Message center announcementsMay 29, 2023 - June 4, 2023EDEN AKERS DIGITAL B.V. | |
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| Outlook on the Web supported browser updates. MC567498 | June 2 - This initial communication is to notify customers that starting in Fall 2023 (September 2023), users using unsupported bowsers will be redirect to the light version of Outlook on the web. This will align with the experience with other Microsoft 365 web applications (MC518729 February '23).
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| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updating the Bookings app to the Virtual Appointments app MC560731 | June 2 - Updated June 2, 2023: We have updated this message to ensure visibility. Bookings is supported across multiple entry points spanning Web, Teams and Outlook, however there is lack of parity in the feature set across these entry points leading to an inconsistent user experience. This fragmented experience has resulted in high DSAT for customers that has provided feedback to Microsoft to unify and provide feature parity in Bookings across all entry points.The Bookings experience in Teams will soon...
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| (Updated) Your Microsoft 365 services will automatically display your Power BI content by end of June MC543384 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.In Nov ‘22, Power BI (PBI) launched the preview of integration with Microsoft Graph, with the goal to increase discovery of PBI reports, dashboards and apps across several surfaces like Microsoft 365, SharePoint and Bing @ Work. This setting allows users in your org to see certain Power BI metadata (such as content titles and types, or open and sharing history) in Microsoft 365 services like search...
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| SharePoint Promoted Results Import into Microsoft Search - retirement MC565164 | May 31 - After July 15, 2023, we will be retiring the capability to directly import SharePoint Promoted Results in Microsoft Search.Note:This will not affect your tenant if you are not using this feature.
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| (Updated) Stream Classic webpart retirement and new Stream (on SharePoint) webpart availability MC561187 | May 30 - Updated May 30, 2023: We have updated the content to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.This is an important message for customers who use the Stream (Classic) webpart to add videos to SharePoint Pages and news posts. Microsoft will retire the Stream (Classic) webpart on Aug 15, 2023 and it will no longer be available for use after this date. The Stream (Classic) webpart will be replaced by the new Stream (on SharePoint) webpart.This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap:...
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| (Updated) IPv6 coming to Azure AD MC498471 | May 30 - Updated May 30, 2023: IPv6 support is rolling out globally across all Azure AD regions, which may have an impact on Azure Active Directory customers. Your users might experience blocks or receive more multi-factor authentication requests than usual. In such cases, we recommend reviewing your tenant’s sign-in logs. This impact on your tenant could be due to end users connecting from IPv6 ranges that are not configured in your tenant’s Named locations. To address this, please follow the steps...
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| Updated companion mode for Android meetings MC567504 | June 2 - This feature allows you to add your Android device to an ongoing meeting, making it easy to chat, react, share, and more. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109606
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| Introducing Dark Mode in Teams Admin Center MC567496 | June 2 - We're excited to announce the addition of Dark Mode for Teams Admin Center. This highly anticipated feature will offer a visually appealing interface while reducing eye strain.
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| Microsoft Defender for Identity: Classic portal automatic redirection MC567494 | June 2 - Beginningon June 30, 2023, access to Microsoft Defender for Identity legacy portal at portal.atp.azure.com will be unavailable.Any request will be automatically redirected to Microsoft 365 Defender portal at security.microsoft.com.All new and existing tenants will be automatically redirected to the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, and the option to opt-out will no longer be available.
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| Microsoft Viva: Campaign Hub, Search for Campaigns and Executive Sponsorship for Campaigns MC567479 | June 2 - Campaigns in Viva Engage is launching three new features: campaign hub, search category for campaigns, and executive sponsorship for campaigns. Users will be able to discover and find campaigns. Leaders will be able to sponsor the campaigns they support. Campaigns that have executive sponsors will also show up in Leadership Corner. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs: 124952 and 124953
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| Microsoft Defender for Office empowers end users to report suspicious messages in Microsoft Teams MC567478 | June 2 - Soon the ability for Microsoft Teams users to report messages within Teams as security risk will be turned on by default. Security risk messages could include ones that contain phishing or spam or malicious content, such as phishing URL or malware file, spam content. To learn how end users can report, see User reported message settings in Microsoft Teams.NOTE: This only applies to Microsoft for Defender Plan 2 customers or Microsoft E5/ Office E5 customers. This message is associated with...
