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2023 CW 22 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

from 05/22/2023 to 05/28/2023

16 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 20 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

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MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC470137 (Updated) Email notifications for "Issues in your environment that require action" 07/17/2023 10:00:00 2023-09-04T10:00:00Z N/A
MC485549 (Updated) Feature release status for your organization in Message center 05/30/2023 09:00:00 2023-07-31T09:00:00Z N/A
MC500886 (Updated) ContextIQ: Inline Search During Message Composing 05/31/2023 09:00:00 2023-07-31T09:00:00Z N/A
MC510331 (Updated) Microsoft Teams support for Targeted Release 06/30/2023 09:00:00 2023-05-30T09:00:00Z N/A
MC523053 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Explicit Recording Consent for Teams Meetings 07/07/2023 09:00:00 2023-08-31T09:00:00Z N/A
MC531738 (Updated) Launching new way to open links in Edge from Outlook for iOS and Android 06/07/2024 09:00:00 2024-06-14T09:00:00Z N/A
MC541154 (Updated) In-product announcements for the Yammer website rebrand to Viva Engage 07/31/2023 09:00:00 2023-08-14T09:00:00Z N/A
MC546937 (Updated) Viva Topics app in Teams 06/26/2023 09:00:00 2023-07-17T09:00:00Z N/A
MC554156 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Two-way lobby chat 07/12/2023 09:00:00 2023-08-31T09:00:00Z N/A
MC554158 (Updated) A new experience to search within chat and channels. 09/04/2023 09:00:00 2023-10-02T09:00:00Z N/A
MC557815 (Updated) Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals 06/02/2023 09:00:00 2023-05-26T09:00:00Z 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 expect this to be available in early May.
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.

In Intune, leverage these app configuration policies:

com.microsoft.outlook.Settings.OpenLinks.UseSystemDefaultBrowser

com.microsoft.outlook.Settings.OpenLinks.UserChangeAllowed
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MC550086 (Updated) Configuration Change - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps threat protection policies The following policies will be disabled by default:

Impossible travel activity

Activity from infrequent country

Mass delete

Multiple failed login attempts

Mass download

Suspicious administrative activity

Suspicious Power BI report sharing

Mass share

Suspicious OAuth app file download activities

Multiple Power BI report sharing activities

Suspicious impersonated activity

Multiple delete VM activities

Multiple VM creation activities

Unusual addition of credentials to an OAuth app

The disablement of the policies is happening because they are now sent as "behaviors", a new data type that represent them better than alerts. Now that Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a part of Microsoft 365 Defender XDR, those signals can be enriched and correlated with other signals and trigger alerts when the correlation indicates threats with higher confidence. You will still have ways to create alerts that apply to the policies logic, by re-enabling the policies manually, or by creating Microsoft 365 Defender advanced hunting custom detection on the relevant behaviors.

With the transition to "behaviors" we also introduce more security-scenarios focused detections that will be available in Microsoft 365 Defender, that will cover high confidence scenarios out of the scenarios that were covered by some of the detections, together with new detections that will cover more scenarios such as suspicious activities done by risky users, crypto-mining patterns and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, and provide the next level of cloud applications out of-the-box-threat protection.

Behaviors will also generate alerts and correlate to relevant incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender if there is a relevant trigger, such as an alert generated on a same user in a short period of time.

More information about "behaviors", including how to query and create custom detections out of them can be found in this documentation.

In later phases in the future Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is also expected to shift from policy-based out-of-the-box threat detections to a cloud-managed detections model that will provide higher agility and ability to respond faster and more accurate to evolving threats.

Note: Re-enabling the policies will be relevant only as long as policies exist, as a transition phase before full cloud-managed threat detection model that is expected to be implemented in the future, with no concrete date at the moment (prior notification will be sent before the change happens).

