Search

2021 CW 20 Microsoft 365 Roadmap changes

from 05/10/2021 to 05/16/2021

60 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were changed and 24 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were added

Changes

Changed Property: RM Description

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
68706 Microsoft Compliance Center: Advanced Audit - Optional 10 year audit log retention add-on To help meet rigorous regulatory and internal compliance obligations or conduct longer running investigations, organizations can add 10-year audit log retention to Advanced Audit. Once enabled, you can access the logs in the Microsoft 365 compliance center or through the Office 365 Management Activity API. The events will also soon be accessible across Microsoft 365 compliance solutions. 10-year audit lot retention will become generally available for G5 customers to try for a limited time at no additional cost. An add-on will be required later in 2021 to access this capability. To help meet rigorous regulatory and internal compliance obligations or conduct longer running investigations, organizations can add 10-year audit log retention to Advanced Audit. Once enabled, you can access the logs in the Microsoft 365 compliance center or through the Office 365 Management Activity API. The events will also soon be accessible across Microsoft 365 compliance solutions. 10-year audit lot retention will be available for purchase an an add-on SKU for G5 customers. 08/31/2021
70593 Microsoft Teams: Live Captions in additional spoken languages for Teams Meetings Meetings held in one of the supported languages now are supported by real time captioning. We have expanded from just English (US) to include English (Canada), English (India), English (United Kingdom), English (Australia), English (New Zealand), German?(Germany), Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch (Netherlands), Dutch (Belgium), French (France), Spanish (Spain), Japanese (Japan), French (Canada), Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional), Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified), Hindi (India), Italian (Italy), Korean (Korea), Spanish (Mexico), Swedish (Sweden), Polish (Poland), Arabic (United Arab Emirates), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Danish (Denmark), Finnish (Finland), Norwegian (Norway), Russian (Russia). Meetings held in one of the supported languages now are supported by real time captioning. We have expanded from just English (US) to include English (Canada), English (India), English (United Kingdom), English (Australia), English (New Zealand), German?(Germany), Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch (Netherlands), Dutch (Belgium), French (France), Spanish (Spain), Japanese (Japan), French (Canada), Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional), Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified), Hindi (India), Italian (Italy), Korean (Korea), Spanish (Mexico), Swedish (Sweden), Polish (Poland), Arabic (United Arab Emirates), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Danish (Denmark), Finnish (Finland), Norwegian (Norway), Russian (Russia).?Users on mobile will be able to view captions in the supported languages, but only desktop users will be able to switch the spoken language. 06/30/2021
81979 Office app: Improvements to help configure Automatic Deployment Rules for Microsoft 365 Apps updates published to the Microsoft Update Catalog IT admins using Automatic Deployment Rules to deploy updates for Microsoft 365 Apps can use the updated titles to identify the desired update for automatic deployment without having to adjust the rule for every update cycle. With this change, IT admins that use Automatic Deployment Rules in Configuration Manager to deploy updates for Microsoft 365 Apps, including 2019 and 2021 volume license products, will be able to use the Title property within the search criteria of the ADR definition to easily find the desired update and not have to continually update the search criteria with each update release. 05/31/2021
70811 Office App: Office App for Desktop Improvements Performance and usage updates to the Office App for Desktop. The new version of the Office App for Windows has improved performance, reliability, and includes the ability to open multiple instances of the app.?This update is specifically for the Office app on Windows and does not impact individual applications within the Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). This update contains an update to the app header, and users can now open more than one app window at a time. Performance updates include efficiency improvements, like faster app loading time. This update should not impact the end user experience. 05/31/2021
72240 Microsoft Teams: Reading Progress in Teams for Education - reading practice and review software Reading Progress is a reading practice and fluency experience that is part of Microsoft Teams for Education Assignments. Reading Progress saves teachers time in capturing audio/video reading fluency practice and helps students practice reading out loud independently in a private and non-stigmazating way. Reading Progress also provides insights and analytics to educators. Reading Progress is a reading practice and fluency experience that is part of Microsoft Teams for Education Assignments. Reading Progress saves teachers time in capturing audio/video reading fluency practice and helps students practice reading out loud independently in a private and non-stigmatizing way. Reading Progress also provides insights and analytics to educators. 07/31/2021
78150 Visio for the Web: Enhanced Org chart creation experience in Visio for the web Build your organization charts in Visio for the Web. Add pictures, expand your shape and add multiple fields like email, location etc. Also, you can arrange your Org Chart in different layouts. 04/30/2021
81123 Microsoft Teams: Together Mode Extensibility Together Mode Extensibility Build your own scenes that elevate your meeting experience. We believe that by making Together Mode extensible, creators can create immersive scenes and users can go beyond simple video conferencing. Started building your scenes by going to the Developer Portal for Microsoft Teams. 05/31/2021

