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Microsoft Insider Risk Management Quick Policies feature will simplify how your organization creates policies. The new feature allows admins to create new policies with just a few clicks while providing additional information on how they could strengthen their security posture.

In Development

Microsoft Teams: Teams Button long press to Raise Hand during meeting

Raise Hand is a popular feature in Teams and is something all users can use, often many times over the course of a meeting. This feature allows users the ability to invoke a Raise Hand reaction during a meeting by simply holding the Teams button on their certified peripheral.

ID: 90738 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Disable chat write access for anonymous or unauthenticated users

IT admins can now disable chat write access at the policy level for non-federated users and unauthenticated users who join Teams meetings through a link that must be used in conjunction with disabled meeting chat policy to provide additional security against data exfiltration.

ID: 91142 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD, GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: July 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: 93268 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2022

Microsoft 365 Compliance center: Microsoft Purview | eDiscovery (Premium) – Hold reports (U.S. 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.

ID: 93269 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: March CY2023

Microsoft 365 Compliance center: Microsoft Purview | eDiscovery (Premium) – Identify Teams as data sources (U.S. Government clouds)

Simplified picking of relevant Teams and channels (standard, private, and shared) to intelligently identify associated custodian mailboxes, group mailboxes, OneDrive for Business accounts, and SharePoint sites that may contain Teams data that’s relevant to your case.

ID: 93270 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: December CY2022

Universal Print: Delegated Admin Support

IT Pros will be able to delegate rights to administrate a select group of printers to another person. This is very useful; in case a branch office team needs the ability to manage the printers at their location.

ID: 93309 Tags: Universal Print, Windows – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: August CY2022

Universal Print: PIN Release Support for Windows 10

People will be able to set a PIN for every print job. At the printer they enter the PIN to release their print job, supporting sustainability goals by preventing the consumption of power, paper and toner, if the print job is not completed. This functionality is already supported on Windows 11. Supported printers can be found on the Microsoft docs under More info link.

ID: 93310 Tags: Universal Print, Windows – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2022

Universal Print: Print Support Application (PSA) on Windows 10

Printer manufacturers are in the process of creating Print Support Applications (PSA) to add custom print finishing options and workflows, such as adding a watermark or accounting code to customize the print experience. PSA APIs are already available on Windows 11. This item will bring the power of PSAs to Windows 10 as well. To find available PSA use the supporting docs under More info link.

ID: 93311 Tags: Universal Print, Windows – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2022

Microsoft Compliance center: Self-service automation wizards for Compliance Manager, eDiscovery, and Audit

New self-service automation wizards for Compliance Manager, eDiscovery, and Audit in the Advanced Deployment Guides.

ID: 93323 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center, Microsoft Information Protection – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2022

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management – Adaptive retention policies

This update allows admins to create retention policies scoped to geography, department, or other user or site attribute. For example, admins can create a policy specifically for users in the UK’s human resources team by leveraging the adaptive policy scope.

ID: 93329 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – DoD, GCC High Release: September CY2022

SharePoint: Multilingual User Interface Streamlining

The SharePoint multilingual feature is expanding to include team sites. This new release includes other improvements to the navigation and site title editing experience for users whose preferred language differs from the sites default language.

ID: 93332 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2022

Microsoft Search: Microsoft Graph connector results in the ‘All’ vertical

Results from remote repositories indexed with Microsoft Graph connectors will be displayed in the ‘All’ vertical in Microsoft Bing (when signed in with a work or school account) alongside information from Microsoft 365 apps and services.

ID: 93336 Tags: Microsoft Search – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2022

Microsoft Search: Microsoft Graph connector results in Windows

Results from repositories indexed with Microsoft Graph connectors will be displayed when performing a search in Windows (when signed in with a work or school account).

ID: 93338 Tags: Microsoft Search – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2022

Whiteboard: Bing Image Search

The ability to search online images through Bing is coming soon to Whiteboard web, Teams and Windows App. This service can be controlled by optional connected experiences policy, which controls whether users have access to the functionality.

ID: 93341 Tags: Whiteboard – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2022

Word: Editor Text Predictions in Word for Mac

Editor Text Predictions in Word for Mac accelerates your writing by predicting text as you type.