The following policies will be disabled by default:

Alert NamePolicy name

Activity from infrequent countryActivity from infrequent country

Impossible travel activityImpossible travel

Mass deleteUnusual file deletion activity (by user)

Mass downloadUnusual file download (by user)

Mass shareUnusual file share activity (by user)

Multiple delete VM activitiesMultiple delete VM activities

Multiple failed login attemptsMultiple failed login attempts

Multiple Power BI report sharing activitiesMultiple Power BI report sharing activities

Multiple VM creation activitiesMultiple VM creation activities

Suspicious administrative activityUnusual administrative activity (by user)

Suspicious impersonated activityUnusual impersonated activity (by user)

Suspicious OAuth app file download activitiesSuspicious OAuth app file download activities

Suspicious Power BI report sharingSuspicious Power BI report sharing

Unusual addition of credentials to an OAuth appUnusual addition of credentials to an OAuth app

The disablement of the policies is happening because they are now sent as "behaviors", a new data type that represent them better than alerts. Now that Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a part of Microsoft 365 Defender XDR, those signals can be enriched and correlated with other signals and trigger alerts when the correlation indicates threats with higher confidence. You will still have ways to create alerts that apply to the policies logic, by re-enabling the policies manually, or by creating Microsoft 365 Defender advanced hunting custom detection on the relevant behaviors.

With the transition to "behaviors" we also introduce more security-scenarios focused detections that will be available in Microsoft 365 Defender, that will cover high confidence scenarios out of the scenarios that were covered by some of the detections, together with new detections that will cover more scenarios such as suspicious activities done by risky users, crypto-mining patterns and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, and provide the next level of cloud applications out of-the-box-threat protection.

Behaviors will also generate alerts and correlate to relevant incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender if there is a relevant trigger, such as an alert generated on a same user in a short period of time.

More information about "behaviors", including how to query and create custom detections out of them can be found in this documentation.

In later phases in the future Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is also expected to shift from policy-based out-of-the-box threat detections to a cloud-managed detections model that will provide higher agility and ability to respond faster and more accurate to evolving threats.

Note: Re-enabling the policies will be relevant only as long as policies exist, as a transition phase before full cloud-managed threat detection model that is expected to be implemented in the future, with no concrete date at the moment (prior notification will be sent before the change happens).

05/28/2023

MC Messages changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC470137 (Updated) Email notifications for "Issues in your environment that require action" Updated March 22, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In December 2021, a new section was added to the service health page in the Microsoft 365 admin center, featuring "Issues in your environment that require action." These types of issues are not caused by Microsoft services being unhealthy, but by something specific to your organization that require an admin to take action.

To ensure that these notifications successfully reach you, an email will now be sent automatically each time a new issue is posted.

If you do not want to receive these email notifications, you can adjust your email preferences by clicking the "Customize" button on the service health page.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 103631

[When this will happen:]

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

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

Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In December 2021, a new section was added to the service health page in the Microsoft 365 admin center, featuring "Issues in your environment that require action." These types of issues are not caused by Microsoft services being unhealthy, but by something specific to your organization that require an admin to take action.

To ensure that these notifications successfully reach you, an email will now be sent automatically each time a new issue is posted.

If you do not want to receive these email notifications, you can adjust your email preferences by clicking the "Customize" button on the service health page.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 103631

[When this will happen:]

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

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

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MC485549 (Updated) Feature release status for your organization in Message center With hundreds of new and updated feature announcements across Microsoft 365, it can be challenging to track when the feature or change is available in your tenant. To help you track feature availability in your organization, Microsoft will provide a release status for each new and updated feature announcement in Message center

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 108078

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release (if applicable): We will begin rolling out mid-December 2022 and expect to complete by mid-January 2023.

Standard Release (if applicable): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2023 and expect to complete by mid-May 2023.

Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With hundreds of new and updated feature announcements across Microsoft 365, it can be challenging to track when the feature or change is available in your tenant. To help you track feature availability in your organization, Microsoft will provide a release status for each new and updated feature announcement in Message center

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 108078

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release (if applicable): We will begin rolling out mid-December 2022 and expect to complete by mid-January 2023.

