from 07/01/2024 to 07/07/2024
24 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 16 Office 365 Message Center Items were added
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| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC686277 | (Updated) Offline mode in OneDrive for Web | 08/05/2024 10:00:00 | 2024-09-30T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC687846 | (Updated) New Microsoft Defender Antivirus services on Windows Devices | 07/29/2024 10:00:00 | 2024-08-26T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC693860 | (Updated) Estimating cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Endpoint | 08/05/2024 09:00:00 | 2024-11-11T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC696167 | (Updated) Outlook: Choose how many days of emails sync to your iOS or Android device for offline usage | 07/29/2024 09:00:00 | 2024-08-12T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC720776 | (Updated) Microsoft Edge for Business: Customize organizational branding using the Microsoft Edge management service | 08/05/2024 09:00:00 | 2024-09-09T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC724127 | (Updated) Update to only show site results at a tenant root site when in the "site search" scope | 08/05/2024 09:00:00 | 2024-08-19T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC746321 | (Updated) Outlook Mobile: New in-app Contact editor | 07/29/2024 09:00:00 | 2024-08-19T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC772556 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shorter meeting URLs | 11/04/2024 08:00:00 | 2025-02-24T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC789309 | (Updated) Microsoft Purview compliance portal | Audit: New Cloud Policy service audit logs for policy changes | 09/30/2024 09:00:00 | 2024-10-07T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC Messages changes
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| MC683928 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: In-meeting Error Messaging | Updated June 28, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below for DoD organizations. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams Meeting users will be notified directly through the error message on meeting right pane for why they cannot access meeting chats when their chat access is limited by policy or due to system limitations and unexpected errors. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 167211 |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below for DoD organizations. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams Meeting users will be notified directly through the error message on meeting right pane for why they cannot access meeting chats when their chat access is limited by policy or due to system limitations and unexpected errors. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 167211 |
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| MC686277 | (Updated) Offline mode in OneDrive for Web | Updated June 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Soon, on Windows and macOS devices running the OneDrive sync app, we will enable a new feature called “Offline mode” that will allow you to continue working with the OneDrive web app in your browser, OneDrive PWA (Progressive Web App) or Microsoft Teams even when you are offline. This feature will be on by default and will give your users the ability to view, rename, move, copy their files, and create new folders when offline. Users will be able to open their files that are available offline on users’ device in a native app directly from inside OneDrive on the web. All of the metadata changes users make offline to their files in the browser will be automatically synced back to OneDrive when Internet connection is restored, and users can resolve conflicts, if there are any. As an administrator, you’ll be able to control various aspects of Offline mode using the Group Policies outlined in here. When this feature becomes enabled for users in your organization and the user then visits OneDrive for web, Offline mode will be set up for the first time. A copy of user’s file metadata that powers OneDrive for web is securely stored locally on user’s device. These data on user’s device are only available and accessible by that user. If someone else were to sign in on your device, these local data on the device wouldn't be available to them. A secure local web server on user’s device will handle the operations that users perform on their files in OneDrive for web, such as viewing, sorting, renaming, moving, and copying where traditionally these operations would need to be handled by the OneDrive cloud service. This allows to eliminate network as the bottleneck when loading and working with OneDrive for web resulting in fast and smooth interactions with users’ files like loading your files and folders, sorting, renaming, moving, renaming, and more. And all of these operations will continue to work even when users are offline, lose internet connection, or run into a service disruption. OneDrive Offline mode lets you work on OneDrive when offline in the browser, OneDrive PWA (Progressive Web App) and in Microsoft Teams, improves performance on all kinds of networks, and helps alleviate throttling related to working with large file collections. Offline mode will be on by default for user’s OneDrive on the web and both users and administrators will have the option to disable Offline mode for their OneDrive. Offline mode is a per-device setting (configured separately for every device users use to access OneDrive on the web. The data is securely stored in a local database under the user’s profile directory and requests are handled through a secure localhost HTTP server. Offline mode is powered by a separate background process (Microsoft.SharePoint.exe). When Offline mode is on, users will see a new icon in the top navigation bar in OneDrive on the web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 168618 |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Soon, on Windows and macOS devices running the OneDrive sync app, we will enable a new feature called “Offline mode” that will allow you to continue working with the OneDrive web app in your browser, OneDrive PWA (Progressive Web App) or Microsoft Teams even when you are offline. This feature will be on by default and will give your users the ability to view, rename, move, copy their files, and create new folders when offline. Users will be able to open their files that are available offline on users’ device in a native app directly from inside