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2023 CW 17 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

from 04/17/2023 to 04/23/2023

20 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 22 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
MC383875 (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: updates to quarantine folder storage 05/05/2023 09:00:00 2023-06-30T09:00:00Z N/A
MC466202 (Updated) Relevance recommendation for Message center posts 02/28/2023 09:00:00 2023-05-02T10:00:00Z N/A
MC467610 (Updated) New Admin Capabilities in Viva Goals 05/22/2023 10:00:00 2023-06-09T10:00:00Z N/A
MC499441 (Updated) The Room Remote feature for desktop 04/30/2023 10:00:00 2024-01-31T09:00:00Z N/A
MC510331 (Updated) Microsoft Teams support for Targeted Release 06/05/2023 09:00:00 2023-06-30T09:00:00Z N/A
MC519907 (Updated) OneDrive Web: Favorite/Unfavorite Files 05/12/2023 09:00:00 2023-05-31T09:00:00Z N/A
MC531738 (Updated) Launching new way to open links in Edge from Outlook for iOS and Android 04/30/2024 09:00:00 2024-06-07T09:00:00Z N/A
MC533817 (Updated) Microsoft Teams certified Peripherals: Teams Button to bring Teams Meeting Stage to Foreground During Meeting 05/31/2023 09:00:00 2023-07-31T09:00:00Z N/A
MC533818 (Updated) Teams: Teams button to Join Meeting from pre-join Screen for all Microsoft Teams Certified Peripherals 05/31/2023 09:00:00 2023-07-31T09:00:00Z N/A
MC537955 (Updated) Plan sharing with file container. 05/24/2023 09:00:00 2023-06-30T09:00:00Z N/A
MC540242 (Updated) Video Messaging in Outlook Mobile 06/22/2023 09:00:00 2023-07-07T09:00:00Z N/A
MC541159 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Viva Goals Usage Report 06/30/2023 09:00:00 2023-07-31T09:00:00Z N/A

MC How Affect changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC531738 (Updated) Launching new way to open links in Edge from Outlook for iOS and Android Users will be seeing this experience launch when they open a link.

If Edge is not installed, they will have the option to download it.

We are working on a configuration for you to manage this feature if there is a browser your workplace already uses and will provide an update, via Message center, in the coming weeks.
Users will be seeing this experience launch when they open a link.

If Edge is not installed, they will have the option to download it.

We are working on a configuration for you to manage this feature if there is a browser your workplace already uses and expect this to be available in early May.
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MC Messages changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC383875 (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: updates to quarantine folder storage Updated December 2, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is making some changes to quarantine folder storage. The experience for users will remain the same and users can leverage the delete action to maintain the storage folder for their quarantined messages.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93302.

[When this will happen:]

Standard: will begin rolling out in mid-June and be completed by mid-November (previously mid-September). - Complete

Government: will begin rolling out in mid-January 2023 (previously mid-November 2022) and be completed by early April 2023 (previously late November 2022).
Updated April 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is making some changes to quarantine folder storage. The experience for users will remain the same and users can leverage the delete action to maintain the storage folder for their quarantined messages.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93302.

[When this will happen:]

Standard: will begin rolling out in mid-June and be completed by mid-November (previously mid-September). - Complete

Government: will begin rolling out in mid-January 2023 (previously mid-November 2022) and be completed by late May 2023 (previously early April).
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MC411463 (Updated) Microsoft Teams user request configuration to external systems (URL redirect) Updated March 31, 2023: The general availability of PowerShell script to deactivate user request in the tenant is now April 2023. We apologize for inconveniences caused by the delay.

Microsoft Teams apps help facilitate collaboration and enhance team productivity. Some organizations choose to control which apps their users can use, blocking apps from use until IT has reviewed and approved them. For these organizations, the recent app discovery update (MC350372) enables users to indicate which blocked apps they want to use, allowing IT to focus their attention on the apps their users want. As always, IT retains control over which apps their users can use.

