Play of the Week

Shortly after a meeting ends, participants will automatically get all the meeting artifacts in the calendar for the new Outlook in Windows and web. A quick entry point to the meeting recap page is included along with the transcript, the recording, and any files that were shared. For users with access to intelligent meeting recap, users will also see highlights such as number of speakers, number of name mentions, and suggested tasks directly within Microsoft Outlook. The new feature will roll out for commercial and government in August 2024.

In Development

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights – Publish analyst reports to Viva Insights App

Viva Insights analysts will be able to publish reports they have created to specific recipients in the Viva Insights app.

ID: 398974 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Revoke and Delete Cloud PKI Certification Authorities

You can now revoke and delete Cloud PKI certification authorities.

ID: 399930 Release: Microsoft Intune – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – New ChatGPT Enterprise connector to discover and bring prompts and responses into the scope of Purview features

Using the unified Purview portal, organizations will be able to establish a connection to their ChatGPT Enterprise workspaces to discover, collect, and store contents of interactions of users with ChatGPT Enterprise into the scope of Purview capabilities and policies.

ID: 401125 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025

Outlook: Meeting recap and meeting artifacts available in Microsoft Outlook

Shortly after a meeting ends, meeting participants will automatically get a set of all the meeting artifacts in the calendar for the new Outlook in Windows and web. Included in this set is a quick entry point to the meeting recap page, the transcript, the recording, and any files that were shared. For users with access to intelligent meeting recap, in addition to the entry point to intelligent recap in Microsoft Teams, users will also see highlights like number of speakers, number of name mentions, and suggested tasks directly within Microsoft Outlook. #newoutlookforwindows

ID: 403099 Release: Outlook – GCC High, DoD, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: August CY2024

Microsoft Entra: Conditional Access What If API

Microsoft Entra Conditional Access What If API can be used to programmatically test the impact of conditional access policies on user and workload identity sign-ins.

ID: 406760 Release: Azure Active Directory – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2024

Outlook: Calendar grid keyboard navigation via arrow keys in new Outlook for Windows and web

When focused on the calendar grid, you will be able to navigate the time slots on the calendar via left/right/up/down arrow keys in day, week, and work week views. #newoutlookforwindows

ID: 406947 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2024

Outlook: Replace quick compose pop-up with inline appointment creation in new Outlook for Windows and web

When single clicking on an empty time slot on the calendar surface, the quick compose pop-up will no longer be shown – instead, you will be able to create an appointment by typing directly in the time slot on the calendar grid, just as you can in classic Outlook for Windows. There will be no change to double click behavior, the full compose form will still open as it does today. #newoutlookforwindows

ID: 406948 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2024

Outlook: Email Auto-advance setting

The Email Auto-advance option is available in Mail settings. This will allow users to choose whether they return to the message list after taking certain actions or if they move to the next message.

ID: 407379 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2024

Outlook: Use Copilot to select and rewrite specific pieces of text in an email in classic Outlook for Windows

In classic Outlook for Windows, when composing an email, customers can select portions of text in an email and use Copilot to rewrite it. Users can give detailed instructions on how to rewrite and also able to modify tone and length.

ID: 407380 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2024

Outlook: Chat with Copilot in Outlook mobile

The same Microsoft Copilot experience available in new Outlook for Windows, web, and classic Outlook soon will be available in Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android through the module switcher.

ID: 407381 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Data control to process survey data upon receiving a delete signal

Empower the customer to control survey data processing upon receiving a DSR or Entra ID delete signal, ensuring compliance with data retention policies.

ID: 407384 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Data control to enable recycling or reuse of Employee IDs

By implementing a control for processing Employee IDs, we enable our customers to efficiently recycle or reuse Employee IDs, particularly in scenarios involving rehiring.

ID: 407385 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning – Copilot Academy visibility for users with Copilot SKU and VL Seeded/Premium

Microsoft Copilot Academy will be available for all users with a Copilot for Microsoft License and any of Viva Learning licenses (Seeded or Premium). Admins will also be able to control visibility of Copilot Academy.

ID: 407387 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse – Pulse data available in Insights Analyst Workbench

HR analysts and admins can access aggregated Pulse survey results across the organization and slice and dice the survey results to analyze Pulse survey results by organizational attributes (Ex. organizational hierarchy, job level, job function, geographic location, etc.).

ID: 407637 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse – Notifications management for administrators to configure where Pulse notifications are delivered

Administrators can choose where Pulse notifications are delivered to users from among the three notification delivery methods: email, Teams Chat, and Teams Activity feed.

ID: 407638 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse – Pulse series for continuous feedback supporting AI transformations and change management

New Pulse series templates are being introduced that are tailored to supporting continuous feedback scenarios for high value use cases such as change management.

ID: 407639 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse – New question types

Viva Pulse authors can add new question types, including matrix types, and leverage enhanced logic to drive more targeted survey experiences for respondents.

ID: 407640 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2024

Outlook: Sort and Filter improvements on Outlook on the Web and New Outlook for Windows

Sort and Filter will now be separate buttons in the Message List. This will make it easier to change the Sorted by and the Filtered by values separately. #newoutlookforwindows

ID: 407704 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC Tags: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva for AI Transformation pre-built campaign in Viva Amplify

Pre-drafted publications, campaign objectives and key messages designed to communicate how to leverage Microsoft Viva for AI transformation.

