Friday, May 14, 2021

41 new posts across 15 Microsoft websites since Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Teams Blog

How hybrid customers can prepare for Skype for Business Online retirement

As the retirement of Skype for Business Online approaches, we want to help customers with hybrid deployments of Skype for Business (Server + Online) successfully plan for the changes ahead. This post …

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Customer Key support for Microsoft Teams now Generally Available!

Service encryption with Microsoft 365 Customer KeyMicrosoft 365 provides baseline, volume-level encryption enabled through BitLocker and Distributed Key Manager (DKM) which ensures customer data is al…

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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Exchange Team Blog

Released: May 2021 Exchange Server Security Updates

Microsoft has released security updates for vulnerabilities found in: Exchange Server 2013 Exchange Server 2016 Exchange Server 2019 These updates are available for the following specific builds of …

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Prevent Journaling issues due to Exchange Online mailbox receiving limits

As part of our continued efforts to help customers be successful with Exchange Online, Microsoft has detected that some customers are using an unsupported journaling configuration by pointing their jo…

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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OneDrive Blog

OneDrive Roadmap Roundup – April 2021

Here are the latest functionalities that rolled out to production in the month of April-2021. Bookmarks for PDF viewing on Android Page rotation for PDF viewing on iOS and Android 64-bit OneDrive (Pu…

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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SharePoint Blog

“Viva Topics is the on-hovercraft of knowledge” 🎙 – The Intrazone podcast

It’s time to turn content into knowledge with the help of AI. Let the service reason over your data while you focus on curating a unique employee experience that meets your users where they are alread…

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Experience the magic of ESPC21 Online training – free and paid options

Be inspired at ESPC21 Online. You’ll find expert-led tutorials (workshops), visionary keynotes, and informative breakout sessions, delivered by the world’s best independent Microsoft 365 experts inc…

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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Microsoft 365 Developer Blog

Microsoft Graph Mailbag – Azure AD applications and users for testing

Learn best practices to configure Azure AD applications and users in your development environment for testing Microsoft Graph queries. The post Microsoft Graph Mailbag – Azure AD applications and user…

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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New renewal offering for your app’s Publisher Attestation and Microsoft 365 Certification

The Microsoft 365 App Compliance Program now offers an annual renewal process for app developers to update their existing Publisher Attestation questionnaire and documentation required for certificati…

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Five new features enhancing Adaptive Cards in Microsoft Teams

Learn about the new Adaptive Cards features that will simplify workflows and user interaction models for your bots and work across multiple platforms including Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Windows and mo…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Microsoft Graph .NET SDK v4 adds enhanced features – now in preview

Leverage new modern development features when integrating your application with Microsoft through Microsoft Graph .NET SDK v4 The post Microsoft Graph .NET SDK v4 adds enhanced features – now in previ…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Add custom keyboard shortcuts to your Office Add-ins in Excel

Today, we are excited to announce general availability for custom keyboard shortcuts for Office Add-ins in Excel. The post Add custom keyboard shortcuts to your Office Add-ins in Excel appeared first …

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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Microsoft 365 Blog

Introducing Webinars in Microsoft Teams: Easy, professional webinars to engage customers

Over the last year, we have found new ways to create engaging virtual experiences at work. We’ve transformed spaces in our homes to offices, developed new skillsets for remote collaboration, and in so…

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Microsoft 365 Blog - Tech Community

Microsoft 365 admin center network connectivity is now generally available

We frequently hear from customers that they are concerned whether their users are getting the best possible performance and experience with Microsoft 365, which is often determined by the quality of c…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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AAD Identity Blog

New Azure AD Capabilities for Conditional Access and Azure VMs at RSA 2021

Howdy folks! We’re excited to be joining you virtually at RSA Conference 2021 next week. Security has become top-of-mind for everyone, and Identity has become central to organizations’ Zero Trust ap…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Introducing Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) in Azure

The public preview of Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) in Azure builds on Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to make it easier for organizations to manage access to Azure resources at scale. …

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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Microsoft Endpoint Manager Blog

Use Microsoft Endpoint Manager filters to target apps and policies to specific devices

IT administrators can now use filters in Microsoft Endpoint Manager to target apps, policies and other workload types to specific devices. Available in public preview with the May release of Microsoft…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Intune Customer Success

Filters Public Preview - Overview and Known Issues

Today we released an exciting new feature in Microsoft Endpoint Manager that we call “Filters”. The feature adds greater flexibility for assigning apps and policies to groups of users or devices. Usin…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Microsoft Security Blog

Threat and Vulnerability Management now supports all major platforms

We are swiftly adapting to the lasting reality of a hybrid workforce, with the number of remote workers in the US expected to nearly double over the next five years, compared to pre-pandemic times. As…

