Weekly summaries

2023-11-11

  • Microsoft Teams: Deploy Teams at Scale for frontline with dynamic teams.

    Deploy teams at scale for your frontline workers using dynamic teams in the Teams Admin Center. Dynamic teams will automate member management to ensure your teams are always up to date. Note: We are updating a release phase to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

    Feature ID: 127888

    Added to roadmap: Tue Jun 27 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 11 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: July CY2023

    Rollout Start: DecemberNovember CY2023

  • Microsoft 365: Israel datacenter region and Advanced Data Residency availability

    Microsoft 365 will launch a new local cloud region in Israel. The Advanced Data Residency add-on ("ADR") will be available in Israel and provide eligible customers with committed data residency in the Israel local cloud region, prioritized tenant migration services, and expanded coverage of Microsoft 365 workloads and Customer Data. This item is cancelled. 

    Feature ID: 149270

    Added to roadmap: Wed Jul 12 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 11 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft 365

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: CancelledIn development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: NovemberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft 365 admin center: Integrated Apps in M365 admin center for managing apps across M365 suite products

    Introducing Integrated Apps in M365 admin center to allow admins to discover, deploy and manage apps across various M365 suite products.

    Feature ID: 164079

    Added to roadmap: Tue Aug 29 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 11 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft 365 Admin Center

    Cloud instance(s): GCC

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: SeptemberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Desktop to web browser join experience for attendees in Virtual Appointments

    Schedulers can enable the 'have attendees join from a web browser' setting so that attendees joining the virtual appointment on desktop will be routed to the Teams web browser experience. This allows attendees to have access to engagement features including raise hand and live reactions.

    Feature ID: 165485

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 10 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 11 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Desktop

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Synced updates for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android devices and paired consoles.

    When Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android devices are updated from the Teams Admin Center, their paired consoles will get updated in tandem, ensuring a seamless experience.

    Feature ID: 174344

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 27 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 11 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Remove items from your activity feed

    Users will be able to remove items they no longer need from their activity feed, helping the user stay on top of their notifications.

    Feature ID: 181794

    Added to roadmap: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 11 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release (Entire Organization)Targeted Release (Select People)

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: FebruaryDecember CY2024CY2023

2023-11-10

  • Microsoft Teams: Video Closed Captions in PowerPoint Live

    Closed Captions will now be supported for embedded videos in PowerPoint Live for Teams. If the video contains out-of-band closed captions, all viewers will automatically have the option to turn closed captions on for the video.

    Feature ID: 114494

    Added to roadmap: Thu Feb 02 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktopiOSMac

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: March CY2023

  • Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Tenant Allow/Block List - Support for URL top level domain block

    With this change, Microsoft will allow customers to block URL via top level domain block. It will be honored during email mail flow and time of click inside teams and office apps.

    Feature ID: 115506

    Added to roadmap: Fri Feb 17 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Defender for Office 365

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Simplified compose box

    A simplified compose box UI will make it easier to create and send messages. Edit your message, insert an emoji or call Copilot right from the compose box, or click on the plus button to choose from the extended menu of actions. Note: This is for the new Teams experience only.

    Feature ID: 123486

    Added to roadmap: Fri Oct 13 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopMacWeb

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release (Entire Organization)Targeted Release (Select People)

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Syntex: Optical Character Recognition in OneDrive and SharePoint supports multi-page PDF and TIFF files

    Currently, OCR is available only for standalone Images. With this update image-only PDF and TIFF files in OneDrive and SharePoint will also benefit from OCR. Note: We will not be rolling out at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.

    Feature ID: 124940

    Added to roadmap: Sat May 27 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Syntex

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: October CY2023

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Deploy Teams at Scale for frontline with dynamic teams.

    Deploy teams at scale for your frontline workers using dynamic teams in the Teams Admin Center. Dynamic teams will automate member management to ensure your teams are always up to date. Note: We are updating a release phase to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

    Feature ID: 127888

    Added to roadmap: Tue Jun 27 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: July CY2023

    Rollout Start: NovemberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft Stream: Audio tracks and descriptions for Stream on SharePoint

    Video owners and editors will soon have the ability to upload multiple audio tracks in a single video when using Stream (on SharePoint). These audio tracks will act as alternates to the main audio track.  This feature can be used to add multiple language audio tracks for multi-lingual organizations, or to add audio descriptive tracks or to add audio tracks for other purposes. Viewers of the video will be able to select which audio track they would like to hear by clicking the Audio Tracks button (headphones icon) in the video player.