OneDrive on the web. All of the metadata changes users make offline to their files in the browser will be automatically synced back to OneDrive when Internet connection is restored, and users can resolve conflicts, if there are any. As an administrator, you’ll be able to control various aspects of Offline mode using the Group Policies outlined in here. When this feature becomes enabled for users in your organization and the user then visits OneDrive for web, Offline mode will be set up for the first time. A copy of user’s file metadata that powers OneDrive for web is securely stored locally on user’s device. These data on user’s device are only available and accessible by that user. If someone else were to sign in on your device, these local data on the device wouldn't be available to them. A secure local web server on user’s device will handle the operations that users perform on their files in OneDrive for web, such as viewing, sorting, renaming, moving, and copying where traditionally these operations would need to be handled by the OneDrive cloud service. This allows to eliminate network as the bottleneck when loading and working with OneDrive for web resulting in fast and smooth interactions with users’ files like loading your files and folders, sorting, renaming, moving, renaming, and more. And all of these operations will continue to work even when users are offline, lose internet connection, or run into a service disruption. OneDrive Offline mode lets you work on OneDrive when offline in the browser, OneDrive PWA (Progressive Web App) and in Microsoft Teams, improves performance on all kinds of networks, and helps alleviate throttling related to working with large file collections. Offline mode will be on by default for user’s OneDrive on the web and both users and administrators will have the option to disable Offline mode for their OneDrive. Offline mode is a per-device setting (configured separately for every device users use to access OneDrive on the web. The data is securely stored in a local database under the user’s profile directory and requests are handled through a secure localhost HTTP server. Offline mode is powered by a separate background process (Microsoft.SharePoint.exe). When Offline mode is on, users will see a new icon in the top navigation bar in OneDrive on the web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 168618 |
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| MC687846 | (Updated) New Microsoft Defender Antivirus services on Windows Devices | Updated June 21, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline and content below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows 10 and Windows 11 will be shipping with a new service: Microsoft Defender Core service. [When this will happen:] Preview: November ‘23 to Beta channel (Prerelease). |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline and content below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows 10 and Windows 11 will be shipping with a new service: Microsoft Defender Core service. [When this will happen:] Preview: November ‘23 to Beta channel (Prerelease). |
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| MC688930 | (Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies | Updated June 7, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce that Phase 2 of app centric management roll out is scheduled to complete in late June 2024 (previously May). This phase will be available to all tenants and can be initiated at the admin’s discretion. What is in phase 2? Migration wizard: a step-by-step guide to help you migrate the permission policies. You will be able to select which polities to migrate and designate users groups or individuals who should have access to the apps. Testing and Validation: before finalizing the migration, you will have the opportunity to test and export your staged changes. You can use this to make side-by-side comparison with your current setup, ensuring everything is perfect before you proceed. Duration: The migration process is designed to have no downtime for the end users and can take a few hours to complete. During the migration, your existing permission policies will remain in effect until the transition to app centric management completes. Detailed documentation for the migration process will be available in our online documentation, which currently includes information on managing apps after ACM migration. App centric management introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant can install Teams apps. First, admins can set a default value for new apps that are published to the Teams app store. Second, admins can manage apps for users, groups, or everyone in the organization. This feature replaces the existing app permission policies and provides admins with the ability to manage access to the app individually. The app permission policies for existing customers are migrated to maintain existing app availability in the tenant. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 151829 |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce that Phase 2 of app centric management roll out is scheduled to complete in late June 2024 (previously May). This phase will be available to all tenants and can be initiated at the admin’s discretion. What is in phase 2? Migration wizard: a step-by-step guide to help you migrate the permission policies. You will be able to select which polities to migrate and designate users groups or individuals who should have access to the apps. Testing and Validation: before finalizing the migration, you will have the opportunity to test and export your staged changes. You can use this to make side-by-side comparison with your current setup, ensuring everything is perfect before you proceed. Duration: The migration process is designed to have no downtime for the end users and can take a few hours to complete. During the migration, your existing permission policies will remain in effect until the transition to app centric management completes. Detailed documentation for the migration process will be available in our online documentation, which currently includes information on managing apps after ACM migration. App centric management introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant can install Teams apps. First, admins can set a default value for new apps that are published to the Teams app store. Second, admins can manage apps for users, groups, or everyone in the organization. This feature replaces the existing app permission policies and provides admins with the ability to manage access to the app individually. The app permission policies for existing customers are migrated to maintain existing app availability in the tenant. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 151829 |