Changed Property: RM MoreInfoLink

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
68887 Microsoft Defender for Identity: Full alert experience in Microsoft 365 security center N/A https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-defender/microsoft-defender-for-identity-native-alert-page-in-microsoft/ba-p/2348443 04/30/2021

Changed Property: RM Release

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
68706 Microsoft Compliance Center: Advanced Audit - Optional 10 year audit log retention add-on June CY2021 September CY2021 08/31/2021
70610 SharePoint Syntex: Availability for GCC June CY2021 August CY2021 07/31/2021
34296 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Auto-remediation with enhanced playbooks May CY2021 December CY2021 11/30/2021
64570 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Detonation details May CY2021 June CY2021 05/31/2021
70590 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Enhancements to Spoof Intelligence May CY2021 June CY2021 04/30/2021
72182 Microsoft Viva: Improvements for Topic Management December CY2021 May CY2021 04/30/2021
72223 Microsoft 365 Compliance center: Out-of-the-box assessments for non-M365 assets May CY2021 June CY2021 05/31/2021
61187 Excel: Notes in Excel on the web June CY2021 July CY2021 06/30/2021
70590 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Enhancements to Spoof Intelligence June CY2021 May CY2021 04/30/2021
80668 Microsoft Teams: Join a meeting by digital code May CY2021 June CY2021 05/31/2021
81967 Outlook: Update on how feedback is submitted May CY2021 June CY2021 05/31/2021

Changed Property: RM Release Phase

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
68812 SharePoint admin center: updated homepage dashboard Targeted Release Targeted Release (Entire Organization) 04/30/2021
82015 SharePoint: Admin center - Migration Manager: Dropbox migrations General Availability Preview 04/30/2021

