Weekly summaries

Summary

122 items were changed

14 items were added

2 items with multiple changes

35 items were rescheduled

33 items were launched

21 items started rollout

8 items were irrelevant

9 other items

Added items

  • Microsoft Teams: Walkie Talkie: automatically listen to multiple channels

    Walkie Talkie, a push-to-talk experience that enables clear and secure voice communication over the cloud, enables teams to communicate instantly on a channel. Through this new functionality, users can now connect to, up to 5 favorite channels in multi-channel mode, automatically listen to incoming transmission from these favorited channels and initiate easily initiate PTT transmission on these channels.

    Feature ID: 161725

    Added to roadmap: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): AndroidiOS

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: Post articles in Viva Engage

    With articles, you can write longer, more thoughtful posts with inline images, sections, headings, and more.

    Feature ID: 177407

    Added to roadmap: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 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 Purview Information Protection: Tracking and Revocation in Compliance Portal

    Users can access the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to check who has tried accessing their sensitivity labeled and encrypted local Office files and revoke access when needed.

    Feature ID: 177890

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): GCC

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Configure Teams meetings with protection for sensitive data on a mobile device

    Users can collaborate in a way that meets compliance standards in meetings on a mobile device by picking sensitivity labels on Teams calendar. The labels will follow all the rules that have been set by the administrators, and they will apply to the users in the tenant.

    Feature ID: 178013

    Added to roadmap: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): AndroidiOS

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: February CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Insider risk insights in DLP alerts

    ,With this update, a DLP analyst with the right permissions can access an insider risk summary of user activities that may lead to potential data security incidents, as a part of the DLP alert investigation experience in Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Defender. This feature can help analysts gain context of a DLP alert and make more informed decisions on responses to potential incidents. 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: 179880

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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: May CY2024

  • Visio: Containers in Visio for the web

    Containers are a powerful tool for organizing and managing complex diagrams. Users with a Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 license will be able to use containers in Visio for the web to create professional-looking diagrams that are easy to understand and navigate.

    Feature ID: 180322

    Added to roadmap: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Visio

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: March CY2024

  • Microsoft Search: Staged Rollout for Graph Connectors

    Staged rollout is a feature that allows you to gradually introduce Microsoft Graph connectors to a select group of users in your production environment. You can use it to deploy an existing or new connection to a limited set of users, monitor the performance, and adjust settings as needed.

    Feature ID: 181514

    Added to roadmap: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Search

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery Premium-Enhancements to eDiscovery experience for Microsoft Forms content

    ,Now admins can search for Microsoft Forms content specifically within their collections, see the full metadata associated to those items including the Form title, and review both the original Form and responses to the Form as related items within both review and export. Simplification and ease of use for managing Forms content via eDiscovery will help reduce the pain points of challenging discovery process and improve the confidence of organizations using Forms for critical tasks that may require eDiscovery capabilities.

    Feature ID: 181617

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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 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: Sat Nov 04 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 CY2023

  • Outlook: Org Explorer

    Org Explorer for Outlook helps you to visualize and explore your company’s internal structure, work teams, and individual roles. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web.

    Feature ID: 182237

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft VivaOutlook

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

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release

    Status: Rolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview capabilities for Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Microsoft Purview is launching several capabilities that help with security and compliance of data in Microsoft 365 Copilot. These are capabilities in Information Protection, Data Lifecycle Management, Audit, eDiscovery, and Communication Compliance.

    Feature ID: 185103

    Added to roadmap: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 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

  • Microsoft Stream: New features to record your screen in Stream

    Record your screen with fun picture-in-picture shapes, new layouts, and easy access to the teleprompter.

    Feature ID: 185383

    Added to roadmap: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Stream

    Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (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: November CY2023

  • Outlook: Updated Outlook for Android Settings

    The whole Outlook for Android Settings page is being updated to be better organized so that you can find the settings you need more efficiently.

    Feature ID: 185387

    Added to roadmap: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

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

    Platform(s): Android

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: January 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.

    Feature ID: 185388

    Added to roadmap: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

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

    Platform(s): iOS

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: February CY2024

Items with multiple changes

  • Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Admin Center: Manage apps, App details pages, and Custom app management for GCCH & DoD

    Teams Admin Center is adding Manage apps and App details pages to GCCH and DoD. Admins can get a list of all apps present for their tenant from manage apps page, review app details, allow and block apps, as well as upload and update custom apps from Teams Admin Center.

    Feature ID: 138550

    Added to roadmap: Tue Aug 15 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCC High

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: SeptemberNovember CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals Export APIs

    Customers will be able to export Viva Goals data via public APIs.

    Feature ID: 146731

    Added to roadmap: Sat Jul 01 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Viva

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

    Platform(s):

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: OctoberNovember CY2023

Launched items

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Optical character recognition (OCR) support for endpoint

    With this update, you will be able to detect and protect sensitive content in images and subsequently apply DLP policies to prevent the exfiltration of that sensitive data on your Windows endpoint devices. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and PDF (image only).

    Feature ID: 106092

    Added to roadmap: Fri Mar 31 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

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

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available: April CY2023

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Sequence detection starting with downloads from third-party sites

    Admins can configure the new sequence feature to detect risky user actions that start with downloading from third-party domains, such as box.com or dropbox.com. This can help security teams gain visibility into actions that take place in their multi-cloud environments that may lead to a data security incident. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

    Feature ID: 115495

    Added to roadmap: Wed Jan 25 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available: September CY2023

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Search: Video Search in Bing, Office.com, and SharePoint

    Our new Video vertical on Bing, Office.com, and SharePoint will provide better search capabilities for videos in your organization.