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| MC693860 | (Updated) Estimating cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Endpoint | Updated May 8, 2024: 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. |
Updated July 5, 2024: 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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| MC696167 | (Updated) Outlook: Choose how many days of emails sync to your iOS or Android device for offline usage | Updated May 24, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With the new sync window, users can choose how many days' worth of emails and attachments they want to download to their iOS or Android device so they can always access them even while offline. Note: The emails/attachments will be stored internally as a cache since every time a user changes their sync window (decrease) we do a clean-up of all saved data. They cannot choose the location for that matter. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 189809 Preview: We will begin rolling out in late December 2023 and expect to complete by mid-January 2024. Worldwide: We will begin rolling out late May 2024 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June 2024 (previously mid-June). |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With the new sync window, users can choose how many days' worth of emails and attachments they want to download to their iOS or Android device so they can always access them even while offline. Note: The emails/attachments will be stored internally as a cache since every time a user changes their sync window (decrease) we do a clean-up of all saved data. They cannot choose the location for that matter. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 189809 Preview: We will begin rolling out in late December 2023 and expect to complete by mid-January 2024. Worldwide: We will begin rolling out late May 2024 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by early July 2024 (previously late June). |
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| MC705765 | Organizers can select up to six languages for attendees to choose from for live translated captions during a town hall | Updated June 14, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Currently in a town hall, an organizer is unable to select which auto-translated captions they would like their attendees to see. Attendees can select from a pre-selected list of translated languages for their captions. With this new update, organizers can now pick up to 6 translated languages from a list of over 40 languages to be shown to the attendees for captions during a town hall. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 371308 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-March 2024 (previously early February) and expect to complete by early April 2024 (previously late March). General Availability: We will begin rolling out early May 2024 (previously early April) and expect to complete by late June 2024 (previously early June). |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Currently in a town hall, an organizer is unable to select which auto-translated captions they would like their attendees to see. Attendees can select from a pre-selected list of translated languages for their captions. With this new update, organizers can now pick up to 6 translated languages from a list of over 40 languages to be shown to the attendees for captions during a town hall. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 371308 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-March 2024 (previously early February) and expect to complete by early April 2024 (previously late March). General Availability: We will begin rolling out early May 2024 (previously early April) and expect to complete by early July 2024 (previously late June). |
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| MC715695 | (Updated) Optimize for Video setting for screensharing | Updated May 31, 2024: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience. In Microsoft Teams, we are providing manual settings to optimize screen sharing for video clips by reducing lag and improving the quality of video playback when sharing video clips in Teams meetings. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93483. Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early May 2024 (previously mid-April) and expect to complete by mid-May 2024 (previously late April). |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience. In Microsoft Teams, we are providing manual settings to optimize screen sharing for video clips by reducing lag and improving the quality of video playback when sharing video clips in Teams meetings. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93483. Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early May 2024 (previously mid-April) and expect to complete by mid-May 2024 (previously late April). |
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| MC720776 | (Updated) Microsoft Edge for Business: Customize organizational branding using the Microsoft Edge management service | Updated June 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Starting late March 2024, admins can customize their organization's branding assets onto Edge for Business through the Microsoft Edge management service. This branding can help users signed in with an Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory) more easily differentiate between multiple profiles and browser windows through visual cues on the profile pill, profile flyout, and Edge for Business taskbar icon. Only admins can control, preview, and customize how Edge for Business shows the following organization brand assets: Organization name Accent color Organization logo Edge for Business taskbar icon overlay Default branding can be enabled by admins through the following policies: OrganizationalBrandingOnWorkProfileUIEnabled |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Starting late March 2024, admins can customize their organization's branding assets onto Edge for Business through the Microsoft Edge management service. This branding can help users signed in with an Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory) more easily differentiate between multiple profiles and browser windows through visual cues on the profile pill, profile flyout, and Edge for Business taskbar icon. Only admins can control, preview, and customize how Edge for Business shows the following organization brand assets: Organization name Accent color Organization logo Edge for Business taskbar icon overlay Default branding can be enabled by admins through the following policies: OrganizationalBrandingOnWorkProfileUIEnabled |
