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 Premium licenses (Trial) available

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Trial licenses for Teams premium are now available for self-signup for users. These licenses are valid for 60 days. Teams premium licenses includes a lot of enhancement for teams like:

  • Customization of meeting templates for your organization
  • Organization branding in to meeting lobbies
  • Customization of meeting backgrounds and applying custom scenes for Together mode throughout your organization.
  • Live translated captions during meetings
  • Translation of post-meeting transcriptions
  • Advanced Virtual Appointments
  • Advanced, high-quality webinars
  • Help safeguard confidential information with enhanced protection for your organization
  • Meeting recap
These are all great features, and innovative employees might already have signed up for these licenses. But not all organizations appreciate the self signup of features they are not yet ready to support the new features. For companies who wants to disable this feature, the self signup can be controlled through the MSCommerce PowerShell module, not just for Teams premium bot a few others as well.