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Trying to have multiple authors on one document can be a hassle but Microsoft’s Information Protection will take that stress away! Now multiple authors can edit labeled and protected documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint simultaneously. The documents will automatically save once you’re done making your edits.

In Development

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Data loss prevention (DLP) for Microsoft Teams data surfaced in Activity Explorer

DLP-related data sets which currently flow into Microsoft 365 Audit logs (i.e., Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Teams DLP) will now also surface within Activity Explorer and will now be available for Teams DLP under an activity called ‘DLP rule matched’.

ID: 85594 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2021

SharePoint: Hub to hub site association

We’re adding the ability to associate a SharePoint hub site to?another hub site to expand search?results?across multiple hubs in your organization. This enables users to?discover relevant content when?searching?on any sites?related to the associated hubs.

ID: 85613 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: October CY2021

SharePoint: Viewing reviews in the SharePoint Store

Viewing reviews is supported in the SharePoint Store. The experience is modernized and aligned with AppSource now.

ID: 85615 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2021

SharePoint: Recommending apps from partners

We recommend more apps from the same publisher when user is viewing the app details in the store. We will also recommend top-rated apps from partners when there is no searching results.

ID: 85616 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2021

Microsoft Information Protection: PDF files encrypted with sensitivity label can be searched and eDiscovered

With this update, PDF files with sensitivity label (and encryption) can be reasoned over in SharePoint Online, searched, or eDiscovered. Additionally, labels can be applied to the existing PDF files hosted in SharePoint.

ID: 85617 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center, Microsoft Information Protection – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2022

Microsoft Information Protection: Auto labeling (for files at rest in SharePoint Online) can now label PDF files

This feature enables you to label PDF files at rest via the auto-labeling engine as you would Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files.

ID: 85618 Tags: Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2022

Microsoft Information Protection: Sensitivity label with “User Define Permissions” works in SharePoint Online

With this feature, files labeled with “User defined permission” labels can be reasoned over in SharePoint Online, as well as opened, edited, searched, or eDiscovered.

ID: 85619 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center, Microsoft Information Protection – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2022

Microsoft Information Protection: API to set label on files in SharePoint online in bulk

This is a “set-label” API that third parties and ISVs can use to labels many files across SharePoint via scripting or programmatic manner.

ID: 85620 Tags: Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Release: March CY2022

Microsoft Information Protection: Application of a “default label” to an unlabeled file uploaded to a SharePoint Online document library

With this update, all newly uploaded documents to a document library can “inherit” the configured label for the document library (if not already labeled).

ID: 85621 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center, Microsoft Information Protection – DoD, GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2021

Microsoft Viva: Quiet time settings in Teams and Outlook

To help create better boundaries and protect your personal time, later this year Viva Insights will offer the ability to configure quiet time to silence mobile notifications from Outlook and Teams outside your working hours as well as provide personalized insights on how well you are disconnecting. You will also be able to set quiet time directly from Teams and Outlook mobile.

ID: 85627 Tags: Outlook, Microsoft Teams, MyAnalytics, Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2021

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Information governance and records management: new retention engine for SharePoint Online (Government clouds)

Introduction of our new retention engine for SharePoint Online (SPO) to Government clouds, which addresses the challenges with large tenants or tenants that must process large volumes of data. This will also enhance reliability and SLAs for retention.

ID: 85628 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – GCC High, DoD, GCC Release: October CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Customer Lockbox for Microsoft Teams

Customer Lockbox ensures that Microsoft cannot access your content to perform a service operation without your explicit approval. Customer Lockbox brings you into the approval workflow for requests to access your content. Customer Lockbox is already available for Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. This update brings the capability to Microsoft Teams as well.

ID: 86190 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: March CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Download Attendance report for GCC

Download and review attendee reports following a meeting or webinar.

