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2020 CW 30 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

from 07/20/2020 to 07/26/2020

38 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 19 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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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
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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.
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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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