2024 CW 28 Microsoft 365 Roadmap changes

from 07/08/2024 to 07/14/2024

89 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
379980 Microsoft Teams: Queues app (Premium) Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC 01/08/2024
400702 Microsoft Teams: Roster grouping for in-room participants through proximity join for Teams Rooms on Windows Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) GCC, GCC High, DoD, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 01/08/2024
403103 Microsoft Teams: Bidirectional support for Teams Live Interpretation Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC 01/08/2024

Changed Property: RM Description

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
89545 Excel: Automatically hide the ribbon in Excel for the Web Users can now set the ribbon to automatically hide to focus on the content and the grid, expand and access the ribbon whenever required. The ribbon mode can be set from the ribbon switcher control on the bottom right of the ribbon. Users can now set the ribbon to automatically hide to focus on the content and the grid, expand and access the ribbon whenever required. The ribbon mode can be set from the ribbon switcher control on the bottom right of the ribbon. We apologize for the inconvenience; this item is being removed from the roadmap as it is no longer accurate. 01/02/2023
90757 PowerPoint: Organization Fonts in PowerPoint for Mac and mobile This feature will allow organizations to add their custom fonts into PowerPoint. This feature will allow organizations to add their custom fonts into PowerPoint. We apologize for the inconvenience, this item is being removed from the roadmap as it is no longer accurate. 01/01/2023
98155 Microsoft Edge: Test Base for Microsoft 365 Testing support for Microsoft 365 apps and Edge Test Base will support testing of how your app works with newer versions of Edge and the monthly update channel of the Microsoft 365 client applications. This feature was not fully shipped as Test Base went end of life on March 4, 2024. See the blog post at the link below. Test Base will support testing of how your app works with newer versions of Edge and the monthly update channel of the Microsoft 365 client applications. This feature was not fully shipped as Test Base went end of life on March 4, 2024. See the blog post at the link below. We apologize for the inconvenience, this item is being removed from the roadmap as it is no longer accurate. 01/03/2023
100248 Microsoft Viva: Present Topic answers in Context Region from Search Moving Topics answer from mainline to Context Region to build up the search pattern to find knowledge entities in right panel. Moving Topics answer from mainline to Context Region to build up the search pattern to find knowledge entities in right panel. We apologize for the inconvenience, this item is being removed from the roadmap as it is no longer accurate. 01/01/2023
114510 OneDrive: Update to settings pane for PC folder backup OneDrive plans to make a change to the settings pane for the PC folder backup feature (sometime called Known Folder Move). This settings pane is found by going to OneDrive icon in the system tray then selecting Settings-> Sync and backup-> Manage backup. The change will introduce toggle buttons to the settings pane along with information showing how much storage, of an end users total storage allotment, will be used by the feature. There is no change to the PC folder backup feature itself which, when enabled, automatically syncs your end user’s Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders on their Windows PC to their OneDrive. OneDrive plans to make a change to the settings pane for the PC folder backup feature (sometime called Known Folder Move). This settings pane is found by going to OneDrive icon in the system tray then selecting Settings-> Sync and backup-> Manage backup. The change will introduce toggle buttons to the settings pane along with information showing how much storage, of an end users total storage allotment, will be used by the feature. There is no change to the PC folder backup feature itself which, when enabled, automatically syncs your end user’s Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders on their Windows PC to their OneDrive. We apologize for the inconvenience; this item is being removed from the roadmap as it is no longer accurate. 01/01/2023
115487 Microsoft 365 App: Customize App Bar This feature enables users to pin and unpin apps to the App Bar on the side of the Microsoft 365 Web and Desktop App. This feature enables users to pin and unpin apps to the App Bar on the side of the Microsoft 365 Web and Desktop App. We apologize for the inconvenience, this item is being removed from the roadmap as it is no longer accurate. 01/02/2023
117499 Microsoft Viva: Ask me anything events All users can create moderated Q&A events from their storyline page. AMAs include question upvoting & sorting, best answer, and optional anonymous submission. All users can create moderated Q&A events from their storyline page. AMAs include question upvoting & sorting, best answer, and optional anonymous submission. We apologize for the inconvenience; this item is being removed from the roadmap as it is no longer accurate. 01/02/2023
117512 Office 365: Support for new information protection configuration for labels based on files vs. emails Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook on iOS and Android will support admin settings to have different set of sensitivity labels. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook on iOS and Android will support admin settings to have different set of sensitivity labels. We apologize for the inconvenience; this item is being removed from the roadmap as it is no longer accurate. 01/02/2023
401126 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Microsoft 365 Groups scoping in Teams DLP policy extend protection to 1:1/n chats When scoping policies to Microsoft 365 Groups in Teams DLP policies, Teams standard and shared channel charts are currently protected by the policies. This change will automatically extend the protection to 1:1/n (non-channel) chats. There is no longer a need to add users or security groups to protect these chats, except for customers that have enabled optical character recognition (OCR) in Teams chat. When scoping policies to Microsoft 365 Groups in Teams DLP policies, members of Teams standard and shared channel chats associated with the groups are currently protected by the policies. This change will automatically extend the protection to standard/shared channels chats in other Microsfot 365 Groups and 1:1/n (non-channel) chats. There is no longer a need to add users, security groups or other Microsoft 365 groups to protect these chats, except for customers that have enabled optical character recognition (OCR) in Teams chat. 01/08/2024