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| Planned Maintenance: Nosie suppression in Stream will be down for limited time MC567476 | June 2 - We have maintenance planned for: Noise suppression in new Microsoft Stream
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| Microsoft Purview Records Management: Enhancing inherited and auto-applied retention label behavior in Exchange Online MC567472 | June 2 - We are releasing an enhancement to better align Exchange item lifecycle behaviors with the principles of retention and labeling principles shared with other workloads like SharePoint Online. This change affects items which have a Microsoft Purview retention label or legacy MRM tag auto-applied or inherited from a parent folder which is then moved to the "Deleted Items" folder either by drag & drop or manual deletion. It does not affect existing behavior for items that are 'permanently'...
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| Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel MC566393 | June 2 - We've released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel
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| Microsoft Intune In Development for June 2023 is now available MC566323 | June 1 - The In development for Microsoft Intunepage in our documentation has been updated.How does this affect me?The In development page provides a list of features in upcoming releases of Microsoft Intune to assist in your readiness and planning. The list has now been updated. You’ll start seeing these changes in the next month or in a subsequent release.What do I need to prepare for this change?You can inform your IT staff and helpdesk of the upcoming changes listed on this page. Plan to update your...
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| Follow up to MC510331: Microsoft Teams support for Targeted Release MC566315 | June 1 - Microsoft Teams will support Targeted Release for commercial cloud customers.With this support, users opted-in to Targeted Release will be the first production users to see the latest Microsoft Teams features and help shape the product by providing early feedback. Prior to this, Targeted Release provided early access to OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Office for the web, Microsoft 365 admin center and some components of Exchange Online. What is Targeted Release? Targeted release...
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| New Features in Teams Admin Center to Discover Azure Benefit Eligible Apps and View Unspent Azure Consumption Commitment MC553271 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Teams admins will soon be able to search for and identify monetized Teams apps are eligible to contribute towards an organization's Microsoft Azure consumption commitment (MACC) as well as view remaining unspent MACC for their organization.As part of this feature, the "Manage apps" tab of the Teams admin center (TAC) will include a new category in the "Browse by" filter and add new visuals in...
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| (Updated) OneDrive: Restore files to original location when turning off folder backup MC559933 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.OneDrive: Restore files to original location when turning off folder backup.This feature provides new functionality for users who turn off folder backup (also known as “PC folder backup” and “known folder move”). When users turn off folder backup, they will have the option to restore the files back to their original location. Note: when a folder contains files stored only in the cloud, those files will...
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| (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: updates to quarantine folder storage MC383875 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is making some changes to quarantine folder storage. The experience for users will remain the same and users can leverage the delete action to maintain the storage folder for their quarantined messages.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93302.
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| (Updated) Improved Connect/Disconnect Tracking in Group Visits MC549345 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We’ve enhanced the ability to discretely track each individual Connect & Disconnect when multiple Organizers or multiple Guests join a Microsoft Teams EHR Connector visit via Teams.
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| (Updated) New OneDrive Shared Experience MC514976 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.We have made updates to the Shared> Shared with you experience that lives in the left nav on OneDrive Web to make it easier for users to quickly get back to shared content. The refreshed OneDrive Shared with you view will enable users to find files and folders shared with them over email, chats, and meetings all in one place. In addition, users can identify updates to files by using the...
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| (Updated) Your To Do users will no longer be able to join shared lists from consumer accounts MC551021 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.In Microsoft To Do, users from your tenant can be members of lists that are shared with them through consumer accounts (sharing accounts can only be consumer accounts and not accounts from other organizations). We are retiring this feature in the near future.
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| (Updated) Video Messaging in Outlook Mobile MC540242 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Video Unfurl and Playback will unfurl video links into a delightful thumbnail when reading an email that contains a video. Upon tapping the thumbnail, the user will be able to view the video in their full mobile screen with full screen playback. Video Unfurl and Playback will be available on both iOS and Android soon.We're also introducing Video Capture and Upload on Android: this will allow users to...
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| (Updated) Teams Rooms: Windows 11 support for Teams Rooms on Windows devices MC537412 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: While our rollout plans have not changed, based on feedback from customers who need some additional time to test Windows 11, we are offering a temporary hold on Windows 11 upgrade to customers until November 20, 2023. Customers who want to utilize this option MUST follow these instructions before mid-June 2023 (before 4.17 app update) to delay upgrade to Windows 11. Instructions: Set this registry key to put the Windows 11 upgrade on an MTR on hold. Path:...
