from 06/01/2020 to 06/07/2020
18 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 18 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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| MC209666 | (Updated) Feature Update: Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint | 2020-05-15T07;00;00Z | 2020-07-31T07;00;00Z | N/A |
| MC208373 | (Updated) New Feature: Make All Company feed a connected community | 2020-05-31T07;00;00Z | 2020-07-17T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC How Affect changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC213422 | (Updated) New hyperlink and date and time editors, improved column editing for SharePoint lists and document libraries | For the hyperlink field type We are replacing the legacy editor used in Quick Edit mode within SharePoint lists or document libraries. The new hyperlink editor replaces the previous iframe experience with a modern experience. For the date and time field type For column types |
For the hyperlink field type We are replacing the legacy editor used in Quick Edit mode within SharePoint lists or document libraries. The new hyperlink editor replaces the previous iframe experience with a modern experience. For the date and time field type For column types |
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| MC200104 | (Updated) Retirement of Exchange Admin Center In-Place eDiscovery and Holds | Our reporting indicates that your tenant has utilized one or more of these tools within the past 3 months. Please ensure you are using the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center in advance of the following retirement timelines; Updated timeline available here; https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/legacy-ediscovery-retirement?view=o365-worldwide Retirement of legacy eDiscovery tools |
Our reporting indicates that your tenant has utilized one or more of these tools within the past 3 months. Please ensure you are using the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center in advance of the following retirement timelines; Updated timeline available here; https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/legacy-ediscovery-retirement Retirement of legacy eDiscovery tools |
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| MC214350 | (Updated) Feature Update: Teams meeting call and meeting chat size to increase to 300 | Team meetings will be able to accommodate up to 350 people. | Team meetings, including chats, will soon accommodate up to 300 people. For inquiries regarding greater capacities, please contact your Microsoft account manager. | N/A |
| MC209666 | (Updated) Feature Update: Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint | Targeted release; gradual rollout from early May to mid-May Standard release; gradual rollout from mid-May to mid-June |
Targeted release; gradual rollout from early May to mid-May Standard release; gradual rollout from mid-May to late June (mid-June) |
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| MC209666 | (Updated) Feature Update: Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint | Targeted release; gradual rollout from early May to mid-May Standard release; gradual rollout from mid-May to late June (mid-June) |
Modern SharePoint sites and pages that use the Yammer Conversations web part will begin displaying the new Yammer Conversations web part experience. Users will be able to create any type of Yammer post directly in SharePoint Users will be able to upload images and files into Yammer conversations directly in SharePoint Users will be able to start a conversation in any community |
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MC IsMajorChange changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC214691 | Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 | False | True | N/A |
MC Messages changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC213422 | (Updated) New hyperlink and date and time editors, improved column editing for SharePoint lists and document libraries | We are improving the hyperlink and date and time field editors in SharePoint lists and document libraries. We are also making it possible to create all column types directly from Quick Edit. All the data in existing hyperlink and date and time fields will be retained and unchanged. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63275 63275 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63277 target=_blank style=background-color; rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family; sans-serif; font-weight; 400;;63277. When this will happen We will be rolling this out to Targeted Release customers in late May; the rollout will be complete in mid-June. We will be rolling this out to Standard Release customers in mid-June; the rollout will be complete by the end of July. |
Updated 5/31/2020; We have updated the links in this message to ensure they resolve correctly. We are improving the hyperlink and date and time field editors in SharePoint lists and document libraries. We are also making it possible to create all column types directly from Quick Edit. All the data in existing hyperlink and date and time fields will be retained and unchanged. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63275 63275 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63277 target=_blank style=background-color; rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family; sans-serif; font-weight; 400;;63277. When this will happen We will be rolling this out to Targeted Release customers in late May; the rollout will be complete in mid-June. We will be rolling this out to Standard Release customers in mid-June; the rollout will be complete by the end of July. |
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| MC200104 | (Updated) Retirement of Exchange Admin Center In-Place eDiscovery and Holds | Updated March 27, 2020; Microsoft has been evaluating the public health situation, and we understand the impact this is having on our customers. We want to be strong partners and responsible global citizens. To ease one of the many burderns you are facing we are going to delay the scheduled retirement for the legacy eDiscovery tools listed below by three months. Updated retirement dates are included in the docs page you can find here; https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/legacy-ediscovery-retirement?view=o365-worldwide Retirement of legacy eDiscovery tools
As we continue to invest in updated versions of eDiscovery, we are announcing the retirement of Exchange Admin Center In-Place eDiscovery Holds, supporting cmdlets and EWS operations. If you are still using any of these tools, please transition over to the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center as soon as possible. eDiscovery in the Microsoft Compliance Center contains functionalities found in the Exchange Admin Center plus improved coverage of most Office 365 services, improved reliability, performance and scalability. |
