from 01/10/2022 to 01/16/2022
16 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 13 Office 365 Message Center Items were added
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MC Action Required By changes
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| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | 2022-01-14T09:00:00Z | N/A | N/A |
| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | 2022-01-14T09:00:00Z | N/A | N/A |
| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | 2022-01-14T09:00:00Z | N/A | N/A |
| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | 2022-01-14T09:00:00Z | N/A | N/A |
| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | 2022-01-14T09:00:00Z | N/A | N/A |
| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | 2022-01-14T09:00:00Z | N/A | N/A |
MC End Time changes
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| MC296611 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Introducing Built-In-Protection | 2022-06-01T09:00:00Z | 2022-05-31T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC248201 | (Updated) Quick Create – Easily Create Power BI Reports from Lists | 2022-01-31T08:00:00Z | 2022-02-28T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC282784 | (Updated) Play My Emails: Spotlight | 2022-02-28T08:00:00Z | 2022-04-30T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC288633 | M365 Records Management, Information Governance & eDiscovery– Optimized behavior of file versions preserved in SPO & ODB | 2022-03-31T10:00:00Z | 2022-04-16T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC295024 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving | 2022-02-04T09:00:00Z | 2022-03-31T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC295895 | (Updated) Communication Compliance – new features coming to public preview | 2022-03-02T09:00:00Z | 2022-03-26T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC299920 | (Updated) OneDrive: Sync client support for Apple Silicon (Preview) | 2022-01-17T09:00:00Z | 2022-03-19T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC305100 | (Updated) Create Videos on Office Mobile | 2022-02-28T09:00:00Z | 2022-03-31T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC305101 | (Updated) Experience improvements to the Topic Card | 2022-02-07T09:00:00Z | 2022-03-19T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC255074 | (Updated) Recommended Files in Office: Excel for Microsoft 365, Word for Microsoft 365, PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 | 2022-01-31T08:00:00Z | 2022-03-31T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC How Affect changes
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| MC310349 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Hide your own video in Teams meetings | This option provides the user with an ability to hide their own video from their stage. Hiding is just for your own view, others will still see you with your video on. Go to the Me video menu - you can find it in the Me box, clicking on [...]; Select Hide for me. Your Me box is going to roll either vertically or horizontally depending on the position of your gallery. If you no longer wish to be hidden, select Unhide for me by clicking on the arrow available in the collapsed state. You can easily hide or unhide yourself when clicking on the menu next to your name in roster too. |
This option provides the user with an ability to hide their own video from their stage. Hiding is just for your own view, others will still see you with your video on.
Go to the Me video menu - you can find it in the Me box, clicking on [...]; |
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| MC288633 | M365 Records Management, Information Governance & eDiscovery– Optimized behavior of file versions preserved in SPO & ODB | This update will change the behavior of deleted files that are set to be retained, and that have multiple versions of the file. They will be retained in the Preservation Hold Library as a single file with all versions as part of its version history just like they exist before being deleted. Previously, each version was retained individually as a separate file. Additionally, this change will also affect your ability to search those versions in eDiscovery. Searching will now only work on the last version of a document by default rather than getting multiple matches for versions in between them which provides consistency for eDiscovery searches regardless of whether the file has been deleted or not. If you have query-based holds configured in eDiscovery, there will be a change to how retained files are searched and retained as outlined above. If a file is deleted from a source covered by a query based hold policy, it will no longer retain specific document versions that meet the query criteria and instead only hold the latest version of document if it meets the query criteria when the document is deleted. For more information on query-based holds, please visit: Create eDiscovery holds in a Core eDiscovery case - Microsoft 365 Compliance | Microsoft Docs These changes do not impact the retention or deletion of your content or cause any changes to your retention labels or policies, all versions are still being kept, just as part of the version history of the file. |
This update will change the behavior of deleted files that are set to be retained, and that have multiple versions of the file. They will be retained in the Preservation Hold Library as a single file with all versions as part of its version history just like they exist before being deleted. Previously, each version was retained individually as a separate file. Additionally, this change will also affect your ability to search those versions in eDiscovery. Searching will now only work on the last version of a document by default rather than getting multiple matches for versions in between them which provides consistency for eDiscovery searches regardless of whether the file has been deleted or not. If you have query-based holds configured in eDiscovery, there will be a change to how retained files are searched and retained as outlined above. If a file is deleted from a source covered by a query-based hold policy, it will no longer retain specific document versions that meet the query criteria and instead only hold the latest version of document if it meets the query criteria when the document is deleted. For more information on query-based holds, please visit: Create eDiscovery holds in a Core eDiscovery case - Microsoft 365 Compliance | Microsoft Docs These changes do not impact the retention or deletion of your content or cause any changes to your retention labels or policies, all versions are still being kept, just as part of the version history of the file. |