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| MC721853 | (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint Online: New feedback button | Updated June 14, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. We have also specified that the Cloud Policy service includes controls for screenshots and logs submitted with feedback. We are introducing a feedback button in Microsoft SharePoint Online, consistent with the rest of the Microsoft 365 Suite. Users can submit compliments, problems, or suggestions about SharePoint features and functionality to Microsoft. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383405. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late March 2024 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2024 (previously early April). General Availability: We will begin rolling out late June 2024 (previously early June) and expect to complete by mid-July 2024 previously late June). |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. We have also specified that the Cloud Policy service includes controls for screenshots and logs submitted with feedback. We are introducing a feedback button in Microsoft SharePoint Online, consistent with the rest of the Microsoft 365 Suite. Users can submit compliments, problems, or suggestions about SharePoint features and functionality to Microsoft. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383405. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late March 2024 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2024 (previously early April). General Availability: We will begin rolling out late June 2024 (previously early June) and expect to complete by late June. |
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| MC724127 | (Updated) Update to only show site results at a tenant root site when in the "site search" scope | Updated May 24, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for patience. With this update a tenant root site will start showing only site results when the site is configured to show results from that site only. [When this will happen:] |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for patience. With this update a tenant root site will start showing only site results when the site is configured to show results from that site only. [When this will happen:] |
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| MC746321 | (Updated) Outlook Mobile: New in-app Contact editor | Updated June 27, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Note: If your organization does not support iOS and/or Android mobile devices, you can skip this message. We are rolling out a new Contact editor for Outlook Mobile, which replaces the use of the device's native contact editor. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 384869. [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-April 2024 and expect to complete by mid-April 2024. General Availability: We will begin rolling out late April 2024 and expect to complete by late June 2024 (previously mid-June). |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Note: If your organization does not support iOS and/or Android mobile devices, you can skip this message. We are rolling out a new Contact editor for Outlook Mobile, which replaces the use of the device's native contact editor. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 384869. [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-April 2024 and expect to complete by mid-April 2024. General Availability: We will begin rolling out late April 2024 and expect to complete by mid-July 2024 (previously late June). |
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| MC746322 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting details displayed on pre-join screen | Updated June 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Available in Microsoft Teams for Windows and Mac for in-tenant participants, the meeting pre-join screen will now include meeting details like the meeting title, scheduled start time, scheduled end time, and number of participants who have joined the call. Note: Meeting information will not be visible for recurring meetings at this time. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 387789. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late April 2024 (previously early April) and expect to complete by early May 2024 (previously mid-April). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early May 2024 (previously mid-April) and expect to complete by late June 2024 (previously late May). |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Available in Microsoft Teams for Windows and Mac for in-tenant participants, the meeting pre-join screen will now include meeting details like the meeting title, scheduled start time, scheduled end time, and number of participants who have joined the call. Note: Meeting information will not be visible for recurring meetings at this time. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 387789. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late April 2024 (previously early April) and expect to complete by early May 2024 (previously mid-April). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early May 2024 (previously mid-April) and expect to complete by early July 2024 (previously late June). |
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| MC772556 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shorter meeting URLs | Updated May 17, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are reducing the length of Microsoft Teams meeting URLs for easier sharing. This rollout applies to all Microsoft Teams platforms (Teams for iOS, Android, Mac, Teams devices, desktop, and web). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381953. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early August 2024 (previously early June) and expect to complete by mid-August 2024 (previously mid-June). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2024 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late August 2024 (previously late June). General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 (previously late June) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously early July). |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are reducing the length of Microsoft Teams meeting URLs for easier sharing. This rollout applies to all Microsoft Teams platforms (Teams for iOS, Android, Mac, Teams devices, desktop, and web). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381953. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2024 (previously early August) and expect to complete by mid-November 2024 (previously mid-August). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously late August). General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by mid-January 2025 (previously late September). |
