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There is a new Microsoft Defender for 365 feature rolling out that adds hourly notifications to end-user quarantined items. This feature frequently updates when items are added to the quarantine folder. End users can customize their anti-phishing, anti-spam policies or other defenders for O365 policies.
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Microsoft Teams: Multitask with Picture in Picture on iPhone / iPad
The new Picture in Picture mode lets you see your meeting in an adjustable window while using other apps on your mobile device.
ID: 89826 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Invite Parents via SMS for Communication
Parent Connection allows teachers to communicate with the guardians of a student. To enable parent-teacher communication, admins can now choose either email or SMS as their preferred Parent Connection invitation channel. Sending messages in an SMS-heavy market makes it easier to connect with Parents while keeping teachers’ experience simple. These messages sent to parents and guardians will be in plain text, without HTML, formatting, or styles applied. For more details, please
visit: https://review.learn.microsoft.com/MicrosoftTeams/edu-parents-app?branch=danismith-parent-app-sms-details#set-a-preferred-invitation-channel
ID: 99718 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Presenter window usability improvements in screen sharing
With the new Presenter window, controls are located at the top, making active speakers’ faces clearly visible during screen sharing, and raise hand notifications are surfaced for improved awareness.
ID: 100392 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Premium
Microsoft Teams Premium makes Teams meetings more personalized, intelligent, and secure, with branded meetings, intelligent recap and search, live translated captions, advanced meeting protection, and it provides advanced webinar and advanced Virtual Appointment experiences.
ID: 100654 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2023
Outlook: Text predictions in Quick Reply on Android
Text predictions will be available in the quick reply experience as they have already been in full compose.
ID: 102147 Tags: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Notification Granularity
Admins can use Intune to determine the types of content a user can see in a notification on their mobile lock screen.
ID: 102651 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD, GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Hide the Preservation Hold Library from site users
This change will hide the Preservation Hold Library (PHL) from site users. Only site collection administrators can access the PHL in SharePoint by navigating directly to it using the URL.
ID: 103613 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2023
Microsoft Intune: Update Readiness Reports
App and driver compatibility reports for Windows update planning.
ID: 103614 Tags: Microsoft Intune – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: April CY2023
Microsoft Intune: Device Scope
Slicing of Endpoint analytics reports to a subset of devices based on scope tags.
ID: 103627 Tags: Microsoft Intune – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2023
Microsoft Intune: Anomaly detection
Anomaly Detection is an early warning mechanism that IT Admins can rely on to learn about user experience impacting issues before it reaches through other channels.
ID: 103633 Tags: Microsoft Intune – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2023
Microsoft Intune: Security policies and settings for devices enrolled with Microsoft Defender
Expand coverage & provide additional capabilities to provide a single unified pane of glass for managing the security settings of any device with Microsoft Defender.
ID: 103637 Tags: Microsoft Intune – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: July CY2023
Microsoft Project: Grid Conditional Coloring
Conditional coloring allows one to configure rules on various project fields to visually highlight patterns in the project data.
ID: 103638 Tags: Microsoft Project – GCC Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Intune: Windows 11 update readiness reports
App and driver compatibility reports for Windows update planning.
ID: 103639 Tags: Microsoft Intune – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: April CY2023
Microsoft Intune: Application management for Microsoft Edge
Brings app layer management to Windows. Supports app configuration and app protection for Microsoft Edge. Includes app protection Conditional Access and Windows Defender integration.
ID: 103640 Tags: Microsoft Intune – DoD, GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2023
Microsoft Intune: Windows Driver and Firmware Management
The ability to scan for, approve, deploy, and monitor driver and firmware updates.
ID: 103641 Tags: Microsoft Intune – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: July CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Manage Attendee Audio Permissions for DoD
Meeting organizers and presenters can now manage the audio capabilities of meeting attendees. Before the meeting, organizers can enable or disable the ability for attendees to use their mic (i.e. share audio), and during the meeting both the organizer and meeting presenters can modify attendee speaking capabilities.
ID: 105013 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD Release: January CY2023
Windows 365: Support for Azure AD Single Sign-on (SSO) to HAADJ Cloud PCs
A user is able to leverage Azure AD Single Sign-on functionality to log into Windows 365 instance.
ID: 106093 Tags: Windows 365 – GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Minecraft Education: Wild Update (1.19)
Get ready for the Wild Update for Minecraft Education! With useful new blocks and items, charismatic mobs, and mangrove swamps, explore and survive in amazing new worlds. This update improves the user experience with smoother sign-in, library search, and tooltips.
ID: 106094 Tags: – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights web app in GCC-H
A new web interface for the Viva Insights app will be discoverable via the web and the Microsoft 365 app launcher. This will offer an additional way to access the personal productivity and wellbeing experiences in the Viva Insights app in Teams.
ID: 106095 Tags: Microsoft Viva – GCC High Release: March CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Insights web app in DoD
A new web interface for the Viva Insights app will be discoverable via the web and the Microsoft 365 app launcher. This will offer an additional way to access the personal productivity and wellbeing experiences in the Viva Insights app in Teams.
ID: 106096 Tags: Microsoft Viva – DoD Release: March CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit – Support for Customer Key (U.S. Government clouds)
Given the sensitivity of Audit log data, many organizations want to add additional layers of protection, including encryption. Customer Managed Key (CMK) allows Organizations to use their own keys giving them control over their encryption. With this update, admins will have the ability to encrypt their Audit log data using CMK.