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| MC295024 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving | Users that have come to rely on these tab actions being available in the tab header bar may have difficulty finding these common actions. A one-time educational coach mark bubble will be provided to educate users about the change. | Users that have come to rely on these tab actions being available in the tab header bar may have difficulty finding these common actions. A one-time educational coachmark bubble will be provided to educate users about the change. | N/A |
| MC312489 | Mute Notifications During Meetings | Notification Settings
u-bar Settings |
This feature will introduce a setting to help the user turn OFF notifications during meetings. Global Setting to turn OFF notifications during all meetings - A user can find these settings by clicking on the ellipsis next to their profile picture -> Settings -> Notifications -> Meetings. Allow/Mute Notifications through the More actions during a meeting - A user can turn ON/OFF notifications on a per meeting basis through the setting provided in More actions. Notification Settings More actions |
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MC Messages changes
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| MC295854 | (Updated) Unified Whiteboard experience on Surface Hub, coming soon | Updated December 21, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. We're delaying the Whiteboard update to the Surface Hub as we work towards addressing key experience gaps and will start the automatic store rollout in mid-February, completing by mid-March. For those who want the Surface Hub update sooner, by mid-January we'll provide ways for you to deploy to your organization. Microsoft Whiteboard is being updated to provide a new, modern & unified experience across all devices, whether you're on a Surface hub, laptop or a mobile. We have recently released a ton of exciting new features on Teams, Whiteboard apps & web. Going forward, all new features will be automatically available across all devices. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82094. [Key points:] Timing: The Whiteboard update for Surface Hub update is expected to begin rollout in mid-March and is expected to be completed by mid-February. Action: Update via stores from the Surface Hub device. |
Updated January 10, 2022: We have updated the post to show as intended. Thank you for your patience. We're delaying the Whiteboard update to the Surface Hub as we work towards addressing key experience gaps and will start the automatic store rollout in mid-February, completing by mid-March. For those who want the Surface Hub update sooner, by mid-January we'll provide ways for you to deploy to your organization. Microsoft Whiteboard is being updated to provide a new, modern & unified experience across all devices, whether you're on a Surface hub, laptop or a mobile. We have recently released a ton of exciting new features on Teams, Whiteboard apps & web. Going forward, all new features will be automatically available across all devices. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82094. [Key points:] Timing: The Whiteboard update for Surface Hub update is expected to begin rollout in mid-February and is expected to be completed by mid-March. Action: Update via stores from the Surface Hub device. |
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| MC296611 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Introducing Built-In-Protection | Updated November 18, 2021: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback. We’re are introducing a powerful new default security preset called Built-in-Protection in Defender for Office 365. Built-in-Protection is a third preset security policy (like the Standard and Strict preset policies), and is enabled by default for all new and existing customers. It will implement a version of Safe Links and Safe Attachments resulting in low impact on the end-user. It's low impact as the end user experience will not be changed - URL links will not be wrapped. However, it will implement delivery time file and URL detonation as well as time of click protection. [Key points:] Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72208. Timing: We will begin rolling out in mid-December and complete by late January. Begining in early November, you will be able to view the Built-in-Protection preset in the Defender for Office 365 portal and configure any exceptions required ahead of the policy enablement rollout that begins in mid-December. Action: Review and assess impact to users in your organization. Note: Configured exceptions will be honored for the Safe Links and Safe Attachment settings within Built-In-Protection when it is eventually enabled for your tenant. Configured exceptions do not apply to the global Safe Links and Safe Attachment settings within Built-in-Protection. To changes these settings after Built-in-Protection is enabled, admins can modify the global Safe Attachments or global Safe Links policies directly at any time. To learn about the specific settings set by Built-in-Protection, please see: Microsoft recommendations for EOP and Defender for Office 365 security settings - Office 365 | Microsoft Docs |
Updated January 10, 2022: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback. We’re are introducing a powerful new default security preset called Built-in-Protection in Defender for Office 365. Built-in-Protection is a third preset security policy (like the Standard and Strict preset policies), and is enabled by default for all new and existing customers. It will implement a version of Safe Links and Safe Attachments resulting in low impact on the end-user. It's low impact as the end user experience will not be changed - URL links will not be wrapped. However, it will implement delivery time file and URL detonation as well as time of click protection. [Key points:] Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72208. Timing: We will begin rolling out in mid-December and complete by late February (previously late January). Beginning in early November, you will be able to view the Built-in-Protection preset in the Defender for Office 365 portal and configure any exceptions required ahead of the policy enablement rollout that begins in mid-December. Action: Review and assess impact to users in your organization. Note: Configured exceptions will be honored for the Safe Links and Safe Attachment settings within Built-In-Protection when it is eventually enabled for your tenant. Configured exceptions do not apply to the global Safe Links and Safe Attachment settings within Built-in-Protection. To changes these settings after Built-in-Protection is enabled, admins can modify the global Safe Attachments or global Safe Links policies directly at any time. To learn about the specific settings set by Built-in-Protection, please see: Microsoft recommendations for EOP and Defender for Office 365 security settings - Office 365 | Microsoft Docs |
