Decorate your background in Teams Meetings (Premium)

Teams Premium users will be able to use “Decorate your background,” leveraging gen-AI to augment your real-life surroundings. It creates a personalized atmosphere for your video calls.

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Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Tracking and Revocation in Compliance Portal

Users can access the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to check who has tried accessing their sensitivity labeled and encrypted local Office files and revoke access when needed.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 177890

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Enhancements to DLP capabilities on macOS endpoints

The Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention will enable you to expend some of your existing DLP policies to macOS endpoints, including Removable USB device groups/Network share groups/Printer groups, Most restrictive, and Network share coverage and exclusions.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 174658

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Tasks in my area or department (a mobile Planner in Teams feature)

In the Tasks by Planner and To Do app in Microsoft Teams, buckets are a common way to organize tasks into different areas of work.

The mobile experience for the Tasks app in Teams will soon be updated to make it easier to filter to a specific bucket or set of buckets so that you can focus on the tasks in your area. We expect this simple user experience change to provide greater focus and greater productivity, while maintaining the familiar look and feel throughout the Tasks app.

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Improved Frontline Workers Availability Preferences

We’re excited to announce significant product upgrades focusing on enhanced FLW Availability Preferences.

Frontline workers often balance various personal commitments and specific work-time preferences. Through shifts, FLWs can establish availability preferences for calendar dates alongside recurring days. This feature streamlines shift assignments for frontline managers, who can seamlessly assign shifts by reviewing these availability preferences within the Shifts app.

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Enhanced User Request Management and Navigation in Teams Admin Center

We are excited to share some upcoming updates to the user app request feature in the Teams Admin Center aimed at enhancing the request administration process. Here are the key changes:

  1. User Requests Tab: A new ‘User Requests’ tab is now available on the App Details page. It provides detailed information about each request, including the requester’s name, email, job title, and request date, allowing for more informed decisions about app approvals.
  2. Dashboard Widget: A widget on the main Teams Admin Center dashboard now shows the most requested apps, giving a clear view of user preferences and helping you prioritize app management tasks.
  3. Improved App Request Browsing: The ‘Browse by app requests’ filter has been added to the ‘Manage apps’ page, making it simpler to view app requests by demand.

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SharePoint Tables: New Accessibility Labels

Accessibility improvements to SharePoint tables within the text webpart allow users to specify row and column layouts, as well as provide alternative text labels for screen readers. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 184511

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Microsoft Teams: Assign staff and Duration for On-demand virtual appointments

The Virtual Appointments app provides a central hub for all your virtual appointments needs in Microsoft Teams. The app enables a seamless end-to-end experience for business-to-customer engagements.

On-demand virtual appointments enable customers and clients to meet with a staff member of a business without booking a schedule in advance 

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Copilot with commercial data protection now Generally Available

As announced in MC689933 (November ’23), Copilot with commercial data protection (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) is now generally available as of December 1, 2023.

Read more in our general availability blog.

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Communication Compliance – Empower end users to report inappropriate posts and comments in Viva Engage

Coming soon to public preview, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance will release a feature that empowers users to report policy-violating posts and comments in Viva Engage:

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 144596

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