Changed Property: RM Preview

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
88870 OneDrive: Sync admin reports - bulk data export May CY2024 July CY2024 01/12/2024
179883 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Progressive alert scoring June CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
384092 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New filters in Audit Search July CY2024 August CY2024 01/09/2024
385346 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New logs for Audit activities June CY2024 July CY2024 01/08/2024
393936 Outlook: Entry point change - apps when reading emails moved to the ribbon N/A August CY2024 01/09/2024
395788 Outlook: Microsoft Copilot available in Outlook for Mac July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024

Changed Property: RM Release

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
117394 Whiteboard: Existing Azure Board Migration July CY2024 December CY2025 01/12/2024
117394 Whiteboard: Existing Azure Board Migration December CY2025 December CY2024 01/12/2024
117587 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit Search Graph API June CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
122238 Outlook: Actionable card based Loop components June CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024
163985 Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Self service to set survey deactivation times July CY2024 December CY2024 01/12/2024
163987 Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Self service to relink surveys July CY2024 December CY2024 01/12/2024
176155 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Exact Data Match adding support for role-based access control (RBAC) for EDM upload authorization May CY2024 November CY2024 01/11/2024
184915 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: False positive email release from Quarantine through threat explorer, email summary panel, advanced hunting, and custom detection email entity page take action June CY2024 July CY2024 01/07/2024
185369 Outlook: Stream video recordings in the new Outlook for Windows and web June CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
334050 Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Bulk export of learner completion records August CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024
377303 Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers and presenters in town hall August CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024
383724 Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Access to M365 header July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
384092 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New filters in Audit Search July CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024
385346 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New logs for Audit activities July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
393936 Outlook: Entry point change - apps when reading emails moved to the ribbon July CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024
394351 Microsoft Teams: Cross location Shifts August CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024
394683 Outlook: Swipe in the Message List on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows June CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
394685 Outlook: Meeting Details in the Reading Pane on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows June CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
395215 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - Blanket custom retention policies which apply to all Audit recordTypes July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
395788 Outlook: Microsoft Copilot available in Outlook for Mac July CY2024 August CY2024 01/08/2024
397755 Microsoft 365 app: Retention Labels are available for Loop pages and components July CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024
398016 Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Edit questions associated to live surveys July CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024
401116 Microsoft Teams: Latest meeting experiences with performance improvements on web for Chrome (for anonymous join only) August CY2024 October CY2024 01/10/2024
401120 Microsoft Teams: SharePoint Embed Support for Teams town hall August CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024
402517 Microsoft Teams: Multiple camera view for Teams Room on Windows August CY2024 September CY2024 01/09/2024

