Play of the Week

Those with Presenter roles in Microsoft Teams can draw, add a note, react, highlight text, and more on a shared screen. Now participants sharing their screen will have the ability to save content with collaborative annotations as a Whiteboard, enabling all meeting participants to revisit this content and continue collaborating after the meeting. The update is expected to be released in May 2024.

In Development

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent message translation in chats

When you get a message in a different language, you will see translation suggested to help you understand it better. In the settings, you can select which languages you don’t want to translate, and whether to translate messages automatically.

ID: 99841 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Save meeting content with collaborative annotations as a Whiteboard

Collaborative annotations, available now, enable meeting participants with the Presenter role to enable annotations after sharing their screen. This allows everyone in the meeting to draw, add a note, react, highlight text, and more to share their thoughts right on the content, live with everyone else. Now, participants sharing their screen will have the ability to save content with collaborative annotations as a Whiteboard, enabling all meeting participants to revisit this content and continue collaborating after the meeting.

ID: 109573 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning – Copilot in Viva Learning

Copilot in Viva Learning acts as a virtual learning companion, assisting users throughout their learning journey and providing personalized guidance, recommendations, and ability to take actions.

ID: 372245 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2024

Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Microsoft Copilot with graph grounded chat in the Microsoft 365 mobile app

Microsoft 365 mobile app users with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license will be able to receive answers grounded in their organizational graph data.

ID: 384868 Release: Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Shared mailbox support security group assignments on encrypted mail access in Outlook for Windows

Members in mail-enabled security group that are assigned to a shared mailbox can access encrypted mail directly using Outlook for Windows. Users can access encrypted mail with Do Not Forward or Encrypt-only protection.

ID: 385345 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Sensitivity label grouping modernization

To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. These new label groupings allow admins to better organize and categorize their labels (previously done via parent labels).

ID: 386900 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Sensitivity label grouping modernization

To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. These new label groupings allow admins to better organize and categorize their labels (previously done via parent labels).

ID: 386901 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – DoD, GCC High, GCC Tags: October CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Playlist support for Stream web part in SharePoint

The Stream web part, used when adding video to SharePoint pages and sites, will soon support embedding playlists from the same site in grid and theater layouts.

ID: 386907 Release: Microsoft Stream, SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, GCC, DoD Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Clipchamp: Work account support in Clipchamp’s desktop app

The updated Clipchamp desktop app introduces work account support and lets users with AAD/Entra ID accounts directly access Clipchamp for work through the desktop app for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Users of Clipchamp for work will be able to access the video editor in the app without using a browser. Microsoft 365 administrators can control if their users are able to access both Clipchamp for work and Clipchamp for personal accounts via the app or only Clipchamp for work.

ID: 387124 Release: Microsoft Clipchamp – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Teams Town Hall Graph APIs

The Teams town hall Graph APIs allow users to create, update, and delete town hall events.

ID: 387128 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024

SharePoint: SharePoint Premium Content Query – Columns in new libraries are queryable

With this update, columns in newly created libraries by licensed users are all made available to content query. Also, users can trigger an action to make all columns in existing libraries available to content query.

ID: 387773 Release: SharePoint, Microsoft Syntex – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting details displayed on pre-join screen

Available for in-tenant participants, the meeting pre-join screen will now include contextual information about the meeting like meeting title, scheduled start time, scheduled end time, and number of participants who have joined the call.

ID: 387789 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Delete option in Stream Web App

Stream is adding a delete option to the Stream Web App. If a user has editing permissions to a video in Stream, they will be able to delete a video directly from the Stream Web App by clicking the delete button on the command bar and confirming the action. The video file will be sent to the Recycle Bin of the OneDrive or SharePoint page the video was hosted on and any access to the video will lead to a page informing the user that the video has been removed.

ID: 387795 Release: Microsoft Stream – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Stream: First Run Experience

First-time users of Microsoft Stream will see informational modals that explain what Stream is and its basic functionality. Users will be able to close these modals at any step. When the tenant acquires new premium functionalities, such as Copilot in Stream, more modals will be displayed explaining the new functionalities.

ID: 387796 Release: Microsoft Stream – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

OneDrive: Copilot integration with the file viewer in Microsoft 365

Copilot in OneDrive will soon be available from the file viewer in Microsoft 365 for customers with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license. Clicking on the Copilot icon in the file viewer will open the Copilot chat panel which will allow you to summarize or get information from your files in OneDrive or SharePoint.

