Preset Organizational Background (Premium)

We are introducing granular controls to the existing Organizational Defined Background capability which is part of Teams Premium now. With the granular controls, admins will be able to show only custom backgrounds, require background blur, or preset an organizational background.

• Organizational defined backgrounds – provides catalog of org backgrounds for user to choose from
• Show only custom backgrounds (launched July 2023) – when configured, users will only have the option to apply a custom background.
• Require background blur (launched October 2023) – when enabled, if a user does not have a background image applied their video background will be blurred.
• Preset organizational background (ETA February 2023) – when enabled, a user will have a preset background defined by IT without the ability to change the background.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 24, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Sensitivity labels to discover private teams and protect shared channels

In the Microsoft Purview Compliance portal, under Information Protection, we are introducing two new controls in the sensitivity label creation/edit process. These changes are designed to improve the controls around private team discoverability in Teams and to provide additional controls for the shared channels in Teams channels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 165698 and 174575.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 24, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Mute On Air available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows

The Mute On Air feature is now available. This feature, available in the new Teams experience on Windows, enables you to mute and unmute your audio by clicking the mic icon in Windows taskbar.

To control your call mic from the taskbar, do the following:

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 23, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Introducing the ability to duplicate an existing webinar

Currently with webinars, you are unable to duplicate a webinar and create a new webinar based off an existing one. This can be time consuming if organizers would like to schedule multiple events that are similar to one another. To simplify event creation Microsoft Teams is introducing the ability to create a new webinar by duplicating the information for an existing scheduled one. Information includes a webinar’s details, presenters, theming, and more. The organizer can also choose to edit and update the information as needed for their new webinar.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 375177

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 23, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Outlook: Hide favorites in the New Outlook for Windows and web

Users are now able hide their favorites section in Microsoft Outlook, which provides more space in the folder pane.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 167071

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 23, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Power Platform – Dataverse Customer Managed Key with Azure Key Vault key versioning is now available

The Microsoft Power Platform empowers you to do more with less by making it easier than ever to securely scale low-code adoption, increase organizational collaboration, and infuse AI and automation into all your business processes. Microsoft Power Platform comes with advanced risk and compliance features that give you an easy cost-effective way to cover your risks and compliance needs. As part of these investments, we are pleased to announce the Azure key vault key versioning to support your key rotation is now generally available.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 23, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Unified RBAC provides centralized role-based administration controls for Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Microsoft Defender XDR unified role-based access control (URBAC) provides an alternative to traditional Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO/EOP) and Exchange Online (EXO) RBAC.

When this will happen:

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 22, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: External call routing settings

End users will now be able to change their external call routing settings directly from the Teams app, allowing them to decide how incoming PSTN calls are routed. Calls can be redirected based on existing unanswered call settings or sent to voicemail. This new capability provides more flexibility for handling customer communications.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 372120

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 22, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Allow meeting participants to create Collaborative notes

Currently, only Microsoft Teams meeting organizers can create Collaborative notes before and after meetings. We are rolling out enhanced Collaborative notes that allow any meeting invitee to create notes before, during, and after the meeting. This enhancement helps to improve collaboration and efficiency and provides a seamless teamwork experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 374515.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 22, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft 365 admin center: Improved view of service health issue details

We are introducing a new version of the service health issue details screen in Microsoft 365 admin center. This screen appears when you click on an incident or advisory on the service health page in the Microsoft 365 admin center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 374703

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 19, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments