Intune – You can now block printing using non-corporate network printers or non-approved USB printer

You can now control which printers your user can print on. Connect to your Endpoint Configuration Manager portal (https://endpoint.microsoft.com/) and access the Devices\Windows\Configuration profiles blade to create a new custom profile   Then you need to configure the following OMA-URI to block printing from non approved printers and define the approved printers. You can configure […]

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Teams – You can now apply retention policy to Teams private channel messages

As you know, information compliance and data retention is important. Well, until then messages in private channels where not being retained. Good news, you can now get Teams private channel messages to be added into retention. Logon to your compliance portal (https://compliance.microsoft.com/) and access the Information governance blade and then the Retention policies tab to

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Teams – You can now set an update policy to match the Office update channel

As you now, Office apps has various update channel to let you manage how Office apps are being updated. Well, Teams now allows you to define a policy to follow the Office update channels or to register for preview channel. This does not impact the current Office channel setting and if you have users already

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Azure – Use the standard ping test to have more ping test options

As you know, Azure provides a ping test to evaluate the availability of your endpoints through the use of Application Insights. Well, the ping test is being upgraded and now called standard test and now provides ability to define the type of HTTP request (Get, Put, Head…) and get SSL health (aka expiration) notification. The

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Azure Virtual Desktop – Ensure you are using a recent remote desktop client before July 27th 2021

If you are using Windows Virtual Desktop (aka WVD, aka Azure Virtual Desktop, aka AVD) you know you need to use a specific remote desktop client. The AVD Remote Desktop client is being updated frequently to introduce new capabilities and fixes. Well, starting July 27th 2021, Microsoft is enforcing a minimum remote desktop client. You

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Teams – You can now use group to give access to Teams

As you know Microsoft Teams – the collaboration client from Office 365 – has been there for quite some time. When you create a new Teams (or manage an existing one) you have to give access to selected users. Until now, you had to invite every individual users you wanted to give access to Teams.

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Outlook – Coming soon, updated interface matching the web one

If you are using Microsoft Office 365 apps (aka Office) and have the ‘Coming soon’ (see https://t.co/1ZuhCEEkFk) enabled, you can turn on now an updated interface which is matching the one on the web. The navigation bar is moving from the bottom to the left side and now provides access to your Office applications too

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Azure AD – New administration role available to delegate Windows Updates settings

A new Azure Active Directory administration role is available – called Windows update deployment administrator – to delegate Windows Updates deployments through Windows Update for Business. This role allows you to delegate Windows Update for Business settings like when and how updates are deployed to devices. This will help you delegate Windows Update for Business

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