    Feature ID: 145123

    Added to roadmap: Sat Jul 01 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Stream

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Scheduling improvements in Shifts app

    In the Shifts app, people count, and full names, will show in the calendar view. The most recent filter settings will be saved automatically. Managers will be able to add inline notes in the day view, and notes can also be added using the Graph API.

    Feature ID: 146855

    Added to roadmap: Thu Sep 28 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): GCCWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktopiOSWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: App centric management in Teams Admin Center to manage the Apps access for tenants, end-users, and groups

    App centric management introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant can install Teams apps. First, admins can set a default value for new apps that are published to Teams app store. Second, admins can edit the availability of an app to 'All users can install', 'Specific users and groups can install', or 'No user can install'. This feature evolves the existing app permission policies and provides admins with the ability to manage access to the app individually. The app permission policies for existing customers are migrated to maintain existing app availability in the tenant.

    Feature ID: 151829

    Added to roadmap: Thu Aug 24 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): GCCWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: DecemberNovember CY2023

  • Outlook: Upload and share documents on large emails

    On Outlook accounts when you try to attach a file to an email that has hit the maximum size limit, or when an attachment will push the email over that limit, you will be prompted to upload the file to OneDrive so that you can still easily share the document.

    Feature ID: 156100

    Added to roadmap: Thu Aug 03 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Android

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: Storyline per-user control for Viva Engage

    This feature will allow admins to designate which users in their Viva Engage network have the ability to create new storyline posts. It gives admins another option for how to support storyline in their network in addition to the current choice of enabling or disabling storyline for all users. This feature will not change who can reply or react to the storyline posts from those users who have been given storyline privileges. That is, all users with access to Viva Engage can reply and react to storyline posts.

    Feature ID: 159129

    Added to roadmap: Fri Aug 04 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft VivaYammer

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Management of BYOD (Bring your own device) meeting spaces with Teams Rooms Pro Management

    The BYOD (bring your own device) rooms in the Pro Management Portal provides IT admins with a comprehensive overview of their BYOD rooms' utilization and activities. With this new addition, IT admins will gain valuable insights into how these spaces are being utilized, enabling them to make data driven decisions.

    Feature ID: 161728

    Added to roadmap: Thu Sep 28 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): GCCWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Teams and Surface Devices

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: NovemberJanuary CY2023CY2024

  • Outlook: MIP Label Support for Events

    Tenants who have setup MIP sensitivity labels for use on events will now have support in Outlook for Android to both read and write labels to their meetings with enforcement of rules such as encryption as defined by tenant admins.

    Feature ID: 163358

    Added to roadmap: Tue Aug 22 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Android

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available: October CY2023

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) - eDiscovery guest reviewer delegated access

    This feature enables secure and convenient external guest reviewer access to eDiscovery Premium review sets within a case. This feature empowers eDiscovery Premium admins and managers to follow more traditional collaboration practices that will boost confidence and workflow defensibility by allowing outside counsel to cooperate more directly without increasing cost or risk.

    Feature ID: 165487

    Added to roadmap: Tue Sep 12 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): GCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention: - Download File Evidence for Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention investigations

    With this capability, DLP investigators can download the full file that resulted in the DLP policy match as evidence in SharePoint and OneDrive for Business. The option to download files will be available for DLP alerts in Microsoft Purview compliance portal as well as the DLP alerts in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal

    Feature ID: 167340

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 06 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: OctoberNovember CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: Engage AMA - Private events, multiple hosts, and organizers

    An AMA event can now be private and can now also have multiple organizers.

    Feature ID: 174141

    Added to roadmap: Mon Sep 18 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Viva

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Outlook: S/MIME support for sensitivity labels

    Outlook on the web will support S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) signature and encryption as sensitivity label outcomes. Admins can define the label to have S/MIME signature, encryption, or both and emails with those labels will enforce S/MIME accordingly.

