Krisz's Microsoft Teams adventure

  Cybersecurity is an ever-evolving landscape that requires constant vigilance and innovative security measures. Recognizing this, Microsoft is launching a new feature in Microsoft Defender for Office that empowers end-users to report suspicious messages within Microsoft Teams, further enhancing the security of your online communications. This feature will be automatically activated for Microsoft Defender Plan 2 or Microsoft E5/ Office E5 customers. Starting in early June, Teams administrators will have the ability to control if users can report security risk messages within the Teams Admin Center. By mid-June 2023, this functionality should be available across all tenants. How will this impact your organization? This new feature is designed to protect your organization from potential security threats, including phishing or spam messages, or malicious content such as a phishing URL or malware file. An important point to note is that the toggle setting in the Teams admin center will not

Navigating the hybrid work landscape just got easier with Microsoft Teams' latest enhancements – the ability to set your work hours and location. As an integral tool in the modern professional's toolkit, Microsoft Teams continues to innovate, making team collaboration more flexible and efficient than ever. This blog post will delve into these updates and explain how they're about to revolutionize your work-life integration. Optimizing Your Schedule with Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams has always been a vital tool for managing and sharing your work schedule. Now, with the introduction of work hours and location features, you can share even more details about your work preferences and availability. Whether you're working remotely or in the office, or if your work hours vary day to day, these new features will cater to your specific needs. Changing your location for the day is as simple as clicking on your profile in the top right corner of the Teams window. This flexibili

Looking to enhance your business-to-customer engagements with a powerful, centralized virtual appointment system? Microsoft Teams has the answer. With the introduction of its Virtual Appointments app, the platform has broadened its horizons, catering to the unique demands of online business appointments. One of the app's standout features is the 'Queue View', an advanced tool designed to streamline the management of virtual appointments for businesses, big and small. Revolutionize Virtual Appointment Management with Queue View The Virtual Appointments app, part of the Microsoft 365 suite, offers a comprehensive solution to managing all your virtual appointments in Microsoft Teams. Its premium feature, 'Queue View,' takes this a step further, providing businesses with a way to efficiently track wait times, monitor the live status of a meeting, and much more. Queue View transforms the way scheduling administrators and staff members handle virtual appointments. It enab

  Are you a Microsoft Teams admin or user? There's an important change coming to the Teams Live Event Attendee experience for users with guest access. Keep reading to understand the implications of this change and how to prepare for it. Change to the Teams Live Event Attendee Experience for Guest Users Microsoft has recently introduced new updates to enhance the Teams Live Event Attendee experience by supporting the RTMP-In scenario. However, an issue has been identified that will affect guest users joining via the Web. Starting in May, Microsoft Teams will no longer support guest users joining as a Live Event Attendee on the Web. Timeline for the Change The rollout of this change is scheduled to begin in mid-May, with completion expected by late May. Impact on Your Organization Guest users who have access to your tenant will no longer be able to join a Teams Live Event as an attendee on the Web. To ensure a smooth experience, it's essential to encourage these users to join usi

Introduction : Microsoft 365 Compliance Center is soon introducing a powerful new feature to allow users to report inappropriate or concerning messages within Microsoft Teams. This feature will benefit Communication Compliance customers, enabling them to maintain policy compliance while adapting to new ways of working. In this blog post, we will explore the benefits of this new feature, how it will affect your organization, and the steps you need to take to prepare for its implementation. Feature Rollout: Starting mid-June, the "Report a Concern" feature will be available to Communication Compliance customers, with a complete rollout expected by mid-June. This organization-wide messaging policy allows users to report concerning content within Teams channels, groups, meetings, and private chat messages, all while maintaining user privacy. Benefits for Your Organization: Many organizations have people in place to manage workplace policies and engage employees, students, and oth

Introduction : The rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape poses significant challenges for defenders, who are often engaged in asymmetric battles against relentless and sophisticated attackers. A global shortage of skilled security professionals, with approximately 3.4 million job openings, exacerbates the situation. In response, cutting-edge technologies are required to keep pace with the ever-increasing volume and velocity of cyberattacks. Enter Microsoft Security Copilot, a groundbreaking solution powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 generative AI that is poised to revolutionize the cybersecurity industry. Introducing Microsoft Security Copilot: Microsoft Security Copilot is a pioneering security product that enables defenders to operate at the speed and scale of AI. By fusing an advanced large language model (LLM) with a security-specific model developed by Microsoft, Security Copilot leverages Microsoft's unique global threat intelligence, as well as over 65 trillion daily signals.