August 2024 - Page 9 of 17 - Modern Workspace Pro

Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE Starter Kit) – Required upgrade to the August 2024 CoE Starter Kit (Core 4.37) [MC864001]

The "Admin | Sync Template v4 (AI Events)" flow included in the June 2024 (release: Core 4.32) and July 2024 (release: Core 4.33) Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kits is consuming additional actions, which may negatively impact your environment’s performance.

Modern Workspace Pro 16 August 2024Admin impact

Microsoft Viva

Microsoft Viva: Quick Links Card on Viva Connections Dashboard [MC863971]

This feature update helps organizations add a Quick Links Card on Viva Connections Dashboard. With this card, the operators can add a list of important links for quick access by the end users

Modern Workspace Pro 16 August 2024Feature update, Stay informed, User impact

Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft Word: Certain Dynamic Data Exchange features will be removed in April 2025 [MC863140]

You may be affected by this change if you currently depend on the HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Security\AllowDDE registry key being set to a value other than 0. If you do not have that key set or if it is currently set to 0, this change will have no effect.

Modern Workspace Pro 15 August 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft Copilot to update to enterprise data protection [MC862983]

Microsoft Copilot will offer enterprise data protection and redirect users to a new simplified, ad-free user interface designed for work and education when they are signed in with an Entra account.

Modern Workspace Pro 15 August 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact

Microsoft Entra

Take action: Enable multifactor authentication for your tenant before October 15, 2024 [MC862873]

Starting on or after October 15, 2024, to further increase security, Microsoft will require admins to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) when signing into the Microsoft Azure portal, Microsoft Entra admin center, and Microsoft Intune admin center.

Modern Workspace Pro 15 August 2024Admin impact, Plan for change

Microsoft Dataverse

Microsoft Dataverse – Service Update 9.2.24082.00000 for GBR [MC862864]

The version number for your Microsoft Dataverse environment will update to version 9.2.24082.00000 or higher.

Modern Workspace Pro 15 August 2024Stay informed

AI Music Generator on AWS launches CloudTrail MCP Server for enhanced security analysis12 September 2025
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AI Music Generator on AWS launches LocalStack integration in VS Code IDE to simplify local testing for serverless applications12 September 2025
One of the most tedious aspects of serverless development is the constant back and forth between local testing and cloud…
Audio to Text on (Updated) Co-organizer experience updates in Teams Webinars and Townhalls [MC688109]10 September 2025
The expanded co-organizer role in Teams events feels like a big step forward, especially for large webinars and town halls…
Nano Banana API on Dynamics 365 Project Operations – Use the new Calendar interface for time entry [MC1143696]29 August 2025
The faster, more accurate time entry sounds like it will save teams a lot of headaches. I’m excited to see…
AI Music Generator on (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft OneDrive: New PDF compression feature [MC1061109]15 August 2025
Reducing the size of PDFs in SharePoint and OneDrive is a huge win for organizations managing large document libraries. The…