    Feature ID: 180732

    Added to roadmap: Wed Oct 11 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New Stream Logs for Microsoft Purview Audit Standard Users

    Microsoft Purview is expanding access to wider cloud security activity events for Microsoft Stream. As part of the changes, standard users of Purview Audit will begin to generate 5 new Microsoft Stream events that were previously generated only for Audit Premium licensed users. The following events will now be provided for all Audit Standard users: 1. StreamInvokeGetTranscript; 2. StreamInvokeChannelView; 3. StreamInvokeGettExtTrack; 4. StreamInvokeGetVideo; 5. StreamInvokeGroupView

    Feature ID: 180738

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 10 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Domain-specific search

    Users will be able to narrow down their search results and find what they are looking for faster. Get more precise search results by picking up a specific domain like files, group chat or Teams and channels. You can also search files or group chats by entering a person name.

    Feature ID: 181285

    Added to roadmap: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): GCCWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Remove items from your activity feed

    Users will be able to remove items they no longer need from their activity feed, helping the user stay on top of their notifications.

    Feature ID: 181794

    Added to roadmap: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: February CY2024

  • Microsoft Defender for Office 365: False positive email release from Quarantine through threat explorer, email summary panel, and email entity page take action

    ,SecOps can now mange False positives and take move to inbox (i.e. release) quarantined messages from Threat explorer and Email entity page without the need to tab out to the Quarantine portal to take the action.

    Feature ID: 184915

    Added to roadmap: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Defender for Office 365

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: November CY2023

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Project: Additional capabilities for Microsoft 365 users in Microsoft Project for the web

    Currently, users with Microsoft 365 licenses can view projects shared with them by users of Microsoft Project for the web. This update will enable Microsoft 365 users to collaborate more seamlessly with Project users by editing shared projects. The added capabilities enable Microsoft 365 users to access any functionality where Microsoft Planner and Microsoft Project for the web overlap. Note: This feature is specific to projects that are created within the default environment, such as by using project.microsoft.com.

    Feature ID: 186228

    Added to roadmap: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Project

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Outlook: Cloud-based Message Recall on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows for GCC, GCC High, and DoD

    We will be enabling Cloud-based Message Recall on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows, a feature that is already available in world-wide multitenant, for customers in GCC, GCC High, and DoD.

    Feature ID: 186547

    Added to roadmap: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): ExchangeOutlook

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- Recommended actions for finetuning policies

    ,We are introducing additional recommended actions to provide guidance on fine-tuning your insider risk policies and implementing advanced configurations. These new tasks and journeys will be accessible through the Recommended Actions page. 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.

    Feature ID: 186580

    Added to roadmap: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: November CY2023

    Rollout Start: January CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- Browsed to generative AI websites indicator

    ,With this update, we are adding a new indicator, “browsed to generative AI sites,” for the risky browser usage policy template, giving visibility into organizational usage of generative AI domains. User information is pseudonymized by default with strong privacy controls in place to protect end user trust. While visiting one of these AI domains may be authorized by an organization, this indicator is designed to help ensure they are correctly accounting for whether and how, these sites may be accessed in 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.

    Feature ID: 186584

    Added to roadmap: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 10 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: December CY2023

    Rollout Start: January CY2024

2023-11-09

  • Microsoft Intune: Remote Help for Android

    Provides cloud-based Android remote assistance connection.

    Feature ID: 109554

    Added to roadmap: Thu May 18 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Intune

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Android

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available: August CY2023

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Whiteboard: Create Loop tables and task lists

    Insert new Loop tables & task lists directly into whiteboards & copy/paste them across other Microsoft 365 hosts to coauthor content with others in real-time.

    Feature ID: 117400

    Added to roadmap: Thu Feb 09 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Whiteboard

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopTeams and Surface DevicesWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) - Review set data minimization - Identify exact duplicates by default

    Harness the built-in review set query within eDiscovery (Premium) review sets, specifically designed to pinpoint exact duplicates and encompassing email threads, to systematically reduce your review set data by an average of 30%, eliminating the need to trigger analytics manually post ingestion. Gain full visibility into all hash values utilized in de-duplication and email threading algorithms, ensuring a seamless and efficient review process.

    Feature ID: 124961

    Added to roadmap: Thu Jun 01 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: SeptemberJanuary CY2023CY2024

    Rollout Start: DecemberMarch CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Extend DLP controls to Firefox browser (U.S. Government clouds)

    With this update, you will be able to extend the Microsoft Purview DLP controls to Firefox browsers. DLP admins will be able to set policies to prevent exfiltration of sensitive information through the Firefox browser by preventing actions such as copying data from a sensitive document to another document using the Clipboard, printing a sensitive document, copying to USB removeable media, or copying to a network share.

