Play of the Week

Presenters in Teams will soon be able to screen-share all their meeting apps directly onto the stage for improved collaboration. This will allow developers to enable screensharing specific pieces of app content and the content is included in the meeting recording. The feature will be released in May 2024 for all customers.

In Development

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Protect your most sensitive content with double key encryption

Double Key Encryption (DKE) provides organizations with a second encryption key for your most sensitive content.

ID: 78723 Release: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meet now in Teams group chat

Start a huddle with you colleagues using meet now in group chat. Meet now in group chat is a ringless experience designed to enable ad-hoc, real-time communication with your team in a hybrid environment.

ID: 128191 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel – Graph Grounded Chat

Ask Copilot for answers grounded in your work content from the Microsoft Graph—your chats, documents, meetings, and emails—beyond your active Excel workbook. If you’re analyzing a workbook and want to enhance your understanding using information from another source in your tenant, just ask Copilot in Excel.

ID: 375510 Release: Excel, Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Queues app (Premium)

The new Queues app is a solution for collaboratively handling customer calls natively in Teams. Starting with surfacing call queue calls, your team members can use the Queues app to handle inbound calls, be it PSTN or VOIP. They can make outbound calls on behalf of the call queues or auto attendant that they are assigned to. And they can review the call queue statistics and seamlessly collaborate with their lead and colleagues within the flow of work. Authorized users, with permissions from Teams admins, can monitor their call queues and auto attendants in realtime, generate reports on queue and agent performance, configure their call queues and auto attendants using Teams settings, and opt in or out their team members to optimize for business needs. This is a Teams Premium feature.

ID: 379980 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Rooms Windows Devices support for presenters in town halls

Presenters can join and present from a Microsoft Teams Room (MTR) Windows device in a town hall.

ID: 381425 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Survivable Branch Appliance support for call controls, auto attendants, and call queues

We continue to expand our Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) capabilities. We are adding support for call transfer, forwarding, and the ability to manage call routing settings for calls to a call queue or auto attendant, in the event of an outage. If incoming calls to a call queue or auto attendant are received during an outage, organizations will have the option to choose to redirect these calls to an alternate call queue or auto attendant or to reach a specific user within the site, ensuring that important calls are not missed.

ID: 384066 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Webinars in GCC-High

Teams Webinars is available for GCC-High clouds. This includes similar functionality that is already available for worldwide multi-tenant, such as interactivity for up to 1,000 attendees, registration support, co-organizer support, breakout rooms, attendee reporting, and Dynamics 365 marketing integration.

ID: 387790 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC High Tags: May CY2024

OneDrive: Annotate PDFs with Text

This feature allows you to annotate and save PDF files with text boxes, when those files are stored in OneDrive and SharePoint. Users can access the annotation feature by opening the PDF in file viewer and selecting “edit”.

ID: 387807 Release: SharePoint, OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, GCC, DoD Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Interact with Copilot in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Interact with Copilot in Outlook, ask questions, or provide instructions directly inside Outlook. Users can type and receive responses from Copilot in a right-hand side panel that can be opened by the user by clicking on the Copilot icon in the top nav bar. #newoutlookforwindows

ID: 388495 Release: Outlook, Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot for Microsoft 365 now available in the Microsoft Start app

Users with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license will be able to receive answers grounded in their organizational Graph data with the Microsoft Start app. The app is available for iOS and Android.

ID: 388744 Release: – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024

Outlook: Add Shared Folders to Favorites in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Customers will have the ability to add shared folders to their favorites. This enhancement offers users increased flexibility and convenience, allowing easy and quick access to important shared content directly from their Favorites list. #newoutlookforwindows

ID: 388913 Release: Outlook – GCC High, DoD, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Data Loss Prevention – Gain comprehensive summary of Data Loss Prevention alerts with Copilot for Security

Copilot for Security is embedded in Data Loss Prevention to summarize alerts to help accelerate data security investigations.

ID: 389145 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Explicit consent for transcription in Teams meetings

The meeting policy that requires explicit consent to be recorded is expanding to include transcription. When the policy is applied, a notification will pop-up when the recording or transcription is initiated requesting consent of all participants to be transcribed and recorded. Before a user gives consent, the user cannot unmute, turn on camera or share content in the meeting.

ID: 389368 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC Tags: April CY2024

SharePoint: Autofill columns

This allows SharePoint Premium users to add natural language prompts to document library columns to extract or generate metadata from an uploaded file’s contents.

ID: 389375 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024

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

Mac DLP will have the following capabilities with these enhancements: Context Based Classification and Matched condition and short evidence for advanced classification.