We heard from some IT organizations that they have existing processes to manage how users should request access to apps, and they want to use these same processes for approving Teams apps as well. In response, we are adding optional organizational settings to enable Teams admins to customize the experience for their users to request access to apps that are blocked from use. These settings include:

A customizable instructional message shown to users when they find an app that’s blocked from use. The default message is “This app requires approval from your IT admin to make it available for you to add.”

An IT provided URL that will open in a browser when users click the “Request approval” button to request access to an app (e.g., IT support ticketing systems, user education pages, or corporate policy pages).

In the Teams app store, users who discover apps that are blocked from use will see the customized instructional message (if provided) on the app details page and be redirected to the URL (if provided) when the “Request approval” button is clicked.

Example scenario: Contoso’s IT department has configured Teams to block all third-party apps by default. They have enabled access only to specific third-party apps that they have evaluated and determined to be acceptable. For the user request feature, the Teams admin for Contoso configures the instructional message to say "This app is not allowed by Contoso IT. If you have a business need for this app, please submit your request in the Contoso helpdesk portal." This makes clear (i) that the app cannot be used, and (ii) instructions to submit a request. They then configure the "Request approval" button to point to their internal portal where users can submit IT helpdesk requests: https://intranet.contoso.com/helpdesk. This experience drives awareness of corporate policy and the existing Contoso request process.

This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 89288.

Note: As an administrator, if you prefer to deactivate the ability for users to see and request apps that are blocked from use, you will be able to do so via PowerShell that is expected to be delivered in January 2023. We will update this message once the PowerShell script is available.

[When this will happen:]

This feature will be available in April 2023.
Updated April 18, 2023: We are pleased to announce the availability of the PowerShell script and supporting GraphAPIs for enabling user requests to unavailable Teams apps in the organization.

Microsoft Teams apps help facilitate collaboration and enhance team productivity. Some organizations choose to control which apps their users can use, blocking apps from use until IT has reviewed and approved them. For these organizations, the recent app discovery update (MC350372) enables users to indicate which blocked apps they want to use, allowing IT to focus their attention on the apps their users want. As always, IT retains control over which apps their users can use.

We heard from some IT organizations that they have existing processes to manage how users should request access to apps, and they want to use these same processes for approving Teams apps as well. In response, we are adding optional organizational settings to enable Teams admins to customize the experience for their users to request access to apps that are blocked from use. These settings include:

A customizable instructional message shown to users when they find an app that’s blocked from use. The default message is “This app requires approval from your IT admin to make it available for you to add.”

An IT provided URL that will open in a browser when users click the “Request approval” button to request access to an app (e.g., IT support ticketing systems, user education pages, or corporate policy pages).

In the Teams app store, users who discover apps that are blocked from use will see the customized instructional message (if provided) on the app details page and be redirected to the URL (if provided) when the “Request approval” button is clicked.

Example scenario: Contoso’s IT department has configured Teams to block all third-party apps by default. They have enabled access only to specific third-party apps that they have evaluated and determined to be acceptable. For the user request feature, the Teams admin for Contoso configures the instructional message to say "This app is not allowed by Contoso IT. If you have a business need for this app, please submit your request in the Contoso helpdesk portal." This makes clear (i) that the app cannot be used, and (ii) instructions to submit a request. They then configure the "Request approval" button to point to their internal portal where users can submit IT helpdesk requests: https://intranet.contoso.com/helpdesk. This experience drives awareness of corporate policy and the existing Contoso request process.

This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 89288.

Note: As an administrator, if you prefer to deactivate the ability for users to see and request apps that are blocked from use, you will be able to do so via PowerShell that is expected to be delivered in January 2023. We will update this message once the PowerShell script is available.