    Feature ID: 138590

    Added to roadmap: Wed Jun 21 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insightful Policy Performance

    The Communication Compliance homepage provides two columns that offer a quick overview of policy performance: the first column shows the number of scanned parent items in real time, giving visibility into scanning progress; the second column keeps you informed about parent items that meet policy conditions, ensuring you stay updated on potential issues requiring attention and maintaining control over communication compliance. 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.

    Feature ID: 145793

    Added to roadmap: Thu Aug 03 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: November CY2023

    Rollout Start: JanuaryMarch CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Admin Units support for DLP alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender portal

    With this capability we are extending the Admin Units capability currently available in Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to DLP alerts in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal.

    Feature ID: 162292

    Added to roadmap: Fri Aug 11 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: August CY2023

    Rollout Start: OctoberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: Standardization of Viva Learning Webapp Links

    Webapp links will have user-friendly and easily addressable links to pages

    Feature ID: 163368

    Added to roadmap: Thu Sep 21 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Viva

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – Customizable goal terms and structures

    Organizations and teams now have the flexibility to titlecustomize andterminology structure goals in line with their own goal setting methodology and preferences, beyond the OKR framework.

    Feature ID: 165684

    Added to roadmap: Thu Aug 24 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Viva

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Collaborative Notes in Channel Meetings

    Collaborative Notes will replace Wiki-based Channel Meeting Notes. Collaborative Notes in channel meetings allow 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 To Do and Planner.

    Feature ID: 167330

    Added to roadmap: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release (Entire Organization)Targeted Release (Select People)

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: New settings available for your frontline manager in Shifts app

    In the Shifts app, we are rolling out the ability for frontline manager to control additional functionalities through our Shifts settings page. Frontline managers will gain the ability to enable and disable swap shift request, offer shift request and/or time off requests for their teams.

    Feature ID: 179786

    Added to roadmap: Sat Oct 28 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)GCC

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft 365 app: Copilot in Microsoft 365 Loop

    Copilot in Loop helps you unlock the power of shared thinking—co-create, get up to speed, and stay in sync with your teammates. Now you can iterate with Copilot collaboratively as a team, co-create prompts, generate tables to help organize team projects, catch up where your teammates left off, summarize page content, and generate a recap for a teammate you're handing work off to. <br>More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot

    Feature ID: 180191

    Added to roadmap: Sat Oct 14 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft 365 app

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): AndroidiOSWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Other tags: Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Syntex: Microsoft Syntex is available in the non-primary region of multi-geo tenants

    With this release, Syntex capabilities such as document processing, image tagging, taxonomy tagging, content assembly, and OCR are available in the non-primary region of multi-geo tenants.

    Feature ID: 181409

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 10 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Syntex

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s):

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Alert improvements

    This feature is about improving the alerting capabilities and customization in Communication Compliance.

    Feature ID: 181825

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 17 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: December CY2023

    Rollout Start: March CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Reduce detection to investigation time from 24 hours to 1 hour for Viva Engage

    This feature will reduce the detection to investigation time to under an hour for Viva Engage private messages and community conversations, allowing your organization to respond promptly to policy violations.

    Feature ID: 181828

    Added to roadmap: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: December CY2023

    Rollout Start: March CY2023CY2024

  • Outlook: Global Address List updates in new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the Web

    We are making some adjustments to the GAL search and browse experiences. Users will be asked to type in more characters to refine their search in some cases. There will be some other visual improvements in error messaging. Another way to find recipients is by using the suggestion dropdown picker in the To/Cc/Bcc lines.

    Feature ID: 185475

    Added to roadmap: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • 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.

    Feature ID: 185568

    Added to roadmap: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 09 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Defender for Office 365

    Cloud instance(s): DoD

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: January CY2024

2023-11-08

  • Outlook: [Android] Customizable Compose Toolbar and Drawer

    Now while writing an email, you can reorder tools to customize your experience and make your most used actions even easier to reach.