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| MC785024 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Introducing slash commands in the compose box | Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: New slash commands in the compose message box. These shortcuts help in composing messages, navigating in Teams, and tackling frequent tasks. This rollout applies to Teams on Desktop, Teams for the Web, and Teams for Mac.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 120469. [When this will happen:] |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: New slash commands in the compose message box. These shortcuts help in composing messages, navigating in Teams, and tackling frequent tasks. This rollout applies to Teams on Desktop, Teams for the Web, and Teams for Mac. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 120469. [When this will happen:] |
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| MC788953 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New added feature called the Take action wizard in Threat Explorer. | Microsoft Defender for office 365 Services now allows the execution of several response actions simultaneously through the Take action wizard in Threat Explorer/ Realtime detection. Many Security analyst teams use Threat explorer to execute bulk email remediation actions, and we’re enhancing this capability with an improved Take action feature. This feature facilitates a more streamlined and efficient remediation of threats. With the new Take action wizard, you can perform multiple actions such as purging emails, inline submissions, triggering investigations, and Tenant level block actions together with a single wizard up to 100 messages. Moreover, you can take Tenant level block URL/file actions directly from Threat explorer. Alternatively, if you want to perform bulk email remediation for more than 100, this new wizard will enable you to do that in an organized manner. Some of the actions are not available based on the current location of the message, but if there is a conflict, the new experience gives more options and power through toggle. SecOps can use toggle choices to turn them on/off as desired and take proper action. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 393937 [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout began in mid-April 2024 and expect to complete by late June 2024. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2024 and expect to complete by late June 2024. |
Updated July 5, 2024: We are evaluating the timeline for GCC customers at this time and will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Defender for office 365 Services now allows the execution of several response actions simultaneously through the Take action wizard in Threat Explorer/ Realtime detection. Many Security analyst teams use Threat explorer to execute bulk email remediation actions, and we’re enhancing this capability with an improved Take action feature. This feature facilitates a more streamlined and efficient remediation of threats. With the new Take action wizard, you can perform multiple actions such as purging emails, inline submissions, triggering investigations, and Tenant level block actions together with a single wizard up to 100 messages. Moreover, you can take Tenant level block URL/file actions directly from Threat explorer. Alternatively, if you want to perform bulk email remediation for more than 100, this new wizard will enable you to do that in an organized manner. Some of the actions are not available based on the current location of the message, but if there is a conflict, the new experience gives more options and power through toggle. SecOps can use toggle choices to turn them on/off as desired and take proper action. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 393937 [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout began in mid-April 2024 and expect to complete by late June 2024. General Availability (GCC): On-hold. |
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| MC789309 | (Updated) Microsoft Purview compliance portal | Audit: New Cloud Policy service audit logs for policy changes | Updated June 28, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Purview compliance portal | Audit: The Cloud Policy service will integrate with Microsoft Purview Audit. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 394280. [When this will happen:] General Availability: We will begin rolling out mid-August 2024 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late August 2024 (previously late June). |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Purview compliance portal | Audit: The Cloud Policy service will integrate with Microsoft Purview Audit. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 394280. [When this will happen:] General Availability: We will begin rolling out mid-August (previously mid-June) 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024 (previously late June). |
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| MC791596 | (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint Online: New Banner web part (updated title area) in Pages and News | Updated June 28, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft SharePoint Online: Improvements to the title area at the top of Pages and News: Users will be able to remove the title area, which is no longer mandatory on a page. The title area will be rebranded as a Banner web part with new layouts. Users can add one or more banner(s) to any column of a page, including a full-width section. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386904. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late June 2024 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by early July 2024 (previously early June). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High and DoD): We will begin rolling out early July 2024 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late July 2024 (previously late June). |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft SharePoint Online: Improvements to the title area at the top of Pages and News: Users will be able to remove the title area, which is no longer mandatory on a page. The title area will be rebranded as a Banner web part with new layouts. Users can add one or more banner(s) to any column of a page, including a full-width section. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386904. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late June 2024 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by early July 2024 (previously early June). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High and DoD): We will begin rolling out early July 2024 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late July 2024 (previously late June). |
