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2021 CW 16 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

from 04/12/2021 to 04/18/2021

21 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 21 Office 365 Message Center Items were added

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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 Action Required By changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC249775 (Updated) Microsoft Search: Earn Microsoft Rewards when using a work or school account 2021-05-10T07;00;00Z N/A

MC End Time changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC242338 (Updated) Microsoft Authenticator code matching for MFA notifications 2021-06-18T07;00;00Z 2021-04-28T07;00;00Z N/A
MC242586 (Updated) Planner's New Roster Containers 2021-06-18T07;00;00Z 2021-04-28T07;00;00Z N/A
MC246221 (Updated) Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings 2021-05-31T07;00;00Z 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z N/A
MC248006 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Windows 10 native notifications in Teams 2021-05-17T07;00;00Z 2021-06-04T07;00;00Z N/A
MC249622 (Updated) Microsoft Teams Room: share wirelessly from iOS or Android Teams app 2021-05-31T07;00;00Z 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z N/A
MC235111 (Updated) Microsoft Teams Revised In-meeting Share Experience 2021-05-31T07;00;00Z 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z N/A
MC240169 (Updated) Teams meetings to support view-only attendees 2021-07-31T07;00;00Z 2021-04-23T07;00;00Z N/A
MC245302 (Updated) PowerPoint Live in Teams: Slide Translation 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z 2021-07-30T07;00;00Z N/A
MC245847 (Updated) Microsoft Lists: new Integrate drop-down menu, powered by SharePoint 2021-05-20T07;00;00Z 2021-05-31T07;00;00Z N/A
MC246003 (Updated) Create and use approval templates in the Teams Approvals app 2021-05-20T07;00;00Z 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z N/A
MC246707 (Updated) Microsoft Forms: Correct Answer choice in Teams Meeting Forms Polls 2021-05-31T07;00;00Z 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z N/A
MC249775 (Updated) Microsoft Search: Earn Microsoft Rewards when using a work or school account 2021-06-15T07;00;00Z 2021-04-23T07;00;00Z N/A

MC How Affect changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC242338 (Updated) Microsoft Authenticator code matching for MFA notifications This will begin rolling out in early April (previously early March) and will be complete by early May (previously early April). We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. N/A
MC242586 (Updated) Planner's New Roster Containers The APIs for Roster plans will be enabled on Graph for all tenants starting in early May (previously early April) and expect to be complete by mid-May. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to move forward. N/A
MC246221 (Updated) Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings This feature will rollout from mid-April through the end of April.

 This feature will rollout from early May (previously mid-April) through mid-May (previously end of April).

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MC248006 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Windows 10 native notifications in Teams

We will begin rolling this out in late March and be complete by mid-April.

We will begin rolling this out in late March and be complete by early May (previously mid-April).

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MC249622 (Updated) Microsoft Teams Room: share wirelessly from iOS or Android Teams app Rollout begins mid-April and will be complete late April. Rollout begins end of April (previoiusly mid-April) and will be complete mid-May (previously late April). N/A
MC235111 (Updated) Microsoft Teams Revised In-meeting Share Experience https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70560 Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID; 70560
Timing; mid-April (previously end of March) through the end of April (previously mid-March)
Roll-out; tenant level
Control type; user control
Action; review and assess 		https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70560 Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID; 70560
Timing; end of April (previously mid-April) through mid-May (previously end of April)
Roll-out; tenant level
Control type; user control
Action; review and assess 		N/A
MC238782 (Updated) Announcing a new service plan, Teams Pro Timing; mid-March 2021 New Teams service plan to be added to select M365 and O365 SKUs
Roll-out; tenant level
Action; For information only

 Timing; We will publish a new Message center post 30 days prior to the roll out of new service plans.
Roll-out; tenant level
Action; For information only

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MC245302 (Updated) PowerPoint Live in Teams: Slide Translation We will begin rolling this out in late April (previously early April) and expect to complete rollout by late May (previously late April).

 We will begin rolling this out in early May (previously late April) and expect to complete rollout by early June (previously late May).

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MC245847 (Updated) Microsoft Lists: new Integrate drop-down menu, powered by SharePoint Targeted Release (organization) rollout begins late March; Standard Release rollout should be complete mid-April.

 Targeted Release (organization) rollout begins late March; Standard Release rollout should be complete at the end of April (previously mid-April).

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MC246003 (Updated) Create and use approval templates in the Teams Approvals app Approval app templates will be generally available mid-April.

