from 12/18/2023 to 12/24/2023
9 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 16 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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| MC642265 | (Updated) Cloud IntelliFrame: A New Way to See People in Teams Rooms | 01/29/2024 08:00:00 | 2024-03-04T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC674980 | (Updated) Collaborative notes on Teams mobile | 01/22/2024 09:00:00 | 2024-02-26T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC677516 | (Updated) Viva Pulse Customization Control Migration | 01/15/2024 09:00:00 | 2024-02-19T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC686281 | (Updated) New Gallery in Teams Meetings | 03/18/2024 09:00:00 | 2024-04-29T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC687207 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Files App Updating to OneDrive App Experience in Teams | 01/29/2024 09:00:00 | 2024-03-04T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC693860 | (Updated) Estimating cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Endpoint | 04/24/2024 09:00:00 | 2024-06-03T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC How Affect changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC690179 | (Updated) Outlook Folder Recursive Search | Search will soon return results not only from specific folders but also from sub-folders within it. | Search within Outlook will soon return results not only from specific folders but also from sub-folders within it. | N/A |
| MC694130 | (Updated) Specific People Link Support for Collaborative Notes | If your tenant default is PSL, using Collaborative notes will now generate a PSL-type link. Existing notes in CSL will not be converted to PSL. Any new notes created will be PSL only if the scope of the tenant is PSL. If notes were created for a recurring series prior to PSL rolling out, those meetings continue to generate CSL links. Although Collaborative Notes will generate a PSL-type link, external access and sharing aren’t supported. Link TypeCollaborative Notes Permissions Current: CSL (only people in your organization link)Anyone in the organization will have access to Collaborative Notes. New: PSL (specific people link) This option is more restrictive and impedes broad internal sharing. Limitation: If you join a meeting with over 100 attendees, users will see a button to request access to notes. Admins who disabled Collaborative Notes due to lack of PSL support can enable the feature via SharePoint PowerShell with: |
If your tenant default is Specific people link, using Collaborative notes will now generate a Specific people link-type link. Existing notes in People in your organization link will not be converted to Specific people link. Any new notes created will be Specific people link only if the scope of the tenant is Specific people link. If notes were created for a recurring series prior to Specific people link rolling out, those meetings continue to generate People in your organization link links. Although Collaborative Notes will generate a Specific people link-type link, external access and sharing aren’t supported. Link TypeCollaborative Notes Permissions Current: People in your organization linkAnyone in the organization will have access to Collaborative Notes. New: Specific people link This option is more restrictive and impedes broad internal sharing. Limitation: If you join a meeting with over 100 attendees, users will see a button to request access to notes. Admins who disabled Collaborative Notes due to lack of Specific people link support can enable the feature via SharePoint PowerShell with: |
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MC Messages changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC642265 | (Updated) Cloud IntelliFrame: A New Way to See People in Teams Rooms | Updated October 26, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Cloud IntelliFrame is a new experience that allows online meeting attendees to see people in Teams Rooms more clearly, enhancing the hybrid meeting experience by creating smart video feeds of in-room participants. The smart video feed is created by zooming into their faces and eliminating distractions. You can see the expressions and gestures of the people in the room more easily, which will help improve collaboration in hybrid meetings. It creates equity in hybrid meetings as everyone can be seen and heard. Cloud IntelliFrame will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows with Pro license and can be viewed on Microsoft Teams Desktop (Windows & Mac) with any license. |
Updated December 18, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Cloud IntelliFrame is a new experience that allows online meeting attendees to see people in Teams Rooms more clearly, enhancing the hybrid meeting experience by creating smart video feeds of in-room participants. The smart video feed is created by zooming into their faces and eliminating distractions. You can see the expressions and gestures of the people in the room more easily, which will help improve collaboration in hybrid meetings. It creates equity in hybrid meetings as everyone can be seen and heard. Cloud IntelliFrame will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows with Pro license and can be viewed on Microsoft Teams Desktop (Windows & Mac) with any license. |
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| MC674980 | (Updated) Collaborative notes on Teams mobile | Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Users can now view, edit, and create collaborative notes including agenda, notes, and follow-up tasks on Teams for iOS and Android, similarly with what users can do on Teams for desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 128652 [When this will happen:] Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early October and expect to complete by mid-December 2023 (previously mid-November). |
Updated December 22, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Users can now view, edit, and create collaborative notes including agenda, notes, and follow-up tasks on Teams for iOS and Android, similarly with what users can do on Teams for desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 128652 [When this will happen:] Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early October and expect to complete by late January 2024 (previously mid-December). |
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| MC677516 | (Updated) Viva Pulse Customization Control Migration | Updated November 16, 2023: We have updated the timing of this change below. Thank you for your patience. The customization control in the Viva Pulse Admin Experience will soon be managed through centralized feature access management in Viva through PowerShell. This customization control provides admins the ability to turn on or off customization capabilities for survey authors to add their own questions to existing stock templates or edit existing stock questions. With centralized feature access management, admins can configure access at the tenant level, group level (using AAD groups or M365 Groups), or at the user level, for maximum flexibility. [When this will happen:] |
