2021 CW 02 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
MC226028	(Updated) OneDrive: Bookmark for OneDrive for iOS	2021-01-31T08;00;00Z	2021-02-28T08;00;00Z	N/A
MC227458	(Updated) Enabling page rotation for iOS to view OneDrive PDF files	2021-02-07T08;00;00Z	2021-03-08T08;00;00Z	N/A
MC224422	(Updated) Windows 10 native notifications in Teams	2021-02-28T08;00;00Z	2021-03-31T08;00;00Z	N/A
MC228400	(Updated) Announcing evaluation mode and trial for Defender for Office 365	2021-01-31T08;00;00Z	2021-02-28T08;00;00Z	N/A

MC How Affect changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC232126	SharePoint page authoring - new first run experience	We will gradually rolling this out from early January through the end of February 2021.	We will be gradually rolling this out from early January through the end of February 2021.	N/A
MC226028	(Updated) OneDrive: Bookmark for OneDrive for iOS	The rollout to the Apple Store will begin in late November; we expect it to be complete in late December.	The rollout to the Apple Store in mid-January (previously December).	N/A
MC228400	(Updated) Announcing evaluation mode and trial for Defender for Office 365	We will begin rolling out evaluation mode to tenants with Exchange Online mailboxes in mid-December. We expect the rollout to be complete by the end of December 2020.	We will begin rolling out evaluation mode to tenants with Exchange Online mailboxes in mid-December. We expect the rollout to be complete by the end of January 2021 (previously December 2020).	N/A

MC Messages changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC229540	(Updated) Yammer Community Insights and Questions	The new Community Insights feature in Yammer enables Community Managers measure and improve the engagement in their communities. The new Questions Answers insights enables you measure the volume of knowledge created by users in your community by using the Questions Answers feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=65591 65591	Updated January 04, 2021; We have updated this post for accuracy. The new Community Insights feature in Yammer enables Community Managers to measure and improve the engagement in their communities. The new Questions Answers insights enables you to measure the volume of knowledge created by users in your community by using the Questions Answers feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=65591 65591	N/A
MC230158	(Updated) Deploy Project to multiple environments	Updated December 22, 2020; We have updated this post with additional details for clarity. Support for Production and Sandbox Dataverse (formerly the Common Data Service) environments will be rolling out soon to give you greater control over how Project is deployed in your organizations. You can leverage additional capabilities of the Dataverse platform to manage compliance, the application development lifecycle, and the security of Project. With the support for additional environments, you can; Create separate environments that correspond to specific teams or departments in your company. Deploy different customizations of Project for different sets of users. Use environments to separate Development, Testing, and Production. Archive snapshots of an environment. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=67516 67516	Updated January 04, 2020; We have updated this post with additional details for clarity. Support for Production and Sandbox Dataverse (formerly the Common Data Service) environments will be rolling out soon to give you greater control over how Project is deployed in your organizations. You can leverage additional capabilities of the Dataverse platform to manage compliance, the application development lifecycle, and the security of Project. With the support for additional environments, you can; Create separate environments that correspond to specific teams or departments in your company. Deploy different customizations of Project for different sets of users. Use environments to separate Development, Testing, and Production. Archive snapshots of an environment. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=67156 67156	N/A
MC232126	SharePoint page authoring - new first run experience	We are introducing a first-run, optional interactive experience to guide new users through the basics of creating their first SharePoint page or news post. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70667 Roadmap ID 70667.	We are introducing a first-run, optional interactive experience, to guide new users through the basics of creating their first SharePoint page or news post. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70667 Roadmap ID 70667.	N/A
MC226028	(Updated) OneDrive: Bookmark for OneDrive for iOS	We are adding a bookmark that makes it easier for users of OneDrive for iOS to return to a specific page in a PDF document. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=2filters=searchterms=68842 Roadmap ID 68842.	Updated January 5, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are adding a bookmark that makes it easier for users of OneDrive for iOS to return to a specific page in a PDF document. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=2filters=searchterms=68842 Roadmap ID 68842.	N/A
MC227458	(Updated) Enabling page rotation for iOS to view OneDrive PDF files	You will soon be able to rotate page orientation while viewing PDF documents in the Microsoft OneDrive iOS app. Any changes made are saved to OneDrive. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=68855 Roadmap ID 68855. When this will happen We will being rolling this out to the App Store in early December 2020 and expect it to be available for all by early January 2021.	Updated January 5, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. You will soon be able to rotate page orientation while viewing PDF documents in the Microsoft OneDrive iOS app. Any changes made are saved to OneDrive. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=68855 Roadmap ID 68855. [When this will happen We will being rolling this out to the App Store in late January (previously December) and expect it to be available for all by early February (previously January).	N/A
MC224422	(Updated) Windows 10 native notifications in Teams	Updated December 11, 2020; We are updating the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With this update, your users will be able to choose their preferred means of Teams notifications delivery, either via the Teams built-in notification system or via their native OS notification system. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=66742 66742. When this will happen Windows 10 native notifications; mid-December (previously mid-November) through mid-January (previously late November).	Updated January 07, 2021; We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With this update, your users will be able to choose their preferred means of Teams notifications delivery, either via the Teams built-in notification system or via their native OS notification system. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=66742 66742. When this will happen Windows 10 native notifications; mid-January (previously mid-December) through mid-February(previously mid-January).	N/A
MC228400	(Updated) Announcing evaluation mode and trial for Defender for Office 365	We're introducing an evaluation mode in https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/office-365-atp Microsoft Defender for Office365 which applies only to email protection. The Microsoft Defender for Office 365 evaluation experience is designed to eliminate the complexities of device and environment configuration so that you can focus on evaluating the capabilities of the security solution. The ability to access and setup evaluation mode requires a customer to either have a paid or trial license for any of the following licenses as part of their subscriptions; Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 Microsoft 365 E5 Microsoft 365 E5 Security Office 365 E5 Note that tenants with Exchange Online as part of their subscriptions will see a new Microsoft Defender for Office 365 evaluation card in the Threat Management part of the https://docs.microsoft.com/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-platform-service-description/office-365-securitycompliance-center target=_blank style=background-color; rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family; sans-serif; font-weight; 400;;Office 365 Security Compliance Center. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=68862 Roadmap ID 68862.	Updated January 07, 2021; We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We're introducing an evaluation mode in https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/office-365-atp Microsoft Defender for Office365 which applies only to email protection. The Microsoft Defender for Office 365 evaluation experience is designed to eliminate the complexities of device and environment configuration so that you can focus on evaluating the capabilities of the security solution. The ability to access and setup evaluation mode requires a customer to either have a paid or trial license for any of the following licenses as part of their subscriptions; Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 Microsoft 365 E5 Microsoft 365 E5 Security Office 365 E5 Note that tenants with Exchange Online as part of their subscriptions will see a new Microsoft Defender for Office 365 evaluation card in the Threat Management part of the https://docs.microsoft.com/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-platform-service-description/office-365-securitycompliance-center Office 365 Security Compliance Center. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=68862 Roadmap ID 68862.	N/A

