from 07/12/2021 to 07/18/2021
9 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC255538 | (Updated) Immersive Reader is now available in OneDrive and SharePoint for documents | 2021-07-31T07;00;00Z | 2021-09-10T07;00;00Z | N/A |
| MC244732 | (Updated) Request/Release workflow for quarantined messages | 2021-07-31T07;00;00Z | 2021-09-30T07;00;00Z | N/A |
| MC244733 | (Updated) Customization of quarantine notification | 2021-07-31T07;00;00Z | 2021-09-30T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC Messages changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC255538 | (Updated) Immersive Reader is now available in OneDrive and SharePoint for documents | This new feature release will allow users to launch Word Documents and text files into Immersive Reader from OneDrive. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1searchterms=67199filters=searchterms=81954 Roadmap ID 81954. [When this will happen] This feature will start rolling out in Mid-May and complete rollout by late June. |
Updated July 12, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. This new feature release will allow users to launch Word Documents and text files into Immersive Reader from OneDrive. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1searchterms=67199filters=searchterms=81954 Roadmap ID 81954. [When this will happen] This feature will start rolling out in Mid-May and complete rollout by mid-August (previously late June). |
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| MC268194 | (Updated) Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) safe links in Teams | Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Safe Links in Teams is a new Office 365 feature which brings premium ATP security value into Microsoft Teams clients. This covers all production clients released today; desktop (Mac and PC), mobile (iOS and Android), and web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=34298 Roadmap ID 34298 [When this will happen] |
Updated July 12, 2021; We have updated the post to show as intended. Thank you for your feedback. Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Safe Links in Teams is a new Office 365 feature which brings premium ATP security value into Microsoft Teams clients. This covers all production clients released today; desktop (Mac and PC), mobile (iOS and Android), and web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=34298 Roadmap ID 34298 [When this will happen] |
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| MC244732 | (Updated) Request/Release workflow for quarantined messages | With this new quarantine policy, tenant admins will be able to configure end user access to messages quarantined by the Exchange Online Protection (EOP) anti-spam, Microsoft defender for office 365 (MDO) anti-phishing, anti-malware and Microsoft defender for office 365 (MDO) safe attachment policies. End users will also now have a process to request message release.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=62449 62449 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=62450 62450. [When this will happen] |
Updated July 13, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With this new quarantine policy, tenant admins will be able to configure end user access to messages quarantined by the Exchange Online Protection (EOP) anti-spam, Microsoft defender for office 365 (MDO) anti-phishing, anti-malware and Microsoft defender for office 365 (MDO) safe attachment policies. End users will also now have a process to request message release. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=62449 62449 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=62450 62450. [When this will happen] |
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| MC244733 | (Updated) Customization of quarantine notification | We are making it possible for you to customize quarantine notifications with your organization logo, custom display name, and a custom disclaimer. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=64781 Roadmap ID 64781 [When this will happen] We will begin rolling this out in to standard release customers in early April and we expect to be complete by end of June. |
Updated July 13, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are making it possible for you to customize quarantine notifications with your organization logo, custom display name, and a custom disclaimer. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=64781 Roadmap ID 64781 [When this will happen] We will begin rolling this out in to standard release customers in early April and we expect to be complete by the end of August (previously end of June). |
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| MC262781 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office: Updates to investigations | We are improving Microsoft Defender for Office automated investigation email clustering and actions to ensure that actions only occur on malicious emails still in the mailbox. This will result in more accurate threat information, with fewer email actions, and refreshed actions/data. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=82056 Roadmap ID 82056. [When this will happen;] The rollout of the updated email clustering will begin in mid-June (June 21st) and will be complete by late July. |
Updated July 13, 2021; We have updated the external resources below for additional detail. Thank you for your patience. We are improving Microsoft Defender for Office 365 automated investigation email clustering and actions to ensure that actions only occur on malicious emails still in the mailbox. This will result in more accurate threat information, with fewer email actions, and refreshed actions/data. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=82056 Roadmap ID 82056. [When this will happen;] The rollout of the updated email clustering will begin in mid-June (June 21st) and will be complete by late July. |
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| MC267581 | (Updated) Microsoft Lists: Custom list templates | This new feature will support the addition of custom list templates from your organization alongside the ready-made templates Microsoft provides to make it easy to get started tracking and managing information.