Changed Property: RM Status

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
70605 SharePoint Syntex: Document understanding model - extractors position awareness Rolling out Launched 01/31/2021
70606 SharePoint: Company-Branded Auto News Digest Rolling out Launched 03/31/2021
70608 SharePoint Syntex: Retention label support for Form Processing Rolling out Launched 01/31/2021
80385 Microsoft Teams: Improved Experience in the Meeting Participant Roster In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
60827 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Secure by Default - Honoring detonation verdicts Rolling out Launched 11/30/2020
65911 OneDrive: Consolidation of OneDrive-SharePoint admin centers In development Rolling out 05/31/2021
68849 Microsoft Information Protection: Automatic and recommended sensitivity labeling available in Office apps for Mac for Government clouds In development Launched 04/30/2021
70543 Microsoft Teams: Block Downloads for non-channel Teams meeting recordings on OneDrive In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
70554 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Remediation enhancements Rolling out Launched 12/31/2020
70560 Microsoft Teams: Revised in-meeting Share experience In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
70789 Microsoft Information Protection: Mandatory labeling in Office apps for gov clouds In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
76502 Microsoft Information Protection: Automatic and recommended sensitivity labeling available in Office apps for DoD Rolling out Launched 02/28/2021
81359 Microsoft Teams: Supervised chat Rolling out Launched 04/30/2021
56627 Microsoft Visio: Azure icons in Visio for the web Rolling out Launched 11/30/2020
68736 Microsoft Teams: Direct guest join for Zoom and WebEx Meetings Rolling out Launched 09/30/2020
68881 Microsoft Information Protection: Exact Data Match to support Auto-labeling In development Launched 04/30/2021
68910 Microsoft Teams: Add a shared calendar to a Teams channel for GCC, GCC-High and DoD Rolling out Launched 01/31/2021
70737 SharePoint: Immersive reader is coming to modern SharePoint pages and new posts In development Launched 04/30/2021
72171 Microsoft Information Protection: Configure sensitivity labels for encrypt-only protection on Outlook messages In development Launched 04/30/2021
72174 Outlook: My Day pane available in Office.com Rolling out Launched 02/28/2021
72200 Power BI: New sharing experience Rolling out Launched 04/30/2021
81958 SharePoint and OneDrive for Business: Share dialog : adding Link settings to the quick permissions In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
64545 Windows Virtual Desktop: Latency improvement in United Arab Emirates In development Launched 05/31/2021
65951 Microsoft Teams: Large meeting support In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
66586 Microsoft Teams: Custom attendee registration In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
68687 Microsoft 365 Compliance Center: Policy health check and ability to pause policy In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
68887 Microsoft Defender for Identity: Full alert experience in Microsoft 365 security center In development Launched 04/30/2021
70551 Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational Theme Capabilities Rolling out Launched 03/31/2021
70590 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Enhancements to Spoof Intelligence In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
70620 Microsoft Teams: Disable/Enable a Single Attendee's Video In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
70621 Microsoft Teams: Disable/Enable all Attendee's Video In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
70813 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Endpoint discovery for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint In development Launched 04/30/2021
71772 Visio: AWS content in Visio desktop In development Launched 01/31/2021
79493 Microsoft Teams: AI based poll question suggestion for Teams meeting In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
79494 Microsoft Teams: AI based historical poll suggestion for Teams meeting In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
79495 Microsoft Teams: AI based option suggestion for Teams meeting polls Rolling out Launched 02/28/2021
80099 Microsoft Teams: Teams webinar capabilities general availability In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
80519 Microsoft Forms: Correct Answer choice feature added to Microsoft Forms Poll in Teams Meetings In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
80619 Forms: Poll in teams meeting support 1k meeting/webinar In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
65951 Microsoft Teams: Large meeting support Rolling out Launched 04/30/2021
67273 Outlook for Android: End user options for Delegate permissions In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
68844 Microsoft Teams: Increasing Chat Size from 300 to 1000 Participants In development Launched 04/30/2021
70576 SharePoint: App Bar In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
70741 Yammer: Essential Announcements In development Rolling out 04/30/2021
82015 SharePoint: Admin center - Migration Manager: Dropbox migrations In development Rolling out 04/30/2021

Changed Property: RM Title

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
81979 Office app: Improvements to help configure Automatic Deployment Rules for Microsoft 365 Apps updates published to the Microsoft Update Catalog Office app: Improvements to help configure Automatic Update Rules for Microsoft 365 Apps updates published to the Microsoft Update Catalog Office app: Improvements to help configure Automatic Deployment Rules for Microsoft 365 Apps updates published to the Microsoft Update Catalog 05/31/2021
78150 Visio for the Web: Enhanced Org chart creation experience in Visio for the web Visio for the Web: Organization Charts Visio for the Web: Enhanced Org chart creation experience in Visio for the web 04/30/2021

