from 05/15/2023 to 05/21/2023
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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Changes
MC End Time changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC432475 | (Updated) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint Document Libraries in win32 backstage | 08/31/2023 10:00:00 | 2023-10-31T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC509577 | (Updated) Visio Personal App in Teams | 05/24/2023 09:00:00 | 2023-08-31T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC532607 | (Updated) Microsoft Authenticator Lite in Outlook | 06/30/2023 09:00:00 | 2023-07-21T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC546444 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to Join Teams Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users | 06/30/2023 09:00:00 | 2023-07-31T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC554155 | (Updated) OneDrive: Sharing Experiences - Refreshed Manage Access | 08/01/2023 09:00:00 | 2023-08-31T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC How Affect changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC552788 | (Updated) Outlook: Mandatory labeling pre-compose for iOS | 1. If your organization has a prompter mandatory label experience pre-compose, make sure you enable mandatory label for specific users, and then set Intune MDM setting "com.microsoft.outlook.Mail.LouderMandatoryLabelEnabled" to be "true", then the applied users will see the select label page first before drafting the email when the user start new email. 2. If your organization has set Label policy -AdvancedSettings @{HideBarByDefault="False"}, on Outlook mobile you will see the label selection now is below the subject line. If you do not set that value or set it to be True, Sensitivity label will still bel under compose. 3. Outlook Android will also support label colors if admin configured so. |
If your organization has a prompter mandatory label experience pre-compose, make sure you enable mandatory label for specific users, and then set Intune MDM setting "com.microsoft.outlook.Mail.LouderMandatoryLabelEnabled" to be "true", then the applied users will see the select label page first before drafting the email when the user start new email. If your organization has set Label policy -AdvancedSettings @{HideBarByDefault="False"}, on Outlook mobile you will see the label selection now is below the subject line. If you do not set that value or set it to be True, Sensitivity label will still bel under compose. Outlook Android will also support label colors if admin configured so. |
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MC Messages changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC432475 | (Updated) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint Document Libraries in win32 backstage | 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. |
Updated May 16, 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 June (previously late April) and expect to complete by late July (previously late May). Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-August (previously late June) and expect to complete by mid-September (previously late July). |
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| MC501981 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic lowering of a user's Raised Hand after speaking | Updated April 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Teams will soon have a feature that will alert attendees in meetings that have raised their hands and already had their questions addressed to automatically lower their hand. This will allow meeting organizers the opportunity to focus on unanswered questions. This release will be rolling out only to Microsoft Teams Desktop users. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90022. [When will this happen:] Public Preview will roll out in mid-February (previously early February). Rolling out to Production will begin in mid-March and expect to complete rollout by late April (previously late March). GCC will begin rolling out in late April (previously late March) and complete by early May (previously early April). GCC-H will begin rolling out in late May (previously late April) and complete by early June (previously early May). DoD will begin rolling out in early June (previously early May) and complete by mid-June (previously mid-May). |
Updated May 16, 2023: We have made the decision to postpone rolling out to DoD organizations at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Teams will soon have a feature that will alert attendees in meetings that have raised their hands and already had their questions addressed to automatically lower their hand. This will allow meeting organizers the opportunity to focus on unanswered questions. This release will be rolling out only to Microsoft Teams Desktop users. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90022. [When will this happen:] Public Preview will roll out in mid-February (previously early February). Rolling out to Production will begin in mid-March and expect to complete rollout by late April (previously late March). - Complete GCC will begin rolling out in late April (previously late March) and complete by early May (previously early April). - Complete GCC-H will begin rolling out in late May (previously late April) and complete by early June (previously early May). - Complete DoD has been cancelled and we will communicate when we are ready to proceed. |
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| MC509577 | (Updated) Visio Personal App in Teams | Visio will be available soon as a Teams Personal App. There are no changes to the existing file open behavior, however there are new abilities that the Visio Personal App can provide. Additionally, this change comes with a number of UX improvements to the Office ribbon in Teams to provide a decluttered experience consistent with Office for the Web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109596 [When this will happen:] App rollout has begun and is expected to be completed by mid-April 2023. |
Updated May 19, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Visio will be available soon as a Teams Personal App. There are no changes to the existing file open behavior, however there are new abilities that the Visio Personal App can provide. Additionally, this change comes with a number of UX improvements to the Office ribbon in Teams to provide a decluttered experience consistent with Office for the Web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109596 [When this will happen:] App rollout has begun and is expected to be completed by mid-July 2023. |
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| MC532607 | (Updated) Microsoft Authenticator Lite in Outlook | Authenticator Lite (in Outlook) is a feature that allows your users to complete multi-factor authentication for their work or school account using Outlook on their iOS or Android device. This feature will be enabled on May 26th for all tenants that have not disabled it. If you do not wish for this feature to be enabled on May 26th, move the state to ‘disabled’ or set user include and exclude groups prior to May 26th.
