from 05/31/2021 to 06/06/2021
9 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 21 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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Changes
MC End Time changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC247656 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint Web App | 2021-07-08T07;00;00Z | 2021-08-20T07;00;00Z | N/A |
| MC252704 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint for Windows | 2021-07-31T07;00;00Z | 2021-08-20T07;00;00Z | N/A |
| MC255080 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint for Mac | 2021-07-14T07;00;00Z | 2021-08-20T07;00;00Z | N/A |
| MC258229 | (Updated) Announcing annotations in PowerPoint Live in Teams | 2021-07-10T07;00;00Z | 2021-07-16T07;00;00Z | N/A |
| MC249248 | (Updated) SharePoint site templates | 2021-07-29T07;00;00Z | 2021-08-31T07;00;00Z | N/A |
| MC257468 | (Updated) Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists | 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z | 2021-08-06T07;00;00Z | N/A |
| MC244744 | (Updated) Release of new Yammer Desktop experience and Retirement of existing Yammer Desktop App | 2021-08-07T07;00;00Z | 2021-08-31T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC How Affect changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC247656 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint Web App |
We will begin rolling this out in early May and complete rollout by mid-May. Government; will begin rollout in late May and complete rollout by early June. |
We will begin rolling this out in early May and complete rollout by mid-July (previously mid-May). | N/A |
| MC252704 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint for Windows | We will begin rolling this out in mid-May and expect to complete the roll-out late June (previously late May). |
We will begin rolling this out to Standard release in mid-May and expect to complete the roll-out late June (previously late May). We will begin rolling this out to Government in late June and expect to complete in mid-July. |
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| MC255080 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint for Mac | We will begin rolling this out in early June and expect to complete the roll-out late June. | We will begin rolling this out in late June (previously early June) and expect to complete the roll-out mid-July (previously late June). | N/A |
| MC258229 | (Updated) Announcing annotations in PowerPoint Live in Teams | We will begin rolling this out in late May and expect to complete rollout early June. | We will begin rolling this out in early June (previously late May) and expect to complete rollout mid-June (previously early June). | N/A |
| MC259296 | (Updated) Plan for Change: Update to email profiles deployed with Basic Mobility and Security | If you are using Basic Mobility and Security to deploy email profiles to devices, these profiles will be automatically updated to Modern Authentication protocols on July 1, 2021. Note; End users on iOS will be prompted to re-enter their username and password to continue receiving email on their device. |
If you are using Basic Mobility and Security to deploy email profiles to devices, these profiles will be automatically updated to Modern Authentication protocols; we will communicate a new timeline when we are ready to proceed. Note; End users on iOS will be prompted to re-enter their username and password to continue receiving email on their device. |
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| MC249248 | (Updated) SharePoint site templates | Targeted Releases (selected users and organizations); rolling out from late May (previously late April) to mid-June (previously mid-May). Standard Release; rolling out from mid-June (previously mid-May) to late June. |
We will begin rolling out for Targeted Releases (selected users and organizations) in late June (previously May) and will complete for Standard Release in late July (previously late June). | N/A |
| MC257468 | (Updated) Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists |
Targeted release will begin rolling out in early June 2021 and will be complete by mid-June 2021. Standard release to all other cloud environments will begin in mid-June 2021 and be complete by end of June 2021. |
Targeted release will begin rolling out in mid-June (previously early June) and will be complete by the end of June (previously mid-June). Standard release to all other cloud environments will begin at the end of June (previously mid-June) and be complete by early July (end of June). |
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| MC244744 | (Updated) Release of new Yammer Desktop experience and Retirement of existing Yammer Desktop App |
Retirement of Yammer Desktop App Timing;New Yammer Desktop experience (PWA) will be available at the end of March. Communities App in Teams is currently available for users. Block new downloads of current experience; April 1st, 2021 Retirement of current experience; June 30th, 2021 |
Retirement of Yammer Desktop App Timing;New Yammer Desktop experience (PWA) will be available at the end of March. Communities App in Teams is currently available for users. Block new downloads of current experience; April 1st, 2021 Retirement of current experience; July 31st (previously June 30th) |