Updated June 01, 2020; This is a reminder that we are proceeding with the retirement of Exchange Admin Center In-Place eDiscovery Holds per the updated retirement dates included in the docs page; https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/legacy-ediscovery-retirement Retirement of legacy eDiscovery tools Updated March 27, 2020; Microsoft has been evaluating the public health situation, and we understand the impact this is having on our customers. We want to be strong partners and responsible global citizens. To ease one of the many burderns you are facing we are going to delay the scheduled retirement for the legacy eDiscovery tools listed below by three months. Updated retirement dates are included in the docs page you can find here; https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/legacy-ediscovery-retirement Retirement of legacy eDiscovery tools As we continue to invest in updated versions of eDiscovery, we are announcing the retirement of Exchange Admin Center In-Place eDiscovery Holds, supporting cmdlets and EWS operations. If you are still using any of these tools, please transition over to the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center as soon as possible. eDiscovery in the Microsoft Compliance Center contains functionalities found in the Exchange Admin Center plus improved coverage of most Office 365 services, improved reliability, performance and scalability. |
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| MC214350 | (Updated) Feature Update: Teams meeting call and meeting chat size to increase to 300 | We?re increasing the maximum Teams meeting call and meeting chat size from 250 to 350 in response to customer requests. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=64225 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=64225 64225 When this will happen We will begin rolling this out in late May. The rollout will be complete in mid-June. The feature will stay in effect until the end of September. We will reassess this feature in September and communicate with you again at that time. |
Updated June 2, 2020; Based on customer feedback we are making some changes to this feature roll-out. Please review the updates below; We?re increasing the new maximum number of participants for Teams meeting and chats from 250 to 300. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=64225 64225 When this will happen We will begin rolling this out in early June. The rollout will be complete by the end of June. |
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| MC209666 | (Updated) Feature Update: 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 and https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63530 Roadmap ID 63530. |
Updated June 2, 2020; We are updating the roll-out timeline to ensure the best possible experience. Please see change below. 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. |
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| MC213621 | (Updated) Feature Update: Microsoft Secure Score improvement action updates | Updated May 18, 2020; We've updated the roll-out timeline below. We?re updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of security posture. This feature is related to MC208163 (April 2020). When this will happen We'll be rolling this out to Targeted Release and preview customers in mid-June (previously May); the rollout will be complete the end of June (previously May). |
Updated June 3, 2020; We've updated the roll-out timeline below. We?re updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of security posture. This feature is related to MC208163 (April 2020). When this will happen We'll be rolling this out to all customers in early-June (previously mid-June); the rollout will be complete mid-June (previously end of June). |
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| MC215186 | Microsoft Teams has a new Information pane and pinned posts | We are pleased to introduce two features that should make it easier for your users to find new and relevant information in a channel. This feature is related to Microsoft Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=64173 64173 andhttps://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=64334 64334. When this will happen Rollout for standard release tenants will begin the beginning of July and be complete in mid-July. (should this now be late July) Rollout for government tenants should begin in mid-August and be complete by the end of August. |
We are pleased to introduce two features that should make it easier for your users to find new and relevant information in a channel. This feature is related to Microsoft Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=64173 64173 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=64334 64334. When this will happen Rollout for standard release tenants will begin the beginning of July and be complete in mid-July. Rollout for government tenants should begin in mid-August and be complete by the end of August. |
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| MC215163 | New feature: Suggested replies in Teams mobile | Suggested replies presents users with an option of three responses to choose from for selected messages and will soon be available for your users in Teams for iOS and Android. This message isassociated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63671 Roadmap ID 63671. When will this happen We will begin rolling this feature out in early July; the rollout will be complete in mid-July. |
Suggested replies presents users with an option of three responses to choose from for selected messages and will soon be available for your users in Teams for iOS and Android. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63671 Roadmap ID 63671. When will this happen We will begin rolling this feature out in early July; the rollout will be complete in mid-July. |
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| MC209666 | (Updated) Feature Update: Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint | Updated June 2, 2020; We are updating the roll-out timeline to ensure the best possible experience. Please see change below. 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. |
Updated June 5, 2020; We are updating the roll-out timeline to ensure the best possible experience. Please see change below. 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. When will this happen? Targeted release; gradual rollout from early May to mid-May Standard release; gradual rollout from mid-May to late June (mid-June) |
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| MC208373 | (Updated) New Feature: Make All Company feed a connected community | Live events and Office 365 Resources will soon be accessible to your users in the All Company community if you have enforced connected groups. We'll be gradually rolling this out to all customers in early April. The rollout will be complete by end April. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=62962 Roadmap ID 62962. |