We always recommend having users download Authenticator to complete their sign-ins, where we can offer the most up-to-date security features. However, users that have not downloaded the app to their device can now approve authentication requests and receive TOTP codes in Outlook, bringing the security of Authenticator to a convenient location. Admins can enable this feature by leveraging the Authentication Methods policy in Azure Active Directory. [When this will happen:] Rollout of this feature in Outlook will begin in early March, starting public preview. Feature controls are available via MS Graph. Starting mid-March, you can choose to enable this preview for your users from Azure Active Directory. We highly recommend that you enable users that are not already using the Microsoft Authenticator app (or another strong authentication method) for this feature at the start of public preview. This feature brings a security enhancement to those users still using telecom transports to authenticate. |
Updated May 17, 2023: Today we are starting rollout for Authenticator Lite (in Outlook) to enter GA! The Microsoft managed value of this feature will be changed from ‘disabled’ to ‘enabled’ on June 9th. We have made some changes to the feature configuration, so if you made an update before GA (5/17), please validate that the feature is in the correct state for your tenant prior to June 9th. If you do not wish for this feature to be enabled on June 9th, move the state to ‘disabled’ or set users to include and exclude groups. Authenticator Lite (in Outlook) is a feature that allows your users to complete multi-factor authentication for their work or school account using Outlook on their iOS or Android device. This feature will be enabled on June 9th for all tenants that have not disabled it. If you do not wish for this feature to be enabled on June 9th, move the state to ‘disabled’ or set user include and exclude groups prior to June 9th. We always recommend having users download Authenticator to complete their sign-ins, where we can offer the most up-to-date security features. However, users that have not downloaded the app to their device can now approve authentication requests and receive TOTP codes in Outlook, bringing the security of Authenticator to a convenient location. Admins can enable this feature by leveraging the Authentication Methods policy in Azure Active Directory. [When this will happen:] Rollout of this feature in Outlook will begin in early March, starting public preview. Feature controls are available via MS Graph. Starting mid-March, you can choose to enable this preview for your users from Azure Active Directory. We highly recommend that you enable users that are not already using the Microsoft Authenticator app (or another strong authentication method) for this feature at the start of public preview. This feature brings a security enhancement to those users still using telecom transports to authenticate. |
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| MC535260 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office allows submission of up to 100 emails | Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Applicable to Tenants with Exchange Online Protection, Microsoft Defender for Plan 1 or Plan 2 or Microsoft 365 Defender plan. Coming soon, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will allow you to submit up to 100 emails at once from quarantine, threat explorer (or real-time detections tool) and User reported page to Microsoft for analysis. This change will start rolling out early May (previously late April) and will be completed by early July (previously mid-May). |
Updated May 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Applicable to Tenants with Exchange Online Protection, Microsoft Defender for Plan 1 or Plan 2 or Microsoft 365 Defender plan. Coming soon, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will allow you to submit up to 100 emails at once from quarantine, threat explorer (or real-time detections tool) and User reported page to Microsoft for analysis. This change will start rolling out early May (previously late April) and will be completed by early June (previously mid-May). |
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| MC543386 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Mark All As Read for Activity Feed | Updated April 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Users can triage their activity feed more efficiently using the new ‘Mark all as read’ feature. With just one click, users can mark all unread activities as read. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102238 [When this will happen:] Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-May and expect to complete rollout by late May. |
Updated May 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Users can triage their activity feed more efficiently using the new ‘Mark all as read’ feature. With just one click, users can mark all unread activities as read. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102238 [When this will happen:] Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in early June (previously mid-May) and expect to complete rollout by mid-June (previously late May). |