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MC Messages changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC247656 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint Web App | This new PowerPoint for the web feature release will provide access to PowerPoint Live in Teams and with just one click, will make it easier for presenters to present their presentations from PowerPoint directly to their remote meeting audience.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80600 Roadmap ID 80600. |
Updated June 01, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new PowerPoint for the web feature release will provide access to PowerPoint Live in Teams and with just one click, will make it easier for presenters to present their presentations from PowerPoint directly to their remote meeting audience. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80600 Roadmap ID 80600. |
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| MC252704 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint for Windows | Updated May 27, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new feature release will bring the PowerPoint Live in Teams entry point into PowerPoint for Windows. Clicking the Present in Teams button in PowerPoint will be the only step you need to take to present the deck in your Teams meeting. |
Updated June 01, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new feature release will bring the PowerPoint Live in Teams entry point into PowerPoint for Windows. Clicking the Present in Teams button in PowerPoint will be the only step you need to take to present the deck in your Teams meeting. |
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| MC255080 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint for Mac | This new feature release will bring the PowerPoint Live in Teams entry point into PowerPoint for Mac. Clicking the Present in Teams button in PowerPoint will be the only step you need to take to present the deck in your Teams meeting. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=82712 target=_blank style=;Roadmap ID 82712 |
Updated June 01, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new feature release will bring the PowerPoint Live in Teams entry point into PowerPoint for Mac. Clicking the Present in Teams button in PowerPoint will be the only step you need to take to present the deck in your Teams meeting. |
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| MC258229 | (Updated) Announcing annotations in PowerPoint Live in Teams | This new release will allow users to use a virtual laser pointer and make ink annotations when presenting through PowerPoint Live in Teams. Just as a presenter would use a physical laser pointer in a room, PowerPoint Live allows users to highlight by pointing at different places or data so the audience can easily follow along. This is rolling out on Microsoft Teams desktop, web and Mac.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=81966 Roadmap ID 81966. |
Updated June 01, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new release will allow users to use a virtual laser pointer and make ink annotations when presenting through PowerPoint Live in Teams. Just as a presenter would use a physical laser pointer in a room, PowerPoint Live allows users to highlight by pointing at different places or data so the audience can easily follow along. This is rolling out on Microsoft Teams desktop, web and Mac. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=81966 Roadmap ID 81966. |
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| MC259296 | (Updated) Plan for Change: Update to email profiles deployed with Basic Mobility and Security | Previously mentioned in MC248393, Exchange Online announced that it would be ending support for Basic Authentication. You can learn more https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/basic-authentication-and-exchange-online-february-2021-update/ba-p/2111904 here. In response to this change, we will be updating all email profiles deployed with Basic Mobility and Security to switch from Basic Authentication to Modern Authentication on July 1, 2021. | Updated June 02, 2021; This change has been put on hold and we will update the timeline when we have additional information. Thank you for your patience. Previously mentioned in MC248393, Exchange Online announced that it would be ending support for Basic Authentication. You can learn more https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/basic-authentication-and-exchange-online-february-2021-update/ba-p/2111904 here. In response to this change, we will be updating all email profiles deployed with Basic Mobility and Security to switch from Basic Authentication to Modern Authentication. |
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| MC259297 | (Updated) Support for tenant background images in the navigation bar is being retired | As outlined in MC243041 (March '21) we will be retiring support for tenant background images. Instead we recommend the utilization of the improvements we've made to https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/admin/setup/customize-your-organization-theme Organizational Theming.
Note; If you organization is not using tenant background images you can safely disregard this message. |
Updated June 02, 2021; We have updated this post to provide more clarity on the change. Thank you for your feedback.
