I have a List used to track maintenance jobs. Users complete an MS Form that logs details as a new item.

When a member of the maintenance team completes the job, they can add the number of hours spent on the job and some notes of what they did. I had both these columns formatted to allow inline editing.

Since an UI update, inline edits for the “Man-Hours” column do not save (the tick and cross do not appear to save/cancel edits. In line editing for “Notes” column works fine as it did before.

The JSON code for both columns are below:

Frustratingly, when trying to update any of the json code, it appears to save but when you exit and go back in, changes appear to have been discarded.

I am also having problems with a button in a column with customRowActions which updates status of the job when complete which is only partially working but I don’t want to make this post more complicated and I think its all related.

​I have a List used to track maintenance jobs. Users complete an MS Form that logs details as a new item.When a member of the maintenance team completes the job, they can add the number of hours spent on the job and some notes of what they did. I had both these columns formatted to allow inline editing. Since an UI update, inline edits for the “Man-Hours” column do not save (the tick and cross do not appear to save/cancel edits. In line editing for “Notes” column works fine as it did before.  The JSON code for both columns are below: Frustratingly, when trying to update any of the json code, it appears to save but when you exit and go back in, changes appear to have been discarded. I am also having problems with a button in a column with customRowActions which updates status of the job when complete which is only partially working but I don’t want to make this post more complicated and I think its all related.   Read More

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At Surface, building our own UEFI is central to our goal of making Surface devices the most secure on the market. It’s an ongoing journey built on our key investments in services and features. But what does that look like exactly? Read on to learn more about the enabling technologies that support UEFI development.

Built on Project Mu

Our adoption of Project Mu is driven by the goal of providing the best-in-class UEFI implementation on Surface devices and to showcase how to build devices that fully realize the Microsoft vision for what a personal computing device should be. Plus, our UEFI enhancements and goodness born in Surface are available for consumption by Project Mu and the wider open-source ecosystem.

Learn more about Project Mu: 

Project Mu
microsoft/mu_plus
https://github.com/microsoft/mu_rust_hid

Rise of Rust

Rust is emerging as the programming language of choice for developing performant, type-safe, and maintainable firmware with a strong focus on security. Adopting Rust is a strategic initiative for our UEFI and security firmware. We have transitioned several firmware components from C to Rust, the first step of a broader adoption going forward. To learn more, see Enhancing Firmware Security: Rust & UEFI in Project Mu | Microsoft Tech Community.

Our key investments

Writing our own UEFI stack enables us to fine tune a solution built for Surface devices. This provides a significant advantage over relying on a generic third-party UEFI stack. With rigorous control from requirements analysis to maintenance, our in-house development delivers an uncompromised and secure UEFI solution. This model allows us to respond quickly to new threats as we can seamlessly examine, create and deploy solutions without depending on a UEFI stack provided by an ISV, reducing the time of exposure for both consumer and commercial clients.

Furthermore, updates can quickly be fed back into Windows, Project Mu, and related open-source component ecosystems for consumption by our OEM partners. In the following sections, we will focus on specific areas of investment. This is not exhaustive; future posts will cover these topics in more detail.

Surface focus on security

We live in a world where threats and attacks can target our PCs from applications down to the firmware level. An attack and subsequent manipulation of a constituent component of the UEFI stack could severely compromise the system and grant a high-level of control to the attacker. Surface UEFI continues to develop a suite of technologies to protect devices and users from these threats.

Root of trust

Surface provides a secure foundation for device boot from reset by leveraging a hardware-validated Root of Trust policy. We do this through the cryptographic signature check and controlled execution of multiple firmware primitives before loading and booting to Windows. While there are variants to the Root of Trust and boot flows between SoC vendors, Surface UEFI is tailored for each to ensure optimal security and performance.

Secured Core PC

The Windows Secured Core PC (SCPC) model provides Surface devices with a secure operating environment and protection against sophisticated attacks. It offers increased assurance for devices handling mission-critical data in sensitive industries. Surface UEFI supports SCPC secure launch with two distinct silicon architecture-dependent solutions:

– Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurement (DRTM) for ARM-based Surface devices

– Firmware Attack Surface Reduction (FASR) for Intel-based Surface devices

Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurement

To overcome the inadequacies of the earlier Static Root of Trust for Measurement (SRTM) solution, Surface has enabled an industry-standard enhanced technology called DRTM. DRTM allows devices to boot from untrusted code and launch into a trusted state by taking control of all CPUs, creating a secure enclave that’s isolated from the rest of the system with a protected execution state and memory.

