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MC1003436

Power Automate - Process Mining thin client app announcement

Microsoft Power Automate
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MC1003433

Power Automate – Ingest files from Fabric OneLake

Microsoft Power Automate
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MC1003357

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

Microsoft 365 apps
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MC1003345

New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web: New "None" color category for Mail and Calendar

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MC1003343

Microsoft Purview | eDiscovery: Hold limits increased per Hold policy for eDiscovery Premium

Microsoft Purview
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MC1003342

Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Labeling improvement for non-Office files and PDF files

Microsoft Purview
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MC1003340

Microsoft Intune In Development for February 2025 is now available

Microsoft Intune
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MC1003246

Power Apps - Information regarding the end of support for Ask a virtual agent in the Maker Portal

Power Apps
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MC981635

(Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Users can set custom account descriptions

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MC952881

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: BYOD mode will activate cameras on meeting room audio devices

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MC862229

(Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Quickly see who is in the office based on work hours and location

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MC846387

Microsoft Outlook: Replace quick compose pop-up with inline appointment creation in new Outlook for Windows and web

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MC906502

(Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Automatically display automapped calendars

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MC956699
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Forward messages with app cards

Microsoft Teams
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MC978932

(Updated) Large Events: End Session for Attendees and Return Presenters to Green Room

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MC920308

(Updated) Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Auto-labeling policies will support "Fingerprint based SIT"

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MC1002417
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Microsoft SharePoint: The "spaces" feature will retire

SharePoint Online
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MC1002406

Microsoft Teams Customer Office Hours: Get help from the product team on deploying Teams for your frontline workers

Microsoft Teams
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MC1002405

Microsoft Teams: New Search feature in channel posts

Microsoft Teams
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MC1002399
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Microsoft Purview: Classic eDiscovery experience will retire

Microsoft Purview
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MC1002389

What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for January 2025

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MC922625

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Users can request delegate access

Microsoft Viva
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MC973512

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage: Multi-pin Conversations Carousel is now available

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MC922623
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(Updated) Microsoft new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web: Changing how to disable/enable

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MC997576

Microsoft Outlook for iOS: Open the previous email with email auto-advance

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MC940078
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(Updated) Upcoming changes to Defender for Identity activities and alerts in Defender for Cloud Apps experiences

Microsoft Defender XDR
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MC1000272

Microsoft Teams: Post and reply as "Organizer" in Q&A

Microsoft Teams
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MC1000269

Microsoft Teams: New keyboard shortcut for adding emojis

Microsoft Teams
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MC1000268
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Microsoft Fabric: Microsoft.Fabric.ItemReadSucceeded and ItemReadFailed events will retire

Power BI
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MC1000267

Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: New role for downloading original file evidence for Endpoint

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MC1000266
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Microsoft SharePoint: We will retire the "My Feed" web part

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MC1000182

Power Automate – View progressive logging for desktop flows

Microsoft Power Automate
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MC971035

Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management: New secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policies

Microsoft Purview
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MC999446

Microsoft Teams Events: Attendees and presenters no longer receive an email when an attendee list is updated

Microsoft Teams
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MC999443

Microsoft Teams: Queues app to add Monitor, Whisper, Barge, and Takeover

Microsoft Teams
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MC999442

Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management: Retention based on “last accessed” for OneDrive and SharePoint files

Microsoft Purview
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MC999441

New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Group messages as a conversation for emails within Outlook Data File

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MC937930

(Updated) Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: Restrict Microsoft 365 Copilot using content with sensitivity labels

Microsoft Purview
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MC999362

Power Automate – Updated admin tenant setting for resubmitting Power Automate flow runs

Microsoft Power Automate
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MC933531

(Updated) Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Auto-labeling for Microsoft Azure Storage and Azure SQL

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MC973493

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Add a Loop workspace tab to standard channels

Microsoft Teams
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MC947832

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Record a video and share in channels

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MC877318

(Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Review and update work hours and location in the My Day pane

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MC923419

(Updated) Microsoft Loop: Configure guest sharing for tenants with sensitivity labels

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MC960818

(Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS/Android: New reporting buttons integrated with Microsoft Defender for Office 365

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MC713369

(Updated) Information Protection - Save filters for Microsoft 365 Activity Explorer

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MC947073

(Updated) Image input support in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot

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MC912707
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New policy for voice and face enrollment will default to "On" (configure now)

Microsoft Teams
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MC929022

(Updated) Microsoft Loop – Require Existing Microsoft 365 Group for New Loop workspaces

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MC973514

(Updated) SharePoint Pages Flexible Sections

SharePoint Online
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MC973498

(Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: New "Editorial card" web part for Pages and News

SharePoint Online
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MC974354

(Updated) Microsoft SharePoint Online: Re-imagined Hero with the new carousel layout in pages and news

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MC998511

Microsoft Teams: Share files faster in Chat and channels

Microsoft Teams
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MC998509

Microsoft Viva: Tenant-wide notification settings moving to Viva Engage Admin center

Microsoft Viva
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MC998508

Microsoft Viva Connections: New user-created cards

Microsoft Viva
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MC998506

Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Full URL visibility for "File copied to cloud" event

Microsoft Purview
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MC989979

Microsoft SharePoint: New preview mode for Pages and News posts

SharePoint Online
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MC979826

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Connections: Update to app name

Microsoft Viva
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MC946793

(Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Enhanced external recipient determinations

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MC978923

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage: New reply and reaction notifications in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams
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MC931407

