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2022 CW 50 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

from 12/05/2022 to 12/11/2022

10 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 23 Office 365 Message Center Items were added

Please note: Only common Message Center messages are in this list you should always check your Message Center for additional messages

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MC End Time changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC313659 (Updated) Shared focus plan in Viva Insights 12/30/2022 08:00:00 2023-02-28T08:00:00Z N/A
MC392295 (Updated) Disable chat write access for anonymous or unauthenticated users 01/05/2023 08:00:00 2023-02-27T08:00:00Z N/A
MC400565 (Updated) Suggested Replies in Group Chats on Teams Desktop 12/30/2022 09:00:00 2023-03-28T10:00:00Z N/A
MC440117 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Teams Calendar Now Includes Scheduling Form Pop-Outs 12/29/2022 09:00:00 2023-02-17T09:00:00Z N/A
MC452198 (Updated) PowerPoint Live in Teams: Magnify Slide 01/13/2023 09:00:00 2023-02-10T09:00:00Z N/A
MC470136 (Updated) Improved Upload experience and retirement of the ‘Get Data’ page in Power BI 01/13/2023 09:00:00 2023-02-03T09:00:00Z N/A

MC How Affect changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC466199 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users ability to delete chats Users can now delete 1:1 chat threads or chat groups from the Teams desktop or mobile application. By selecting the ellipsis, users can select the Delete option to clear their chat list.

If Admins want to turn off this capability, they can do so from the admin portal under messaging policies. If turned off, users in the tenant will no longer see the delete option for their chats.

Once available, users will be able to delete 1:1 chat threads or chat groups from the Teams desktop or mobile application. By selecting the ellipsis, users can select the Delete option to clear their chat list.

If Admins want to turn off this capability, they can do so from the admin portal under messaging policies. If turned off, users in the tenant will no longer see the delete option for their chats.

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MC Messages changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC313659 (Updated) Shared focus plan in Viva Insights Updated September 21, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Viva insights is releasing new capabilities to help teams protect time for focused work. The shared focus plan will enable managers and team leads with a Microsoft Viva Insights license to foster mutual productivity norms and drive a positive team culture by inviting teams to coordinate focus time for uninterrupted work.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88839.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted release starting in early March (previously late January).

Standard Release will begin rolling out in late October (previously late September) and we expect the rollout to be complete by late November (previously late October).
Updated December 8, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Viva insights is releasing new capabilities to help teams protect time for focused work. The shared focus plan will enable managers and team leads with a Microsoft Viva Insights license to foster mutual productivity norms and drive a positive team culture by inviting teams to coordinate focus time for uninterrupted work.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88839.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted release starting in early March (previously late January).

Standard Release will begin rolling out in late October (previously late September) and we expect the rollout to be complete by late January 2023 (previously late November 2022).
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MC392295 (Updated) Disable chat write access for anonymous or unauthenticated users Updated October 12, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Financial institutions consider chat messages as a form of data exfiltration, so it's imperative for IT admins to gain flexibility and control over chat access for anonymous or unauthenticated users. The latter may be expected to join Teams meetings, but they should be restricted from seeing and accessing any type of electronic communication on chat. This feature provides additional security by only disabling chat write access for non-federated users and unauthenticated users who join Teams meetings through a link, so it must be used in conjunction with disabled meeting chat policy applied to financial advisors to remain compliant.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91142

[When this will happen:]

Standard: early June through mid-July

GCC: late July through mid-August

GCC High: late August through late November (previously early September)

DoD: mid-September through early December (previously late September)

Updated December 8, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Financial institutions consider chat messages as a form of data exfiltration, so it's imperative for IT admins to gain flexibility and control over chat access for anonymous or unauthenticated users. The latter may be expected to join Teams meetings, but they should be restricted from seeing and accessing any type of electronic communication on chat. This feature provides additional security by only disabling chat write access for non-federated users and unauthenticated users who join Teams meetings through a link, so it must be used in conjunction with disabled meeting chat policy applied to financial advisors to remain compliant.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91142

[When this will happen:]

Standard: early June through mid-July 2022

GCC: late July through mid-August 2022

GCC High: late August through late November 2022 (previously early September 2022)

DoD: mid-September through late January 2023 (previously early December 2022)

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MC400565 (Updated) Suggested Replies in Group Chats on Teams Desktop Suggested Replies are now available in group chats on Teams Desktop, allowing you to select a quick response when you are mentioned in a group chat or when you are having a 1:1 conversation within a group chat.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95618

[When this will happen:]