ID: 389378 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Programmatic Desktop Sharing

With desktop sharing (made available OOB), meeting presenters can now screen-share all their meeting apps directly onto the stage for improved collaboration. We are introducing programmatic desktop sharing, which allows developers to enable screensharing specific pieces of app content. Unlike the currently existing share to stage functionality, meeting participants cannot interact with the shared app; they have a view-only mode of the presenter’s app screen similar to screen sharing, but in one click. The shared content is also automatically captured in the meeting recording. This works great for co-consumption scenarios and requires little developer investment.

ID: 389844 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Workspaces now supports adding highlighting

Microsoft Edge Workspaces users are now able to collaborate in a synchronized way by adding highlighting.

ID: 389852 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Tenant Allow Block list in GCC, GCCH, and DoD

All the Tenant Allow/Block functionality as present in WW environment will be available to admins and security analyst of GCC, GCCH, and DoD.

ID: 389854 Release: Exchange, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 – GCC, DoD, GCC High Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Updated submission results

Administrators and security operators will see updated results from submissions. These updates remove any confusion they might have with the current submission result.

ID: 389856 Release: Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Exchange – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

Rolling Out

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Granular exclusion

Granular exclusion allows admins to adjust and fine tune indicators according to organizational preferences to help tailor the detection of risks that may lead to a potential security incident. For example, admins can configure the indicator “sending email with attachments to recipients outside the organization” to only detect emails sent to personal domains (e.g., outlook.com). In that way, admins can reduce the number of false positives. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: The cloud environments have been updated to show the current state. We apologize for any incovenience this may cause.

ID: 124779 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Task lists for each team member, recurring task lists, and top task publishing requests

Task publishing allows an organization to centrally define and distribute tasks across their frontline locations and monitor how that work is going. The task publishing capability will allow users to create recurring task lists that repeat on a selected cadence, to create lists assigned to everyone in a recipient team, to require a Microsoft Forms form as a prerequisite to completion, and to designate an approval as a prerequisite to completion.

ID: 135562 Release: Microsoft Teams, Planner – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Calendar notifications in Teams

Users can now triage the calendar notifications in their Activity Feed and will get notifications for meeting invites, updates, cancellations, and forwards (if the user is the meeting organizer). These notifications will show up as unread in the Activity Feed pane and will display the details when a user clicks on it.

ID: 314355 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC Tags: March CY2024

Outlook: In-Person Event

New option during event creation in Outlook will allow organizer to request invitees to attend the event in person. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and the web. #newoutlookforwindows.

ID: 322590 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Organizers can select languages for translation in a town hall

Town hall organizers will be able to select the caption languages that will be available to the attendees for translation. Currently the languages are preset for attendees to pick from; now organizers will be able to select the six translated languages available to attendees.

ID: 371308 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Organizers can select languages for translation in a town hall (Premium)

Town hall organizers will be able to select the caption languages that will be available to the attendees for translation. Currently the languages are preset for attendees to pick from; now organizers will be able to select the 10 translated languages available to attendees.

ID: 375696 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Outlook: New context menu experience in the new Outlook for Windows and web

We’re thrilled to bring you an enhanced folder creation experience! In this update, we’ve introduced a more intuitive way to manage your folders and accounts. Starting soon, the creation links will be removed, streamlining your interface for a cleaner and more efficient workspace. What’s New: A new ellipsis icon will appear in your left nav bar when hovering the folders and accounts for a quick and easy way to create folders, subfolders or execute the existing folder and account actions ensuring a smoother workflow. As part of this update, we’ll be removing creation links to provide a more focused and user-friendly experience. Rest assured, the traditional right-click method will still be available for your convenience. #newoutlookforwindows

ID: 378777 Release: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High Tags: March CY2024

Bookings: Bookings in GCC High and DoD

With this update, Bookings will be available to customers in GCC High and DoD environments.

ID: 379975 Release: Bookings – DoD, GCC High Tags: March CY2024

Outlook: Drag and drop to download attachments and emails in the new Outlook for Windows

Users can drag and drop attachments and emails from the new Outlook for Windows to their desktops or local folders to download them directly to that location. #newoutlookforwindows

ID: 380720 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Import schedule improvements in Shifts app

Frontline managers importing a schedule from Excel into Shifts will be capable of viewing the import history of their teams. This allows them to monitor the status and outcome of their import at anytime.

ID: 381129 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Project: Assigned to Me view for Project tasks

View and update (i.e. mark as complete and progress) all the tasks assigned to you across projects in one place, with the Assigned to Me view. This view appears in the app of the user’s choice—Microsoft Planner, Tasks app in Teams, or Microsoft To Do.

