By, Bill Beehner Last Updated: 081645EMAR25 March 4, 2025 DVR in town halls Attending a town hall is more flexible than ever with new DVR capabilities. No need to wait for the recording—pause, rewind, or skip forward in previously streamed content during the event. To learn more, see Attend a town hall in Microsoft Teams. Storyline…
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Future Trends and Best Practices in Trustworthy AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a futuristic concept to an integral component of contemporary industry practices. A staggering 95% of organizations are either planning to adopt AI or have already done so, with 65% realizing business value from generative AI in 2024. Despite this widespread adoption, the foundation of this transformation rests on trust….
Transforming Public Sector Workflows with Microsoft 365 Copilot
Enhancing Productivity with Microsoft 365 Copilot for Government Community Cloud (GCC) Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC is specifically designed to boost productivity and streamline workflows across a diverse array of public sector applications. Below are some potential use cases where Copilot can make a significant impact: Policy Analysis Public sector entities often grapple with vast…
Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud Rollout Plan for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft announced the phased rollout of Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC, designed to enhance productivity and streamline operations. The rollout will occur in two waves, ensuring that key functionalities are delivered upfront, with additional features introduced over the following months. The introduction of Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC marks a significant step forward in enhancing…
Microsoft Teams Public Preview & Targeted Releases – August 2024 Roll-up
August 19, 2024 Rename a team’s general channel You now have the ability to rename your team’s General channel in Microsoft Teams. This feature allows you to customize the channel name to better suit your team’s specific needs and make it more identifiable in the list of teams and channels. Both team owners and members…
Microsoft Teams Public Preview & Targeted Release Updates – July 2024 Roll-up
July 31, 2024 Find Shared Content in Chat You can now easily access shared links and files within a Teams chat by selecting the Shared tab. This feature allows you to quickly locate specific content using the search bar or by filtering results through the Recent, Files, or Links tabs. Show or Hide the Discover Feed To manage the visibility of the Discover…
Revolutionizing Writing: An Intro to Semantic Index in Copilot for Microsoft 365
In today’s digital landscape, productivity tools that streamline creative processes have become indispensable. One such innovative feature is the Semantic Index within Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Apps, a cutting-edge AI-assisted writing tool integrated with Microsoft 365. This tool has the potential to revolutionize the way we write and the way we create content. Here…
M365 Team Discovers Phishing Email Pushing WinRAR Exploit
SOURCE: otx.alienvault.com | Created: 2 years ago | Updated: 2 months ago CVE Overview: In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.61, There is path traversal vulnerability when crafting the filename field of the ACE format (in UNACEV2.dll). When the filename field is manipulated with specific patterns, the destination (extraction) folder is ignored, thus treating…
Microsoft Teams Minimum Viable Secure Configuration Baseline / Draft Version 0.1
Source: CISA | Released: October 2022 | By: Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) Microsoft Teams is a text and live chat workspace in Microsoft 365 (M365) that supports videocalls, chat messaging, screen-sharing, and file sharing. It has a permission-based teamstructure for managing calls and files. Microsoft teams also enables teams to manage their ownuser access…
OneDrive for Business Minimum Viable Secure Configuration Baseline
Source: CISA | Released: October 2022 | By: Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) OneDrive for Business is a cloud-based file storage system with online editing andcollaboration tools for Microsoft Office documents and is part of Office 365. OneDrive forBusiness facilitates synchronization across multiple devices and enables secure, compliant,and intelligent collaboration with multiple people.This security baseline…