    Feature ID: 117552

    Added to roadmap: Fri Mar 03 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Search

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: April CY2023

  • Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Teams Security

    Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will provide protection and enhanced security operations (SecOps) experience for Microsoft Teams. These protection capabilities will include automatic remediation of malicious entities and support for end user reporting. In addition, Microsoft Teams specific attack insights will be included in the unified investigation and response experience in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, for an optimized SecOps experience. <br>More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-defender-blog/announcing-collaboration-security-for-microsoft-teams/ba-p/3780487

    Feature ID: 117595

    Added to roadmap: Wed Mar 29 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available: March CY2023

    Rollout Start: July CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Ratings and Reviews for apps in Teams store

    Customers can now view and provide ratings and review for apps in Teams store. Note: GCC will not be released at this time, and we will provide a new Roadmap ID when a date is available. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

    Feature ID: 122300

    Added to roadmap: Wed Mar 22 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Call delegation feature enhancements

    Shared line appearance lets a user choose a delegate to answer or handle calls on their behalf. We are launching a simplified experience for users who have set up call delegation which will be available on the Teams desktop app and Teams phone devices. The new UI will allow delegates to easily switch between the different delegator lines they manage and view call history for the delegator’s line. Delegators will be able to view and join active calls handled by the delegate and grant delegates permission to join active calls. Note: We are adjusting the roadmap release phase to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

    Feature ID: 123753

    Added to roadmap: Wed Jun 07 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktop

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: August CY2023

  • Microsoft Stream: Playlists in the SharePoint List webpart

    This feature will allow you to display playlists on SharePoint pages using the List webpart. The playlist will display video titles and thumbnails, and people with access to files in the playlist can click on the thumbnails to view the videos.

    Feature ID: 124808

    Added to roadmap: Tue May 09 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft StreamSharePoint

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

    Platform(s): Web

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

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: June CY2023

  • SharePoint: Microsoft Lists - User experience (UX) update

    This update improves overall performance of Microsoft Lists and introduces new features, like the ability to add ratings to any list, drag and/or paste images directly into a list, see who collaborating with you - and where - in real-time, switch views by clicking tabs, and more.  

    Feature ID: 124867

    Added to roadmap: Tue May 09 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): SharePoint

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted ReleaseTargeted Release (Entire Organization)

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: August CY2023

  • Outlook: S/MIME support for sensitivity labels

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

    Feature ID: 139450

    Added to roadmap: Tue Jun 20 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Desktop

    Release phase(s): Current ChannelGeneral Availability

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Syntex: Merge and Extract PDFs in OneDrive for Web

    Microsoft Syntex: Combine two or more PDF files into a new PDF file with the Merge PDFs action, or split PDF pages into new PDF files with the Extract pages action, in OneDrive for Web.

    Feature ID: 151043

    Added to roadmap: Tue Jul 25 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Syntex

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: August CY2023

  • Microsoft Syntex: Taxonomy tagging

    Customers will be able to turn on Taxonomy tagger in SharePoint document libraries on a pay-as-you-go basis. With Taxonomy tagger turned on, you can automatically tag documents that reside on SharePoint libraries with terms configured in the Taxonomy store using AI. Note: This feature will not be available for GCC organizations at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience and will communicate new timelines for GCC via Message Center, when appropriate.

    Feature ID: 152001

    Added to roadmap: Sat Jul 29 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Syntex

    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 Defender for Office 365: Create Simulations with Attack Simulation Training Graph API

    Introducing the Attack Simulation Training Graph APIs for creating and managing phishing simulations and training campaigns with enhanced control and flexibility. Automate and customize attack scenarios based on real events within your organization to effectively identify vulnerabilities and test security measures. Seamlessly integrate with other security tools to streamline analytics and achieve centralized management for enhanced efficiency.

    Feature ID: 152722

    Added to roadmap: Tue Aug 01 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 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 developmentLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: Drafts & Scheduled posts supporting POBO (post on behalf of)

    Users and their delegates can now save their posts as drafts to be accessed later, and even schedule them to be posted at a later date and time.

    Feature ID: 155843

    Added to roadmap: Thu Aug 10 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Viva

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available: September CY2023

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Enabling Cloud IntelliFrame for Teams Rooms in the new Microsoft Teams app

    Online meeting participants will now be able to experience a meeting with Cloud IntelliFrame in the new Microsoft Teams app. With Cloud IntelliFrame, in-room participants appear similar to remote attendees, creating an immersive and engaging experience for everyone. Whether working from home or in the office, participants can gather more context about the physical shared space and are able to see every facial expression and cue, just as if they were there in person. Cloud IntelliFrame is only available with a Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro license.

    Feature ID: 161428

    Added to roadmap: Fri Sep 29 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • 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.

    Feature ID: 161720

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 27 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): Desktop

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available: October CY2023

    Rollout Start: January CY2024

  • Microsoft Teams: Require background blur when no background is selected (Premium)

    When enabled, if a user does not have a background image applied their video background will be blurred.

    Feature ID: 163967

    Added to roadmap: Thu Sep 28 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – Enhanced Planner integration

    With the enhanced Viva Goals integration with Microsoft Planner, users can now filter their tasks by buckets and labels, and integrate directly with specific tasks, enabling easier portfolio management and customizability for how your organization structures planning.

    Feature ID: 164739

    Added to roadmap: Thu Aug 17 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Viva

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – Enhanced progress tracking with ADO Integration

    Users can now track progress based on ADO fields such as effort, story points, in addition to the existing item level completion tracking.

    Feature ID: 165687

    Added to roadmap: Sat Aug 19 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Viva

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Incoming webhook connector in GCC-H

    Incoming webhook connector can be enabled/uploaded by Tenant admins in GCC-H.