ID: 93345 Tags: Word – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2022

Microsoft 365 compliance center | Microsoft Purview: eDiscovery (Premium) – Release of Graph APIs (U.S. Government clouds)

Script common eDiscovery actions using the Microsoft Graph REST APIs. APIs include, but are not limited to: Case, Custodian, Search, Review Set, and Export management. The graph APIs will first be released to the Microsoft Graph beta endpoints, and then ultimately to production in the More Information link below. APIs will show up in preview as they are completed and available in production after most common scenarios are completed.

ID: 93348 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: October CY2022

Rolling Out

Microsoft Teams: Video filters

Both, before joining and during a meeting, you can use filters to subtly adjust lighting levels and smooth out facial features to customize your appearance.

ID: 65944 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Multi-language meeting invite control

IT administrators can apply a new policy to set multiple languages in Teams meeting invites.

ID: 81521 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, DoD, GCC High Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Teams: View Together Mode for everyone

Meeting organizer and presenters will be able to start Together Mode in the meeting for all the participants.

ID: 83658 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Multi-Window support for Teams for VDI for Citrix

Users on virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) will be able to view meetings and calls in separate windows from the main Microsoft Teams client. Additionally, meeting and call controls such as mute, video, chat, leave and others will now be located at the top of the meeting window so that they are always available and never block the underlying content.

ID: 84192 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Usability improvements to informational messages in meetings for Android

Notification drawer for in-meeting informational messages, so users can preview, collapse and clear all notifications with one tap.

ID: 86958 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Give Take Control for Teams on VDI for VMware

User on VMware will be able to give and take control during calls and meetings. Give control: If you want another meeting participant to change a file, help you present, or demonstrate something, you can give control to that person. You will both be in control of the sharing, and you can take back control anytime. Take control: To take control while another person is sharing, select Request control. The person sharing can then approve or deny your request. While you have control, you can make selections, edits, and other modifications to the shared screen. When you’re done, select Release control to stop sharing control.

ID: 87558 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, GCC Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Project: Templates in Project for the web

Get started quickly by using a pre-made template as a jumping off point for your work.

ID: 88851 Tags: Microsoft Project – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Project: Allow Microsoft 365 users to provide progress updates on their assigned tasks

Users with Microsoft 365 licenses can mark their Project for the web tasks complete and change the percent complete for their tasks, without a Project license.

ID: 88884 Tags: Microsoft Project – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022

Yammer: Enhancements to Yammer’s interactive email notifications

Enhancements to Yammer’s email notifications meta-data, such as the name of the sender, for a more efficient email triage.

ID: 93297 Tags: Yammer – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Virtual appointment SMS notifications for customers in the United Kingdom

SMS confirmations and reminders with Teams meeting link for virtual appointments created from Bookings app in Teams.

ID: 94116 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022

Launched

Exchange: Adding Outbound Support for DNSSEC/DANE for SMTP to Exchange Online

Microsoft is committed to providing world-class email security solutions and the support for the latest Internet standards in order to provide advanced email protection for our customers. With this change we are adding outbound Support for DNSSEC/DANE for SMTP to Exchange Online. Look for another roadmap item which covers inbound mail.

ID: 63212 Tags: Exchange – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: January CY2022

Azure Active Directory: Temporary Access Pass

Temporary Access Pass (TAP) is a time-limited passcode that can be used to registration Passwordless FIDO2 and Phone Sign-in. TAP also makes recovery easier when a user has lost or forgotten their strong authentication methods and needs to sign in to register new authentication methods.

ID: 72242 Tags: Azure Active Directory – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release:

Forms: Split sending and sharing entry point

To remove the confusion between collecting response from others and collaborating with others, we decouple entry point of sending and sharing into separate paths. In future iterations, more sending options and effective channels will be added to keep improving the detailed sending experiences.

ID: 79450 Tags: Forms – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2022

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management – Integration with Teams and Power Automate

Insider Risk Management integration with Microsoft Teams allows for richer collaboration across an organization. Additionally, integration with Power Automate allows organizations to configure Power Automate flows to automate tasks for Insider Risk Management cases and users. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, security and policy violations, and more. 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: 83960 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – DoD Release:

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Microsoft Purview | Teams data in Content explorer (US Government clouds)

With the availability of Teams data in Content Explorer, customers will be able to display Sensitive information and Sensitivity labels detected on Teams data within the Content explorer.

