Play of the Week
February 20, 2025
Insider risk management is introducing one central location for all reports, including analytics, user activity, alert trends and cases created. Users with the admin, analyst or investigator role will have access to view the new alerts & cases report. 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. The new feature is rolling out now for all clients.
Microsoft 365 Roadmap Updates for February 20, 2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Recap changes over more time
Recapping the changes you made in Loop is no longer limited to the current session. You can now recap changes that were made over a longer period of time.
ID: 369865 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Loop – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Increasing policy template limits
Insider Risk Management will increase policy creation limits from 20 policies per template to 100 maximum overall active policies.
ID: 477364 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot uses Enterprise assets hosted on Templafy
Once you connect your asset library hosted with Templafy to Microsoft 365 and Copilot, you will be able to create presentations with your organization’s images.
ID: 478643 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), PowerPoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Email Previews for Live Surveys
Customers can preview and test email notifications for survey start, survey reminder, and survey end/results rollout after configuring and approving program settings.
ID: 478915 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Multi-language posts
Authors of Viva Engage posts will be able to add multiple manually written translations to a single post.
ID: 478924 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2025
Microsoft Viva: New Viva Glint Tenant Administrator Role
We are excited to announce the upcoming Viva Glint Tenant Administrator role in Microsoft Entra, allowing dedicated admin permissions for managing Viva Glint-related settings.
ID: 479414 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention – Full file evidence support
Full File Evidence supports activities like Cloud egress, paste to supported browser, copy to USB, Network share, RDP, Bluetooth app. Now we are expanding full file evidence collection for unallowed apps as well.
ID: 479757 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Speaker recognition and attribution in Teams Rooms on Android
Users can now take advantage of speaker recognition, transcript attribution, and AI capabilities in Teams Rooms on Android. Intelligent speaker functionalities are brought to existing speakers via the cloud.
ID: 480715 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2025
SharePoint: Share site’s built-in agent
Allows the built-in SharePoint agent on a site to be shared and used in Teams.
ID: 480721 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
SharePoint: Agent usage statistics per SharePoint site
SharePoint agents’ usage statistics will be available for every SharePoint site. This will be available on the site analytics page for the site owner persona.
ID: 480725 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2025
Microsoft Viva: SharePoint agent analytics on Viva Insights
Explore how your employees used key SharePoint agent features over a given time period and understand the ROI.
ID: 480726 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Risky AI usage
Insider Risk Management will now detect risky AI usage, including prompts containing sensitive info and AI-generated responses based on sensitive files or sites.
ID: 480730 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: April CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint DLP – Device and Device group-based policy scoping support
Now, Endpoint DLP policies can be assigned to both users and devices, allowing different policies for the same user on different machines.
ID: 480732 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Report a Message for External Collaboration
Teams users can now report security risks and concerns in external one-on-one, group, and meeting chats.
ID: 481147 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2025
Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – Loop workspaces for Microsoft 365 GCC
Loop workspaces and the full Loop app experience are available to Microsoft 365 GCC customers.
ID: 481154 Release: Microsoft 365 app, Microsoft Loop – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Modern eDiscovery in new Microsoft Purview Portal
Introducing a modernized user interface for key eDiscovery workflows, with simplified creation for cases, searches, and holds. Enhanced data source management allows for easy mapping of all data locations for users, groups, or Teams.
ID: 383744 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: February CY2025
Outlook: Add Shared Folders to Favorites in the new Outlook for Windows and web
Customers will have the ability to add shared folders to their favorites, making access to important shared content faster and easier.
ID: 388913 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: February CY2025
SharePoint: Flexible Layouts
New flexible layout sections allow authors to build pages without the strict column structure. Web parts can be dynamically resized and moved within the flexible section.
ID: 395213 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Improved Microsoft Lists links in Teams messages
Microsoft Lists links in Teams, including list item links and form links, will now unfurl when shared in Teams messages, making them easier to access.
ID: 419812 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Places – Space analytics with Copilot
Copilot will analyze and explain key data points and trends in space utilization graphs, comparing metrics such as occupancy, desk usage, and room bookings.
ID: 422718 Release: Microsoft 365 app, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Teams, Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Approvals in Teams within GCCH
Users within GCC High will now be able to use the Approvals app within Microsoft Teams.
ID: 468867 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC High Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Together Mode New Flow
Together mode now features a streamlined setup, with an improved step-by-step flow for assigning seats and applying the layout for all attendees.
ID: 470427 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Navigate meetings and messages hands-free with Teams in CarPlay
Stay connected on the move with Teams in CarPlay. Use Siri to respond to notifications, send messages, and engage in discussions with quick actions.
ID: 470998 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Approvals in Teams within DoD
Users within DoD will now be able to use the Approvals app within Microsoft Teams.
ID: 473448 Release: Microsoft Teams – DoD Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Discover all prompt collections in the new Copilot Prompt Gallery
The new Copilot Prompt Gallery app provides a central place to find, save, and share prompts available from Microsoft 365 Copilot apps and agents.
ID: 473463 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Teams meetings for GCC
Copilot helps you run more effective meetings, summarize key discussion points, and generate action items. This feature is now available for customers in GCC.
ID: 476072 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning – Multilayer structuring, customization, and branding for learning academies
This feature set brings new functionality to learning academies. Multi-layer structuring allows users to organize content and learning paths under multiple levels. Branding capabilities include the customization of the academy logo and the background image. Customization allows users to hide or show individual components of an academy like featured sets and learner profile cards.
ID: 334010 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning – Edit Learning Paths in Viva Learning
Admins will be able to edit learning paths metadata and content. Latest updates will be shown to learners after the Learning Path is edited.
ID: 396286 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning – Ability to duplicate Microsoft Copilot Academy
Admins will be able to duplicate Copilot Academy and customize it for their own requirements. They will also be able to duplicate Microsoft-curated Learning Paths and featured sets.
ID: 412065 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – General availability of Microsoft partner data connectors for T-Mobile and HKCSL
These connectors will support ingestion for T-Mobile and HKCSL data to user mailboxes, making them available for compliance.
ID: 477365 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Set survey be closed at a specific time.
We are removing this Viva Glint item related to ‘Self-Service’ from the Microsoft 365 public roadmap. This decision is part of our efforts to streamline our product offerings and focus on key priorities.
ID: 163985 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint -Update UI/UX admin experience
We are removing this Viva Glint item related to Viva Glint Admin from the Microsoft 365 public roadmap. This decision is streamline this into specific items related to Viva Glint Admin.
ID: 383726 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): BizChat – File Sensitivity Labels in Copilot web grounding chat
After further review we have decided not to proceed with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Copilot web grounding chat responses will now show content sensitivity labels for prompts in which a user has attached or uploaded a Microsoft 365 file like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in Business Chat web mode and Microsoft Copilot chat.
ID: 469497 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Outlook: Shared with Me Settings page
This feature will be merged with feature (375635) This creates a new settings page that will give users details on the permissions they have for the Shared folders and mailboxes that they have added to the new Outlook for Windows and OWA. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 473437 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025