(Updated) Microsoft Copilot: New user control for web searches

Microsoft 365 suite
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MC954841

(Updated) Microsoft 365 file sensitivity labels in Copilot responses availability update

Microsoft Purview
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MC934733

(Updated) Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Downgrade or remove sensitivity label

Microsoft Purview
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MC937159

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Data export for Viva Glint and Viva Insights data

Microsoft Viva
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MC997595

Power Automate – Try new actions for Office Access

Microsoft Power Automate
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MC997580

New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web: Categorize individual emails in conversation view

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MC997579

Microsoft Viva Engage on the web: New way to access to "Delegate management" feature

Microsoft Viva
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MC997578

Microsoft Viva Learning: Archive learning objects in My Learning sections

Microsoft Viva
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MC688930

(Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies

Microsoft Teams
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MC795355
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: App centric management for app installation and changes to app setup policies

Microsoft Teams
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MC677236
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(Updated) Whiteboard: existing Azure board migration to ODB storage

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MC996585

Microsoft SharePoint: Updated document libraries

SharePoint Online
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MC996584

"Personal Information Removal" notification for files

Microsoft 365 for the web
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MC996579
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Communications on default checkbox changes on tenant settings and billing start for SQL database in Fabric

Power BI
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MC803011

(Updated) Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Adaptive Protection in GCC, GCCH, DoD

Microsoft Purview
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MC947052

(Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Filter search results by "Messages"

SharePoint Online
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MC994290

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint on the web: Improved home pages

Microsoft 365 for the web
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MC994289

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft PowerShell cmdlet to allow federation with specific trial tenant domains

Microsoft Teams
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MC994283

Microsoft Purview | Data Connectors - Microsoft partner data connectors for T-Mobile and HKCSL

Microsoft 365 suite
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MC994282
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Legacy Microsoft Outlook for Mac: Support will end

Exchange Online
Microsoft 365 apps
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MC693865
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(Updated) SharePoint Add-In retirement in Microsoft 365

SharePoint Online
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MC693863
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(Updated) Azure ACS retirement in Microsoft 365

SharePoint Online
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MC542767
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(Updated) SharePoint 2013 workflow retirement

SharePoint Online
OneDrive for Business
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MC962529

(Updated) Viva Learning: AI and Copilot Resources Provider visibility

Microsoft Viva
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MC993973
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Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app: The "Record" feature will retire

Microsoft 365 apps
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MC892646
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New policy for voice and face enrollment defaulting to 'On'

Microsoft Teams
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MC981462
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(Updated) Multiple account access to Copilot in Microsoft 365 desktop and mobile apps

Microsoft 365 suite
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MC886603
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(Updated) Reject multiple From addresses (P2 From headers) without a Sender header

Exchange Online
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MC993229

New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web: New folder color feature

Exchange Online
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MC993227

Microsoft Teams: Native Bluetooth call controls using hands-free protocol for multiple peripheral devices

Microsoft Teams
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MC993226

Microsoft Teams: New location sharing settings for emergency calls and other features

Microsoft Teams
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MC953756

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Email OTP verification for external participants to join meetings

Microsoft Teams
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MC993016

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

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MC916297

(Updated) Outlook for iOS to match Android Authenticator Auto Open Behavior

Microsoft 365 apps
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MC992218

Microsoft Entra: New People administrator role

Microsoft Entra
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MC992217

Microsoft Defender: Changes to Defender for Cloud Apps alerts

Microsoft Defender XDR
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MC992216

Microsoft Teams: Third-party chat and meeting keyboard shortcut support

Microsoft Teams
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MC790716

Microsoft Purview | Information Protection - Sensitivity label protection policy for Azure SQL, Storage, and Amazon S3

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MC803014

(Updated) Microsoft 365 Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for web: Enhanced File menu and easier file renaming

Microsoft 365 for the web
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MC991996

Dynamics 365 Field Service – Summarize work orders with Copilot in the mobile app general availability

Dynamics 365 Apps
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MC991940

Dynamics 365 Field Service - Configure Copilot summaries in Field Service

Dynamics 365 Apps
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MC991921

Dynamics 365 Field Service - Summarize records with Copilot

Dynamics 365 Apps
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MC979511

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Live Event scheduling is now available in the new Teams client

Microsoft Teams
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MC975979

Power Automate – New admin tenant setting for resubmitting Power Automate flow runs

Microsoft Power Automate
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MC990961

Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: DLP alerts as indicators

Microsoft Purview
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MC961774

(Updated) New deployments of Microsoft 365 desktop client apps to include new Outlook

Microsoft 365 apps
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MC960802

(Updated) Microsoft Excel for the web: Python in Excel will be generally available starting in early 2025

Microsoft 365 for the web
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MC932488

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New DVR capabilities for town halls (desktop and web)

Microsoft Teams
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MC943640

(Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Move emails between accounts (new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web)

Exchange Online
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Microsoft 365 apps
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MC960821

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Leaders can use Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights

Microsoft Viva
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MC800503

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location shifts in the Shifts app

Microsoft Teams
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MC882252

(Updated) New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Sharing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint local files through email

Exchange Online
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MC916866

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shifts Graph APIs in beta moved to production (v1.0)

Microsoft Teams
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MC929034

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Best practices configuration dashboard in Teams admin center

Microsoft Teams
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MC954676

Microsoft Purview: Discover and govern prompts and responses from ChatGPT Enterprise

Microsoft Purview
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