2020 CW 17 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

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Changes

MC Action changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC186218	Updated - Office 365 will retire TLS 1.0 and 1.1 postponed for Worldwide and GCC Environments	Action	Awareness	N/A

MC Action Required By changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC186218	Updated - Office 365 will retire TLS 1.0 and 1.1 postponed for Worldwide and GCC Environments	2020-05-31T07;00;00Z		N/A

MC End Time changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC186218	Updated - Office 365 will retire TLS 1.0 and 1.1 postponed for Worldwide and GCC Environments	2020-08-31T07;00;00Z	2020-06-30T07;00;00Z	N/A
MC205808	New Feature: Pending changes to the new Project (Project for the web) for your organization	2020-05-08T07;00;00Z	2020-06-30T07;00;00Z	N/A

MC How Affect changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC209920	Prepare for update to the new My Apps and My Account experiences	If your organization's users are using the current https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faccount.activedirectory.windowsazure.com%2Fr%23%2Fapplicationsdata=04%7C01%7CKalila.Simpson%40microsoft.com%7Cd17fd6fe1e854d5ce5d608d7cf507353%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637205816757999644%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C-1sdata=bqK86z7Gjmhs9uDXzpZwk%2BvvQu7FlP0zLt6fQVPIh04%3Dreserved=0 Apps experience for app launching or https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faccount.activedirectory.windowsazure.com%2Fr%23%2Fprofiledata=04%7C01%7CKalila.Simpson%40microsoft.com%7Cd17fd6fe1e854d5ce5d608d7cf507353%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637205816757999644%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C-1sdata=A8Pp90k%2Fu%2BUX%2BKS6zrNJCrqvSsM6v5jcGPH30AZoTKE%3Dreserved=0 Profile for account management, you should notify them of the upcoming change. Additionally, we recommend you https://ms.portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/ActiveDirectoryMenuBlade/UserSettings turn on the new My Apps experience in the Azure portal as soon as possible to give users the opportunity to try out the updated user interface. Turning on the new My Apps experience will allow your users to access the new My Account experience from My Apps. On July 20th 2020, users will no longer be able to access the current Apps or Profile experiences and will be automatically redirected to the updated My Apps and My Account experiences. Previous Apps experience; New Apps experience; Previous Profile experience; New Profile experience;	If your organization's users are using the current https://account.activedirectory.windowsazure.com/r#/applications Apps experience for app launching or https://account.activedirectory.windowsazure.com/r#/profile Profile for account management, you should notify them of the upcoming change. Additionally, we recommend you https://ms.portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/ActiveDirectoryMenuBlade/UserSettings turn on the new My Apps experience in the Azure portal as soon as possible to give users the opportunity to try out the updated user interface. Turning on the new My Apps experience will allow your users to access the new My Account experience from My Apps. On July 20th 2020, users will no longer be able to access the current Apps or Profile experiences and will be automatically redirected to the updated My Apps and My Account experiences. Previous Apps experience; New Apps experience; Previous Profile experience; New Profile experience;	N/A

MC IsMajorChange changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC209920	Prepare for update to the new My Apps and My Account experiences	False	True	N/A
MC209708	OneDrive for Business Activity column is being retired	False	True	N/A
MC209154	Updated - Microsoft Bookings to be added as an Office 365 app	False	True	N/A

