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Outlook on the web: Pre-Reporting and Post-Reporting Popups Integrated with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Overview: The popups end-users see before and after reporting a message as phishing, junk, and not junk in Outlook on the web can soon be customized and localized in up to seven selected languages out of the full list of languages that Microsoft 365 supports. Admins...
Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint Document Libraries in win32 backstage
Overview: Currently, users experience some frustration when using Office products because of all different routes that they must use to access all their content. The Quick Access feature will allow users to access shared libraries from both their SharePoint and Teams...
Microsoft Teams: Emojis, GIFs and Stickers Unified in One Picker
Overview: Users can soon find all of their emojis, GIFs, and stickers in a combined picker in Microsoft Teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84023 When this will happen: Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in early November 2023...
Office documents have a new default theme
Overview: A new default document theme is coming to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook across your endpoints. The new theme will include the new default font, Aptos, a new color palette, and updated default line weights. This change is associated with Microsoft 365...
[Action Required] Transition to Bing Chat Enterprise service plan by late November 2023
Overview: As referenced in MC665935 (September 2023), the Bing Chat Enterprise (BCE) service plan has been added to Bing Chat Enterprise-eligible Microsoft 365 licenses. The Bing Chat Enterprise service plan provides more granular management controls to turn Bing Chat...
Outlook Web: Ability to Hide Favorites From Folder List
Overview: The Hide Favorites feature in Outlook for the web allows users to personalize their folder pane by hiding the Favorites section. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 167071 When this will happen: Rollout will begin in late October 2023...
Microsoft Teams: Choose Which Users to Notify When Publishing a Task List
Overview: The task publishing experience in Microsoft Teams will soon allow you to choose which users to notify when you publish or unpublish a task list. You'll soon have the ability to choose which members of teams receiving the tasks should get a notification in...
Animated Backgrounds in Teams Meetings
Overview: The animated 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...
Expanding our AI capabilities to meet the everyday needs of people and business
Overview: We are bringing Copilot and new Microsoft AI experiences to the Windows PC. Today, Microsoft took the first step to unify our AI capabilities as Microsoft Copilot, providing a consistent look and feel across our products. Available as a side pane in...