The January 2024 security update is now available for Windows 11 and all supported versions of Windows 10. We recommend that you install these updates promptly. For more information about the contents of this update, see the release notes, which are easily accessible from the Windows 11 and Windows 10 update history pages. To learn more about the different types … […]
Currently, there is there no support available for iOS users looking to edit PDF files on the previewer in Outlook mobile. Microsoft is rolling out a new “Open Microsoft 365” button that helps users open/edit PDF files received on Outlook through the Microsoft 365 for mobile app. When this will happen: Microsoft will begin rolling … […]
The Windows Autopatch Reliability report is a new feature that will be accessible in the Windows Autopatch Reports section of the Microsoft Intune admin center. This new report provides a calculated reliability score across update cycles based on the occurrences of stop code errors detected on managed devices. Scores are determined at both the service and tenant … […]
During FIDO2 security key registration, Microsoft Entra ID users may see an operating system or browser-generated prompt for creating a passkey on another device, such as a phone or tablet. In some cases, a QR code is shown to facilitate this option. When this happens, the user needs to select “Use a different device” to … […]
Currently available in preview, Microsoft is rolling out a new action for Data Loss Prevention in Exchange Online called “Deliver the message to the hosted quarantine”. When this will happen: Rollout is expected to be complete by late November 2023. How this will affect your organization: Previously while managing messages delivered to hosted quarantine, admins … […]
Microsoft is updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of security posture. The improvement actions listed below will be added to Microsoft Secure Score. Your score will be updated accordingly. When this will happen: This is expected to be complete by late January 2024. How this will affect your organization: … […]
Exchange online protection (EOP)/ Defender for Office 365 (MDO) customers who want to send phishing simulation emails, need to configure advance delivery policy for optimal behavior. This policy will ensure that emails that match your conditions are delivered unfiltered to the Inbox and that safe links time of click protection and post-delivery actions are disabled. … […]
The Activity-Based Authentication Timeout for Outlook on the web will be replaced by Idle Session Timeout for Microsoft 365. When this will happen: Microsoft expect to complete by mid-February 2024. How this affects your organization: At the end of 2023, we will be ending support for Activity-Based Authentication Timeout, at that point all organizations who … […]
Microsoft will be retiring the “MDE Settings” and “New version” options from Threat Explorer as they work to clean up and streamline the user experience. When this will happen: Microsoft expect to complete by late December 2023. How this will affect your organization: Users and Administrators will no longer see the “MDE Settings” and “New … […]
As a part of the extensibility vision of Microsoft and first release to Microsoft Graph, Microsoft is introducing three new APIs for retention labels, events, and event types in the Microsoft Graph beta environment. These APIs will enable you to customize and extend on what we have built in the product so far. These APIs … […]
Previously, admins could not change the retention period set on existing labels configured to start retention from when items were labeled. This feature will remove this restriction, and the resulting behavior will be consistent with other retention label types. When this will happen: Rollout will begin in late December 2023 (previously late November) and is … […]
Microsoft is rolling out a new feature to enable customers with Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium) and the 10-Year Retention Add-on to create additional customized retention policies. When this will happen: Rollout to general availability in the worldwide clouds will begin in early December and is expected to be complete by late December. How this will … […]
Beginning January 2024, Microsoft Entra ID will support device-bound passkeys stored on computers and mobile devices as an authentication method in preview, in addition to the existing support for FIDO2 security keys. This enables your users to perform phishing-resistant authentication using the devices that they already have. Microsoft will be expanding the existing FIDO2 authentication methods policy … […]
Simulation mode in DLP provides DLP admins with an isolated experience to try a DLP policy, assess its impact, and build confidence in the policy efficacy to eventually reduce the time to policy enforcement. Simulation mode is an enhancement to the existing test mode behavior to help Admins evaluate new policies confidently. When this will … […]
Coming soon, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out the public preview of browsed to generative AI websites indicator. When this will happen: Rollout will begin mid-December and is expected to be complete by early January. How this will affect your organization: With this update, we are adding a new indicator, “browsed to … […]
November 17th, Microsoft is announcing the general availability of new Teams on web for Edge and Chrome. How this will benefit your organization: When will this happen: New Teams on web begins rolling out today. How this will affect your organization: What you can do to prepare: Visit the support article or download resources to learn how to get … […]
Service side auto-labeling now supports scoping of Exchange auto-labeling to non-mail enabled security groups. When this will happen: Rollout is expected to be complete by late November. How this will affect your organization: Admins can create new or edit existing auto-labeling policies to include new Exchange locations for non-mail enabled security groups. What you need … […]
In order to better protect our customers from exact domain spoofing attacks and improve deliverability of email, Microsoft is making changes to how we handle DMARC p=reject and p=quarantine. For the enterprise customers, Microsoft is making updates to how DMARC policy-based reject can be handled. This change will help Security Administrators be able to choose … […]
Auto labeling (for files at rest in SharePoint Online) will soon label PDF files. When this will happen: Preview: Rollout to public preview will begin in mid-July 2023 and expect to complete by early August 2023. How this will affect your organization: Once the changes are rolled out to your tenant, the following are … […]
Public preview alert. We have started rolling out support for labeled PDF files in SharePoint Online. SharePoint now supports search, eDiscovery, DLP for sensitivity label encrypted PDFs. The sensitivity column will start showing the label names for newly uploaded PDF files. When this will happen: Preview: This rollout is underway and expected to complete by … […]
