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- Hi, I'm Arthur. - And I'm Vivian.
- And we're your host for What's New at Microsoft 365.
And today, we're gonna talk about what's new in July.
Last month, we came on the show
and introduced ourselves as content creators,
but we wanted to take a step back for a second
and actually share what we do.
- We are writers here at Microsoft
and we're part of teams that create the Support content
that you might find on support.office.com
and support.microsoft.com.
So, while we have working knowledge of the features
that we're covering in these monthly updates,
we're by no means the subject matter experts
or authorities on the topic,
but we're here to learn more and to help you learn more
by getting you the information you need.
And in some cases, we'll even take you to the experts
so they can share updates with you directly.
- Before we get started on this month's updates,
we wanted to address last month's video.
We asked for your thoughts about the show
and you guys delivered.
We've read all of your comments
and appreciate you taking the time to share them.
First off, thanks so much to everyone
for continuing to watch this series as it evolves.
We're still experimenting
with the right formula for the show,
and a lot of what you see
will come from the direct feedback you share with us.
- We understand the reputation that the series has
and we hope to evolve the show
as thoughtfully and responsibly as we can.
And as we continue to experiment
with this format in the coming months,
we really hope you guys will stay with us for the ride.
- We'd also like to thank people
who shared constructive feedback on how to improve.
We received several comments for the full agenda,
so we're bringing it back this month.
You'll find it on the left side of the screen
to keep you on track
with all the new and exciting features we'll be covering.
Speaking of new features,
let's get started with this month's updates.
We're starting off with new updates to help you discover
and protect against cybersecurity threats.
Thanks to FIDO technologies, if you're an admin,
you'll be happy to hear that you can now provide users
with secure, passwordless access
to apps and services to Azure AD.
With this feature, you can assign passwordless credentials
to users and groups, and even allow self-service signups.
Check out these steps
to enable passwordless sign-in for Azure AD.
- I believe this was announced back in the spring,
but Microsoft Threat & Vulnerability Management, or TVM,
is now available to the general public.
Let's chat briefly with an expert
to find out more about this update.
I'm here with Heike Ritter.
She is a senior product manager
for the M365 Security's Group,
and she's here to talk to us today about TVM.
- Thanks for having me.
- Thanks for joining us on set.
First of all, what is TVM
and what does it do for our customers?
- So, TVM stands for Threat & Vulnerability Management
and it helps customers to discover, prioritize,
and remediate threat and vulnerabilities on their endpoint.
Threat & Vulnerability Management
is a new capability of Microsoft Defender ATP,
which is our endpoint security solution.
- And if I don't have Microsoft Defender ATP,
how can I try this out?
- So, customers can actually sign up for a trial.
They just go to this link and then sign up
and start discovering threats and vulnerabilities
and misconfigurations on their endpoint.
- Awesome.
Well, thanks so much for joining us today.
- Thank you.
- Moving on to Productivity and Collaboration,
if you're using Outlook on the Desktop,
you can now add polls to your Outlook emails
with Microsoft Quick Polls.
When you send out a poll via email,
recipients can vote directly from there
or click a link in their email to vote in their browser.
Then you can check poll results
directly from the voting card in your email.
To start creating polls, all you need to do
is download the Quick Polls add-in for Outlook.
- There's something new for Outlook on the web too.
Now you can easily book meeting rooms.
In a meeting invite, you'll be able to see
which rooms are available and search by city or room.
You can even view which rooms are available
during a recurring event.
Yammer's also getting a new update this month.
The Yammer team introduced a new feature
to help questions stand out from the general discussion.
As a post author or a group admin, you can now mark
the best response to questions as a Best Answer,
making it stand out to users looking for answers.
This update will roll out to all users this summer.
- If you wanna collaborate more in Microsoft To-Do,
you'll be happy to hear that you can now assign a task
to someone on a shared to-do list.
Just @ mention someone to assign them to a task
and everyone on the shared list will be able to see it.
The Excel team also added new charts
to help better visualize rich data.
To try it out, select Insert, Charts,
to explore the new options.
- For those working in IT Management,
the public preview for Desktop Analytics is now available.
Desktop Analytics is an intelligent cloud service
that helps you make decisions
about the readiness of your Windows clients
ahead of upcoming Windows 10 deployments.
Basically, it's designed to create an inventory
of the Windows apps running in your organization.
You can then assess app capability
with the latest feature update of Windows 10.
To try it out, go to your Config Manager console
and enable the service from there.
- Also available for IT admins, there's a new
and improved Office app experience in virtual environments.
FSLogix technology is now available,
which will improve the performance of Office 365 ProPlus
in multi-user virtual environments.
This is now available at no additional cost
for Microsoft 365 customers.
Also, Windows Server 2019 will support Office 365 ProPlus
and OneDrive Files On-Demand in the coming months.
And lastly, Outlook, OneDrive,
and Microsoft Teams are getting new capabilities
that will improve the experience in a virtual environment.
- Now we have a series of quick updates to end with.
Are you ready?
- Yes.
- A new, faster, modern experience
for Outlook on the web has arrived.
Sign in and check out Outlook's latest paint job.
- The OneDrive Personal Vault is now here,
which is a protected area in OneDrive
that only you can access via a strong authentication method
or a second step of identify verification.
- Microsoft Teams has several updates this month.
Now, teams will help users
prioritize time-sensitive communication,
manage interactions more across teams and schedules,
and simplify IT management of teams.
For small business owners,
we have six Outlook mobile tips and tricks
to help you save time and get more done quickly,
like using powerful search in your inbox
or managing your email.
- And in South Africa, Office 365 services
are now available from the South African data center
from cloud regions based in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
- Okay, that's all we've got for July updates.
Thanks again, everyone, for hanging with us this month.
Like we mentioned earlier,
we're still tweaking the series format,
so just like last time,
leave us your thoughts and comments down below
and we'll see you next month.
- Bye.
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