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Gartner names Microsoft a Leader in the 2021 Endpoint Protection Platforms Magic Quadrant

We are so grateful to our customers who have collaborated with us in creating one of the best endpoint security solutions on the market and are thrilled that Gartner has recognized this work and the j…

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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How to secure your hybrid work world with a Zero Trust approach

We are operating in the most complex cybersecurity landscape we’ve ever seen. Sophisticated and determined attackers are the norm. And we all are preparing for the next great disruption—hybrid work. T…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Securing a new world of hybrid work: What to know and what to do

Security continues to be a number one priority for our customers, especially as many companies around the world are looking to transition from remote work to hybrid. To truly meet this challenge, defe…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Microsoft Security, Compliance & Identity

The benefits of deploying built-in labeling within Microsoft 365 apps

During 2016, Microsoft introduced a new product that allowed organizations to implement a sensitivity label taxonomy and empower information workers to leverage these and apply them to documents or em…

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Microsoft Information Protection SDK 1.9: Now Available!

We’re pleased to announce that the Microsoft Information Protection SDK version 1.9 is now generally available via NuGet and Download Center. Highlights In this release of the Microsoft Information …

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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End of support for non-secure cipher suites in Microsoft Defender for Identity

Microsoft Defender for Identity is removing non-secure cipher suites to provide best-in-class encryption, and to ensure our service is more secure by default. As of version 2.149 (expected to be deplo…

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud | Frequently Asked Questions

Updated on 5/12/21 On May 6, 2021, we announced a new pledge for the European Union. If you are a commercial or public sector customer in the EU, we will go beyond our existing data residency co…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Reducing Code of Conduct and Regulatory Compliance Violation Risks

Over the past year, the shift to remote and hybrid work has meant our customers have navigated a digital transformation in the span of a few weeks or even days. This new work environment can be disori…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Designing a Robust Defense for Operational Technology Using Azure Defender for IoT

Many IT executives are concerned about the security of Operational Technology (OT). This concern is valid based on my experience, but sometimes the approaches to alleviating this anxiety creates a di…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Cloud-delivered IoT/OT threat intelligence — now available for Defender for IoT

According to industry experts, threat intelligence (TI) is a key differentiator when evaluating threat protection solutions. But IoT/OT environments have unique asset types, vulnerabilities, and ind…

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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Reduce the Impact of Insider Risks by Accelerating Time to Action

Do you already have a solution in place to deal with insider risks? When it comes to remediating insider risks, many organizations either deploy a simple transactional, rules-based solution such as da…

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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What’s New from Ignite regarding Microsoft Information Protection

Watch this webinar to learn all about the exciting updates to Microsoft Information Protection that were announced at Ignite! We’ll fill you in on the new features added to sensitive info types, exact…

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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Microsoft Power Platform Blog

Microsoft Return to School: helping schools reopen with confidence

To help school districts across North America address these challenges, Microsoft is introducing the new Power Platform Return to School solution to enable a safe return for students and teachers, in …

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Power BI Blog

Using Out-Of-Line Bindings in Power BI

XMLA endpoints in Power BI supports out-of-line (OOL) bindings, an advanced Analysis Services capability to temporarily change the data bindings of certain metadata objects in a dataset for the durati…

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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More control over when Azure Active Directory B2B guest users appear in lists of suggested people

The new Show Azure Active Directory guests in lists of suggested people setting in Power BI Admin Tenant Settings helps organizations choose how easily users can share with external users….

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Small Multiples (Preview) – Roadmap Updates

A lot has changed since we first released the preview of the small multiples feature — let’s take a look at what we’ve shipped since then, discuss updates to our roadmap, and explore opportunities to …

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Gartner Modern Analytics and BI Platforms Bake-off 2021: Analysis of impact of COVID-19 with Power BI

Each year, Gartner invite vendors from the BI and Analytics Magic Quadrant to show how their product can help solve real-world problems and find insights in real-world data. In previous years we’ve lo…

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Announcing template apps one-click update

Announcing new capability that makes it easy for template app users to update their apps in one simple step!…

Monday, May 10, 2021

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Power BI May 2021 Feature Summary

It’s just over a week after MBAS. The storm has quieted down, and life is back to normal. This can only mean one thing – it’s time for this month’s update! Next to all the things we covered at MBAS th…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Add and Edit Power BI data sources on Power Platform Admin Center

Data Source management enhancements on Power Platform admin center…

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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On-premises data gateway May 2021 update is now available

On-premises data gateway (standard and personal mode) release for May 2021…

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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PowerApps - Blog

Microsoft is a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Low-Code Development Platforms for Professional Developers, Q2 2021

We are excited to announce that Microsoft Power Apps has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave for Application Development and Delivery Professionals, Q2 2021….

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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