References and Information Resources
Responding to COVID-19 together
Our commitment to customers during COVID-19
Optimize Office 365 traffic for remote staff
How to quickly optimize Office 365 traffic for remote staff & reduce the load on your network infrastructure
Microsoft 365 live events assistance
Now available as a public preview. Administrators can get guidance and assistance to setup and deliver live event broadcasts from our live events support team.
Office 365 & Managing Crisis Communications
- SharePoint Look Book - Crisis Communications Template
Ready to deploy communications site configuration - Build a crisis management site to connect people and information
Step-by-step walkthrough - Crisis Communication: a Power Platform template
The solution combines capabilities of Power Apps, Power Automate, Teams, and SharePoint. It can be used on the web, mobile or in Teams - Coordinate crisis communications using Microsoft Teams + Power Platform
Step-by-step walkthrough - Support remote workers using Microsoft Teams
Implementation Guidance for IT Admins - Free Microsoft Teams Training
No-cost instructor-led and on-demand training for Admins and End Users to help your organization adopt teams faster
Microsoft 365 Public Roadmap
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Stay on top of Office 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)
- Compliance (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
- Enterprise Mobility & Security (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
- Microsoft Defender ATP (GCCH)
- Microsoft Cloud App Security (GCCH)
- Azure ATP (GCCH)
- Azure Information Protection Premium
- Exchange Online (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
- SharePoint (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
- OneDrive (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
- Teams (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
- Power Automate (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
- Power BI (GCC, GCCH)
- Planner (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
- Outlook Mobile (GCC, GCCH, DoD)
- My Analytics (GCCH, DoD)
- Dynamics 365 US Government
Newsworthy Highlights
July Webinars & Remote Work Resources
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Making the Most of 3x3 Meeting Mode Experience
With the 3x3 meeting stage, the following behaviours are normal:
- Only avatars will be shown if no user is sharing video.
- Only video feeds will be shown as soon as one person starts to share video.
- The maximum number of avatars/video feeds shown on the meeting stage is nine. The actual number may be lower.
- If there are more than nine active video feeds, the feeds for the most active participants will be displayed on the meeting stage. All other participants will be represented using their avatar, just below the meeting stage.
- If there are fewer than nine active video feeds, Teams will arrange the video feeds automatically to fill the available space in the meeting stage. For example, four video feeds will show in a 2x2 grid. Six feeds will show in a 3x2 grid. Seven feeds will show as a 2x2 grid alongside a 1x3 grid.
- The arrangement of video feeds for participants may vary. Each participant will see the same video feeds, but the positioning of each feed may vary from user to user.
- If a participant shares an app/their desktop, a maximum of nine video feeds will be shown below the meeting stage (where the sharing session is shown). The actual number of video feeds displayed will be the same as the number of video feeds shown in the user's meeting stage.
*Note: If a user's hardware or bandwidth cannot support the additional load of displaying the app/desktop sharing feed, Teams will unsubscribe from a video feed to allow the sharing session to be shown.
Information for support
Familiarize yourself with the capabilities, expected behaviors, and known limitations. Additionally, understand that:
Teams supports 3x3 video only if the user's hardware meets these minimum requirements:
- Dual core processor
- 8GB RAM
Administrators can see the minimum requirements in the article Hardware requirements for Microsoft Teams.
Background replacement now live in GCC
Backgrounds are now available for use in Teams for GCC
MC215375: Removing some Teams channel system messages
Safe Documents is now Generally Available
(GCC | GCC High | DOD)
SharePoint and OneDrive for Business File size limit increased to 100GB
(GCC | GCC High | DOD)
Enable communication site experience on classic team sites
Public Sector Blog Spotlight
Shifts in Microsoft Teams: How to Engage Frontline Workers in the GCC
Office 365 IP Endpoint and URL Latest Update
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Microsoft Forms: Specific User Sharing for Collaboration for GCC, GCC-High and DoD |
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Microsoft Information Protection: Support for Exact Data Match (EDM) for the government clouds |
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New Advanced eDiscovery solution in Microsoft 365 for Gov clouds |
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Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection: Mail Latency Summary Report |
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Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection: Mailflow Status Summary Report |
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Office 365: Office 365 Advanced Message Encryption for Government clouds |
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