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| (Updated) SPO Site Sharing will now use Azure B2B Invitation Manager MC525663 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the content for clarity. Thank you for your patience.We are updating the SharePoint Online Site Sharing backend to use Azure B2B Invitation Manager instead of the legacy SharePoint Invitation Manager.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117557
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| (Updated) Pronouns on Profile Cards in Microsoft Teams and Outlook Web MC515531 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We’re adding a new feature to the profile card in Microsoft 365. Users in your organization will soon be able to add pronouns directly to their profile card in Outlook on the web and Teams. Pronouns are the words we use to replace someone's name in a sentence, such as “he,” “she,” or “they” in English.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86382 and 115511
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| (Updated) A new experience to search within chat and channels. MC554158 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are excited to introduce a new and improved experience to search within chats and channels.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122550
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| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Block Meeting Chat Access in External, Non-Trusted Meeting Joins MC561186 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have added a link to additional details.Microsoft Teams IT Admins will soon be able to block internal users from accessing chats when these users join meetings organized on external non-trusted tenants, including cross-cloud join. This release of Microsoft Teams' new meeting chat setting will be rolling out across MS Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide a new way for tenants to manage users' chat access in meetings hosted on external non-trusted tenants. This...
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| (Updated) SharePoint: New List Templates with Approvals MC525660 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are introducing two new list templates with the Approvals app integration. With this change, Microsoft Lists templates, specifically Travel Requests with approvals and Content Scheduler with approvals, will begin to leverage integration with the Approvals app in Microsoft Teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100502
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| (Updated) Webinar Email feature updates -customize content and time to send reminders MC549348 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Emails for Webinars are critical to engage with registrants and often organizers feel the need to customize the content. To enable this,we are rolling out two features. The content of the emails (i.e. all webinar related attendee emails) can be edited by the event organizers. This is reserved for Teams Premium licensed organizers.Time to send reminder emails can be configured by the event organizers....
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| (Updated) Teams update: Expanded view of the profile card in Teams MC494734 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Beginning in March, users in your organization will be able to use expanded views of the profile card in Teams. The expanded view is already available in Outlook and includes more information, like an overview of the profile, contact information, organizational chart, and LinkedIn tab.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109526.
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| (Updated) Planned Maintenance: Updates to mail encryption from external mail MC556775 | June 1 - Updated June 1, 2023: We have completed this maintenance and the mail will no longer be rejected/NDR. Thank you for your patience.We have maintenance planned for Exchange:
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| System preferred MFA method is Generally Available MC565271 | June 1 - In today's landscape, organizations and users utilize various authentication methods with varying levels of security. Unfortunately, users often select less secure MFA methods, even when more secure options are available. This may be due to convenience, lack of awareness, or technical limitations. To encourage the use of the strongest available method, we are introducing system-preferred authentication for MFA. This system prompts users to sign in with the most secure method they've registered...
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| Microsoft OneDrive: PDF Annotation and Interactable Form Fields MC565167 | May 31 - Using the "Edit" action in Microsoft OneDrive for the Web, you can seamlessly annotate with hand-drawn ink into your PDF documents and have your modifications automatically saved to your OneDrive account. Additionally, OneDrive for Web allows you to interact with form fields, making it simple for editing and modifying PDF documents.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124802
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| Handwriting Beautification and Ink Straightening for Microsoft Whiteboard MC565166 | May 31 - The ability to make handwriting more legible & readable is coming to Whiteboard for the web, Microsoft Teams, Windows app and Surface Hubs/MTR experiences as well as Annotations in Teams meetings. The new capability will enable smoother collaboration while using ink. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124897
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| Relocating Sync Command in OneDrive's My Files view to Settings MC565161 | May 31 - We are relocating the Sync command in OneDrive for Business Web for My Files. Currently the command is in the command bar, and we are moving it to the setting gear.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124902
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| Viva Learning content provider configuration feature will now be migrated to Viva Learning Admin tab MC565160 | May 31 - Currently content provider configuration for Viva Learning happens on the Microsoft 365 Admin center. We will be migrating the provider configuration capabilities on Manage providers in the Viva Learning admin tab, which is where we will continue to invest our development resources.
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| Teams Room Windows: Simplified Device Registration Process for Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal MC565156 | May 31 - We are pleased to announce an enhancement to the device registration process for Windows-based Teams Rooms devices on the Pro Management portal, aimed at making it more convenient for IT admins.With the upcoming Teams Rooms app update (v. 4.17) scheduled for release by the end of June 2023, we have streamlined the registration process for Windows-based Teams Rooms devices. IT admins will no longer need to manually download and install the Pro Management agent on each device. Instead, the Pro...
