February 2024 – Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter
Release News
Teams
Meeting organizers can now see time-zone information of participants while scheduling a meeting
Share contact information of people in Microsoft Teams chat
Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status – GCC February, GCCH & DoD March
External call routing settings – GCC & GCCH
Ability to block users from joining externally hosted Teams meetings
Privacy link in Teams meeting join flow changing to organization’s privacy statement
Preset Organizational Backgrounds (Premium)
Sharepoint Online
Microsoft 365 Admin Center will have a new role called Migration Administrator – GCC
Exchange Online
Address List Changes for Outlook and OWA
Hybrid Configuration Wizard with granular configuration
Defender
Unified RBAC for Defender XDR – GCC December, GCCH & DoD Q1 2024
Purview
Offensive Language trainable classifier being retired – January 15, 2024
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Forms supports live data sync to Excel -Preview
Modern Translator service update in Microsoft 365
Newsworthy Highlights
Microsoft 365 Government Community Call
Join Jay Leask and other members of the Government Community live on LinkedIn!
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 Adoption Resources
Empowering US public sector organizations to transition to Microsoft 365
References and Information Resources
Microsoft 365 Public Roadmap
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Microsoft Tech Community for Public Sector
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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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Microsoft Teams for US Government Adoption Guide
Message Center Highlights
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Microsoft 365 IP and URL Endpoint Updates
Documentation – Office 365 IP Address and URL web service
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