[When this will happen:]

This feature will be available in April 2023.
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MC432475 (Updated) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint Document Libraries in win32 backstage Updated February 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently, users experience some frustration when using Office products because of all different routes that they must use to access all their content. The Quick Access feature will allow users to access shared libraries from both their SharePoint and Teams locations. When the user opens files from shared libraries, these libraries will show up in the form of a list which will encourage users to save and open files to these libraries with ease. This helps deliver a more consistent, coherent storage location experience across M365 apps. This new backstage experience won’t show up in Teams, SharePoint, or OneDrive but does include storage locations from OneDrive and Teams (sites/channels) which are stored on SharePoint.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early April and expect to complete by late April.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late June and expect to complete by late July.

Updated April 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently, users experience some frustration when using Office products because of all different routes that they must use to access all their content. The Quick Access feature will allow users to access shared libraries from both their SharePoint and Teams locations. When the user opens files from shared libraries, these libraries will show up in the form of a list which will encourage users to save and open files to these libraries with ease. This helps deliver a more consistent, coherent storage location experience across M365 apps. This new backstage experience won’t show up in Teams, SharePoint, or OneDrive but does include storage locations from OneDrive and Teams (sites/channels) which are stored on SharePoint.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late April (previously early April) and expect to complete by late May (previously late April).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late June and expect to complete by late July.

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MC466202 (Updated) Relevance recommendation for Message center posts The new relevance recommendation in Message Center will help you determine how relevant a change is to your tenant. The recommendation (High, Medium, or Low) will be determined based on multiple factors, such as service usage and the type of change.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96289

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-November and expect to complete it by mid-December.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January and expect to complete by end of April 2023.

Updated April 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The new relevance recommendation in Message Center will help you determine how relevant a change is to your tenant. The recommendation (High, Medium, or Low) will be determined based on multiple factors, such as service usage and the type of change.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96289

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-November and expect to complete it by mid-December.

Standard Release: We continue to work on this feature and will communicate the rollout timeline via Message center when available.

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MC467610 (Updated) New Admin Capabilities in Viva Goals Updated March 28, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Integrations in Viva Goals help save time and energy by automatically updating your key results and projects through connections to other applications from Microsoft and third parties. These integrations allow data to flow from the connected applications into Viva Goals so that results and projects are up to date. As Viva Goals is continuing to grow support for more integrations, we will be adding new capabilities for global admins to manage Viva Goals integrations for all organizations in their tenant.

[When this will happen:]

Rollout is expected to begin in late December and is expected to be completed by mid-April (previously mid-March).

Updated April 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Integrations in Viva Goals help save time and energy by automatically updating your key results and projects through connections to other applications from Microsoft and third parties. These integrations allow data to flow from the connected applications into Viva Goals so that results and projects are up to date. As Viva Goals is continuing to grow support for more integrations, we will be adding new capabilities for global admins to manage Viva Goals integrations for all organizations in their tenant.

[When this will happen:]

Rollout is expected to begin in late December and is expected to be completed by late April (previously mid-April).

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MC499441 (Updated) The Room Remote feature for desktop Updated February 14, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Room Remote feature enables touchless meetings by allowing users to control a nearby shared meeting room device from their Desktop/PC with Teams client.

This feature was first launched on Mobile and will now be available on your Desktop device formfactor.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95482

[When this will happen]

Rollout is expected to start mid-February (previously mid-January) and will complete late March (previously mid-March).

Updated April 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Room Remote feature enables touchless meetings by allowing users to control a nearby shared meeting room device from their Desktop/PC with Teams client.

This feature was first launched on Mobile and will now be available on your Desktop device formfactor.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95482

[When this will happen]

Rollout is expected to start mid-February (previously mid-January) and will complete mid-December (previously late March).

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MC510331 (Updated) Microsoft Teams support for Targeted Release Updated March 28, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams will support Targeted Release for commercial cloud customers.

With this support, users opted-in to Targeted Release will be the first production users to see the latest Microsoft Teams features and help shape the product by providing early feedback.

Prior to this, Targeted Release provided early access to OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Office for the web, Microsoft 365 admin center and some components of Exchange Online.

What is Targeted Release?