    Feature ID: 100692

    Added to roadmap: Fri Feb 17 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Android

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: LaunchedIn development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: OctoberNovember CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - New contextual predicates in service-side auto-labeling (U.S. Government clouds)

    This feature will support adding the following new contextual based predicates to auto-labeling: Document property is; File extension is; Document size equals or is greater than; Document created by (only available in advanced rules in OneDrive and SharePoint locations); Document name contains words or phrases

    Feature ID: 117537

    Added to roadmap: Tue Feb 28 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • SharePoint: Out-of-the-box document library templates

    We are bringing the goodness of List templates to SharePoint document libraries. Creating document libraries will now be a breeze with our ready-made templates with scenario relevant content, structure, metadata, and content types - all to save you time and maintain broader consistency across your content management organization.

    Feature ID: 124879

    Added to roadmap: Fri Sep 22 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): SharePoint

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Outlook: Support for offline search without Spotlight dependency

    iOS's offline search implementation relies on Spotlight (Apple's local search index). In some cases, Intune policy can block the use of Spotlight, which will completely disable offline search for users. We are adding support for offline search even if your company’s Intune policy blocks use of Spotlight.

    Feature ID: 153121

    Added to roadmap: Tue Jul 25 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): GCCWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): iOS

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Protect files on remote / mapped network devices

    With this capability organizations can leverage Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention to protect sensitive content on files stored on remote network shares or mapped network drives with the same protection behavior as a file on a mounted hard drive.

    Feature ID: 153398

    Added to roadmap: Sat Aug 05 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available: October CY2023

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - customization & preview of email notifications

    There are some significant enhancements made to the Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention end-user email notification. These improvements provide admins with greater flexibility and control over the end-user notification email: 1. Enhanced Token Support: We have expanded our token library to offer precise and detailed information to your end users. 2. Email Message Customization: You now have the ability to decide whether the matching email messages should be included or excluded in the end-user notification emails. 3. Tailored Email Content: Customize the sender's display name and email body using HTML formatting, allowing for a personalized touch. 4. Email Preview: Prior to sending email notifications, you can review them to ensure they align perfectly with your requirements. These enhancements empower you to refine your communication and provide a more tailored experience for your end users with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention.

    Feature ID: 153405

    Added to roadmap: Tue Sep 26 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: OctoberNovember CY2023

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Outlook: Estimating the Cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive and EndPoint

    ,With OCR cost estimator, without incurring any bill and without providing azure subscription, admins will be able to estimate how much they will pay once they turn “ON” the OCR configuration for the selected locations and scope.

    Feature ID: 160009

    Added to roadmap: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: December CY2023

    Rollout Start: January CY2024

  • Microsoft Teams: Immersive spaces in Microsoft Teams

    Immersive spaces in Teams makes it easier for Teams users to transform their meetings into a 3D experience. With just one click, you can connect with your team in a pre-built immersive space right from the view menu in Teams meetings. Note: The roadmap item was inadvertently marked Launched. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

    Feature ID: 161720

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 27 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Desktop

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: LaunchedIn development

    Preview Available: October CY2023

    Rollout Start: January CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - Granular scoping with role-based access control (RBAC)

    IT departments in large organizations are built in a way that some of the day-to-day tasks are delegated to specific people or roles in the organization following the industry standard of least privilege access. Admins have a need to delegate role based permissions to users or analysts in a granular way. In some cases, this delegation is based on function, and in other cases it is based on geography or scope of work. In this release, Audit will provide role based information with Audit search results through the UI.

    Feature ID: 163961

    Added to roadmap: Tue Aug 22 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: Answers in Viva - AI Topic suggestions in publisher

    With the help of AI topic extraction, we can offer suggested topics based on the user's question. Our AI topic extraction recommends up to 3 topics to add to one's question based on what they wrote. These can be existing Viva topics or newly generated ones that the user can create and add. The user still must select and add our AI suggested topic since they do not automatically get attached to the question. The user can also still search and add their own topic and choose not to use our AI suggested topics.

    Feature ID: 164856

    Added to roadmap: Fri Aug 25 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Viva

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Admin Units support in Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection

    With this capability organizations will be able to delegate management and remediation authority for different people in different regions or organization units with role-based access control (RBAC) via Azure Active Directory Administrative Units.  Eg – German investigators should be able to investigate alerts and audit events for only German users.

