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Microsoft’s Purview Compliance Portal has now extended data purge functionality to Microsoft Teams. Admins will have the option to search and purge malicious messages before removing the content from the environment. This feature will be available to commercial, DOD, GCC, and GCC-High tenants in December 2022.
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Microsoft Teams: Automatic lowering of a user’s Raised Hand after speaking
To reduce the number of stale raised hands in meetings, we will now suggest users to lower their raised hand after we detect they spoke in the meeting. They will be able to choose to keep their hand raised. If the user doesn’t take any action on the suggestion notification, we’ll automatically lower their hand. This should ensure smoother meeting facilitation for organizers and presenters.
ID: 90022 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: March CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention – User scoping RBAC
Delegate management and remediation authority for different people in different regions or organization units with role-based access control (RBAC). The RBAC controls will extend to the Microsoft 365 Defender portal for Information Protection and DLP related events.
ID: 93417 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Bots and Message Extensions in DOD
DOD customers are able to build and deploy Bots and Message Extensions in their Microsoft Teams environment. This release supports custom, line-of-business bots.
ID: 96076 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD Release: March CY2023
Microsoft Outlook: Teams Chat from Outlook meetings
This feature provides an easy Teams chat experience from Outlook in the context of a meeting for participants to send a quick message or review the chat.
ID: 98130 Tags: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2023
Microsoft Project: Advance Dependencies in Project for the Web
Set non-default dependencies between tasks, such as Start-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish and Start-to-Finish dependencies.
ID: 101151 Tags: Microsoft Project – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2023
OneNote: Meeting Notes in OneNote
Every Teams meeting now comes with a collaborative OneNote canvas. Create notes from the Teams calendar or during a meeting. You can easily recall your notes and manage your tasks directly from OneNote.
ID: 101509 Tags: OneNote – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: March CY2023
OneNote: iOS Home Tab
Quickly view all of your notes in a new grid style format.
ID: 103621 Tags: OneNote – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2023
SharePoint: External File Request in SharePoint Document Library
With the file request feature in SharePoint Document Library, you can choose a folder where others can upload files using a link that you send them. People you request files from can only upload files; they can’t see the content of the folder, edit, delete, or download files, or even see who else has uploaded files.
ID: 103625 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC Release: January CY2023
Microsoft Intune: Microsoft Tunnel Mobile Application Management
A light weight VPN solution for for secure access to premises resources from iOS and Android mobile devices that does not require device enrollment.
ID: 103629 Tags: Microsoft Intune – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC Release: March CY2023
Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Evaluations in audit mode
We are adding several new capabilities to our audit mode, which is used to evaluate Defender for Office 365 through a trial or a subscription that includes Defender for Office 365 Plan 2. 1) Security Administrators can now turn on/off specific evaluation policies. 2) You can now evaluate domain and user impersonation protection in audit mode where no action on messages will be taken. 3) If your organization’s MX is pointed to a 3rd party email filtering provider and you want to evaluate spoof filtering in Defender for Office 365, you will be able to do so in audit mode where no action, such as send to junk/quarantine, on messages will be taken.
ID: 103636 Tags: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2023
Planner: Task Email Notifications for GCC-High
Task Email Notifications for GCC-High aims at bringing existing Planner email notifications to customers in GCC-High. The two main categories are: Assignment email Notifications and Due date digest email notifications.
ID: 106086 Tags: Planner – GCC High Release: February CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Maintain label and protection when creating PDF files from VBA in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (U.S. Government clouds)
This feature is for VBA developers who use Office fixed format export functions to create PDFs from documents with sensitivity labels and encryption. By default, all PDFs created using Office’s fixed format export functions will automatically inherit the source document’s label or encryption. Some VBA add-ins may need to be updated to avoid issues when post-processing an encrypted PDF.
ID: 106091 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC High, DoD, GCC Release: January CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Sharing praise with others
With updates coming in January, users with Viva Insights subscriptions who send praise will have the ability to share a copy of the praise with others. Shared recipients will be notified via Teams and can see praise details in the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams.
ID: 106122 Tags: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: January CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Automatic Topic Relationships available in GCC
The ability for AI to suggest relationships between topics will be available for customers in our Government Clouds. These suggested related topics appear on the topic card, page and answers. This is already available for standard worldwide customers.
ID: 106765 Tags: Microsoft Viva – GCC Release: January CY2023
Microsoft 365 admin center: Feature release status for your organization in Message center
This feature enables customer administrators to see the release status of the Microsoft Teams, Outlook on the Web and Microsoft admin center features announced on Message center. The release status will provide information on features that are scheduled, rolling out, or completed on their tenant so they can efficiently plan for the change.
ID: 108078 Tags: Microsoft 365 Admin Center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Viva: Microsoft Planner Integration
Connect Viva Goals projects and key results to Microsoft Planner.
ID: 108865 Tags: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Project – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Expanded view for profile card available in Teams
The expanded view of the profile card is now available in Teams. On the profile card expanded view you can see richer persona info, such as contact data and LinkedIn info. It also gives you easy access to view organization chart information without having to leave the context, meaning, you no longer no longer have to go to 1:1 chat in order to see organization chart information.
ID: 109526 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC Release: February CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Protect files on remote/mapped network devices
Protect sensitive content on files stored on remote network shares or mapped network drives with the same protection behavior as a file on a mounted hard drive.
ID: 109588 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Meeting prep inline suggestions coming to Outlook with Viva Insights
Users with a Viva Insights subscription will receive inline suggestions in Outlook to book meeting preparation time. Meeting invite recipients will receive the inline suggestions if the meeting is between 30 and 60 minutes long, it has fewer than 12 attendees, it is not recurring, and the user has time on their calendar for prep time.