DRTM then “measures” the firmware and bootloader components and system state (including things like memory controller configuration) in the enclave. The term “measure” refers to computing the digital signature of a firmware component or the cryptographic signature of sensitive operations (such as reconfiguration of security sensitive parameters or dispatch of an application or driver) and securely storing them in the TPM. These signatures can then be verified against expected states to attest to the security health of the system. On successful verification, the system has confidence that the firmware has not been tampered with and did not execute unexpected operations that might compromise its security.

Firmware Attack Surface Reduction

FASR adopts an equivalent method to DRTM and provides protection to assure that the boot environment is not tampered with, together with a secure attestation of firmware state to the operating system. This approach carefully controls the list of components allowed to execute in the FASR default boot path and reduces the firmware attack surface.

Standalone Management Mode

Surface UEFI includes support for Standalone Management Mode (Standalone MM) through the Management Mode Supervisor (MM Supervisor).  The MM Supervisor applies CPU privilege level separation to enforce resource isolation for MSRs, I/O ports, memory regions (including SMM save state), and instruction types. This approach provides the highest level of Secured Core PC SMM isolation.

Learn more about Secured Core PCs, DRTM, and FASR:

Windows 11 Secured-core PCs | Microsoft Learn
How System Guard helps protect Windows – Windows Security | Microsoft Learn
Firmware Attack Surface Reduction (FASR) – Windows drivers | Microsoft Learn

Supporting the needs of our commercial & enterprise clients

As Surface continues to drive and grow its presence in the commercial and enterprise space, we are committed to ensuring our devices support the deployment, management, and control services provided by Microsoft.

Device Firmware Configuration Interface (DFCI)

Surface UEFI supports DFCI which provides an interface for firmware configuration that enables mobile device management agents like Microsoft Intune to configure UEFI settings. DFCI enables IT admins to remotely disable specific hardware components and prevent end users from changing them. This helps ensure consistent device configuration in a managed environment. Example settings include device boot order, device port enable/disablement, and external peripheral control and authentication. If you need to protect sensitive information in highly secure areas, you can disable the camera and lock down USB ports. If you don’t want users booting from USB drives, you can disable that also.

Learn more about DFCI:

DFCI Management | Microsoft Learn
Manage DFCI on Surface devices – Surface | Microsoft Learn

Surface Enterprise Management Mode (SEMM)

SEMM is a close relation to DFCI but is regarded as an on-premises device management tool rather than being controlled from the cloud. While DFCI enables remote deployment of firmware settings, SEMM requires physical or local deployment of a configuration package using the Surface IT Toolkit or System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).

Learn more about SEMM:

Get started with Surface Enterprise Management Mode (SEMM) – Surface | Microsoft Learn

Dynamic USB-C disablement

Dynamic USB-C disablement allows administrators to manage USB-C ports based on specific scenarios or user needs, preventing unauthorized devices from being connected. When paired with the Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock, IT admins can lock down USB-C ports whenever eligible Surface devices are undocked or connected to an unauthorized dock.

Learn more about USB-C disablement:

Manage USB ports on Surface devices – Surface | Microsoft Learn

A continuous focus on device performance and monitoring

Boot Time Reduction ~ or why we don’t want you to wait

Surface has a continuous focus on boot time reduction and “wake-on” scenario optimization to get users productive quickly. This initiative aligns with the evolution of Windows and Project Mu, including engagement with silicon partners.

Serviceability

Surface enables in-field device upgrades and repairs, reducing maintenance costs, downtime, and mean time to repair. During the development of each Surface model, considerable investment, care and attention is paid to ensure all hardware modules are tuned for optimal performance to provide a premium experience.  This applies to everything from screen color accuracy to SSD read/write performance. Our goal in Surface is to ensure that any hardware module replaced with a Field Replacement Unit (FRU) maintains an optimal device experience.