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| MC546444 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to Join Teams Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users | We will soon be releasing a feature for Microsoft Teams users that will allow your meeting participants to join from some non-Teams applications or devices, depending on your guest join settings when you send a Microsoft Teams meeting invite. These participants will join as guests and all of the guest settings applied by your organization will apply for these guest participants. Benefits: Your users, associates, and customers can join Teams meetings from non-Teams devices through certified CVI providers. If you allow guests to join your Teams meetings through a browser, your guests will also be able to join through supporting CVI providers. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 120855 [When this will happen:] We will begin rollout in mid-May and expect rollout to be complete by late May. |
Updated May 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We will soon be releasing a feature for Microsoft Teams users that will allow your meeting participants to join from some non-Teams applications or devices, depending on your guest join settings when you send a Microsoft Teams meeting invite. These participants will join as guests and all of the guest settings applied by your organization will apply for these guest participants. Benefits: Your users, associates, and customers can join Teams meetings from non-Teams devices through certified CVI providers. If you allow guests to join your Teams meetings through a browser, your guests will also be able to join through supporting CVI providers. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 120855 [When this will happen:] We will begin rollout in early June (previously mid-May) and expect rollout to be complete by late June (previously late May). |
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| MC552788 | (Updated) Outlook: Mandatory labeling pre-compose for iOS | We have listened customer feedback on Outlook mobile needing to meet the mission of "On the Go" and for organizations to have mandatory labeling enabled without default labeling and would like to have the label selection first before going to compose the email. When the users click "Send", the email could just be sent without any forgotten labeling pop ups. Outlook mobile will introduce a new MDM setting to allow admins to enable this louder mandatory configuration for Outlook mobile clients (iOS and Android) specifically. We will enable Android first in early Q1 of 2023, and iOS will release in Q2 of 2023. This release will include supporting the new sensitivity bar below the subject line as well as support label colors. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109544 [When this will happen:] Outlook iOS Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early May and expect to complete by late May. |
Updated May 19, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We have listened customer feedback on Outlook mobile needing to meet the mission of "On the Go" and for organizations to have mandatory labeling enabled without default labeling and would like to have the label selection first before going to compose the email. When the users click "Send", the email could just be sent without any forgotten labeling pop ups. Outlook mobile will introduce a new MDM setting to allow admins to enable this louder mandatory configuration for Outlook mobile clients (iOS and Android) specifically. We will enable Android first in early Q1 of 2023, and iOS will release in Q2 of 2023. This release will include supporting the new sensitivity bar below the subject line as well as support label colors. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109544 [When this will happen:] Outlook iOS Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early May and expect to complete by early June (previously late May). |
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| MC554155 | (Updated) OneDrive: Sharing Experiences - Refreshed Manage Access | We are completely revamping the Manage Access experience to be more people-centric and more usable. You can now view the extensive list of all the people who have gained access to your files, search for an individual or a group and manage their access with even more control. You can also drill down into the group or link information for more details.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83726 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-May and expect to complete rollout by early June. |
Updated May 19, 2023: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are completely revamping the Manage Access experience to be more people-centric and more usable. You can now view the extensive list of all the people who have gained access to your files, search for an individual or a group and manage their access with even more control. You can also drill down into the group or link information for more details. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83726 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in late May (previously mid-May) and expect to complete rollout by mid-June (previously early June). |
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| MC554158 | A new experience to search within chat and channels. | We are excited to introduce a new and improved experience to search within chats and channels. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122550 [When this will happen:] Standard: We will begin rolling this out in early Junalt="chat"e 2023 and expect to complete rollout by mid-June 2023 |
