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Microsoft’s newly rebuilt Stream Mobile App will provide more users with the ability to record, view, and share Stream videos and Teams meeting recordings through the SharePoint app. GCC-H and DoD users can use this powerful tool to stay connected, informed, and productive while working. Be on the lookout for this release in August 2023.
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Weekly Roadmap Update Emails
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Retention support for files shared as cloud attachments or links (U.S. Government clouds)
This update enables organizations to automatically apply retention labels to the version of files shared as cloud attachments, which are live links of SharePoint or OneDrive content that can be shared via emails or Teams messages.
ID: 106100 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Topic card expanded view shows more details about a topic
Stay in the flow of your work to learn more from the topic card with this expanded view.
ID: 118590 Tags: Microsoft Viva – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: July CY2023
Microsoft OneDrive: Open in App
With this feature, users on OneDrive and SharePoint web can open non-Office files in desktop apps to view and make changes to those files. Any changes they make will sync back to OneDrive or SharePoint.
ID: 124813 Tags: OneDrive, SharePoint – DoD, GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Self-Diagnostic tool for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Test-DlpPolicies (U.S. Government clouds)
A new diagnostic tool to test the functionality of DLP rules and policies configured for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business.
ID: 124833 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: July CY2023
OneDrive: Configure Sync Setting to excluded specific files
This feature will allow you to configure OneDrive Sync Setting to exclude selected files and selected file types from syncing to OneDrive. When available the configuration settings will be located in the OneDrive admin center.
ID: 124868 Tags: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Results on user reported will factor in grading results
With this change, the results shown on user reports coming to Microsoft will start factoring in grading insights. This will help you triage user report more accurately and quickly.
ID: 124903 Tags: Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Exchange – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: July CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Enhanced Controls for OKR and Initiatives Status
Viva Goals offers enhanced status control for OKRs and initiatives. Previously, when setting up an OKR or initiative, progress and status were combined into a single field. With this change, customers can now change status independently of progress, offering greater control and flexibility.
ID: 124935 Tags: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Alignment view
Viva Goals announces the release of the alignment view, designed to help users visualize how their work contributes to top-level organizational goals more efficiently than ever before. With this revamped experience, users can quickly gain a bird’s eye view of their objectives and expand or collapse them to different levels from the chart. This feature will provide users with a more comprehensive understanding of their progress towards team goals, helping them to stay aligned with the teams’ objectives.
ID: 124950 Tags: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for EXO – Deliver the message to the hosted quarantine
We are adding a new column that enables messages delivered to hosted quarantine to be viewed under “Data Loss Prevention” rather than needing to be filtered under transport rules.
ID: 124974 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: July CY2023
Microsoft Syntex: Admin controls to enable users to apply prebuilt and unstructured document processing models
Admins will be able to select the sites where end users can create and apply unstructured and prebuilt document processing models.
ID: 124983 Tags: – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Policy Tips revamp on Outlook Win32 desktop (U.S. Government clouds)
Expand the functionality of DLP Policy Tips in Outlook Win32 to support additional top predicates and exceptions, and advanced classification for E5 users.
ID: 138577 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: August CY2023
OneNote: Stream 2.0 and unfurled experiences for OneNote
OneNote will support Stream 2.0 and provide an enhanced unfurl experience, allowing users to insert a linked video and play it directly within OneNote pages. Furthermore, users will have the ability to apply formatting options, such as resizing and changing the shape of the inserted video.
ID: 138601 Tags: OneNote – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: August CY2023
Microsoft Stream: Stream Mobile app for GCC-H and DoD users
The completely rebuilt Stream mobile app on iOS and Android will soon be available for GCC-H and DoD users. The rebuilt app gives you seamless access to Stream (on SharePoint) videos as well as Teams meeting recordings. The app provides an enhanced video playback experience, an improved user interface as well as core functionalities like offline downloads, video recording and uploading.
ID: 139272 Tags: Microsoft Stream – DoD, GCC High Release: August CY2023
Microsoft 365 App: New sensitivity bar in Microsoft 365 apps on Windows for viewing and applying sensitivity labels powered by Microsoft Purview
Sensitivity bar provides a more prominent and contextual user experience for viewing and applying sensitivity labels in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook on Windows. Preview dates may defer between apps. GA date consistent for all apps.
ID: 139362 Tags: Microsoft 365 – DoD, GCC High Release: July CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Teams device management for Department of Defense (DoD) customers in the Teams Admin Center
DoD customers can manage their Teams devices from the Teams Admin Center giving Admins control of the entire lifecycle for their Teams devices.