Targeted release allows early access to high quality feature releases across Microsoft 365 apps and services, which customers can opt-in to prepare for the upcoming changes before they roll out to the rest of the organization.

Customers can choose to have a select set of individuals, or the entire organization receives updates early via Targeted Release.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 117577

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in early March (previously late February) and expect to complete by late April (previously mid-April).

Updated April 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. We are currently rolling this feature out and as users are onboarded (per your settings) they will see "EA" on their profile picture to indicate Early Access to Teams features. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams will support Targeted Release for commercial cloud customers.

With this support, users opted-in to Targeted Release will be the first production users to see the latest Microsoft Teams features and help shape the product by providing early feedback.

Prior to this, Targeted Release provided early access to OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Office for the web, Microsoft 365 admin center and some components of Exchange Online.

What is Targeted Release?

Targeted release allows early access to high quality feature releases across Microsoft 365 apps and services, which customers can opt-in to prepare for the upcoming changes before they roll out to the rest of the organization.

Customers can choose to have a select set of individuals, or the entire organization receives updates early via Targeted Release.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 117577

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in early March (previously late February) and expect to complete by mid-May (previously late April).

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MC519907 (Updated) OneDrive Web: Favorite/Unfavorite Files Adding files to Favorites is a great way to mark content of personal importance and can help you get to the content you're looking for right away. We have made sure that the favorites experience is consistent across Microsoft 365 apps by building on top of the existing pinning and favorites experience. This release will include support for favoriting files from OneDrive web and Document Libraries.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117497

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in early March and expect to complete rollout by mid-March.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-March and expect to complete rollout by early April.

Updated April 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Adding files to Favorites is a great way to mark content of personal importance and can help you get to the content you're looking for right away. We have made sure that the favorites experience is consistent across Microsoft 365 apps by building on top of the existing pinning and favorites experience. This release will include support for favoriting files from OneDrive web and Document Libraries.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117497

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in early March and expect to complete rollout by late April (previously mid-March).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-March and expect to complete rollout by early April.

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MC522581 (Updated) New My Groups Experience We will be replacing the existing My Groups experience at mygroups.microsoft.com with a new and improved My Groups, now available at myaccount.microsoft.com/groups in mid-May 2023.

My Groups enables end users to easily manage groups, such as finding groups to join, managing groups they own, and managing existing group memberships. Based on customer feedback, we’ve also added:

sorting and filtering on lists of groups and group members,

a full list of group members in large groups, and

an actionable overview page for membership requests.

[When this will happen:]

Beginning in mid-May and expect to complete by late May.
Updated April 18, 2023: Based on customer feedback, we are no longer removing an admin's ability to use the existing \"self service group management\" admin controls. Thank you for your feedback.

We will be replacing the existing My Groups experience at mygroups.microsoft.com with a new and improved My Groups, now available at myaccount.microsoft.com/groups in mid-May 2023.

My Groups enables end users to easily manage groups, such as finding groups to join, managing groups they own, and managing existing group memberships. Based on customer feedback, we’ve also added:

sorting and filtering on lists of groups and group members,

a full list of group members in large groups, and

an actionable overview page for membership requests.

[When this will happen:]

Beginning in mid-May and expect to complete by late May.
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MC531738 (Updated) Launching new way to open links in Edge from Outlook for iOS and Android Currently users open links automatically from Outlook for iOS and Android in their default browser. This change will prompt users to choose their browser instead. Users can choose their default browser if they prefer and configure that preference in their Outlook Mobile settings.

We apologize for not communicating about this change sooner, per our commitment to proactive change communication.

[When will this happen:]

This is currently rolling out.
Updated April 20, 2023: As shared previously, we are working on control for admins to manage this feature and expect it to be available in early May.

Currently users open links automatically from Outlook for iOS and Android in their default browser. This change will prompt users to choose their browser instead. Users can choose their default browser if they prefer and configure that preference in their Outlook Mobile settings.

We apologize for not communicating about this change sooner, per our commitment to proactive change communication.

