March 2023

Teams – The preview indicator is changing

As you know, you can enable access to Teams Preview for all or a selected group of your users. When a user has set its Teams client to run in Preview, there is an indicator on the profile picture (see https://t.co/t4VpnDpSjv). Well, this indicator is changing from P (Preview) to EA (Early Access)

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Azure AD – New authentication method – Authenticator Lite (preview)

A new authentication method called Authenticator Lite is available in preview. Authenticator Lite allows end-users to perform multifactor authentication without the Microsoft Authenticator app. Some end-users may be reluctant to install corporate applications on their mobile device or in some country/region there is a legal requirement for employers to provide corporate mobile phone if corporate

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Intune – You can now add new Microsoft Store apps during Autopilot enrolment

As you know, Autopilot allows you setting up new devices or during reset/repurpose process. This includes the ability to deploy immediately during the OOBE process applications. You may also be aware that the current Microsoft Store for Business is going to be retired which has impact on applications from the Store (see https://t.co/j8Tcvm1gGO). Because of

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Teams – You can now block the download of Teams meeting recording from SharePoint or OneDrive (preview)

As you know, Teams meeting recordings are saved either in the corresponding SharePoint site or organizer’s OneDrive. These recordings are made available few minutes after the meeting recording ended and now also have an expiration time (default 120 days). Well, you can now block the download of these recordings. Users will have access to the

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Intune – Get ready for support ending for Microsoft Store for Business and Education applications

  As it has been announced in July 2021 (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/evolving-the-microsoft-store-for-business-and-education/ba-p/2569423/), the Microsoft Store for Business and Education has been evolving.   Well, now it is time for you to get ready for end of support of applications from the Store in Intune. On April 30, 2023, Intune will disconnect Microsoft Store for Business services. Microsoft

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Azure AD – You can now use Token Protection with Conditional Access (preview)

You know that you can use Azure AD Conditional Access to secure access to your resource by enforcing MFA, device compliance… Well, Azure AD Conditional Access has been updated to allow you use Token Protection. Token Protection attempts to reduce attacks using token theft by ensuring a token is usable only from the intended device.

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Azure AD – New recommendations for applications (preview)

About a year ago, Microsoft has introduced Azure AD recommendations to help you improve your Azure AD security posture (see https://t.co/92sR2y0bR4). Well, these recommendations have been updated to introduce recommendations for Azure AD applications. While the first recommendations apply to all Azure AD license, these new recommendations for applications require Azure AD P2. The available

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Azure Virtual Desktop – You can now use URI schemes to connect to AVD (preview)

If you use Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), you now you have to subscribe to a workspace with the AVD client to be able to access published remote applications and/or desktop. Well, good news as you can now use Uniform Resource Identified (URI) schemes with the client to provide direct “links” to directly launch specified AVD

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Teams – You can now translate PowerPoint slides

You probably already know that you can present PowerPoint slides directly in a Teams meeting using the Present in Teams feature Well, good news as your attendees can now translate your slides To do so, open the ellipsis to then choose Translate and select the translated language (about 20 languages are supported)

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Exchange Online – New cmdlet to help investigate transport and DLP rules

Troubleshooting transport or DLP rules is sometime a tricky thing. Exchange administrator can now use a new cmdlet – Test-Message – to investigate why transport rule did not trigger or work as expected. Test-Message –Sender <sender email address – can be external> –Recipients <recipient email address – can be external> –SendReportTo <report recipient email address>

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