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| Answers in Viva Information Panel MC565146 | May 31 - Next month, more enhancements for Answers in Viva will be available for Microsoft Viva customers. Admins will see a new information panel appear in the right column of the Answers tab within the Viva Engage app in Microsoft Teams, and on Yammer.com.Answers is a conversational experience for asking questions and connecting people to answers that lives within Viva Engage. The new information panel in Answers helps you provide bespoke guidance to your employees to support their use of Answers in...
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| Answers-focused view in Viva Engage MC565144 | May 31 - Next month, more enhancements for Answers in Viva will be available for Microsoft Viva customers. A new Answers-focused view will be rolling out for organizations with limited Viva Engage communities to help focus their Viva Engage experience on asking and answers questions.Answers is a conversational experience for asking questions and connecting people to answers that lives within Viva Engage. Organizations with two or fewer active Viva Engage communities will gain the ability for a global...
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| Viva Learning content provider configuration feature will now be available in Viva Learning Admin tab MC565139 | May 31 - Provider configuration will now be available on Viva Learning Admin tab. Admins can add/edit/delete the LMS, 3P and global learning providers directly from Manage providers in Viva Learning app. The existing configuration capabilities on M365 Admin centre will no longer be available by 15th June.
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| Microsoft Teams: Breakout rooms support and Select Together Mode for everyone on Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows MC564198 | May 31 - The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.17 update includes new in-meeting experiences including: Breakout room supportChoose your Together Mode scene and select it for everyoneThis message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95680, 126105
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| Microsoft 365 admin center: Adoption Score Default On MC564197 | May 31 - Adoption Score in the Microsoft 365 admin center will soon be enabled by default without the need to opt-in before first use. If you want to opt-out, you can still navigate to the Adoption Score dashboard and opt-outof the experience. Adoption Score continues to be backed by Microsoft’s commitment to user-level privacy.
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| Microsoft Stream: Playlist View in SharePoint List Webpart MC564196 | May 31 - Users can soon select a playlist to be displayed in the list webpart in the full-blown playlist view along with video playback.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124808
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| Introducing zooming controls while viewing screenshare MC564195 | May 31 - This change is applicable to Microsoft Teams users using meetings and calls.Users in a Teams call or meeting will now see new buttons to zoom in, zoom out and restore the original size of the incoming screenshare. This will greatly enhance the experience of users viewing screenshare. (Ability to zoom was previously only available using pinch to zoom gesture on trackpad or other shortcuts.)This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 116010.
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| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap (Premium) MC537956 | May 30 - Updated May 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Users with a Teams Premium license will now be able to access a comprehensive meeting overview in the new ‘Recap’ tab in Teams, which leverages AI to provide personalized highlights and key insights from the meeting. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122529
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| (Updated) Modern Commenting Experience Coming to Whiteboard MC477852 | May 30 - Updated May 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.With comments you can share your thoughts, celebrate with your teammates, or just have a conversation in Microsoft Whiteboard.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 98083
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| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Two-way lobby chat MC554156 | May 30 - Updated May 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The Virtual Appointments app provides a central hub for all your virtual appointments needs in Microsoft Teams. The app enables a seamless end-to-end experience for business-to-customer engagements.Queue view in Virtual Appointments app is a premium advanced virtual appointment feature that allows businesses to Empower employees to manage and service scheduled and on-demand virtual appointments in one...
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| (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Viva Goals Usage Report MC541159 | May 30 - Updated May 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.A new report will be made available to help you understand how Viva Goals is used within your organization. The new usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center will provide metrics on the number of active users including trial and paid licenses and platform distribution (Teams, Slack, Azure DevOps, and Web) with the ability to view 7/30/90/180 day timeframes.This message is associated with Microsoft...
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| (Updated) Breakout Rooms participant shuffle MC549343 | May 30 - Updated May 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Breakout Rooms Participant Shuffle delivers a new capability to randomly assign participants to rooms also after rooms are created.Participants can be randomly reassigned both prior to the meeting or during the live meeting. Shuffling can be applied to all participants or only to unassigned participants, re-distributing them evenly to existing rooms.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap...
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| May skilling snacks: Bite-sized learning for IT pros MC564080 | May 30 - Catch up on our special learning series for continued professional development in IT pro topics. These weekly selections of already existing, public resources are packaged in a way that is easy to consume in under two hours. It’s meant for all skill levels: those who are new to IT and seasoned vets looking for refresher or mentoring materials. This month, review Windows Update for Business deployment service, best practices for shared and frontline Windows devices, and Windows Update for...
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