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| MC798682 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Emails sync to your device for offline use | Updated June 14, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional information about controls. Thank you for your patience. A new sync window feature will be available in Microsoft Outlook. This feature allows you to choose how many days' worth of emails and attachments you want to download to your device. This way, you can always access your emails and attachments, even when you're offline. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 189809 [When this will happen:] We will start rolling out in early June 2024 and expect to complete the rollout by late June 2024. |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional information about controls. Thank you for your patience. A new sync window feature will be available in Microsoft Outlook. This feature allows you to choose how many days' worth of emails and attachments you want to download to your device. This way, you can always access your emails and attachments, even when you're offline. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 189809 [When this will happen:] We will start rolling out in early June 2024 and expect to complete the rollout by early July (previously late June) 2024. |
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| MC799283 | (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint Online: Apply shapes to images | Updated June 14, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to SharePoint Online: To help bring more interest to a page, users will be able to apply a shape over an Image web part or inline image in a Text web part. Shapes include square, circle, triangle, hexagon, pebble, and teardrop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 395210. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We began rolling out early late June 2024 (previously May) and expect to complete by late July 2024 (previously early June). |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to SharePoint Online: To help bring more interest to a page, users will be able to apply a shape over an Image web part or inline image in a Text web part. Shapes include square, circle, triangle, hexagon, pebble, and teardrop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 395210. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We began rolling out late June 2024 (previously May) and expect to complete by late July 2024 (previously early June). |
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| MC800503 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location shifts in the Shifts app | Note: If you are not using frontline worker functionality, you can ignore this message. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Cross-location Shifts is a new feature in the Microsoft Shifts app for Teams that enables frontline managers to offer open shifts across multiple locations in a region so managers can share the labor pool and workers can select available shifts across different locations. This message applies to Microsoft Teams for Desktop, web, Mac and Mobile. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 394351. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2024 and expect to complete by mid-July 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024. |
Updated July 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Note: If you are not using frontline worker functionality, you can ignore this message. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Cross-location Shifts is a new feature in the Microsoft Shifts app for Teams that enables frontline managers to offer open shifts across multiple locations in a region so managers can share the labor pool and workers can select available shifts across different locations. This message applies to Microsoft Teams for Desktop, web, Mac and Mobile. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 394351. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early mid-August 2024 (previously early July) and expect to complete by late August 2024 (previously mid-July). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by mid-September 2024 (previously mid-August). |
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| MC800848 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: New search UI for contacts and global address list | In Microsoft Outlook, this feature will provide a new experience for searching contacts and the global address list while addressing mail and calendar events in Outlook for Mac. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397093 [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late June 2024 and expect to complete by mid-August 2024. |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In Microsoft Outlook, this feature will provide a new experience for searching contacts and the global address list while addressing mail and calendar events in Outlook for Mac. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397093 [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late June 2024 and expect to complete by early July (previously mid-August) 2024. |
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| MC805198 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva Amplify: Access to most recent templates | In Microsoft Viva Amplify, access to templates that are user-created and specific to campaigns is changing. Previously, these templates were only accessible by opening View all templates. The changes are: Users can see user-created templates as Campaign templates in positions 1-3 on the campaign overview page (the 4th template is always a blank template to allow easy access to template creation).
