2024 CW 25 Microsoft 365 Roadmap changes

from 06/17/2024 to 06/23/2024

65 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were changed and 18 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were added

Changes

Changed Property: RM Cloud Instance Tags

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
124827 SharePoint: Content Pane for SharePoint Pages and News. Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) GCC, DoD, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High 01/07/2024
398709 Microsoft Teams: Teams premium feature usage report for administrators in Teams admin center (Premium) Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 01/07/2024

Changed Property: RM Description

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363474 OneDrive: Create with Templates We're refreshing the file creation experience in OneDrive for Web which you initiate by clicking the “Add new” button. Soon, clicking the “Add new” button in OneDrive will give you the option to create a blank file or choose from a selection a high-quality, beautifully designed Word, Excel and PowerPoint templates to jumpstart your work. We're refreshing the file creation experience in OneDrive for Web which you initiate by clicking the “Add new” button. Soon, clicking the “Add new” button in OneDrive will give you the option to create a blank file or choose from a selection a high-quality, beautifully designed Word, Excel and PowerPoint templates to jumpstart your work. Note: After close evaluation of this rollout, we have decided to discontinue the launch of this new file creation experience and will revert to the previous experience. 01/03/2024
395791 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Open locked records as read only When a user opens a file in Office client applications (Word, Excel, & PowerPoint) that has a retention label managing the file as a locked record, it will now open as read-only and immediately not allow any user edits. A message will explain to the user why they cannot edit the file. This improvement brings parity to the behavior already in place for the online versions of these Office applications. Files with retention labels marking them as locked records will now open as read only to prevent user edits. 01/09/2024
398447 Microsoft Teams: School Connection – Providing access to parents via their phone number The School Connection app in Microsoft Teams (mobile) empowers parents and guardians to engage, support, and monitor their student's learning at school. This release enables a parent/guardian to get access to their child’s profile in School Connection if they login to Teams (mobile) with their phone number and the school has registered that phone number as a parent/guardian contact. Additionally, a parent/guardian will easily get access to their child’s profile if the phone number or email address that is registered by the school is saved as a contact information in their Microsoft account. Learn more about School Connection at the link below. The School Connection app in Microsoft Teams (mobile) empowers parents and guardians to engage, support, and monitor their student's learning at school. This release enables a parent/guardian to get access to their child’s profile in School Connection if they login to Teams (mobile) with their phone number and the school has registered that phone number as a parent/guardian contact. Additionally, a parent/guardian will easily get access to their child’s profile if the phone number or email address that is registered by the school is saved as a login information in their Microsoft account. Learn more about School Connection at the link below. 01/07/2024

Changed Property: RM Platform Tags

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
395791 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Open locked records as read only Web Desktop 01/09/2024

Changed Property: RM Preview

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124840 SharePoint: Copilot in SharePoint May CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
375635 Outlook: Shared Mailboxes as Accounts September CY2024 N/A 01/09/2024
378775 Outlook: Organize and reorder folders in the new Outlook for Windows and web July CY2024 N/A 01/07/2024
393936 Outlook: Entry point change - apps when reading emails moved to the ribbon July CY2024 N/A 01/07/2024
395791 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Open locked records as read only June CY2024 August CY2024 01/09/2024
397891 Outlook: Support S/MIME in the new Outlook for Windows September CY2024 N/A 01/09/2024

Changed Property: RM Product Tags

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
186540 Microsoft Edge: Enterprise secure AI controls in the Microsoft Edge management service in the Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft Edge 01/03/2024
382931 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Data residency commitments Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Purview compliance portal Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) 01/03/2024
394281 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Risky AI usage Microsoft Purview compliance portal Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Purview compliance portal 01/04/2025
395791 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Open locked records as read only Microsoft Purview compliance portal PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Microsoft Purview compliance portal 01/09/2024