[Key points] Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70753 Roadmap ID; 70753 Timing;Targeted release (entire org); will roll out in mid-July and complete by mid-August 2021 Roll-out; tenant level Control type; user control / admin control Action; review, assess and educate |
Updated July 13, 2021; We have updated the external resources below for additional detail. Thank you for your patience. This new feature will support the addition of custom list templates from your organization alongside the ready-made templates Microsoft provides to make it easy to get started tracking and managing information. [Key points] Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70753 Roadmap ID; 70753 Timing;Targeted release (entire org); will roll out in mid-July and complete by mid-August 2021 Roll-out; tenant level Control type; user control / admin control Action; review, assess and educate |
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MC MessageTagNames changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC255538 | (Updated) Immersive Reader is now available in OneDrive and SharePoint for documents | New feature,User impact | New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
| MC268194 | (Updated) Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) safe links in Teams | Admin impact,New feature,User impact | Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
| MC244732 | (Updated) Request/Release workflow for quarantined messages | Admin impact,New feature,User impact | Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
| MC244733 | (Updated) Customization of quarantine notification | Admin impact,Feature update,User impact | Admin impact,Feature update,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
| MC262781 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office: Updates to investigations | Admin impact,Feature update | Admin impact,Feature update,Updated message | N/A |
| MC267581 | (Updated) Microsoft Lists: Custom list templates | Admin impact,New feature,User impact | Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
MC prepare changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC268194 | (Updated) Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) safe links in Teams | You should create a policy to enable ATP Safe Links for Teams in order to protect your users. You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate. Learn more; https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/turn-on-mdo-for-spo-odb-and-teams Turn on Safe Attachments for SharePoint, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams |
You should create a policy to enable ATP Safe Links for Teams in order to protect your users. You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate. Learn more; https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/safe-links?view=o365-worldwide#safe-links-settings-for-microsoft-teams Safe Links in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 |
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| MC262781 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office: Updates to investigations | Notify your security operations team of this upcoming change that will reduce the number of actions they see, change data gathered during an investigation and update the deeplink from investigation/incident/action center to Explorer to use latest delivery location. [Learn more;] https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/defender/investigate-incidents?view=o365-worldwide#evidence Incident and Investigation Evidence. |
Notify your security operations team of this upcoming change that will reduce the number of actions they see, change data gathered during an investigation and update the deeplink from investigation/incident/action center to Explorer to use latest delivery location. [Learn more;] https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/defender/investigate-incidents?view=o365-worldwide#evidence Incident and Investigation Evidence https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/email-analysis-investigations?view=o365-worldwide Email analysis in investigations for Microsoft Defender for Office 365 |
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| MC267581 | (Updated) Microsoft Lists: Custom list templates | You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate. Learn more; https://docs.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dev/declarative-customization/site-design-overview PowerShell Cmdlets documentation for custom list templates |
You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate. Learn more; https://docs.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dev/declarative-customization/site-design-overview PowerShell Cmdlets documentation for custom list templates https://docs.microsoft.com/sharepoint/lists-custom-template Creating custom list templates |
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MC Title changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC255538 | (Updated) Immersive Reader is now available in OneDrive and SharePoint for documents | Immersive Reader is now available in OneDrive and SharePoint for documents | (Updated) Immersive Reader is now available in OneDrive and SharePoint for documents | N/A |
| MC268194 | (Updated) Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) safe links in Teams | Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) safe links in Teams | (Updated) Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) safe links in Teams | N/A |
| MC244732 | (Updated) Request/Release workflow for quarantined messages | Request/Release workflow for quarantined messages | (Updated) Request/Release workflow for quarantined messages | N/A |
| MC244733 | (Updated) Customization of quarantine notification | Customization of quarantine notification | (Updated) Customization of quarantine notification | N/A |
| MC262781 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office: Updates to investigations | Microsoft Defender for Office; Updates to investigations | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office; Updates to investigations | N/A |
