SharePoint Online’s Text web part is being enhanced with expanded font size support, additional bullet and numbered list styles, and custom list capabilities. Rollout starts mid-May 2024, with all page authors gaining these features automatically. Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 394278.
The Microsoft Purview portal will soon introduce an enhanced global Search feature, allowing users to search for organizational profiles, including names, email addresses, role groups, and admin units. This update, associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 396570 and 396571, will start rolling out in early July 2024 and is expected to complete by early September 2024. No admin action is required for this automatic rollout.
SharePoint Online will soon introduce a feature allowing users to apply shapes like square, circle, triangle, hexagon, pebble, and teardrop to images in Image and Text web parts. Rollout begins mid-April 2024 and ends early June 2024. No admin action is needed before the rollout.
The new Microsoft Teams feature enhances the People app on Teams Phone devices, offering a quicker, more streamlined experience. Users can switch between contact lists rapidly, add people, or create groups. The rollout begins in mid-July 2024, with updates necessary to access the new feature. Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 396773 details this update.
Microsoft Teams is introducing a Private Line feature for Teams phone devices, allowing users with delegate lines to have a second, private number. This feature includes distinct ringtones and call history tagging for differentiation. It will roll out worldwide starting mid-July 2024. Users must configure private lines via PowerShell.
In Microsoft Viva, Official Communities, verified by Engage admins, will be more discoverable on the Communities discovery page and can be filtered on the View all Communities page. This feature, associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 396722, will roll out in June 2024.
The message details a new Explicit Consent recording meeting policy for Microsoft Teams phone devices, requiring participant consent for recordings or transcriptions. It will roll out in mid-July 2024, with the feature being disabled by default and admins having the option to enable it.
The message discusses the introduction of Connection statistics for admins in Microsoft Graph Connector, providing insights into crawled and indexed items. It will be available in Public Preview and General Availability from late June to early July 2024. No preparation is needed for this update.
Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management will soon introduce a feature allowing admins to delete indicator variants, with Public Preview completed in February 2024 and General Availability expected by early July 2024. This control will be available in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. No admin action is required before the rollout.
Custom backgrounds for Teams Rooms on Android will soon be available, allowing the upload of images via the Teams admin center. This feature requires a Teams Rooms Pro license and will roll out in July 2024 (Worldwide and GCC) and August 2024 (GCC High). Users can manage backgrounds through specific admin center settings.
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