Standard Release (if applicable): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2023 and expect to complete by late June (previously mid-May).

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MC500886 (Updated) ContextIQ: Inline Search During Message Composing Updated March 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Originally announced in MC462919 (October '22), ​​Context IQ allows users to easily search for and insert entities like people and files in a message they're writing.

We apologize for the delay and are now proceeding with the rollout of this feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88943

[When this will happen:]

We will began rolling out in late December and expect to complete rollout by mid-April (previously early February).
Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Originally announced in MC462919 (October '22), ​​Context IQ allows users to easily search for and insert entities like people and files in a message they're writing.

We apologize for the delay and are now proceeding with the rollout of this feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88943

[When this will happen:]

We will began rolling out in late December and expect to complete rollout by late June (previously mid-April).
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MC510331 (Updated) Microsoft Teams support for Targeted Release Updated May 11, 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 late May (previously mid-May).

Updated May 23, 2023: We have decided not to proceed with the “EA”, to indicate Early Adoption, on the profile picture change and it will be rolled back for the initial users who received it. 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 have decided not to proceed with this change and will be rolling it back for those users who may have received it.

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MC523053 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Explicit Recording Consent for Teams Meetings Microsoft Teams is going to support an Explicit Recording Consent meeting policy. When the policy is applied, the Teams meeting window will request explicit consent of all participants to be recorded. Before a user gives consent, the user’s audio, video, and screenshare/consent-share won’t be captured in the meeting recording.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 107781

[When this will happen:]

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

GCC-High: We will begin rolling out in late April and expect to complete rollout by early May.

DoD: We will begin rolling out in late May and expect to complete rollout by early June.

Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams is going to support an Explicit Recording Consent meeting policy. When the policy is applied, the Teams meeting window will request explicit consent of all participants to be recorded. Before a user gives consent, the user’s audio, video, and screenshare/consent-share won’t be captured in the meeting recording.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 107781

[When this will happen:]

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

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

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

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MC531738 (Updated) Launching new way to open links in Edge from Outlook for iOS and Android 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.
Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the content below with details on how to manage through Intune.

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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MC540153 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Spatial audio in Teams meetings Microsoft Teams is pleased to announce an upgraded audio experience in meetings: Spatial audio. Spatial audio brings a next-generation immersive soundscape to Teams meetings when using either a wired stereo headset or built-in stereo speakers. This new audio experience spatializes the voices of attendees across the visual meeting stage in the Gallery view. This helps make conversations more natural, increasing the sense of audio presence, and making the conversation easier to follow when multiple people are speaking together.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 107783

[When this will happen:]

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

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

GCC-High: We will begin rolling out in mid-July and expect to complete rollout by late July.

DoD: We will begin rolling out in late August and expect to complete rollout by early September.
Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams is pleased to announce an upgraded audio experience in meetings: Spatial audio. Spatial audio brings a next-generation immersive soundscape to Teams meetings when using either a wired stereo headset or built-in stereo speakers. This new audio experience spatializes the voices of attendees across the visual meeting stage in the Gallery view. This helps make conversations more natural, increasing the sense of audio presence, and making the conversation easier to follow when multiple people are speaking together.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 107783

[When this will happen:]

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

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

GCC-High: We will begin rolling out in mid-July and expect to complete rollout by late July.

DoD: We will begin rolling out in late August and expect to complete rollout by early September.
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MC541154 (Updated) In-product announcements for the Yammer website rebrand to Viva Engage We are thrilled to share the exciting news that the rebranding of Yammer and all its surfaces is nearly complete! The Yammer website, the SharePoint and embed integrations, as well as the Power Automate integration rebranding will take place during the last week of June of 2023.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117366

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in early May 2023 and complete by late June 2023.
Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are thrilled to share the exciting news that the rebranding of Yammer and all its surfaces is nearly complete! The Yammer website, the SharePoint and embed integrations, as well as the Power Automate integration rebranding will take place during the last week of June of 2023.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117366

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling out in early June (previously early May) and complete by early July (previously late June).
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MC545906 (Updated) SharedWith and SharedWithDetails column in OneDrive and SharePoint will no longer be updated We will be retiring the SharedWith and SharedWithDetails columns from OneDrive and SharePoint starting in early June. For customers who are looking to understand who has access to content, we recommend utilizing features like the Microsoft 365 Audit Logs and the Manage Access experience.