Changed Property: RM Release

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
68688 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Ability to set a retention period for a policy June CY2024 October CY2024 01/10/2024
124840 SharePoint: Copilot in SharePoint June CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
161739 Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
323766 Microsoft Teams: Skin tone setting and reactions July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
371383 Outlook: Outlook Mobile - Junk/Phishing Reporting Actions Integrated with Microsoft Defender June CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024
371388 Outlook: Junk/Phishing reporting actions integrated with Microsoft Defender in classic Outlook for Windows June CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024
375635 Outlook: Shared Mailboxes as Accounts October CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024
378775 Outlook: Organize and reorder folders in the new Outlook for Windows and web August CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024
380477 Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Integration into Microsoft Copilot Dashboard from Viva Insights July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
380671 Microsoft Teams: Custom background for Teams Rooms on Android July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
381643 Microsoft Teams: Workflows within File Chiclet July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
382659 Microsoft Teams: Describe it to design it within Teams Workflows July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
384068 Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - New enhancements in Workday integration June CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024
385352 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Restricted SharePoint Search May CY2024 June CY2024 01/06/2024
388369 Microsoft Viva: Revamped Resources on mobile and tablet June CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024
388913 Outlook: Add Shared Folders to Favorites in the new Outlook for Windows and web June CY2024 October CY2024 01/10/2024
392454 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Excel – Formula Conditional Formatting June CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024
392822 Microsoft Teams: Join Zoom meetings with an ID and passcode from a Teams room on Android July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
392836 Microsoft Teams: Meeting options to control participants' ability to admit attendees from meeting lobby July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
392840 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on Mac Endpoints June CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024
393936 Outlook: Entry point change - apps when reading emails moved to the ribbon August CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024
395378 OneDrive: Change to shared folder experience in OneDrive June CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024
395690 Microsoft Viva: View only mode in Viva Engage June CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024
395791 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Open locked records as read only July CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024
395931 Microsoft Teams: Rename general channel July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
398445 Microsoft Teams: Voting, Filtering, Sorting, and Archiving Questions now available in the Q&A App on Teams July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
398446 Microsoft Teams: Export Q&A Questions July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
398983 Outlook: Updating Conversation Actions on Outlook for iOS June CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024

Changed Property: RM Release Phase

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
375635 Outlook: Shared Mailboxes as Accounts Preview, General Availability General Availability 01/09/2024
378775 Outlook: Organize and reorder folders in the new Outlook for Windows and web Preview, General Availability General Availability 01/07/2024
393936 Outlook: Entry point change - apps when reading emails moved to the ribbon Preview, Targeted Release, General Availability General Availability, Targeted Release 01/07/2024
397891 Outlook: Support S/MIME in the new Outlook for Windows General Availability, Preview General Availability 01/09/2024
400700 Microsoft Teams: Digital signage on Teams Rooms on Windows Preview, General Availability General Availability 01/08/2024

Changed Property: RM Status

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
98145 Microsoft Purview | Audit: Granular scoping with role-based access control (RBAC) In development Launched 01/09/2023
99841 Microsoft Teams: Intelligent message translation in chats Rolling out Launched 01/04/2024
109571 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Surface existing non-Microsoft DLP policies with the migration assistant In development Launched 01/01/2024
125387 Microsoft Teams: Voice isolation Rolling out Launched 01/03/2024
146858 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance – User scoping role-based access control (RBAC) Rolling out Launched 01/04/2024
164208 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview Information Protection Tracking and Revocation - File Registration In development Launched 01/10/2023
179897 Microsoft Teams: Enhanced Third Party app purchase experience in Teams and Teams Admin Center In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
180364 Microsoft Teams: Workflows in Chat Rolling out Launched 01/11/2023
185802 Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap for transcript-only meetings (Premium) Rolling out Launched 01/06/2024
363474 OneDrive: Create with Templates Rolling out Cancelled 01/03/2024
373655 Microsoft Teams: Copilot for Sales plugin for Copilot in Teams meetings In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
378777 Outlook: New context menu experience in the new Outlook for Windows and web Rolling out Launched 01/03/2024
380747 Microsoft Teams: Meeting ID and passcode to join Teams Rooms on Android Rolling out Launched 01/03/2024
381121 Microsoft Teams: Meeting recap and meeting artifacts automatically shared in chat after meeting Rolling out Launched 01/04/2024
382106 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Enriching Insider risk management with Communication compliance as an indicator In development Launched 01/05/2024
386902 Outlook: Show online archive storage in the new Outlook for Windows and Web In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
391637 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel support for complex formula columns from multiple tables Rolling out Launched 01/04/2024
391638 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Excel Copilot supports generating multiple formula columns from a single prompt Rolling out Launched 01/04/2024
392845 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Forms Smart Reminder to gain higher engagement from audience In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
392845 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Forms Smart Reminder to gain higher engagement from audience Rolling out Launched 01/06/2024
393923 Microsoft Teams: Workflows – Easier discoverability of Workflows templates In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
394275 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel chat helper In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
394680 Outlook: RSVP improvements in event context menu in new Outlook for Windows and web In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
396558 Microsoft Teams: Closed captioning support in Teams Walkie Talkie Rolling out Launched 01/06/2024
396560 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Excel – Copilot works on any selection In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
396561 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Excel – Support for Data Ranges Resembling Tables In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
396722 Microsoft Viva: Official Communities Discovery In development Rolling out 01/06/2024

