2020 CW 30 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
MC212455	(Updated) Feature Update: Suggested replies in French and Italian for Outlook on the web in Europe	2020-07-31T07;00;00Z	2020-08-14T07;00;00Z	N/A
MC217362	(Updated) Teams Desktop: Language-Aware Spellchecking	2020-08-31T07;00;00Z	2020-10-31T07;00;00Z	N/A
MC215163	(Updated) New feature: Suggested replies in Teams mobile	2020-08-21T07;00;00Z	2020-10-31T07;00;00Z	N/A
MC211421	(Updated) The Planner app in Teams will be renamed with an updated experience powered by Planner and To Do	2020-09-30T07;00;00Z	2020-10-31T07;00;00Z	N/A

MC IsMajorChange changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC218924	Microsoft 365 Records Management - Updated behavior for records	False	True	N/A
MC218910	Outlook - retiring support for some events from email	False	True	N/A

MC Link changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC216749	(Updated) Walkie Talkie in Teams Android		https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/MicrosoftTeams/walkie-talkie	N/A

MC Messages changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC212455	(Updated) Feature Update: Suggested replies in French and Italian for Outlook on the web in Europe	Updated June 15, 2020; We are updating both the rollout schedule and details of suggested replies for customers with email conversations in French. Suggested replies in French is being made available both to customers with mailboxes in Europe as well as customers in North America. The rollout to Italian customers is complete as originally described below.Outlook on the web is adding support for suggested replies in French and Italian for customers with mailboxes in Europe. When users who have their mailboxes in Europe have a conversation in Outlook on the web in French or Italian, they will see suggested replies in that language. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63974 Roadmap ID 63974. When this will happen French; Targeted Release, late June (was mid-May); Standard Release, early July (was late May). Italian; Targeted Release, late May; Standard Release, early June.	Updated July 20, 2020; We are updating both the rollout schedule and details of suggested replies for customers with email conversations in French. Suggested replies in French is being made available both to customers with mailboxes in Europe as well as customers in North America. The rollout to Italian customers is complete as originally described below.Outlook on the web is adding support for suggested replies in French and Italian for customers with mailboxes in Europe. When users who have their mailboxes in Europe have a conversation in Outlook on the web in French or Italian, they will see suggested replies in that language. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=63974 Roadmap ID 63974. When this will happen French; Targeted Release, late June (was mid-May); Standard Release, late July (was early July). Italian; Targeted Release, late May; Standard Release, early June. Complete	N/A
MC218789	SharePoint ? Centralized management for hub visitor permissions	SharePoint hub permissions enable hub owners to centralize the management ofvisitor access to associated sites. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=65641 Roadmap ID 65641. When this will happen We'll graduallyroll this out to Targeted Release customers in early August. We expect to roll out to everyone else in mid-August and complete the rollout by the end of September.	SharePoint hub permissions enable hub owners to centralize the management of visitor access to associated sites. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=65641 Roadmap ID 65641. When this will happen We'll gradually roll this out to Targeted Release customers in early August. We expect to roll out to everyone else in mid-August and complete the rollout by the end of September.	N/A
MC217362	(Updated) Teams Desktop: Language-Aware Spellchecking	Now, Microsoft Teams users can more easily communicate using multiple languages. Users who write different messages in different languages will now see spellchecking relevant to the language they're actively using when typing a message in the Microsoft Teams desktop app. This is a key improvement to the existing Teams Desktop Spellchecking feature, to make it language-aware and improve the overall Messaging compose experience for bilingual multilingual users around the world. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=65446 65446 When this will happen This improvement will start rolling out at the end of June and conclude by the end of July. Note; that language-aware spellchecking will initially be available for the Windows Desktop client and the General (public cloud) only. Support for Linux and Mac Desktop clients is under active investigation. Support for customers in the M365 Government clouds (GCC, GCC-H, DoD) is also under investigation.	Updated 23, 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 Now, Microsoft Teams users can more easily communicate using multiple languages. Users who write different messages in different languages will now see spellchecking relevant to the language they're actively using when typing a message in the Microsoft Teams desktop app. This is a key improvement to the existing Teams Desktop Spellchecking feature, to make it language-aware and improve the overall Messaging compose experience for bilingual multilingual users around the world. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=65446 65446 When this will happen This improvement will start rolling out in August (previously end of June) and conclude by the end of September (previously July). Note; that language-aware spellchecking will initially be available for the Windows Desktop client and the General (public cloud) only. Support for Linux and Mac Desktop clients is under active investigation. Support for customers in the M365 Government clouds (GCC, GCC-H, DoD) is also under investigation.	N/A
