Whats new in Microsoft 365 | March Updates

Key Announcements

• Copilot Updates: Copilot, Microsoft's AI assistant, is getting major upgrades, including access to company data, integration with more Microsoft 365 apps, wider availability, and new features across Teams, Forms, and other services.
• Microsoft Teams: Teams will see improved meeting experiences with AI-generated notes, better file sharing, and new call handling capabilities.
• Outlook Upgrades: Outlook will get enhancements for managing working hours, locations, and integrating with out-of-office settings.

Specific Feature Changes with Dates

March/April 2024

• Teams: Meeting details on pre-join screen, quick attach for files, general channel hiding, AI-powered noise suppression (already available).
• Outlook: Improvements to managing working hours and locations.
• Defender for Office 365: Automatic responses to user-reported phishing, details on quarantine release.
• SharePoint: Change history reports to include organization settings.
• Copilot: Expanded availability, SharePoint Search settings, multi-turn conversations in Teams.

Later in 2024

• Teams: Meeting options categorization, intelligent call recap, collaborative call queues app.
• Loop: Guest sharing for workspaces, pages, and components.
• Outlook: Option to open Teams meeting chat from the calendar, 'copy email as attachment' feature.
• SharePoint: eSignature integrated with Approvals app in Teams.
• Entra: Insider Risk protection integrated with Conditional Access.
• Edge: Customizable branding for organizations.
• Copilot: Further upgrades, including integration into Intune.

Important Notes

• Some features have availability beginning in March or April but might take longer to fully roll out to all users.
• Several features are labeled as "Preview," meaning they may have changes before being finalized.

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