 Approval app templates will be generally available beginning in mid-May and expect to complete by the end of May.

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MC246707 (Updated) Microsoft Forms: Correct Answer choice in Teams Meeting Forms Polls Rollout will begin in mid-April and complete by late April.

 Rollout will begin in early May (previously mid-April) and complete by end of May (previously late April).

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MC249775 (Updated) Microsoft Search: Earn Microsoft Rewards when using a work or school account Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70634 Roadmap ID 70634.
Timing; Toggle available; April 10, 2021
Rewards available; May 10, 2021
Roll-out; tenant level
Control type; user control and admin control
Action; May 10, 2021

 Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70634 Roadmap ID 70634.
Roll-out; tenant level
Control type; user control and admin control

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MC250667 (Updated) Windows Update for Business deployment service public preview availability The Service Plan will begin backfilling to eligible customers in mid-April and should complete by the mid-May The Service Plan will begin backfilling to eligible customers in mid-April and should complete by mid-May N/A

MC Messages changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC242338 (Updated) Microsoft Authenticator code matching for MFA notifications Updated March 09, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This release of Code Match for Multi-Factor Authentication is available for Android and iOS and will allow you to turn on code matching for the Microsoft Authenticator app and apply the behavior to specific users or groups. Once enabled, users will be required to match the number on the sign-in screen with the number in the app.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70617 Roadmap ID 70617. 		Updated April 14, 2021; At this time we will not be moving forward with rolling out the feature as outlined. We are evaluating changes based on feedback and will announce our new plan via Message center when we are ready proceed.
This release of Code Match for Multi-Factor Authentication is available for Android and iOS and will allow you to turn on code matching for the Microsoft Authenticator app and apply the behavior to specific users or groups. Once enabled, users will be required to match the number on the sign-in screen with the number in the app.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70617 Roadmap ID 70617. 		N/A
MC242586 (Updated) Planner's New Roster Containers Updated April 06, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This release of a new type of container in Planner will allow plans to be created independent of an M365 group. This will be enabled by Roster containers, which is a simple list of members stored in Planner that can contain any user with a valid AAD ID in that tenant. We are calling plans contained by Rosters Roster plans.

Upcoming follow-on features, taking advantage of this new Plan type, will be released on the Roadmap.

 Updated April 14, 2021; Thank you for your feedback. At this time we will not be moving forward with rolling out the feature as outlined. We are evaluating changes based on feedback and will announce our new plan via Message center when we are ready proceed. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

This release of a new type of container in Planner will allow plans to be created independent of an M365 group. This will be enabled by Roster containers, which is a simple list of members stored in Planner that can contain any user with a valid AAD ID in that tenant. We are calling plans contained by Rosters Roster plans.

Upcoming follow-on features, taking advantage of this new Plan type, will be released on the Roadmap.

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MC246221 (Updated) Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings This release of Multiple spotlights in Teams meetings will allow organizers and presenters to spotlight up to 7 participants simultaneously for everyone to see during meetings and will roll out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, and on the Web.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80425 Roadmap ID 80425

 Updated April 14, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This release of Multiple spotlights in Teams meetings will allow organizers and presenters to spotlight up to 7 participants simultaneously for everyone to see during meetings and will roll out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, and on the Web.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80425 Roadmap ID 80425

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MC248006 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Windows 10 native notifications in Teams 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 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=66742 Roadmap IDs 66742.

 Updated April 14, 2021; We have updated 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 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=66742 Roadmap IDs 66742.

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MC248117 Deprecated Web client settings update We announced in previous releases that some environment settings will soon be deprecated for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform online services. These features will be officially removed from the user interface by the end of May 2021.

How does this affect me?

Once the below features are removed, they will not be available in Advanced settings in the Web client or in the Environment settings in the Power Platform admin center.

Please note; Some deprecated features have a replacement available for use. Please ensure that your environments are leveraging these replacement features prior to May 2021.