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| MC310349 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Hide your own video in Teams meetings | Currently, it is not possible to hide your own video on the stage. This can contribute to meeting fatigue as we are constantly processing our own image during calls. This new feature update will expand the ability for users to hide their own video on the stage for themselves while others will still be able to see it and thus not disrupt the video experience during the call. New feature will help to tackle various situations: No more overlaying of the me video box and other participant's video or content Seeing yourself can bring stress for the brain having to process an extra load of information, not mentioning the distraction - you can avoid this by hiding your own video from your stage For meetings where you desire to have your video on, you will not have to compromise anymore between the meeting fatigue and being visually included Having video on helps create closer connections or can be even required in some meetings - by hiding your video, you can relax and still meet this requirement An indicator in the form of a cropped part of your own video image will never let you forget your video is on and avoid any undesired circumstances The feature will be rolling out for the Windows and Mac desktop client. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86370. [When this will happen:] Standard: We will begin rolling this out in January and expect to complete rollout in early February. GCC: We will begin rolling this out in late January and expect to complete rollout end of February. GCC-H: We will begin rolling this out in mid-February and expect to complete rollout end of March. DoD: We will begin rolling this out end of February and expect to complete rollout mid-March. |
Updated January 10, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience. Currently, it is not possible to hide your own video on the stage. This can contribute to meeting fatigue as we are constantly processing our own image during calls. This new feature update will expand the ability for users to hide their own video on the stage for themselves while others will still be able to see it and thus not disrupt the video experience during the call. New feature will help to tackle various situations: No more overlaying of the me video box and other participant's video or content Seeing yourself can bring stress for the brain having to process an extra load of information, not mentioning the distraction - you can avoid this by hiding your own video from your stage For meetings where you desire to have your video on, you will not have to compromise anymore between the meeting fatigue and being visually included Having video on helps create closer connections or can be even required in some meetings - by hiding your video, you can relax and still meet this requirement An indicator in the form of a cropped part of your own video image will never let you forget your video is on and avoid any undesired circumstances The feature will be rolling out for the Windows and Mac desktop client. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86370. [When this will happen:] Standard: We will begin rolling this out in January and expect to complete rollout in early February. GCC: We will begin rolling this out in late January and expect to complete rollout end of February. GCC-H: We will begin rolling this out in mid-February and expect to complete rollout end of March. DoD: We will begin rolling this out end of February and expect to complete rollout mid-March. |
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| MC248201 | (Updated) Quick Create – Easily Create Power BI Reports from Lists | Updated October 26, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below for Government organizations. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce the arrival of a new guided authoring experience in Lists that will make it easy to quickly create business intelligence reports in Power BI using your list schema and data. [Key points] Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72175. Timing: Targeted Release: rolling out in early early May. Standard Release: rolling out from early June (previously late May) to mid-July (previously early June). Government: we will begin rolling out in early December (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by mid-December (previously mid-October). Roll-out: tenant level Control type: admin control Action: review and assess |
Updated January 11, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below for Government organizations. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce the arrival of a new guided authoring experience in Lists that will make it easy to quickly create business intelligence reports in Power BI using your list schema and data. [Key points] Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72175. Timing: Targeted Release: rolling out in early early May. - Completed Standard Release: rolling out from early June (previously late May) to mid-July (previously early June). - Completed Government: we will begin rolling out in early December (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by late January (previously mid-December). Roll-out: tenant level Control type: admin control Action: review and assess |
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| MC282784 | (Updated) Play My Emails: Spotlight | Updated December 03, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. This enhancement to the Play My Emails feature of Outlook Mobile identifies Spotlight Emails (emails deemed important) and prioritizes them to be read first before other email from the inbox. [Key points] |