UEFI Front Page

The Surface UEFI Front Page allows users to view and modify UEFI settings on their Surface device. It is invoked from cold-boot by the user holding down the volume-up key and pressing the power key. Once the user lands on the page, there are a number of tabs and fields that the user can navigate through to modify UEFI settings. If devices are locked down via DFCI or SEMM, these settings will be greyed out, preventing users from making any changes.

Looking ahead

In this post, we introduced Surface UEFI from the perspective of our key investments in services and features. However, this is just the baseline for configuring, securing, and updating many other system components. With a focus on both commercial and consumer segments, Surface UEFI will continue to develop solutions to lead and protect Windows by leveraging Project Mu, adopting Rust, participating in UEFI-related industry organizations, and co-engineering with silicon partners.

Learn more

Project Mu
microsoft/mu_plus
https://github.com/microsoft/mu_rust_hid
Enhancing Firmware Security: Rust & UEFI in Project Mu | Microsoft Tech Community
Windows 11 Secured-core PCs | Microsoft Learn
How System Guard helps protect Windows – Windows Security | Microsoft Learn
Firmware Attack Surface Reduction (FASR) – Windows drivers | Microsoft Learn
DFCI Management | Microsoft Learn
Manage DFCI on Surface devices – Surface | Microsoft Learn
Get started with Surface Enterprise Management Mode (SEMM) – Surface | Microsoft Learn
Manage USB ports on Surface devices – Surface | Microsoft Learn

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Welcome to our monthly update for Teams for Education and thank you so much for being part of our growing community! We’re thrilled to share over 20 updates and resources and show them in action next week at ISTELive 24 in Denver, Colorado, US. Join us at the show to learn more and hear about the latest from Microsoft Education at our booth and in dozens of sessions.

Enjoy, and see you there!

ISTE Topics

Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Educator Features
Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Learner Features
Learning Accelerators Updates including two new progress applications
Reading Coach Summer Reading
New LMS Integration with Assignment LTI
Teams Updates
Clipchamp Updates
Visual Studio Code for Education

We’ve loved seeing the early adoption and benefits from education institutions already using Microsoft Copilot, our no-cost AI-powered chat with data protection, and Copilot for Microsoft 365, an add-on for AI assistance integrated with the apps you use every day.

Our first two topics today are about even more value we’re bringing to education in Copilot for Microsoft 365 with a new set of capabilities designed for relevant and powerful use by educators and students. These features will be included in Copilot for Microsoft 365 and will be in private previews over the coming months. Education institutions with any academic license are eligible to purchase Copilot for Microsoft 365, with no minimum, for their faculty, staff, and students aged 18 and older.

1. Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Educator features

Guided Content Creation
Coming soon to Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a guided content generation experience to help educators get started with creating materials like assignments, lesson plans, lecture slides, and more. The content will be created based on the educator’s requirements with easy ways to customize the content to their exact needs.

This experience will be available across Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams, Word, OneNote and PowerPoint.

When: Private Preview later this year

Standards alignment and creation

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with EdGate to integrate learning standards from over 35 countries into our AI features in Teams for Education and Microsoft 365. Integrating EdGate’s comprehensive and global standards set will empower educators to select standards that are relevant to their classes or assignments. allowing them to create high-quality, tailored content. Educators will have the flexibility to choose standards based on location, subject, language, and other criteria.

Standards will be seamlessly integrated into all our AI processes, including assignment creation, rubric generation, Classwork modules, lesson planning, and more, across various M365 and Teams platforms. We are eager about the potential of this feature to assist educators in crafting class materials that are not only relevant and engaging but also pedagogically aligned.

When: Private Preview later this year

Quiz generation through Copilot in Forms
In June, Copilot in Forms will support quiz generation. Educators can tell Copilot what they want to test, such as specific topics covered in class, and Copilot will create a well-crafted quiz draft with correct answers. Educators can then review the questions, remove any they don’t want, add new ones, and finally keep the draft for use. Copilot also provides step-by-step solutions for each question, which educators can check and modify if needed or ask Copilot to regenerate.

Once the quiz is ready, Copilot will suggest assigning it to the corresponding Teams “Class,” and educators can send it to students with one click. After students complete the quiz, educators can check the responses on the result page.