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Administration;

Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platform/important-changes-coming#announcements-are-deprecated;AnnouncementN/A
https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platformimportant-changes-coming#dynamic-365-for-outlook-is-deprecated;Dynamics 365 for OutlookRelated settings that will also be removed;System Settings ; Outlook (tab)
https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/outlook-app/overview;Dynamics 365 App for Outlook
https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/outlook-app/overview;Microsoft Social EngagementRelated settings that will also be removed; System Settings ; General ; Prevent feature from receiving social data in Dynamics 365

https://appsource.microsoft.com/marketplace/apps?search=social;Solutions available in Microsoft AppSource
System Settings ; General ; https://docs.microsoft.com/previous-versions/dynamicscrm-2016/administering-dynamics-365/dn265924(v=crm.8)#removal-of-legacy-form-rendering-option;For compatibility, use the legacy form rendering engineN/A
System Settings ; Synchronization tab ; https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/project-operations/psa/manage-project-bookings-office-365-calendar;Synchronize resource booking with OutlookDynamics 365 Project Service Automation has evolved into Dynamics 365 Project Operations. For more information, see https://dynamics.microsoft.com/project-service-automation/overview/;Project Service Automation Transition

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Business Management;

Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platform/important-changes-coming#relationship-roles-are-deprecated;Relationship Roleshttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dynamicscrm-2016/admins-customizers-dynamics-365/mt826690(v=crm.8);Connection Roles

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Data management;

Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platform/important-changes-coming#ready-to-use-business-processes-available-through-add-ready-to-use-business-processes-setting-are-deprecated;Add Ready-to-Use Business ProcessesN/A

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Templates;

Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platform/important-changes-coming#mail-merge-is-deprecated;Mail Merge Templateshttps://docs.microsoft.com/previous-versions/dynamicscrm-2016/admins-customizers-dynamics-365/mt826692(v=crm.8);Create Word and Excel templates

Soon to be deprecated features

The following Web client settings are being deprecated. Although they are still available, they will no longer be supported by Microsoft. These features will be removed by the end of November 2021.

Please begin migrating your environments dependencies to the replacement features.

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Templates;
Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/deprecations-customer-service#support-for-some-knowledge-management-entities-is-deprecated-;Article Templateshttps://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/work-knowledge-articles#create-a-knowledge-article;Knowledge article

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Service Management;

Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/deprecations-customer-service#automatic-record-creation-rules-in-web-client-are-deprecated;Automatic record creation ruleshttps://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/migrate-automatic-record-creation-and-sla-agreements;Migrate automatic record creation rules and service-level agreements
https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/deprecations-customer-service#sla-items-in-web-client-are-deprecated;Service Level Agreementhttps://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/migrate-automatic-record-creation-and-sla-agreements;Migrate automatic record creation rules and service-level agreements

Thank you,
Microsoft

 We announced in previous releases that some environment settings will soon be deprecated for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform online services. These features will be officially removed from the user interface by the end of May 2021.

How does this affect me?

Once the below features are removed, they will not be available in Advanced settings in the Web client or in the Environment settings in the Power Platform admin center.

Please note; Some deprecated features have a replacement available for use. Please ensure that your environments are leveraging these replacement features prior to May 2021.

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.tftable tr {background-color;#ffffff;
.tftable td {font-size;px;border-width; 0px;padding; 6px;border-style; solid;border-color; #333333;

Administration;

Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platform/important-changes-coming#announcements-are-deprecated;AnnouncementN/A
https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platform/important-changes-coming#dynamic-365-for-outlook-is-deprecated;Dynamics 365 for OutlookRelated settings that will also be removed;System Settings ; Outlook (tab)
https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/outlook-app/overview;Dynamics 365 App for Outlook
https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/outlook-app/overview;Microsoft Social EngagementRelated settings that will also be removed; System Settings ; General ; Prevent feature from receiving social data in Dynamics 365

https://appsource.microsoft.com/marketplace/apps?search=social;Solutions available in Microsoft AppSource
System Settings ; General ; https://docs.microsoft.com/previous-versions/dynamicscrm-2016/administering-dynamics-365/dn265924(v=crm.8)#removal-of-legacy-form-rendering-option;For compatibility, use the legacy form rendering engineN/A
System Settings ; Synchronization tab ; https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/project-operations/psa/manage-project-bookings-office-365-calendar;Synchronize resource booking with OutlookDynamics 365 Project Service Automation has evolved into Dynamics 365 Project Operations. For more information, see https://dynamics.microsoft.com/project-service-automation/overview/;Project Service Automation Transition

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.tftable td {font-size;px;border-width; 1px;padding; 0px;border-style; solid;border-color; #333333;

Business Management;

Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platform/important-changes-coming#relationship-roles-are-deprecated;Relationship Roleshttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dynamicscrm-2016/admins-customizers-dynamics-365/mt826690(v=crm.8);Connection Roles

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Data management;

Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platform/important-changes-coming#ready-to-use-business-processes-available-through-add-ready-to-use-business-processes-setting-are-deprecated;Add Ready-to-Use Business ProcessesN/A

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.tftable td {font-size;px;border-width; 1px;padding; 6px;border-style; solid;border-color; #333333;

Templates;

Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platform/important-changes-coming#mail-merge-is-deprecated;Mail Merge Templateshttps://docs.microsoft.com/previous-versions/dynamicscrm-2016/admins-customizers-dynamics-365/mt826692(v=crm.8);Create Word and Excel templates

Soon to be deprecated features

The following Web client settings are being deprecated. Although they are still available, they will no longer be supported by Microsoft. These features will be removed by the end of November 2021.

Please begin migrating your environments dependencies to the replacement features.

.tftable {font-size;12px;color;#333333;width;100%;border-width; 1px;border-color; #333333;border-collapse; collapse;
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.tftable tr {background-color;#ffffff;
.tftable td {font-size;px;border-width; 1px;padding; 6px;border-style; solid;border-color; #333333;

Templates;
Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/deprecations-customer-service#support-for-some-knowledge-management-entities-is-deprecated-;Article Templateshttps://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/work-knowledge-articles#create-a-knowledge-article;Knowledge article

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Service Management;

Deprecated Settings AnnouncementReplacement
https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/deprecations-customer-service#automatic-record-creation-rules-in-web-client-are-deprecated;Automatic record creation ruleshttps://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/migrate-automatic-record-creation-and-sla-agreements;Migrate automatic record creation rules and service-level agreements
https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/deprecations-customer-service#sla-items-in-web-client-are-deprecated;Service Level Agreementhttps://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-service/migrate-automatic-record-creation-and-sla-agreements;Migrate automatic record creation rules and service-level agreements

Thank you,
Microsoft

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MC248207 (Updated) SharePoint Auto News Digest updates You may already know about and use the SharePoint automatic news digest, which is sent to users with news that is relevant to them. We are adding new features to enhance the experience;
The ability to brand your digest with your organization?s theme colors and logo

Intelligent ranking so that users see the news most relevant to them
Enhanced design for easier consumption of news
Upcoming Feature; This update to the news digest will also reflect organization boosted news when is available in your organization. You can follow the Boost feature roll out with this Roadmap ID; https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1searchterms=70606filters=SharePoint%2CWebsearchterms=70810 70606
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID; https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=70606 70606

Updated April 14, 2021; We have updated the content below for additional clarity. Thank you for your patience.
You may already know about and use the SharePoint automatic news digest, which is sent to users with news that is relevant to them. We are adding new features to enhance the experience;
The ability to brand your digest with your organization?s theme colors and logo

Intelligent ranking so that users see the news most relevant to them
Enhanced design for easier consumption of news
Upcoming Feature; This update to the news digest will also reflect organization boosted news when is available in your organization. You can follow the Boost feature roll out with this Roadmap ID; https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1searchterms=70606filters=SharePoint%2CWebsearchterms=70810 70606
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID; https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=70606 70606

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MC249622 (Updated) Microsoft Teams Room: share wirelessly from iOS or Android Teams app With this update, your end users can wirelessly share the content of their mobile device (iOS and Android) in a Teams Room without needing to first set up a meeting.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70564 70564 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70565 70565. 		Updated April 14, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With this update, your end users can wirelessly share the content of their mobile device (iOS and Android) in a Teams Room without needing to first set up a meeting.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70564 70564 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70565 70565.

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MC235111 (Updated) Microsoft Teams Revised In-meeting Share Experience Updated March 17, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams desktop users on Windows and Mac will soon have a revised share experience while in meetings.

Updated April 16, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams desktop users on Windows and Mac will soon have a revised share experience while in meetings.

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MC238782 (Updated) Announcing a new service plan, Teams Pro Updated April 06, 2021; We have updated this post to ensure visibility. No changes have been made to the content below.
On Feb. 9, we published an MC post regarding a new Teams Pro service plan. To clarify, there is no change to existing product licenses with the addition of this new service plan. Rather, the service plan will be added automatically to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 E5/E3/A5/A3, and Microsoft 365 Business Standard/Business Premium licenses, and will enable users who are licensed for these SKUs to automatically receive capabilities rolling out to Teams in the near future. There is no action required by admins, and no additional purchase is necessary for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 E5/E3/A5/A3 and Microsoft 365 Business Standard/Business Premium licensed users to acquire the new Teams capabilities that will be part of the Teams Pro service plan.

