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References and Information Resources

 

Microsoft 365 Public Roadmap
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Stay on top of Office 365 changes
Here are a few ways that you can stay on top of the Office 365 updates in your organization.

Microsoft Tech Community for Public Sector
Your community for discussion surrounding the public sector, local and state governments.

 

 

Microsoft 365 for US Government Service Descriptions

 

 

 

Be a Learn-it-all

 

The 2020 on-demand Microsoft Build session catalog is here

48-hours of non-stop developer goodness generates amazing content—and you helped bring it to life. Check out our on-demand sessions.

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Teams for Government Training Series

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Live training accessible via Teams Live Event aka.ms/learnTeamsforGov

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Also available: VOD options of past events 

 

 

 

Newsworthy Highlights

 

Introducing Microsoft Adoption

We want to ensure you get the most from our services to deliver your business outcomes. The Microsoft 365 adoption community and resources are here to support your journey.

 

PowerShell Basics: How to Delete Microsoft Teams Cache for All Users

Quickly clear Teams cache for testing and troubleshooting

 

Auditing and Logging: Designing SaaS service implementations to meet federal policy 

Meeting federal mandates with SaaS services, a deep dive on auditing and logging.  

 

How To Manage Federal Taxpayer Information In Microsoft Teams

Defining FTI and Consequences of Non-Compliance

 

Microsoft Bookings will be available on August 18th for Office 365 Government GCC

GCC customers are being notified that Microsoft Bookings will be available and released as on by default to all eligible Office 365 Government GCC customers on August 18th.

 

Reply-All Storm Protection releasing

This feature will temporarily block Reply-Alls under certain criteria, helping to eliminate these distractions that can disrupt business continuity.

 

SharePoint 2010 Workflow Retirement

SharePoint 2010 workflows will be retired starting August 2020. To mitigate the impact for customers using SharePoint 2010 workflows, we recommend migrating to Power Automate or other supported solutions.

 

Enable communication site experience on classic team sites

Allows SharePoint admins and site owners to enable the modern communication site experience on any classic team site that meets certain requirements including the root site.

 

MC210713 – SharePoint Designer features deprecation

An issue has been identified affecting SharePoint Designer functionality for creating custom Forms within SharePoint Online. 

 

MC217890: Advanced eDiscovery Rollout Status

GCC rollout completed July 31

GCCH and DOD delayed, expected complete by mid-September

 

 

 

Microsoft 365 IP & URL Endpoint Updates

 

08 July 2020 – GCC

28 July 2020 – GCC High

28 July 2020 – DOD

 

Roadmap Changes This Month

 

 

Public Roadmap New Additions

 

AIP scanner for on-premises available for DoD

DOD

Q3 CY2020

Microsoft Translation is coming to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in GCC-High

GCCH

Q3 CY2020

Microsoft Forms: New Office 365 Header

GCC | GCCH | DOD

JUL CY2020

AIP Unified Labeling client for Windows available for Government clouds (DoD)

DOD

Q3 CY2020

Outlook for Android: Two way synchronization with local Calendar

GCC | GCCH | DOD

JUL CY2020

Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection: Configuration Analyzer

GCC | GCCH | DOD

AUG CY2020

Exchange:   Linux and PowerShell v7.0 Support to the Exchange Online V2 PowerShell Module

GCC | GCCH | DOD

JAN CY2021

SharePoint: Centralized management for hub permissions

GCC | GCCH | DOD

JUL CY2020

SharePoint: Portal Launch wizard in SharePoint PowerShell

GCC | GCCH | DOD

Q3 CY2020

SharePoint: Site Performance Page for Site Owners and Editors

GCC | GCCH | DOD

Q3 CY2020

OneDrive: Move and keep sharing

GCC | GCCH | DOD

Q3 CY2020

OneDrive: Mute comment notifications

GCC | GCCH | DOD

Q3 CY2020

OneDrive: Sync admin reports

GCC | GCCH | DOD

Q4 CY2020

OneDrive: Consolidation of OneDrive-SharePoint admin centers

GCC | GCCH | DOD

Q4 CY2020

Microsoft Teams: Read Receipts in GCC High and DoD

GCCH | DOD

AUG CY2020

Microsoft Teams – Multi-Window Chat

GCC | GCCH |DOD

JUL CY2020

Microsoft Teams: Spellchecker added for Teams desktop client on GCCH and DoD clouds

GCCH | DOD

JUL CY2020

Microsoft Teams meeting attendee limit increases to 300 participants for GCC, GCC-H, and DoD

GCC | GCCH |DOD

JUL CY2020

Microsoft Teams – New meeting lobby configuration setting available for PowerShell and Teams Admin Center

GCC

Q3 CY202

Microsoft Teams: Power Apps app for Teams for GCC-High

GCCH 

Q3 CY2020

Microsoft Teams: Avaya Session Border Controllers certified for Direct Routing

GCC | GCCH |DOD

Q3 CY2020

Microsoft Teams: Shift Schedule Assistance

GCC

Q3 CY2020

 

 

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