Updated December 22, 2023: We have updated the timing of this change below. Thank you for your patience. The customization control in the Viva Pulse Admin Experience will soon be managed through centralized feature access management in Viva through PowerShell. This customization control provides admins the ability to turn on or off customization capabilities for survey authors to add their own questions to existing stock templates or edit existing stock questions. With centralized feature access management, admins can configure access at the tenant level, group level (using AAD groups or M365 Groups), or at the user level, for maximum flexibility. [When this will happen:] |
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| MC686281 | (Updated) New Gallery in Teams Meetings | Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. We are introducing a revamped version of the gallery in Teams meetings and calls. The new gallery will be the default view when users join their meetings, so that they can use it without the need of taking an action. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 118467 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2024 (previously early December) and expect to complete by mid-January 2024 (previously mid-December). Production and GCC: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2024 (previously early January) and expect to complete by late January 2024 (previously mid-January). GCC High: We will begin rolling late January 2024 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by early February 2024 (previously late January). DoD: We will begin rolling out late January 2024 and expect to complete by early February 2024. |
Updated December 18, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. We are introducing a revamped version of the gallery in Teams meetings and calls. The new gallery will be the default view when users join their meetings, so that they can use it without the need of taking an action. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 118467 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late January 2024 (previously early January) and expect to complete by early February 2024 (previously mid-January). Production and GCC: We will begin rolling out mid-February 2024 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by late February 2024 (previously late January). GCC High: We will begin rolling late February 2024 (previously late January) and expect to complete by early March 2024 (previously early February). DoD: We will begin rolling out late February 2024 (previously late January) and expect to complete by early March 2024 (previously early February). |
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| MC687207 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Files App Updating to OneDrive App Experience in Teams | The Files app accessed from the left side of the Teams desktop client will be updated with the new OneDrive app experience, bringing performance improvements, more views, and the latest features of OneDrive to both classic and new Teams. All existing features of the Files app will also be available via this new OneDrive app experience. For more details, please visit the blog page.
As part of this change, Files app on left side of the new Teams desktop client will also become OneDrive app. There is no change in the name of Files app in either classic Teams desktop client or Teams mobile client. Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in late November 2023 and expect to complete rollout by mid-December 2023. |
Updated December 22, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The Files app accessed from the left side of the Teams desktop client will be updated with the new OneDrive app experience, bringing performance improvements, more views, and the latest features of OneDrive to both classic and new Teams. All existing features of the Files app will also be available via this new OneDrive app experience. For more details, please visit the blog page. As part of this change, Files app on left side of the new Teams desktop client will also become OneDrive app. There is no change in the name of Files app in either classic Teams desktop client or Teams mobile client. Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in late November 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late January 2024 (previously mid-December). |
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| MC690179 | (Updated) Outlook Folder Recursive Search | This new feature will allow users to search for sub-folders within specific folders.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 151025 |
Updated December 18, 2023: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback. This new feature will allow users to search within Outlook for sub-folders within specific folders. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 151025 |
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| MC693860 | (Updated) Estimating cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Endpoint | The OCR Cost Estimator allows customers to estimate the potential cost for using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). OCR can scan images for sensitive content and is chargeable based on the number of images scanned. With the launch of the OCR Cost Estimator, customers can now estimate OCR costs without any pre-requisites. This means that customers will no longer be required to set up an Azure Subscription for billing first and can accurately estimate the cost they would have incurred while using OCR. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 160009 [When this will happen:] Rollout will begin in December 2023 End and is expected to be complete by late January 2024. |
Updated December 22, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The OCR Cost Estimator allows customers to estimate the potential cost for using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). OCR can scan images for sensitive content and is chargeable based on the number of images scanned. With the launch of the OCR Cost Estimator, customers can now estimate OCR costs without any pre-requisites. This means that customers will no longer be required to set up an Azure Subscription for billing first and can accurately estimate the cost they would have incurred while using OCR. |
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| MC694130 | (Updated) Specific People Link Support for Collaborative Notes | With the launch of Collaborative Notes, we’re also improving the shareable link type that is created by Collaborative Notes to help make meetings more effective and secure. The new Collaborative Notes file will now support a Specific people link (PSL) which offers more controlled access than People in your organization link (CSL). This change will automatically align the Collaborative Notes file link type with customer's default setup. Customers who previously had Collaborative Notes disabled due to lack of PSL support can now enable and use the feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 167328 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2024 and expect to complete rollout by late January 2024. Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2024 and expect to complete rollout by late February 2024. |