 Updated April 16, 2021; Teams Pro service plan will be renamed to Teams for E3/E5, Teams for A3/A5, and Teams for BS/BP to align with respective Microsoft 365 and Office 365 commercial licenses. This update has been postponed. We will publish a new Message center post 30 days prior to the roll out of new service plans.

On Feb. 9, we published an MC post regarding a new Teams Pro service plan. To clarify, there is no change to existing product licenses with the addition of this new service plan. Rather, the service plan will be added automatically to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 E5/E3/A5/A3, and Microsoft 365 Business Standard/Business Premium licenses, and will enable users who are licensed for these SKUs to automatically receive capabilities rolling out to Teams in the near future. There is no action required by admins, and no additional purchase is necessary for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 E5/E3/A5/A3 and Microsoft 365 Business Standard/Business Premium licensed users to acquire the new Teams capabilities that will be part of the Teams Pro service plan.

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MC240169 (Updated) Teams meetings to support view-only attendees Microsoft Teams will soon support up to 20,000 meeting attendees as view-only participants when the attendee is accessing a meeting via a Teams desktop application (Windows or Mac), Teams on the web, or Teams mobile (Android and iOS). This feature applies to those with E5, E3, A5, or A3 licenses.

This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=65952 Roadmap ID 65952.

Updated April 16, 2021; We have determined that this message did not go to the correct audience and you can safely disregard this message. We will post a message to the correct audience with additional details in the near future. We apologize for any confusion.
Microsoft Teams will soon support up to 20,000 meeting attendees as view-only participants when the attendee is accessing a meeting via a Teams desktop application (Windows or Mac), Teams on the web, or Teams mobile (Android and iOS). This feature applies to those with E5, E3, A5, or A3 licenses.

This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=65952 Roadmap ID 65952.

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MC245302 (Updated) PowerPoint Live in Teams: Slide Translation Updated March 30, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new slide translation feature in Microsoft Teams (desktop) will enable all meeting attendees to translate presentation content, presented via PowerPoint Live in a Teams meeting, into a language of their choice while in private view.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80601%2C Roadmap ID 80601.

 Updated April 16, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new slide translation feature in Microsoft Teams (desktop) will enable all meeting attendees to translate presentation content, presented via PowerPoint Live in a Teams meeting, into a language of their choice while in private view.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80601%2C Roadmap ID 80601.

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MC245847 (Updated) Microsoft Lists: new Integrate drop-down menu, powered by SharePoint As part of updating the command bar at the top of Microsoft Lists, we are introducing a new top-level menu item; Integrate. This is the home for features that help extend list experiences.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=64869 Roadmap ID 64869

Updated April 16, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

As part of updating the command bar at the top of Microsoft Lists, we are introducing a new top-level menu item; Integrate. This is the home for features that help extend list experiences.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=64869 Roadmap ID 64869

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MC246003 (Updated) Create and use approval templates in the Teams Approvals app Tenant admins and team owners will have access to out-of-the-box templates in the Teams Approval app with this update.

Templates make it easier for end users to create and submit an approval request. The Approvals app, which is available as a personal app for all Microsoft Teams users, provides a simple way to bring auditing, compliance, accountability, and workflows to both structured and unstructured Approvals in Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=81408 Roadmap ID 81408

Updated April 16, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Tenant admins and team owners will have access to out-of-the-box templates in the Teams Approval app with this update.

Templates make it easier for end users to create and submit an approval request. The Approvals app, which is available as a personal app for all Microsoft Teams users, provides a simple way to bring auditing, compliance, accountability, and workflows to both structured and unstructured Approvals in Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=81408 Roadmap ID 81408

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MC246707 (Updated) Microsoft Forms: Correct Answer choice in Teams Meeting Forms Polls This new feature introduces Correct Answer choices to Polls within Teams meetings and will roll out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web. The new update will make poll creation fluid, as frictionless as possible and gives presenters control of their meeting experience.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80519 Roadmap ID 80519.

 Updated April 16, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This new feature introduces Correct Answer choices to Polls within Teams meetings and will roll out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web. The new update will make poll creation fluid, as frictionless as possible and gives presenters control of their meeting experience.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80519 Roadmap ID 80519.

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MC249775 (Updated) Microsoft Search: Earn Microsoft Rewards when using a work or school account Users in your organization will soon have the ability to earn Microsoft Rewards points when signed into select Microsoft 365 services (Microsoft Search in Bing) with their organizational (work or school) account.