Changed Property: RM Release Phase

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
85617 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - | PDF files encrypted with sensitivity label can be searched and eDiscovered General Availability Preview, General Availability 01/11/2023
121269 Microsoft Teams: New setting enables meeting participants to move between breakout rooms General Availability Targeted Release, General Availability 01/08/2024
393936 Outlook: Entry point change - apps when reading emails moved to the ribbon General Availability, Targeted Release Targeted Release, Preview, General Availability 01/09/2024

Changed Property: RM Status

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
85617 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - | PDF files encrypted with sensitivity label can be searched and eDiscovered In development Launched 01/11/2023
85618 Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Auto labeling (for files at rest in SharePoint Online) can now label PDF files In development Launched 01/09/2023
88816 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Power Automate integration Rolling out Launched 01/10/2023
88858 Visio: Mind maps in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 1, Plan 2] In development Rolling out 01/05/2024
89545 Excel: Automatically hide the ribbon in Excel for the Web In development Cancelled 01/02/2023
90757 PowerPoint: Organization Fonts in PowerPoint for Mac and mobile In development Cancelled 01/01/2023
93197 Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Message details report In development Launched 01/03/2024
93483 Microsoft Teams: Optimize for Video setting for screensharing Rolling out Launched 01/05/2024
98187 Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Reporting improvements In development Launched 01/03/2024
100248 Microsoft Viva: Present Topic answers in Context Region from Search In development Cancelled 01/01/2023
101332 Microsoft Teams: Meeting ID and passcode to join on Teams Rooms on Windows Rolling out Launched 01/04/2024
114510 OneDrive: Update to settings pane for PC folder backup In development Cancelled 01/01/2023
115487 Microsoft 365 App: Customize App Bar In development Cancelled 01/02/2023
115499 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Email signature exclusion In development Launched 01/08/2023
117424 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management: New retention actions in Power Automate integration Rolling out Launched 01/10/2023
117499 Microsoft Viva: Ask me anything events In development Cancelled 01/02/2023
117512 Office 365: Support for new information protection configuration for labels based on files vs. emails In development Cancelled 01/02/2023
124823 SharePoint: Video Pages Rolling out Launched 01/04/2024
124853 SharePoint: Collaborate on SharePoint pages and news with co-authoring In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
138475 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Protection of password protected, unscannable, and partially scannable document In development Launched 01/10/2023
168828 SharePoint: eSignature Rolling out Launched 01/11/2023
169199 Microsoft Viva: Changes to Viva Engage Connector for Topic Name In development Launched 01/09/2023
179385 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management-New attributes and features for alert and case In development Launched 01/01/2024
180989 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - File Name and File Path filters for DLP alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender portal In development Launched 01/12/2023
185813 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention- Expand Investigation Pane to Full Screen for Data Loss Preventions alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender In development Launched 01/12/2023
186203 Visio: Custom shapes in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 2] In development Launched 01/05/2024
186204 Visio: Edit legacy .vsd files in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 1, Plan 2] In development Rolling out 01/03/2024
187086 Microsoft Viva : Connections Analytics for multiple Connections experiences Rolling out Launched 01/05/2024
319970 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference PDF files in Copilot in Word In development Launched 01/06/2024
374035 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Bing search integration brings the power of the web to your chats in Word In development Launched 01/04/2024
375627 Microsoft Teams: Share contact information of people in Microsoft Teams chat Rolling out Launched 01/01/2024
381430 Microsoft Teams: User reported events in Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management Rolling out Launched 01/04/2024
383745 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Enhanced privacy control: Limiting PII data access to "Data Classification Content Viewer" role In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
384851 Microsoft Viva: Connections Advanced Analytics Rolling out Launched 01/05/2024
385349 Microsoft Teams: Transfer Teams calls to mobile calls In development Rolling out 01/07/2024
386907 Microsoft Stream: Playlist support for Stream web part in SharePoint Rolling out Launched 01/04/2024
387773 SharePoint: SharePoint Premium Content Query - Columns in new libraries are queryable Rolling out Launched 01/04/2024
388490 Microsoft Teams: Enabling call forwarding directly from phone device home screen through Teams admin center Rolling out Launched 01/05/2024
388494 Microsoft Teams: Advanced calling and contact management support on non-touch phones Rolling out Launched 01/05/2024
388754 Outlook: Access Copilot directly in new Outlook for Windows and web Rolling out Launched 01/05/2024
391671 Forms: Pre-filled link in Microsoft Forms In development Launched 01/04/2024
392840 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on Mac Endpoints In development Rolling out 01/07/2024
393225 Microsoft Teams: Webinar - Disable social share for attendees Rolling out Launched 01/06/2024
393334 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Exfiltration of business-sensitive data to free public domain emails In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
393336 SharePoint: Sensitive information processing model In development Rolling out 01/06/2024
394668 Microsoft Teams: Speaker recognition and attribution for all Teams Rooms on Windows In development Rolling out 01/07/2024
394688 Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers can manage access to meeting artifacts such as meeting transcripts, recordings, AI-generated recap, and Copilot Rolling out Launched 01/06/2024
395372 Microsoft Teams: Teams devices - Cancel scheduled device operations through Teams admin center In development Rolling out 01/07/2024
395783 Microsoft Teams: Shifts plugin for Copilot for Microsoft 365 Rolling out Launched 01/06/2024
397770 Microsoft Forms: Add or remove people from the response notification emails In development Launched 01/06/2024
397883 Microsoft Teams: Channel cards In development Rolling out 01/07/2024
398991 Microsoft 365 app: Use Microsoft Purview to prevent some connected experiences that analyze content In development Launched 01/06/2024
399465 Microsoft Teams: Webinar presenter orderability on event page In development Rolling out 01/07/2024
399784 Word: Reference PDF files in Copilot in Word In development Launched 01/06/2024
399785 Word: Reference PDF files in Copilot in Word In development Launched 01/06/2024
399925 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference PDF files in Copilot in Word In development Launched 01/06/2024
400503 Microsoft Forms: Define criteria for validating responses to open-text questions in Microsoft Forms In development Rolling out 01/07/2024