[When will this happen:]

This is currently rolling out.
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MC533817 (Updated) Microsoft Teams certified Peripherals: Teams Button to bring Teams Meeting Stage to Foreground During Meeting Microsoft Teams users can soon bring up the meeting stage to the foreground by pressing their Teams Button during a meeting.

Note: This feature only applies to devices with dedicated Teams Buttons. If the device has a dual-purpose button (supports both hookswitch and Teams Button), pressing the button will end the call.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98496

[When this will happen:]

Preview: We will begin rolling out in early April 2023 and expect to complete rollout by mid-April 2023.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-April 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late April 2023.

Updated April 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams users can soon bring up the meeting stage to the foreground by pressing their Teams Button during a meeting.

Note: This feature only applies to devices with dedicated Teams Buttons. If the device has a dual-purpose button (supports both hookswitch and Teams Button), pressing the button will end the call.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98496

[When this will happen:]

Preview: We will begin rolling out in late May (previously early April) and expect to complete rollout by early June (previously mid-April).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-June (previously mid-April) and expect to complete rollout by late June (previously late April).

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MC533818 (Updated) Teams: Teams button to Join Meeting from pre-join Screen for all Microsoft Teams Certified Peripherals Users can soon successfully join and participate in a meeting directly with their Teams Button on their Microsoft Teams certified peripheral.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95632

[When this will happen:]

Preview: We will begin rolling out in early April 2023 and expect to complete rollout by mid-April 2023.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-April 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late April 2023.

Updated April 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can soon successfully join and participate in a meeting directly with their Teams Button on their Microsoft Teams certified peripheral.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95632

[When this will happen:]

Preview: We will begin rolling out in late May (previously early April) and expect to complete rollout by early June (previously mid-April).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-June (previously mid-April) and expect to complete rollout by late June (previously late April).

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MC537415 (Updated) Profanity filtering on/off control for Live Captions in Teams meetings With the newly introduced toggle for turn on/off profanity filtering in Live Captions, users will now be able to control whether they want to continue to leverage the profanity filtering capability provided out of the box, or if they want to see every word as-is.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 113412.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release (Public preview): We will begin rolling out early April and expect to complete by mid-April.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early May and expect to complete by mid-May.

GCC-High and DoD: We will begin rolling out early July and expect to complete by mid-July.
Updated April 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With the newly introduced toggle for turn on/off profanity filtering in Live Captions, users will now be able to control whether they want to continue to leverage the profanity filtering capability provided out of the box, or if they want to see every word as-is.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 113412.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release (Public preview): We will begin rolling out early April and expect to complete by mid-April.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-April (previously early May) and expect to complete by early May (previously mid-May).

GCC-High and DoD: We will begin rolling out mid-June (previously early July) and expect to complete by early July (previously mid-July).
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MC537955 (Updated) Plan sharing with file container. A new authorization model is implemented for Planner plans, which will be a ‘shared container-based’ authorization model, where OneDrive and SharePoint Online files can be linked to plans to provide users with access to the plan if they have access to the shared container. This means that file-based authorization for plans will provide streamlined access to roster-backed plans that are connected to one or more SharePoint Online/OneDrive files. Note: Graph API is available only in beta

For eg: A user with access to a Loop component or meeting notes that is linked to a plan in Planner will be able to access the plan without needing to be added as a roster member and thereby reducing any potential authorization errors that may arise owing to either roster limits or the absence of another user who can grant access.

[When this will happen:]

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early April 2023 and expect to complete by mid-April 2023.

Updated April 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

A new authorization model is implemented for Planner plans, which will be a ‘shared container-based’ authorization model, where OneDrive and SharePoint Online files can be linked to plans to provide users with access to the plan if they have access to the shared container. This means that file-based authorization for plans will provide streamlined access to roster-backed plans that are connected to one or more SharePoint Online/OneDrive files. Note: Graph API is available only in beta

For eg: A user with access to a Loop component or meeting notes that is linked to a plan in Planner will be able to access the plan without needing to be added as a roster member and thereby reducing any potential authorization errors that may arise owing to either roster limits or the absence of another user who can grant access.

