2020 CW 03 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
MC198535	New Feature: SharePoint page difference visualization	2020-02-29T08;00;00Z	2020-03-30T08;00;00Z	N/A

MC How Affect changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC200112	Update: Blocking sensitive information in notifications for Outlook for iOS is delayed		Because we are pausing this roll out, the new Intune Application Protection Policy configuration, ?Org data notifications? appears in your dashboard but the service is currently not available for Outlook for iOS. If your tenant has adopted the new policy, we will provide information about next steps in a separate Message Center post. We plan to enable notification encryption for all remaining tenants by the end of February.	N/A
MC195023	New Feature: Welcome a new colleague into Teams	The Activity feed is the location to notify users or activity they may be interested in such as @mentions, likes and reactions, and activities within groups or channels. We are expanding this to include a notification for new colleagues joining Teams for the first time. Users can manage their notifications by going to Settings ; Notifications;	The Activity feed is the location to notify users or activity they may be interested in such as @mentions, likes and reactions, and activities within groups or channels. We are expanding this to include a notification for new colleagues joining Teams for the first time. These notifications are sent to, at max, the top 5 close collaborators of the new user and a user can receive a maximum of one such notification per day. Edu tenants and tenants who have chats disabled are excluded from getting this notification. Users can manage their notifications by going to Settings ; Notifications;	N/A

MC IsMajorChange changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC200243	New Feature: Enhanced scheduling experience in Teams	False	True	N/A

MC Link changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC200127	New Feature: Per-Site Sharing Links can now default to people with existing access	https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/sharepoint-online/set-sposite	https://docs.microsoft.com/sharepoint/change-default-sharing-link	N/A

MC Messages changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC199245	New Feature: Lobby control for dial-in attendees	Microsoft Teams will soon have a new setting to control the lobby for people joining a meeting via a telephone. We'll gradually roll this out in early February 2020. The rollout will be completed by mid-February. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=54418 Roadmap ID 54418.	Updated January 13, 2020; We are updating our roll-out timeline to provide the best possible experience. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft Teams will soon have a new setting to control the lobby for people joining a meeting via a telephone. We'll gradually roll this out in late March (previously early February). The rollout will be completed by mid-April (previously mid-February). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=54418 Roadmap ID 54418.	N/A
MC200112	Update: Blocking sensitive information in notifications for Outlook for iOS is delayed	https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/limiting-sensitive-data-in-notifications/ba-p/	In November 2019, we announced plans to allow admins to block organizational data (notification obfuscation) from appearing inOutlook for iOS and Android email and calendar notifications on end-user lock screens via a Microsoft Intune App Protection Policy (APP), Org data notifications (MC195896). For iOS, this capability is dependent on Apple?s notification encryption service being available to all Office 365 customers.To ensure the best customer experience, we are pausing the roll out of notification encryption for O365 tenants, which which is required to support to block sensitive data in notifications for Outlook for iOS (it is not required for Outlook for Android). We apologize for any inconvenience. The ability to block sensitive data from notifications for Outlook for Android is generally available and supported as originally planned, effective December 16, 2019.	N/A
MC198535	New Feature: SharePoint page difference visualization	We are introducing a way for SharePoint editors to easily access the version history of a page. We'll be gradually rolling this out to Targeted Release customers in late December 2019. The roll out will be complete by the beginning of January 2020. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1searchterms=57813 Roadmap ID 57813.	Updated January 15, 2020; We are extending the roll out timeline to ensure the best possible experience. We apologize for any inconvenience. We are introducing a way for SharePoint editors to easily access the version history of a page. We'll be gradually rolling this out to Targeted Release customers in January, 2020 (previously late December 2019). The roll out will be complete by the end of February 2020 (previously January 2020). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1searchterms=57813 Roadmap ID 57813.	N/A
MC195023	New Feature: Welcome a new colleague into Teams	We are introducing ?Colleague joined Teams? notifications in Microsoft Teams. We'll be gradually rolling this out to customers early December. The roll out is expected to be completed mid-January. This enhancement is related to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=57455 57455.	Updated January 15, 2020; In response to feedback we have updated the post to provide additional details. We are introducing ?Colleague joined Teams? notifications in Microsoft Teams. We'll be gradually rolling this out to customers early December. The roll out is expected to be completed mid-January. This enhancement is related to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=57455 57455.	N/A
MC199669	New Feature: Use Power Automate to approve hub-site joins	We?re introducing Use Power Automate in Office 365 to approve hub site joins in SharePoint Online. To ensure the best experience we have updated the roll out timeline for this feature. We apologize for any inconvenience. We began gradually rolling this out to targeted release customers in October 2019, as announced in MC195725. We will begin rolling this out to all customers in early January 2020 (previously late October 2019). The roll out will be complete worldwide by the end of January 2020 (previously the end of November 2019). This message is associated with Office 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=30552filters=searchterms=30552 Roadmap ID 30552.	We?re introducing Use Power Automate in Office 365 to approve hub site joins in SharePoint Online. To ensure the best experience we have updated the roll out timeline for this feature. We apologize for any inconvenience. We began gradually rolling this out to targeted release customers in October 2019, as announced in MC190936. We will begin rolling this out to all customers in early January 2020 (previously late October 2019). The roll out will be complete worldwide by the end of January 2020 (previously the end of November 2019). This message is associated with Office 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=30552filters=searchterms=30552 Roadmap ID 30552.	N/A
MC199244	New Feature: Announce when dial-in users join/leave a meeting	Microsoft Teams will soon change the control that announces when a user who is on a telephone joins or leaves a meeting. We'll be gradually rolling this out in mid-January 2020. The rollout will be completed by the end of January. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=59919 Roadmap ID 59919.	Updated January 18, 2020; We are updating the roll-out timeline to provide the best possible experience. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft Teams will soon change the control that announces when a user who is on a telephone joins or leaves a meeting. We'll be gradually rolling this out late March (previously mid-January). The roll-out will be completed by mid-April (previously late January). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=59919 Roadmap ID 59919.	N/A

