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Teams
Deprecating the ability to view websites inside the Website tabs in the new Teams
Upgrades to importing a schedule in the Shifts app - GCC
Optimize screen sharing for video – GCC March, GCCH & DoD April
Viva
Viva Topics will be retired as Microsoft focuses our efforts on building new knowledge and content experiences in Microsoft Copilot
SharePoint Online
List owners and collaborators with the permission to edit the list will be able to collect information on their lists with the new Lists forms experience
Users will no longer be able to add, modify, or remove scripts within OneDrive and SharePoint sites unless admins temporarily allow that by turning the setting on specific sites
Exchange Online
2024 H1 Exchange Server Security Updates and Windows Extended Protection
Released: March 2024 Exchange Server Security Updates
Purview
Retirement of Azure Information Protection (AIP) Unified Labeling add-in for Office and End of Sale of AIP standalone license
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 2026
Newsworthy Highlights |
New Teams for US Government (GCC) Webinars
Discover the latest updates and best practices for a seamless transition to the new Microsoft Teams. (Earlier sessions recorded)
CISA, OMB, ONCD and Microsoft collaborate on new logging playbook for Federal agencies
As part of our efforts to increase security defaults and follow the principle of secure by design, we are happy to share that a feature change initiated by Microsoft engineering will enable more logging capabilities for Purview Audit (Standard). We have worked closely with the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to prioritize this effort for U.S. government customers.
Where to Start with Microsoft Teams Apps in Gov Clouds
Customers in our Office 365 government clouds, GCC, GCCH, and DoD, are continuing to evolve how they do business in the hybrid workplace. As Microsoft Teams is the primary tool for communication and collaboration, customers are looking to improve productivity by integrating their business processes directly into Microsoft Teams via third-party party (3P) applications or line-of-business (LOB)/homegrown application integrations.
Microsoft 365 Government Community Call
Watch past episodes of Jay Leask and other members of the Government Community on LinkedIn!
Microsoft 365 Government Adoption Resources
Empowering US public sector organizations to transition to Microsoft 365
References and Information Resources |
Microsoft 365 Public Roadmap
This link is filtered to show GCC, GCC High and DOD specific items. For more general information uncheck these boxes under “Cloud Instance”.
Stay on top of Microsoft 365 changes
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Microsoft Tech Community for Public Sector
Your community for discussion surrounding the public sector, local and state governments.
Microsoft 365 for US Government Service Descriptions
· Office 365 Platform (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
· Office 365 U.S. Government GCC High endpoints
· Office 365 U.S. Government DoD endpoints
· Microsoft Purview (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
· Enterprise Mobility & Security (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
· Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
· Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Security (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
· Microsoft Defender for Identity Security (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
· Azure Information Protection Premium
· Exchange Online (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
· Office 365 Government (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
· Power Automate US Government (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
· Outlook Mobile (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
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Message Center Highlights |
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Microsoft 365 IP and URL Endpoint Updates |
Documentation - Office 365 IP Address and URL web service