Updated April 16, 2021; Thank you for your feedback. At this time we will not be moving forward with rolling out the feature as outlined. We are evaluating changes based on feedback and will announce our new plan via Message center when we are ready proceed. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Users in your organization will soon have the ability to earn Microsoft Rewards points when signed into select Microsoft 365 services (Microsoft Search in Bing) with their organizational (work or school) account.

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MC250667 (Updated) Windows Update for Business deployment service public preview availability We're rolling out a new Service Plan to enable the public preview of Windows Update for Business deployment service the will be begin rolling out to customers in the second half of April 2021. This new service provides new MS Graph APIs for managing the approval, schedule and safeguarding of Windows 10 feature updates for cloud-connected devices. This release will include new APIs available through the MS Graph beta endpoint.
Note; We initially posted this message to a limited audience and have now expanded to ensure all impacted customers have visibility. While we did not provide the 30 day target notification, this feature does not have an impact on end users unless enabled. We apologize for any confusion.
To use this service, your organization must have one or more of the following subscriptions;

Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5 (included in Microsoft 365 F3, E3, or E5)

Windows 10 Education A3 or A5 (included in Microsoft 365 A3 or A5)
Windows Virtual Desktop Access E3 or E5
M365 Business Premium
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=70796 70796

Updated April 16, 2021; We have updated the post to display correctly. Thank you for your feedback.
We're rolling out a new Service Plan to enable the public preview of Windows Update for Business deployment service this will begin rolling out to customers in the second half of April 2021. This new service provides new MS Graph APIs for managing the approval, schedule and safeguarding of Windows 10 feature updates for cloud-connected devices. This release will include new APIs available through the MS Graph beta endpoint.
Note; We initially posted this message to a limited audience and have now expanded to ensure all impacted customers have visibility. While we did not provide the 30 day target notification, this feature does not have an impact on end users unless enabled. We apologize for any confusion.
To use this service, your organization must have one or more of the following subscriptions;

Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5 (included in Microsoft 365 F3, E3, or E5)

Windows 10 Education A3 or A5 (included in Microsoft 365 A3 or A5)
Windows Virtual Desktop Access E3 or E5
M365 Business Premium
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=70796 70796

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MC250956 Teams meetings to support view-only attendees We originally communicated this in MC240169 (Feb '21). Currently, Teams meetings are limited to 300 users. If someone tries to join a meeting after it reaches capacity, they are unable to do so. With this update, meeting organizers who are assigned an appropriate license will be able to host a Teams meeting that has overflow capacity.

Up to 20,000 view-only attendees may join a meeting from late February through the end of June in order to accommodate heightened remote work scenarios. After July 1, 2021 we will support only 10,000 view only attendees.
Note; This capability will be available to all users with the following licenses; Office 365 or Microsoft 365 E3/E5/A3/A5/Business Standard/Business Premium. For the rest of 2021, we are offering a promotional period where all Teams users can try the features with their existing subscription.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID;https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=65952 65952.

 We originally communicated this in MC240169 (Feb '21). Currently, Teams meetings are limited to 300 users. If someone tries to join a meeting after it reaches capacity, they are unable to do so. With this update, meeting organizers who are assigned an appropriate license will be able to host a Teams meeting that has overflow capacity.

Up to 20,000 view-only attendees may join a meeting from late February through the end of June in order to accommodate heightened remote work scenarios. After July 1, 2021 we will support only 10,000 view only attendees.
Note; This capability will be available to users with the following licenses; Office 365 or Microsoft 365 E3/E5/A3/A5/Business Standard/Business Premium. For the rest of 2021, we are offering temporary availability to Teams users to try the features with their existing commercial subscription.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID;https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=65952 65952.

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MC250958 Microsoft Teams: webinars plus new meeting registration options We are excited to announce the forthcoming availability of Teams webinar capabilities, beginning rollout at the end of April 2021, completing in May 2021.
Associated features that apply to webinars and meetings, include;
Registration page creation with email confirmation for registrants.
Reporting for registration and attendance.

These capabilities will be available to all users with the following licenses; Office 365 or Microsoft 365 E3/E5/A3/A5/Business Standard/Business Premium.
For the rest of 2021, we are offering a promotional period where all Teams users can try the features with their existing subscription.

Note; We will honor any existing meeting settings enabled within your organization.

