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...

Collaborative notes now also on mobile, a combined picker for gifs emojis and stickers and a multi account meeting plugin for Outlook.

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Collaborative notes in Teams meetings is a feature that allows meeting attendees to work together to create agendas, take notes, and generate action items. However, until now, this feature has not been supported on mobile clients. This is about to change, as the roadmap item 128652 is set to roll out this month.

Microsoft Teams is introducing a new feature that combines emojis, GIFs, and stickers into one picker. With this update, emojis, GIFs, and stickers will be combined in one picker under the smiley face icon. Clicking the smiley face will open the new feature. This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84023, and should be rolling out this month.

The Teams Meeting Add-in in Outlook now supports multi-tenant and multi-account scenarios. This means that if you’re signed into multiple tenants in Teams, the Teams Meeting button in Outlook will create a meeting invite link for the tenant you’re currently signed into. This obviously requires the user to be using the new version of Teams.