2019 CW 31 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

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Changes

MC End Time changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC177594	Updated - New Feature: Full-fidelity shared libraries in OneDrive	2019-07-01T07;00;00Z	2019-10-04T07;00;00Z	N/A
MC183456	Updated - New Feature: SharePoint News and Page Recommendations	2019-08-30T07;00;00Z	2019-09-30T07;00;00Z	N/A
MC178278	Updated - New feature: SharePoint Online news and page authors will now receive emails with comments, replies and likes	2019-07-31T07;00;00Z	2019-09-13T07;00;00Z	N/A

MC FeatureName changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC186732	Updated Feature: Outlook on the web - New 3rd party storage providers		Updated Feature; Outlook on the web - New 3rd party storage providers	08/30/2019
MC186831	New Feature: Service health dashboard - Report an Incident		New Feature; Service health dashboard - Report an Incident	N/A
MC186830	Retiring the Power BI Desktop .msi installer for an .exe		Retiring the Power BI Desktop .msi installer for an .exe	N/A

MC How Affect changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC177594	Updated - New Feature: Full-fidelity shared libraries in OneDrive	Not only can you sync shared libraries from SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams to your PC or Mac using OneDrive, you can now view shared libraries in OneDrive on the web with support for viewing file metadata. Initial capabilities include viewing ,sorting and grouping by custom metadata and changing your file view to any previously saved file view. We'll be gradually rolling this out to Targeted Release organizations in mid-April, and the roll out will be completed worldwide by the end of May 2019. There is nothing you need to do to prepare for this change. The Additional Information will be updated shortly with additional details. ; PublishedTime=2019-04-11T20;42;00Z	Not only can you sync shared libraries from SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams to your PC or Mac using OneDrive, you can now view shared libraries in OneDrive on the web with support for viewing file metadata. Initial capabilities include viewing ,sorting and grouping by custom metadata and changing your file view to any previously saved file view. We'll be gradually rolling this out to Targeted Release organizations at the end of August (previously mid-April), and the roll out will be completed worldwide by mid-October 2019 (previously the end of May) . There is nothing you need to do to prepare for this change. The Additional Information will be updated shortly with additional details.	N/A
MC186030	New Feature: SharePoint Site footer for Communication sites	SharePoint Communication sites will have an out-of-the box footer control, which can be controlled either using UI elements or by using APIs. We'll be gradually rolling this out to customers in mid-July, and the roll out will be completed worldwide by the end of July.	SharePoint Communication sites will have an out-of-the box footer control, which can be controlled either using UI elements or by using APIs. Additionally the content bar (also referred to as the ?social bar?) - which contains the Like, Comment, View and Save for Later icons - will be docked permanently on top of the Comments section on all modern pages and news posts. We'll be gradually rolling this out to customers in mid-July, and the roll out will be completed worldwide by the end of July.	N/A
MC183456	Updated - New Feature: SharePoint News and Page Recommendations	SharePoint Recommendations help you discover new SharePoint Pages and News Posts in your company. At the bottom of SharePoint News Posts and Pages, you will start to see SharePoint Recommendations which are most applicable to you. SharePoint Recommendations are powered by a machine learning model and takes into account the number of views that other News Posts and SharePoint Pages have, your relationship with the viewers among other features. We'll be gradually rolling this out to Targeted Release customers in early July, and the roll out will be completed worldwide by the end of July.	SharePoint Recommendations help you discover new SharePoint Pages and News Posts in your company. At the bottom of SharePoint News Posts and Pages, you will start to see SharePoint Recommendations which are most applicable to you. SharePoint Recommendations are powered by a machine learning model and takes into account the number of views that other News Posts and SharePoint Pages have, your relationship with the viewers among other features. We'll be gradually rolling this out to Targeted Release customers in early August (previously July), and the roll out will be completed worldwide by the end of August (previously July).	N/A
MC178278	Updated - New feature: SharePoint Online news and page authors will now receive emails with comments, replies and likes	After this change takes place, when someone comments on a page or a news post, the author of the post will receive an email. If this comment is a reply to a top-level comment, the top-level commenter will also receive an email. Comment emails will be batched so that your users will receive a single email when several comments have been made on the page or news post within a short duration of time. Additionally, the same functionality will apply when users leave a like on a page or news post. We?ll begin rolling this out in early June, and the rollout will be completed worldwide by the end of June 2019.	After this change takes place, when someone comments on a page or a news post, the author of the post will receive an email. If this comment is a reply to a top-level comment, the top-level commenter will also receive an email. Comment emails will be batched so that your users will receive a single email when several comments have been made on the page or news post within a short duration of time. Additionally, the same functionality will apply when users leave a like on a page or news post. We?ll begin rolling this out in early August ( previously June), and the rollout will be completed worldwide by the end of August (previously June) 2019.	N/A

MC IsMajorChange changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC186732	Updated Feature: Outlook on the web - New 3rd party storage providers	False	True	08/30/2019
MC186831	New Feature: Service health dashboard - Report an Incident	False	True	N/A
MC186830	Retiring the Power BI Desktop .msi installer for an .exe	False	True	N/A

MC Link changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC186732	Updated Feature: Outlook on the web - New 3rd party storage providers		https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/exchange/client-access/set-owamailboxpolicy?view=exchange-ps	08/30/2019