Standard: Early September

GCC: Early September

GCC-High: Early October

DoD: Early Novembe

Updated December 7, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Suggested Replies are now available in group chats on Teams Desktop, allowing you to select a quick response when you are mentioned in a group chat or when you are having a 1:1 conversation within a group chat.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95618

[When this will happen:]

Standard: Early September 2022

GCC: Early September 2022

GCC-High: Mid-January 2023 (previously early October 2022)

DoD: Late February 2023 (previously early November 2022)

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MC440117 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Teams Calendar Now Includes Scheduling Form Pop-Outs Updated October 06, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

We will be releasing a new feature in Microsoft Teams that will now enable users to pop out the scheduling form as a separate window.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 99197

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in mid-October and expect rollout to be completed by late November.
Updated December 8, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

We will be releasing a new feature in Microsoft Teams that will now enable users to pop out the scheduling form as a separate window.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 99197

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in mid-October and expect rollout to be completed by mid-January (previously late November).
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MC441064 (Updated) Exchange Online Customizable Message Expiration Timeout Interval Coming Soon A common request from Exchange Online admins is for the ability to customize the message expiration timeout interval for messages sent by users in their organization. When a message in Exchange Online can't be delivered or sent due to a temporary error, the message is queued for subsequent retries until either the message is delivered or sent, or until the message expires after the message expiration timeout interval has passed. In Exchange Online the service-wide default setting is 24 hours. With this update, we'll now give admins the ability to customize the message expiration timeout interval for their organization from 12 hours to 24 hours.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93315

[When this will happen:]

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

Updated December 7, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

A common request from Exchange Online admins is for the ability to customize the message expiration timeout interval for messages sent by users in their organization. When a message in Exchange Online can't be delivered or sent due to a temporary error, the message is queued for subsequent retries until either the message is delivered or sent, or until the message expires after the message expiration timeout interval has passed. In Exchange Online the service-wide default setting is 24 hours. With this update, we'll now give admins the ability to customize the message expiration timeout interval for their organization from 12 hours to 24 hours.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93315

[When this will happen:]

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

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MC452198 (Updated) PowerPoint Live in Teams: Magnify Slide November 10, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

When a deck is presented via PowerPoint Live in a Microsoft Teams meeting, all meeting attendees can use the Magnify Slide feature to privately zoom into the presentation while maintaining full fidelity of the slide content. When a meeting attendee magnifies a slide, it doesn’t change how the presenter or the other meeting attendees view the slides. The “Sync to presenter” button will also appear, which allows the meeting attendee to resume following the presenter. When the meeting presenter uses the Magnify Slide feature, the zoomed in presentation content is displayed to all meeting attendees to see and follow along. The initial roll out of Magnify slide in PowerPoint Live will only be available for Microsoft Teams Desktop.

There are multiple ways to use this feature in a Teams Meeting using PPT Live:

Use the +/- buttons in the (…) menu

Use Plus or Minus keys or Shift + Plus or Shift + Minus key on the keyboard (Ensure keyboard focus is on the PowerPoint Live slideshow area)

Pinch or stretch on the track pad while hovering over the slide

Pinch or stretch on the slide using a touch screen enabled device

Use Ctrl + mouse wheel scroll while hovering over the slide

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96758

[When this will happen:]

This feature will reach GA by early December.

December 5, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

When a deck is presented via PowerPoint Live in a Microsoft Teams meeting, all meeting attendees can use the Magnify Slide feature to privately zoom into the presentation while maintaining full fidelity of the slide content. When a meeting attendee magnifies a slide, it doesn’t change how the presenter or the other meeting attendees view the slides. The “Sync to presenter” button will also appear, which allows the meeting attendee to resume following the presenter. When the meeting presenter uses the Magnify Slide feature, the zoomed in presentation content is displayed to all meeting attendees to see and follow along. The initial roll out of Magnify slide in PowerPoint Live will only be available for Microsoft Teams Desktop.

There are multiple ways to use this feature in a Teams Meeting using PPT Live:

Use the +/- buttons in the (…) menu

Use Plus or Minus keys or Shift + Plus or Shift + Minus key on the keyboard (Ensure keyboard focus is on the PowerPoint Live slideshow area)

Pinch or stretch on the track pad while hovering over the slide

Pinch or stretch on the slide using a touch screen enabled device

Use Ctrl + mouse wheel scroll while hovering over the slide

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96758

[When this will happen:]

This feature will reach GA by early January (previously early December).