Updated January 11, 2022: Based on learnings from our early rings, we have made the decision to make additional changes before we proceed with the rollout. We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. This enhancement to the Play My Emails feature of Outlook Mobile identifies Spotlight Emails (emails deemed important) and prioritizes them to be read first before other email from the inbox. [Key points] |
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| MC288633 | M365 Records Management, Information Governance & eDiscovery– Optimized behavior of file versions preserved in SPO & ODB | Updated December 03, 2021: We have updated the content below for clarity and have adjusted the timeline. Thank you for your patience. To improve performance, any file with multiple versions that is deleted from SharePoint or OneDrive which is preserved to the Preservation Hold Library (due to its applicable retention label, retention policies or eDiscovery holds) will now be retained as a single file containing its full version history, rather than each version being retained as individual files as has been the case until now. Note: We had previously announced that this feature would begin rollout in the fall of 2021, however we are postponing this rollout until early 2022. This allow our customers more time to prepare and for us to ensure that the rollout plan accommodates the end of year activities and minimizes the risk of impact. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82062. [When this will happen:] Rollout will begin in early January 2022 (previously October 2021) and be complete by mid-February (previously November 2021). |
Updated January 11, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. To improve performance, any file with multiple versions that is deleted from SharePoint or OneDrive which is preserved to the Preservation Hold Library (due to its applicable retention label, retention policies or eDiscovery holds) will now be retained as a single file containing its full version history, rather than each version being retained as individual files as has been the case until now. Note: We had previously announced that this feature would begin rollout in the fall of 2021, however we are postponing this rollout until early 2022. This allows our customers more time to prepare and for us to ensure that the rollout plan accommodates the end of year activities and minimizes the risk of impact. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82062. [When this will happen:] Rollout will begin in early February (previously early January) and be complete by mid-March (previously mid-February). |
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| MC295024 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving | Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving out of the tab header bar and into the tab dropdown to help declutter the user experience. This impacts all first-party and third-party application tabs in chats, channels and meetings, such as Assignments, Grades, Planner or the Website tab. These tab actions will be found by clicking on the tab name to show a dropdown menu. These actions include: Reload tab Go to website Copy link to tab Pop-out tab About this tab This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88341. [When this will happen:] We expect the standard rollout to begin in mid-November and expect that rollout to be fully completed in early December. We expect the rollout for GCC to occur in early January. |
Updated January 11, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving out of the tab header bar and into the tab dropdown to help declutter the user experience. This impacts all first-party and third-party application tabs in chats, channels and meetings, such as Assignments, Grades, Planner or the Website tab. These tab actions will be found by clicking on the tab name to show a dropdown menu. These actions include: Reload tab Go to website Copy link to tab Pop-out tab About this tab This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88341. [When this will happen:] We expect the standard rollout to begin in mid-November and expect that rollout to be fully completed in mid-January (previously early December). We expect the rollout for GCC to occur in mid-February (previously early January). |
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| MC295895 | (Updated) Communication Compliance – new features coming to public preview | Updated December 16, 2021: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience. As announced at Ignite, we are releasing several preview updates for the Communication Compliance solution within the Microsoft 365 compliance center including Day Zero insights, a new activity summary report, and additional language support for built-in classifiers. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85650, 85652, and 85653. [When this will happen:] Rollout will begin in early November and is expected to be complete by mid-January (previously mid-December). |
Updated January 11, 2022: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience. As announced at Ignite, we are releasing several preview updates for the Communication Compliance solution within the Microsoft 365 compliance center including Day Zero insights, a new activity summary report, and additional language support for built-in classifiers. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85650, 85652, and 85653. [When this will happen:] Rollout will begin in early November and is expected to be complete by mid-February (previously mid-January). |
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| MC299920 | (Updated) OneDrive: Sync client support for Apple Silicon (Preview) | A preview of OneDrive sync that runs natively on Apple silicon is coming to devices in the Current Channel (Preview). Following the preview release to Current Channel (Preview), it will release GA. If you are not interested in the preview of OneDrive sync that runs natively on Apple silicon, you can safely disregard this message. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82035. [When this will happen:] Current Channel (Preview): We will begin rolling this out in early December and expect to complete rollout mid-December. Standard: We will begin rolling this out in late January and expect to complete by mid-February. There will be no preview release |
