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2022 CW 45 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

from 10/31/2022 to 11/06/2022

21 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 27 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
MC295027 (Updated) Rich text and images in Planner task notes 12/19/2022 09:00:00 2023-01-20T09:00:00Z N/A
MC362283 (Updated) Updates to the Zero-hour auto purge (ZAP) alerts 12/16/2022 08:00:00 2023-01-06T08:00:00Z N/A
MC383901 (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Hourly option for notifications 05/01/2023 10:00:00 2023-08-31T10:00:00Z N/A
MC387038 (Updated) Call control with bluetooth headsets and speakerphones 11/30/2022 08:00:00 2022-12-16T08:00:00Z N/A
MC390407 (Updated) New Location for Key Functions and Direct Access to Other Microsoft 365 Apps in Outlook 11/30/2022 08:00:00 2023-02-17T08:00:00Z N/A
MC391950 (Updated) Viva Topics in Teams 10/31/2022 08:00:00 2022-12-16T08:00:00Z N/A
MC400206 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Usability Improvements to In-Meeting Notifications 11/18/2022 08:00:00 2022-12-09T08:00:00Z N/A
MC414802 (Updated) Quiet Time Settings in Viva, Teams, and Outlook 11/30/2022 09:00:00 2022-12-16T09:00:00Z N/A
MC420058 (Updated)Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: New out-of-the-box trainable classifiers with auto-labeling support 11/15/2022 09:00:00 2023-01-30T09:00:00Z N/A
MC420059 (Updated) Custom Download Location for Files in Teams 11/30/2022 09:00:00 2023-02-24T09:00:00Z N/A
MC420060 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Leave a Meeting From All of Your Devices 11/07/2022 08:00:00 2022-12-30T08:00:00Z N/A
MC424898 (Updated) Automatically view up to 49 videos (7x7) in Teams meeting 12/30/2022 09:00:00 2023-01-20T09:00:00Z N/A
MC427762 (Updated) Image Search in Microsoft Search in Bing 11/30/2022 09:00:00 2022-12-30T09:00:00Z N/A
MC428511 (Updated) Grid view for Planner "Assigned to me" and plan drill-down views in Planner Web 12/02/2022 08:00:00 2023-01-20T08:00:00Z N/A
MC442480 (Updated) Creation of Contact Groups in Calls App 11/30/2022 09:00:00 2022-12-30T09:00:00Z N/A

MC How Affect changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC454809 (Updated) IT Admin Policy Change for the New Webinars Experience on Teams If you currently have existing webinar turned:

OFF (AllowMeetingRegistration: OFF), your organization will not have any webinar experience.

ON (AllowMeetingRegistration: ON), your organization will have the new webinar experience.

Here are all possible options in summary with existing Teams Meeting Policy and the new Teams Events Policy:

AllowMeetingRegistration: ON, AllowWebinar to OFF - Current webinar experience

AllowMeetingRegistration: ON, AllowWebinar to ON - New webinar experience

AllowMeetingRegistration: OFF, AllowWebinar to OFF - No webinar experience until the end of transition period

AllowMeetingRegistration: OFF, AllowWebinar to ON - No webinar experience

If you want to just to enable the existing webinar experience and not the new one, you need to take action and turn AllowWebinar to OFF and ensure AllowMeetingRegistration is ON.

You can configure the new events policy using Powershell cmdlets:New-CsTeamsEventsPolicy, Set-CsTeamsEventsPolicy, Grant-CsTeamsEventsPolicy, Get-CsTeamsEventsPolicy, Remove-CsTeamsEventsPolicy

If you currently leverage the flow of adding registration to a meeting by using the registration option, this experience will continue to work as is and will not be impacted by this change as long as AllowMeetingRegistration is ON. In the future, after this transition period, we will only allow use of the new webinar via the Webinar entry point or no webinar at all and we will provide notice via future MC posts of this change.
If you currently have existing webinar turned:

OFF (AllowMeetingRegistration: OFF), your organization will not have any webinar experience.

ON (AllowMeetingRegistration: ON), your organization will have the new webinar experience.

Here are all possible options in summary with existing Teams Meeting Policy and the new Teams Events Policy:

AllowMeetingRegistration: ON, AllowWebinar to OFF - Current webinar experience

AllowMeetingRegistration: ON, AllowWebinar to ON - New webinar experience

AllowMeetingRegistration: OFF, AllowWebinar to OFF - No webinar experience

AllowMeetingRegistration: OFF, AllowWebinar to ON - No webinar experience until the end of transition period

If you want to just to enable the existing webinar experience and not the new one, you need to take action and turn AllowWebinar to OFF and ensure AllowMeetingRegistration is ON.

You can configure the new events policy using Powershell cmdlets:New-CsTeamsEventsPolicy, Set-CsTeamsEventsPolicy, Grant-CsTeamsEventsPolicy, Get-CsTeamsEventsPolicy, Remove-CsTeamsEventsPolicy

If you currently leverage the flow of adding registration to a meeting by using the registration option, this experience will continue to work as is and will not be impacted by this change as long as AllowMeetingRegistration is ON. In the future, after this transition period, we will only allow use of the new webinar via the Webinar entry point or no webinar at all and we will provide notice via future MC posts of this change.
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MC Link changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC445202 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Browser Screen Pop for Incoming PSTN Calls N/A https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-calling-policy N/A

MC Messages changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC295027 (Updated) Rich text and images in Planner task notes Updated September 22, 2022: We have updated the content below to reflect support for images will be coming in the future and we will communicate via Message center when available. Thank you for your patience.

