Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labels: Sensitivity label grouping modernization coming this fall (?)

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There is a change coming to Microsoft Purview Information Protection that simplifies sensitivity label architecture. The goal is to make label management easier, more scalable, and less rigid for organizations. The new model will only include standalone labels and sublabels. Parent labels will be replaced by label groups, which act as organizational containers. These groups cannot be applied to content and have no actions or scope, but they retain color and priority for visual organization. Hopefully, this change will make it much easier to move labels around and make other changes in production: for example, converting a standalone label into a sublabel or moving sublabels between groups without breaking dependencies.  From my experience, this update solves one of the biggest challenges in large environments: rigid label hierarchies. The new dynamic model gives admins the agility they need to adapt quickly as compliance and business needs evolve. For admins, migration will be quic...

Microsoft is adding Google as an identity provider for B2B guest users

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This is strictly not a Teams feature, but it does give the advantage of inviting gmail users to your Teams Team natively.

There is no need to do any changes for those users with gmail accounts you already have invited, as they have created their personal Microsoft accounts. But if you and the google admins want to create a B2B connections, users no longer have to create those personal accounts.

The guidelines for Google B2B setup can be found here. And according to a recent message in the Admin portal in Office 365, it should already be available in preview.