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[MDO] Quarantine End User Allow and Block list management

In Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft is updating the way end users allow and block emails in Exchange Online.  When this will happen: Microsoft will begin rolling out late April 2024 and expect to complete by mid-May 2024. How this will affect your organization: With one click, end users will block emails from unwanted …

Data Loss Prevention: Turning on DLP analytics

In Microsoft Purview, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) analytics is a feature that enables you to analyze data protection challenges, gaps, policy, and posture enhancement possibilities in the organization. Use intelligent Purview features to explore these challenges and resolve them in a few easy steps. After you turn on analytics, you can review analytics and recommendations …

Data Loss Prevention – Adding matched attachment details in Activity Explorer for Data Loss Prevention rules in Exchange

Microsoft is adding new fields in Microsoft Exchange to help prevent data loss. With these updates, admins can see more details about the attachments that are present in the email that violated the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules, including name, size, and labels. There will be new fields for the attachments that are in emails when …

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Block Sender in Quarantine notification will require signing in to security portal

Quarantine End User Allow and Block list management, sign in to the security portal will be required for the Block Sender action in Quarantine notifications.  When this will happen: Microsoft will begin rolling out early March 2024 and expect to complete by mid-March 2024. How this will affect your organization: When the user clicks on …

Suspension of Azure Application Administrator role for Management of add-ins across Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Admins can manage add-ins across Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint from the Integrated Apps blade in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. This capability is currently available to Global Administrators, Global Readers, Exchange Administrators, and Azure Application Administrators. Going forward, Microsoft is suspending capability for Azure Application Administrators from management of add-ins across Outlook, Word, Excel, and …

Retirement of AdminAuditLog and MailboxAuditLog cmdlets

Microsoft would like to inform you about an upcoming change in the way you access and manage your Exchange Online audit logs. Starting April 30, 2024, Microsoft will be retiring the following four cmdlets in the Exchange Online V3 module: When this will happen: Microsoft will roll out this change late April 2024 and expect …

Data Loss Prevention – View-only mode for Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection Policies and Labels

This capability allows the admin with view-only restricted permissions to view the Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection policy configuration details without editing the policies or label configurations. When this will happen: Microsoft will begin rolling out in late December 2023 and complete by early February 2024. How this will affect your organization: 1. Assign …

Ability to change retention period on labels set to start retention based on “When items were labeled”

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 mid-January 2024 and is expected to be complete …

“Open Microsoft 365” button in Outlook Preview

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 …

Announcing GA of “Deliver the message to the hosted quarantine” in DLP EXO

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 …

Required Configuration for Phishing Simulation emails

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. …

Outlook web: Replacing “Activity-Based Authentication Timeout” with “Idle Session Timeout for Microsoft 365

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 …

Retiring “MDE Settings” and “New version” options from Threat Explorer

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 …

Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management and Records Management – Microsoft Graph APIs for extensibility

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 …

Ability to change retention period on labels set to start retention based on “When items were labeled”

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 …

Exchange auto-labeling supports non-mail enabled security groups

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 …

Customized Retention Policies: Long-Term Retention

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 …

Data Loss Prevention- simulation mode for DLP policies

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 …

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of browsed to generative AI websites indicator

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 …

Announcing the general availability of new Teams on web for Edge and Chrome

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 …