MC MessageTagNames changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC229540	(Updated) Yammer Community Insights and Questions	New feature,User impact	New feature,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC226028	(Updated) OneDrive: Bookmark for OneDrive for iOS	New feature,User impact	New feature,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC227458	(Updated) Enabling page rotation for iOS to view OneDrive PDF files	New feature,User impact	New feature,Updated message,User impact	N/A
MC228400	(Updated) Announcing evaluation mode and trial for Defender for Office 365	Admin impact,New feature	Admin impact,New feature,Updated message	N/A

MC prepare changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC232126	SharePoint page authoring - new first run experience	The first time that SharePoint users (who have permission) create a new page or news post, the will see an opportunity to take a product take a tour. Users will learn how to pick a template, add and edit sections and web parts, title their page, and choose a title image.	The first time that SharePoint users (who have permission) create a new page or news post, they will see an opportunity to take a product tour. Users will learn how to pick a template, add/edit sections and web parts, title their page, and choose a title image.	N/A

MC Title changes

MC ID	MC Title	Old Value	New Value	MC Action required by
MC229540	(Updated) Yammer Community Insights and Questions	Yammer Community and Questions	(Updated) Yammer Community Insights and Questions	N/A
MC226028	(Updated) OneDrive: Bookmark for OneDrive for iOS	OneDrive; Bookmark for OneDrive for iOS	(Updated) OneDrive; Bookmark for OneDrive for iOS	N/A
MC227458	(Updated) Enabling page rotation for iOS to view OneDrive PDF files	Enabling page rotation for iOS to view OneDrive PDF files	(Updated) Enabling page rotation for iOS to view OneDrive PDF files	N/A
MC228400	(Updated) Announcing evaluation mode and trial for Defender for Office 365	Announcing evaluation mode and trial for Defender for Office 365	(Updated) Announcing evaluation mode and trial for Defender for Office 365	N/A

CW02 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID	MC Title	MC Category	MC Workload	MC Major Change	MC Action required by
MC232787	Data Export to include additional Open Graph (OG) object information	Stay Informed	Yammer Enterprise	False	N/A
MC232945	Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel	Stay Informed	Microsoft 365 Apps	False	N/A
MC232965	Microsoft Teams: Touch Bar Meetings Controls for Mac	Stay Informed	Microsoft Teams	False	N/A
MC232966	Microsoft Lists app for iOS	Stay Informed	SharePoint Online	False	N/A
MC233113	Meetings-related metric updates in user activity report for better insights clarity	Plan For Change	Microsoft 365 suite	True	N/A
MC233430	Suggested communities on home page, new community creation, and improved pinned conversation treatment	Stay Informed	Yammer Enterprise	False	N/A
MC233463	Start Meet Now from Outlook desktop client (Windows)	Stay Informed	Microsoft Teams	False	N/A
MC233466	New Teams meeting lobby setting - only invited users join directly	Stay Informed	Microsoft Teams	False	N/A
MC233470	Microsoft Teams introduces meeting recap in the calendar event details tab	Stay Informed	Microsoft Teams	False	N/A
MC233488	Microsoft Information Protection: Updated data classification confidence levels and customization	Stay Informed	Microsoft 365 suite	False	N/A

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