We are adding support for rich text (bold, italics, underline, etc.) in the Planner task notes field. Support for images is coming in the future.

NOTE: We will update this post once we have Microsoft Graph documentation for the new rich text task notes field available.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85688.

[When this will happen:]

We expect to begin rolling out the new rich text task notes field in late October (previously early September) and we expect to complete the rollout by mid-November (previously late September).
Updated November 3, 2022: We have updated the content below to reflect support for images will be coming in the future and we will communicate via Message center when available. Thank you for your patience.

We are adding support for rich text (bold, italics, underline, etc.) in the Planner task notes field. Support for images is coming in the future.

NOTE: We will update this post once we have Microsoft Graph documentation for the new rich text task notes field available.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85688.

[When this will happen:]

We expect to begin rolling out the new rich text task notes field in early December (previously late October) and we expect to complete the rollout by mid-December (previously mid-November).
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MC362283 (Updated) Updates to the Zero-hour auto purge (ZAP) alerts Updated October 7, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We will be updating the current zero-hour auto purge (ZAP) alerts and introduce a new ZAP alert that will notify you if a message has not been removed by ZAP.

Updates to the ZAP alerts will include:

Scoping the success ZAP alerts for only ZAP related scenarios. You will no longer be alerted as part of the ZAP alert for Dynamic Delivery scenarios.

A new failure ZAP alert is being introduced. You will receive an alert when a message was not successfully removed from the mailbox. Manual action will be required to remediate the message. The alert will be correlated and linked to both Automated Investigation and Response (AIR) and Incidents. The alert will be on by default and can be configured in alert policies.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93206.

[When this will happen:]

We expect these updates to roll out in mid-October (previously mid-September) and expect to be complete by mid-November (previously mid-October).
Updated October 31, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We will be updating the current zero-hour auto purge (ZAP) alerts and introduce a new ZAP alert that will notify you if a message has not been removed by ZAP.

Updates to the ZAP alerts will include:

Scoping the success ZAP alerts for only ZAP related scenarios. You will no longer be alerted as part of the ZAP alert for Dynamic Delivery scenarios.

A new failure ZAP alert is being introduced. You will receive an alert when a message was not successfully removed from the mailbox. Manual action will be required to remediate the message. The alert will be correlated and linked to both Automated Investigation and Response (AIR) and Incidents. The alert will be on by default and can be configured in alert policies.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93206.

[When this will happen:]

We expect these updates to roll out in early November (previously mid-October) and expect to be complete by early December (previously mid-November).
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MC383901 (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Hourly option for notifications Updated October 5, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are adding a new hourly option to end user quarantine notifications, which will allow users to rely on receiving prompt notifications about quarantined items when appropriate. With this feature, users will be updated frequently once new items land in their quarantine folder.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93304.

[When this will happen:]

Standard: will begin rolling out in late November (previously early October) and be completed by late February 2023 (previously early November).

Government: will begin rolling out in early March 2023 (previously early November) and be completed by late March 2023 (previously late November).
Updated November 1, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are adding a new hourly option to end user quarantine notifications, which will allow users to rely on receiving prompt notifications about quarantined items when appropriate. With this feature, users will be updated frequently once new items land in their quarantine folder.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93304.

[When this will happen:]

Standard: will begin rolling out in late November (previously early October) and be completed by late February 2023 (previously early November).

Government: will begin rolling out in early July 2023 (previously early March 2023) and be completed by late July 2023 (previously late March 2023).
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MC387038 (Updated) Call control with bluetooth headsets and speakerphones Updated September 7, 2022: We have updated the timeline and provided additional details for clarity. Thank you for your patience.

This new feature allows users to use the buttons on Bluetooth headsets, speakerphones or certified devices that don't require a USB dongle to answer, end and even mute calls.

Note: This feature supports both Windows 10 and Windows 11. Mac support will be upcoming in first half of 2023.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 84309.

[When this will happen:]

Public preview: began rolling out in mid-March but support was limited to Windows 10.

Standard and GCC: will begin rolling out in late August (previously late July) with support for Windows 11. Support for Windows 10 versions above 1803 (April 2018) will be enabled late September.

GCC-H: will begin rolling out in late July and be complete in late September (previously late August) for Windows 10 and late October (previously late August) for Windows 11.
Updated November 3, 2022: We have updated the timeline and provided additional details for clarity. Thank you for your patience.

This new feature allows users to use the buttons on Bluetooth headsets, speakerphones or certified devices that don't require a USB dongle to answer, end and even mute calls.

Note: This feature supports both Windows 10 and Windows 11. Mac support will be upcoming in first half of 2023.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 84309.

[When this will happen:]

Public preview: began rolling out in mid-March but support was limited to Windows 10.

Standard and GCC: will begin rolling out in late August (previously late July) with support for Windows 11. Support for Windows 10 versions above 1803 (April 2018) will be enabled late September.