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MC466199 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users ability to delete chats Users can now delete 1:1 chats, group chats, and meeting chats if they are a participant in Microsoft Teams. This permanently deletes the chat only for the user, other people in the chat and conversation history for them is not impacted.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90723

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in early December and expect to complete rollout by mid-December.

Updated December 09, 2022: Due to an issue with admin controls in TAC that we are actively working on fixing, please refer to the PowerShell documentation to control the setting for enabling or disabling delete chat capability. Link: Set-CsTeamsMessagingPolicy

Users will be able to delete 1:1 chats, group chats, and meeting chats if they are a participant in Microsoft Teams. This permanently deletes the chat only for the user, other people in the chat and conversation history are not impacted.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90723

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in early December and expect to complete rollout by mid-December.
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MC467233 (Updated) OneDrive sync client will be blocked on virtualized machines configured with unsupported versions of FSLogix Note: If your organization does not utilize OneDrive on virtual machines, you can safely disregard this message.

OneDrive Sync client connections from a virtual machine using FSLogix releases older than FSLogix 2009 Hot Fix 1 are not supported and will get blocked starting Jan 2023. The hard block will show an error message, and the attempt to run the OneDrive Sync client on the machine will get blocked.

[When will this happen:]

The deployment will begin in January 2023 and continue through February 2023. Starting January 2023, any user connecting to OneDrive sync client with unsupported version of FSLogix will begin seeing error messages and OneDrive will not run on the machine. You can review the FSLogix release notes for more information.

Updated December 07, 2022: We have created a script which will allow customers to provide a list of VM names and remotely check to see if FSLogix is installed and if so, checks if the installed version greater is than the minimum version. It not only checks the version from the registry point of view, but also checks all the individual component versions as an extra measure. This script can be found here: GitHub

Note: If your organization does not utilize OneDrive on virtual machines, you can safely disregard this message.

OneDrive Sync client connections from a virtual machine using FSLogix releases older than FSLogix 2009 Hot Fix 1 are not supported and will get blocked starting Jan 2023. The hard block will show an error message, and the attempt to run the OneDrive Sync client on the machine will get blocked.

[When will this happen:]

The deployment will begin in January 2023 and continue through February 2023. Starting January 2023, any user connecting to OneDrive sync client with unsupported version of FSLogix will begin seeing error messages and OneDrive will not run on the machine. You can review the FSLogix release notes for more information.

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MC470136 (Updated) Improved Upload experience and retirement of the ‘Get Data’ page in Power BI We will be retiring the ‘Get Data’ page in Power BI as well as the ability to connect to files from personal OneDrive accounts. Going forward, users can utilize a new streamlined Upload experience and we recommend connecting to files using OneDrive for Business or SharePoint for uploading local files.

[When this will happen:]

December 8, 2022
Updated December 6, 2022: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We will be retiring the ‘Get Data’ page in Power BI as well as the ability to connect to files from personal OneDrive accounts. Going forward, users can utilize a new streamlined Upload experience and we recommend connecting to files using OneDrive for Business or SharePoint for uploading local files.

[When this will happen:]

January 2, 2023 (previously December 8, 2022)
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MC MessageTagNames changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC400565 (Updated) Suggested Replies in Group Chats on Teams Desktop Feature update, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, Admin impact N/A
MC441064 (Updated) Exchange Online Customizable Message Expiration Timeout Interval Coming Soon New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC466199 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users ability to delete chats New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC467233 (Updated) OneDrive sync client will be blocked on virtualized machines configured with unsupported versions of FSLogix User impact, Admin impact Updated message, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC470136 (Updated) Improved Upload experience and retirement of the ‘Get Data’ page in Power BI User impact, Admin impact, Retirement Updated message, User impact, Admin impact, Retirement N/A

MC prepare changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC466199 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users ability to delete chats This feature will be enabled automatically and there is no action required at this time.

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=90723
This feature will be enabled automatically and there is no action required at this time.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/skype/set-csteamsmessagingpolicy?view=skype-ps

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=90723
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MC467233 (Updated) OneDrive sync client will be blocked on virtualized machines configured with unsupported versions of FSLogix To avoid user impact, install the latest version of FSLogix on all virtualized machines using the OneDrive Sync client.

https://learn.microsoft.com/fslogix/whats-new?msclkid=d99806ceb69b11ec90c624adaa940dcc
To avoid user impact, install the latest version of FSLogix on all virtualized machines using the OneDrive Sync client.

https://aka.ms/FSLVersionScript

https://learn.microsoft.com/fslogix/whats-new?msclkid=d99806ceb69b11ec90c624adaa940dcc
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MC482179 New Service Plans for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva SKUs At this time, there is no impact to your organization, and no action is required from your end. These service plans will not yet enable any new experiences to your organization and users.