The most recently created or modified template will be in the 1st position. Every time a template is created or modified, other templates will be pushed out by one position. |
Updated: July 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In Microsoft Viva Amplify, access to templates that are user-created and specific to campaigns is changing. Previously, these templates were only accessible by opening View all templates. The changes are: Users can see user-created templates as Campaign templates in positions 1-3 on the campaign overview page (the 4th template is always a blank template to allow easy access to template creation).
The most recently created or modified template will be in the 1st position. Every time a template is created or modified, other templates will be pushed out by one position. |
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| MC806103 | (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: “Remove-SPOExternalUser” retires starting July 29, 2024 | Starting July 29, 2024 and ending August 9, 2024, we will be retiring the Remove-SPOExternalUser PowerShell cmdlet for Microsoft SharePoint Online (SPO) users as part of our ongoing efforts to enhance security and streamline scope and permissions for external users. After the retirement, requests using the Remove-SPOExternalUser cmdlet will be blocked with an error message similar to: “To streamline scope and permissions for external users, enhance access management, and strengthen our security posture, this cmdlet has been deprecated. Alternatively, please use the Remove-AzureADUser cmdlet in Microsoft Entra ID for user management. Learn more: Remove-AzureADUser (AzureAD) | Microsoft Learn." |
Updated July 5, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience. Starting July 29, 2024, and ending August 9, 2024, we will be retiring the Remove-SPOExternalUser PowerShell cmdlet for Microsoft SharePoint Online (SPO) users as part of our ongoing efforts to enhance security and streamline scope and permissions for external users. After the retirement, requests using the Remove-SPOExternalUser cmdlet will be blocked with an error message similar to: “To streamline scope and permissions for external users, enhance access management, and strengthen our security posture, this cmdlet has been deprecated. Alternatively, please use the Remove-MgUser cmdlet in Microsoft Graph PowerShell for user management. Learn more: Remove-MgUser (Microsoft.Graph.Users) | Microsoft Learn." |
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MC MessageTagNames changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC785024 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Introducing slash commands in the compose box | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
| MC800503 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location shifts in the Shifts app | Feature update, User impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact | N/A |
| MC800848 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: New search UI for contacts and global address list | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
| MC805198 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva Amplify: Access to most recent templates | Feature update, User impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact | N/A |
| MC806103 | (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: “Remove-SPOExternalUser” retires starting July 29, 2024 | Admin impact, Retirement | Updated message, Admin impact, Retirement | N/A |
MC prepare changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC806103 | (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: “Remove-SPOExternalUser” retires starting July 29, 2024 | Please begin immediately transitioning from using the Remove-SPOExternalUser cmdlet. To avoid unexpected impact, also ensure none of your workflows are calling this cmdlet. Instead, please use the Remove-AzureADUser cmdlet as described in Remove-AzureADUser (AzureAD) | Microsoft Learn, where we will continue to invest resources. https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/azuread/remove-azureaduser?view=azureadps-2.0 |
Please begin immediately transitioning from using the Remove-SPOExternalUser cmdlet. To avoid unexpected impact, also ensure none of your workflows are calling this cmdlet. Instead, please use the Remove-MgUser cmdlet as described in Remove-MgUser (Microsoft.Graph.Users) | Microsoft Learn, where we will continue to invest resources. Additional Information: Troubleshoot user profile removal issues in SharePoint - SharePoint in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn (this resource currently undergoing updates). https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/remove-users https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.graph.users/remove-mguser?view=graph-powershell-1.0 |