When: August

Additionally, Copilot can draft quizzes based on pasted content or attached reference files educators provided.

When: July

Once the quiz is sent out, students will receive a message in the corresponding Teams chat. With just one click, they can start answering the quiz. After turning in, they can review detailed solution steps to re-practice or self-study at their own pace.

When: August

Suggested AI Feedback for Educators
Our recent research found that students are already leveraging AI to quickly receive initial feedback on their work. We’re excited to help educators do the same in meaningful ways with suggested AI feedback. Educators review, edit, or discard suggested student feedback, which is based on individual student progress, rubrics selections, or assignment instructions. Educators can start by selecting initial rubric scores and then add the corresponding draft feedback directly into student Word documents in the form of comments or share overall feedback in a Teams Assignment.

When: Private Preview later this year

Teaching extension
To better support educators with their daily tasks, we’ll be launching a built-in Teaching extension to help guide them through relevant activities and provide contextual, educator-based support in Copilot. They’ll see custom prompts to get started with tasks like creating lesson plans, building interactive lectures, designing assignments, or developing learning goals. Over time, we’ll expand the options to bring even more educator specific activities to help them save time and focus on their students.

When: Private Preview later this year

Education data integration
For staff, educators, and students to be able to maximize the value of Copilot for Microsoft 365, it’s essential to have access to relevant data and files. We’re introducing education data integration to generate more helpful responses, insights, and content based on personal and organizational information. This will include data from Teams for Education such as Classwork, Assignments, Grades, class rosters, and more. We’ll also integrate data from Learning Management Systems (LMS) in the future for simpler, connected, experiences across platforms including many of these new AI-powered capabilities.

When: private preview later this year

2. Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Student features

Interactive practice experiences

Pedagogical research affirms what we all know intuitively; when learners are actively practicing their learning material, whether it’s by employing critical thinking, dialoging or merely testing their knowledge – the learning process becomes much more effective and engaging.

Today we introduce two first generative learning and practice experiences, that allow educators and learners to assess their knowledge based on the specific learning content provided in the creation process.

Wherever learning content and learning intent exist
Gradually we will make practice experiences available wherever the educator or the learner content resides – whether it’s a OneNote page, a Word document, a learning extension, or a Teams for Education class, you would be able to simply ask Copilot to convert your learning content into an activity, quickly review it, and embed it back into your content. The first entry point that will enable these features is Copilot in OneNote, in which the content of a page may be converted into flashcards and be embedded back into the page for practicing or sharing.

When: Available for private preview later this year

Flashcards activity
The well-known and loved flashcards activity can now be created directly from the learning content. The creator can review the flashcards created, add hints, add images, and then practice or share with their students or peers. Practicing flashcards always ends with a summary of what the learner already knows and what may need additional repetition.

When: now in private preview

Guided chat activity
Guided chat experiences, building on flashcards, converts the learning content into a set of cards, but in this activity, the learner gets a mini-dialoging experience for each card, which enables microlearning to reduce cognitive overload and removes learning roadblocks, as well as provide a way to overcome compliance bias (e.g. when the learner believes they recall the information but actually they just recognize it) – the learner can start by answering each card in their own words, and have the tool given them hints as well as evaluate their knowledge as they progress toward the full answer. If there are missing pieces of knowledge or if the learner just wants to dive deeper into the material, they can do so simply by continuing the conversation on the specific card, allowing them the opportunity for higher level learning.

When: Private Preview later this year

 
Learning extension in Copilot for Microsoft 365

To better support students with their daily tasks, we’ll also be launching a built-in Learning extension to help guide them through relevant activities and provide contextual, student-based support in Copilot. Students will get additional help to learn specific topics, test their learnings or receive initial feedback on their work. As we learn from institutions, new options will be added to support students throughout their learning journey.

When: Private preview later this year

3. Learning Accelerator updates

Speaker Progress
We are so excited to announce that Speaker Progress, our newest Learning Accelerator, is generally available on July 1st! Speaker Progress helps students develop confidence in their presentation skills and reduces anxiety by providing real-time coaching and feedback on their public speaking skills like their pace, pitch, filler words, and more. Speaker Progress can also save educators time and create more opportunities for independent practice for in class presentations.