GCC-H: will begin rolling out in late July and be complete in late September (previously late August) for Windows 10 and mid-November (previously late October) for Windows 11.
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MC390407 (Updated) New Location for Key Functions and Direct Access to Other Microsoft 365 Apps in Outlook Updated August 19, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The new experience for accessing Mail, Calendar, People, and other Outlook apps that is being previewed behind the Coming Soon option is becoming the default experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88848

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rollout in mid-August (previously mid-July) and complete rollout by late October (previously late September).

Updated November 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The new experience for accessing Mail, Calendar, People, and other Outlook apps that is being previewed behind the Coming Soon option is becoming the default experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88848

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rollout in mid-August (previously mid-July) and complete rollout by mid-January (previously late October).

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MC391950 (Updated) Viva Topics in Teams Updated September 7, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Viva Topics in Teams allows users to mention topics in their chat conversations so that others in the conversation can easily learn more about a topic by hovering over the topic name and viewing the topic card. This feature requires users to have a Viva Topics license.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72189

[When this will happen:]

Public Preview: We began rolling out in April and will continue rolling out through June and expect complete rollout by late June.

General Availability: We will continue rolling out through late June and expect complete rollout by mid-October (previously late July).

GCC: We will continue rolling out in early July and expect complete rollout by late October (previously late August).

Updated November 2, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Viva Topics in Teams allows users to mention topics in their chat conversations so that others in the conversation can easily learn more about a topic by hovering over the topic name and viewing the topic card. This feature requires users to have a Viva Topics license.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72189

[When this will happen:]

Public Preview: We began rolling out in April and will continue rolling out through June and expect complete rollout by late June.

General Availability: We will continue rolling out through late June and expect complete rollout by early November (previously mid-October).

GCC: We will continue rolling out in early July and expect complete rollout by mid-November (previously late October).

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MC400206 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Usability Improvements to In-Meeting Notifications Updated July 28, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams is updating the user experience for how in-meeting notifications are displayed. With this update, there will be less distractions during meetings and it will be easier to understand important information (e.g. a meeting being recorded).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96283.

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in mid-September (previously early August) and expect rollout to be completed by mid-October (previously early September).

Updated October 31, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams is updating the user experience for how in-meeting notifications are displayed. With this update, there will be less distractions during meetings and it will be easier to understand important information (e.g. a meeting being recorded).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96283.

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in mid-September (previously early August) and expect rollout to be completed by early November (previously mid-October).

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MC402122 (Updated) Assign Seats in Together Mode Updated July 26, 2022: We have updated this message to show as intended. Thank you for your feedback.

Microsoft Teams users in a meeting will soon have the option to assign seats in Together Mode for all participants in a meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83648

[When this will happen:]

Production: This feature will rollout beginning in early-September and complete by late September.

GCC: This feature will rollout mid-September and complete in mid-October.

Updated November 3, 2022: The rollout to Government customers has been delayed. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. This feature has launched for Worldwide customers. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams users in a meeting will soon have the option to assign seats in Together Mode for all participants in a meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83648

[When this will happen:]

Worldwide: This feature will rollout beginning in early-September and complete by late September.

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MC408435 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Start a Teams Chat with Distribution Groups, Mail-Enabled Security Groups, and O365 Groups Updated September 29, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

You will now be able to start a Teams Chat with Distribution Groups, Mail-enabled Security Groups, and O365 Groups. This feature will respect the limits on members in a group chat, currently set to 250 members.

Organizations rely on Distribution Lists (DLs) as a tool to create groups of users that mirror organizational knowledge and workflows. Bringing this awareness to target audiences for specific content will enhance the core Teams experience. Allowing our customers to leverage DLs can increase workflow efficiency and bridge the gap between legacy knowledge of organization structure and a new Teams structure.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 62354

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rollout in early November (previously late September) and expect to complete rollout by late November (previously late October).

Updated November 3, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

You will now be able to start a Teams Chat with Distribution Groups, Mail-enabled Security Groups, and O365 Groups. This feature will respect the limits on members in a group chat, currently set to 250 members.

Organizations rely on Distribution Lists (DLs) as a tool to create groups of users that mirror organizational knowledge and workflows. Bringing this awareness to target audiences for specific content will enhance the core Teams experience. Allowing our customers to leverage DLs can increase workflow efficiency and bridge the gap between legacy knowledge of organization structure and a new Teams structure.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 62354

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rollout in late November (previously early November) and expect to complete rollout by late December (previously late November).

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MC414802 (Updated) Quiet Time Settings in Viva, Teams, and Outlook To help create better boundaries and protect personal time, Viva Insights will offer the ability to configure quiet time to silence notifications from Outlook and Teams mobile applications, outside of working hours. Users will receive personalized insights through the Viva Insights app in Teams and will be able to set quiet time directly from Teams mobile and Outlook mobile applications.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 85627

[When will this happen:]

Rollout will begin in late September and is expected to be completed by late October.

Updated November 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

To help create better boundaries and protect personal time, Viva Insights will offer the ability to configure quiet time to silence notifications from Outlook and Teams mobile applications, outside of working hours. Users will receive personalized insights through the Viva Insights app in Teams and will be able to set quiet time directly from Teams mobile and Outlook mobile applications.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 85627

[When will this happen:]

Rollout will begin in late September and is expected to be completed by mid-November (previously late October).