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MC Title changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC785024 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Introducing slash commands in the compose box | Microsoft Teams: Introducing slash commands in the compose box | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Introducing slash commands in the compose box | N/A |
| MC788953 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New added feature called the Take action wizard in Threat Explorer. | Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New added feature called the Take action wizard in Threat Explorer. | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New added feature called the Take action wizard in Threat Explorer. | N/A |
| MC798682 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Emails sync to your device for offline use | Microsoft Outlook: Emails sync to your device for offline use | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Emails sync to your device for offline use | N/A |
| MC800503 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location shifts in the Shifts app | Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location shifts in the Shifts app | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location shifts in the Shifts app | N/A |
| MC800848 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: New search UI for contacts and global address list | Microsoft Outlook: New search UI for contacts and global address list | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: New search UI for contacts and global address list | N/A |
| MC805198 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva Amplify: Access to most recent templates | Microsoft Viva Amplify: Access to most recent templates | (Updated) Microsoft Viva Amplify: Access to most recent templates | N/A |
| MC806103 | (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: “Remove-SPOExternalUser” retires starting July 29, 2024 | Microsoft SharePoint: “Remove-SPOExternalUser” retires starting July 29, 2024 | (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: “Remove-SPOExternalUser” retires starting July 29, 2024 | N/A |
CW27 New Office 365 Message Center items
| MC ID | MC Title | MC Category | MC Workload | MC Major Change | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC807463 | Microsoft Teams: Lobby experience for external presenters in town hall and webinar | Plan For Change | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC807462 | Microsoft Intune In Development for July 2024 is now available | Stay Informed | Microsoft Intune | False | N/A |
| MC807456 | Microsoft Outlook: Reset People suggestions | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 for the web | False | N/A |
| MC807452 | Product transitions to the cloud.microsoft domain - June 2024 | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC807451 | Microsoft Purview | Microsoft Entra: Insider Risk condition in Conditional Access is GA | Stay Informed | Microsoft Entra | False | N/A |
| MC807801 | Microsoft SharePoint: New page range setting for prebuilt and structured models in Microsoft Syntex | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
| MC807798 | Microsoft Purview: The new Microsoft Purview Portal enters GA | Stay Informed | Microsoft Purview | False | N/A |
| MC808165 | Microsoft Purview eDiscovery | Modernized eDiscovery in new Microsoft Purview portal | Stay Informed | Microsoft Purview | False | N/A |
| MC808161 | Microsoft Teams: Policy to disable some in-product messages | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC808160 | Microsoft Teams: Office 365 Connectors feature retires starting August 15, 2024 | Plan For Change | Microsoft Teams | True | N/A |
| MC808158 | Microsoft Teams: Automatic location updates on bookable desks | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC808855 | Microsoft OneDrive: How to ensure/manage background syncing on macOS | Stay Informed | OneDrive for Business | False | N/A |
| MC808839 | Data Privacy: Microsoft Online Services Subprocessor Disclosure | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC808830 | Microsoft Planner: eDiscovery support for Microsoft Planner | Stay Informed | Microsoft Purview | False | N/A |
| MC808826 | Microsoft Excel: Publish to Power BI retires starting August 19, 2024 | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 apps | True | N/A |
| MC808823 | Microsoft 365 apps now support OpenDocument Format 1.4 | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