Updated June 5, 2020; To ensure the best possible experience for our users, we are delaying some of our deployments to reduce the amount of change flowing into the services. Please see the updated roll-out timeline below Live events and Office 365 Resources will soon be accessible to your users in the All Company community if you have enforced connected groups. We'll be gradually rolling this out to all customers in early April. The rollout will be complete by the end of June (previously April). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=62962 Roadmap ID 62962. |
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MC prepare changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC214350 | (Updated) Feature Update: Teams meeting call and meeting chat size to increase to 300 | You might want to update your user documentation and training. | You might want to update your user documentation and training to reflect these new limits. | N/A |
| MC209666 | (Updated) Feature Update: Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint | Modern SharePoint sites and pages that use the Yammer Conversations web part will begin displaying the new Yammer Conversations web part experience. Users will be able to create any type of Yammer post directly in SharePoint Users will be able to upload images and files into Yammer conversations directly in SharePoint Users will be able to start a conversation in any community |
SharePoint Site administrators should be aware that both the length of conversations in the web part and the height of the web part will most likely increase on pages. Page authors can adjust the web part configuration to change the number of conversations shown so that it fits into the overall layout of the pages/sites. The web part can show few as two and as many as 12 conversations. You might consider updating your user training and documentation. |
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MC Title changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC213422 | (Updated) New hyperlink and date and time editors, improved column editing for SharePoint lists and document libraries | New hyperlink and date and time editors, improved column editing for SharePoint lists and document libraries | (Updated) New hyperlink and date and time editors, improved column editing for SharePoint lists and document libraries | N/A |
| MC200104 | (Updated) Retirement of Exchange Admin Center In-Place eDiscovery and Holds | Updated; Retirement of Exchange Admin Center In-Place eDiscovery and Holds | (Updated) Retirement of Exchange Admin Center In-Place eDiscovery and Holds | N/A |
| MC214350 | (Updated) Feature Update: Teams meeting call and meeting chat size to increase to 300 | Feature Update; Teams meeting call and meeting chat size to increase to 350 | (Updated) Feature Update; Teams meeting call and meeting chat size to increase to 300 | N/A |
| MC209666 | (Updated) Feature Update: Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint | Updated Feature; Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint | (Updated) Feature Update; Yammer Conversations web part for SharePoint | N/A |
| MC208373 | (Updated) New Feature: Make All Company feed a connected community | New Feature; Make All Company feed a connected community | (Updated) New Feature; Make All Company feed a connected community | N/A |
MC to RM link changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC214913 | M365 Information Governance: Retention improvements for SharePoint Online and OneDrive | 63061 | N/A | |
| MC214928 | Microsoft 365 Groups supports new methods to hide/show groups in Outlook and the address book | 64479 | N/A | |
| MC214927 | Outlook for Windows introduces cloud settings | 63037 | N/A | |
| MC215019 | Enabling basic formatting on the sign-in page text component in Company Branding | 64092 | N/A | |
| MC215017 | Outlook for Windows Introduces Roaming Signatures | 60371 | N/A | |
| MC215164 | The Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module is now generally available | 60528 | N/A | |
| MC215163 | New feature: Suggested replies in Teams mobile | 63671 | N/A | |
| MC215186 | Microsoft Teams has a new Information pane and pinned posts | 64173,64334 | N/A | |
| MC215262 | Mobile Video Sharing from Yammer | 50557 | N/A | |
| MC215356 | New Feature: SharePoint Auto Digest Email | 64685 | N/A | |
| MC215351 | New Feature: Noise Suppression in Microsoft Stream | 57301 | N/A |
CW23 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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| MC214913 | M365 Information Governance: Retention improvements for SharePoint Online and OneDrive | Plan For Change | OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online | True | N/A |
| MC214928 | Microsoft 365 Groups supports new methods to hide/show groups in Outlook and the address book | Stay Informed | Exchange Online | False | N/A |
| MC214927 | Outlook for Windows introduces cloud settings | Stay Informed | Office Client Applications | False | N/A |
| MC215019 | Enabling basic formatting on the sign-in page text component in Company Branding | Stay Informed | False | N/A | |
| MC215017 | Outlook for Windows Introduces Roaming Signatures | Plan For Change | Office Client Applications | True | N/A |
| MC215060 | In Development for Microsoft Intune is now available | Stay Informed | False | N/A | |
| MC215176 | We are listening - Microsoft 365 Customer Experience Quarterly CPE Pulse Update Available | Stay Informed | False | N/A | |
| MC215164 | The Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module is now generally available | Stay Informed | Exchange Online | False | N/A |
| MC215163 | New feature: Suggested replies in Teams mobile | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC215151 | Plan for Change: Intune Ramping Down Exchange On-Premises Connector | Plan For Change | Microsoft Intune | False | N/A |
| MC215186 | Microsoft Teams has a new Information pane and pinned posts | Plan For Change | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC215262 | Mobile Video Sharing from Yammer | Stay Informed | Yammer Enterprise | False | N/A |
| MC215259 | Updates Available for Microsoft 365 Apps on Monthly Channel (soon to be called Current Channel) | Stay Informed | Office Client Applications | False | N/A |
| MC215245 | New Feature: Take control of self-service purchases | Plan For Change | False | N/A | |
| MC215358 | Intune plan for change: Decreasing support for Android device administrator | Plan For Change | False | N/A | |
| MC215356 | New Feature: SharePoint Auto Digest Email | Plan For Change | SharePoint Online | True | N/A |
| MC215351 | New Feature: Noise Suppression in Microsoft Stream | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC215375 | Removing some Teams channel system messages | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