Educators can create Speaker Progress assignments and customize the Speaker Coach tips shown to students.

Students can record a presentation and get real-time feedback from Speaker Coach on their content, delivery, and audience engagement. If allowed by the educator, students can see a rehearsal report of their top strengths and opportunities.

Educators can review student presentations including the rehearsal report and rich insights on how the student is progressing over time on their presentation skills.

When: Generally available July 1st!

Learn more here:

Microsoft Learn Course: Develop confident presenters with Speaker Progress – Training | Microsoft Learn
Educator Get Started: Getting started with Speaker Progress for educators – Microsoft Support
Student Get Started: Getting started with Speaker Progress for students – Microsoft Support

Math Progress 

The wait is (almost) over! We are excited to announce that Math Progress is coming to private preview in July.

Math Progress helps accelerate math skill gains by streamlining the creation, review, and analysis of math practice for educators and providing feedback to students on the problems they did not solve correctly. Actionable insights help them collect and visualize data at the student and class level to track progress and improve student outcomes. 

Educators can create Math Progress assignments with the help of AI problem generator that provides high-quality and relevant math questions.

Once learners submit their work, educators can review the automatically graded assignment and rich insights on learners progress over time, including the mistakes and misconceptions demonstrated in this and other assignments.

Get started with Microsoft Learn Course: Support building mathematics skills with Math Progress – Training | Microsoft Learn

When: Private preview starting in July!

Learning Accelerators Updated Create Flow

To make it easier for you to get started with creating Learning Accelerators we have added a new entry point in the create button in Assignments.

When: Generally available now!

Microsoft Reflect

New Reflect brain breaks celebrating Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2
Teens juggle a rollercoaster of emotions at school and beyond, making it crucial to help them recognize and navigate these feelings. That’s why we’re expanding the tools and resources available in Reflect. Discover the new Reflect brain breaks celebrating Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2, including read-aloud stories, games, and coloring pages featuring beloved characters from the movie.

When: Generally available now!

Reflect Compass
Reflect can now further improve understanding by allowing educators to generate options for students to specify the reasons behind the emotion. These options are tailored to the registration question set by the educator and are based on multi-year research by experts at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Educators can regenerate, manually add, or completely discard results. The reasons can then be grouped at the class level into a predefined list of focus areas with strategies on how to navigate each in partnership with Challenge Success, a nonprofit affiliated with the Stanford Graduate School of Education.

When: Rollout begins early July and continues throughout the summer

Reading Coach standalone app for web/Windows, school and home

Microsoft’s FREE AI-powered Reading Coach provides personalized, engaging reading fluency practice with safe, one-of-a-kind AI generated stories, a fully accessible Immersive Reader, targeted practice on challenging words, and rewards that keep learners in the flow of reading.

Summer Reading Quest

Looking for a way to prevent summer reading loss? Bingo! Encourage your students to take the Reading Coach Summer Reading Quest to meet reading goals and earn exclusive stickers and posters!

To stay tuned for updates and get swag for completing the quest, join the Reading Coach Educator community at https://aka.ms/ReadingCoach-EducatorCommunity

Find the handout and bingo card at https://aka.ms/ReadingCoachShareoutMaterials

Free, exclusive PD webinars

10 schools from all over the world will get free, hands-on PD webinars with the Reading Coach team! For directions on how to participate, join the educator community at https://aka.ms/ReadingCoach-EducatorCommunity

Coming for back-to-school

Reading Coach in multiple locales/languages
Progress over time metrics for learners
Placement in M365.com for easier discoverability and access

When: General availability in fall/early Winter

Flip Video Camera now in Teams Assignments

We are excited to share that the Flip video camera is now available in Teams for Education. In Teams Assignments, educators can use the Flip camera to record video instructions and students can use the Flip camera to record video responses to assignments. Creators can personalize their videos using all of the incredible features of the Flip camera, including lenses, backgrounds, stickers, frames, inking, and more!

When: Generally available now!

Updated Grading Flow for Quiz Assignments

Support for Grading Schemes

We have now added support for Customer Grading Schemes to be supported for Quiz Assignments as well. If your class has setup grading schemes , you can now choose those for your Quiz Assignment, and the points in the Quiz will automatically be converted to your scheme.