    Feature ID: 166986

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 20 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

    Cloud instance(s): GCC High

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktopiOSMacWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention - New predicates for endpoint DLP

    With this capability, admins can extend the below mentioned predicates to Microsoft Purview DLP for Endpoint - Document is unscannable- Document didn't complete scanning-  Document name matches patterns- Document size equals or is greater than.

    Feature ID: 167332

    Added to roadmap: Wed Aug 30 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available: October CY2023

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Auto labeling (for files at rest in SharePoint Online) can now label PDF files

    This feature enables you to label PDF files at rest via the auto-labeling engine as you would Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files.

    Feature ID: 168865

    Added to roadmap: Thu Sep 07 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 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

  • Bookings: Bookings with me available for customers in government cloud

    Bookings with me in Outlook facilitates scheduling meetings between you and others per mutual calendar availability and your specified meeting preferences. <br>More info: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bookings-with-me-setup-and-sharing-ad2e28c4-4abd-45c7-9439-27a789d254a2

    Feature ID: 171912

    Added to roadmap: Thu Sep 14 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Bookings

    Cloud instance(s): GCC

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Outlook: Paste as plain text on iOS

    You can now paste as plain text, removing all formatting with ease.

    Feature ID: 173186

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 13 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

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

    Platform(s): iOS

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - PowerShell hold removal cmdlet for legacy and orphaned holds

    This Cmdlet will be available in the Security & Compliance PowerShell and will enable users to get a list of holds stamped on a location (Mailbox/SPO) and remove a given hold from the location by specifying the ID.

    Feature ID: 174597

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 20 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    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: eDiscovery - PowerShell hold removal cmdlet for legacy and orphaned holds

    This Cmdlet will be available in the Security & Compliance PowerShell and will enable users to get a list of holds stamped on a location (Mailbox/SPO) and remove a given hold from the location by specifying the ID.

    Feature ID: 174604

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 20 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): GCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Ending the Microsoft Purview legacy alerts ingestion into Microsoft 365 Defender portal

    To increase the relevance of DLP alerts and incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender portal, we are ending the flow of the following legacy alerts into Microsoft 365 Defender portal: eDiscovery Search started or exported, successful exact data match upload, retention auto-labeling policy simulation completed, unusual volume of DLP policy matches, failed exact data match upload, MIP autolabel simulation completed, unusual volume of external file sharing, and unusual volume of file deletion. These alerts were created as a result of legacy standalone alert policies. For a better experience, we recommend using the alerting toggle in the DLP policy authoring experience.

    Feature ID: 177440

    Added to roadmap: Sat Oct 07 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available: September CY2023

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Outlook: Hide sent messages in conversation mode

    Sent messages in the conversation mode can be hidden by updating the settings to exclude them in the conversation mode.

    Feature ID: 178345

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 17 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

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

    Platform(s): Mac

    Release phase(s): Current ChannelGeneral AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Preview Available: October CY2023

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Word: Copilot in Word

    Copilot in Word transforms your writing with efficiency and creativity—create, summarize, ask questions, refine, and elevate your documents. Copilot in Word can now help you to draft content, bring in specific information from other documents into your content, generate summaries, ask questions about your document, get ideas about specific topics, and even transform text into tables or provide suggestions for ways to rewrite your content. <br>More info: https://supportadoption.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot-word

    Feature ID: 180179

    Added to roadmap: Wed Oct 11 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Word

    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

  • PowerPoint: Copilot in PowerPoint

    Copilot in PowerPoint is a tool that can help you create, edit and understand presentations. It can draft a presentation based on your topic or Word doc, or add slides and images for you. It can design using your template, organize your slides, and summarize and extract the main points from a longer presentation. <br>More info: https://supportadoption.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot-powerpoint

    Feature ID: 180181

    Added to roadmap: Wed Oct 11 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): PowerPoint

    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

  • Outlook: Copilot in Outlook

    Copilot in Outlook helps you stay on top of your inbox and create impactful communication in a fraction of the time. Copilot can now summarize an email thread and quickly jump to the source of the summarized content, suggest action items, and draft new messages or replies. Copilot also coaches you on how to best get your message across and you can adjust the tone and length of your message. These features will be available in Outlook for Mac, web, iOS, Android, and the new Outlook for Windows. <br>More info: https://supportadoption.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot-outlook

    Feature ID: 180185

    Added to roadmap: Wed Oct 11 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

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

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktopiOSMacWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Other tags: Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • OneNote: Copilot in OneNote

    Copilot in OneNote helps you revolutionize the way you plan and organize by staying better prepared and proactively taking action from notes. Now you can gain deeper insights on your notes by asking comprehensive questions, generating summaries of your content, asking Copilot to generate content for you, and helping make your writing clearer. <br>More info: https://supportadoption.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot-onenote

    Feature ID: 180189

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 10 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): OneNote

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

    Platform(s): Desktop

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityCurrent Channel

    Status: In developmentLaunched

    Other tags: Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Secure collaboration on labeled and encrypted documents with user-defined permissions

    SharePoint and OneDrive can process labeled documents that are encrypted with custom permissions, also referred to as user-defined permissions. As a result, these documents can be searched, inspected for data loss prevention, and used with eDiscovery. They can also be opened, edited, seamlessly co-authored, and support AutoSave in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps on all platforms (includes Office for the web).

    Feature ID: 85619

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 15 2021

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

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

    Platform(s): DesktopMobileWeb

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available: July CY2023

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Optical character recognition (OCR) in Exchange Online and Teams DLP

    Optical character recognition (OCR) support extracts text from images and will help discover and protect sensitive data in images being shared in Exchange Online (EXO) and Teams Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies.

