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...

Teams 9x9 video in meetings should be hitting your tenant soon

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This is another feature many have been waiting for. An increase in the number of simultaneous video streams in a meeting is supposed to be rolling out late April / Early May.

According to the road-map this will automatically be available, but the client will try to decide the best view for each user based upon media and video quality (network capability). It can be an idea to inform the users of this, so they understand why (potentially) their meetings might have 2x2 OR 3x3 video layout.