by Scott Muniz | Aug 5, 2021 | Security, Technology
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by Contributed | Aug 4, 2021 | Technology
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Initial Update: Wednesday, 04 August 2021 17:07 UTC
We are aware of issues within Application Insights data ingestion in the Korea Central and India West regions and are actively investigating. The issues began at 16:24 UTC. Some customers may experience delayed or missed Metric Alerts and metric data gaps.
- Next Update: Before 08/04 18:30 UTC
We are working hard to resolve this issue and apologize for any inconvenience.
-Jack
by Contributed | Aug 4, 2021 | Technology
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Since we first announced users could save Teams meetings recordings in Microsoft 365, we’ve clocked immense progress – with most users now saving their Teams meetings recordings by default on OneDrive and SharePoint than on Classic Stream. With this switch, users are enjoying many new benefits from meeting recordings being better integrated with Microsoft 365, including: easy share controls and external sharing capabilities, improved video management, advanced compliance and governance, and much more.
In line with the vision for Stream (built on SharePoint), and to bring these increased benefits to all our users, all new Teams meeting recordings will soon be saved to OneDrive and SharePoint – with rollout beginning incrementally from August 16, 2021.
Major updates to transcript coverage and controlling downloads.
Central to the changes we’re making are our users’ needs. Thus, alongside our efforts to transition meeting recordings to Microsoft 365, we’ve been gathering your feedback – resulting in the following product updates and feature accelerations to ensure a more accessible and secure product:
Generating Teams live transcription for all meetings to ensure closed captions are available during playback in Microsoft 365:
- Available today: Teams Live Transcription with speaker attribution has been expanded to all Office and Microsoft 365 license types.
- Rolling out by August: Live transcription will always be generated when a user clicks ‘Start recording’ on desktop client.
- Rolling out by August: Live transcription will be available across all meeting types, including channel meetings and ad-hoc meetings.
- Rolling out by August: Live transcription and live captions will be available for 15 additional spoken languages.
Downloading and editing a transcript file:
- Available today: Users can download the transcript file from the Teams meeting ‘Transcripts’ tab, where users can edit and share the file manually with others.
- Under development: Improvements to the above flow by allowing users to download the transcript file from the video player itself, make changes locally, and upload the file to the player so that the changes are reflected in the closed captions.
- Other immediate options to edit transcripts within the video player: users can download recordings from ODSP and upload to Classic Stream, where a transcript will be generated on-demand and users can edit the transcript within the video itself.
- If you have questions about this or other features, please contact support through your M365 Admin Center or your account manager.
Blocking the downloads of meeting recordings is now available for all users in ODSP:
- Available today: Block downloads for non-channel meeting recordings has been rolled out and turned on by default for all recordings.
- Available today: Block downloads for channel meeting recordings has been rolled out and admins may enable this feature through a new Teams policy setting.
To learn more about these updates, admins can see Message Center post 222640. Microsoft is excited about these updates that will bring higher quality and more accurate transcription to more people and languages than ever before.
What else is happening with Teams meeting recordings stored in Microsoft 365?
The changes above fall within the broader context of the work we’re doing with Stream (on SharePoint). Several other features have begun lighting up for Teams meeting recordings stored in Microsoft 365 including:
- Now available: Auto-recording – Meeting owners can set meetings to automatically start recording.
- Now available: Stream start page – Search and manage meeting recordings from the new Stream start page (stream.office.com)
- Rolling out: Stream video player – Watch recordings from the new Stream web player.
- Under development: Auto-expiration of meeting recordings – learn more about this feature.
To learn more about these, and other upcoming features for Stream (on SharePoint), click here.
In a nutshell, be ready for new experiences with Teams meeting recordings in Microsoft 365.
by Scott Muniz | Aug 4, 2021 | Security
This article was originally posted by the FTC. See the original article here.
Have you gotten an alarming text message about your unemployment insurance benefits from what seems to be your state workforce agency? You’re not alone. Identity thieves are targeting millions of people nationwide with scam phishing texts aimed at stealing personal information, unemployment benefits, or both.
The phishing texts try to dupe you to click a link to “make necessary corrections” to your unemployment insurance (UI) claim, “verify” your personal information, or “reactivate” your UI benefits account. The link takes you to a fake state workforce agency (SWA) website that may look very real. There, you’re asked to input your website credentials and personal information, like your Social Security number. Fraudsters can use the information to file fraudulent UI benefits claims or for other identity theft.
Here are examples of some of the phishing texts. (Click image to enlarge.)
Protect yourself. Know that state agencies do not send text messages asking for personal information. If you get an unsolicited text or email message that looks like it’s from an SWA, don’t reply or click any link. If you’re not sure, contact the SWA directly using the State Directory for Reporting Unemployment Identity Theft at the bottom of this United States Department of Labor webpage.
If you think you may have entered your personal information into a fraudulent website, visit IdentityTheft.gov to find out how to make it harder for an identity thief to misuse your information.
You can report a suspicious text message or email claiming to be from an SWA to the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) by completing an NCDF Complaint Form or by calling (866) 720-5721. Tell us too at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. And, tell a friend. By sharing your experience and knowledge about the fraud, you can help someone else avoid the trap.
Brought to you by Dr. Ware, Microsoft Office 365 Silver Partner, Charleston SC.
by Scott Muniz | Aug 4, 2021 | Security, Technology
This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.
Google has released Chrome version 92.0.4515.131 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system.
CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Release Note and apply the necessary updates.
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