MC Messages changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC209666	Updated Feature: Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint	We're updating the Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint to contain the new Yammer experience. SharePoint pages that use the existing Yammer Conversations web part will begin to display the new experience. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63385 Roadmap ID 63385.	We're updating the Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint to contain the new Yammer experience. SharePoint pages that use the existing Yammer Conversations web part will begin to display the new experience. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63385 Roadmap ID 63385 and https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63530 Roadmap ID 63530.	N/A
MC208356	Updated- Feature update: Command bar menu updates for Power Automate (formerly Flow)	Updated April 17, 2020; This change is gradually rolling out to standard release customers. Roll-out will be completed by the end of April. The Command Bar in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business is being reorganized to group automation features together. Branding is also being updated to reflect the product name change from ?Flow? to ?Power Automate?.	Updated April 20, 2020; This change is gradually rolling out to standard release customers. Roll-out will be completed by the end of April. The Command Bar in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business is being reorganized to group automation features together. Branding is also being updated to reflect the product name change from ?Flow? to ?Power Automate?.	N/A
MC186218	Updated - Office 365 will retire TLS 1.0 and 1.1 postponed for Worldwide and GCC Environments	As previously communicated (MC124104 in Oct 2017, MC126199 in Dec 2017 and MC128929 in Feb 2018), we are moving all of our online services to Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2+ to provide best-in-class encryption, and to ensure our service is more secure by default. Keeping on track with this promise ? Office 365 will be retiring TLS 1.0 and 1.1 starting June 1, 2020.	Updated April 22, 2020; To ensure the best possible experience for our customers during these unprecedented times we are postponing the retirement of TLS 1.0 and 1.1, which was scheduled to begin June 1, 2020. We will deliver a new Message center post when we are going to move forward with the retirement. Original messaging below for reference. As previously communicated (MC124104 in Oct 2017, MC126199 in Dec 2017 and MC128929 in Feb 2018), we are moving all of our online services to Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2+ to provide best-in-class encryption, and to ensure our service is more secure by default. Keeping on track with this promise ? Office 365 will be retiring TLS 1.0 and 1.1 starting June 1, 2020.	N/A
MC209920	Prepare for update to the new My Apps and My Account experiences	We will be updating the current Azure AD https://account.activedirectory.windowsazure.com/r#/applications Apps and https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faccount.activedirectory.windowsazure.com%2Fr%23%2Fprofiledata=04%7C01%7CKalila.Simpson%40microsoft.com%7Cd17fd6fe1e854d5ce5d608d7cf507353%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637205816757999644%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C-1sdata=A8Pp90k%2Fu%2BUX%2BKS6zrNJCrqvSsM6v5jcGPH30AZoTKE%3Dreserved=0 Profile experiences on July 20th 2020. This means that on July 20th all users will be automatically switched over to the updated https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmyapplications.microsoft.com%2Fdata=04%7C01%7CKalila.Simpson%40microsoft.com%7Cd17fd6fe1e854d5ce5d608d7cf507353%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637205816758009603%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C-1sdata=VrcOVQD1qRcC9Bo1fkwJCitk37O%2Fq0gT5aoEQehKGd4%3Dreserved=0 My Apps and https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmyworkaccount.microsoft.com%2Fdata=04%7C01%7CKalila.Simpson%40microsoft.com%7Cd17fd6fe1e854d5ce5d608d7cf507353%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637205816758009603%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C-1sdata=9E5P9O5YotldeYaGIkwzY5xh8Uzt8PQhp0KquekB0m4%3Dreserved=0 My Account experiences. We recommend you migrate your users to the new experiences prior to the July date to allow them to try the new interface as soon as possible. Please note that the updated My Apps and My Account offer the same functionality as the current experiences, but with an improved user interface on top of new capabilities to enable your users to be productive.	We will be updating the current Azure AD https://account.activedirectory.windowsazure.com/r#/applications Apps and https://account.activedirectory.windowsazure.com/r#/profile_blank;Profile experiences on July 20th 2020. This means that on July 20th all users will be automatically switched over to the updated https://myapplications.microsoft.com My Apps and https://myworkaccount.microsoft.com My Account experiences. We recommend you migrate your users to the new experiences prior to the July date to allow them to try the new interface as soon as possible. Please note that the updated My Apps and My Account offer the same functionality as the current experiences, but with an improved user interface on top of new capabilities to enable your users to be productive.	N/A
MC208307	Update - Feature Update: Secure by Default	Updated April 15, 2020; We are updating the roll-out timeline to ensure the proper experience. We?re implementing another phase in Secure by Default, which will affect any domains which fail authentication although they are implicitly allowed in your anti-spam policy. We'll be gradually rolling this out in mid-May (previously April). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=62398 Roadmap ID 62398.	Updated April 24, 2020; Based on customer feedback and additional testing we have made the decision to not move forward at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience and will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Original message below for reference. We?re implementing another phase in Secure by Default, which will affect any domains which fail authentication although they are implicitly allowed in your anti-spam policy. We'll be gradually rolling this out in mid-May (previously April). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=62398 Roadmap ID 62398.	N/A
MC209154	Updated - Microsoft Bookings to be added as an Office 365 app	Microsoft Bookings, a self-service scheduling tool, will be available as an Office 365 web app in mid-May.	Updated April 24, 2020; We recently published MC210708 with the same information as this post. This was done to ensure all customers had proper visibility. We apologize for the duplication. Microsoft Bookings, a self-service scheduling tool, will be available as an Office 365 web app in mid-May.	N/A

