Microsoft SharePoint: Add approvals to any SharePoint list

Microsoft SharePoint is expanding Approvals to any list, allowing users to configure Approvals by going to the Automate dropdown from the command bar in SharePoint Online lists or in the Microsoft Lists app. The rollout will begin in mid-April 2024 for Targeted Release and early May for General Availability, with completion expected by early May and mid-June, respectively. Users can manually add approvals columns back into views at any time. Organizations should inform their users of the new functionality and include the Microsoft Support link in their end-user documentation and support process.

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Premium Viva Engage: New Copilot and AI Summarization

Microsoft Viva Engage is introducing Copilot and AI-powered Summarization in late April 2024 for all users with a premium Viva Engage license. Copilot provides personalized suggestions for what to post on Engage and offers collaboration on writing Engage posts. Copilot suggestions are powered by AI Summarization, which produces LLM-generated summaries of Engage posts. Admins can use the Viva Feature Access Management platform to control the availability of Copilot and AI Summarization in premium Viva Engage for the entire tenant and for select users and groups. No admin action is required to make Copilot available for use.

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Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Public preview of policy deletion enhancement

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will soon have a policy deletion enhancement allowing admins to delete all associated alerts and users in scope when deleting a policy. No action is needed to enable this feature. The update will roll out mid-May 2024 to mid-June 2024 for public preview and mid-July 2024 to late July 2024 for general availability worldwide. The solution can be accessed in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Learn more about creating and managing insider risk management policies on Microsoft Learn.

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Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: New Microsoft Fabric risk indicators

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is expanding its detections to Microsoft Fabric, with ready-to-use indicators based on user activities in Power BI. This update extends its risk detection capabilities to Microsoft Fabric products by offering ready-to-use risk indicators based on activities that may lead to a data security incident in Power BI. Insider Risk admins with appropriate permissions can opt into these new indicators in the new Microsoft Purview portal or in the Purview compliance portal at Insider Risk Management settings. The update will begin rolling out early April 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024.

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Microsoft Teams: Meeting Chat shown by default in Gallery View with Teams Room

Microsoft Teams will show Meeting Chat by default in Gallery View with Teams Room. This will enable users to see incoming chat messages on the front-of-room display during a meeting. The default chat experience can be configured via Teams Admin Center or XML setting. No action is needed to prepare for this change.

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Microsoft Teams | Track usage of your frontline teams and apps in the Teams Admin Center

Admins can track usage of frontline teams and apps in the Teams Admin Center with a usage dashboard. A table with usage data for each frontline location on Microsoft Teams, Walkie Talkie, Shifts, and Tasks can be filtered by location and date range. Admins can export this data to a CSV file. Rollout begins in April 2024 and ends in May 2024. Admins should map frontline attributes and deploy frontline dynamic teams in the Teams Admin Center. Learn more about Frontline Usage Reporting.

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Microsoft Teams: Access Workflows from the three-dot menu on shared file

Microsoft Teams will soon bring Workflows powered by Microsoft Power Automate to the three-dot menu for files shared in Teams chat or channels. Users will be able to select the three-dot menu on files shared in Teams chat or channels, and then choose Workflows to configure and run workflows for files. The feature will only be available in the New Teams client on the desktop and on the web. No action is needed from users to prepare for this rollout.

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Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Improvements to SharePoint files/folders deletion indicators

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will soon improve indicators for “Deleting of SharePoint files/folders” to include files/folders moved to the recycle bin. No action is required, but organizations may want to adjust indicator thresholds. Access the solution in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Rollout begins early April 2024.

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eDiscovery – Graph API for purge enhancements to include Exchange items and expand purge limit from 10 to 100

Microsoft Graph eDiscovery premium API will expand to support items stored in Microsoft Exchange, including emails and calendar invitations. The limit for each purge action per unique location will expand from 10 to 100 items per location. This feature will improve the consistency and scope of the purge action for scenarios such as data spillage or malicious content remediation. Admins responsible for Teams and Exchange purge should review the updated documentation and existing processes, validate the behavior of the eDiscovery premium purge API, and make any related updates to internal organization process and documentation.

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OneDrive: Media node in OneDrive for web

OneDrive for web will have a Media node added to the left navigation, allowing commercial customers to view photo and video content stored in their OneDrive in a single view. This will be available worldwide in April 2024, and end-users will be able to perform actions on the media content in this view. No action is required to prepare, but updating user training and notifying end-users may be beneficial.

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