ID: 87518 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC Release: October CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Reporter and Side-by-Side Presenter Mode in desktop or window sharing for GCC-High

Two new presenter modes are now coming available. Reporter places content as a visual aid above your shoulder like a news story. Side-by-side displays your video feed next to your content. You can now select a mode that fits your needs and promotes a more engaging presentation and consumption experience.

ID: 87522 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High Release: October CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Operator Connect

Operator Connect is a new way for customers to simply and quickly enable PSTN calling for Teams, using services from non-Microsoft telephony operators. Administrators can select their desired operator in the Teams Admin Center, and provision phone numbers to their users in just hours, with no required hardware.

ID: 87546 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Reply to a specific message

When chatting in Teams, you will be able to reply a specific message. The original message will be quoted in the reply text box, helping everyone in the chat to more easily understand the message’s context. Quoted replies will be available in 1:1, Group and Meeting chats.

ID: 81113 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Public Preview: Teams follow Office preview

Public Preview has provided IT admins with the ability to allow their users to receive preview features before they are released to the public. Coming up in June 2021, not only can users be opted-in to use Teams Public Preview, but IT admins can even configure Teams users preview state to follow Office preview state. All of this functionality will be accessible from the Teams Admin Center.

ID: 81704 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2021

Rolling Out

Microsoft Viva: Viva Connections Desktop for GCC

With the new Viva Connection Desktop release for GCC, you can bring your intranet directly into Teams Desktop. The app’s icon and name match your company brand and enable employees to discover, navigate and consume your top sites in Teams. The app gives employees a window into the rest of the company intranet by using the same global navigation as the SharePoint app bar.

ID: 85575 Tags: Microsoft Viva – GCC Release: September CY2021

SharePoint: Improvements to the Text web part for SharePoint pages and news

We’re adding the ability to paste inline images into the Text web part so that images can be closer to text and so that text can wrap around images. We’re also addressing feedback to reduce line spacing in text.

ID: 85584 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Release: September CY2021

Microsoft Teams: 2×2 video in Gallery view for web meetings in Safari

Gallery view now can show up to 4 participant videos during a meeting in Safari browser.

ID: 86513 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2021

Launched

Windows Virtual Desktop: Migration tool for non-ARM to ARM objects

Objects created with the Windows Virtual Desktop classic) GA release are non-ARM and cannot be managed by the Azure portal without explicit migration to the ARM model. A tool will be provided by Microsoft that will allow customers to migrate their non-ARM Windows Virtual Desktop objects to ARM Windows Virtual Desktop objects in a simplistic manner.

ID: 63945 Tags: Windows Virtual Desktop – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2021

Microsoft Compliance center: Information governance – Retention policies for Microsoft Teams for private channels

This update enables organizations to apply an organization-wide retention policy on Teams private channel messages.

ID: 82100 Tags: Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC Release: September CY2021

Microsoft Information Protection: Co-authoring on MIP encrypted documents

Multiple authors can edit labeled and protected documents in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint simultaneously, frictionless, and with auto-save, as if they were regular documents.

ID: 82112 Tags: Microsoft Information Protection – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, GCC Release: September CY2021

Microsoft Compliance center: Additional third-party data connectors (17a-4 LLC and CellTrust)

Use data connectors to import and archive third-party data from social media platforms, instant messaging platforms, document collaboration platforms and more, to mailboxes in your Microsoft 365 organization where you can then apply various Microsoft 365 compliance solutions to the imported data. This helps you ensure that your organization’s non-Microsoft data is in compliance with the regulations and standards that affect your organization. This release includes data connectors from 17a-4 LLC and CellTrust.

ID: 82120 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – GCC Release: September CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Scale Teams Live Events to 100k attendees

100k Teams Live Events are now supported when you engage the Microsoft LEAP team for assistance producing & delivering your event.

ID: 85151 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Starting recording will also start live transcription.

If both recording and policy settings are enabled, turning on recording will also start live transcription.

ID: 85837 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: August CY2021

Canceled