MC prepare changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC200112	Update: Blocking sensitive information in notifications for Outlook for iOS is delayed		There is nothing you need to do to prepare for this change. When notification encryption is enabled, the new policy setting ?Org data notifications? will block sensitive information in Outlook for iOS per your Intune APP setting. For more information on this policy setting, see https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/limiting-sensitive-data-in-notifications/ba-p/1009778 Limiting sensitive data in notifications.	N/A

MC to MC link changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC200112	Update: Blocking sensitive information in notifications for Outlook for iOS is delayed		MC195896	N/A
MC199669	New Feature: Use Power Automate to approve hub-site joins	MC195725	MC190936	N/A

MC to RM link changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC200139	Updated Feature: Service health dashboard - Report an issue		24153	N/A
MC200127	New Feature: Per-Site Sharing Links can now default to people with existing access		60335	N/A
MC200142	New Feature: Office What's New management		60010	N/A
MC200243	New Feature: Enhanced scheduling experience in Teams		54364	N/A
MC200276	New Feature: Teams Read receipts roll-out update		51552	N/A
MC200395	New Feature: Enable Bing Image search and YouTube search in one combined toggle for Forms		60191	N/A
MC201582	New Feature: Outlook on the web - Add a personal calendar, TeamSnap account		54015,54970,57277	N/A
MC201616	Updated Feature: We're refreshing the Microsoft Search in Bing User Experience		60422	N/A

CW03 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID	MC Title	MC Category	MC Workload	MC Major Change	MC Action required by
MC200139	Updated Feature: Service health dashboard - Report an issue	Stay Informed	Office 365 Portal	False	N/A
MC200127	New Feature: Per-Site Sharing Links can now default to people with existing access	Stay Informed	SharePoint Online	False	N/A
MC200113	Take Action: Use Microsoft Edge for your Protected Intune Browser Experience	Plan For Change	Microsoft Intune	False	N/A
MC200112	Update: Blocking sensitive information in notifications for Outlook for iOS is delayed	Stay Informed	Exchange Online	False	N/A
MC200100	We're making some changes to Quarantine Permissions	Plan For Change	Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection	True	02/14/2020
MC200092	Reminder: Self-service purchase capabilities for Microsoft Power Platform products	Plan For Change		True	N/A
MC200142	New Feature: Office What's New management	Stay Informed	Office 365 Portal	False	N/A
MC200243	New Feature: Enhanced scheduling experience in Teams	Stay Informed	Microsoft Teams	True	N/A
MC200232	Updated Feature: end user access to phishing email	Stay Informed	Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection	False	N/A
MC200276	New Feature: Teams Read receipts roll-out update	Stay Informed	Microsoft Teams	False	N/A
MC200395	New Feature: Enable Bing Image search and YouTube search in one combined setting for Forms	Stay Informed	Microsoft Forms	False	N/A
MC200501	Updated Feature: Microsoft Stream cloud recordings	Plan For Change	Microsoft Teams	True	N/A
MC201582	New Feature: Outlook on the web - Add a personal calendar, TeamSnap account	Stay Informed	Exchange Online	True	N/A
MC201573	Allow OneDrive to disable Windows permission inheritance in folders synced read-only	Stay Informed	OneDrive for Business	False	N/A
MC201616	Updated Feature: We're refreshing the Microsoft Search in Bing User Experience	Stay Informed		False	N/A

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