How Microsoft Purview DLP currently can help you protect confidential data in Copilot.

Organizations today face a difficult balancing act. Business leaders are eager to adopt tools like Microsoft Copilot to unlock productivity and innovation. Meanwhile, IT and security teams are concerned about safeguarding sensitive information, especially as AI-driven features process vast amounts of organizational data. This tension is real: enabling advanced capabilities without compromising compliance or data protection is a challenge every modern enterprise must solve. Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is a key solution to this problem. It provides mechanisms to prevent confidential data from being exposed or misused, even in scenarios involving AI. I want to highlight two features designed to help organizations in controlling what is being processed by Copilot. Blocking Documents Based on Sensitivity Labels One of the foundational features of Purview DLP is its ability to enforce policies based on Microsoft Information Protection sensitivity labels. If your organization...

(Late) January update from the world of Teams


I know it's February already, but here is a summary of news related to Teams and SFB in January. There is a lot going on, and hard to point out specific highlights. I think the Teams Team is doing a great job at updating the documentation, and we should expect more updates in the next couple of weeks.

Administration and training:
Call Park Admin: (here)
Call sharing and group pickup Admin: (here)
Shared Line Appearance: (here)
Call Park Userguide: (here)
Share a line with a delegate Userguide: (here)
Call forwarding, call groups and sim-ring Userguide: (here)

Feature releases:
Microsoft Teams is continuing to expand to meet the needs of Firstline Workers with 4 capabilities: the new customizable mobile experience, Shifts, Praise, and Graph APIs for Shifts. (here)
Yealink phones available for Teams: (here)
Updates to the Teams desktop client: (here)
What's new in the mobile app: (here)

Upcoming events:
Couldn't make it to Ignite in Orlando? Try catching up by attending the Ignite Tour closer to you: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ignite-the-tour/

Skype for Business:
Server SFB2015-CU8: (here)
Server Lync2013 CU10HF1: (here)
Client 2016: (here)
Client 2015: (here)
Mac version 16.24 (here)

Blogs of interest:
December roundup from Microsoft: (here)
Become a Service Adoption Specialist: (here)
Introducung Teams Rooms: (here)
Office 365 Network Performance tool: (here)