We will begin rolling out the availability of new experiences in early 2023 in a phased manner. We will reach out with another post closer to the release timelines - to communicate roll-out timelines, what to expect, and any action items for you.
At this time, there is no impact to your organization, and no action is required from your end. These service plans neither enable any new experiences at this time nor restore any deprecated or disabled experiences.

We will begin rolling out the availability of new experiences in early 2023 in a phased manner. We will reach out with another post closer to the release timelines - to communicate roll-out timelines, what to expect, and any action items for you.
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MC Title changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC400565 (Updated) Suggested Replies in Group Chats on Teams Desktop Suggested Replies in Group Chats on Teams Desktop (Updated) Suggested Replies in Group Chats on Teams Desktop N/A
MC441064 (Updated) Exchange Online Customizable Message Expiration Timeout Interval Coming Soon Exchange Online Customizable Message Expiration Timeout Interval Coming Soon (Updated) Exchange Online Customizable Message Expiration Timeout Interval Coming Soon N/A
MC466199 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users ability to delete chats Microsoft Teams: Users ability to delete chats (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users ability to delete chats N/A
MC467233 (Updated) OneDrive sync client will be blocked on virtualized machines configured with unsupported versions of FSLogix OneDrive sync client will be blocked on virtualized machines configured with unsupported versions of FSLogix (Updated) OneDrive sync client will be blocked on virtualized machines configured with unsupported versions of FSLogix N/A
MC470136 (Updated) Improved Upload experience and retirement of the ‘Get Data’ page in Power BI Improved Upload experience and retirement of the ‘Get Data’ page in Power BI (Updated) Improved Upload experience and retirement of the ‘Get Data’ page in Power BI N/A

CW50 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID MC Title MC Category MC Workload MC Major Change MC Action required by
MC480320 Manage Enhanced Teams Apps for the Microsoft 365 App (formerly Office.com) from the Microsoft 365 Admin Center Plan For Change Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC480721 Microsoft 365 admin center: Adoption Score New Insights and Page redesign for the 'Meetings' People Experience category Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC480719 Microsoft Teams Rooms Companion Device Experience enhancement - Optimize video gallery for in-room participants Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC480718 Update to Defender for Cloud Apps IP Addresses Plan For Change Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps False N/A
MC481198 Microsoft 365 Defender: new role-based access control (RBAC) in preview Stay Informed Microsoft 365 Defender False N/A
MC481197 Communication Compliance: Prioritize analysis of policy-driven alerts with Azure Cognitive Services (public preview) Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC481196 Add people to a group chat from compose box via @ mention Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC481105 Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel Stay Informed Microsoft 365 Apps False N/A
MC481284 Important Information about your Microsoft Power Automate service Plan For Change Microsoft Power Automate False N/A
MC481742 Reminder: Windows Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) hardening changes as of November 8, 2022 Stay Informed Windows True 03/14/2023
MC481831 OneDrive: Sharing Experience - Sensitivity Labels inside the Sharing Dialog Stay Informed OneDrive for Business False N/A
MC481829 Microsoft Teams Support for Co-organizer to Manage Breakout Rooms Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC482182 Announcing Ability to Digitally Sign VBA Projects in Microsoft Access Databases Stay Informed Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC482179 New Service Plans for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva SKUs Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC482573 Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance support for adaptive policy scopes (public preview) Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC482569 Viva Connections Toolbox displaying store apps Stay Informed SharePoint Online, Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC482567 Microsoft Teams: Meeting Toolbar Usability Improvements Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC482559 Connecting Office 2016 and Office 2019 to Microsoft 365 reaches end of support on October 10, 2023 Plan For Change Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft 365 apps True 10/10/2023
MC482535 Reminder: January 2023 changes for the Windows Diagnostic data processor configuration Stay Informed Windows False N/A
MC482534 Advance your security posture with Microsoft Intune from chip to cloud Stay Informed Windows False N/A
MC482533 Update Compliance is no longer available. Use Windows Update for Business reports. Stay Informed Windows False 03/31/2023
MC482511 Announcing Public preview of permanent deletion of users in Power Platform Stay Informed Power Apps, Microsoft Power Automate False N/A
MC482643 Important Information about your Microsoft Power Platform admin center service Plan For Change Dynamics 365 Apps, Power Apps, Microsoft Power Automate False N/A

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