Support for entering grades

We have heard from many teachers of the need to be able to manually enter in the score for a student. This could be for student that did not complete the test, or they do it face to face with the teacher, or other reasons. We have now added the ability for you to enter in Grade directly in Assignment, and also override the grade within Assignments.

Support for Mark as Excused

Many of our teachers use the “Mark as Excused” feature to remove students from individual assignments, such as when a student is absent due to illness or other reasons. We have now added this functionality to Quiz Assignments as well.

When: Generally available now!

Updated Feedback Field for Grading

We have heard you , you want to provide more detail in the feedback for your students. We are now adding full rich edits for the grading experience, with support up to 10,000 characters and full formatting support.

When: Preview later this fall

4. Learning Management System integration

Many educators rely on a Learning Management System (LMS) such as Schoology or Canvas to manage their classroom content and activities. Many students rely on their LMS to be the central location where they can access all their assignments and grades.  The new Teams Assignments LTI takes a giant step forward in bringing more of the unique value of Microsoft Education directly into the daily workflows of LMS users. With Teams Assignments now seamlessly integrated into their LMS, educators and students can access capabilities such as Learning Accelerators, Flip Video Assignments, Forms Quizzes, Whiteboard assignments, rubric creation with AI, and more. Educators can create, link, and access Teams assignments directly within their LMS courses. Students can view and access those assignments in their LMS courses. Assignment grades are automatically imported into the LMS gradebook. Expanding on Microsoft Education’s current set of LMS integrations, this new tool unites the power of Teams for Education with some of the world’s most popular learning platforms.

Create and link Teams assignments in an LMS course.

Access and complete assignments in an LMS course.

Grades automatically post back to the LMS gradebook.

When: Now in Private Preview for Schoology and Canvas. Additional LMS support is coming soon. Sign up here.

5. Teams updates

New Microsoft Teams

Reimagined and enhanced with a performance-first mindset, the new Teams is faster, lighter, and more flexible than ever before. ​

Faster: The app will be twice as fast, from scrolling to switching chats.
Lighter: The app consumes 50% fewer resources (memory)
Flexible: Innovations that streamline multiple tenants or accounts, giving you more extensibility and scale

When: Now Generally Available, T1 End of support by June 30th

Educator-led parent data ingestion inside the Parent App (without SDS)

With this release, we’re providing a way for schools to ingest parent contact information without setting up SDS. Educators now have an option to add or edit parent contact details for each child inside the Parent app, and request the IT admin for approval. The changes are not reflected until the admin approves it. To learn more, please visit this link.

When: Now Generally Available

School Connection access to parents via their phone number

The School Connection app in Microsoft Teams (mobile) empowers parents and guardians to stay informed about their child’s classroom progress in real-time, with no extra work required from educators.

So far, parents were granted access to School Connection if they logged-in to Teams (mobile) with their personal email. With this release (coming in July 2024), we’re glad to announce that a parent can choose to login to Teams (mobile) with their phone number and get access to School Connection! Please note that these parent contact details need to be saved by the school first for access to be granted to the child’s school records. You can learn more about School Connection by visiting this link.

When: July 2024

Deep link for parents to directly access School Connection in Teams
To simplify onboarding to School Connection, schools can now share this deep link with parents: https://aka.ms/gotoschoolconnection. This will enable a parent to directly access School Connection in Teams (mobile) without navigating through Settings to pin the app. If a parent does not have the Teams app installed on their mobile device, this link will first take a parent to their mobile app store (on iOS or Android) to install the Teams app, sign-in and directly land on School Connection.

When: Now Generally Available

6. Clipchamp for Educators and Students

We are excited to announce that Clipchamp, a video editing tool that empowers educators and students to create engaging videos, will be available for Microsoft 365 Education with our A3 and A5 licenses. Starting in July, education customers can access Clipchamp and start making amazing videos with ease. It may take a few days or weeks to get access, depending on your global location.

Clipchamp is designed to make video creation easy for everyone, regardless of skill or experience level. You can combine video clips, images, and audio files with text and effects to create videos worthy of sharing. Whether it’s recording experiments, presenting research, or producing multimedia projects, Clipchamp enhances student engagement and learning outcomes.