Updated January 11, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. A preview of OneDrive sync that runs natively on Apple silicon is coming to devices in the Current Channel (Preview). Following the preview release to Current Channel (Preview), it will release GA. If you are not interested in the preview of OneDrive sync that runs natively on Apple silicon, you can safely disregard this message. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82035. [When this will happen:] Current Channel (Preview): We will begin rolling this out in early December and expect to complete rollout mid-December. - Complete Standard: We will begin rolling this out in late January and expect to complete by mid-February. There will be no preview release |
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| MC305100 | (Updated) Create Videos on Office Mobile | Office Mobile is a content hub which houses a bunch of content types - from your favorite Word, Excel, PowerPoint to Lens, Forms, PDFs, and now very recently, Videos. In CY21Q3, we announced an update which saw Stream video player integrated inside Office Mobile. This allowed users to access and play videos on their professional network with ease, be it Teams Meetings Recordings, demos or tutorials sitting on your OneDrive for Business. This was received well by our customers, to have their videos accessible right from one Office app. Now it is time to take this one step forward - Introducing Video Creation on Office Mobile. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82197. [When this will happen:] We expect to begin rolling this out in late December and expect the rollout to be completed in mid-February. |
Updated January 11, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Office Mobile is a content hub which houses a bunch of content types - from your favorite Word, Excel, PowerPoint to Lens, Forms, PDFs, and now very recently, Videos. In CY21Q3, we announced an update which saw Stream video player integrated inside Office Mobile. This allowed users to access and play videos on their professional network with ease, be it Teams Meetings Recordings, demos or tutorials sitting on your OneDrive for Business. This was received well by our customers, to have their videos accessible right from one Office app. Now it is time to take this one step forward - Introducing Video Creation on Office Mobile. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82197. [When this will happen:] We expect to begin rolling this out in mid-January (previously late December) and expect the rollout to be completed in late February (previously mid-February). |
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| MC305101 | (Updated) Experience improvements to the Topic Card | The Topic card will now expand to read longer descriptions, show the job title for contacts, and navigate in-context with the Live Persona Card. These improvements will help users stay in-context with their flow of work. Features coming to the Topic card: More action appears to expand a long description Job title appears as additional information for the people listed Tapping on a person navigates to in-context to the Live Persona card This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82175. [When this will happen:] We expect to begin rolling this out in early January and expect the rollout to be completed by mid-January. |
Updated January 11, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The Topic card will now expand to read longer descriptions, show the job title for contacts, and navigate in-context with the Live Persona Card. These improvements will help users stay in-context with their flow of work. Features coming to the Topic card: More action appears to expand a long description Job title appears as additional information for the people listed Tapping on a person navigates to in-context to the Live Persona card This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82175. [When this will happen:] We expect to begin rolling this out in late January (previously early January) and expect the rollout to be completed by mid-February (previously mid-January). |
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| MC312492 | (Updated) Microsoft Stream: Add or Edit captions and transcript for a video in SharePoint or OneDrive | This new feature will enable users, with edit permission to a video stored in OneDrive for Business or a SharePoint document library, to upload, download, and delete captions in the WebVTT file format. This feature will also let users download a Teams Live Transcript as a WebVTT file. They will then be able to edit that file in a text or VTT editor and re-upload it to provide more accurate captions and transcript for their recording. Any viewer of the video with a transcript will be able to display it as closed captions inside the video player and as a transcript in the transcript pane next to the video . This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85610. [When this will happen:] Targeted release (entire org): will start rolling out early March and be complete by end of March. Standard: will start rolling out in early April and be complete by end of April. |
Updated January 11, 2022: We have updated this post with a link to additional information. This new feature will enable users, with edit permission to a video stored in OneDrive for Business or a SharePoint document library, to upload, download, and delete captions in the WebVTT file format. This feature will also let users download a Teams Live Transcript as a WebVTT file. They will then be able to edit that file in a text or VTT editor and re-upload it to provide more accurate captions and transcript for their recording. Any viewer of the video with a transcript will be able to display it as closed captions inside the video player and as a transcript in the transcript pane next to the video . This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85610. [When this will happen:] Targeted release (entire org): will start rolling out early March and be complete by end of March. Standard: will start rolling out in early April and be complete by end of April. |
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| MC312490 | (Updated) Yammer Cross-geo external collaboration support on External Networks for the EU | With this release, members from Yammer networks located in the European Union will be able to be invited to Yammer External Networks hosted by a Yammer network located in the United States.