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MC420058 (Updated)Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: New out-of-the-box trainable classifiers with auto-labeling support We're rolling out several new out-of-the-box pre-trained classifiers for use within Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Data Lifecycle Management, and Data Loss Prevention solutions. These classifiers can be used to discover and auto-classify sensitive content across categories such as IP/trade secrets, healthcare, operations, financial information, and HR-related information.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98099.

[When this will happen:]

Public preview (North American region only) rollout will begin in late August and is expected to be complete by late September.

Standard rollout (all regions) will begin in early October and is expected to be complete by end of October.
Updated October 31, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We're rolling out several new out-of-the-box pre-trained classifiers for use within Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Data Lifecycle Management, and Data Loss Prevention solutions. These classifiers can be used to discover and auto-classify sensitive content across categories such as IP/trade secrets, healthcare, operations, financial information, and HR-related information.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98099.

[When this will happen:]

Public preview (North American region only) rollout will begin in late August and is expected to be complete by mid-November (previously late September).

Standard rollout (all regions) will begin in mid-November (previously early October) and is expected to be complete by end of December (previously end of October).

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MC420059 (Updated) Custom Download Location for Files in Teams Currently all file downloads from Microsoft Teams go to the Downloads folder. We are releasing a new feature that enables users to be able to choose their preferred download location for downloading files from Teams or specify a download location for each download.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 94719

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rollout in early September and expect rollout to be completed by late October.
Updated November 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently all file downloads from Microsoft Teams go to the Downloads folder. We are releasing a new feature that enables users to be able to choose their preferred download location for downloading files from Teams or specify a download location for each download.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 94719

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rollout in early September and expect rollout to be completed by late January (previously late October).

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MC420060 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Leave a Meeting From All of Your Devices Updated September 14, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We will be rolling out a new feature in Microsoft Teams that will allow multi-device users to leave all of their devices at once when leaving a meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97397

[When this will happen:]

Rollout began out in early August and is expected to be completed by early October (previously early September).
Updated October 31, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We will be rolling out a new feature in Microsoft Teams that will allow multi-device users to leave all of their devices at once when leaving a meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97397

[When this will happen:]

Rollout began out in early August and is expected to be completed by late November (previously early October).
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MC424898 (Updated) Automatically view up to 49 videos (7x7) in Teams meeting Microsoft Teams Meetings currently supports a maximum of 9 videos (3x3) on the screen by default (in Gallery view). For seeing more than 9 videos, user needs to manually select the ‘Large Gallery’ view. With this update, users will be able to automatically see up to 49 videos (7x7) on their screen by default without an explicit action. However, Large Gallery view will still continue to exist as an option.

The actual number of videos seen by a user in Gallery will depend on:

hardware/device capabilities

internet bandwidth

whether content is popped out in a separate window or not.

Please note: This enhancement will be supported on devices that meet hardware requirements (CPU, memory etc.). Detailed information regarding hardware requirements will be shared by Sep 22, 2022 (before GA release).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86435.

[When this will happen:]

Public preview: Will begin rolling out early September.

Worldwide & GCC: Will begin rolling out in late September and complete in early October.
Updated November 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams Meetings currently supports a maximum of 9 videos (3x3) on the screen by default (in Gallery view). For seeing more than 9 videos, user needs to manually select the ‘Large Gallery’ view. With this update, users will be able to automatically see up to 49 videos (7x7) on their screen by default without an explicit action. However, Large Gallery view will still continue to exist as an option.

The actual number of videos seen by a user in Gallery will depend on:

hardware/device capabilities

internet bandwidth

whether content is popped out in a separate window or not.

Please note: This enhancement will be supported on devices that meet hardware requirements (CPU, memory etc.). Detailed information regarding hardware requirements will be shared by Sep 22, 2022 (before GA release).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86435.

[When this will happen:]

Public preview: Will begin rolling out early September.

Worldwide & GCC: Will begin rolling out in late September and complete in mid-December (previously early October).
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MC427762 (Updated) Image Search in Microsoft Search in Bing Our new Image tab on Microsoft Search in Bing will improve image search in your organization by showing more visually-rich image results in an easily scannable grid layout.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98925

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in mid-September and expect to complete rollout by late October.

Updated November 2, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Our new Image tab on Microsoft Search in Bing will improve image search in your organization by showing more visually-rich image results in an easily scannable grid layout.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98925

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in mid-September and expect to complete rollout by late November (previously late October).

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MC428511 (Updated) Grid view for Planner "Assigned to me" and plan drill-down views in Planner Web Updated September 21, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In addition to the existing board, chart, and schedule views, customers can now view their tasks in a grid/list format.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98104

[When this will happen:]

The grid view will be available in Planner web in the late October timeframe (previously early September).

Updated November 2, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In addition to the existing board, chart, and schedule views, customers can now view their tasks in a grid/list format.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98104

[When this will happen:]

The grid view will be available in Planner web in the mid-December timeframe (previously late October).