ID: 88840 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Updates to URL Protection Report

We’re making some updates to the URL protection report to make the report easier to use and give admins more insight. The action view will be updated to include four new action types, including Admin allowed, Admin block, pending scan, and Admin blocked with clickthrough. We’re also consolidating the application view to classify all Office apps (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Visio) as Office rather than individual products.

ID: 88880 Tags: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 – DoD, GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: April CY2022

Microsoft 365 admin center: Inform users on how to reload a page in IE mode

We’re adding a new email template to the “Get fast, secure browsing with Microsoft Edge” feature on the admin center Setup page. Admins can send their users a quick reference on how to reload older sites in Internet Explorer mode when browsing in Microsoft Edge.

ID: 88905 Tags: Microsoft Edge, Microsoft 365 Admin Center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022

Forms: Portal Page Experience Improvement

Microsoft Forms will not only surface it portal page on office hub, but we will also reroute partial traffic to forms.office.com and forms.microsoft.com. Then user will be able to find Collection on the portal page with some other minor improvements.

ID: 88945 Tags: Forms – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: April CY2022

Office app: Activity Center for tablets and iPad

Find all alerts and notifications from the Office app in the Activity Center.

ID: 88959 Tags: Office app – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Pinned apps for frontline workers

We are providing a tailored experience for frontline workers in Teams! With this feature users with an F license will get frontline worker apps such as Tasks, Shifts, Walkie Talkie and Approvals pinned out of the box. Organizations can further configure the apps pinned, but this feature provides a foundation for a Teams environment purpose-built for frontline workers.

ID: 89924 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Parent Connection with chat, email or phone call

Educators will be able to connect with the guardians of their students by chat, email or phone call with a single click.

ID: 90383 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022

Outlook: Room Finder during meeting bookings for Android

Need to book a space? Outlook Mobile is here to make your transition to hybrid work easier. Search and book conference rooms when you need to collaborate with colleagues or book a workspace when you need some focus time.

ID: 90740 Tags: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2022

Outlook: Room Finder during Meeting Bookings for iOS

Need to book a space? Outlook Mobile is here to make your transition to hybrid work easier. Search and book conference rooms when you need to collaborate with colleagues or book a workspace when you need some focus time.

ID: 90741 Tags: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Background Blur for VDI on Azure Virtual Desktop/Windows 365

Users on Teams on VDI on Azure Virtual Desktop/Windows 365 can blur their background in your video meeting and call.

ID: 92505 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Large Gallery for web for GCC-High and DoD

By default, Teams Meetings supports up to 9 videos in Gallery. Now, using Large Gallery, users can view up to 49 videos at once in meetings.

ID: 93012 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD, GCC High Release: March CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Together Mode for web for GCC-High and DoD

Together Mode lets you see all your colleagues against a shared background, making you feel like you are all ‘together’ in a virtual online room.

ID: 93015 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD, GCC High Release: March CY2022

SharePoint: Microsoft Lists Calendar view item drag and drop

List items can be rescheduled by dragging and dropping them from one day to another while within a Calendar view, or by pulling an item from the ‘Unscheduled’ pane that appears on the right within Calendar view.

ID: 93285 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Follow Office preview policy on Mac

Public Preview has provided IT admins with the ability to allow their users to receive preview features before they are released to the public.  The existing follow Office preview policy allows users to automatically be in the Public Preview Channel of Teams if they are in the Office Current Channel (Preview) on Windows. We are now expanding the “follow Office preview” policy to Mac users who are in the Office Current Channel (Preview).

ID: 93536 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: April CY2022

Microsoft Teams: DocuSign recipients can now sign, view and cc in e-signature approvals

DocuSign users can now select sign, view and cc when creating new e-sign approval requests.  Recipients with the viewer role must view the document while the CC role allows the recipient to view it if they choose to.

ID: 94858 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Improved login & logout experience for e-signature approvals

Users will only have to sign into their e-sign provider account once every 30 days.  They will also be able to logout of a particular e-sign provider account.

ID: 94872 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2022

Canceled

Visio: While you were away and catch-up highlights

Know who edited your shared document since your last visit, and see what’s changed. This Item is being removed from the roadmap as it is no longer applicable.

ID: 61432 Tags: Word – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: December CY2021