[When this will happen:]

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early May (previously early April) and expect to complete by mid-May (previously mid-April).

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MC537956 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap (Premium) Users with a Teams Premium license will now be able to access a comprehensive meeting overview in the new ‘Recap’ tab in Teams, which leverages AI to provide personalized highlights and key insights from the meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122529

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release and Preview: We will begin rolling out late April and expect to complete by early May.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-May and expect to complete by late May.

Updated April 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users with a Teams Premium license will now be able to access a comprehensive meeting overview in the new ‘Recap’ tab in Teams, which leverages AI to provide personalized highlights and key insights from the meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122529

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release (Preview): We will begin rolling out early May (previously late April) and expect to complete by early May.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-May and expect to complete by late May.

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MC538385 (Updated) Collaborative Meeting Notes Teams across Microsoft are coming together to provide tools that help make meetings more effective. More specifically, we’re improving how you track what you want to discuss (Agenda), what you discussed/decided (Notes) and what you need to follow up on (Follow-up Tasks). These capabilities are now integrated into the end-to-end meeting experience in Teams, Loop, Planner, To Do, Office.com and OneDrive for Business.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 101509

[When this will happen:]

Preview Release: We will begin rolling out late April and expect to complete by mid-May.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late May and expect to complete by late June.

Updated April 20, 2023: We will not be rolling this feature to customers in GCC at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Thank you for your patience.

Teams across Microsoft are coming together to provide tools that help make meetings more effective. More specifically, we’re improving how you track what you want to discuss (Agenda), what you discussed/decided (Notes) and what you need to follow up on (Follow-up Tasks). These capabilities are now integrated into the end-to-end meeting experience in Teams, Loop, Planner, To Do, Office.com and OneDrive for Business.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 101509

[When this will happen:]

Preview Release: We will begin rolling out late April and expect to complete by mid-May.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late May and expect to complete by late June.

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MC538726 (Updated) Meeting Recap Enhancements We are bringing improvements for Meeting Recapping. Now, you can find your recording, transcripts, meeting content, and meeting notes all under a single new Recap tab. Watch your recording directly in the Recap tab to catch up on what was discussed while reviewing the notes and transcript without having to switch screens/apps.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late April and expect to complete by early May.

Preview: We will begin rolling out late April and expect to complete by early May.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late May and expect to complete by early June.

Updated April 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are bringing improvements for Meeting Recapping. Now, you can find your recording, transcripts, meeting content, and meeting notes all under a single new Recap tab. Watch your recording directly in the Recap tab to catch up on what was discussed while reviewing the notes and transcript without having to switch screens/apps.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release and Preview: We will begin rolling out early May (previously late April) and expect to complete by mid-May (previously early May).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late May and expect to complete by early June.

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MC540242 (Updated) Video Messaging in Outlook Mobile Video Unfurl and Playback will unfurl video links into a delightful thumbnail​ when reading an email that contains a video. Upon tapping the thumbnail, the user will be able to view the video in their full mobile screen with full screen playback. Video Unfurl and Playback will be available on both iOS and Android soon.

We're also introducing Video Capture and Upload on Android: this will allow users to capture a video on their phone within the Outlook Mobile app and seamlessly upload the video to the email being composed. Upload will leverage OneDrive for Business, allowing the user to share videos of large size and length with OneDrive.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117588 and 117586

[When this will happen:]

This rollout is underway and expected to complete by mid-May 2023.
Updated April 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Video Unfurl and Playback will unfurl video links into a delightful thumbnail​ when reading an email that contains a video. Upon tapping the thumbnail, the user will be able to view the video in their full mobile screen with full screen playback. Video Unfurl and Playback will be available on both iOS and Android soon.