Note; organization branding applied to Azure Active Directory sign-in pages are NOT impacted by this change. As outlined in MC243041 (March '21) we will be retiring support for navigation bar tenant background image. Instead we recommend the utilization of the improvements we've made to https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/admin/setup/customize-your-organization-theme Organizational Theming. This change is strictly for the navigation bar. Note; If you organization is not using navigation bar tenant background images you can safely disregard this message. |
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| MC249248 | (Updated) SharePoint site templates | Updated April 29, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new SharePoint release of scenario-based site templates will help you expand what?s possible with content, pages, and web parts while helping you quickly get started building your own site. Each template contains pre-populated content and web parts that are fully customizable to meet the needs of your organization. This is rolling out on SharePoint Online and mobile. |
Updated June 03, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new SharePoint release of scenario-based site templates will help you expand what?s possible with content, pages, and web parts while helping you quickly get started building your own site. Each template contains pre-populated content and web parts that are fully customizable to meet the needs of your organization. This is rolling out on SharePoint Online and mobile. |
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| MC257468 | (Updated) Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists | Power Apps image controls can now display images that are stored in image columns in Microsoft Lists. Images can be displayed in four sizes; small, medium, large, or full. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=81986 Roadmap ID 81986 |
Updated June 03, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Power Apps image controls can now display images that are stored in image columns in Microsoft Lists. Images can be displayed in four sizes; small, medium, large, or full. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=81986 Roadmap ID 81986 |
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| MC244744 | (Updated) Release of new Yammer Desktop experience and Retirement of existing Yammer Desktop App | As https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/yammer-blog/what-s-new-for-yammer-at-microsoft-ignite-2020/ba-p/1688689 announced at Ignite and MC226941 (November '20) the new Yammer experience and capabilities will now be available to our current Yammer Desktop App users, either through the Communities App in Teams or the new Yammer Desktop experience in the form of a Progressive Web App (PWA). The new installable Yammer Desktop Application (PWA) will be released by the end of March 2021 to all customers and the Communities App in Teams is already available for all users to download. We will be retiring the current Yammer Desktop Application on June 30th, 2021. | Updated June 04, 2021; We have updated the timing below. Thank you for your patience. As https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/yammer-blog/what-s-new-for-yammer-at-microsoft-ignite-2020/ba-p/1688689 announced at Ignite and MC226941 (November '20) the new Yammer experience and capabilities will now be available to our current Yammer Desktop App users, either through the Communities App in Teams or the new Yammer Desktop experience in the form of a Progressive Web App (PWA). The new installable Yammer Desktop Application (PWA) will be released by the end of March 2021 to all customers and the Communities App in Teams is already available for all users to download. We will be retiring the current Yammer Desktop Application on July 31st, 2021. |
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MC MessageTagNames changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC247656 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint Web App | New feature,User impact | New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
| MC255080 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint for Mac | Admin impact,New feature,User impact | Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
| MC258229 | (Updated) Announcing annotations in PowerPoint Live in Teams | New feature,User impact | New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
| MC259296 | (Updated) Plan for Change: Update to email profiles deployed with Basic Mobility and Security | User impact | Updated message,User impact | N/A |
| MC259297 | (Updated) Support for tenant background images in the navigation bar is being retired | Admin impact,Retirement,User impact | Admin impact,Retirement,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
| MC257468 | (Updated) Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists | New feature,User impact | New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
| MC244744 | (Updated) Release of new Yammer Desktop experience and Retirement of existing Yammer Desktop App | Admin impact,New feature,Retirement | Admin impact,New feature,Retirement,Updated message | N/A |
MC prepare changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC259297 | (Updated) Support for tenant background images in the navigation bar is being retired | Once this change is implemented tenant background images will no longer be supported. | Once this change is implemented navigation bar tenant background images will no longer be supported. | N/A |
| MC244744 | (Updated) Release of new Yammer Desktop experience and Retirement of existing Yammer Desktop App |
If users in your organization are actively using the current Yammer Desktop app or plan to start using it soon we want to make sure you are informed of these upcoming changes. When the new installable Desktop Application is released we will have in-app banners to help users transition to the new Desktop experience. Up until retirement on June 30th, 2021 we will support the existing experience and address high priority items. After June 30th, 2021 if users open the current Yammer Desktop app they will see a blocking banner with information about the new desktop experiences available to them.
Additionally, on April 1st we will block new downloads of the current Yammer Desktop experience. |
If users in your organization are actively using the current Yammer Desktop app or plan to start using it soon we want to make sure you are informed of these upcoming changes. When the new installable Desktop Application is released we will have in-app banners to help users transition to the new Desktop experience. Up until retirement on July 31st, 2021 we will support the existing experience and address high priority items. After July 31st, 2021 if users open the current Yammer Desktop app they will see a blocking banner with information about the new desktop experiences available to them.