| MC267581 | (Updated) Microsoft Lists: Custom list templates | Microsoft Lists; Custom list templates | (Updated) Microsoft Lists; Custom list templates | N/A |
MC Workload Display Names changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC260554 | The device code flow user experience will now include an app confirmation prompt | Identity Service,Microsoft Intune,Mobile Device Management for Office 365 | Identity Service,Mobile Device Management for Office 365 | N/A |
| MC266261 | SharePoint Syntex site template for model evaluation | SharePoint Online,SharePoint Syntex | SharePoint Online | N/A |
| MC260554 | The device code flow user experience will now include an app confirmation prompt | Identity Service,Mobile Device Management for Office 365 | Identity Service,Microsoft Intune,Mobile Device Management for Office 365 | N/A |
| MC267954 | New Microsoft Defender for Endpoint recommendations in Microsoft Secure Score | Microsoft 365 suite,Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Microsoft 365 suite | N/A |
| MC266261 | SharePoint Syntex site template for model evaluation | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Online,SharePoint Syntex | N/A |
| MC267954 | New Microsoft Defender for Endpoint recommendations in Microsoft Secure Score | Microsoft 365 suite | Microsoft 365 suite,Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | N/A |
| MC266261 | SharePoint Syntex site template for model evaluation | SharePoint Online,SharePoint Syntex | SharePoint Online | N/A |
| MC267954 | New Microsoft Defender for Endpoint recommendations in Microsoft Secure Score | Microsoft 365 suite,Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Microsoft 365 suite | N/A |
| MC266261 | SharePoint Syntex site template for model evaluation | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Online,SharePoint Syntex | N/A |
| MC266261 | SharePoint Syntex site template for model evaluation | SharePoint Online,SharePoint Syntex | SharePoint Online | N/A |
| MC267954 | New Microsoft Defender for Endpoint recommendations in Microsoft Secure Score | Microsoft 365 suite | Microsoft 365 suite,Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | N/A |
| MC267954 | New Microsoft Defender for Endpoint recommendations in Microsoft Secure Score | Microsoft 365 suite,Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Microsoft 365 suite | N/A |
| MC266261 | SharePoint Syntex site template for model evaluation | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Online,SharePoint Syntex | N/A |
| MC266261 | SharePoint Syntex site template for model evaluation | SharePoint Online,SharePoint Syntex | SharePoint Online | N/A |
| MC267954 | New Microsoft Defender for Endpoint recommendations in Microsoft Secure Score | Microsoft 365 suite | Microsoft 365 suite,Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | N/A |
CW29 New Office 365 Message Center items
| MC ID | MC Title | MC Category | MC Workload | MC Major Change | MC Action required by |
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| MC268723 | Suggested Replies support for new languages | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Apps | False | N/A |
| MC268726 | Real-time messaging protocol (RTMP) Streaming Support to Custom Endpoints | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC268758 | Announcing Communication Compliance discrimination classifier (preview) | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC268907 | Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Apps | False | N/A |
| MC268957 | New default settings when opening Office files | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC268960 | (Reminder) Adjusting Version Retention for Outlook Data Files (PST File Type) on One Drive and SharePoint Online | Plan For Change | OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online | False | 08/13/2021 |
| MC268980 | Dynamics 365 ? Service Update 21072 for EUR | Stay Informed | Dynamics 365 Apps | False | N/A |
| MC270105 | Power BI sensitivity label data in Activity Explorer (preview) | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC270123 | Dynamics 365 and Industry Solutions and Power Platform 2021 release wave 2 plans available now! | Stay Informed | Dynamics 365 Apps, Finance and Operations Apps, Microsoft Power Automate, Power Apps | False | N/A |
| MC270177 | Releasing Fluid live components in Teams chat | Plan For Change | Microsoft Teams | True | N/A |
| MC270189 | Microsoft Information Protection: Exact Data Match to support auto-labeling (client-side) | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC270667 | Reminder: Skype for Business Online retires July 31, 2021 | Plan For Change | Skype for Business | False | 07/31/2021 |
| MC270670 | Yammer: Community Header in Yammer Embed Feed | Stay Informed | Yammer Enterprise | False | N/A |
| MC270671 | We're updating the Hybrid federated search | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite, SharePoint Online | True | 10/01/2021 |
| MC271070 | OneDrive sync client will no longer be supported on Windows Server 2008 R2 | Plan For Change | OneDrive for Business | True | 08/20/2021 |
| MC271071 | OneDrive sync client will no longer be supported on Windows Server 2008 R2 | Plan For Change | OneDrive for Business | True | 08/20/2021 |
| MC271072 | OneDrive sync client will no longer be supported on Windows Server 2008 R2 | Plan For Change | OneDrive for Business | True | 08/20/2021 |
| MC271073 | Content type sync enhancements and site gallery | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online | True | N/A |
| MC271074 | Content type sync enhancements and site gallery | Plan For Change | SharePoint Online | True | N/A |
| MC271075 | SharePoint News Boost | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
| MC271076 | Content type sync enhancements and site gallery | Plan For Change | SharePoint Online | True | N/A |
| MC271077 | Content type sync enhancements and site gallery | Plan For Change | SharePoint Online | True | N/A |
| MC271079 | Content type sync enhancements and site gallery | Plan For Change | SharePoint Online | True | N/A |