Changed Property: RM Title

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
186540 Microsoft Edge: Enterprise secure AI controls in the Microsoft Edge management service in the Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): GA for enterprise secure AI controls in the Microsoft Edge management service Microsoft Edge: Enterprise secure AI controls in the Microsoft Edge management service in the Microsoft 365 admin center 01/03/2024
395791 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Open locked records as read only Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Record opening behavior improvement in Office client applications (Word, Excel, & PowerPoint) Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Open locked records as read only 01/09/2024
398989 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel support for formula data summaries in rows and cells Excel: Formula data summaries in rows and cells Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel support for formula data summaries in rows and cells 01/07/2024
399550 Planner: Microsoft Purview eDiscovery support for search and legal holds or similar Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Planner –Data eDiscovery in Microsoft Purview Planner: Microsoft Purview eDiscovery support for search and legal holds or similar 01/07/2024
400703 Microsoft Teams: Cross-platform meetings via SIP join for Teams Rooms Microsoft Teams: Enhanced cross-platform meetings via SIP join for Teams Rooms Microsoft Teams: Cross-platform meetings via SIP join for Teams Rooms 01/08/2024

CW25 New Roadmap Items

RM ID RM Title RM Status RM Release RM Tags check before
400446 Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights Hybrid Workplace Report In development General Availability Preview 07/01/2024
399425 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel - Summarize text columns In development General Availability 07/01/2024
399423 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel - Custom chart and PivotTable creation In development General Availability 07/01/2024
398012 Word: Open PDF document in Word iOS In development General Availability 07/01/2024
400717 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Dynamic watermarking for files protected with sensitivity labels In development Preview General Availability 11/01/2024
400716 Microsoft 365 app: Use sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 apps when connected experiences are disabled In development Current Channel Preview 08/01/2024
400706 Microsoft Teams: Room video tile re-sizing based on people count for Teams Rooms on Windows In development General Availability 08/01/2024
400703 Microsoft Teams: Cross-platform meetings via SIP join for Teams Rooms In development General Availability 08/01/2024
400702 Microsoft Teams: Roster grouping for in-room participants through proximity join for Teams Rooms on Windows In development General Availability 08/01/2024
398979 Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Video templates In development General Availability 07/01/2024
392326 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Updated coaching by Copilot experience in the new Outlook for Windows and web In development General Availability 08/01/2024
391636 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Lab team prompt publishing In development General Availability 07/01/2024
401126 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Microsoft 365 Groups scoping in Teams DLP policy extend protection to 1:1/n chats In development General Availability 08/01/2024
401123 Outlook: Open attachments in desktop apps from the new Outlook for Windows In development General Availability 08/01/2024
400715 Forms: Try the new streamlined and modernized experience in Forms to create your next form In development General Availability 07/01/2024
400710 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Save Prompt, Share Prompt, and Try in App release In development General Availability 09/01/2024
400700 Microsoft Teams: Digital signage on Teams Rooms on Windows In development Preview General Availability 08/01/2024
401341 Outlook: Pin favorites at the top in the New Outlook for Windows and Web In development General Availability Targeted Release 12/01/2024

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