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MC437263 (Updated) Unread Toggle in Activity Feed Unread toggle will help users quickly view all the unread activities in their activity feed.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88389

[When this will happen:]

Preview: We will begin rolling out late September and expect to complete by early October.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early November and expect to complete by late November.
Updated November 1, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your feedback.

Unread toggle will help users quickly view all the unread activities in their activity feed.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88389

[When this will happen:]

Preview: We will begin rolling out late September and expect to complete by early October.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early November and expect to complete by late November.
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MC441534 Basic Authentication – Monthly Usage Report - September 2022 We're making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 that we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols, and in September 2021, we confirmed that we would begin to disable Basic Authentication for in-use protocols beginning October 2022.

We previously communicated this change via Message Center: MC191153 (Sept. ‘19), MC204828 (Feb. ‘20), MC208814 (April ‘20), MC237741 (Feb. ‘21) and MC286990 (Sep. ’21).

You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here.

Based on our telemetry, there may be some users in your tenant currently using Basic Authentication and we expect these users to be affected when these changes take place.

In the month of September, we detected the following usage:

Exchange ActiveSync: 1

POP: 0

IMAP: 1

Outlook Windows: 0

Outlook for Mac/Exchange Web Services: 0

Exchange Remote PowerShell: 0

Please note these numbers only reflect the count of unique users who have successfully authenticated to these services in the specified month, they do not reflect successful access to mailboxes or data (for example, a user may authenticate using IMAP, but may be denied access to the mailbox due to configuration or policy).

If you want to block users or apps being able to authenticate at all using legacy protocols, we recommend using Authentication Polices.

To investigate this usage further, we recommend you use Azure AD Sign-in Reports which can provide detailed user, IP and client details for these authentications.
We're making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 that we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols, and in September 2021, we confirmed that we would begin to disable Basic Authentication for in-use protocols beginning October 2022.

We previously communicated this change via Message Center: MC191153 (Sept. ‘19), MC204828 (Feb. ‘20), MC208814 (April ‘20), MC237741 (Feb. ‘21) and MC286990 (Sep. ’21).

You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here.

Based on our telemetry, there may be some users in your tenant currently using Basic Authentication and we expect these users to be affected when these changes take place.

In the month of September, we detected the following usage:

Exchange ActiveSync: 89

POP: 0

IMAP: 0

Outlook Windows: 0

Outlook for Mac/Exchange Web Services: 0

Exchange Remote PowerShell: 0

Please note these numbers only reflect the count of unique users who have successfully authenticated to these services in the specified month, they do not reflect successful access to mailboxes or data (for example, a user may authenticate using IMAP, but may be denied access to the mailbox due to configuration or policy).

If you want to block users or apps being able to authenticate at all using legacy protocols, we recommend using Authentication Polices.

To investigate this usage further, we recommend you use Azure AD Sign-in Reports which can provide detailed user, IP and client details for these authentications.
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MC441534 Basic Authentication – Monthly Usage Report - September 2022 We're making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 that we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols, and in September 2021, we confirmed that we would begin to disable Basic Authentication for in-use protocols beginning October 2022.

We previously communicated this change via Message Center: MC191153 (Sept. ‘19), MC204828 (Feb. ‘20), MC208814 (April ‘20), MC237741 (Feb. ‘21) and MC286990 (Sep. ’21).

You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here.

Based on our telemetry, there may be some users in your tenant currently using Basic Authentication and we expect these users to be affected when these changes take place.

In the month of September, we detected the following usage:

Exchange ActiveSync: 89

POP: 0

IMAP: 0

Outlook Windows: 0

Outlook for Mac/Exchange Web Services: 0

Exchange Remote PowerShell: 0

Please note these numbers only reflect the count of unique users who have successfully authenticated to these services in the specified month, they do not reflect successful access to mailboxes or data (for example, a user may authenticate using IMAP, but may be denied access to the mailbox due to configuration or policy).

If you want to block users or apps being able to authenticate at all using legacy protocols, we recommend using Authentication Polices.

To investigate this usage further, we recommend you use Azure AD Sign-in Reports which can provide detailed user, IP and client details for these authentications.
We're making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 that we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols, and in September 2021, we confirmed that we would begin to disable Basic Authentication for in-use protocols beginning October 2022.

We previously communicated this change via Message Center: MC191153 (Sept. ‘19), MC204828 (Feb. ‘20), MC208814 (April ‘20), MC237741 (Feb. ‘21) and MC286990 (Sep. ’21).

You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here.

Based on our telemetry, there may be some users in your tenant currently using Basic Authentication and we expect these users to be affected when these changes take place.

In the month of September, we detected the following usage:

Exchange ActiveSync: 1

POP: 0

IMAP: 1

Outlook Windows: 0

Outlook for Mac/Exchange Web Services: 0

Exchange Remote PowerShell: 0

Please note these numbers only reflect the count of unique users who have successfully authenticated to these services in the specified month, they do not reflect successful access to mailboxes or data (for example, a user may authenticate using IMAP, but may be denied access to the mailbox due to configuration or policy).

If you want to block users or apps being able to authenticate at all using legacy protocols, we recommend using Authentication Polices.

To investigate this usage further, we recommend you use Azure AD Sign-in Reports which can provide detailed user, IP and client details for these authentications.
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MC441534 Basic Authentication – Monthly Usage Report - September 2022 We're making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 that we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols, and in September 2021, we confirmed that we would begin to disable Basic Authentication for in-use protocols beginning October 2022.