MC215163	(Updated) 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 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.	Updated 23, 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 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 August (previously early July); the rollout will be complete in September (previously mid-July).	N/A
MC211421	(Updated) The Planner app in Teams will be renamed with an updated experience powered by Planner and To Do	Updated June 26, 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 details and roll-out timeline below The Planner app in Teams will become the Tasks app. Users will now be able see their individual tasks and team tasks in a single app. We?re also introducing both a list view and a new mobile tasks experience within the Teams app for mobile devices. The Planner app will be renamed after the rollout is complete, as described below. We will begin roll-out in July (previously June) and expect to be complete in August (previously mid-July). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=57213 57213 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=65385 65385	Updated July 23, 2020; Gradual roll out of the new Planner experience in Teams is scheduled to begin in the next few days to all non-Government tenants, worldwide. Roll out is expected complete by early September, after which the Planner app in Teams will be renamed to Tasks. All users will see a banner announcing the new experience. The initial roll out will only affect Planner in Teams desktop and Teams web. A mobile version of the Tasks app in Teams will roll out after desktop/web roll-out completes.Note; We will communicate via Message center separately once we are ready to proceed with Government tenant (GCC, GCC-High or DoD) roll-out. The Planner app in Teams will become the Tasks app. Users will now be able see their individual tasks and team tasks in a single app. We?re also introducing both a list view and a new mobile tasks experience within the Teams app for mobile devices. The Planner app will be renamed after the rollout is complete, as described below. We will begin roll-out in July and expect to be complete in September. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=57213 57213 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=65385 65385	N/A
MC217362	(Updated) Teams Desktop: Language-Aware Spellchecking	Updated 23, 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 Now, Microsoft Teams users can more easily communicate using multiple languages. Users who write different messages in different languages will now see spellchecking relevant to the language they're actively using when typing a message in the Microsoft Teams desktop app. This is a key improvement to the existing Teams Desktop Spellchecking feature, to make it language-aware and improve the overall Messaging compose experience for bilingual multilingual users around the world. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=65446 65446 When this will happen This improvement will start rolling out in August (previously end of June) and conclude by the end of September (previously July). Note; that language-aware spellchecking will initially be available for the Windows Desktop client and the General (public cloud) only. Support for Linux and Mac Desktop clients is under active investigation. Support for customers in the M365 Government clouds (GCC, GCC-H, DoD) is also under investigation.	Updated July 23, 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 Now, Microsoft Teams users can more easily communicate using multiple languages. Users who write different messages in different languages will now see spellchecking relevant to the language they're actively using when typing a message in the Microsoft Teams desktop app. This is a key improvement to the existing Teams Desktop Spellchecking feature, to make it language-aware and improve the overall Messaging compose experience for bilingual multilingual users around the world. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=65446 65446 When this will happen This improvement will start rolling out in August (previously end of June) and conclude by the end of September (previously July). Note; that language-aware spellchecking will initially be available for the Windows Desktop client and the General (public cloud) only. Support for Linux and Mac Desktop clients is under active investigation. Support for customers in the M365 Government clouds (GCC, GCC-H, DoD) is also under investigation.	N/A
MC215163	(Updated) New feature: Suggested replies in Teams mobile	Updated 23, 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 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 August (previously early July); the rollout will be complete in September (previously mid-July).	Updated July 23, 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 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 August (previously early July); the rollout will be complete in September (previously mid-July).	N/A
MC216749	(Updated) Walkie Talkie in Teams Android	Walkie Talkie, which provides instant push-to-talk communication, will soon be available in Public Preview on Teams for Android. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=57157;Roadmap ID 57157. When this will happen We will begin the rollout in mid-July and expect to be complete by end of July.	Updated July 24, 2020; We have updated this post with Additional Information to provide clarity on how to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/MicrosoftTeams/walkie-talkie get started with Walkie Talkie. Walkie Talkie, which provides instant push-to-talk communication, will soon be available in Public Preview on Teams for Android. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=57157;Roadmap ID 57157. When this will happen We will begin the rollout in mid-July and expect to be complete by end of July.	N/A