Updated December 18, 2023: We have updated the content below. Thank you for your feedback. With the launch of Collaborative Notes, we’re also improving the shareable link type that is created by Collaborative Notes to help make meetings more effective and secure. The new Collaborative Notes file will now support a Specific people link which offers more controlled access than People in your organization link. This change will automatically align the Collaborative Notes file link type with customer's default setup. Customers who previously had Collaborative Notes disabled due to lack of People in your organization link support can now enable and use the feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 167328 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2024 and expect to complete rollout by late January 2024. Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2024 and expect to complete rollout by late February 2024. |
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| MC698130 | Threat Protection report page retirement | We will be retiring the Threat Protection report page - https://dev.security.microsoft.com/mde-reports/threatProtection (accessed through Reports > Endpoints > Threat protection). Instead, we recommend the utilization of Advanced hunting queries and Alert queue filter in Defender XDR, which is where we will continue to invest our development resources. [When this will happen:] Late January 2024 |
Updated December 18, 2023: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your feedback. We will be retiring the Threat Protection report page - https://security.microsoft.com/mde-reports/threatProtection (accessed through Reports > Endpoints > Threat protection). Instead, we recommend the utilization of Advanced hunting queries and Alert queue filter in Defender XDR, which is where we will continue to invest our development resources. [When this will happen:] Late January 2024 |
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MC MessageTagNames changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC687207 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Files App Updating to OneDrive App Experience in Teams | Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC690179 | (Updated) Outlook Folder Recursive Search | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
| MC693860 | (Updated) Estimating cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Endpoint | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC694130 | (Updated) Specific People Link Support for Collaborative Notes | Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC698130 | Threat Protection report page retirement | User impact, Admin impact, Retirement | Updated message, User impact, Admin impact, Retirement | N/A |
MC prepare changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC694130 | (Updated) Specific People Link Support for Collaborative Notes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/change-default-sharing-link https://learn.microsoft.com/sharepoint/manage-loop-components#settings-management-for-loop-functionality-in-teams https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=&searchterms=167328 |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/change-default-sharing-link https://learn.microsoft.com/sharepoint/manage-loop-components#settings-management-for-loop-functionality-in-teams https://learn.microsoft.com/sharepoint/shareable-links-anyone-specific-people-organization https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=&searchterms=167328 |
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MC Title changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC687207 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Files App Updating to OneDrive App Experience in Teams | Microsoft Teams: Files App Updating to OneDrive App Experience in Teams | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Files App Updating to OneDrive App Experience in Teams | N/A |
| MC690179 | (Updated) Outlook Folder Recursive Search | Folder Recursive Search | (Updated) Outlook Folder Recursive Search | N/A |
| MC693860 | (Updated) Estimating cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Endpoint | Estimating cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive , Endpoint | (Updated) Estimating cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Endpoint | N/A |
| MC694130 | (Updated) Specific People Link Support for Collaborative Notes | Specific People Link (PSL) Support for Collaborative Notes | (Updated) Specific People Link Support for Collaborative Notes | N/A |
CW52 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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| MC699716 | Breaking Security Change: Ability to chat with bots based on custom app policy | Plan For Change | Microsoft Teams | True | 01/31/2024 |
| MC699715 | Audio and video flyout and settings in Teams meetings | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC699714 | Microsoft Loop app transitioning to the cloud.microsoft domain | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
| MC699713 | Reminder: Use Microsoft Teams to produce Yammer Live Events (Formerly Yammer live events) | Plan For Change | Microsoft Stream, Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
| MC699712 | Microsoft Stream: Improved block download experience for video files | Stay Informed | Microsoft Stream | False | N/A |
| MC699709 | Expanded capabilities in the Microsoft Intune Suite | Stay Informed | Microsoft Intune | False | N/A |
| MC699708 | Plan for Change: New Devices experience will soon become the default experience | Plan For Change | Microsoft Intune | False | N/A |
| MC700037 | Outlook for iOS: High and Low importance | Stay Informed | Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
| MC700036 | What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for December 2023 | Stay Informed | Microsoft Intune | False | N/A |
| MC700035 | Stream live events will be retired on January 31, 2024 | Plan For Change | Microsoft Stream | True | N/A |
| MC700643 | eDiscovery Premium-Enhancements to eDiscovery experience for Microsoft Forms content | Stay Informed | Microsoft Forms | False | N/A |
| MC700934 | Global Address List updates in New Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the Web | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
| MC700933 | Immersive spaces available for General Availability | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC700931 | Viva Learning enables tagging content with interests and export content metadata | Stay Informed | Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
| MC700930 | Updates to adding topics to posts in Viva Engage | Plan For Change | Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
| MC700929 | Viva Engage: Answers in Communities | Stay Informed | Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
