from 04/06/2020 to 04/12/2020
9 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 10 Office 365 Message Center Items were added
Please note: Only common Message Center messages are in this list you should always check your Message Center for additional messages
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Changes
MC End Time changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC205801 | New Feature: Teams/Skype Consumer chat and calling interop | 2020-04-06T07;00;00Z | 2020-05-29T07;00;00Z | N/A |
| MC200395 | Updated - New Feature: Enable Bing Image search and YouTube search in one combined setting for Forms | 2020-04-15T07;00;00Z | 2020-05-31T07;00;00Z | N/A |
| MC198342 | Update - New Feature: Outlook on the web - Files view | 2020-04-30T07;00;00Z | 2020-04-15T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC How Affect changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC208577 | Teams Meeting experience improvements | Background effect in Teams meetings; Users will be able to select Microsoft provided background images prior to or during a video call.
New experience for launching instant channel meetings; Users will now see the Meet Now button in the Channel header in the top-right corner. |
Background effect in Teams meetings; Users will be able to select Microsoft provided background images prior to or during a video call. We will introduce the ability for users to upload their own custom images in May.
New experience for launching instant channel meetings; Users will now see the Meet Now button in the Channel header in the top-right corner. |
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| MC206420 | Plan for Change: Windows Support Updates for MDM for O365 | This will only affect you if you enroll or plan to enroll any of the following OS?s; Windows Phone 8.1 (support ended Feb 20, 2020) Windows 10 Mobile (end of support May 11, 2020) Intune typically maps to the Windows client devices OS servicing per the schedule here - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/ |
This will only affect you if you enroll or plan to enroll any of the following OS?s; Windows Phone 8.1 (support ended Feb 20, 2020) Windows 10 Mobile (end of support August 10, 2020) Intune typically maps to the Windows client devices OS servicing per the schedule here - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/ |
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MC Messages changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC208577 | Teams Meeting experience improvements | We are pleased to announce the following features will be available to improve your Teams Meeting experience; Background effects in Teams meetings ? Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=62890 62890 Rolling out beginning in mid April New experience for launching instant channel meetings - Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1searchterms=62905filters=searchterms=62904 target=_blank style=background-color; rgb(255, 255, 255);;62904 Rolling out starting in late April Improved Teams meeting join launcher experience - Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1searchterms=62905filters=searchterms=62905 target=_blank style=background-color; rgb(255, 255, 255);;62905 Rolling out starting in late April |
Updated April 7, 2020; We have provided additional details in bold. We are pleased to announce the following features will be available to improve your Teams Meeting experience; Background effects in Teams meetings ? Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=62890 62890 Rolling out beginning in mid April New experience for launching instant channel meetings - Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1searchterms=62905filters=searchterms=62904 target=_blank style=background-color; rgb(255, 255, 255);;62904 Rolling out starting in late April Improved Teams meeting join launcher experience - Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1searchterms=62905filters=searchterms=62905 target=_blank style=background-color; rgb(255, 255, 255);;62905 Rolling out starting in late April |
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| MC200395 | Updated - New Feature: Enable Bing Image search and YouTube search in one combined setting for Forms | Updated January 23, 2020; We've added additional details to outline the experience. Use one toggle to allow end users in your organization to add images from Bing search as well as videos from YouTube search to Forms. We'll be gradually rolling this out in mid-February 2020. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=2filters=searchterms=60191 Roadmap ID 60191. |
Updated April 8, 2020; To ensure the proper experience we have updated the roll-out timeline for this feature. We apologize for any inconvenience. Use one toggle to allow end users in your organization to add images from Bing search as well as videos from YouTube search to Forms. We'll be gradually rolling this out in mid-February 2020. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=2filters=searchterms=60191 Roadmap ID 60191. |
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| MC198342 | Update - New Feature: Outlook on the web - Files view | The Files view in Outlook on the web is a new Office 365 feature.. We'll be gradually rolling this out in mid-January 2020. The rollout will be completed by the end of March 2020. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=59643 Roadmap ID 59643. |
Updated April 8, 2020; Based on learnings from our early rings, we have made the decision to make additional changes to the code before we proceed with the roll-out. We will deliver a new Message center post once we re-start the roll-out. Thank you for your patience. The Files view in Outlook on the web is a new Office 365 feature.. We'll be gradually rolling this out in mid-January 2020. The rollout will be completed by the end of March 2020. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=59643 Roadmap ID 59643. |
