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.

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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.

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