    Feature ID: 88860

    Added to roadmap: Thu Apr 14 2022

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: Rolling outLaunched

    Preview Available: March CY2023

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

Rolling out items

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Secure collaboration on labeled and encrypted documents with user-defined permissions (U.S. government clouds)

    SharePoint and OneDrive can process labeled documents that are encrypted with custom permissions, also referred to as user-defined permissions. As a result, these documents can be searched, inspected for data loss prevention, and used with eDiscovery. They can also be opened, edited, seamlessly co-authored, and support AutoSave in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps on all platforms (includes Office for the web).

    Feature ID: 109570

    Added to roadmap: Wed Jan 11 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available: July CY2023

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: The new Microsoft Teams app

    The new Teams has been reimagined from the ground up, delivering up to two times faster performance while using 50 percent less memory. It enables users to collaborate with people across organizational boundaries by seamlessly using Teams across multiple tenants or accounts. Note: We are updating the roadmap Environments and Platforms to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Note: We have reverted the release phase to show the current state. Thank you for your patience.

    Feature ID: 122540

    Added to roadmap: Sat Jul 01 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 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: LaunchedRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: September CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Unique join links for external presenters in Webinars

    When organizers set up events and add external presenters, these presenters will receive unique join links for the webinar. This unique link allows the external presenter to automatically bypass the lobby and join a webinar directly as a presenter role.

    Feature ID: 123149

    Added to roadmap: Tue Aug 15 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Loop components in Teams channels

    Co-create and collaborate using Loop components in channels. Share a Loop component like a table, a list or a paragraph, so anyone in the channel can view and edit it. Available in classic and new Teams.

    Feature ID: 123491

    Added to roadmap: Fri Oct 13 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): DesktopiOSMacWeb

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

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Scope service side auto-labeling for OneDrive workloads to users or groups (U.S. Government clouds)

    To scope service side auto-labeling for OneDrive locations, you must specify users or groups. Previously, you had to specify sites by URLs. Any existing OneDrive URL sites in auto-labeling policies will continue to work but before you can specify new OneDrive locations, or for restricted admins, you must first delete any existing site URLs. Groups supported: distribution groups, Microsoft 365 groups, mail-enabled security groups, and security groups.

    Feature ID: 124915

    Added to roadmap: Sat May 13 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 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 Stream: Stream Mobile app for GCC-H and DoD users

    The completely rebuilt Stream mobile app on iOS and Android will soon be available for GCC-H and DoD users. The rebuilt app gives you seamless access to Stream (on SharePoint) videos as well as Teams meeting recordings. The app provides an enhanced video playback experience, an improved user interface as well as core functionalities like offline downloads, video recording and uploading.

    Feature ID: 139272

    Added to roadmap: Thu Jun 15 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Stream

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCC High

    Platform(s): AndroidiOSWeb

    Release phase(s): Current ChannelGeneral Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Outlook: Support pop-up warning for messages with sensitivity labels

    Outlook for Windows native sensitivity labeling will support oversharing pop-up dialogue as AIP plug-in to warn, justify or block email being sent. Admins could use the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to define the oversharing pop-up DLP rules to groups of users. If users have the configured DLP rule trigger when they click send, a warn/justify/block pop up message will show up to make sure customer complies with admin's security double check requirements.

    Feature ID: 139754

    Added to roadmap: Sat Jun 17 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Desktop

    Release phase(s): Current ChannelGeneral Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Tracking and Revocation in Compliance Portal

    Users can access the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to check who has tried accessing their sensitivity labeled and encrypted local Office files and revoke access when needed.

    Feature ID: 152126

    Added to roadmap: Tue Jul 25 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available: August CY2023

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Virtual Appointments Analytics updates (Premium)

    Tenant admins can see updated analytics with new insights inside the Teams Virtual Appointments app, including average lobby wait times for scheduled vs. on-demand appointments, percentage of appointments completed after scheduled end time, and percentage of appointments with a late start.

    Feature ID: 161629

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 17 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): Desktop

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

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Outlook : Upload and share documents through OneDrive on large emails

    When you try to attach a file to an email message 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 the OneDrive account associated with the email so that you can still easily share the document.

    Feature ID: 162653

    Added to roadmap: Wed Aug 23 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

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

    Platform(s): iOS

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: New Shortcuts for Calls in Teams

    We are changing the keyboard shortcuts used to initiate calls in Teams to create differentiation from other commonly used shortcuts and reduce accidental calls. The new shortcuts for Windows will be: Alt + Shift + A to initiate audio calls, Alt + Shift + V for video calls. For MacOs the new short cuts will be:Option + Shift + A to initiate audio calls, Option + Shift + V for video calls.

    Feature ID: 164200

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 27 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): DesktopMacWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November 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: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): Desktop

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Outlook: Ability to hide Favorites from folder list

    The Hide Favorites feature allows users to personalize their folder pane by hiding the Favorites section. By default, Favorites will be visible, but with this feature, users have the option to hide the Favorites experience from their view. Once hidden, users can always go back and unhide their Favorites.

    Feature ID: 167071

    Added to roadmap: Fri Sep 01 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    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 Teams: Quickly capture content in Teams mobile

    This feature enables you to quickly capture content shared in a Teams meeting on a mobile device and save it in your photo gallery or share in Teams and other apps. We’ll honor privacy choices set in the meeting.

    Feature ID: 171217

    Added to roadmap: Tue Oct 03 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): AndroidiOS

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Outlook: Notifications for @mentions in mail and documents

    Now you'll receive a notification when you're @mentioned in an email, document, or loop. To view your notifications, tap the bell icon to the upper right of the message list.