CW20 New Roadmap Items

RM ID RM Title RM Status RM Release RM Tags check before
72239 Microsoft 365 Compliance center: New Permissions management page In development General Availability Microsoft Compliance center,Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 04/30/2021
81521 Microsoft Teams: Multi-language meeting invite control In development General Availability Desktop,GCC,Microsoft Teams,Mobile,Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 08/31/2021
81975 SharePoint Syntex: Automatically set sensitivity labels in document understanding models. In development Targeted Release Targeted Release (Entire Organization) Targeted Release (Select People) General Availability Desktop,SharePoint Syntex,Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 04/30/2021
81976 SharePoint Syntex: Use regular expressions to match patterns for extracting metadata in document understanding models. In development Targeted Release Targeted Release (Entire Organization) Targeted Release (Select People) General Availability Desktop,SharePoint Syntex,Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 04/30/2021
82737 Microsoft Teams: Network planner tool updates In development General Availability Desktop,GCC,Microsoft Teams,Mobile,Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 04/30/2021
81123 Microsoft Teams: Together Mode Extensibility In development General Availability Desktop,Developer,Microsoft Teams 05/31/2021
81973 Microsoft Information Protection: Microsoft 365 Endpoint data loss prevention (DLP) for GCC In development General Availability GCC,Microsoft Information Protection,Web,Windows 10 05/31/2021
81974 Microsoft Information Protection: Microsoft 365 Endpoint data loss prevention (DLP) for GCC-H and DoD In development General Availability DoD,GCC High,Microsoft Information Protection,Web,Windows 10 06/30/2021
81977 Microsoft Viva: Topic management dashboard In development Targeted Release (Entire Organization) Targeted Release (Select People) General Availability Targeted Release Desktop,Microsoft Viva,Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 05/31/2021
81978 Microsoft Project: Book resources to manage resource availability In development General Availability Microsoft Project,Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 07/31/2021
81979 Office app: Improvements to help configure Automatic Deployment Rules for Microsoft 365 Apps updates published to the Microsoft Update Catalog In development Current Channel Office app,Windows 10,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 05/31/2021
81980 Microsoft Compliance center: New DLP alert management dashboard for gov clouds In development General Availability DoD,GCC,GCC High,Microsoft Compliance center,Web 05/31/2021
83145 Outlook: [iOS] Send Button move in full compose In development General Availability DoD,GCC,GCC High,iOS,Mobile,Office app,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 04/30/2021
80106 Microsoft Teams: Day view in calendar on iOS and Android. In development General Availability Android,DoD,GCC,GCC High,iOS,Microsoft Teams,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 05/31/2021
81955 Azure Active Directory, OneDrive, and SharePoint for Business: Azure B2B integration with OneDrive and SharePoint is now generally available. In development General Availability Azure Active Directory,OneDrive,SharePoint,Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 04/30/2021
81968 Microsoft Information Protection: Exact Data Match to support Auto-labeling In development General Availability DoD,GCC,GCC High,Microsoft Information Protection,Web 05/31/2021
81981 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Expanded limits for protected users within anti-phishing policies. In development General Availability Microsoft Defender for Office 365,Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 05/31/2021
82937 Microsoft Teams: Immersive reader support for Mobile In development General Availability Android,GCC,iOS,Microsoft Teams,Mobile,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 05/31/2021
83251 Microsoft Teams: Live reactions in Teams Meetings for DoD In development General Availability Android,Desktop,DoD,iOS,Microsoft Teams,Mobile,Web 09/30/2021
81965 SharePoint: Microsoft Lists ? Updated sharing experience In development General Availability DoD,GCC,GCC High,SharePoint,Web 04/30/2021
81983 Microsoft Search: Search box changes for guest users in OneDrive, SharePoint, and Lists. In development General Availability Microsoft Search,Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 05/31/2021
82953 Microsoft Teams: Restart Live Event In development General Availability Desktop,Microsoft Teams,Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 06/30/2021
79325 Yammer: Updated community discovery experience in the new Yammer In development General Availability Web,Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant),Yammer 05/31/2020
83456 SharePoint: Admin center - Migration Manager: Dropbox migrations for Government Clouds In development Preview DoD,GCC,GCC High,SharePoint,Web 11/30/2021

Share to MS Teams

Login to your account

Welcome Back, We Missed You!