ID: 387806 Release: OneDrive, Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

SharePoint Pages: New Section Level Content Align

With Section Level Content Align, authors will now be able to center and bottom align all the webparts within a single section. This will make it easier for all of the columns in your section to be visually harmonious and reduce the need for the spacer webpart.

ID: 387808 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, GCC, DoD Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Desktop Shortcut for New Enterprise Devices

For new enterprise devices running through Windows Out of Box Experience (OOBE) for the first time, an Edge desktop shortcut will automatically be created. When enterprise users turn on their Windows 11 devices for the first time, they’ll see the Edge shortcut on their desktop. This desktop shortcut will provide users with easy access to their Edge browser without needing to manually pin and configure their setup.

ID: 388365 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Updated reauthentication flyout when Web Single Sign-On fails

Users who encounter Web Single Sign-On (SSO) failures for User Interaction Required (UIR) accounts will experience a flyout with a call to action to sign in and verify their account.

ID: 388366 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Connections Analytics in GCC

The customer facing analytics module will allow customers to understand the usage metrics for their instance of Viva Connections and will help them gauge the health of their VC deployment.

ID: 388367 Release: SharePoint, Microsoft Viva – GCC Tags: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Dashboard personalization on tablet in Viva Connections

Customize your dashboard by adding, removing, or reordering the dashboard cards.

ID: 388368 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Revamped Resources on mobile and tablet

The Resources section on Viva Connections mobile and tablet will show content from the recently revamped Resources section on Viva Connections desktop.

ID: 388369 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: June CY2024

OneDrive: Recurring meetings in Meetings view

The upcoming update to the OneDrive Meetings view will display your recurring meetings in chronological order, providing easy access to all related files, past recordings, and details like the meeting owner, attendees, time, and location. This feature helps you prepare for future meetings by allowing you to quickly access pre-read materials and review recordings or content from past meetings.

ID: 388382 Release: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, GCC, DoD Tags: April CY2024

Microsoft Clipchamp: Image background removal in Clipchamp

You can remove a background from your image and photos using AI.

ID: 388485 Release: Microsoft Clipchamp – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Walkie Talkie – Integrating Apple’s Push to Talk framework on iOS

Teams Walkie-Talkie on iOS will be integrated with Apple’s Push-to-Talk (PTT) framework to enhance communication and convenience of transmitting audio from anywhere on their phone, even when Teams is not in the foreground. It enables audio transmission directly from the lock screen and comes with background runtime optimization for optimal performance while conserving battery life.

ID: 388486 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Enabling call forwarding directly from phone device home screen through Teams admin center

Users can enable call forwarding directly from phone device home screen (including common area phones). Admins can control display of call forwarding on phone device home screen through Teams Admin Center.

ID: 388490 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Advanced calling and contact management support on non-touch phones

On non-touch phones users can use advanced calling features such as park/unpark calls, busy on busy, auto restart, and manage contacts and contact groups.

ID: 388494 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Files Card on Viva Connections

The feature helps organizations add a view of files which were recently accessed, shared or marked favorite by the user. This file view can be added in the form of card on Viva Connections dashboard.

ID: 388496 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

OneNote: Teams Integrations with OneNote Meeting Details

In addition to basic information about a meeting such as date, description, and attendees, Meeting Details will now add content from Teams’ intelligent meeting recap. This includes AI-generated meeting notes, AI-suggested tasks, and any documents shared during the Teams meeting.

ID: 388747 Release: OneNote – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024

Rolling Out

SharePoint: Microsoft Lists- A new forms experience to collect information

We are making it easier to collect information with an updated forms experience for Microsoft Lists. Forms look clean, are easy to design, can be easily shared, and respondents are able to fill them out on any device. All form responses appear immediately in your list after recipient clicks the submit button.

ID: 124865 Release: SharePoint – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Voice isolation

With Voice isolation, you can enjoy clear and uninterrupted calls or meetings, no matter where you are. This feature uses AI to filter out all background noise, including other people’s voices. By leveraging your voice profile, this advanced noise suppression capability ensures only the user’s voice is transmitted. Whether you are in a busy office, a noisy cafe, or a crowded airport, you can communicate with confidence and clarity. Voice isolation is powered by our advanced deep learning, speech services, and audio processing technology, and it shows our dedication to solving user problems with AI and enhancing audio quality and experience.

ID: 125387 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams Admin Center: Deploy and manage Shifts for your frontline teams in the Teams Admin Center

Admins will gain the ability to standardize Shifts settings (open shifts, swap shifts requests, offer shifts requests, time off requests and time clock), identify schedule owners, and create scheduling groups uniformly for all frontline teams at the tenant level.

