Microsoft 365 GCC High Roadmap Updates
Microsoft continues to make enhancements to the GCC High platform. Here are some hand-picked updates from our Government Services Team. Check them out and please feel free to reach out to our Government Community Services Team if you have questions.
JUNE
Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Priority Account Protection for Government clouds
We're extending Priority Account Protection to cover customers in government clouds. With Priority Account Protection in Defender for Office 365, security teams can now prioritize focus on critical individuals within the organization, offer them differentiated protection and thwart costly breaches in the process. These Priority account tags and filters will surface throughout the product, including in alerts, Threat Explorer, Campaign Views, and reports.
- Feature ID: 93291
- Product(s): Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Teams: Exchange Contacts available in Calling pickers
Exchange contacts with associated phone numbers will be available as part of the drop down selection in all Calling people pickers, such as the Dialer or call transfer, for customers that have PSTN enabled.
- Feature ID: 93050
- Product(s): Microsoft Teams
- Platform(s): Desktop, Web, iOS, Android
MAY
Microsoft 365 compliance center: Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management - Multi-stage disposition review (US Government clouds)
This update allows organizations to use a multi-stage disposition process, including multiple stakeholders and reviews before deleting the content.
- Feature ID: 82110
- Product(s): Microsoft Compliance center
Exchange: Adding Outbound support for DNSSEC or DANE for SMTP to Exchange Online
Microsoft is committed to providing world-class email security solutions and the support for the latest Internet standards to provide advanced email protection for our customers. With this change we are adding outbound Support for DNSSEC or DANE for SMTP to Exchange Online.
· Feature ID: 88876
· Product(s): Exchange
APRIL
Microsoft 365 compliance center: Insider Risk Management analytics for Government clouds
Preview: December 2021
GA: April 2022 (General Availability)
The Microsoft 365 Insider Risk Management solution will provide aggregated and anonymized analytics to help identify potential insider risk activity within the organization. This is currently available in public preview.
- Feature ID: 82129
- Product(s): Microsoft Compliance center
Microsoft Information Protection: New conditions for auto-labeling in Exchange Online (Gov clouds)
GA: February 2022 (General Availability)
An auto-labeling policy can now apply a label to Exchange Online email based on sender, recipient, subject, or header matches without requiring a scan for sensitive content. More info
- Feature ID: 85557
- Product(s): Microsoft Information Protection
MARCH
Microsoft Teams: Support of Live Caption for Teams on VDI for Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365
GA: March 2022 (General Availability)
Teams users on Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 on virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) will be able to use live captions. Live captions display the text version of the audio during the call. Item has been delayed and is being rescheduled.
- Feature ID: 85693
- Product(s): Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Quarantine support for shared mailboxes
GA: March 2022 (General Availability)
Users who have been granted delegate access to shared mailbox either through direct access or security group access will be able to triage the quarantine folder items of those mailboxes. This makes managing the quarantine for shared mailboxes easier for users. More info
- Feature ID: 88931
- Product(s): Exchange, Microsoft Defender for Office 365