ID: 106097 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) – Enhancements for Teams meeting recordings & videos stored in OneDrive & SharePoint
Enhancements to Teams meeting recording & video files in OneDrive & SharePoint to improve management within eDiscovery workflows. Including collection and review of metadata associated to Teams meeting recordings and video files in OneDrive and SharePoint including transcripts/captions, chapters, and custom thumbnails.
ID: 106101 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: April CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Retention policy support for legacy Teams CDR messages
Retention policies for Microsoft Teams are being extended to include CDR messages (system-generated messages from Teams meetings). Up until now, only messages generated after October 2022 were supported for retention. This update extends coverage to messages created before October 2022, so that old and new are now supported in the same manner.
ID: 106103 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC, GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – New disposition review Progress column for approved items (U.S. Government clouds)
A new progress column in the Disposed items view will display the status of an item approved for disposition. For example, whether an item is Approved but not yet deleted or if it already has been deleted.
ID: 106105 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Forms: new distribution experience for in-org and external forms
Now by using Forms, users can send forms with the permission setting of anyone can respond to external users by email. Also, a preview of your distribution email sent from Forms will be shown in the sending dialog.
ID: 106114 Tags: Forms – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Forms: new cover page templates for forms and surveys
Design your cover page for forms or surveys by selecting from new AI suggested templates within the Theme setting pane. In the Theme setting pane, users can easily design a cover page for their forms by picking from several AI suggested template for any scenarios.
ID: 106115 Tags: Forms – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Forms: Invitation card, the new type of cover page
Forms users will be able to create an elegant invitation card for casual events and parties with background music and vivid images.
ID: 106116 Tags: Forms – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2023
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: – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: July CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Start a Teams Chat with Distribution Groups, Mail-enabled Security Groups, and O365 Groups
Item has been delayed and is being rescheduled. You will now be able to start a Teams Chat with Distribution Groups, Mail-enabled Security Groups, and O365 Groups. This feature will respect the limits on members in a group chat, currently set to 250 members.
ID: 62354 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Viva: Support for types of topics
Support for categories or types of topics, such as projects, products or organizations.
ID: 72181 Tags: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: November CY2022
Microsoft Teams: RTMP-In for Teams Live Events
Produce your Teams Live Events using an external encoder and leverage RTMP-in to broadcast to your Teams Live Event Attendees.
ID: 84960 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: November CY2022
Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Hourly option for notifications
We are adding a new hourly option to end user notifications, allowing users to be able to rely on prompt notification about quarantined items when appropriate. With this feature users can be rest assured that they will be updated frequently once new items lands on their quarantine folder.
ID: 93304 Tags: Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Exchange – DoD, GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: November CY2022
Microsoft 365 admin center: Relevance recommendation for Message Center posts
The new relevance recommendation in Message Center will help you determine how relevant a change is to your tenant. The recommendation (high, medium, or low) will be determined based on multiple factors, such as service usage and the type of change.
ID: 96289 Tags: Microsoft 365 Admin Center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: November CY2022
Microsoft Stream: Search video transcript for Stream (on SharePoint)
This feature allows users who are viewing a video to search for keywords contained in the video transcript. This feature is available on video files that have transcripts and are stored in OneDrive or SharePoint. Users can navigate through the search results and click on a portion of the transcript to be taken to the respective spot in the video. Users need view or edit permissions on a file to search the transcript. Note: This feature is for searching the transcript of a single video. Users also have the option to search the transcripts of all videos they have permissions to view using M365 search.
ID: 99920 Tags: Microsoft Stream – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: November CY2022
Whiteboard: Text formatting
This brings text formatting functionality in Whiteboard, optimizing the default font style (for text boxes) & allowing you to format text among other functionalities!
ID: 100497 Tags: Whiteboard – GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: November CY2022
Microsoft Teams: 2×2 video in Gallery view for web meetings in Firefox
Gallery view now can show up to 4 participant videos during a meeting in Firefox browser.
ID: 100983 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Priva for U.S. Government clouds
Microsoft Priva will be generally available to GCC, GCC High, and DoD customers. Currently, Microsoft Priva provides two products: Priva Privacy Risk Management helps organizations build a privacy-resilient workplace by identifying personal data and critical privacy risks around it, automating risk mitigation to prevent privacy incidents, and empowering employees to make smart data handling decisions. Priva Subject Rights Requests helps organizations manage requests at scale with the ability to automate data discovery and conflict detection, collaborate in a secure and efficient way, review and redact files in their native views, and integrate with in-house or partner-built privacy solutions.
ID: 93263 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: November CY2022
Microsoft Whiteboard: Whiteboard for DoD
Microsoft Whiteboard provides an infinite canvas where teams can ideate, create, and collaborate visually via the cloud. This includes our web, Teams and Surface Hub clients.
ID: 99915 Tags: Whiteboard – DoD Release: November CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Support PSTN dial-in, dial-out, and call-me attendees in meetings to join Breakout Rooms
Enabling dial-in, dial-out and call-me PSTN participants to join breakout rooms and come back to the main room when breakout rooms end.
ID: 100297 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: November CY2022
Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: AIP Scanner admin experience moving to Microsoft Purview compliance portal
The AIP Scanner admin configuration is currently managed through the Azure portal. The admin configuration will be moved to the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Existing users of the Scanner will see their configurations in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal with no additional steps.
ID: 100505 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: November CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Teams device management in DoD
This item is being postponed indefinitely. Tenants in the DoD environment can also manage their Teams devices from the Teams admin center. Admins can now control the entire lifecycle of their Teams devices which include an increasing variety of supported device types – IP Phones, Collaboration bars, Teams displays, Teams Meeting Room devices.
ID: 85264 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD Release: December CY2022
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