    Feature ID: 171607

    Added to roadmap: Thu Sep 21 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 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:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva: News Card in Viva Connections

    Improvements are coming to the Viva Connections Top News Card, which will be rebranded as the "News Card." These enhancements will introduce greater configurability and the ability to create multiple News Card instances, while the default configuration will remain consistent with the Top News Card.

    Feature ID: 173074

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 20 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 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

  • Microsoft Teams: Chat button on missed call activity

    Easily stay in touch with your contacts after a missed call. A new chat button is added to your activity feed, enabling you to follow up on a missed call and start a chat with just one click.

    Feature ID: 176318

    Added to roadmap: Wed Oct 11 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

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

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Copilot in Microsoft Teams

    Copilot in Microsoft Teams helps users stay organized and on top of all their information in chat, meetings, and calls, with the ability to ask Copilot any question and discover insights. Use one of the suggested prompts or enter a free text question of your own. <br>More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot

    Feature ID: 180201

    Added to roadmap: Thu Oct 05 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktopiOSMacWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Other tags: Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) - Identify Teams as data sources

    Simplified picking of relevant Teams and channels (standard, private, and shared) to intelligently identify associated custodian mailboxes, group mailboxes, OneDrive for Business accounts, and SharePoint sites that may contain Teams data that's relevant to your case. Note: We are updating a release phase to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

    Feature ID: 88815

    Added to roadmap: Wed Dec 08 2021

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available: August CY2023

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

  • Outlook: Embed Teams Chat in Outlook Web

    Teams embedded chat in Outlook web allows users to stay on top of their chats without leaving Outlook. 

    Feature ID: 95601

    Added to roadmap: Fri Oct 27 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft TeamsOutlook

    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 Defender for Office 365: Tenant Allow/Block List Limit per SKU

    Today, customers can only create 500 block and 500 allow entries in sender, URL and file category in Tenant allow/block list. Going ahead, customers with MDO P2 or E5 security can create 5000 allows and 10000 blocks in Tenant allow/block list for sender, URL and file category. Spoof in Tenant allow/block list will remain unaffected by this change and all SKUs will have 1024 entries for both allows and blocks.

    Feature ID: 98185

    Added to roadmap: Sat Sep 10 2022

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 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: In developmentRolling out

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: October CY2023

Rescheduled items

  • Outlook:[iOS] Customizable Compose Toolbar and Drawer

    Now while writing an email you can reordering the tools, customizing your experience and making your most used actions even easier to reach.

    Feature ID: 100696

    Added to roadmap: Thu Jan 05 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

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

    Platform(s): iOS

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: OctoberNovember CY2023

  • Office App: Idle Session Timeout for Microsoft 365 Web Apps - Government Cloud

    Idle session timeout feature allows IT admins to configure a tenant-wide timeout value based on which users get automatically signed out after a period of inactivity on Microsoft 365 web apps. This feature is an improvement over, and will eventually replace, current idle timeout settings in Outlook Web App (OWA) and SharePoint Online (SPO).

    Feature ID: 116992

    Added to roadmap: Thu Jan 26 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Office app

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: JuneDecember CY2023

    Rollout Start: JulyJanuary CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management: New retention actions in Power Automate integration (U.S. Government clouds)

    We will release additional retention actions as part of the Power Automate integration with Microsoft Purview Records Management. You can now relabel a file or an email at the end of its retention period or apply a retention label to a file in SharePoint. You can also delete items in SharePoint, OneDrive, or Exchange with all executed retention actions recorded in the Microsoft Purview Audit log.

    Feature ID: 117425

    Added to roadmap: Wed Mar 01 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 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: NovemberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Power Automate integration (U.S. Government clouds)

    Initiate a Power Automate workflow when the item reaches the end of its retention period. For example, execute a complex disposition approval process or move the file to an archive.

    Feature ID: 117523

    Added to roadmap: Fri Feb 17 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

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

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: NovemberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Saved views in activity explorer

    During an alert investigation, analysts usually use various filters and columns in activity explorer to understand the risk activities that may lead to potential data security incidents. With this update, an Insider Risk Management analyst can quickly use a previously configured combination of filters and columns with one click. This can help analysts efficiently work through recurring activities without manually setting up filters every time. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

    Feature ID: 117609

    Added to roadmap: Tue Apr 04 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 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: May CY2023

    Rollout Start: SeptemberMarch CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal : Insider Risk Management – Bring your own detections

    Allow customers to bring their own user activity indicators from homegrown, SIEM/UEBA platforms, or other line-of-business applications, and leverage them in existing Insider Risk Management playbooks. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. <br>More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/insider-risk-management?view=o365-worldwide

    Feature ID: 122278

    Added to roadmap: Fri Mar 10 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 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: June CY2023

    Rollout Start: DecemberMarch CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Teams: Archive channels

    With Archive Channels, owners and administrators can archive channels that are no longer in use while preserving their content, including messages, files, and tabs. The archived channel is removed from the active teams and channels list and no more actions will be allowed. If needed, the channel can be restored.

    Feature ID: 123769

    Added to roadmap: Sat Oct 28 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): DesktopWeb

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

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: DecemberJanuary CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Static alert and case IDs

    Insider Risk Management will provide static alert and case IDs to help admins track and communicate investigation progress with colleagues more easily. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

    Feature ID: 124777

    Added to roadmap: Tue Apr 04 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Purview compliance portal

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: Launched

    Preview Available: May CY2023

    Rollout Start: FebruaryOctober CY2024CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Granular exclusion

    Granular exclusion allows admins to adjust and fine tune indicators according to organizational preferences to help tailor the detection of risks that may lead to a potential security incident. For example, admins can configure the indicator “sending email with attachments to recipients outside the organization” to only detect emails sent to personal domains (e.g., outlook.com). In that way, admins can reduce the number of false positives. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

    Feature ID: 124779

    Added to roadmap: Fri Mar 31 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 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: June CY2023

    Rollout Start: OctoberJune CY2023CY2024

  • SharePoint: Content Pane for SharePoint Pages and News.