Clipchamp also helps students develop future-ready skills, such as communication, creativity, and collaboration. With its user-friendly interface, Clipchamp makes video editing accessible to learners of all levels, empowering them to explore and express their ideas effectively.

Clipchamp is seamlessly integrated with Microsoft 365, so you can store your videos in OneDrive and SharePoint and watch or share them with Microsoft Stream. You can also use centralized IT controls, single sign-on, and security features within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Clipchamp is more than just a video editor. It’s a canvas for imagination to flourish. To learn more about Clipchamp, visit our website and Clipchamp Support.

When: Rollout begins early July and continues throughout the summer

1.   Visual Studio Code for Education

In this age of AI, Microsoft believes that it is more important than ever for every student to have access to equitable computer science education to help prepare them for the future. We’re happy to announce the release of our latest product to empower the next generation of developers — Visual Studio Code for Education (https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vscode-edu).  It’s completely free and online with Web Development and Python curriculum available for educators. Visual Studio Code for EDU works with both Microsoft or Google IDs to sign in.

When: Available globally now!

And finally, just to recap all the news we have for you this month, here’s a quick review of all the features that are generally available or are rolling out now:

Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Educator updates

Standards Alignment
Content Creation
Quiz Creation with Copilot in Forms
Teaching extension
Suggested AI feedback

Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Student updates

Learning extension
Interactive practice experiences

Learning Accelerator updates

Introducing Speaker Progress
Introducing Math Progress
New Learning accelerator create flow
Reading Coach Standalone for Web and Windows
New PD Sessions for Reading Coach

Learning Management System Integration

LTI Assignments and Learning Accelerator integration

Teams updates

Flip Video Recorder in Assignments
New Quiz Grading Flow in Assignments
Expanded Rich Feedback in Assignments Speed Grader
New Teams Update
Educator-led parent data ingestion inside the Parent App Clipchamp in EDU
School Connection access to parents via their phone number
Deep link for parents to directly access School Connection in Teams

Clipchamp for Educators and Students
Visual Studio Code for Education

Have any feedback to share with us? As always, we’d love to hear it!

We are always looking to improve the education experience in Teams, and our favorite way to do that is with your support and awesome ideas! If there is something you would like to see in Teams for Education, please let us know!

​Microsoft Tech Community – Latest Blogs –Read More 

Step 1: Delete stale scheduled tasks

Follow this procedure:

Run the Task Scheduler as an administrator.

Go to Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > EnterpriseMgmt. Write down the enrollment ID somewhere, you will need it for the cleanup.

Delete all the existing tasks in the enrollment folder.

Delete the enrollment ID folder.

Step 2

Find and store the Object ID from Azure Portal.Find and store a Serial number of the device from the Intune Portal.

Retire the device from Intune.

Step 3

Check the group tag on the computer’s serial number and remove it if it exists.

Step 4

Delete object IDs from Entra ID. If you can’t delete it from the web interface, then run on your laptop PowerShell connect-azuread and Remove-AzureADDevice -objectid “XXXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX”

Step 5

Run “dsregcmd /status”

Check if the device is not managed in The Entra ID and Intune portal.

In case AzureAdJoined remains YES, run the command “dsregcmd /leave” and delete the device from Intune.

Step 6

Add “dem_account” user at local admin group on the device (restart is needed)

Login as “dem_account”

Important: Check if the admin access exists until the end of the steps.

Step 7: delete stale registry keys

Use the previous enrollment ID to search the registry:

Open the Registry Editor as an administrator.

Search for the enrollment ID you wrote in the following locations, and if found, delete the key that contains the ID:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftEnrollmentsxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftEnrollmentsStatusxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftEnterpriseResourceManagerTrackedxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftPolicyManagerAdmxInstalledxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftPolicyManagerProvidersxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftProvisioningOMADMAccountsxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftProvisioningOMADMLoggerxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftProvisioningOMADMSessionsxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Step 8: delete the Intune enrollment certificate

Follow the procedure:

Search for the option “Manage computer certificates” or use the command certlm.msc as an administrator.

Go to Personal > Certificates and delete the certificate issued by either “Microsoft Intune MDM Device CA” or “SC_Online_Issuing” (depending on the date of the enrollment).