    Feature ID: 165027

    Added to roadmap: Sat Aug 19 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Workflows Message Extension: New Default Actions

    The Microsoft Teams Workflows Message Extension will include new default actions to assist user collaboration. These actions will simplify collaboration within a conversation by enabling users to kick off common workflows and post adaptive cards to conversations.

    Feature ID: 167324

    Added to roadmap: Wed Oct 11 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopMacWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Outlook: Conditional Formatting in New Outlook for Windows and Web

    Conditional formatting is a feature to make messages that meet defined conditions stand out in the message list by using different font colors. The users can specify conditions that an incoming message should meet, such as a sender’s name or email address.

    Feature ID: 167976

    Added to roadmap: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – new sequence indicators

    With this update, Insider Risk Management will provide new sequence indicators that start with activities on devices that may lead to a data security incident, including downgrading/removing file labels, archiving files, and downloading files from unallowed sites. 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.

    Feature ID: 168841

    Added to roadmap: Sat Sep 09 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Redirect incoming call directly to voicemail from incoming call notification

    Allows users to easily redirect an incoming call to voicemail without having to accept or reject the call when receiving calls on a Teams certified phone device.

    Feature ID: 169887

    Added to roadmap: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Android

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: March CY2024

  • Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows All-in-one experience

    With this update, Teams Rooms on Windows will support all-in-one and board device form factors, such as the Surface Hub 3.

    Feature ID: 170740

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 27 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): GCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Desktop

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Outlook: Scheduling Assistant settings moving to the toolbar

    We are moving the settings for the Scheduling assistant to the toolbar to reduce clicks and a more seamless scheduling experience. Note: The roadmap item was inadvertently marked Launched.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

    Feature ID: 170792

    Added to roadmap: Thu Sep 14 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: LaunchedRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Planner: Planner Personal Plans

    Today in Planner, all created plans must be contained by an M365 group or a roster. With the new Personal plan API, plans can be contained by a new type of container, called a user container. For these types of plans, the creator of the plan is the only member and owner.

    Feature ID: 171611

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 13 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Planner

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • OneDrive: Add individual file shortcuts in OneDrive for Web

    This feature will let you create a shortcut to files stored in other people's OneDrive and document libraries to be able to easily find it within your OneDrive. These file shortcuts can be moved, renamed, or deleted without impacting the source content, and they will show up in OneDrive for Web, Android, iOS, and sync client endpoints.

    Feature ID: 177873

    Added to roadmap: Wed Oct 04 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): OneDrive

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New Yammer / Viva Engage Logs for Microsoft Purview Audit Standard Users

    Microsoft Purview is expanding access to wider cloud security events for Microsoft Viva Engage (formerly known as Yammer). As part of the changes, standard users of Purview Audit will begin to generate 6 new Microsoft Viva Engage events that were previously generated only for Audit Premium licensed users. The following events will now be provided for all Audit Standard users: 1. ThreadViewed; 2. ThreadAccessFailure; 3. MessageUpdated; 4. FileAccessFailure; 5. MessageCreation; 6. GroupAccessFailure

    Feature ID: 180740

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 10 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Teams Connect shared channels in GCCH & DoD

    Work seamlessly and securely with those inside and outside your organization. With Microsoft Teams shared channels, multiple organizations can work together in a shared space - have conversations, schedule a meeting, share, and co-author files, and collaborate on apps, without ever switching tenants.

    Feature ID: 180742

    Added to roadmap: Wed Oct 11 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCC High

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktopiOSMac

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Stream: Add a survey, poll, or quiz to a video at specific times

    Make your video interactive and more engaging by adding a survey, quiz, or poll using Microsoft Forms. You can add forms anywhere in the video timeline for videos you own. Go to Microsoft Forms to view responses and share a summary link with answers and scores in Microsoft Forms.

    Feature ID: 180796

    Added to roadmap: Mon Oct 09 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Stream

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release (Entire Organization)Targeted Release (Select People)

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: New Teams meeting templates added to Outlook Teams add-in

    New meeting templates for Virtual Appointment, Webinar, and Town hall are available in the Teams meeting dropdown menu in the Calendar tab in Outlook with the Outlook Teams add-in enabled. This allows organizers to set up these broader Teams meeting scenarios directly within Outlook and these will show up on calendars in both Outlook and Teams apps.