MC MessageTagNames changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC218794	TLS 1.0 and 1.1 retirement date in Office 365 to be October 15, 2020	Admin impact,User impact	Admin impact,User impact	10/15/2020
MC218792	MDATP for Mac is moving to use system extensions instead of kernel extensions	Admin impact,User impact	Admin impact,User impact	N/A
MC218789	SharePoint ? Centralized management for hub visitor permissions	New feature,User impact	New feature,User impact	N/A
MC218786	Azure CDN caching for SharePoint and OneDrive Video	New feature,User impact	New feature,User impact	N/A
MC218785	Admin operations for exporting Power Apps and Power Automate user licenses	Admin impact,New feature	Admin impact,New feature	N/A
MC218778	Microsoft Defender ATP support case submission experience	Admin impact,Feature update	Admin impact,Feature update	N/A
MC218745	NewTek NDI for Teams	Admin impact,New feature	Admin impact,New feature	N/A
MC218734	New question and answer capabilities coming to Yammer communities	New feature,User impact	New feature,User impact	N/A
MC218732	New file sharing experience in Teams	Admin impact,Feature update,User impact	Admin impact,Feature update,User impact	N/A
MC218683	Teams message translation will be enabled by default	Admin impact,Feature update,User impact	Admin impact,Feature update,User impact	08/03/2020
MC218626	Admin operations for exporting Power Apps and Power Automate user licenses	Admin impact,User impact	Admin impact,User impact	N/A
MC218621	(Updated) Planned Maintenance: Pay now	Admin impact,Updated message,User impact	Admin impact,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC218620	Updated Meeting join experience for users who don't have a meeting creation policy assigned	Admin impact,New feature,User impact	Admin impact,New feature,User impact	N/A
MC218561	Introducing resource-specific consent for Microsoft Teams	Admin impact,New feature,User impact	Admin impact,New feature,User impact	N/A
MC218305	Communication compliance: analyze Teams chat data of users with on-premises mailbox	Admin impact,New feature	Admin impact,New feature	N/A
MC218304	Communication compliance: analyze Teams chat data of users with on-premises mailbox	Admin impact,New feature	Admin impact,New feature	N/A
MC218295	We are renaming 10 Azure Active Directory roles	Admin impact,Feature update	Admin impact,Feature update	08/14/2020
MC218283	Office 365 ATP Campaign View enhancements	Admin impact,Feature update	Admin impact,Feature update	N/A
MC218148	Cortana voice assistance in Teams mobile	Admin impact,New feature,User impact	Admin impact,New feature,User impact	N/A
MC218143	(Updated) Customization of quarantine notification	Admin impact,Feature update,User impact	Admin impact,Feature update,User impact	N/A
MC218032	Required columns will now sync as read/write	Feature update,User impact	Feature update,User impact	N/A
MC218031	Introducing Microsoft Lists home (web)	New feature,User impact	New feature,User impact	N/A
MC217813	(Updated) Add additional properties to the profile card using the profile API in Microsoft Graph	Admin impact,Feature update,Updated message,User impact	Admin impact,Feature update,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC217384	(Updated) New: SharePoint spaces 360? image tours with annotations	Updated message,User impact	Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC216108	(Updated) We're improving Bookmarks in Microsoft Search	Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact	Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC214327	(Updated) Feature update: Microsoft Stream cloud recordings regional storage control	Admin impact,Feature update,Updated message	Admin impact,Feature update,Updated message	N/A
MC214047	(Updated) Document libraries and lists - save a view in Quick Edit and Quick Edit page size expanding	New feature,Updated message,User impact	New feature,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC209920	(Updated) Prepare for update to the new My Apps and My Account experiences	Admin impact,Feature update,Updated message,User impact	Admin impact,Feature update,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC212455	(Updated) Feature Update: Suggested replies in French and Italian for Outlook on the web in Europe		New feature,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC217362	(Updated) Teams Desktop: Language-Aware Spellchecking		Feature update,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC215163	(Updated) New feature: Suggested replies in Teams mobile		Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC211421	(Updated) The Planner app in Teams will be renamed with an updated experience powered by Planner and To Do		New feature,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC216749	(Updated) Walkie Talkie in Teams Android		Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact	N/A