Note: For the subset of users of EU networks who had previously been active members of external networks, using an organization’s old network in the US geo, are reinvited to the external networks, their old profile will be marked as “deleted” without deleting any of the user’s content in those external networks. |
Updated January 11, 2022: We have updated this post with a link to additional content. With this release, members from Yammer networks located in the European Union will be able to be invited to Yammer External Networks hosted by a Yammer network located in the United States. Note: For the subset of users of EU networks who had previously been active members of external networks, using an organization’s old network in the US geo, are reinvited to the external networks, their old profile will be marked as “deleted” without deleting any of the user’s content in those external networks. |
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| MC312489 | Mute Notifications During Meetings | The current experience of receiving notifications during meetings is highly distracting and there is no easy way to turn off these notifications making it highly painful for users. This feature will introduce a setting to help the user turn OFF notifications during meetings. Global Setting to turn OFF notifications during meetings - A user can find this settings by clicking on the ellipsis next to the profile picture -> Going to global settings -> Notifications -> Meetings. This will turn off notifications for all the meetings Allow/Mute Notifications through the uBar - A user can wish to turn ON/OFF notifications on a per meeting basis through the setting provided in the meeting tray. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 87452. [When this will happen:] We expect this feature to begin Start rolling out in early February and expect the rollout to be completed by mid-March. |
Users will be able to mute notifications during meetings and can choose to mute notifications for all meetings or on a per meeting basis. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 87452. [When this will happen:] |
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| MC255074 | (Updated) Recommended Files in Office: Excel for Microsoft 365, Word for Microsoft 365, PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 | Updated October 14, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Office displays a list of recommended files on the File tab, or start page, of Word, Excel, or PowerPoint on Windows. This list allows you to keep track of work around you and quickly access files with activity you value most such as edits, mentions, comments by people you interact with. This feature uses machine learning to predict which files you're most likely to want to work on next and presents those as a set of cards you can choose from. Only files that you have access to in OneDrive or SharePoint are suggested. [Key points:] |
Updated January 13, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Office displays a list of recommended files on the File tab, or start page, of Word, Excel, or PowerPoint on Windows. This list allows you to keep track of work around you and quickly access files with activity you value most such as edits, mentions, comments by people you interact with. This feature uses machine learning to predict which files you're most likely to want to work on next and presents those as a set of cards you can choose from. Only files that you have access to in OneDrive or SharePoint are suggested. [Key points:] |
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| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | Updated August 12, 2021: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
Updated January 13, 2022: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. The setting is due to be ready in March 2022 and a new Message center post will be published then informing customers of its readiness. No changes to plus addressing will be made until then. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
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| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | Updated August 12, 2021: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
Updated January 13, 2022: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. The setting is due to be ready in March 2022 and a new Message center post will be published then informing customers of its readiness. No changes to plus addressing will be made until then. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
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| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | Updated August 12, 2021: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
Updated January 13, 2022: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. The setting is due to be ready in March 2022 and a new Message center post will be published then informing customers of its readiness. No changes to plus addressing will be made until then. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
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| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | Updated August 12, 2021: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
Updated January 13, 2022: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. The setting is due to be ready in March 2022 and a new Message center post will be published then informing customers of its readiness. No changes to plus addressing will be made until then. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
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| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | Updated August 12, 2021: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
Updated January 13, 2022: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. The setting is due to be ready in March 2022 and a new Message center post will be published then informing customers of its readiness. No changes to plus addressing will be made until then. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
