2020 CW 05 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
MC196886	New Feature: Office 365 Message Encryption (OME) updates to enhance email authenticity	2019-12-27T19;36;47Z	2020-05-15T19;36;00Z	N/A

MC IsMajorChange changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC202537	Security defaults replacing Baseline Protection policies	False	True	N/A

MC Messages changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC201582	New Feature: Outlook on the web - Add a personal calendar, TeamSnap account	Your end users will soon be able to https://support.office.com/article/add-a-calendar-in-outlook-on-the-web-31f63381-331f-4ee3-8148-e6ce9af99e47 add a personal calendar and connect a TeamSnap account to Outlook on the web. We'll be gradually rolling this out to targeted release customers in mid-January 2020. We'll begin gradually rolling this out to all customers in April 2020. The rollout will be completed in July 2020. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=54015 54015, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=54970 54970, and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=57277 57277.	Updated January 28, 2020; Updated to reflect that PowerShell can be executed now and settings will be honored as the feature rolls out. Your end users will soon be able to https://support.office.com/article/add-a-calendar-in-outlook-on-the-web-31f63381-331f-4ee3-8148-e6ce9af99e47 add a personal calendar and connect a TeamSnap account to Outlook on the web. We'll be gradually rolling this out to targeted release customers in mid-January 2020. We'll begin gradually rolling this out to all customers in April 2020. The rollout will be completed in July 2020. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=54015 54015, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=54970 54970, and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=57277 57277.	N/A
MC196886	New Feature: Office 365 Message Encryption (OME) updates to enhance email authenticity	We are rolling out updates to Office 365 Message Encryption (OME) that enhance the authenticity of OME email. We will roll out these features in early January 2020. The rollout will be complete the first of February. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=59001 Roadmap ID 59001.	Updated 1/28/2020; To provide an optimal experience we are updating the roll out time frame for this feature. We apologize for any inconvenience. We are rolling out updates to Office 365 Message Encryption (OME) that enhance the authenticity of OME email. We will roll out these features in early January 2020. The rollout will be complete the first of April (previoiulsy February). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=59001 Roadmap ID 59001.	N/A
MC202505	Rename "Service Administrator" to "Service Support Administrator" in Microsoft 365 admin center, Azure AD portal	We?re renaming Azure AD role from Service Administrator to Service Support Administrator in Azure AD portal and M365 Admin Center. This change is happening to align the name with what's there in MS Graph API and PowerShell. We'll be gradually rolling this out to in early March 2020. The rollout will be completed by mid-March.	We?re renaming Azure AD role from Service Administrator to Service Support Administrator in Azure AD portal and Microsoft 365 admin center. This change is happening to align the name with what's there in MS Graph API and PowerShell. We'll be gradually rolling this out to in early March 2020. The rollout will be completed by mid-March.	N/A
MC201932	Be aware and prepared ? web sites you use may not work in Chrome 80.	Chrome is changing the way websites and cookies work by default. In preparation for this change, Microsoft has updated the Microsoft 365 suite of products (Office Online, Power BI, etc.). This is a courtesy notification that web sites you use, if run in Chrome, may not work as expected once Chrome 80 releases on February 4, 2020, and should be tested to confirm if any updates are required. Issues you may encounter if your apps aren't prepared; Authentication in your applications may fail or loop Line of Business apps that rely on cross-domain cookies may break SaaS apps your organization uses run by other companies may stop working We recommend that every customer take the time to test and fix their apps; Download the Chrome beta, and test it with the SameSite flags enabled. (Detailed instructions in the Additional Information) Update your apps to set the SameSite=None flag if needed. Additionally, consider https://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3/cookie-legacy-samesite-policies setting Group Policy to disable the change in Chrome until you're confident that apps you rely on will work in Chrome. Please click Additional Information to learn more.	Updated January 31, 2020; The SameSite behavior will begin rolling out to Chrome 80 Stable for an initial limited population starting the week of February 17, 2020. Utilize the following resource for tracking the status of this change; https://www.chromium.org/updates/same-site Chromium.org - SameSite Updates Chrome is changing the way websites and cookies work by default. In preparation for this change, Microsoft has updated the Microsoft 365 suite of products (Office Online, Power BI, etc.). This is a courtesy notification that web sites you use, if run in Chrome, may not work as expected once Chrome 80 releases on February 4, 2020, and should be tested to confirm if any updates are required. Issues you may encounter if your apps aren't prepared; Authentication in your applications may fail or loop Line of Business apps that rely on cross-domain cookies may break SaaS apps your organization uses run by other companies may stop working We recommend that every customer take the time to test and fix their apps; Download the Chrome beta, and test it with the SameSite flags enabled. (Detailed instructions in the Additional Information) Update your apps to set the SameSite=None flag if needed. Additionally, consider https://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3/cookie-legacy-samesite-policies setting Group Policy to disable the change in Chrome until you're confident that apps you rely on will work in Chrome. Please click Additional Information to learn more.	02/03/2020