[When this will happen:]

We'll be gradually rolling this out to customers in early June, and the roll out will be completed by the end of July.
Updated: We have updated the content below for additional clarification. Thank you for your feedback.

We will be retiring the SharedWith and SharedWithDetails columns from OneDrive and SharePoint starting in early June. For customers who are looking to understand who has access to content, we recommend utilizing features like the Microsoft 365 Audit Logs and the Manage Access experience.

[When this will happen:]

We'll be gradually rolling this out to customers in early June, and the roll out will be completed by the end of July.
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MC546444 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to Join Teams Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users 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).

Updated May 25, 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 began rolling out in May and expect rollout to be complete by late June (previously late May).

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MC546937 (Updated) Viva Topics app in Teams The official Viva Topics app in Teams is rolling out to external customers.

Previously, we had built a Topics app for Teams as a script that Teams admins could upload. Now, the Topics app is available as a first party "Microsoft-built" app. This means the app is available in the app store for your tenant already, no upload or script-downloading required. Users in your tenant can either easily 'add' the app, like other Microsoft-built or Viva apps, or the Teams admins can select to have the Topics app pre-installed for users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 118592

[When this will happen:]

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

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

Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The official Viva Topics app in Teams is rolling out to external customers.

Previously, we had built a Topics app for Teams as a script that Teams admins could upload. Now, the Topics app is available as a first party "Microsoft-built" app. This means the app is available in the app store for your tenant already, no upload or script-downloading required. Users in your tenant can either easily 'add' the app, like other Microsoft-built or Viva apps, or the Teams admins can select to have the Topics app pre-installed for users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 118592

[When this will happen:]

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

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

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MC550037 (Updated) New functionality coming to Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager We're introducing new functionality to Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager to enable integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Additionally, we're rolling out connectors for Salesforce and Zoom to enable increased visibility across your data estate.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102404and 124884

[When this will happen:]

Rollout will begin in early May and is expected to be complete by end of May.
Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We're introducing new functionality to Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager to enable integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Additionally, we're rolling out connectors for Salesforce and Zoom to enable increased visibility across your data estate.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102404 and 124884

[When this will happen:]

Rollout will begin in early May and is expected to be complete by late June (previously late May).
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MC550086 (Updated) Configuration Change - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps threat protection policies We're making some changes to the default Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps threat protection policies.

[When this will happen:]

Beginning May 28, 2023, policies that are generating "behaviors" in Microsoft 365 Defender advanced hunting will be disabled from generating alerts. The policies will continue generating "behaviors" regardless of being enabled or disabled in the tenant's configuration.
Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

We're making some changes to the default Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps threat protection policies.

[When this will happen:]

Beginning May 28, 2023, policies that are generating "behaviors" in Microsoft 365 Defender advanced hunting will be disabled from generating alerts. The policies will continue generating "behaviors" regardless of being enabled or disabled in the tenant's configuration.
05/28/2023
MC554156 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Two-way lobby chat The Virtual Appointments app provides a central hub for all your virtual appointments needs in Microsoft Teams. The app enables a seamless end-to-end experience for business-to-customer engagements.

Queue view in Virtual Appointments app is a premium advanced virtual appointment feature that allows businesses to Empower employees to manage and service scheduled and on-demand virtual appointments in one location with advanced capabilities to track wait times, live status of a meeting, and more. Scheduling administrators and staff conducting virtual appointments can monitor incoming requests and process them appropriately.

