Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management is introducing new reporting capabilities with a central location for all reports, including analytics and user activity. New Alerts and Cases operational reports will be available for admins, analysts, or investigators, rolling out from December 2024 to March 2025.
We are announcing the general availability of solution-aware cloud flow sharing limits to the Power Platform. You can now start to control how you want your makers to share their solution-aware cloud flows. Customers should have access to this control for their managed environments by December 13, 2024.
We are announcing the Summarize records with Copilot feature for Dynamics 365 Field Service. This feature provides technicians with a quick summary of their work orders, outlining key details and other contextual information. This feature will reach general availability on December 16, 2024.
The Microsoft 365 admin center will soon support Tenant Restriction v2, enhancing security by limiting user access via external accounts. This feature, part of cross-tenant access settings, will be rolled out from mid-November to late December 2024 and will be off by default. No admin action is required before the rollout.
The new Microsoft Outlook for Windows will offer read-only support for .pst files, allowing users to open, read, and search emails in .pst files. Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks data in .pst files will not be accessible in this phase. Rollout begins late November 2024 for Targeted Release and mid-January 2025 for General Availability. Outlook Data File support is enabled by default but can be managed with the OutlookDataFile mailbox policy.
Microsoft Copilot will introduce a user control for web searches, allowing users to enable or disable sending queries to Bing. Rollout starts mid-December 2024 and should complete by late January 2025. Admins can disable this feature, and no action is required for the rollout.
OneNote for Win32 introduces Copilot quick actions on the canvas, including Rewrite, Summarize, and Todo. The update, linked with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 417476, will roll out from mid-November to mid-December 2024, enhancing feature discoverability and notetaking efficiency. Admins should inform users about the update.
The Teams admin center will soon include a ‘Best Practice Configurations’ dashboard to help monitor and align tenant settings with Microsoft’s recommended best practices for optimal collaboration in Teams. This feature will roll out from early December 2024 to mid-January 2025. Admins will be notified of non-conformance in key areas. No preparation is needed from administrators.
Microsoft Loop will support Retention Labels for pages and components, aligning with Microsoft Purview’s records management. Rollout starts late November 2024, completing by late December 2024. No action is needed for tenants as existing labels will automatically apply to Loop content.
Microsoft Loop will enable common admin management tasks for all workspaces, with a rollout starting in late December 2024 and completion by late March 2025. This update is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421613. No preparation is needed from organizations as the feature will become available automatically.
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