content of Incidents and advisories to the language selected by user.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82267.

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Microsoft Forms data insights: Word Cloud for open text question

We are introducing a new AI based data insight type Word Cloud for open text question in Forms. The key phrases from the open text responses will be extracted and be visualized with word cloud. This can help users to get a quick view on the top text phrases people answered with.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81840

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Microsoft Search: Earn Microsoft Rewards when using a work or school account

Users in your organization will soon have the ability to earn Microsoft Rewards points when signed into select Microsoft 365 services (Microsoft Search in Bing) with their organizational (work or school) account.

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Customized backgrounds in Microsoft Teams meeting video coming to mobile devices

If you have enabled this feature for Teams desktop apps, users will be able blur their background in a video meeting or call or replace the background with an image.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82234 

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New DLP alerts management dashboard in Microsoft 365 compliance center

You will soon see a new Data loss prevention (DLP) alert management experience within the Microsoft 365 compliance center. The DLP alerts dashboard is currently in preview.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72206.

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Opt-in to the new Teams live events multi-window producer experience

Currently, a Microsoft Teams live event producer manages a live event within the primary Teams window.

With MC248212 (April 1, 2021), we announced a new feature that allows producers to manage a live event in a separate Teams window. We are providing an opportunity to opt-in to this new feature before it rolls out to your tenant.

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