    The content pane surfaces relevant authoring tools that help authors quickly browse and add content to SharePoint pages. With this new feature, authors can easily drag and drop web parts, media, and section templates for creating rich and engaging pages.

    Feature ID: 124827

    Added to roadmap: Wed May 03 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): SharePoint

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

    Platform(s): Web

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

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: OctoberFebruary CY2023CY2024

  • 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 01 2023

    Product(s): SharePoint

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: OctoberNovember CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Click Through Collaborative Annotations Layer

    Users are now able to click through the annotation layer to interact with content in meetings without restarting the current annotation session. Note: We are postponing the rollout of this feature at this time, and it will only be available in the new Teams experience. We apologize for any inconvenience.

    Feature ID: 127900

    Added to roadmap: Wed May 31 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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: DecemberMarch CY2023CY2024

  • Outlook: New Outlook for Windows - ICS support

    ICS is a file format that holds event and calendar information and enables users to share that information through email. With full ICS support in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to view local ICS files and import them to their calendar. This mimics the experience currently available in classic Outlook for Windows.

    Feature ID: 128028

    Added to roadmap: Tue May 02 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: OctoberJune CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Teams: Watermark support for recording playback (Premium)

    Recording can now be enabled for watermarked meetings. An email ID will be displayed as the watermark during the meeting recording playback. Once a meeting has concluded, users can access the recorded content on both web and mobile platforms to watch the recording with watermarking.

    Feature ID: 137654

    Added to roadmap: Tue Aug 15 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktopiOSMac

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

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: NovemberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Named entity coverage for additional markets and languages

    Named entities are sensitive information types (SITs) that can’t easily be identified by a regular expression or a function; these include person names, physical addresses, and medical terms and conditions. This update expands name and address coverage to an additional 7 countries, such as China and Russia, and expands medical terms and conditions (specifically for the Diseases SIT) to an additional 29 languages covering much of Europe, China, Japan, and Korea.

    Feature ID: 139460

    Added to roadmap: Tue Jun 20 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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: OctoberNovember CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Named entity coverage for additional markets and languages (U.S. Government clouds)

    Named entities are sensitive information types (SITs) that can’t easily be identified by a regular expression or a function; these include person names, physical addresses, and medical terms and conditions. This update expands name and address coverage to an additional 7 countries, such as China and Russia, and expands medical terms and conditions (specifically for the Diseases SIT) to an additional 29 languages covering much of Europe, China, Japan, and Korea.

    Feature ID: 139461

    Added to roadmap: Sat Sep 16 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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: OctoberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Configure policy tips as popups for labeled emails and attachments (U.S. Government clouds)

    Configure DLP rules that display warnings in a popup dialog before sending emails. With this capability, admins can set up rules to provide warnings, require business justifications, or request explicit acknowledgements before sending emails. Furthermore, admins can customize a Compliance URL within a DLP rule, ensuring that end users receive valuable guidance through the popup.

    Feature ID: 139511

    Added to roadmap: Thu Jun 22 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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: OctoberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Advanced trainable classifiers to detect workplace safety scenarios

    Advanced trainable classifiers to detect workplace safety scenarios: New detections are being added to Communication Compliance that enables you to build safer online environments by detecting potential hate and violence then assigning severity scores to unsafe text across languages. These classifiers are built using large language models. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance?provides the tools to help?organizations detect business conduct and?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: 146859

    Added to roadmap: Thu Aug 03 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 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: SeptemberDecember CY2023

    Rollout Start: March CY2024

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

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

    Feature ID: 149271

    Added to roadmap: Wed Jul 12 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft 365

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: JanuaryMay CY2024

  • Planner: Rosters supporting container sensitivity labels

    Organization admins will now be able to apply container labels to rosters in Microsoft Planner. This is enabled directly in Planner and by using Microsoft Graph APIs. Rosters are created automatically for task lists in Microsoft Loop. Tenant admins can make container labels for these rosters mandatory and set a default label, or not make them mandatory. The roster and the Planner plan contained by the Roster then follow container policy settings. For Graph API requests, if labels are mandatory as per tenant settings, roster creation fails if a label is not provided at the time of request.

    Feature ID: 155837

    Added to roadmap: Tue Aug 08 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 2023

    Product(s): Planner

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: OctoberJanuary CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Teams: New calendar views on Teams Rooms on Android

    The calendar on Teams Rooms on Android gets a new look and expanded functionalities. Users can view the calendar for the current and next day. Any available 11 minute or more time slots are shown. A visual indicator (green/purple vertical bar) is added to each time slot for users to easily see whether a room is booked or available. Available in all Teams Rooms licenses.

    Feature ID: 157123

    Added to roadmap: Thu Aug 31 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): Teams and Surface Devices

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: DecemberJanuary CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Teams: Improved View switcher and Front of Room display controls for Teams Rooms on Android

    The updated interface for the Teams Rooms on Android View Switcher menu provides end users with more control of the front of room display(s) during a meeting and enables customizations including visibility of the meeting chat and which meeting component is displayed on the left and right panel for Front Row. IT admins can configure the default number of panels and default component on panel(s) using the local device setting.