ID: 407705 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse – Viva Pulse templates to measure Copilot readiness, adoption & impact as part of Microsoft 365 Copilot

Viva Pulse authors can now use new templates specific to M365 Copilot Readiness, Adoption & Impact to measure employee sentiment around their organization’s Copilot adoption. These templates will be available as part of your Microsoft365 Copilot subscription as well.

ID: 407706 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2024

Microsoft Planner: Resize columns in Grid view

Introducing column resize control in Microsoft Planner. Now you can tailor your view by adjusting column widths, giving you the flexibility to focus on the details that matter most.

ID: 407859 Release: Planner – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2024

Outlook: Ability to add apps to meetings

With this update, customers will be able to add apps to their meetings, similar to how they can do that in classic Outlook for Windows. #newoutlookforwindows

ID: 408171 Release: Outlook, Exchange – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Rolling Out

Microsoft Clipchamp: New feature for silence removal (pauses) in Clipchamp

We think editing your video could be a quick job but isn’t necessarily so sometimes. Silence removal uses AI auto transcription to transcribe your audio. We infer pauses in your speech transcription and any gaps in the speech we detected for more than 3 seconds is considered a pause. We provide you with the option to remove all pauses at once with a single click or to review each pause where you can adjust and consider ones you want to keep.

ID: 383137 Release: Microsoft Clipchamp – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Adaptive Protection and Conditional Access

Organizations can use insider risk levels in their Conditional Access policies. This includes minor experience changes in the Adaptive Protection tab in Insider Risk Management, including adding total counts for Conditional Access policies that use Adaptive Protection and new user insights in the user activity timeline when a user is added or removed from an insider risk level. 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.

ID: 388737 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Outlook: Send updates only to added or removed attendees

When updating meeting attendees, organizers will be prompted with an option to send updates only to added or removed attendees or send updates to all attendees. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web #newoutlookforwindows

ID: 394687 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Town halls in Government Community Cloud (GCC)

Set up and host large scale events across a GCC organization with the familiar Teams app you use for webinars and meetings using Town hall. Town hall capabilities include a new meeting template, capacity for up to 10k attendees, third-party eCDN support, green room, manage what attendees see, moderated Q&A, RTMP-in, live translated captions and more.

ID: 395373 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Town halls in Government Community Cloud (GCC) (Premium)

Set up and host large scale events across a GCC organization with the familiar Teams app you use for webinars and meetings using Town hall. Town hall capabilities include a new meeting template, capacity for up to 20k attendees, third-party eCDN support, green room, manage what attendees see, moderated Q&A, RTMP-in, live translated captions and more.

ID: 395374 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: View only mode in Viva Engage

Engage admins will have the ability to change users’ access to view only mode. In view only mode, users can access and view content in Engage, but cannot comment, react, or create new posts.

ID: 395690 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview portal now supports user search functionality

Our global search feature now enables you to search for users within your organization. You’ll find basic information such as names and email addresses. Additionally, if you have role management privileges, you can view assigned role groups and admin units. This means now you can search for navigational results, data, learning resources, and also for users within your organization.

ID: 396570 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Private Line on Teams Phone Devices

Teams phone devices will support Private line, a new functionality for Teams Phone that allows you to enable a private second phone number for a select set of users so they can receive inbound calls directly, by passing delegates, admins, or assistants. Calls to the private line are distinguished by a unique notification and ringtone.

ID: 396769 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC, GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: People app on Teams Phone Devices

An updated People app on Teams phone devices will provide a simplified and faster experience to help users manage contacts easily.

ID: 396773 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, GCC Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Explicit consent recording meeting policy support on Teams Phone Devices

When explicit consent recording meeting policy is applied, a notification will pop-up when the recording or transcription is initiated requesting consent of participants on Teams phone devices.

ID: 396777 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC, GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Launched

Microsoft Teams: Enhanced sound notification controls

You can change the sound of your notifications to help you stay focused, prioritize quickly and avoid distractions. You can as well make urgent notifications and priority contact notifications more prominent. You can also mute notification sounds when you are busy or in a meeting.

ID: 93487 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC, GCC High, DoD, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Clipchamp: Clipchamp for Education (A3 & A5)

Clipchamp enables rapid editing and creation of videos on OneDrive and SharePoint including features like trim, join, transitions, filters, text overlay, audio controls, screen/camera recording and more. Available via the web or Windows app for Microsoft 365 A3 and Microsoft 365 A5 SKUs.

ID: 396288 Release: Microsoft Clipchamp – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Planner: eDiscovery Support for Microsoft Planner

Conduct a content search for eDiscovery and legal hold on Planner tasks in Microsoft Purview. The Planner data available for eDiscovery includes tasks shared with groups, along with the comments and attachments associated with those tasks.

ID: 399550 Release: Planner, Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Choose custom images as icons for resources in Viva Connections

Operators will be able to add custom images as icons to links located in resources in Viva Connections!

ID: 402188 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC Tags: July CY2024

Canceled