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| MC206420 | Plan for Change: Windows Support Updates for MDM for O365 | Mobile Device Management for Office 365 (MDM for O365) is moving to align OS support to Windows platforms supported by Intune. We originally communicated this change as a part of MC146293. | Updated April 10, 2020; We originally communicated a May 11 end of support date, but we are pushing out the end of support for Windows 10 mobile until August, 10, 2020 for both the Company Portal for the Windows 10 Mobile app and the Windows 10 Mobile Operating System. Mobile Device Management for Office 365 (MDM for O365) is moving to align OS support to Windows platforms supported by Intune. We originally communicated this change as a part of MC146293. |
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MC prepare changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC206420 | Plan for Change: Windows Support Updates for MDM for O365 | Notify your end users with unsupported Windows OS and your helpdesk. You can find a list of devices MDM for O365 manages by; Logging in with your admin credentials to the site here; https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home#/MifoDevices https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home#/MifoDevices. Note you will often have to use an in-private browser to administer the service. If you don?t have Admin access, check with whomever manages your Office deployment. Often MDM for O365 was set by an Office or Exchange administrator. MDM for O365 devices by user are available through Microsoft Graph. Getting started information is available here; https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/api/resources/intune-graph-overview?view=graph-rest-1.0 https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/api/resources/intune-graph-overview?view=graph-rest-1.0. |
Notify your end users with unsupported Windows OS and your helpdesk. You can find a list of devices MDM for O365 manages by; Logging in with your admin credentials to the site here; https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home#/MifoDevices https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home#/MifoDevices. Note you will often have to use an in-private browser to administer the service. If you don?t have Admin access, check with whomever manages your Office deployment. Often MDM for O365 was set by an Office or Exchange administrator. MDM for O365 devices by user are available through Microsoft Graph. Getting started information is available here; https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/api/resources/intune-graph-overview?view=graph-rest-1.0 https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/api/resources/intune-graph-overview?view=graph-rest-1.0. |
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MC Title changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC200395 | Updated - New Feature: Enable Bing Image search and YouTube search in one combined setting for Forms | New Feature; Enable Bing Image search and YouTube search in one combined setting for Forms | Updated - New Feature; Enable Bing Image search and YouTube search in one combined setting for Forms | N/A |
| MC198342 | Update - New Feature: Outlook on the web - Files view | New Feature; Outlook on the web - Files view | Update - New Feature; Outlook on the web - Files view | N/A |
MC to RM link changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC208986 | New Feature: Modern experience for ?managed metadata services, tagging and filtering | 57315 | N/A | |
| MC209022 | New Feature: Raise a Virtual Hand in Teams Meetings | 62755 | N/A | |
| MC209098 | Updated Feature: Streamlining the recipient experience for links shared with ?specific people? | 63220 | N/A |
MC Urgency changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC209022 | New Feature: Raise a Virtual Hand in Teams Meetings | Critical | Normal | N/A |
| MC209012 | Updated Feature: Microsoft Forms eDiscovery export format change | Critical | Normal | N/A |
CW15 New Office 365 Message Center items
| MC ID | MC Title | MC Category | MC Workload | MC Major Change | MC Action required by |
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| MC208837 | Known Issue: Intune Primary User (Preview) UI and reporting issue | Stay Informed | False | N/A | |
| MC208814 | Basic Authentication and Exchange Online ? April 2020 Update | Plan For Change | Exchange Online | True | N/A |
| MC208818 | Updates coming to Power Apps Data Loss Prevention | Plan For Change | Power Apps | False | N/A |
| MC208986 | New Feature: Modern experience for ?managed metadata services, tagging and filtering | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
| MC209022 | New Feature: Raise a Virtual Hand in Teams Meetings | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC209012 | Updated Feature: Microsoft Forms eDiscovery export format change | Stay Informed | Microsoft Forms | False | N/A |
| MC209071 | Awareness: End-user spam notifications missing Phish Mails | Stay Informed | Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection | False | N/A |
| MC209119 | Power Apps - Prompt for Champions program | Stay Informed | Power Apps | False | N/A |
| MC209098 | Updated Feature: Streamlining the recipient experience for links shared with ?specific people? | Stay Informed | OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
| MC209149 | Content query web part performance banner | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
