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Microsoft is introducing a new query parameter in Purview which allows you to switch between performance (quicker but not a full search) and completeness (slower but full search) of query results based on the scenario requirement. When enabled, the query returns more complete search results but may take significantly longer to run. When disabled, the query runs faster but may have missing search results. The feature is expected in May 2024 in GCC, GCCH, and DoD environments.
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Microsoft Teams: Teams meeting recordings will be saved to meeting organizer’s OneDrive for Business
With this change Teams meeting recordings will be saved to the meeting organizer’s OneDrive for Business instead of to the OneDrive for Business folder of the person who initiated the recording. This improves the compliance of recordings as meeting organizers can then manage access permissions and recording file management.
ID: 116251 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC Tags: May CY2024
Outlook: Folder/Subfolder Recursive Search
Search now returns content stored in the main folder and content stored within all its sub-folders. Note: We have updated the release phase to show the current state. We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause.
ID: 151025 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024
Outlook: Outlook Mobile – Junk/Phishing Reporting Actions Integrated with Microsoft Defender
The appearance and behavior of Report Phishing/Report Junk actions in Outlook for iOS and Outlook for Android can be controlled by admins using User Reported Settings in security.microsoft.com. Admins will be able to control whether these Report actions appear in Outlook, where these messages get reported to, and whether the user is prompted when they report phishing or junk. Admins will also be able to customize text and other aspects of the dialogs that appear before and after users’ report phishing or junk.
ID: 371383 Release: Outlook – GCC, GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024
Outlook: Junk/Phishing reporting actions integrated with Microsoft Defender in classic Outlook for Windows
The appearance and behavior of Report Phishing/Report Junk actions in classic Outlook for Windows can be controlled by admins using User Reported Settings in security.microsoft.com. Admins will be able to control whether these Report actions appear in Outlook, where these messages get reported to, and whether the user is prompted when they report phishing or junk. Admins will also be able to customize text and other aspects of the dialogs that appear before and after users’ report phishing or junk.
ID: 371388 Release: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High Tags: May CY2024
Outlook: Outlook for Mac – Junk/Phishing Reporting Actions Integrated with Microsoft Defender
The appearance and behavior of Report Phishing/Report Junk actions in Outlook for Mac can be controlled by admins using User Reported Settings in security.microsoft.com. Admins will be able to control whether these Report actions appear in Outlook, where these messages get reported to, and whether the user is prompted when they report phishing or junk. Admins will also be able to customize text and other aspects of the dialogs that appear before and after users’ report phishing or junk.
ID: 371393 Release: Outlook – GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: June CY2024
Whiteboard: Sticky Note Visual Refresh
This updates the visuals of the sticky note feature in Whiteboard.
ID: 376847 Release: Whiteboard – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High Tags: April CY2024
Microsoft Intune: Hardware backed attestation – enhanced for Windows 11
This will enhance the Windows compliance policy – device health by adding five additional hardware attestation settings specific to Windows 11 using advanced platform security features like Memory Integrity and Access Protection, firmware protection, virtualization-based security, and Early Launch Antimalware protection.
ID: 387499 Release: Microsoft Intune – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2025
SharePoint: Pages – Heading levels for web parts
When authoring pages, this will create the ability to choose heading level for webparts to help define the hierarchy of information on a page.
ID: 387500 Release: SharePoint – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Tags: March CY2024
Outlook: Teams chat from email messages in the new Outlook for Windows
This will allow users to start a Teams chat directly from an email message with the sender or all of the recipients in the email, the Teams chat opens in Outlook – so users can chat and continue their workflow in Outlook. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 387770 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024
Outlook: Share to Teams will be added to the ribbon in the new Outlook for Windows
Users will now be able to find a “Share to Teams” button in the ribbon whenever they select an email in the reading pane. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 387809 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024
Microsoft Viva: Connections news notifications on desktop
With this release, existing news notifications in Viva Connections mobile will also be available in Viva Connections desktop.
ID: 388370 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: June CY2024
OneDrive: View hidden files and folders in ‘Shared with you’ view
This feature allows you to view files and folders you have hidden in the “Shared with you” view in OneDrive for Web. You can quickly access files and folders you have hidden by clicking on the ‘Hidden’ button in the filter bar. You can also ‘Unhide’ files and bring them back to the ‘Shared with you’ view.
ID: 388381 Release: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Microsoft Fabric risk indicators in Insider Risk Management
With this update, Insider Risk Management extends its risk-detection capabilities to Microsoft Fabric products by offering ready-to-use risk indicators based on user activities in Power BI. Organizations can use these new indicators in data theft and data leaks policies. 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: 388733 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2024
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Improvements to “Deleting of SharePoint files/folders” indicators
Today “Deleting of SharePoint files” and “Deleting of SharePoint folders” indicators include permanent file or folder deletion event operations FileDeleted and FolderDeleted respectively. With this update, these indicators also capture files/folders moved to recycle bin which includes FileRecycled, FolderRecycled. You will see more activities being captured by these indicators. 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: 388734 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit – HighCompleteness parameter in Search – UnifiedAuditLog Audit cmdlet
Microsoft is introducing a new query parameter which allows you to switch between performance and completeness of query results based on the scenario requirement. When enabled, the query returns more complete search results but may take significantly longer to run. When disabled, the query runs faster but may have missing search results.