We are excited to announce the forthcoming availability of Teams webinar capabilities, beginning rollout at the end of April 2021, completing in May 2021.
Associated features that apply to webinars and meetings, include;
Registration page creation with email confirmation for registrants.
Reporting for registration and attendance.

These capabilities will be available to users with the following licenses; Office 365 or Microsoft 365 E3/E5/A3/A5/Business Standard/Business Premium.
For the rest of 2021, we are offering temporary availability to Teams users to try the features with their existing commercial subscription.

Note; We will honor any existing meeting settings enabled within your organization.

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MC MessageTagNames changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC246221 (Updated) Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings Admin impact,New feature,User impact Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact N/A
MC248006 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Windows 10 native notifications in Teams New feature,User impact New feature,Updated message,User impact N/A
MC248207 (Updated) SharePoint Auto News Digest updates Admin impact,Feature update,User impact Admin impact,Feature update,Updated message,User impact N/A
MC249622 (Updated) Microsoft Teams Room: share wirelessly from iOS or Android Teams app Feature update,User impact Feature update,Updated message,User impact N/A
MC240169 (Updated) Teams meetings to support view-only attendees New feature,User impact New feature,Updated message,User impact N/A
MC245847 (Updated) Microsoft Lists: new Integrate drop-down menu, powered by SharePoint Feature update,User impact Feature update,Updated message,User impact N/A
MC246003 (Updated) Create and use approval templates in the Teams Approvals app Admin impact,New feature,User impact Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact N/A
MC246707 (Updated) Microsoft Forms: Correct Answer choice in Teams Meeting Forms Polls New feature,User impact New feature,Updated message,User impact N/A
MC249775 (Updated) Microsoft Search: Earn Microsoft Rewards when using a work or school account Admin impact,New feature,User impact Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact N/A
MC250667 (Updated) Windows Update for Business deployment service public preview availability 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
MC248207 (Updated) SharePoint Auto News Digest updates Users who already receive the existing automatic news digest will start receiving this updated version.
More details;
The news digest is sent on a weekly basis.

Only published news posts are sent in the digest.
If there are no news posts that are relevant for the user then no email is sent to the user.
If your organization has boosted news items which users have not read, these will be sent in the digest.
Only news posts which users have access to view are sent, so rest assured that users won't see news that they don't have permission to access.
If users want to opt-out of receiving the automatic digest, they can click the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the email.
If your organization site is already branded, that branding will automatically be applied to automatic news digests.

Users who already receive the existing automatic news digest will start receiving this updated version.
More details;
The news digest is sent on a weekly basis.

Only published news posts are sent in the digest.
If there are no news posts that are relevant for the user then no email is sent to the user.
If your organization has boosted news items which users have not read, these will be sent in the digest.
Only news posts which users have access to view are sent, so rest assured that users won't see news that they don't have permission to access.

If users want to opt-out of receiving the automatic digest, they can click the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the email.
If your organization site is already branded, that branding will automatically be applied to automatic news digests. To learn more about the Organizational News Site, 'https://docs.microsoft.com/sharepoint/organization-news-site' target=blank;click here .
If your organization wants to turn off the feature at the tenant level, please use the following PowerShell command; Set-SPOTenant -EnableAutoNewsDigest $true | $false. To learn more about the PowerShell options, 'https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/sharepoint-online/Set-SPOTenant?view=sharepoint-ps' target=blank;click here .

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MC Title changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC246221 (Updated) Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings (Updated) Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings N/A
MC248006 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Windows 10 native notifications in Teams Microsoft Teams; Windows 10 native notifications in Teams (Updated) Microsoft Teams; Windows 10 native notifications in Teams N/A
MC248207 (Updated) SharePoint Auto News Digest updates SharePoint Auto News Digest updates (Updated) SharePoint Auto News Digest updates N/A
MC249622 (Updated) Microsoft Teams Room: share wirelessly from iOS or Android Teams app Microsoft Teams Room; share wirelessly from iOS or Android Teams app (Updated) Microsoft Teams Room; share wirelessly from iOS or Android Teams app N/A
MC240169 (Updated) Teams meetings to support view-only attendees Teams meetings to support view-only attendees (Updated) Teams meetings to support view-only attendees N/A
MC245847 (Updated) Microsoft Lists: new Integrate drop-down menu, powered by SharePoint Microsoft Lists; new Integrate drop-down menu, powered by SharePoint (Updated) Microsoft Lists; new Integrate drop-down menu, powered by SharePoint N/A
MC246003 (Updated) Create and use approval templates in the Teams Approvals app Create and use approval templates in the Teams Approvals app (Updated) Create and use approval templates in the Teams Approvals app N/A
MC246707 (Updated) Microsoft Forms: Correct Answer choice in Teams Meeting Forms Polls Microsoft Forms; Correct Answer choice in Teams Meeting Forms Polls (Updated) Microsoft Forms; Correct Answer choice in Teams Meeting Forms Polls N/A
MC249775 (Updated) Microsoft Search: Earn Microsoft Rewards when using a work or school account Microsoft Search; Earn Microsoft Rewards when using a work or school account (Updated) Microsoft Search; Earn Microsoft Rewards when using a work or school account N/A
MC250667 (Updated) Windows Update for Business deployment service public preview availability Windows Update for Business deployment service public preview availability (Updated) Windows Update for Business deployment service public preview availability N/A