We previously communicated this change via Message Center: MC191153 (Sept. ‘19), MC204828 (Feb. ‘20), MC208814 (April ‘20), MC237741 (Feb. ‘21) and MC286990 (Sep. ’21).

You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here.

Based on our telemetry, there may be some users in your tenant currently using Basic Authentication and we expect these users to be affected when these changes take place.

In the month of September, we detected the following usage:

Exchange ActiveSync: 1

POP: 0

IMAP: 1

Outlook Windows: 0

Outlook for Mac/Exchange Web Services: 0

Exchange Remote PowerShell: 0

Please note these numbers only reflect the count of unique users who have successfully authenticated to these services in the specified month, they do not reflect successful access to mailboxes or data (for example, a user may authenticate using IMAP, but may be denied access to the mailbox due to configuration or policy).

If you want to block users or apps being able to authenticate at all using legacy protocols, we recommend using Authentication Polices.

To investigate this usage further, we recommend you use Azure AD Sign-in Reports which can provide detailed user, IP and client details for these authentications.
We're making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 that we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols, and in September 2021, we confirmed that we would begin to disable Basic Authentication for in-use protocols beginning October 2022.

We previously communicated this change via Message Center: MC191153 (Sept. ‘19), MC204828 (Feb. ‘20), MC208814 (April ‘20), MC237741 (Feb. ‘21) and MC286990 (Sep. ’21).

You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here.

Based on our telemetry, there may be some users in your tenant currently using Basic Authentication and we expect these users to be affected when these changes take place.

In the month of September, we detected the following usage:

Exchange ActiveSync: 89

POP: 0

IMAP: 0

Outlook Windows: 0

Outlook for Mac/Exchange Web Services: 0

Exchange Remote PowerShell: 0

Please note these numbers only reflect the count of unique users who have successfully authenticated to these services in the specified month, they do not reflect successful access to mailboxes or data (for example, a user may authenticate using IMAP, but may be denied access to the mailbox due to configuration or policy).

If you want to block users or apps being able to authenticate at all using legacy protocols, we recommend using Authentication Polices.

To investigate this usage further, we recommend you use Azure AD Sign-in Reports which can provide detailed user, IP and client details for these authentications.
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MC441534 Basic Authentication – Monthly Usage Report - September 2022 We're making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 that we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols, and in September 2021, we confirmed that we would begin to disable Basic Authentication for in-use protocols beginning October 2022.

We previously communicated this change via Message Center: MC191153 (Sept. ‘19), MC204828 (Feb. ‘20), MC208814 (April ‘20), MC237741 (Feb. ‘21) and MC286990 (Sep. ’21).

You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here.

Based on our telemetry, there may be some users in your tenant currently using Basic Authentication and we expect these users to be affected when these changes take place.

In the month of September, we detected the following usage:

Exchange ActiveSync: 89

POP: 0

IMAP: 0

Outlook Windows: 0

Outlook for Mac/Exchange Web Services: 0

Exchange Remote PowerShell: 0

Please note these numbers only reflect the count of unique users who have successfully authenticated to these services in the specified month, they do not reflect successful access to mailboxes or data (for example, a user may authenticate using IMAP, but may be denied access to the mailbox due to configuration or policy).

If you want to block users or apps being able to authenticate at all using legacy protocols, we recommend using Authentication Polices.

To investigate this usage further, we recommend you use Azure AD Sign-in Reports which can provide detailed user, IP and client details for these authentications.
We're making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 that we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols, and in September 2021, we confirmed that we would begin to disable Basic Authentication for in-use protocols beginning October 2022.

We previously communicated this change via Message Center: MC191153 (Sept. ‘19), MC204828 (Feb. ‘20), MC208814 (April ‘20), MC237741 (Feb. ‘21) and MC286990 (Sep. ’21).

You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here.

Based on our telemetry, there may be some users in your tenant currently using Basic Authentication and we expect these users to be affected when these changes take place.

In the month of September, we detected the following usage:

Exchange ActiveSync: 1

POP: 0

IMAP: 1

Outlook Windows: 0

Outlook for Mac/Exchange Web Services: 0

Exchange Remote PowerShell: 0

Please note these numbers only reflect the count of unique users who have successfully authenticated to these services in the specified month, they do not reflect successful access to mailboxes or data (for example, a user may authenticate using IMAP, but may be denied access to the mailbox due to configuration or policy).

If you want to block users or apps being able to authenticate at all using legacy protocols, we recommend using Authentication Polices.

To investigate this usage further, we recommend you use Azure AD Sign-in Reports which can provide detailed user, IP and client details for these authentications.
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MC441534 Basic Authentication – Monthly Usage Report - September 2022 We're making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 that we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols, and in September 2021, we confirmed that we would begin to disable Basic Authentication for in-use protocols beginning October 2022.

We previously communicated this change via Message Center: MC191153 (Sept. ‘19), MC204828 (Feb. ‘20), MC208814 (April ‘20), MC237741 (Feb. ‘21) and MC286990 (Sep. ’21).

You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here.

