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Microsoft wants to take away the hassle of having to manually create cases and assign tasks to users. Communication Compliance has now integrated with Power Automate to allow organizations to configure Power Automate flows to automate tasks for compliance cases and users.
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Excel: Hyperlinks in Modern Comments
Add hyperlinks to your Modern Comments in Excel.
ID: 61165 Tags: Excel – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, DoD, GCC High Release: February CY2022
Microsoft Viva: Topics available in GCC
Availability for Viva Topics in GCC.
ID: 72185 Tags: Microsoft Viva – GCC Release: April CY2022
Microsoft Viva: Topics in Teams
Add topics to chat messages and display topic cards in Microsoft Teams.
ID: 72189 Tags: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2022
Microsoft 365 Compliance Center: Communication Compliance integration with Power Automate for GCC
Communication Compliance integration with Power Automate allows organizations to configure Power Automate flows to automate tasks for Communication Compliance cases and users. Currently available in public preview.
ID: 88847 Tags: Microsoft 365 compliance center – GCC Release: September CY2022
Outlook: Support for Retention Policies
Use retention policies in Outlook for Mac to apply a policy to your messages in your mailbox. Retention policies define how long your messages will be saved. This update will only work in the new Outlook for Mac.
ID: 88849 Tags: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High Release: June CY2022
Microsoft Viva: Enable search to add files or pages in Topic Pages
Editors can pin files or pages to a topic page by searching for it in the resource picker.
ID: 88852 Tags: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2022
Visio: New shapes, stencils, and templates in Visio for the web
Create diagrams for various scenarios like business frameworks, infographic timelines, prioritization matrices, flowcharts, and more with new shapes, stencils, and templates available in Visio for the web.
ID: 88856 Tags: Visio – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Germany, DoD, GCC High Release: March CY2022
Visio: Enhanced context menus in Visio for the web
Quickly access relevant shape formatting options with additional content and enhancements made to the floating context menu that appears after right clicking on an object in your diagram.
ID: 88857 Tags: Visio – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Germany, DoD, GCC High Release: January CY2022
Visio: Mind maps in Visio for the web
Brainstorm and capture information in a structured format that makes it easy to understand and recall with new mind map shapes in Visio for the web.
ID: 88858 Tags: Visio – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Germany, DoD, GCC High Release: May CY2022
Visio: Enhanced UX interactivity and responsiveness in Visio for the web
Improved user experience in Visio for the web with faster interaction speed during resizing shapes, moving shapes, and routing connectors.
ID: 88859 Tags: Visio – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Germany, DoD, GCC High Release: April CY2022
SharePoint: Microsoft Lists Customizable Command Bar
You can personalize a list to suit your needs by customizing the command bar. Like how you can customize form headers and footers, the JSON based feature will allow basic changes to the command bar, including modification of icon or text, hiding existing options or adding new commands.
ID: 88861 Tags: SharePoint – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Germany, DoD, GCC High Release: February CY2022
Outlook: Folders and Rules support for Microsoft 365 Groups in Outlook
Users will be able to move, copy and create rules to organize messages across different folders in the Groups mailbox. Groups can have folder hierarchy in the Groups section of mail module.
ID: 88864 Tags: Exchange, Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022
OneDrive: Sharing experience – Copy Link in command bar
We are updating the copy link command to give customers the ability to change their link type and permissions prior to generating a new link and pasting it into the app of their choice.
ID: 88866 Tags: OneDrive – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Germany, DoD, GCC High Release: January CY2022
Outlook: Automatic file name replacement and permission management when sharing a file as a link
The new Outlook for Mac will automatically shorten links and assign the file name for OneDrive and SharePoint files using the document’s name as URL. With this update you can also see and manage the files’ permissions. Note: Legacy Outlook for Mac won’t receive this update.
ID: 88867 Tags: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High Release: September CY2022
Outlook: Expands support for suggested replies in Japanese, Thai, and Turkish
Outlook on the web, and Outlook for iOS and Android are extending support suggested replies in the following languages: Japanese, Thai, and Turkish.
ID: 88869 Tags: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2022
OneDrive: Sync admin reports – bulk data export
Support for bulk export of device status, including username, sync app version, known folders, last sync date, and sync errors.
ID: 88870 Tags: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022
Microsoft 365 Compliance Center: Communication Compliance detect customer complaints
Detect customer complaints made on your organization’s products or services with Communication Compliance’s new machine learning classifier, customer complaints. This new feature can help organizations meet regulations that mandate detection and triage of complaints, such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Food and Drug Administrator requirements.