MC Workload Display Names changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC245181 Power Platform data loss prevention policy available to all Dataverse for Teams environments Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps Microsoft Power Automate N/A
MC245181 Power Platform data loss prevention policy available to all Dataverse for Teams environments Microsoft Power Automate Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps N/A
MC250266 2021 release wave 1 automatic update Dynamics 365,Microsoft Power Automate Dynamics 365,Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps N/A
MC246652 2021 release wave 1 automatic update coming soon Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps Microsoft Power Automate N/A
MC246652 2021 release wave 1 automatic update coming soon Microsoft Power Automate Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps N/A
MC248117 Deprecated Web client settings update Dynamics 365,Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps Dynamics 365,Microsoft Power Automate N/A
MC248117 Deprecated Web client settings update Dynamics 365,Microsoft Power Automate Dynamics 365,Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps N/A
MC245181 Power Platform data loss prevention policy available to all Dataverse for Teams environments Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps Microsoft Power Automate N/A
MC246652 2021 release wave 1 automatic update coming soon Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps Microsoft Power Automate N/A
MC245181 Power Platform data loss prevention policy available to all Dataverse for Teams environments Microsoft Power Automate Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps N/A
MC246652 2021 release wave 1 automatic update coming soon Microsoft Power Automate Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps N/A

CW16 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID MC Title MC Category MC Workload MC Major Change MC Action required by
MC250266 2021 release wave 1 automatic update Stay Informed Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Automate, Power Apps False N/A
MC250338 REMINDER: Microsoft Edge to replace Microsoft Edge Legacy with the April Windows 10 Update Tuesday (or ?B?) release Plan For Change Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC250342 Microsoft Information Governance: update to retention and label policies for Microsoft 365 Groups Stay Informed Exchange Online, SharePoint Online False N/A
MC250343 Outlook mobile clients will soon provide access to delegate mailboxes Stay Informed Microsoft 365 Apps False N/A
MC250482 Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels Stay Informed Microsoft 365 Apps False N/A
MC250528 "Tasks by Planner and To Do" app name to be shortened to "Tasks" within Teams Stay Informed Planner False N/A
MC250529 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Spam detection report to be retired in July Plan For Change Exchange Online True 07/30/2021
MC250530 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Malware detected in email to be retired in June Plan For Change Exchange Online True 06/14/2021
MC250531 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Safe attachment message disposition to be retired in June Plan For Change Exchange Online True 06/14/2021
MC250532 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Safe attachment file types report to be retired in June Plan For Change Exchange Online True N/A
MC250533 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Forwarding report to be retired in June Plan For Change Exchange Online True N/A
MC250669 Microsoft Forms data insights: Word Cloud for open text question Stay Informed Microsoft Forms False N/A
MC250671 New policy settings available to control the feedback users can send to Microsoft Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC250795 Adding translator service to Service Health Dashboard Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC250796 Teams: Create tasks from Teams chats or channel posts Stay Informed Microsoft Teams, Planner False N/A
MC250899 New Design for Yammer Discovery and Digest Emails Stay Informed Yammer Enterprise False N/A
MC250940 Reminder: Skype for Business Online Connector Retirement Plan For Change Microsoft Teams False 05/15/2021
MC250950 Quarantine portal deep link in end user spam notification Stay Informed Exchange Online False N/A
MC250954 Impact on preview connections created on Microsoft built Graph connectors Plan For Change Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC250956 Teams meetings to support view-only attendees Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC250958 Microsoft Teams: webinars plus new meeting registration options Plan For Change Microsoft Teams True N/A
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