MC prepare changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC200276	New Feature: Teams Read receipts roll-out update	Read receipts will be rolled out on by default with admin and user level controls to manage. If you would like your users to choose if they want read receipts on or off then there is no action required. If you do not want your user to have read receipts, please change the admin portal value for read receipts to off. If you want to require everyone to have read receipts change the value to everyone. To summarize the 3 administrative settings available, now, in the Teams admin center under ?messaging?; User Preference (DEFAULT); members of the tenant get to decide if they want read receipts ON or OFF. Default within the app is ON. Users can then turn it OFF. Everyone; everyone in the tenant will have the feature ON with no option to turn it off. Off; no one in the tenant has read receipts nor can they turn it on.	Read receipts will be rolled out on by default with admin and user level controls to manage. If you would like your users to choose if they want read receipts on or off then there is no action required. If you do not want your user to have read receipts, please change the admin portal value for read receipts to off. If you want to require everyone to have read receipts change the value to everyone. To summarize the 3 administrative settings available, now, in the Teams admin center under ?messaging?; User Preference (DEFAULT); members of the tenant get to decide if they want read receipts ON or OFF. Default within the app is ON. Users can then turn it OFF. Everyone; everyone in the tenant will have the feature ON with no option to turn it off. Off; no one in the tenant has read receipts nor can they turn it on. Please see the Additional Information for more details.	N/A
MC201582	New Feature: Outlook on the web - Add a personal calendar, TeamSnap account	These features are On by default and can be disabled for your tenant in PowerShell in Set-OWAMailboxPolicy. To control the addition of a personal calendar and the ability to make personal events affect work or school free/busy availability, use; PersonalAccountCalendarsEnabled $True $False $true; Users can connect to their Outlook.com or Google calendars to see those events in their Outlook on the web calendar. This is the default value. $false; Users can't connect to their Outlook.com or Google calendars in Outlook on the web To control the addition of TeamSnap, use; TeamSnapCalendarsEnabled $True $False $true; Users can connect to their TeamSnap calendars to see those events in their Outlook on the web calendar. This is the default value. $false; Users can't connect to their TeamSnap calendars in Outlook on the web. Learn more; https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/exchange/client-access/set-owamailboxpolicy How to set the OWA policy using PowerShell https://support.office.com/article/add-a-calendar-in-outlook-on-the-web-31f63381-331f-4ee3-8148-e6ce9af99e47 More about personal calendars and TeamSnap https://support.office.com/article/show-personal-events-on-your-work-or-school-calendar-6ffc71a9-0943-415a-8482-ce0122528a35 More about how your personal events affects your work or school availability	These features are On by default and can be disabled for your tenant in PowerShell in Set-OWAMailboxPolicy. You can disable this feature now and your settings will be honored as the feature is rolled out. To control the addition of a personal calendar and the ability to make personal events affect work or school free/busy availability, use; PersonalAccountCalendarsEnabled $True $False $true; Users can connect to their Outlook.com or Google calendars to see those events in their Outlook on the web calendar. This is the default value. $false; Users can't connect to their Outlook.com or Google calendars in Outlook on the web To control the addition of TeamSnap, use; TeamSnapCalendarsEnabled $True $False $true; Users can connect to their TeamSnap calendars to see those events in their Outlook on the web calendar. This is the default value. $false; Users can't connect to their TeamSnap calendars in Outlook on the web. Learn more; https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/exchange/client-access/set-owamailboxpolicy How to set the OWA policy using PowerShell https://support.office.com/article/add-a-calendar-in-outlook-on-the-web-31f63381-331f-4ee3-8148-e6ce9af99e47 More about personal calendars and TeamSnap https://support.office.com/article/show-personal-events-on-your-work-or-school-calendar-6ffc71a9-0943-415a-8482-ce0122528a35 More about how your personal events affects your work or school availability	N/A