    Feature ID: 159128

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 27 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): AndroidTeams and Surface Devices

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: DecemberJanuary CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Teams: Meeting protection support on Teams Rooms on Android

    Teams Rooms on Android devices apply the Teams Premium meeting security features including end-to-end encryption and sensitivity labels if the meeting organizer has them turned on.

    Feature ID: 161423

    Added to roadmap: Fri Sep 22 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): AndroidTeams and Surface Devices

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: DecemberJanuary CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Teams: Branded Meetings - Join Launcher Screen with Brand Image and Logo Support (Premium)

    The Teams Join Launcher web page will now support the brand logo and brand image uploaded for branded meetings. This is a Teams Premium feature.

    Feature ID: 164081

    Added to roadmap: Sat Sep 23 2023

    Last modified: Fri Nov 03 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: NovemberDecember CY2023

  • Outlook: Modern Translation in Outlook on the Web

    In Outlook, you can translate words, phrases, and full messages when you need them. You can also set Outlook to automatically translate messages you receive in other languages. When you receive an email message in another language, you'll see a prompt at the top of the message asking if you'd like Outlook to translate it into your preferred language. <br>More info: https://support.microsoft.com/office/translator-for-outlook-3d7e12ed-99d6-406e-a453-b9db0d9653fa#OfficeVersion=newer-win

    Feature ID: 164486

    Added to roadmap: Fri Sep 01 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

    Cloud instance(s): DoDGCCGCC High

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: OctoberNovember CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Matched items in audit logs

    With this capability you will get visibility into matched condition and value in Audit Logs as a result of a DLP policy match.

    Feature ID: 164489

    Added to roadmap: Fri Sep 22 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 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: Viva Goals – Simplified integration discoverability and set-up experience

    Users will be able to easily find and setup integrations to reduce manual check in work.

    Feature ID: 165685

    Added to roadmap: Wed Aug 23 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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: DecemberMarch CY2023CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- New reports page

    A new reports page will be available in Insider Risk Management. The three charts available on the alerts page -- including total alerts that need review, average time to resolve alerts, and alerts summary -- will be moving to the new reports 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: 169889

    Added to roadmap: Tue Sep 19 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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: SeptemberNovember CY2023

    Rollout Start: January CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Keyword highlight support for document trainable classifiers

    Highlight the keywords/phrases that are contributing significantly to the Trainable classifier results, so that users can easily understand the classification of the documents. This would build trust of the users of the OOB classifications and empower them to create DLP policies.

    Feature ID: 170738

    Added to roadmap: Sat Sep 09 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 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: OctoberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Contextual evidence match for endpoint DLP

    With this update you will be able to see the matched sensitive information type and the context surrounding it (300 characters) as a result of a DLP policy match on your endpoint devices.

    Feature ID: 172028

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 20 2023

    Last modified: Wed Nov 01 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: SeptemberDecember CY2023

  • Microsoft Viva : Connections Boosted News Notifications

    As an enhancement to the existing news notifications in Viva Connections, users will now also receive a news notifications when news is boosted on the organisation's news site and the news post has an audience target set. The navigational behaviour will be the same as existing news notifications.

    Feature ID: 174470

    Added to roadmap: Wed Sep 20 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft VivaSharePoint

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

    Platform(s): AndroidiOS

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityTargeted Release

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: OctoberNovember CY2023

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) Jobs report - access for eDiscovery Manager

    The access to the Jobs Report in eDiscovery (Premium) will be extended to eDiscovery Managers. eD Managers will be able to view the tenant wide quota available and list of jobs in the cases they have access to.

    Feature ID: 180170

    Added to roadmap: Fri Oct 27 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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: OctoberNovember CY2023

    Rollout Start: January CY2024

  • Microsoft Teams: Unified fun picker

    Users can now find all their emojis, GIFs, and stickers in a combined picker. Browse and discover all the fun stuff you need, all in one hub of content.

    Feature ID: 84023

    Added to roadmap: Thu Jul 27 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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: NovemberDecember CY2023

  • Visio: Mind maps in Visio for the web

    Brainstorm and capture information in a structured format that makes it easy to understand and recall with new mind map shapes in Visio for the web.

    Feature ID: 88858

    Added to roadmap: Fri Jan 21 2022

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Visio

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: MarchMay CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) – Identify Teams as data sources (U.S. Government clouds)

    Simplified picking of relevant Teams and channels (standard, private, and shared) to intelligently identify associated custodian mailboxes, group mailboxes, OneDrive for Business accounts, and SharePoint sites that may contain Teams data that's relevant to your case.

    Feature ID: 93270

    Added to roadmap: Fri Jun 03 2022

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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

Irrelevant changes

  • Microsoft Teams: Updates to Gallery View in Teams Meetings

    The updated Gallery View places everyone in tiles of equal size by default (16:9 ratio) whether their video is on or off. Users can also easily change their gallery size, choose to prioritize tiles with video-on, and remove their tile from the main gallery. When a Microsoft Teams Room joins the meeting, video is optimized by enlarging the size by default and users can re-size via the contextual menu. Available only in the new Microsoft Teams experience.

    Feature ID: 118467

    Added to roadmap: Wed Mar 15 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): Desktop

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

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Updates to in-call user experience

    Making it easier for users to access calling capabilities with a redesigned user experience during calls.