MC Messages changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC186561	New Feature: Save for later on Files	Save for later on Files is a new Office 365 feature. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This enhancement is related to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=49095 Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 49095.	Save for later on Files is a new Office 365 feature. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This enhancement is related to https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=49095 Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 49095.	N/A
MC177594	Updated - New Feature: Full-fidelity shared libraries in OneDrive	Full-fidelity shared libraries in OneDrive for Business is a new Office 365 feature. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID; https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1filters=searchterms=49093 49093.	Updated July 29, 2019; We have had to delay our roll out of this feature to ensure an optimal experience. We will now be rolling this out at the end of August. We apologize for any inconvenience. Full-fidelity shared libraries in OneDrive for Business is a new Office 365 feature. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID; https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1filters=searchterms=49093 49093.	N/A
MC183456	Updated - New Feature: SharePoint News and Page Recommendations	SharePoint News and Page Recommendations is a new Office 365 feature. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=52604 52604 This change does not apply to Office 365 subscriptions in GCC.	Updated July 30, 2019 - We have adjusted the roll out schedule of this feature to ensure an optimal experience. We apologize for any inconvenience. SharePoint News and Page Recommendations is a new Office 365 feature. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=52604 52604 This change does not apply to Office 365 subscriptions in GCC.	N/A
MC178278	Updated - New feature: SharePoint Online news and page authors will now receive emails with comments, replies and likes	We're adding new SharePoint Online emails to keep you informed about likes and comments on pages/news posts. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID; https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fmicrosoft-365%2Froadmap%3Frtc%3D1%26filters%3D%26searchterms%3D49603data=01%7C01%7Cv-siwalk%40microsoft.com%7C35f98734b4e4497846d608d6c8dbffdd%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1sdata=qnj%2BVkl5wYg8QGiPoqNzskxlkApFLmO2m9iW%2BUKq%2Faw%3Dreserved=0 49603.	Updated August 1, 2019; We have adjusted the role out schedule for this feature to ensure an optimal experience. We apologize for any inconvenience. We're adding new SharePoint Online emails to keep you informed about likes and comments on pages/news posts. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID; https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fmicrosoft-365%2Froadmap%3Frtc%3D1%26filters%3D%26searchterms%3D49603data=01%7C01%7Cv-siwalk%40microsoft.com%7C35f98734b4e4497846d608d6c8dbffdd%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1sdata=qnj%2BVkl5wYg8QGiPoqNzskxlkApFLmO2m9iW%2BUKq%2Faw%3Dreserved=0 49603.	N/A

MC Title changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC177594	Updated - New Feature: Full-fidelity shared libraries in OneDrive	New Feature; Full-fidelity shared libraries in OneDrive	Updated - New Feature; Full-fidelity shared libraries in OneDrive	N/A
MC183456	Updated - New Feature: SharePoint News and Page Recommendations	New Feature; SharePoint News and Page Recommendations	Updated - New Feature; SharePoint News and Page Recommendations	N/A
MC178278	Updated - New feature: SharePoint Online news and page authors will now receive emails with comments, replies and likes	New feature; SharePoint Online news and page authors will now receive emails with comments, replies and likes	Updated - New feature; SharePoint Online news and page authors will now receive emails with comments, replies and likes	N/A

MC to RM link changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC186732	Updated Feature: Outlook on the web - New 3rd party storage providers		52597	08/30/2019
MC186719	New Feature: Microsoft Stream ? 30 day recycle bin for deleted videos		53140	N/A
MC186832	New Feature: New and updated web parts available for modern page authoring		53221,53222,53228,53229	N/A
MC186831	New Feature: Service health dashboard - Report an Incident		24153	N/A
MC186955	New Feature: Outlook on the web - recurring series room availability		54013	N/A
MC186941	New Feature: Outlook on the web - new cmdlet to create room features		52546	N/A
MC187172	New Feature: Focus Time status in Teams		53190	N/A
MC187154	New Feature: Teams - Private Channels		50588	08/23/2019
MC187153	New Feature: Outlook on the web - My Day		53288	N/A

CW31 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID	MC Title	MC Category	MC Workload	MC Major Change	MC Action required by
MC186732	Updated Feature: Outlook on the web - New 3rd party storage providers	Plan For Change	Exchange Online	True	08/30/2019
MC186719	New Feature: Microsoft Stream ? 30 day recycle bin for deleted videos	Stay Informed	Office Subscription	False	N/A
MC186832	New Feature: New and updated web parts available for modern page authoring	Stay Informed	SharePoint Online	False	N/A
MC186831	New Feature: Service health dashboard - Report an Incident	Plan For Change	Office 365 Portal	True	N/A
MC186830	Retiring the Power BI Desktop .msi installer for an .exe	Plan For Change	Power BI	True	N/A
MC186829	Updated Feature: Accuracy improvements for Microsoft 365 Usage Analytics	Stay Informed	Office 365 Portal	False	N/A
MC186815	Skype for Business Online is retiring	Plan For Change	Skype for Business	True	N/A
MC186964	Microsoft Intune In Development for August is now available	Stay Informed	Microsoft Intune	False	N/A
MC186955	New Feature: Outlook on the web - recurring series room availability	Stay Informed	Exchange Online	False	N/A
MC186941	New Feature: Outlook on the web - new cmdlet to create room features	Stay Informed	Exchange Online	False	N/A
MC187066	New Feature: Outlook on the web - Filters in room booking	Plan For Change	Exchange Online	False	N/A
MC187048	Plan for Change: Bug fix for scope groups coming soon to Intune	Prevent or Fix Issues	Microsoft Intune	False	N/A
MC187172	New Feature: Focus Time status in Teams	Stay Informed	Microsoft Teams	False	N/A
MC187154	Updated - New Feature: Teams - Private Channels	Stay Informed	Microsoft Teams	False	08/23/2019
MC187153	New Feature: Outlook on the web - My Day	Stay Informed	Exchange Online	False	N/A

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