August 2024 - Page 3 of 10 - Modern Workspace Pro

Power Platform – Mask sensitive data with column-level security public preview announcement [MC874936]

Previously, you could only secure a sensitive column, which allowed only highly privileged users with access to the secured column to see the data in plain text. This new feature allows you to secure sensitive data by masking it, preventing unauthorized users from being able to view it.

Mike Rosoft 27 August 2024New feature, Stay informedNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel [MC874672]

If your Microsoft 365 Apps clients are configured to automatically update from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN), then no action is required.

Mike Rosoft 27 August 2024Feature update, Stay informedNo Comments

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric: New tenant settings for short-lived user-delegated SAS tokens (Preview) [MC873746]

Coming soon for Microsoft Fabric: Two new settings in the Fabric Admin portal that are designed to enhance security and flexibility for applications interacting with Microsoft OneLake.

Mike Rosoft 27 August 2024Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Viva

Microsoft Viva: Required approval for Viva Amplify [MC873749]

Like Lists and libraries, Viva Amplify campaigns can contain sensitive information, such as marketing campaign budgets or human resources initiatives. The Required approval feature brings compliance, accountability, and workflows to Lightweight Approvals in Viva Amplify.

Mike Rosoft 27 August 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Exchange Online Microsoft 365 for the web

Microsoft Outlook for the web: Third-party cookie block causes users to sign in again on Chrome and Edge [MC871011]

Microsoft Outlook for the web is undergoing an authentication platform migration to a public client authentication model using MSAL (Microsoft Authentication Library). The change to client-side authentication will be subject to Google's third-party cookie block that may be active in Chrome and Edge.

Mike Rosoft 23 August 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Teams

[Reminder] Microsoft Team: Review and update Tenant Federation setting to block external access with trial-only tenants [MC870997]

Teams PowerShell now supports the new Tenant Federation setting -ExternalAccessWithTrialTenants with the values Allowed or Blocked. When set to Blocked, all external access with users from Teams subscriptions that contain only trial licenses will be blocked.

Mike Rosoft 23 August 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps Microsoft 365 for the web

Microsoft Outlook: Copy meeting attendee responses to clipboard [MC869929]

After this rollout: Users can go to Tracking in the meeting invitation to copy a list of meeting attendees and their response status (attending, declined, or no response).

Mike Rosoft 22 August 2024New feature, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Viva

Microsoft Viva Engage: Mute user for network [MC869926]

Network, Engage, and Global admins will be able to add or remove a user from mute for network status. The feature can be found in the Engage admin center under the Governance and Compliance tab.