Based on our telemetry, there may be some users in your tenant currently using Basic Authentication and we expect these users to be affected when these changes take place.

In the month of September, we detected the following usage:

Exchange ActiveSync: 1

POP: 0

IMAP: 1

Outlook Windows: 0

Outlook for Mac/Exchange Web Services: 0

Exchange Remote PowerShell: 0

Please note these numbers only reflect the count of unique users who have successfully authenticated to these services in the specified month, they do not reflect successful access to mailboxes or data (for example, a user may authenticate using IMAP, but may be denied access to the mailbox due to configuration or policy).

If you want to block users or apps being able to authenticate at all using legacy protocols, we recommend using Authentication Polices.

To investigate this usage further, we recommend you use Azure AD Sign-in Reports which can provide detailed user, IP and client details for these authentications.
We're making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 that we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols, and in September 2021, we confirmed that we would begin to disable Basic Authentication for in-use protocols beginning October 2022.

We previously communicated this change via Message Center: MC191153 (Sept. ‘19), MC204828 (Feb. ‘20), MC208814 (April ‘20), MC237741 (Feb. ‘21) and MC286990 (Sep. ’21).

You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here.

Based on our telemetry, there may be some users in your tenant currently using Basic Authentication and we expect these users to be affected when these changes take place.

In the month of September, we detected the following usage:

Exchange ActiveSync: 89

POP: 0

IMAP: 0

Outlook Windows: 0

Outlook for Mac/Exchange Web Services: 0

Exchange Remote PowerShell: 0

Please note these numbers only reflect the count of unique users who have successfully authenticated to these services in the specified month, they do not reflect successful access to mailboxes or data (for example, a user may authenticate using IMAP, but may be denied access to the mailbox due to configuration or policy).

If you want to block users or apps being able to authenticate at all using legacy protocols, we recommend using Authentication Polices.

To investigate this usage further, we recommend you use Azure AD Sign-in Reports which can provide detailed user, IP and client details for these authentications.
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MC442480 (Updated) Creation of Contact Groups in Calls App Creation of Contact groups are now available in the right rail pane of the Calls App. Users can now create new groups, and edit the membership of existing groups via the Calls app.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100152

[When this will happen:]

The feature will be released in early October and will complete rollout by late October.
Updated November 4, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Creation of Contact groups are now available in the right rail pane of the Calls App. Users can now create new groups, and edit the membership of existing groups via the Calls app.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100152

[When this will happen:]

The feature will be released in early October and will complete rollout by late November (previously late October).

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MC445202 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Browser Screen Pop for Incoming PSTN Calls Updated October 17, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

An automatic browser screen will now launch for users when an incoming PSTN call is accepted in Microsoft Teams. The browser screen will display relevant information to the user (CRM data, case data, etc.).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98054

[When this will happen:]

WW and GCC: We will begin rolling out in early November and expect rollout to be completed by late November.

GCCH and DoD: We will begin rolling out in December.
Updated November 3, 2022: We have updated the post with a link to additional information. Thank you for your patience.

An automatic browser screen will now launch for users when an incoming PSTN call is accepted in Microsoft Teams. The browser screen will display relevant information to the user (CRM data, case data, etc.).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98054

[When this will happen:]

WW and GCC: We will begin rolling out in early November and expect rollout to be completed by late November.

GCCH and DoD: We will begin rolling out in December.
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MC454809 (Updated) IT Admin Policy Change for the New Webinars Experience on Teams We are excited to announce the upcoming launch of the new webinar experience. This experience is an intuitive end-to-end webinar solution addressing key feedback received since the initial webinar launch last year and is built to scale for advanced webinars in the future. The new webinar will be found by clicking the New Meeting dropdown in the calendar app and selecting Webinar.

With the launch of the new webinar experience, we are introducing a new policy called Teams Event Policy to TAP IT Admins and TAP customers. This policy (Settings: AllowWebinars and EventAccessType) will control the new webinar experience, and the current webinar experience will be controlled by the existing Teams Meeting Policy (Settings: AllowMeetingRegistration and WhoCanRegister). As we make this transition from the current and existing webinar experience to a new one, we are giving you the option to either use the new, current/existing, or no webinar experience. When we launch the new webinar experience, this experience will by default be ON (AllowWebinars: ON).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86826

[When this will happen:]

The new webinar experience is targeted for rollout starting in late November and is expected to be completed by early December.
Updated November 3, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

We are excited to announce the upcoming launch of the new webinar experience. This experience is an intuitive end-to-end webinar solution addressing key feedback received since the initial webinar launch last year and is built to scale for advanced webinars in the future. The new webinar will be found by clicking the New Meeting dropdown in the calendar app and selecting Webinar.