MC Title changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC202505	Rename "Service Administrator" to "Service Support Administrator" in Microsoft 365 admin center, Azure AD portal	Rename Service Administrator to Service Support Administrator in M365 Admin Center, Azure AD portal	Rename Service Administrator to Service Support Administrator in Microsoft 365 admin center, Azure AD portal	N/A

MC to MC link changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC202765	Follow up to MC202761: App setup policies in Microsoft Teams		MC202761	N/A

MC to RM link changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC202493	Updated Feature: Microsoft 365 Usage Analytics Power BI App		58080	N/A
MC202504	New Feature: Outlook mobile adds rich formatting		54805,60638,60641	N/A
MC202599	Updated Feature: Update to Security and Compliance center link in Admin center		60606	N/A
MC202537	Security defaults replacing Baseline Protection policies		55688	N/A
MC202661	Updating classic SharePoint team site home pages to the modern template		60405	N/A
MC202765	Follow up to MC202761: App setup policies in Microsoft Teams		56783	N/A
MC202761	Feature Update: App setup policies in Microsoft Teams		56783	N/A
MC202803	New feature: Advanced eDiscovery dashboard in preview		60438	N/A
MC202831	New Feature: Advanced eDiscovery tenant reports in preview		60435	N/A
MC202846	New Feature: Legal hold for Teams private channels		60434	N/A

MC Workload Display Names changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC201949	Microsoft Power Automate in Microsoft 365 Service health and Message Center	Microsoft Flow	Microsoft Power Automate	N/A

CW05 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID	MC Title	MC Category	MC Workload	MC Major Change	MC Action required by
MC202482	What?s New in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for January	Stay Informed	Microsoft Intune	False	N/A
MC202505	Rename "Service Administrator" to "Service Support Administrator" in Microsoft 365 admin center, Azure AD portal	Stay Informed		False	N/A
MC202504	New Feature: Outlook mobile adds rich formatting	Stay Informed	Exchange Online, Office Subscription	False	N/A
MC202599	Updated Feature: Update to Security and Compliance center link in Admin center	Stay Informed	Office 365 Portal	False	N/A
MC202661	Updating classic SharePoint team site home pages to the modern template	Stay Informed	SharePoint Online	True	N/A
MC202636	Retirement of Facebook data connector in Excel	Plan For Change	Office Subscription	True	N/A
MC202761	Feature Update: App setup policies in Microsoft Teams	Stay Informed	Microsoft Teams	False	N/A
MC202803	New feature: Advanced eDiscovery dashboard in preview	Stay Informed	Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Yammer Enterprise	False	N/A
MC202831	New Feature: Advanced eDiscovery tenant reports in preview	Stay Informed	Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Yammer Enterprise	False	N/A
MC202846	New Feature: Legal hold for Teams private channels	Stay Informed	Microsoft Teams	False	N/A

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