ID: 88872 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Updated Cortana iconography on front of room display and console in a Microsoft Teams Room
Update to the Cortana iconography that appears on the front of room display and console UI in a Microsoft Teams Room.
ID: 89102 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Enable Cortana voice activation by default in out-of-box-experience of newly imaged Microsoft Teams Rooms
Cortana voice activation will be enabled by default on newly imaged Microsoft Teams Rooms solutions. If desired, IT Admins can adjust the setting to turn off voice activation at that time.
ID: 89161 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Cortana support expansion to additional languages in Microsoft Teams Rooms
Cortana will support additional languages on Teams devices that are set to different locale languages. The locale supported today are: en-us, en-ca, en-au, en-in, en-gb (US, Canada, Australia, India, Great Britain).
ID: 89162 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2022
Outlook: Multiple Time Zones
Users can add multiple time zones to their calendar in Outlook on the web so they can see how their events stack across those time zones.
ID: 91166 Tags: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High Release: February CY2022
Outlook: Custom Calendar Colors
In Outlook on the web, users can select custom colors for their calendar events using hexadecimal values, RBG values, or a color picker control.
ID: 91188 Tags: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High Release: February CY2022
Microsoft Search: Custom filters on native verticals
New support for custom filters on native verticals in Microsoft Search allows you to customize out of the box verticals for Microsoft Search by adding custom refiners.
ID: 57054 Tags: Microsoft Search – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Music Mode for Teams
In music mode, we support up to 32 kHz sampling rate mono audio at 128 kbps, and optimize our internal audio processing settings for reproducing music with high fidelity. Teams will automatically adjust the audio bitrate based on the available bandwidth, going down to 48 kbps while still delivering good music quality. We also provide users the option to turn off components such as echo cancellation, noise suppression, and gain control if needed. To benefit from this improved fidelity, professional microphones and headphones or high quality external loudspeakers are ideal (no Bluetooth headsets). Built-in microphones and speakers on laptops such as the Surface Book will also deliver good experience.
ID: 83520 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Release: January CY2022
SharePoint: Microsoft 365 Lists entry point in the SharePoint app bar
An entry point to Microsoft 365 Lists will appear in the SharePoint app bar after the files icon. Content in the Microsoft 365 lists panel is driven by Microsoft Graph and is personalized to user activity.
ID: 85641 Tags: SharePoint – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High Release: January CY2022
SharePoint: Automatically build visualization of library metadata with Power BI
Enables customers to visualize the metadata in a document library in a Power BI report. They can also save that report so that future visitors to the document library can view it.
ID: 88706 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2022
SharePoint: Rules engine for alerts
We’re also adding a no-code rules engine to drive content alerts. Based on the rules wizard in Microsoft Lists, alerts use a simple, no-code wizard to send updates when documents are added or deleted, or when someone edits metadata.
ID: 88710 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2022
SharePoint: Quick chart webpart for doc libraries
Enables customers to create charts in the quick chart webpart leveraging metadata in a SharePoint document library.
ID: 88716 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2022
Microsoft Graph: [DevEx] Python Core SDK (Preview)
Python Core SDK to support Microsoft Graph CLI.
ID: 63741 Tags: Microsoft Graph – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release:
OneDrive: Sync admin reports – aggregated errors view
Adds ability to view an aggregated summary view of the top sync errors happening in the organization.
ID: 85596 Tags: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release:
Microsoft Teams: Introducing background effects on web
When you use Teams on the web, you can either blur your background or replace it entirely with the images provided in your video meeting or call. Note: Blurring or replacing your background might not prevent sensitive information from being visible to other people in the call or meeting.
ID: 85738 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2022
Microsoft Teams: Teams admin center – Sensitivity label support in Government clouds
Teams administrators can leverage existing sensitivity labels and assign them when creating new teams. Sensitivity labels assigned to teams help provide stricter security and compliance controls.
ID: 87968 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC Release: January CY2022
Office 365: Cross-Tenant People Search (Limited Availability)
This feature is being postponed and will be republished with updated information in the future. This feature is for customers with multiple tenants. It allows users to use People search to search across multiple tenants.
ID: 67129 Tags: Office 365, Azure Active Directory – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release:
Weekly Roadmap Update Emails