ID: 138479 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Viva Glint admin role in Microsoft 365 admin center

Glint admin role in MAC

ID: 163984 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Answers in Viva content in Workplace Search

Users searching from Microsoft Search surfaces will be able to find content from Answers in Viva that match their search.

ID: 182258 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Admins can provide intent while submitting

Admins submitting to Microsoft can convey whether they are submitting for a second opinion or they are submitting to convey their confirmation of clean or malicious verdict.

ID: 183907 Release: Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Exchange – DoD, GCC High, GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Outlook: Draft by Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows

Copilot combines the power of LLMs and Outlook data to help you do more. Copilot can now help you draft new messages or replies.

ID: 190937 Release: Outlook, Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Inactive teams and inactive domains report export capability

Admins will be able to export the inactive teams and inactive domains reports to a csv file in Teams Admin Center.

ID: 341083 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Ability to duplicate an existing webinar for simplified event creation

Organizers can schedule a new webinar by duplicating information from an existing scheduled one. This includes duplicating information such as details, presenters, theming, and more. The organizer can also edit and update the information as needed for the new event.

ID: 375177 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: March CY2024

Outlook: To Do in Outlook for Mac

To Do helps you manage your tasks and stay on top of what’s next. These features will be available in Outlook for Mac for commercial users.

ID: 375179 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage question post update

Viva Engage is updating its questions to include two parts: a required field for the main question and an optional larger field for extra details.

ID: 376700 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Ability to duplicate an existing town hall for simplified event creation

Organizers can schedule a new town hall by duplicating information from an existing scheduled one. This includes duplicating information such as details, presenters, theming, and more. The organizer can also edit and update the information as needed for the new event.

ID: 376853 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams for Education: iOS/Android Parent link for School Connection

Allows parents to connect to School Connection in Teams for Education by clicking the iOS/Android mobile link provided by their school’s administration.

ID: 380745 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance-Ability to create custom tags in Communication Compliance policies

Communication Compliance introduces the ability to create custom tags to give Investigators the flexibility of using tags that fit their team/ organization’s requirements. Leverage custom tags to leave more meaningful information for each policy match and to help other investigators understand the status of a message. Default tags will continue to be available for use.

ID: 382607 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: External domain activity report export capability

Export the ‘External domain activity’ report to a csv file in Teams Admin Center.

ID: 382642 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Launched

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning – Browser-optimized playback for SAP SuccessFactors content

Desktop client content consumption for SuccessFactors content is enhanced with browser optimized playback.

ID: 92053 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Change Question IDs for Expired Survey Cycles

With this improved self-service, you can change a Question ID associated with an expired survey to resolve broken reporting trends.

ID: 163975 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – Copilot

With Copilot in Viva Goals, user will be able to leverage AI in creating goals, summaries, and making updates in Viva Goals.

ID: 165689 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: User Submission Automatic Feedback Response

The user submission automatic feedback response enables organizations to automatically respond to end user submissions of phish based on the verdict from the automated investigation. This feature is configurable and allows organizations to dictate in which threat scenarios they would like end users to receive feedback emails. Once enabled, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO) will automatically respond to end user submissions based on the investigation verdict and the configured settings.

ID: 186575 Release: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention- Adding matched attachment details in Activity Explorer for Data Loss Prevention rules in Exchange

With this feature, the admins can see more information like name, size, labels about the attachments present in the email that violated the Data Loss Prevention rules.

ID: 369015 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Teams chat on mobile

Users will be able to easily access Copilot on the Teams mobile app.

ID: 382800 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024

Canceled

Microsoft Teams: Workspace Management

We are not releasing this feature at this time and apologize for any inconvenience. Workspace Management is a new feature within Teams Admin Center that provides an integrated view of Teams devices and peripherals based on their location, along with relevant insights. This capability provides IT admins the ability to manage connected devices, and monitor workspace health, utilization and conformance to standards at any location.

ID: 88326 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC, GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD Tags: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Custom Topic Types for Viva Topics

Knowledge Managers can define and edit custom topic types that can offer important context on the nature of the topic entity. New Topic features will not continue in 2024. Please refer to the changes coming to Topics: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/topics/changes-coming-to-topics?view=o365-worldwide

ID: 117437 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Editors cohort for topics

Knowledge managers can now select and assign a group of SMEs to a topic and invite them to validate and contribute to suggested, confirmed and published topics. This feature will not continue. Please refer to changes coming to Topics: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/topics/changes-coming-to-topics?view=o365-worldwide

ID: 118490 Release: Microsoft Viva – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024