We're also introducing Video Capture and Upload on Android: this will allow users to capture a video on their phone within the Outlook Mobile app and seamlessly upload the video to the email being composed. Upload will leverage OneDrive for Business, allowing the user to share videos of large size and length with OneDrive.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117588 and 117586

[When this will happen:]

This rollout is underway and expected to complete by late May (previously mid-May).

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MC541159 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Viva Goals Usage Report A new report will be made available to help you understand how Viva Goals is used within your organization. The new usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center will provide metrics on the number of active users including trial and paid licenses and platform distribution (Teams, Slack, Azure DevOps, and Web) with the ability to view 7/30/90/180 day timeframes.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117599

[When this will happen:]

Rollout will begin in late April and is expected to be complete by late May.

Updated April 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

A new report will be made available to help you understand how Viva Goals is used within your organization. The new usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center will provide metrics on the number of active users including trial and paid licenses and platform distribution (Teams, Slack, Azure DevOps, and Web) with the ability to view 7/30/90/180 day timeframes.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117599

[When this will happen:]

Rollout will begin in late May (previously late April) and is expected to be complete by late June (previously late May).

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MC466202 (Updated) Relevance recommendation for Message center posts New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC519907 (Updated) OneDrive Web: Favorite/Unfavorite Files New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC522581 (Updated) New My Groups Experience User impact, Admin impact, Retirement Updated message, User impact, Admin impact, Retirement N/A
MC531738 (Updated) Launching new way to open links in Edge from Outlook for iOS and Android Feature update, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC533817 (Updated) Microsoft Teams certified Peripherals: Teams Button to bring Teams Meeting Stage to Foreground During Meeting New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC533818 (Updated) Teams: Teams button to Join Meeting from pre-join Screen for all Microsoft Teams Certified Peripherals New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC537415 (Updated) Profanity filtering on/off control for Live Captions in Teams meetings User impact, Admin impact Updated message, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC537955 (Updated) Plan sharing with file container. Feature update, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, Admin impact N/A
MC537956 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap (Premium) New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC538385 (Updated) Collaborative Meeting Notes New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC538726 (Updated) Meeting Recap Enhancements New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC540242 (Updated) Video Messaging in Outlook Mobile New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC541159 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Viva Goals Usage Report New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A

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MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC411463 (Updated) Microsoft Teams user request configuration to external systems (URL redirect) Configure the User requests section when it becomes available with the link to the in-house user request systems and/or customize the instructional message.

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=&searchterms=89288
Configure the User requests section when it becomes available with the link to the in-house user request systems and/or customize the instructional message.

https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/resources/teamsappsettings?view=graph-rest-beta

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.graph.teams/update-mgteamworkteamappsetting?view=graph-powershell-beta

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=&searchterms=89288
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MC538726 (Updated) Meeting Recap Enhancements You may consider updating the training materials for you users to inform this feature is now available. You may consider updating the training materials for you users to inform this feature is now available.

Note: AI generated notes are not going to be available for EU tenants during the initial release in May. We will communicate the availability later.
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MC544781 What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for April 2023 https://aka.ms/intunewhatsnewtoday

https://aka.ms/IntuneWN2304

https://aka.ms/MEMServiceChangeBlog

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/microsoft-intune-service-updates/ba-p/358728
https://aka.ms/intunewhatsnewtoday