ID: 388735 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: May 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: June CY2024
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance Security Copilot – Contextual Summarization
Communication Compliance introduces the Security Copilot feature to generate contextual summaries of long messages in the context of the conditions that flagged the messages as potentially risky. Investigators can pinpoint the potentially risky content in the message and understand the premise of the entire message with just one click of a button. In addition to contextual summaries, users can ask additional questions in an open text prompt for deeper insight on the message content.
ID: 388752 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2024
Outlook: Folder tags on items in Search Folders in the new Outlook for Windows and web
Search Folders will now display a folder tag within the message list, indicating the folder to which each email belongs. This enhancement provides users with quick and easy access to contextual information, improving navigation and organization within their mailbox. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 388915 Release: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Tags: April CY2024
Microsoft Teams: Live Share support for Chat, Channel, and Collaborative Stageview tab applications
Microsoft Teams applications that use Live Share for building real-time collaborative experiences – previously limited to Meeting Stage and Side Panel tabs – will be able to extend to Chat, Channel, and Collaborative Stageview tabs on desktop and web. Live Share enables collaborative features such as co-watching, co-creating, and co-editing content in real time. All applications enabled in your tenant using the existing Live Share permission will be eligible for this feature.
ID: 389141 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2024
Outlook: [Android] Customizable Compose Toolbar and Drawer
ID: 100692 Release: Outlook – GCC, GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD Tags: March CY2024
Microsoft Teams: Group chat profile picture
You will have a better way to reflect your team and group chat topic, with custom pictures. Group chat members can upload an image or use pre-selected illustrations and emojis, adding a layer of inclusivity and expression to their chat.
ID: 119305 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High Tags: March CY2024
Outlook: Conditional Formatting in New Outlook for Windows and Web
ID: 167976 Release: Outlook – GCC, DoD, GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024
Outlook: Updated Outlook for iOS Settings
The whole Outlook for iOS Settings page is being updated to be better organized so that you can find the settings you need more efficiently.
ID: 185388 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC Tags: March CY2024
Outlook: Stream videos can now be watched inline in Outlook
We’re introducing the ability to watch Stream videos inline in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows. Soon, if someone pastes a Stream video link in a supported Outlook app and sends it to you, you will be able to watch it directly in your inbox. The videos will play inline for recipients within the same organization, meaning you will not have to leave Outlook to watch the video. Recipients outside the organization, and those not using the new Outlook or web, will see a link to the video which they can watch in the Stream web app (depending on the organization’s file sharing settings). Note: We have updated the Release Phase to show the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
ID: 185389 Release: Outlook, Microsoft Stream – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024
Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap on Teams Mobile (Premium)
Intelligent recap is now available on Teams for iOS and Android, so users can access AI-generated meeting notes, AI-generated tasks, and name mentions, and easily browse the meeting recording by speakers. Intelligent recap features are also available as a part of the Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.
ID: 371578 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024
Microsoft Teams: Room Remote on Desktop for GCC
The Room Remote feature enables touchless meeting experiences by allowing users to control a nearby shared Teams Rooms device (Windows or Android) from their PC companion device with the Teams client.
ID: 374708 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC Tags: March CY2024
Outlook: Sync feature
A button option to initiate email sync is coming to the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web, this will allow users to ensure that their send and receive email experience is up-to-date. This functionality will be within the View tab of the Ribbon.
ID: 375743 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024
Microsoft Teams: Expanded incoming call setting options for Teams Phone Mobile users
Teams Phone Mobile users will now the flexibility to choose whether group calls, calls received as part of a call queue, and meeting nudges are received natively on their mobile phone or in the Teams app. This new capability enables greater flexibility and mobility and allows users to easily move these calls between their native dialer or the Teams app without interruption.
ID: 381428 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: March CY2024
Microsoft Teams: Use Apple AirPods to mute/unmute yourself in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams now works seamlessly with Apple AirPods to mute or unmute yourself on Mac models running macOS Sonoma. The same functionality already available on iPhone running iOS 17 is now supported on new Teams for Mac.
ID: 383529 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2024
Outlook: Collapsible Date Headers on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows
You now can collapse and expand the date headers in the Message List when you’ve chosen “Show date headers in the message list” in your Settings. Collapse all emails from “This week” to quickly get to the rest of the emails from “This month.”
ID: 383533 Release: Outlook – GCC High, DoD, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: March CY2024
Outlook: Online Archive for Shared Mailboxes
ID: 178350 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC Tags: March CY2024
Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Attack Simulation Training in DoD
Attack simulation and training (AST) in the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is an intelligent risk reduction tool, which allows customers to run realistic attack scenarios in their organization, identify vulnerable users, and help drive behavior change through an integrated security awareness training program. It is to be made available in the DoD environment.
ID: 185568 Release: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 – DoD 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
Outlook: Right preview pane in the single line view aka column layout
Adding support to show the reading pane in the right when user selects column view.
ID: 383015 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC Tags: March CY2024
Outlook: Working hours and location
Roadmap item 378774 was an accidentally created duplicate entry. It is being moved to cancelled. All updates for this feature will be posted through roadmap item 383721.
ID: 378774 Release: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High Tags: April CY2024
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