ID: 139464 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD Release: July CY2023
Outlook: Support pop-up warning for messages with sensitivity labels
Outlook for Windows native sensitivity labeling will support oversharing pop-up dialogue as AIP plug-in to warn, justify or block email being sent. Admins could use the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to define the oversharing pop-up DLP rules to groups of users. If users have the configured DLP rule trigger when they click send, a warn/justify/block pop up message will show up to make sure customer complies with admin’s security double check requirements.
ID: 139754 Tags: Outlook – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: August CY2023
Excel: Insert Local Picture in Cell
Pictures in Cells are getting better! Now you can insert a local picture from your device into the cell, paste it from your clipboard or convert a floating picture and put it in the cell easily!
ID: 140916 Tags: Excel – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: July CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Breakout Room pre-meeting room creation and participant assignment for GCC-High
Introducing capability for organizer to perform breakout room configuration and participant assignment before the meeting starts.
ID: 85436 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Share the system audio from Teams meetings on AVD VDI
Users in a Teams meeting on VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) can now share audio while screen sharing.
ID: 99189 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, GCC, DoD Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Collaborative notes
Collaborative notes allow meeting attendees to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items. Since Collaborative notes are a Loop component, it is always in sync regardless of how many places they live in. Assigned Tasks in Collaborative notes automatically sync with ToDo & Planner.
ID: 101509 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New filter option for messages blocked due to file type block
We are introducing a new filter for the ‘Quarantine Reason’ in the Quarantine page (Email). As part of this release, the SecOps can now apply this filter to display only the emails which are blocked when file extension/type of one or more of the attachments matches those configured in the common attachment filter in the Anti-malware policy. Currently these emails are shown under the ‘Malware’ as the Quarantine Reason.
ID: 117520 Tags: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 – DoD, GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals usage report
Viva Goals usage report about active users and platform distribution of 7/30/90/180 days in Microsoft 365 Admin Center.
ID: 117599 Tags: Microsoft 365 Admin Center – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Animated Backgrounds in Teams Meetings
The dynamic background feature in Teams Meetings allows users to replace their existing background with a dynamic animation for a more immersive virtual environment. It offers various options to enhance meeting experience with creativity and personalization according to their preferences.
ID: 122513 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD, GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Teams: Block anonymous users’ meeting chat read access in addition to current write access
This feature enables IT admins to block anonymous users from accessing the chat in internally hosted meetings by disabling the read access on top of the existing disabled right access. Due to service issues, we have decided to forgo Targeted Release in favor of rolling out straight to Standard.
ID: 123974 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD, GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Disposition review auto-approval (U.S. Government clouds)
Admins can enable automatic approval of items pending disposition if the reviewer doesn’t act within a specified number of days. Items will advance to the next stage of approval or auto-approved for deletion if in the final stage.
ID: 124880 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Project: Goals in Project for the Web
Goals in Project allows you to define a set of objectives that your project is targeting, link these goals to tasks, and define goal properties such as priority and status.
ID: 124894 Tags: Microsoft Project – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Auditing for Microsoft Project, Planner and Microsoft To Do
Identify data risks and manage regulatory compliance requirements while using Planner, Project and To Do with audit log retention and access to crucial events that help determine scope of compromise.
ID: 124916 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal, Microsoft To Do, Planner, Microsoft Project – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Campaign discovery hub
Campaign discovery hub in Viva Engage to help users explore and discover existing campaigns.
ID: 124952 Tags: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, Yammer – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Search for Campaigns
Users will be able to search for and find campaigns in an easy and intuitive way.
ID: 124953 Tags: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, Yammer – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Admin email notifications (U.S. Government clouds)
With this update, admins will have the ability to manage email notifications through the “Admin notifications” section of the insider risk settings. Admins will be able to control the types of emails they receive, including a daily notification for newly generated high-severity alerts, or weekly emails summarizing policies with unresolved warnings. 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 to manage security and compliance. 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: 124966 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Sequence and anomaly detection in insider risk analytics
With this update, insider risk analytics now includes sequence and anomaly detection indicators, providing more comprehensive and effective insights. 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 to manage security and compliance. 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: 124967 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC Release: June CY2023
Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Analyze linked content from OneDrive and SharePoint Online – chats and private channels (U.S. Government clouds)
[This feature is delayed indefinitely.] Communication Compliance policies that detect violations in Microsoft Teams will now analyze the content of documents shared in chats and private channels for potential policy match. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
ID: 85587 Tags: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC High, DoD, GCC Release: September CY2023
Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals OKR views in Sharepoint
[This item is being postponed indefinitely.] Embed OKR lists as URL or HTML i-frame in your organization’s announcement pages on SharePoint.
ID: 117484 Tags: Microsoft Viva, SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: July CY2023
Weekly Roadmap Update Emails
