26-November-2024 Below you will find a collection of news published yesterday. This news consists of Microsoft’s Roadmap when it is updated it will be below with items. Then there will be a section with the message center, if there is anything new there, this will be automatically included. And it contains a piece from blogs that I follow myself and would like to share with you. If I miss something in the blogs that do have an RSS feed, please let me know.
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The blogs of this day are:
Office 365 Roadmap Updated: 2024-11-26
Additions : 2
Updates : 5
More Details At: www.roadmapwatch.com
| New Features | Current Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Teams: Copilot in Meetings will suggest follow up questions to ask it | In Development | |||
| OneNote: Copilot Pages in OneNote | In Development | |||
| Updated Features | Current Status | Update Type | ||
| Visio: Edit legacy .vsd files in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 1, Plan 2] | Launched | Status | ||
| Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Plugins in copilot.microsoft.com | Cancelled | Status, Description | ||
| Microsoft Teams: Cloud IntelliFrame video feed support extended to Teams Rooms on Android and Teams mobile devices | Launched | Status | ||
| Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Places – Managed booking with Copilot | Rolling Out | Status | ||
| Microsoft Purview compliance portal: ?Data Security Posture Management for AI? | In Development | Title |
Items from the MessageCenter in Microsoft 365
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: New SaaS Security Initiative in the “Exposure management” experienceCategory:Microsoft Defender XDRNummer:MC937932Status:planForChange | Coming soon for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: The SaaS Security Initiative, a new capability designed to change the way our customers consume SaaS security posture recommendations that consolidates best-practice recommendations for configuring SaaS applications. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024. [How this will affect your organization:] Why do you need this? The SaaS Security Initiative provides a centralized location for all SaaS Security best practices. It is designed to help our customers manage and prioritize security recommendations effectively. By starting with the metrics that hold the highest weight, customers can efficiently enhance their SaaS Security posture. What is it? The SaaS Security Initiative serves as the new homepage for SSPM (SaaS Security Posture Management), consolidating all best-practice recommendations into 12 measurable metrics. These metrics enable our customers to efficiently manage and prioritize the large number of security recommendations. How does it work?
This new feature will be on by default. [What you need to do to prepare:] To take full advantage of the SaaS Security Initiative, you must have a license for Defender for Cloud Apps and enable at least one connector in Defender for Cloud Apps. We recommend you enable the Microsoft 365 connector to seamlessly view more than 60 recommendations.
This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Learn more: SaaS security initiative – Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Microsoft Learn |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot: New user license requestsCategory:Microsoft 365 suite Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)Nummer:MC940142Status:planForChange | Coming soon: A new license request feature for Microsoft 365 Copilot will be widely available. This new capability allows users to request a Microsoft 365 Copilot license directly from their admin. This helps you efficiently assign unused licenses or purchase additional ones as needed. Global admins, license admins, and user admins will be able to manage these requests seamlessly in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Microsoft will enable users to self-service purchase or request a license from you for Microsoft 365 Copilot, honoring your settings, from within Microsoft 365 apps like Microsoft Copilot. This message is related to MC853238 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings (published August 2024, updated September 2024). This message is also related to MC886385 Copilot for Microsoft 365 available for self-service purchase (November 2024). [When this will happen:] General availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025. [How this will affect your organization:] After this rollout, global admins, license admins and user admins will be able to manage license requests in the Microsoft 365 admin center, where you can approve or deny the request. Notifications in the Microsoft 365 admin center of pending license requests from users:
Admins can manage user requests in the Microsoft 365 admin center on the Licenses page:
This change will be available by default to users. Admins can choose to set up their own custom license request process outside of Microsoft Admin Center (Use your own request process). [What you need to do to prepare:] License admins and user admins should familiarize themselves with the licensing process and self-service purchase settings at Manage self-service license requests in the Microsoft 365 admin center | Microsoft Learn. Please be aware that Copilot for Microsoft 365 requires the users’ managed devices to be on the Current Channel or Monthly Enterprise Channel to enable experiences in desktop apps. If a user is not on the correct channel, they will not be able to use their license in their desktop applications and you as the admin will receive a notification. Learn more
This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your admins and users about this change and update any relevant documentation. |