ID: 109590 Tags: Microsoft Viva, Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Webinar – Updated template with enhanced setup experience
Updated webinar template with a new layout and expanded options to customize registration details and settings specific to the event.
ID: 86826 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Expanded Reactions
Expanded reactions allows users to apply any emoji as a reaction to chat messages! Pick from over 800 Teams emojis to react the way you want.
ID: 88080 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, DoD, GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Sign Language View and always-on captions in meetings
Prioritize up to two other participants’ videos for sign language in meetings so they stay visible even while content is shared and set captions to stay on across all meetings.
ID: 99452 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Purview | eDiscovery (Premium): New case creation wizard
Case creation in eDiscovery Premium will follow a step-by-step wizard configuration which allow users to configure case settings such as case member during the creation process.
ID: 101523 Tags: – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Hardware Occupancy Sensor Integration
With supported occupancy sensor hardware, a notification banner is displayed on the Teams panel if the room is occupied when it is available or if the room is not occupied when it is reserved. The room will also be auto checked in when the sensor detects occupancy if check in is enabled.
ID: 101993 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Teams: View attendance report on Microsoft Teams for Android and iOS for Government clouds
You can now check the attendance information for regular meetings or webinars and also the registration information before webinars on Microsoft Teams for Android and iOS.
ID: 102387 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD, GCC Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Teams: View meeting transcripts on Microsoft Teams on Android and iOS for Government clouds
You can now start transcription for your meetings and view the meeting transcripts after the meetings on Microsoft Teams for iOS and Android.
ID: 102390 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD, GCC Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Language Interpretation for GCC-High and DoD
Language interpretation will allow language interpreters to translate what the speaker says into another language in real time without disrupting the original flow of delivery of the speaker. This will allow more inclusive meetings, where participants who may not speak the same language can fully collaborate with each other.
ID: 102411 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD Release: December CY2022
Microsoft 365 app: [Android] Shared Device Mode for Front Line Workers (via OneAuth)
Frontline workers such as retail associates, flight crew members, and field service workers often use a shared mobile device to do their work. That becomes problematic when they start sharing passwords or pin numbers to access customer and business data on the shared device. Shared device mode allows you to configure an Android device so that it can be easily shared by multiple employees. Employees can sign in and access customer information quickly. When they’re finished with their shift or task, they can sign out of the device and it will be immediately ready for the next employee to use. Shared device mode also provides Microsoft identity backed management of the device.
ID: 107506 Tags: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: July CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data purge capabilities for Microsoft Teams content
Extend data purge functionality to Microsoft Teams content to facilitate purge of sensitive or misplaced data. This feature is now available in public preview; we are updating this roadmap item to more accurately reflect estimated timeline for general availability.
ID: 82125 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft 365 compliance center: Microsoft Purview | eDiscovery (Premium) – Hold reports
Out-of-the-box reports that contain information about all legal holds associated with eDiscovery cases in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Sort and filter your view based on various criteria and download the aggregated information for further analysis.
ID: 88540 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release:
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data purge capabilities for Microsoft Teams content (US Government clouds)
Extend data purge functionality to Microsoft Teams content to facilitate purge of sensitive or misplaced data. To track feature availability in other U.S. Government clouds, roadmap item 93368 added to the public roadmap.
ID: 88975 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC High Release: December CY2022
Microsoft 365 admin center: Targeted Release for GCC, GCC High and DoD customers
GCC, GCC High and DoD customers will be able to opt-in to Targeted Release and get early access for OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Outlook for the web and Microsoft 365 Admin Center features.
ID: 93055 Tags: Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive – DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – | Information Protection – Manually apply and edit sensitivity labels on PDFs in Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels are natively integrated into Adobe Acrobat, enabling users to manually label files in Acrobat on the desktop (Windows and macOS).
ID: 93331 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data purge capabilities for Microsoft Teams content (GCC and DoD)
Extend data purge functionality to Microsoft Teams content to facilitate purge of sensitive or misplaced data. To track feature availability in GCC-High, see roadmap item 88975.
ID: 93368 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC, DoD Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Deep link to Content Viewer from DLP alert (U.S. Government clouds)
This feature allows admins to easily open Content Viewer and view the content of the document that has triggered a DLP alert. Admins can pass the event ID and the creation time of the DLP rule match alert to the deep link to open and view the related document in the Content Viewer.
ID: 93426 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC, DoD, GCC High Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Call Merge for Teams on VDI
Call Merge for Teams on VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) gives users the capability to merge an active 1-1 call into another 1-1 call or another group call. This applies to both Teams VOIP calls and PSTN calls.
ID: 99863 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft 365 compliance center: Microsoft Purview | eDiscovery (Premium) – Hold reports (US Government clouds)
Out-of-the-box reports that contain information about all legal holds associated with eDiscovery cases in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Sort and filter your view based on various criteria and download the aggregated information for further analysis. Status is specific to Preview. This feature will be removed from the roadmap as it it is covered by 93269.
ID: 88831 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release:
Microsoft Teams: Approvals in integrated SharePoint Lists
This feature will be released under SharePoint. List users will now be able to create and manage simple approval requests directly within integrated SharePoint Lists.
ID: 91417 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Pre-meeting Breakout Room creation and participant assignment for Teams on VDI
Organizers of Teams meetings on VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) can configure breakout rooms and participant assignments before the meeting starts. This item will be republished in the future if appropriate.
ID: 99864 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD, GCC, GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2023
Weekly Roadmap Update Emails
