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Microsoft Ignite 2023 Book of News is out

Today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is #MSIgnite may be wrapping up, but all the announcements can be found in one place in the 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 2023 found here:

Microsoft Ignite 2023 Book of News

Lots of newsworthy announcements from Copilot capabilities being integrated everywhere, Microsoft Copilot Studio for creating even more generative AI capabilities, Microsoft Security Copilot to be embedded into Microsoft Purview, to the new Windows App, Microsoft Mesh General Availability in January 2024, and the unveiling Microsoft SharePoint Premium.

Another #MSIgnite in the books! Thank-you #Microsoft for an awe-inspiring event!

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Microsoft Ignite Registration Open

Less then two week to go and today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is that registration is open for the next premium immersion event from #Microsoft called Microsoft Ignite from November 15–16, 2023!

Microsoft Ignite is an annual conference organized by Microsoft for IT Professionals and Developers to learn about the latest Microsoft technologies and solutions.

The event offers attendees the opportunity to engage in networking, attend keynote presentations, participate in breakout sessions, and explore the latest innovations and technologies showcased by Microsoft.

At Microsoft Ignite, attendees can gain valuable knowledge about Microsoft’s latest products, services, and solutions. At last years event there was a heavy focus on security. I would suspect this years will be heavily focused on the various Copilot AI offerings.

Though IT Professional / Developer centric Microsoft Ignite can be a valuable source of information for customers and I would highly recommend they attend to gain visibility into Microsoft’s vision and product roadmap!

For registration information please see:

https://ignite.microsoft.com/

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Yet another Teams Mobile App new feature – Quick Capture Content!!!

Today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is yet another amazing new feature will soon be added to the Teams Mobile App in iOS and Android to quickly capture shared content!

Most meetings include shared content. When you are on the go participating in Teams meetings on your mobile device you may want to capture content to refer back to when your back at your desk or to share with other team members. Up to this point your only option was to use the mobile operating systems native screen capture.

With Quick Capture you can screenshot content shared in a Teams meeting on a mobile device, save it to your mobile photo gallery, annotate as desired, and then easily share in Teams and other apps subject to content sensitivity labels. Access is via the ellipsis (“…”) menu during the meeting.

Screen Shot of Teams Mobile Quick Capture

This feature is available in both the iOS and Android version of the Teams Mobile App. Deployment is scheduled to begin in early November 2023 and will be available in all Microsoft Tenants worldwide!

For more information see Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 171217

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Set ‘Out of Office’ from Teams Mobile App

You can soon set up your ‘Out of Office’ from within the Teams Mobile App itself on iOS and Android. That is today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix !!!

Previously you could only set your ‘Out of Office’ using the Teams Desktop / Web client or switch over to the Outlook Mobile App. With this capability users can now make this change on the go within the Teams Mobile App itself with configuration found under the same menu to set your availability status!

Screenshots of Teams Mobile Out-of-Office configuration

This is available in both the iOS and Android version of the Teams Mobile App. As always make sure your regularly updating your mobile app to have the latest version to get access!

This capability is already being deployed worldwide with an expected completion by late October 2023.

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Malicious Intra-Organizational Emails are now protected by default

Today’s #MicrosoftQuickFix is that Microsoft has enabled in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 intra-organizational email protection by default for high-confidence phishing messages containing malicious or spam-based URLs!

This new feature in the Windows Defender for Office 365 Anti-spam policy controls whether spam filtering and the corresponding selected action for the spam verdict is applied to internal messages (email sent between users in your Exchange Online organization).

Screen shot of Anti-spam policy settings

The deployment of this feature is complete for intra-organizational messages with the default value of High confidence phishing messages selected which will quarantine the message. This feature is available in all Microsoft Tenants worldwide!

If you don’t want to utilize this feature on intra-organizational messages it can be disabled by modifying the Anti-spam Policy setting for ‘Intra-Organizational messages to take action on’ to none.

You can also modify the Anti-spam Policy setting to apply to other spam filter verdicts.

For more information about this see:

Configure anti-spam policies in EOP | Microsoft Learn

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Outlook to help with scheduling meetings across time zones

This one is personally topical – Microsoft is about to rollout improvements to meeting scheduling in Outlook for users collaborating across multiple time zones and that is today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix !

Coordinating the scheduling of meetings across different time zones can be a challenge. Figuring out which attendee is in which time zone, east coast end of day, west coast start time, and what about if some attendees are located in between! This can make for a scheduling nightmare.

With this new feature when scheduling a meeting with attendees from different time zones a Tool Tip will be displayed to the organizer and the Scheduling Assistant will provide time zone information for each attendee. Organizers can quickly identify suitable meeting times that work for everyone!

This feature is currently only available thru Outlook on the Web. Deployment has begun and is to be completed by late October 2023 and will be available in all Microsoft Tenants worldwide!

For more information see Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 170783

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Teams Calendar: Near real-time sync with Outlook Calendar

Your Microsoft Teams users will soon have a more reliable calendaring experience. That is today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix !

This update is intended to streamline calendar management helping users keep track of their schedules consistently across Outlook and Teams.

Contained within Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 138248 is an update where #Microsoft will enable calendar updates made in Outlook to be available in near-real time in your #MicrosoftTeams calendar in the Desktop and Web versions of Teams and vice-versa.

This feature has begun rolling out in September 2023 with a completion by mid-October and will be available Worldwide!

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Teams Meeting Add-in in Outlook Support for Multiple Accounts

Today’s #MicrosoftQuickFix is that the new #MicrosoftTeams meeting add-in for Microsoft Outlook now supports the ability to switch between multiple tenants and accounts to schedule Teams meetings. This a long awaited capability. Have you ever needed another reason to switch to the New Microsoft Teams Client!!!

If the user has the new Microsoft Teams client installed, the user will have the ability to switch between their tenants or accounts to schedule a Teams meeting through add-in in Microsoft Outlook.

Now their are some limitations namely:

This capability isn’t supported in Outlook Web or Outlook Mac
The account selected in the Teams meeting add-in dropdown in Microsoft Outlook must match one of the signed-in accounts in Teams before a meeting can be scheduled.
The account selected in the Teams meeting add-in dropdown in Microsoft Outlook must match the signed-in accounts in Teams before the organizer or the co-organizer/s can access that Teams meeting options.
If the user has multiple scheduling windows opened in Microsoft Outlook, it will honor the account selected in the Teams meeting.
If the user accidentally used the wrong account to schedule the Teams meeting they must use Don’t Host Online ribbon option to remove the existing meeting information. Simply deleting the information will result in a broken meeting scheduling experience.

This feature is available today as part of the the New Microsoft Teams Client!

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Microsoft Inspire Registration Open

Last week’s Microsoft Build was awe-inspiring but what’s next? Today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is that registration is open for the next premium immersion event from #Microsoft called Microsoft Inspire!

Microsoft Inspire is an annual event organized by Microsoft and serves as a platform for Microsoft to connect with its partner ecosystem, share the company’s vision, and provide insights into its product roadmap.

At Microsoft Inspire, attendees can gain valuable knowledge about Microsoft’s latest products, services, and solutions. They can also learn about industry trends, best practices, and strategies to enhance their businesses. At last years event there was a heavy focus on security. I would suspect this years will be heavily focused on AI offerings.

Microsoft Inspire is an important event for Microsoft and its partners, serving as a platform for knowledge sharing, collaboration, and building strong relationships. It plays a significant role in shaping the future of Microsoft’s partner ecosystem and driving innovation in the technology industry.

Though partner centric Microsoft Inspire can be a valuable source of information for customers and I would highly recommend they attend to gain visibility into Microsoft’s vision and product roadmap!

For registration information please see:

https://inspire.microsoft.com/

#MicrosoftCloudQuickFix #Microsoft #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftAzure #MicrosoftInspire2023 #MSInspire

The Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge – Microsoft Build Edition is open!

Today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix – #MSBuild may be over 😥 but the Microsoft Ignite Cloud Skill Challenge – Microsoft Build Edition is now open until June 20, 2023!

There are 8 challenges to choose from and once you complete a challenge you choose you earn a 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 exam credit (my favorite price) for a Microsoft Certification exam on your #MicrosoftLearning account!!!

Check out The Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge for more information.

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