In Microsoft 365 news this week, you’ll soon be able to restart a Teams Live Event if you run into connection issues or other problems. Keep reading for details about that new feature along with other updates and news related to the Microsoft 365 suite.
New Features
- Content sharing from camera in Teams
- What’s happening: Microsoft is making it possible to stream content directly from physical objects such as whiteboards and documents in a legible way by selecting Share > Content from camera.
- Content sharing from camera in Teams
- Advanced Delivery policy adds support for DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) domain entry
- What’s happening: This Microsoft Defender for Office 365 enhancement will allow security admins to leverage DKIM domains either in place of or in addition to P1 sending domains for the purpose of configuring third-party phishing simulations.
- Rollout start: Late September 2021
- Rollout finish: Early October 2021
- What’s happening: This Microsoft Defender for Office 365 enhancement will allow security admins to leverage DKIM domains either in place of or in addition to P1 sending domains for the purpose of configuring third-party phishing simulations.
- Advanced Delivery policy adds support for DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) domain entry
- OneDrive for Business image editing utility tools
- What’s happening: Microsoft is introducing a set of utility tools in OneDrive for Business that will allow end users to alter images quickly. Key functionalities include cropping, rotating, and flipping horizontally or vertically.
- Rollout start: Late September 2021
- Rollout finish: Late October 2021
- What’s happening: Microsoft is introducing a set of utility tools in OneDrive for Business that will allow end users to alter images quickly. Key functionalities include cropping, rotating, and flipping horizontally or vertically.
- OneDrive for Business image editing utility tools
- Operator Connect for Teams now generally available
- What’s happening: Operator Connect facilitates the integration of PSTN calling abilities in Microsoft Teams.
- Rollout start: Late September 2021
- Rollout finish: Early October 2021
- What’s happening: Operator Connect facilitates the integration of PSTN calling abilities in Microsoft Teams.
- Operator Connect for Teams now generally available
- 1:1 calling for Teams on Safari
- What’s happening: Microsoft is introducing 1:1 calling for Teams on Safari.
- 1:1 calling for Teams on Safari
- View in File Explorer feature for SharePoint Online in Microsoft Edge
- What’s happening: With Microsoft Edge Stable version 93, you have the option to switch on the View in File Explorer feature for SharePoint Online for Modern Document Libraries. Note: For a functional user experience, you have to turn on the Edge policy “Configure the View in Explorer feature for SharePoint pages in Microsoft Edge” and ensure your SharePoint Online tenant configuration is updated.
- View in File Explorer feature for SharePoint Online in Microsoft Edge
- Ability to restart Teams Live Events
- What’s happening: Microsoft is making it possible to restart a Teams Live Event if connection issues arise or if it’s ended unintentionally.
- Rollout start: Late September 2021
- Rollout finish: Early October 2021
- Ability to restart Teams Live Events
- Ability to give feedback on image tags
- What’s happening: Microsoft is giving end users the ability to send feedback about image tags by navigating to the details pane and selecting “Give feedback.”
- Rollout start: Early October 2021
- Rollout finish: Mid-October 2021
- What’s happening: Microsoft is giving end users the ability to send feedback about image tags by navigating to the details pane and selecting “Give feedback.”
- Ability to give feedback on image tags
Updated Features
- Enhanced in-meeting experience for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows
- What’s happening: Microsoft plans to improve the Teams meeting roster visible on the Teams Rooms console to better align with the Teams desktop app experience. The update will include new abilities such as sorting the roster by raised hand and an integrated user search.
- Rollout start: Late September 2021
- Rollout finish: Mid-October 2021
- What’s happening: Microsoft plans to improve the Teams meeting roster visible on the Teams Rooms console to better align with the Teams desktop app experience. The update will include new abilities such as sorting the roster by raised hand and an integrated user search.
- Enhanced in-meeting experience for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows
- Yammer Topics integration with Viva Topics
- What’s happening: To facilitate access to community-sourced knowledge, Yammer is merging with Viva Topics.
- Yammer Topics integration with Viva Topics
Announcements
- Retirement of Basic Authentication in Exchange Online
- What’s happening: Starting October 1, 2022, Microsoft plans to retire Basic Authentication in Exchange Online for all tenants. Once the supplier disables Basic Auth, end users in your tenant will no longer be able to access Exchange Online mailboxes via Basic Authentication.
- Retirement of Basic Authentication in Exchange Online
- Retirement of advanced hunting table called DeviceTvmSoftwareInventoryVulnerabilities
- What’s happening: Microsoft plans to retire DeviceTvmSoftwareInventoryVulnerabilities effective October 15, 2021. It will be replaced by two new tables that are already available: DeviceTvmSoftwareInventory and DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities.
- Retirement of advanced hunting table called DeviceTvmSoftwareInventoryVulnerabilities
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