https://aka.ms/MEMServiceChangeBlog

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/microsoft-intune-service-updates/ba-p/358728
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MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC466202 (Updated) Relevance recommendation for Message center posts Relevance recommendation for Message center posts (Updated) Relevance recommendation for Message center posts N/A
MC519907 (Updated) OneDrive Web: Favorite/Unfavorite Files OneDrive Web: Favorite/Unfavorite Files (Updated) OneDrive Web: Favorite/Unfavorite Files N/A
MC522581 (Updated) New My Groups Experience New My Groups Experience (Updated) New My Groups Experience N/A
MC531738 (Updated) Launching new way to open links in Edge from Outlook for iOS and Android Launching new way to open links in Edge from Outlook for iOS and Android (Updated) Launching new way to open links in Edge from Outlook for iOS and Android N/A
MC533817 (Updated) Microsoft Teams certified Peripherals: Teams Button to bring Teams Meeting Stage to Foreground During Meeting Microsoft Teams certified Peripherals: Teams Button to bring Teams Meeting Stage to Foreground During Meeting (Updated) Microsoft Teams certified Peripherals: Teams Button to bring Teams Meeting Stage to Foreground During Meeting N/A
MC533818 (Updated) Teams: Teams button to Join Meeting from pre-join Screen for all Microsoft Teams Certified Peripherals Microsoft Teams: Teams button to Join Meeting from pre-join Screen for all Microsoft Teams Certified Peripherals (Updated) Teams: Teams button to Join Meeting from pre-join Screen for all Microsoft Teams Certified Peripherals N/A
MC537415 (Updated) Profanity filtering on/off control for Live Captions in Teams meetings Profanity filtering on/off control for Live Captions in Teams meetings (Updated) Profanity filtering on/off control for Live Captions in Teams meetings N/A
MC537955 (Updated) Plan sharing with file container. Plan sharing with file container. (Updated) Plan sharing with file container. N/A
MC537956 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap (Premium) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap (Premium) (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap (Premium) N/A
MC538385 (Updated) Collaborative Meeting Notes Collaborative Meeting Notes (Updated) Collaborative Meeting Notes N/A
MC538726 (Updated) Meeting Recap Enhancements Meeting Recap Enhancements (Updated) Meeting Recap Enhancements N/A
MC540242 (Updated) Video Messaging in Outlook Mobile Video Messaging in Outlook Mobile (Updated) Video Messaging in Outlook Mobile N/A
MC541159 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Viva Goals Usage Report Microsoft 365 admin center: Viva Goals Usage Report (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Viva Goals Usage Report N/A

CW17 New Office 365 Message Center items

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MC542836 Enhanced Capabilities for Managing Deleted and Expiring Teams from the Teams admin center Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC542834 Enhancements in Threat Explorer by Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Stay Informed Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 Defender False N/A
MC542832 Microsoft 365 Defender: Quarantine Customize Columns and Filters preference Saved for re-use Stay Informed Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 Defender False N/A
MC542827 Visio Organizational Trial offering Plan For Change Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC542767 SharePoint 2013 workflow retirement Plan For Change SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business True N/A
MC543390 Intelligent Meeting Recap in Microsoft 365 Feed Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC543389 Activity policy - filter by file name Plan For Change Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps False N/A
MC543387 File policy/filter 'policy' retirement Plan For Change Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps False N/A
MC543386 Microsoft Teams: Mark All As Read for Activity Feed Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC543384 Your Microsoft 365 services will automatically display your Power BI content by end of June Plan For Change Power BI True N/A
MC543382 (Updated) User's policies details page enhancements Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC543873 Viva Goals: Changes to Members' Listing in Organization and Team Administration pages Stay Informed Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC543868 Introducing Microsoft Whiteboard App in Teams Stay Informed Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC543860 SIP / H323 dialing from MTR-W to a VTC Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC543859 Join BJN meeting from MTR-W via Direct Guest Join Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC543773 Removal of Microsoft Store for Business tab from Microsoft Store app on Windows 10 and 11 PCs Plan For Change Microsoft 365 suite True N/A
MC544391 Enabling Azure Application Admin role for App Management across Microsoft 365 suite products Stay Informed Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC544390 Microsoft Viva: Mobile SharePoint site navigation Stay Informed Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC544793 AntiMalware: Default Policy (only): Common attachment filter: Configuration Change Plan For Change Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft 365 Defender False N/A
MC544789 Retirement of Dynamic Ordering feature in classic search experiences. Plan For Change SharePoint Online False N/A
MC544782 Announcing Windows LAPS management through Microsoft Intune Stay Informed Microsoft Intune False N/A
MC544781 What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for April 2023 Stay Informed Microsoft Intune False N/A

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