MC Title changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC217362	(Updated) Teams Desktop: Language-Aware Spellchecking	Teams Desktop; Language-Aware Spellchecking	(Updated) Teams Desktop; Language-Aware Spellchecking	N/A
MC215163	(Updated) New feature: Suggested replies in Teams mobile	New feature; Suggested replies in Teams mobile	(Updated) New feature; Suggested replies in Teams mobile	N/A
MC216749	(Updated) Walkie Talkie in Teams Android	Walkie Talkie in Teams Android	(Updated) Walkie Talkie in Teams Android	N/A

MC Workload Display Names changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC217687	Endpoint Analytics is now available in Public Preview (Intune		Microsoft Intune	N/A
MC216389	Intune Support Tip: Devices are not renewing their MDM enrollment certificates		Microsoft Intune	N/A
MC215358	Intune plan for change: Decreasing support for Android device administrator		Microsoft Intune	N/A

CW30 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID	MC Title	MC Category	MC Workload	MC Major Change	MC Action required by
MC218929	Outlook - new resource booking capabilities	Stay Informed	Exchange Online	False	N/A
MC218924	Microsoft 365 Records Management - Updated behavior for records	Plan For Change	Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online	True	N/A
MC218914	What?s New in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for July	Stay Informed	Microsoft Intune	False	N/A
MC218910	Outlook - retiring support for some events from email	Plan For Change	Exchange Online	True	N/A
MC218940	Additional languages supported for suggested replies in Outlook on the web	Stay Informed	Exchange Online	False	N/A
MC219006	Updated information on transition to Power Platform Admin Center	Stay Informed	Microsoft Power Automate, Power Apps	False	N/A
MC219002	Retirement of notifications functionality in all Office 365 web apps except Outlook	Plan For Change	Microsoft 365 suite	True	N/A
MC218984	Office 365 ATP: External email forwarding controls and policy change	Plan For Change	Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection	False	08/28/2020
MC218982	Update on Copy and Restore operations	Stay Informed	Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Automate, Power Apps	False	N/A
MC218968	Manage OneDrive storage limits for users in the Microsoft 365 admin center	Stay Informed	Microsoft 365 suite	False	N/A
MC219085	Changes to Shared Libraries navigation on the OneDrive Website	Stay Informed	OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online	False	N/A
MC219084	Microsoft Teams Call Merge	Plan For Change	Microsoft Teams	False	N/A
MC219072	Outlook for iOS web view user agent string changes	Plan For Change	Exchange Online, Identity Service	False	N/A
MC219097	Microsoft Information Protection: Exact Data Match will support data files containing up to 100 Million rows	Stay Informed	Microsoft 365 suite	False	N/A
MC219095	Configuration Change: Teams admin center	Plan For Change	Microsoft Teams	True	N/A
MC219149	Updated information on MC217599: transition to Power Platform Admin Center	Plan For Change	Microsoft Power Automate in Microsoft 365, Power Apps in Microsoft 365	False	N/A
MC219159	Reminder of changes coming to Office support on October 13, 2020	Plan For Change	Office Client Applications	False	N/A
MC219225	New Feature: License request workflow	Plan For Change	Microsoft 365 suite	True	N/A
MC219206	Outlook for Android will support Android 10 device password complexity levels	Plan For Change	Office Client Applications	False	N/A

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