Two-way lobby chat in queue view will provide a seamless client experience with an interactive waiting room that allows facilitators to send waiting room messages to customers prior to the meeting. For example, a client in the waiting room can receive messages from the facilitator or other staff schedulers such as, “Last appointment is running long. Be with you in 5 mins.” The client can respond directly in chat so they can stay connected and ask any questions as needed.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122395

[When this will happen:]

Standard Release: We will begin rolling in May 2023 and complete by June 2023.

Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Virtual Appointments app provides a central hub for all your virtual appointments needs in Microsoft Teams. The app enables a seamless end-to-end experience for business-to-customer engagements.

Queue view in Virtual Appointments app is a premium advanced virtual appointment feature that allows businesses to Empower employees to manage and service scheduled and on-demand virtual appointments in one location with advanced capabilities to track wait times, live status of a meeting, and more. Scheduling administrators and staff conducting virtual appointments can monitor incoming requests and process them appropriately.

Two-way lobby chat in queue view will provide a seamless client experience with an interactive waiting room that allows facilitators to send waiting room messages to customers prior to the meeting. For example, a client in the waiting room can receive messages from the facilitator or other staff schedulers such as, “Last appointment is running long. Be with you in 5 mins.” The client can respond directly in chat so they can stay connected and ask any questions as needed. Two-way lobby chat is currently supported only for meetings joined from a mobile browser. Desktop browser is currently not supported.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122395

[When this will happen:]

Standard Release: We will begin rolling in May 2023 and complete by July (previously June).

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MC554158 (Updated) 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 June 2023 and expect to complete rollout by mid-June 2023

GCC: We will begin rolling this out in late June 2023

GCC-H: We will begin rolling this out in early July 2023

DoD: We will begin rolling this out in late July 2023

Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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 early July (previously mid-June)

GCC: We will begin rolling this out in mid-July (previously late June)

GCC-H: We will begin rolling this out in late July (previously early July)

DoD: We will begin rolling this out in mid-August (previously late July)

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MC557815 (Updated) Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals We have maintenance planned for Viva Goals:

Starting 05/25/2023 5:30 AM UTC.

Ending 05/25/2023 6:00 AM UTC.

Updated May 22, 2023: We will not be proceeding with this Planned Maintenance at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Thank you for your patience.

We have maintenance planned for Viva Goals:

We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed.

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MC MessageTagNames changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC485549 (Updated) Feature release status for your organization in Message center New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC523053 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Explicit Recording Consent for Teams Meetings New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC540153 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Spatial audio in Teams meetings New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC541154 (Updated) In-product announcements for the Yammer website rebrand to Viva Engage Feature update, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, Admin impact N/A
MC545906 (Updated) SharedWith and SharedWithDetails column in OneDrive and SharePoint will no longer be updated User impact, Admin impact, Retirement Updated message, User impact, Admin impact, Retirement N/A
MC546937 (Updated) Viva Topics app in Teams Feature update, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, Admin impact N/A
MC550037 (Updated) New functionality coming to Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC550086 (Updated) Configuration Change - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps threat protection policies Feature update, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact 05/28/2023
MC554156 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Two-way lobby chat New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC554158 (Updated) A new experience to search within chat and channels. Feature update, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC557815 (Updated) Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals User impact, Admin impact Updated message, User impact, Admin impact N/A

MC prepare 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 N/A https://learn.microsoft.com/mem/intune/apps/app-configuration-policies-overview N/A
MC540153 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Spatial audio in Teams meetings There is no action required from you at this time. You may want to update your training materials indicating that this feature is supported.

Please keep in mind of the following dependencies and limits:

1:1 calls and large meetings are not yet supported.

Wireless audio devices are not yet supported.

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=107783
There is no action required from you at this time. You may want to update your training materials indicating that this feature is supported.

Please keep in mind of the following dependencies and limits:

1:1 calls and large meetings with more than 100 attendees are not yet supported.

Wireless audio devices are not yet supported.

Live interpretation: You will hear the original and translated audio at the same volume if you turn on spatial audio for a meeting with live interpretation enabled. You will need to disable spatial audio and rejoin the meeting to hear the interpreter's voice clearly with reduced original voice.