CW28 New Roadmap Items

RM ID RM Title RM Status RM Release RM Tags check before
401124 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Scheduled prompts In development General Availability 12/01/2024
399934 Microsoft Intune: Endpoint Privilege Management rules support specifying allowable command arguments In development General Availability 09/01/2024
380430 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Word – Customize Copilot in Word responses with Personalization profiles In development General Availability 07/01/2024
405753 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot takes emails and meetings into account while drafting content in Word In development General Availability 09/01/2024
402191 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Excel – Preview and "Apply" changes suggested by Copilot In development General Availability 07/01/2024
380839 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Current web content included when drafting with Copilot in Word In development General Availability 09/01/2024
403109 Outlook: Use the Alt key to bring up key tips in new Outlook for Windows In development General Availability Targeted Release 09/01/2024
406909 Microsoft Intune: Security Baselines for HoloLens 2 In development General Availability 10/01/2024
406170 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Add brand images in M365 Copilot from SharePoint organization asset libraries In development General Availability 07/01/2024
406169 Outlook: Add an account to Outlook mobile using a QR code In development General Availability 08/01/2024
402189 Microsoft Viva: Quick Links Card on Viva Connections Dashboard In development General Availability 07/01/2024
399922 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Automatic summary of documents on file-open in Word In development General Availability 08/01/2024
406913 Outlook: Org Explorer in Outlook for Mac In development General Availability 08/01/2024
406907 Microsoft Intune: Enrollment time grouping for iOS/iPadOS automated device enrollment In development General Availability 10/01/2024
406554 SharePoint: New enhancements to Restricted access control using Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Entra security groups In development General Availability Preview 08/01/2024
406167 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Third party add-in user report can be sent to Microsoft for analysis In development General Availability 09/01/2024
406166 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: IPv6 allow and block support in Tenant Allow/Block List In development General Availability 08/01/2024
406165 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Create allow directly in Tenant Allow/Block List In development General Availability 08/01/2024

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