Step 9: Restart the enrollment process

In case the device is autopilot, we must delete the file c:windowsservicestatewmansvcAutopilotDDSZTDFile.json before we continue.

The enrollment command must be entered in a SYSTEM context to be properly executed. We will use the PSExec tool for that purpose.

Download the PSExec tool from the Microsoft website

Use PSExec to launch a Command Prompt as SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR:

psexec /i /s cmd

In the Command Prompt, enter one of the following commands depending on your enrollment type:

Windows 10 / Windows 11 Enterprise (using User Credential)

%windir%system32deviceenroller.exe /c /AutoEnrollMDM

In the computer certificate store, check that a new Intune certificate has been enrolled for the device:

Execute gpupdate/force.

Restart the Device.

connect to work or school account with account “email address removed for privacy reasons” and

mdm URL  https://enrollment.manage.microsoft.com/enrollmentserver/discovery.svc

Important: Check if the admin access on the user “dem_user” exists before enrolling.

Step 10

Download the company portal and log in with the “demmng_Cenergy” user.Check in the Intune portal if the device is managed.

**Important info: Remove the old License E3/E5 from the user.

​ Step 1: Delete stale scheduled tasksFollow this procedure:Run the Task Scheduler as an administrator. Go to Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > EnterpriseMgmt. Write down the enrollment ID somewhere, you will need it for the cleanup. Delete all the existing tasks in the enrollment folder. Delete the enrollment ID folder.    Step 2Find and store the Object ID from Azure Portal.Find and store a Serial number of the device from the Intune Portal.    Retire the device from Intune. Step 3Check the group tag on the computer’s serial number and remove it if it exists.  Step 4Delete object IDs from Entra ID. If you can’t delete it from the web interface, then run on your laptop PowerShell connect-azuread and Remove-AzureADDevice -objectid “XXXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX”  Step 5Run “dsregcmd /status”Check if the device is not managed in The Entra ID and Intune portal.In case AzureAdJoined remains YES, run the command “dsregcmd /leave” and delete the device from Intune.    Step 6Add “dem_account” user at local admin group on the device (restart is needed)Login as “dem_account”Important: Check if the admin access exists until the end of the steps. Step 7: delete stale registry keysUse the previous enrollment ID to search the registry:Open the Registry Editor as an administrator. Search for the enrollment ID you wrote in the following locations, and if found, delete the key that contains the ID:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftEnrollmentsxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftEnrollmentsStatusxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftEnterpriseResourceManagerTrackedxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftPolicyManagerAdmxInstalledxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftPolicyManagerProvidersxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftProvisioningOMADMAccountsxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftProvisioningOMADMLoggerxxxxxxxxxxxxxHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftProvisioningOMADMSessionsxxxxxxxxxxxxx Step 8: delete the Intune enrollment certificateFollow the procedure:Search for the option “Manage computer certificates” or use the command certlm.msc as an administrator. Go to Personal > Certificates and delete the certificate issued by either “Microsoft Intune MDM Device CA” or “SC_Online_Issuing” (depending on the date of the enrollment). Step 9: Restart the enrollment processIn case the device is autopilot, we must delete the file c:windowsservicestatewmansvcAutopilotDDSZTDFile.json before we continue.The enrollment command must be entered in a SYSTEM context to be properly executed. We will use the PSExec tool for that purpose.Download the PSExec tool from the Microsoft websiteUse PSExec to launch a Command Prompt as SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR:psexec /i /s cmdIn the Command Prompt, enter one of the following commands depending on your enrollment type:Windows 10 / Windows 11 Enterprise (using User Credential)%windir%system32deviceenroller.exe /c /AutoEnrollMDM In the computer certificate store, check that a new Intune certificate has been enrolled for the device:  Execute gpupdate/force. Restart the Device. connect to work or school account with account “email address removed for privacy reasons” andmdm URL  https://enrollment.manage.microsoft.com/enrollmentserver/discovery.svcImportant: Check if the admin access on the user “dem_user” exists before enrolling.        Step 10 Download the company portal and log in with the “demmng_Cenergy” user.Check in the Intune portal if the device is managed.      **Important info: Remove the old License E3/E5 from the user.    Read More

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