High-fidelity music mode: You will not receive high-fidelity audio if you turn on spatial audio with other attendees in the meeting with music mode enabled. You will need to disable spatial audio and then rejoin the meeting to get the full-band audio.

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=107783
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MC557815 (Updated) Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals During this planned maintenance window, the following workarounds can be used: N/A N/A

MC Title changes

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MC485549 (Updated) Feature release status for your organization in Message center Feature release status for your organization in Message cente (Updated) Feature release status for your organization in Message cente N/A
MC523053 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Explicit Recording Consent for Teams Meetings Microsoft Teams: Explicit Recording Consent for Teams Meetings (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Explicit Recording Consent for Teams Meetings N/A
MC540153 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Spatial audio in Teams meetings Microsoft Teams: Spatial audio in Teams meetings (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Spatial audio in Teams meetings N/A
MC541154 (Updated) In-product announcements for the Yammer website rebrand to Viva Engage In-product announcements for the Yammer website rebrand to Viva Engage (Updated) In-product announcements for the Yammer website rebrand to Viva Engage N/A
MC545906 (Updated) SharedWith and SharedWithDetails column in OneDrive and SharePoint will no longer be updated SharedWith and SharedWithDetails column in OneDrive and SharePoint will no longer be updated (Updated) SharedWith and SharedWithDetails column in OneDrive and SharePoint will no longer be updated N/A
MC546937 (Updated) Viva Topics app in Teams Viva Topics app in Teams (Updated) Viva Topics app in Teams N/A
MC550037 (Updated) New functionality coming to Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager New functionality coming to Microsoft Purview Compliance Manage (Updated) New functionality coming to Microsoft Purview Compliance Manage N/A
MC550086 (Updated) Configuration Change - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps threat protection policies Configuration Change - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps threat protection policies (Updated) Configuration Change - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps threat protection policies 05/28/2023
MC554156 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Two-way lobby chat Microsoft Teams: Two-way lobby chat (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Two-way lobby chat N/A
MC554158 (Updated) A new experience to search within chat and channels. A new experience to search within chat and channels. (Updated) A new experience to search within chat and channels. N/A
MC557815 (Updated) Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals (Updated) Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals N/A

CW22 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID MC Title MC Category MC Workload MC Major Change MC Action required by
MC559255 Content Edits look different in the Catch Up Flyout on Word online. Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft 365 for the web False N/A
MC559250 OneDrive: Sharing Experiences - Improved external sharing in the sharing control Stay Informed SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business False N/A
MC559933 OneDrive: Restore files to original location when turning off folder backup Stay Informed OneDrive for Business False N/A
MC559932 Microsoft Viva Connections News Notifications Stay Informed Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC559930 Updates to Viva Connections desktop experience Stay Informed Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC559929 App User Interface update for Microsoft Whiteboard Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC560732 IT Admin Webinar Usage Report in TAC with Updates Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC560731 Microsoft Teams: Updating the Bookings app to the Virtual Appointments app Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC560726 Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Label footers enhancement for emails Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC560725 Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: "Non Blockable" Applications Stay Informed Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps False N/A
MC560724 Text Predictions for OneNote on Windows Stay Informed Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC560720 Ink Color Picker for Microsoft Whiteboard Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC560719 Enable Integrations for all Viva Goals Organizations Stay Informed Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC560718 OneDrive: Simplified Sharing Stay Informed SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business False N/A
MC561188 Microsoft Teams: Set your Work Hours and Location Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC561187 Stream Classic webpart retirement and new Stream (on SharePoint) webpart availability Plan For Change SharePoint Online, Microsoft Stream True N/A
MC561186 Microsoft Teams: Block Meeting Chat Access in External, Non-Trusted Meeting Joins Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC561704 What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for May 2023 Stay Informed Microsoft Intune False N/A
MC561701 Yammer Rebranding to Viva Engage Stay Informed Yammer Enterprise False N/A
MC561700 Microsoft Teams: App Suggestions by Task in In-Context Stores Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A

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