    Feature ID: 181621

    Added to roadmap: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft TeamsOutlook

    Cloud instance(s): GCCWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Desktop

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: new roles added for built-in Compliance Administrator, Information Protection, and Privacy Management related role groups.

    Microsoft Purview provides a unified solution for managing data security, governance, compliance, and privacy across your organization's landscape. Microsoft Purview built-in role groups are being extended with new roles to prepare for upcoming features and capabilities relevant to those role groups. Additional roles will be added to Microsoft Purview built-in role groups for Compliance Administrator, Information Protection related role groups, and Privacy Management related role groups. This change will not disrupt the current capabilities for these role groups, it will enable admins in these built-in groups to manage additional data types in the future.

    Feature ID: 184899

    Added to roadmap: Sat Oct 28 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Search: Microsoft Graph connector crawl failure notifications in Service Health dashboard

    Admins get a notification in the Service Health dashboard when Microsoft Graph connectors crawl fails.

    Feature ID: 185811

    Added to roadmap: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Search

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Other tags: Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: New Tag Management Settings

    This feature will update default tag management settings in the Teams Admin Center to include "Microsoft Default" along with Team owners and members" and "Team owners.” You can update this to your preferred option of "Team owners" or "Team owners and members" at the tenant level and override the default. Note: This change only applies to Public cloud and does not apply to any special Cloud such as GCC, GCCH, DoD, Gallatin, and AirGap.

    Feature ID: 88318

    Added to roadmap: Wed Oct 27 2021

    Last modified: Wed Nov 08 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): GCCWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: Rolling out

    Preview Available: June CY2023

    Rollout Start: August CY2023

2023-11-07

  • Microsoft Viva: Topics Adoption Metrics Dashboard

    Topics will include a new analytics page, where knowledge managers and admins will have access to a set of metrics that details the health of their adoption. Tenants will have health targets to reach to keep them on track for adopting Viva Topics, as well as recommended actions to perform to drive each metric to healthy.

    Feature ID: 100028

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 28 2022

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Viva

    Cloud instance(s): GCCWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available: September CY2023

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Frosted Glass Backgrounds in Teams Meetings

    Frosted Glass is a type of background effect that helps users keep their privacy with a background blur, but in a more professional and creative way. It let users have graphics with a blur effect together. Frosted Glass can be activated with a PNG image, that usually comes with some graphics in a transparent background. With the new frosted glass effects, the transparent area is turned into a blur background while the graphic remains as the part of background effect. Available only in the new Microsoft Teams experience.

    Feature ID: 114214

    Added to roadmap: Wed May 31 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release (Entire Organization)Targeted Release (Select People)

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: January CY2024

  • Visio: Electrical diagrams in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 2]

    Users with a Visio Plan 2 license will be able to create graphical representations of electrical circuits and systems, among others, using new shapes for Electrical Diagrams in Visio for the web.

    Feature ID: 117440

    Added to roadmap: Thu Feb 16 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Visio

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentCancelled

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Visio: Cause and Effect Shapes stencil in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 1, Plan 2]

    Users with a Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 license will be able to create cause and effect diagrams, such as fishbone and Ishikawa diagrams, from a blank drawing using the new Cause and Effect Shapes stencil in Visio for the web.

    Feature ID: 117441

    Added to roadmap: Thu Feb 16 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Visio

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentCancelled

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Microsoft Edge: Enhanced security mode on by default

    Enhanced security mode is being turned on by default to “Balanced” mode for x64 Windows, x64 macOS, x64 Linux, and ARM64 systems. Also, administrators have 2 new policies to manage the Enhanced security mode user experience: EnhanceSecurityModeIndicatorUIEnabled and EnhanceSecurityModeOptOutUXEnabled.<br>More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-security-browse-safer

    Feature ID: 124963

    Added to roadmap: Fri Jun 02 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Edge

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: OctoberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Full document fingerprinting

    Document Fingerprinting in Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) converts a standard form into a sensitive information type (SIT), which you can use in the rules of your DLP policies. This update extends support for Fingerprint-based SITs to additional workloads, including SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Endpoint and enables admins to adjust threshold while creating Fingerprint SITs.