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| MC276028 | (Updated) Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers | Updated August 12, 2021: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
Updated January 13, 2022: Based on initial feedback, there are several scenarios where organizations do not wish to have plus addressing enabled. For those organizations, a new setting will be added to disable it before the change takes place in 2022. The setting is due to be ready in March 2022 and a new Message center post will be published then informing customers of its readiness. No changes to plus addressing will be made until then. Thank you for your feedback. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. |
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MC MessageTagNames changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC310349 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Hide your own video in Teams meetings | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
| MC295024 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving | Feature update, User impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact | N/A |
| MC299920 | (Updated) OneDrive: Sync client support for Apple Silicon (Preview) | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
| MC305100 | (Updated) Create Videos on Office Mobile | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
| MC305101 | (Updated) Experience improvements to the Topic Card | Feature update, User impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact | N/A |
| MC312490 | (Updated) Yammer Cross-geo external collaboration support on External Networks for the EU | New feature, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, Admin impact | 02/11/2022 |
MC prepare changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC312489 | Mute Notifications During Meetings | No action required. You may want to update your documentation as needed. https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=87452 |
No action required. You may want to update your documentation as needed. https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=87452 |
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MC Title changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC310349 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Hide your own video in Teams meetings | Microsoft Teams: Hide your own video in Teams meetings | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Hide your own video in Teams meetings | N/A |
| MC295024 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving | Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving | (Updated) Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving | N/A |
| MC299920 | (Updated) OneDrive: Sync client support for Apple Silicon (Preview) | OneDrive: Sync client support for Apple Silicon (Preview) | (Updated) OneDrive: Sync client support for Apple Silicon (Preview) | N/A |
| MC305100 | (Updated) Create Videos on Office Mobile | Create Videos on Office Mobile | (Updated) Create Videos on Office Mobile | N/A |
| MC305101 | (Updated) Experience improvements to the Topic Card | Experience improvements to the Topic Card | (Updated) Experience improvements to the Topic Card | N/A |
| MC312492 | (Updated) Microsoft Stream: Add or Edit captions and transcript for a video in SharePoint or OneDrive | Microsoft Stream: Add or Edit captions and transcript for a video in SharePoint or OneDrive | (Updated) Microsoft Stream: Add or Edit captions and transcript for a video in SharePoint or OneDrive | N/A |
| MC312490 | (Updated) Yammer Cross-geo external collaboration support on External Networks for the EU | Yammer Cross-geo external collaboration support on External Networks for the EU | (Updated) Yammer Cross-geo external collaboration support on External Networks for the EU | 02/11/2022 |
CW03 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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| MC313286 | Known Issue: Outlook search may not return results after upgrade to Windows 11 | Prevent Or Fix Issue | Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 Apps | False | N/A |
| MC313291 | Microsoft Cloud App Security is now Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Plan For Change | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | False | N/A |
| MC313292 | Yammer topic creators will now be able to edit the name/description of topics | Stay Informed | Yammer Enterprise | False | N/A |
| MC313294 | Add taxonomy columns from modern library views | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online | False | 03/31/2022 |
| MC313651 | Supporting four additional languages for Headspace in Viva Insights- French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish | Stay Informed | Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
| MC313654 | Updates to OneDrive Sync admin reports (Public Preview) in the Microsoft 365 Apps Admin center | Stay Informed | OneDrive for Business | False | N/A |
| MC313659 | Shared focus plan in Viva Insights | Plan For Change | Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
| MC313991 | Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Apps | False | N/A |
| MC314015 | Revamped user profile page in Yammer | Plan For Change | Yammer Enterprise | False | N/A |
| MC314016 | OneDrive and SharePoint: HEIC File support for Edit HVC | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business | False | N/A |
| MC314017 | Files On-Demand refresh for macOS | Plan For Change | OneDrive for Business | False | N/A |
| MC314286 | Updated companion mode for iOS users | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC314287 | Walkie Talkie on iOS General Availability | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