ID: 382207 Release: Microsoft To Do, Planner, Microsoft Project – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

SharePoint: Enable/Disable Unstructured, Structured, and Prebuilt Document Processing

Admins will be able to enable or disable the entire Unstructured, Structured, and Prebuilt Document Processing services. Disabling the service prevents any models of this type from running.

ID: 383011 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Quicker sign in without entering the domain name

Users can skip typing the full user principal name (UPN) and sign in faster on shared and managed devices, by using app configuration policies to autofill the domain name.

ID: 383134 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

SharePoint: In-product feedback button

We are introducing an in-product feedback button to SharePoint, coherent with the rest of the M365 suite. This will provide the option to submit compliments, problems, or suggestions about UI/UX and feature functionality to Microsoft.

ID: 383405 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Outlook: Updated work hours and location experience in the new Outlook for Windows and web

This update brings a new look with the daily peek: click on your work location icon at the top of your calendar to change your work location, view who else will be in the office, or receive suggestions to help optimize your work day. This feature will come to the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web. Your work location will reflect across Microsoft 365, such as in Teams and your profile card. You can also update your location from Teams which will stay in sync with Outlook. We are also introducing a new location type, out-of-office, which will automatically sync with your out-of-office calendar appointments. #newoutlookforwindows

ID: 383721 Release: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High Tags: March CY2024

Launched

Microsoft Intune: Microsoft Cloud PKI

A cloud-based certification authority to create, deploy, and manage certificates for secure authentication and Wi-Fi, VPN scenarios.

ID: 124877 Release: Microsoft Intune – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams Admin Center: Deploy and manage Shifts for your frontline teams in the Teams Admin Center

Admins will gain the ability to standardize Shifts settings (open shifts, swap shifts requests, offer shifts requests, time off requests and time clock), identify schedule owners, and create scheduling groups uniformly for all frontline teams at the tenant level.

ID: 138479 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Viva Glint admin role in Microsoft 365 admin center

Glint admin role in MAC

ID: 163984 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Changes in Sensitivity labels to control Microsoft Teams shared channels and private team discoverability

Information Protection – Controls while adding/editing Sensitivity labels to manage Microsoft Teams shared channels settings and private team discoverability.

ID: 165698 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal, Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Enhancements to app and risky browsing activity evidence

This update provides two enhancements to app and risky browsing activities that may lead to a data security incident in forensic evidence. Admins with appropriate permissions will no longer need to enable browsing indicators from the insider risk settings page to gain visual insights of these activities. In addition, the feature has been updated with more precise detection when users switch between tabs and windows. This results in more reliable visual evidence insights when context is switched in the browser. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: The roadmap item was inadvertently marked rolling out and has now been corrected. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

ID: 165996 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Engage Conversation Analytics

Updates to conversation analytics will allow users to better understand engagement trends that occur on their posts including employee sentiment on popular conversations.

ID: 168625 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Simulation mode for DLP

With this capability, Admins will be able to try a Microsoft Purview DLP policy, assess its impact, and fine tune the policy as required in an isolated experience. This will help Admins build confidence in the configuration of the policy and reduce the policy enforcement time.

ID: 173626 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): GA for enterprise secure AI controls in the Microsoft Edge management service

Enterprise secure AI controls are now available in the Microsoft Edge management service. This feature provides a new dedicated space for admins to manage all AI-related policies in the Edge browser. This will help enhance security and productivity for managed users and devices.

ID: 186540 Release: – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – New goal sharing experience

Users will now be able to experience the enhanced share functionality with supported platforms including Teams, Email, Slack along with Copy link options. They can share specific goals, initiatives, dashboards, explorer views, check-ins as well as entire goals or initiative lists.

ID: 375220 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Outlook: EML, MSG, and OFT File Support in the new Outlook for Windows

EML, MSG, and OFT files type support will enable users to open “*,eml”, “*.oft”, and “*.msg” files in the new Outlook by dragging-and-dropping them onto the reading pane, or by double-clicking on them, or by using the Open With menu option in File Explorer.

ID: 379606 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams for Education: iOS/Android Parent link for School Connection

Allows parents to connect to School Connection in Teams for Education by clicking the iOS/Android mobile link provided by their school’s administration.

ID: 380745 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Copy simulation action in Attack Simulation Training

Using the copy simulation action button, Attack simulation administrators will be able to effortlessly duplicate existing simulations and make necessary edits to introduce fresh and tailored simulation scenarios.

ID: 381968 Release: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 – GCC High, DoD, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: March CY2024

Canceled