Author name: Benoit HAMET

OneDrive – OneDrive client is now showing excluded file types from sync

As you know, you can define a list of file extensions to be excluded from synchronization with the OneDrive client using either Intune or Group Policies. Well, good news as now end-users can now see this list from the OneDrive client under the Advanced settings NOTE this does apply to the exclusion list defined from […]

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Teams – You can now share link to specific chat message

To improve communication and collaboration, you can now share a link to a specific chat message. To do so, access the Chats section from your Teams desktop client (this is not available (yet?) from the web browser or mobile) to locate the chat and message you want to share Then use the ellipsis (…) menu

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Teams – Administrators can now control activation of Collaborative Annotations in meetings

As you may know, when in a meeting with Teams you can use the collaborative annotations while sharing your screen to allow participants to interact by drawing and taking note on the presenter screen. Well, Teams administrators can now control the activation of this feature using meeting policies. NOTE this is enabled by default If

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Intune – You can now manage Windows drivers update with Intune

This has been a long awaited capability for Intune: being able to manage drivers updates with Intune. Until now, you had to manually download and package drivers package for your fleet. Well, good news, you can now manage the drivers update with Intune. First, you need to have any of the following license: Windows 10/11

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Teams – New meeting type available

With Microsoft Teams you can now create new types of meeting: Meeting: classic meeting type – already existed Webinar: the webinar meeting type – already existed Town Hall: for company/team town hall – new Virtual Appointment – new Controlled-Content – new Live event: already existed This allows you to create meeting corresponding to your need

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Azure Virtual Desktop – New client version fixing 2 CVE’s

  If you are using Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) you should ensure you are updating your Windows client to the latest version (1.2.4337).   This new version fixes 2 CVE’s: CVE-2023-29362 Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29362 CVE-2023-29352 Windows Remote Desktop Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29352 You can download the latest client version

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Office 365 – You can now control Edge configuration from O365 administration portal

As you know you can control Microsoft Edge configuration either using group policies (for Active Directory joined devices) or Intune (for both AD or Azure AD Joined devices). Well, a new option is now available to manage Edge configuration: the Office 365 administration portal. This new capability is currently being deployed for targeted tenant, while

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Azure – New service retirement workbook

When using cloud services, it is sometime difficult to keep up with service evolutions. While discovering new service can be relatively easy, it becomes more difficult to keep up with service retirement. Well, good news as Azure Advisor now provides a service retirement workbook. To use it, connect to your Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com/) to search/access

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Teams – Explicit recording consent for meeting

Teams administrators can now enable the explicit consent when a meeting is being recorded. This replace the simple recording notification. This setting is off by default. To enable it you need to use Teams PowerShell (available here https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/MicrosoftTeams/). Connect-MicrosoftTeams Set-CsTeamsMeetingPolicy –Identity <meeting policy identity>-ExplicitRecordingConsent “Enabled” When the policy is applied, the Teams meeting window will

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Teams – You can now set your working location

After letting you set working hours and location using Outlook Web Access (aka OWA, aka Outlook on the Web) (see https://t.co/kijyFgJvv6), you can now do the same with Teams client. To do so, click on your picture on the Teams client and click on Set your work location for today available just right of your

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