    Feature ID: 141204

    Added to roadmap: Sat Oct 28 2023

    Last modified: Sat Oct 28 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): AndroidiOS

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft 365: Bing Chat Enterprise

    (Preview available now, expected GA date: July 2024) Bing Chat Enterprise gives your organization AI-powered chat for work with commercial data protection. With Bing Chat Enterprise, user and business data are protected and will not leak outside the organization. What goes in—and comes out—remains protected. Your organization’s chat data is not saved, Microsoft has no eyes-on access to it, and it is not used to train the models. Available from bing.com/chat and from the Microsoft Edge sidebar. <br>More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing-chat-enterprise/

    Feature ID: 151035

    Added to roadmap: Wed Jul 19 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft 365Microsoft Edge

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

    Platform(s): EducationWeb

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Preview Available: July CY2023

    Rollout Start: July CY2024

  • Microsoft Teams: Manage Microsoft Surface Hub as a Teams Rooms on Windows device

    With the transition of Microsoft Surface Hub devices to the Teams Rooms on Windows platform, Admins can now manage Surface Hub devices as Teams Rooms on Windows devices in the Teams Admin Center and Teams Rooms Pro Management (available for Teams Rooms Pro license customers).

    Feature ID: 168347

    Added to roadmap: Thu Oct 05 2023

    Last modified: Sat Nov 04 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: December CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Multi-instance app customization support for Teams apps

    IT admin has the ability to customize Teams apps to align with the company’s brand and enhance their usefulness for employees. By creating and managing multiple customized app instances, it can improve branding, awareness, and user engagement, overcomes the limitations of a single-instance approach and enables greater adaptability to meet the diverse business needs.

    Feature ID: 178355

    Added to roadmap: Sat Oct 28 2023

    Last modified: Sat Oct 28 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: March CY2024

  • 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: Sat Oct 28 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): DesktopMac

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Microsoft 365 app: Catch Up Improvements on Web

    Catch Up allows you to stay in sync with your collaborators in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint by showing you the latest comment activity that is directed at you and a summary of recent changes. Based on your feedback, we made improvements to the Catch Up feature. The comment activity directed at you will now persist in Catch Up between sessions for up to 28 days. New items will be indicated with a blue dot for clarity. You can also dismiss items individually if you do not wish to keep them in Catch Up.

    Feature ID: 184359

    Added to roadmap: Sat Oct 28 2023

    Last modified: Sat Oct 28 2023

    Product(s): ExcelMicrosoft 365 appPowerPointWord

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November 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: Sat Oct 28 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 development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

Other items

  • Microsoft Teams: Hide attendee names in Webinars (Premium)

    Organizers can hide the names of attendees from other attendees during a webinar or a meeting, and only organizers and presenters are able to see the names of attendees.

    Feature ID: 119153

    Added to roadmap: Tue May 16 2023

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktopiOSMac

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

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Teams Webinar Graph APIs (Premium)

    The Teams Webinar Graph APIs allows users to get webinar data like attendee names, attendance duration, registration, and registrant cancellations. This data can be exported to be used in 3P systems including CRMs, marketing automation tools, LOB and Workflow apps. These APIs are designed to support business-to-business workflows.

    Feature ID: 125072

    Added to roadmap: Tue Jun 06 2023

    Last modified: Thu Nov 02 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): Web

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: December CY2023

  • Excel: Copilot in Excel

    Copilot in Excel helps you do more with your data in Excel tables by generating formula column suggestions, showing insights in charts and PivotTables, and highlighting interesting portions of data. <br>More info: https://supportadoption.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot-excel

    Feature ID: 180180

    Added to roadmap: Sat Oct 14 2023

    Last modified: Sat Oct 14 2023

    Product(s): Excel

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

    Platform(s): DesktopMacWeb

    Release phase(s): General AvailabilityPreview

    Status: In development

    Other tags: Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Preview Available: November CY2023

    Rollout Start: February CY2024

  • 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 Oct 17 2023

    Product(s): Whiteboard

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

    Platform(s): AndroidDesktopiOSTeams and Surface DevicesWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Other tags: Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November 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://supportadoption.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot-loop

    Feature ID: 180191

    Added to roadmap: Sat Oct 14 2023

    Last modified: Sat Oct 14 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft 365 app

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

    Platform(s): AndroidiOSWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    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: Fri Oct 13 2023

    Product(s):

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

    Platform(s): DesktopMacWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: In development

    Other tags: Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: November CY2023

  • Outlook: Classic Outlook for Windows - Summarize by Copilot

    Copilot combines the power of LLMs and Outlook data to help you do more. Copilot can summarize email threads and extract key points. <br>More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot

    Feature ID: 180900

    Added to roadmap: Fri Oct 13 2023

    Last modified: Fri Oct 13 2023

    Product(s): Outlook

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

    Platform(s): Desktop

    Release phase(s): Current ChannelCurrent Channel (Preview)

    Status: In development

    Other tags: Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Preview Available: January CY2024

    Rollout Start: March CY2024

  • Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Extend sensitivity labels to assets in Azure

    With Microsoft Purview, you can now extend the reach of your Information Protection sensitivity labels and the value from built-in sensitive information types to a much broader set of data locations and data types. Use existing sensitivity labels or create new sensitivity labels via the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to extend security and compliance intent to data assets in Azure. Note: We are no longer moving forward with the feature at this time, we apologize for any inconvenience. <br>More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/purview/create-sensitivity-label

    Feature ID: 85666

    Added to roadmap: Thu Oct 14 2021

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 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 developmentCancelled

    Preview Available: May CY2023

    Rollout Start: August CY2023

  • Microsoft Teams: Pop out shared content into a separate window

    Users can pop out shared meeting content in a separate window.

    Feature ID: 86948

    Added to roadmap: Fri Jul 01 2022

    Last modified: Tue Oct 31 2023

    Product(s): Microsoft Teams

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

    Platform(s): DesktopMacWeb

    Release phase(s): General Availability

    Status: Launched

    Preview Available:

    Rollout Start: August CY2022

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