128 new updates were launched or rolling out in September! View my take on those with potential eDiscovery Impact and my comments at my Roadmap table. Per last month’s comments, the new Purview Portal Hub UI is the big news. I call EVERYONE’s attention to 415454 (second one below) that the Classic Purview portal will be retired END OF THE YEAR. The new Portal is still in preview mode and a known navigation bug may require you to use this link – https://purview.microsoft.com/ediscovery/casespage – to directly access the new portal (the bug is still blocking my tenant). This means that corporate eDiscovery teams and those who support them ‘may’ have less than 2 months to test and adapt their workflows, search, holds, etc. to the new UI. Given how unreasonable this sounds in light of the potential risks, I hope that MSFT will push this accessibility date back and just lock the ability to create new cases in the older UI. I hope to create a full Geek Guide page on the new Portal UI asap after I recover from my obligatory conference cold and backlog.
| Feature | Impact | eDJ | Description | Details | Tags – Product | Tags – Release phase | Release | Last Modified |
| 417158 | 2 | I wonder where the individual replies are stored. | Microsoft Teams: Private moderator replies to individual attendees | Allows moderators to answer questions from specific attendees without displaying the reply to the other participants. This capability can be helpful for sensitive questions, personal inquiries, or follow-up discussions that are not intended to be broadcast to the entire audience. | Microsoft Teams | General Availability | 11/1/2024 | 9/30/2024 |
| 415454 | 5 | ALERT – While I believe this deadline will have to be pushed by customer outcry, peers should immediately evaluate the new Portal and how to adapt their workflows. | Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Classic Microsoft Purview Compliance portal will be retired by end of 2024 | Classic Microsoft Purview Compliance portal will be retired by 2024 and the new Microsoft Purview portal will provide all existing capabilities and more. The new Purview portal offers a streamlined design and a unified experience, allowing you to discover and access data security, data governance, and risk and compliance solutions for all your data, wherever it resides across your data estate. | Microsoft Purview compliance portal | General Availability | 12/1/2024 | 9/19/2024 |
| 413115 | 1 | Collaborative content complicates ‘custodianship’ of potential evidence. Viva announcements are a common relevant data location for EEOC and other HR related matters. | Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify – Collaborative authoring | Multiple authors can collaborate on a Viva Amplify publication at the same time. | Microsoft Viva | General Availability, Targeted Release | 1/1/2025 | 9/30/2024 |
| 411573 | 2 | AI generated notes/tasks for ad-hoc Teams calls raises the risk that the meeting organizer will not review/correct the content. | Microsoft Teams: Intelligent recap support for ad-hoc meetings and calls | Intelligent recap is available for ad-hoc meetings and calls, like those started from ‘Meet now’ and started from chat. Now, Teams Premium and Copilot for Microsoft 365 licensed users can easily browse the recording by speakers and topics, as well as access AI-generated notes, AI-generated tasks, and name mentions after the ad-hoc meeting ends. | Microsoft Teams | Targeted Release, General Availability | 11/1/2024 | 9/5/2024 |
| 410985 | 1 | I wonder when the first FOIA request for meeting recaps will hit a government agency… | Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Recap for GCC High environment | Intelligent meeting recap uses AI to provide a quick summary of your meeting, highlighting key discussion points, identifying follow-up actions, and offering quick access to significant points such as name mentions, when a screen was shared, individualized speaker markers, topics, and chapters. | Microsoft Teams | General Availability | 11/1/2024 | 9/26/2024 |
| 410246 | 2 | Admin console and Power BI utilization reports are an underutilized resource for eDiscovery scoping. Adding Copilot metrics helps understand if the service is being active used by custodians or departments. | Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports – Microsoft 365 Copilot extension usage | See usage of Microsoft 365 Copilot enabled apps (Copilot Extensions) in your organization. | Microsoft 365 Admin Center | General Availability | 11/1/2024 | 9/30/2024 |
| 396571 | 2 | It will be interesting to test this functionality to see whether it includes inactive (departed) users and associated aliases. | Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview portal now supports user search functionality | Our global search feature now enables you to search for users within your organization. You’ll find basic information such as names and email addresses. Additionally, if you have role management privileges, you can view assigned role groups and admin units. This means now you can search for navigational results, data, learning resources, and also for users within your organization. | Microsoft Purview compliance portal | General Availability | 9/1/2024 | 9/17/2024 |
| 396562 | 3 | Copilot activities are already surfaced in Purview eDiscovery. Graph will enable Pshell, custom apps and partner apps to access this new information. | Microsoft Graph: Graph API – Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage | Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage will be added to the Microsoft Graph API, allowing for the creation of customized reporting and analytics. Metrics included in the Graph API will match those available in the Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center, including tenant-level count of enabled users and active users, as well as last activity date per user (all up and per Microsoft 365 app). | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Graph, Microsoft 365 Admin Center | Preview, General Availability | 11/1/2024 | 9/26/2024 |
| 392456 | 1 | While retention labels are generally not critical ESI metadata, I can see edge cases where bulk replacement of a retention class across a tenant could result in unexpected or explained data expiry. | Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Bulk replacement or removal of a retention label | Admins can perform a bulk replacement or removal of a retention label using the Purview compliance portal. They can perform the action across the entire tenant or targeted to specific content using KQL and static or adaptive scopes. | Microsoft Purview compliance portal | General Availability, Preview | 9/1/2025 | 9/6/2024 |
| 383744 | 5 | The new Portal is available in Preview mode in many/most tenants already. Given that they plan to end of life the current UI end of year, this puts pressure on companies to test and adapt their workflows. | Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Modern eDiscovery in new Microsoft Purview Portal | Introducing a modernized user interface for key eDiscovery workflows, with simplified creation for cases, searches, and holds. Enhanced data source management allows for easy mapping of all data locations for users, groups, or Teams, with the ability to query location changes and frequent collaborator mapping. New search features include the ability to conduct precise searches using identifier (message ID), sensitivity labels, audit log, or evidence file. View key search statistics trends, including top data sources, sensitive information types, and content types. Long-running processes such as add to review and export now provide full visibility on progress and ETA, with detailed reporting on settings, query input, and item-level location reporting upon completion. | Microsoft Purview compliance portal | General Availability, Preview | 11/1/2024 | 9/5/2024 |
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