With the launch of the new webinar experience, we are introducing a new policy called Teams Event Policy to TAP IT Admins and TAP customers. This policy (Settings: AllowWebinars and EventAccessType) will control the new webinar experience, and the current webinar experience will be controlled by the existing Teams Meeting Policy (Settings: AllowMeetingRegistration and WhoCanRegister). As we make this transition from the current and existing webinar experience to a new one, we are giving you the option to either use the new, current/existing, or no webinar experience. When we launch the new webinar experience, this experience will by default be ON (AllowWebinars: ON).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86826

[When this will happen:]

The new webinar experience is targeted for rollout starting in late November and is expected to be completed by early December.
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MC414802 (Updated) Quiet Time Settings in Viva, Teams, and Outlook New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC420058 (Updated)Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: New out-of-the-box trainable classifiers with auto-labeling support New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC420059 (Updated) Custom Download Location for Files in Teams New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC424898 (Updated) Automatically view up to 49 videos (7x7) in Teams meeting New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC427762 (Updated) Image Search in Microsoft Search in Bing New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC437263 (Updated) Unread Toggle in Activity Feed New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC442480 (Updated) Creation of Contact Groups in Calls App New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC454809 (Updated) IT Admin Policy Change for the New Webinars Experience on Teams Feature update, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, Admin impact N/A

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MC414802 (Updated) Quiet Time Settings in Viva, Teams, and Outlook Quiet Time Settings in Viva, Teams, and Outlook (Updated) Quiet Time Settings in Viva, Teams, and Outlook N/A
MC420058 (Updated)Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: New out-of-the-box trainable classifiers with auto-labeling support Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: New out-of-the-box trainable classifiers with auto-labeling support (Updated)Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: New out-of-the-box trainable classifiers with auto-labeling support N/A
MC420059 (Updated) Custom Download Location for Files in Teams Custom Download Location for Files in Teams (Updated) Custom Download Location for Files in Teams N/A
MC424898 (Updated) Automatically view up to 49 videos (7x7) in Teams meeting Automatically view up to 49 videos (7x7) in Teams meeting (Updated) Automatically view up to 49 videos (7x7) in Teams meeting N/A
MC427762 (Updated) Image Search in Microsoft Search in Bing Image Search in Microsoft Search in Bing (Updated) Image Search in Microsoft Search in Bing N/A
MC437263 (Updated) Unread Toggle in Activity Feed Unread Toggle in Activity Feed (Updated) Unread Toggle in Activity Feed N/A
MC442480 (Updated) Creation of Contact Groups in Calls App Creation of Contact Groups in Calls App (Updated) Creation of Contact Groups in Calls App N/A
MC454809 (Updated) IT Admin Policy Change for the New Webinars Experience on Teams IT Admin Policy Change for the New Webinars Experience on Teams (Updated) IT Admin Policy Change for the New Webinars Experience on Teams N/A

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MC454507 What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for October 2022 Stay Informed Microsoft Intune False N/A
MC454505 [Update] jQuery 2.1.1 retirement in Microsoft Power Apps service Plan For Change Power Apps False N/A
MC454504 Multiple Yammer Networks Within Single Tenant No Longer Supported (1:Many Mode) Plan For Change Yammer Enterprise True 05/01/2023
MC454502 Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance: Ability to exclude bulk email (preview) Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC454417 Deliver organizational messages with Windows 11 and Microsoft Intune Stay Informed Windows False N/A
MC454810 Basic Authentication retirement in Microsoft 365 Apps Plan For Change Microsoft 365 Apps True N/A
MC454809 (Updated) IT Admin Policy Change for the New Webinars Experience on Teams Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC454804 Advanced Virtual Appointments in Teams Premium Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Apps False N/A
MC454802 Popular Around Me view in OneDrive Web for Business under Shared will be permanently disabled. Plan For Change OneDrive for Business True N/A
MC454797 SharePoint and OneDrive deploying hard block for IE11 in January 2023 Plan For Change SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business True N/A
MC454793 Reminder: Retirement of Desktop Analytics on November 30, 2022 Plan For Change Microsoft Intune False 11/30/2022
MC454715 Attention required: New Power Platform URLs used by Power Apps and Power Platform admin center Plan For Change Dynamics 365 Apps, Microsoft Power Automate False N/A
MC455195 Net Promoter Score (NPS) Sentiment Insights Per Topic Available to IT Administrators Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft 365 Apps False N/A
MC455193 Delete or rename files in a channel and in your OneDrive folder in Teams Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC455187 2x2 Video in Gallery View for Web Meetings in Firefox Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC455046 In-Country Data Residency - Final Migration Opt-in Opportunity Plan For Change Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC455545 Retirement of Distribution List(DL) to Unified Group(UG) in EAC and PowerShell Plan For Change Exchange Online True N/A
MC455525 Update to Defender for Cloud Apps IP Addresses Plan For Change Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps False 11/16/2022
MC455522 In Development for Microsoft Intune is now available Stay Informed Microsoft Intune False N/A
MC455520 SharePoint admin center: Streamlining management of site information across Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups Stay Informed SharePoint Online False N/A
MC455516 Automatic migration of legacy Office 365 Message Encryption to Microsoft Purview Message Encryption Plan For Change Microsoft 365 suite True N/A
MC455515 Planner's task assignment e-mail notification design update Stay Informed Planner False N/A
MC455512 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 to stop honoring ReportJunkEmailEnabled in OwaMailboxPolicy Plan For Change Exchange Online True N/A
MC455898 Microsoft Purview compliance portal | Retirement of Reports page Plan For Change Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC455895 Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management: Support for Microsoft Teams call data records Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC455894 Microsoft Teams Paging on Video Gallery Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC455889 Microsoft 365 Support Integration with ServiceNow Virtual Agent Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft 365 Apps False N/A

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