    Feature ID: 153080

    Added to roadmap: Wed Aug 09 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Enabling cameras with IntelliFrame and People Recognition experiences in the new Microsoft Teams app

    Remote attendees in a hybrid meeting will be able to view multi-stream IntelliFrame video, panoramic room view, and in-room attendees with speaker recognition (including name labels) in the new Teams desktop client.

    Feature ID: 161427

    Added to roadmap: Fri Sep 29 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): GCCWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: DecemberJanuary CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Advanced Fingerprinting

    Document Fingerprinting in Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) converts a standard form into a sensitive information type (SIT), which you can use in the rules of your DLP policies. This update extends support for Fingerprint-based SITs to additional workloads, including SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Endpoint and enables admins to adjust threshold while creating Fingerprint SITs. This also allows you to detect when a portion of your sensitive document is exposed using partial matching support with Fingerprinting across the compliance solutions.

    Feature ID: 164203

    Added to roadmap: Tue Aug 29 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Co-organizer updates in Webinars

    Co-organizers can edit webinar details, publish the event, and cancel the event, similar to the organizer.

    Feature ID: 168524

    Added to roadmap: Sat Oct 21 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopMacWeb

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release (Entire Organization)Targeted Release (Select People)

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: January CY2024

  • Outlook: Scheduling across different time zones

    When scheduling a meeting with people in different time zones, the organizer will be prompted with additional insights regarding each participant's respective time zone. The Scheduling Assistant will now help find a time that works for meeting participants across time zones.

    Feature ID: 170783

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 13 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Visio: Support for layers in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 1, Plan 2]

    Users with a Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 license can now use layers to group a related set of shapes in a drawing and change properties of all the layer members at once.

    Feature ID: 171492

    Added to roadmap: Fri Sep 15 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Visio

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: People Search card on Viva Connections

    Include this card on your dashboard to facilitate searching for individuals within your organization, learning more about them, and initiating contact.

    Feature ID: 173078

    Added to roadmap: Mon Sep 18 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Viva

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktopiOSWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • OneDrive: Access Microsoft Lists, Power BI, Loop and Whiteboard content in OneDrive for Web

    You will be able to easily find and open your Microsoft Lists, Loops, Power BI dashboards and Whiteboard content in OneDrive for Web. If you have recently opened, shared, or favorited one of these files, then it will appear in your Recent, Shared, and Favorites views in OneDrive for Web.

    Feature ID: 177877

    Added to roadmap: Fri Oct 06 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): OneDrive

    Cloud instance(s): GCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Intune: MAM Tunnel - Strict tunnel support for iOS and Android via Edge

    Only allow internet traffic via Edge when Tunnel is connected on iOS and Android.

    Feature ID: 178920

    Added to roadmap: Mon Oct 09 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Intune

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): AndroidiOS

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Whiteboard: Copilot in Whiteboard

    Copilot in Whiteboard helps you kickstart and accelerate your ideation process to generate, categorize, and summarize your ideas. <br>More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot

    Feature ID: 180186

    Added to roadmap: Fri Oct 13 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Whiteboard

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktopiOSTeams and Surface DevicesWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Other tags: Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft 365 Copilot: Microsoft 365 Chat

    Your single destination to take on any task. It combines the power of Large Language Models with your work content and context, and other apps, to help you draft content, catch up on what you missed, and get answers to questions via open prompts. It's available via multiple surfaces, including microsoft365.com, Teams, and Bing. <br>More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot

    Feature ID: 180204

    Added to roadmap: Fri Oct 13 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s):

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopMacWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Other tags: Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Together mode and content share layout improvement

    With the new layout, Together mode will be displayed under the shared content. The users will be able to see the participants in Together mode and shared content simultaneously in a completely new way. Full Together mode experience is available including raised hands, reactions and name labels.

    Feature ID: 181615

    Added to roadmap: Fri Oct 20 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release (Entire Organization)Targeted Release (Select People)

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Protection of password protected, Unscannable and partially scannable documents on SharePoint

    Three new predicates for Microsoft Purview DLP for SharePoint to help protect password protected, unscannable, and partially scannable documents.

    Feature ID: 183514

    Added to roadmap: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): GCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Exchange Auto-labeling supports non-mail enable security groups

    Service side auto-labeling now supports scoping of exchange auto-labeling to non-mail enabled security groups.

    Feature ID: 184908

    Added to roadmap: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Last modified: Tue Nov 07 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

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