MC prepare changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC209920	Prepare for update to the new My Apps and My Account experiences	We recommend you migrate your users to the updated experiences prior to the July date. Please note that you can do so via staged rollout by allowing a certain group of users to access the updated experiences prior to migrating all users. If you?d like to provide additional guidance to your users about this update, we hope you find the following resources helpful. For turning on the new My Apps experience; https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/manage-apps/access-panel-collections How to turn on the new My Apps in the Azure Portal For communicating the update to your users; https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=100117 Customizable email templates and end-user training material https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/user-help/my-apps-portal-end-user-access My Apps end user documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/user-help/my-account-portal-overview My Account end user documentation	We recommend you migrate your users to the updated experiences prior to the July date. Please note that you can do so via staged rollout by allowing a certain group of users to access the updated experiences prior to migrating all users. If you?d like to provide additional guidance to your users about this update, we hope you find the following resources helpful. For turning on the new My Apps experience; https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/manage-apps/access-panel-collections How to turn on the new My Apps in the Azure Portal For communicating the update to your users; https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=100117 Customizable email templates and end-user training material https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/user-help/my-apps-portal-end-user-access My Apps end user documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/user-help/my-account-portal-overview My Account end user documentation	N/A
MC208307	Update - Feature Update: Secure by Default	You will need to review your Spoof Intelligence Insight and Policy to ensure that you are implicitly allowing domain that fail authentication to resolve this; otherwise, messages that are allowed that fail authentication will be marked as junk. https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/learn-about-spoof-intelligence Learn about spoof intelligence and https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/walkthrough-spoof-intelligence-insight how to configure your policies.	You will need to review your Spoof Intelligence Insight and Policy to ensure that you are implicitly allowing domain that fail authentication to resolve this; otherwise, messages that are allowed that fail authentication will be marked as junk. https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/learn-about-spoof-intelligence Learn about spoof intelligence and https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/walkthrough-spoof-intelligence-insight how to configure your policies.	N/A

MC Title changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC186218	Updated - Office 365 will retire TLS 1.0 and 1.1 postponed for Worldwide and GCC Environments	Office 365 will retire TLS 1.0 and 1.1 starting June 1st, 2020 in Worldwide and GCC Environments	Updated - Office 365 will retire TLS 1.0 and 1.1 postponed for Worldwide and GCC Environments	N/A
MC209154	Updated - Microsoft Bookings to be added as an Office 365 app	Microsoft Bookings to be added as an Office 365 app	Updated - Microsoft Bookings to be added as an Office 365 app	N/A

MC to MC link changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC209154	Updated - Microsoft Bookings to be added as an Office 365 app		MC210708	N/A

MC to RM link changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC209916	New Feature: Yammer app for Microsoft Teams		63163	N/A
MC209666	Updated Feature: Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint	63385	63385,63530	N/A
MC209945	New Feature: Third party online meeting providers in Outlook for Android		52558	N/A
MC210158	New and updated usage reports in Microsoft 365 admin center		59845,63209	N/A
MC210572	New Feature: SharePoint stock images		59834	N/A
MC210696	New Feature: Change in OneDrive and SharePoint files links created in Outlook for Windows		44590	N/A
MC210715	Updated feature: Microsoft Forms collaboration permissions and co-authors		62858	N/A

CW17 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID	MC Title	MC Category	MC Workload	MC Major Change	MC Action required by
MC209920	Prepare for update to the new My Apps and My Account experiences	Plan For Change	Identity Service	True	N/A
MC209916	New Feature: Yammer app for Microsoft Teams	Stay Informed	Yammer Enterprise	False	N/A
MC209945	New Feature: Third party online meeting providers in Outlook for Android	Stay Informed	Exchange Online	False	N/A
MC210013	What?s New in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for April	Stay Informed	Microsoft Intune	False	N/A
MC210034	New Feature: Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE)	Plan For Change		False	N/A
MC210158	New and updated usage reports in Microsoft 365 admin center	Stay Informed	Office 365 Portal	False	N/A
MC210572	New Feature: SharePoint stock images	Stay Informed	SharePoint Online	False	N/A
MC210568	Updates coming to Power Platform Data Loss Prevention	Stay Informed	Microsoft Power Automate, Power Apps	False	N/A
MC210451	Microsoft Teams 1:1 Convenience Recording is now available	Stay Informed	Microsoft Teams	False	N/A
MC210696	New Feature: Change in OneDrive and SharePoint files links created in Outlook for Windows	Stay Informed	Office Client Applications	False	N/A
MC210715	Updated feature: Microsoft Forms collaboration permissions and co-authors	Plan For Change	Microsoft Forms	True	N/A
MC210713	Awareness: SharePoint Designer feature deprecation	Stay Informed	SharePoint Online	False	N/A
MC210708	Microsoft Bookings to be added as an Office 365 app	Stay Informed		True	N/A

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