Additionally, on April 1st we will block new downloads of the current Yammer Desktop experience. |
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MC Title changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC247656 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint Web App | PowerPoint Live; Present to Teams from PowerPoint Web App | (Updated) PowerPoint Live; Present to Teams from PowerPoint Web App | N/A |
| MC255080 | (Updated) PowerPoint Live: Present to Teams from PowerPoint for Mac | PowerPoint Live; Present to Teams from PowerPoint for Mac | (Updated) PowerPoint Live; Present to Teams from PowerPoint for Mac | N/A |
| MC258229 | (Updated) Announcing annotations in PowerPoint Live in Teams | Announcing annotations in PowerPoint Live in Teams | (Updated) Announcing annotations in PowerPoint Live in Teams | N/A |
| MC259296 | (Updated) Plan for Change: Update to email profiles deployed with Basic Mobility and Security | Plan for Change; Update to email profiles deployed with Basic Mobility and Security | (Updated) Plan for Change; Update to email profiles deployed with Basic Mobility and Security | N/A |
| MC259297 | (Updated) Support for tenant background images in the navigation bar is being retired | Tenant background image is being retired. | (Updated) Support for tenant background images in the navigation bar is being retired | N/A |
| MC257468 | (Updated) Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists | Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists | (Updated) Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists | N/A |
| MC244744 | (Updated) Release of new Yammer Desktop experience and Retirement of existing Yammer Desktop App | Release of new Yammer Desktop experience and Retirement of existing Yammer Desktop App | (Updated) Release of new Yammer Desktop experience and Retirement of existing Yammer Desktop App | N/A |
CW23 New Office 365 Message Center items
| MC ID | MC Title | MC Category | MC Workload | MC Major Change | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC259297 | (Updated) Support for tenant background images in the navigation bar is being retired | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite | True | N/A |
| MC259301 | Exchange Admins can now use Integrated Apps in Microsoft Admin Center | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC259302 | Edit a SharePoint page or news post in Microsoft Teams | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
| MC259303 | Microsoft Bookings - toggle to test the new experience | Stay Informed | Microsoft Bookings | False | N/A |
| MC259305 | Announcing new options for custom sensitive information types | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC259330 | Post on behalf of capability coming to Yammer | Stay Informed | Yammer Enterprise | False | N/A |
| MC259346 | Dynamics 365 ? Service Update 21055 for EUR | Stay Informed | Dynamics 365 Apps | False | N/A |
| MC259495 | End-to-end encryption for Teams calling | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC259500 | Teams Mobile - Large Gallery in meetings update | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC259501 | Yammer and SharePoint for Business: Yammer Conversations Web Part V3 | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online, Yammer Enterprise | False | N/A |
| MC259503 | Reminder: Skype for Business Online retires July 31, 2021 | Plan For Change | Skype for Business | False | 07/31/2021 |
| MC259655 | Plan for Change: Removing Threat agent status report from UI | Plan For Change | Microsoft Intune | False | N/A |
| MC259656 | Now GA for Communication Compliance: OCR support and 7 added languages for pre-trained classifiers | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC259743 | Briefing Email Language Expansion (FR, DE, IT, PT) | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC259845 | Teams meeting invite recipients limit from Outlook | Plan For Change | Microsoft Teams | True | N/A |
| MC259919 | Actionable items in Microsoft Search | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Apps | False | N/A |
| MC259920 | Search across images with Microsoft Search | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Apps | False | N/A |
| MC259921 | Removing the option to use 'Office Presentation Service' from the Windows version of PowerPoint | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 Apps | True | N/A |
| MC259924 | Power Platform admin center cross-tenant analytics | Stay Informed | Microsoft Power Automate in Microsoft 365, Power Apps in Microsoft 365 | False | N/A |
| MC259925 | Power Platform performance and diagnostics monitoring with Azure Application Insights | Stay Informed | Power Apps in Microsoft 365 | False | N/A |
| MC259926 | Power Platform admin center Data Export to Azure Data Lake Services | Stay Informed | Microsoft Power Automate in Microsoft 365, Power Apps in Microsoft 365 | False | N/A |