We are excited to introduce a new and improved experience to search within chats and channels. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122550 [When this will happen:] Standard: We will begin rolling this out in early June 2023 and expect to complete rollout by mid-June 2023 |
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MC MessageTagNames changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC509577 | (Updated) Visio Personal App in Teams | New feature, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC532607 | (Updated) Microsoft Authenticator Lite in Outlook | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC546444 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to Join Teams Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC552788 | (Updated) Outlook: Mandatory labeling pre-compose for iOS | New feature, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC554155 | (Updated) OneDrive: Sharing Experiences - Refreshed Manage Access | Feature update, User impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact | N/A |
MC Title changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC509577 | (Updated) Visio Personal App in Teams | Visio Personal App in Teams | (Updated) Visio Personal App in Teams | N/A |
| MC532607 | (Updated) Microsoft Authenticator Lite in Outlook | Microsoft Authenticator Lite in Outlook | (Updated) Microsoft Authenticator Lite in Outlook | N/A |
| MC546444 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to Join Teams Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users | Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to Join Teams Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to Join Teams Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users | N/A |
| MC552788 | (Updated) Outlook: Mandatory labeling pre-compose for iOS | Outlook: Mandatory labeling pre-compose for iOS | (Updated) Outlook: Mandatory labeling pre-compose for iOS | N/A |
| MC554155 | (Updated) OneDrive: Sharing Experiences - Refreshed Manage Access | OneDrive: Sharing Experiences - Refreshed Manage Access | (Updated) OneDrive: Sharing Experiences - Refreshed Manage Access | N/A |
CW21 New Office 365 Message Center items
| MC ID | MC Title | MC Category | MC Workload | MC Major Change | MC Action required by |
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| MC555189 | New Microsoft Teams Continuous Web Logs Extend the Window for Troubleshooting | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC555614 | New features in the new EAC | Stay Informed | Exchange Online | False | N/A |
| MC556159 | Message List Selection UI updates for Outlook on the Web and New Outlook for Windows | Stay Informed | Exchange Online | False | N/A |
| MC556157 | Edit and Reply disabled in file previewer | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps | True | N/A |
| MC556155 | Microsoft To Do: Apple Watch app for To Do iOS | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
| MC556150 | Microsoft Teams: Collaborative Stageview | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC556780 | Microsoft Purview compliance portal: New and updated Sensitive Information Types (SITs) | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC556779 | Track and pause firmware auto-updates for Teams devices from Teams admin center | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC556777 | Safe Attachments policy: Retire option ‘Apply the SafeAttachments detection response if scanning cannot complete' | Plan For Change | Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC556775 | Planned Maintenance: Updates to mail encryption from external mail | Stay Informed | Exchange Online | False | N/A |
| MC556772 | Microsoft Teams: A new default home screen and an enhanced custom background feature for Teams Rooms on Windows | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC556771 | Microsoft 365 Compliance Center update: eDiscovery PowerShell cmdlet supporting certificate-based authentication (CBA) | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC557254 | Plan for Change: New troubleshooting experience will be enabled for all admins | Plan For Change | Microsoft Intune | False | N/A |
| MC557241 | Group Policy Assignment Support to Additional Policy Types in Microsoft Teams admin center | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC557240 | Viva Engage (Yammer): iOS App Minimum Support Changes | Stay Informed | Yammer Enterprise | False | N/A |
| MC557238 | New Viva Goals Admin Experience | Stay Informed | Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
| MC557110 | New details on IE11 desktop application next steps | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC557823 | Create a distinct experience in Viva Connections for different audiences in the Microsoft 365 admin center | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online, Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
| MC557822 | Teams Personal Tabs in Outlook for iOS | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
| MC557820 | Yammer: Bulk Community Member Import for Viva Engage GA | Stay Informed | Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
| MC557818 | Group Policy Assignment Support for Additional Policies in Teams Powershell Module | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC557815 | Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals | Stay Informed | Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
| MC557808 | Follow up MC515531: Pronouns on Profile Cards in Microsoft Teams and Outlook Web | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
