2024 CW 37 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

from 09/09/2024 to 09/15/2024

32 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and
27 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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MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC674737 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis, GIFs and Stickers Unified in One Picker 10/07/2024 09:00:00 2024-11-11T08:00:00Z N/A
MC683928 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: In-meeting Error Messaging 10/07/2024 09:00:00 2024-11-11T08:00:00Z N/A
MC686277 (Updated) Offline mode in OneDrive for Web 09/30/2024 10:00:00 2024-12-09T09:00:00Z N/A
MC690606 (Updated) Stream video recordings in Outlook 10/28/2024 08:00:00 2025-01-06T08:00:00Z N/A
MC704955 (Updated) Now get Real Time Calendar Notifications in Teams 10/07/2024 09:00:00 2024-11-11T08:00:00Z N/A
MC722584 (Updated) Microsoft Search: New Content source filters in All vertical 11/04/2024 08:00:00 2025-06-09T09:00:00Z N/A
MC767481 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Presenter window enhancements while screensharing 10/07/2024 09:00:00 2024-11-11T08:00:00Z N/A
MC795085 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New meeting option to control permissions for admitting participants from lobby 10/28/2024 08:00:00 2024-12-09T08:00:00Z N/A
MC795355 (Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: App centric management for app installation and changes to app setup policies 10/31/2024 08:00:00 2024-12-16T08:00:00Z N/A
MC796790 Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams: Unified management of Teams apps in Teams, Outlook, and the Microsoft 365 app 10/31/2025 08:00:00 2025-12-08T08:00:00Z N/A
MC797471 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage: Results in Workplace Search 11/04/2024 08:00:00 2024-12-09T08:00:00Z N/A
MC797474 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Channel cards 10/07/2024 09:00:00 2024-11-11T08:00:00Z N/A
MC800496 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New expanded gallery view option for minimized meeting window 10/07/2024 09:00:00 2024-11-11T08:00:00Z N/A
MC801243 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Adding search to settings in the Outlook for Android app 10/07/2024 09:00:00 2024-11-11T08:00:00Z N/A
MC801582 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Adding Search to settings in the Outlook for iOS app 10/07/2024 09:00:00 2024-11-11T08:00:00Z N/A
MC803012 (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Collaborate on SharePoint Pages and News with coauthoring 11/30/2024 09:00:00 2024-12-09T09:00:00Z N/A
MC805216 (Updated) Updating conversation actions on Microsoft Outlook for iOS 10/07/2024 09:00:00 2024-11-11T08:00:00Z N/A
MC854652 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants can choose a breakout room from a list 02/28/2025 09:00:00 2025-03-03T09:00:00Z N/A
MC877312 (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Introducing custom fonts 09/20/2024 09:00:00 2024-11-25T08:00:00Z N/A

MC Messages changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC674737 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis, GIFs and Stickers Unified in One Picker Updated August 15, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can soon find all of their emojis, GIFs, and stickers in a combined picker in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84023

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in early December 2023 (previously late November) and expect to complete rollout by late January 2024 (previously mid-December).

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out in early April 2024 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete rollout by late July 2024.

GCC, GCC High, DoD: We will begin rolling out in late July 2024 (previously early June) and expect to complete rollout by late August 2024 (previously early August).

Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can soon find all of their emojis, GIFs, and stickers in a combined picker in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84023

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in early December 2023 (previously late November) and expect to complete rollout by late January 2024 (previously mid-December).

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out in early April 2024 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete rollout by late July 2024.

GCC, GCC High, DoD: We will begin rolling out in late July 2024 (previously early June) and expect to complete rollout by late September 2024 (previously late August).

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MC683928 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: In-meeting Error Messaging Updated August 15, 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

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-November and expect to complete by late November.

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out early December and expect to complete by mid-December.

GCC: We will begin rolling out early January and expect to complete by mid-January.

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

DoD: We will begin rolling out early February and expect to complete by late August 2024 (previously early August).

Updated September 11, 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

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-November and expect to complete by late November.

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out early December and expect to complete by mid-December.

GCC: We will begin rolling out early January and expect to complete by mid-January.

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

DoD: We will begin rolling out early February and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously late August).

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MC686277 (Updated) Offline mode in OneDrive for Web 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.

OneDrive Offline mode is currently supported on Windows devices (Windows 10 or later) and macOS devices (macOS 12 Monterey or later) that have the OneDrive sync app installed and on Chromium-based browsers (Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome)

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

[When this will happen:]

Worldwide: We will begin gradually rolling out in late February 2024 (previously mid-February) and expect to complete in late August 2024 (previously late June).

Updated September 12, 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.

OneDrive Offline mode is currently supported on Windows devices (Windows 10 or later) and macOS devices (macOS 12 Monterey or later) that have the OneDrive sync app installed and on Chromium-based browsers (Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome)

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

[When this will happen:]

Worldwide: We will begin gradually rolling out in late February 2024 (previously mid-February) and expect to complete in late October 2024 (previously late August).

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MC688930 (Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies Updated August 22, 2024: We have updated the content for clarity. Thank you for your patience.

App centric management (ACM) is on hold as of August 14, 2024 and will restart in mid-September (previously June). Your experience during this hold will fall under one of the following , with Phases defined in detail below.

If your tenant has already been migrated to ACM, it will remain on ACM. The rest of this MC post is not applicable to your tenant.

If your tenant fell under the Phase 1 criteria of using only the Global app permission policy and no custom app permission policies, it will resume auto migration in mid-September.

If you do not have a draft currently saved, you will not be able to access ACM migration until the roll out restarts.

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 is available at App centric management to manage user access to Teams apps - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn.

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

[When this will happen:]

This feature will gradually roll out across three major phases.

Phase 1 (from late November 2023 to late September 2024 (previously late February) affects the tenants that use only the Global app permission policy and have no custom app permission policies. The app status from the permission policy and tenant settings will be migrated to preserve the admin intent. The migration will not affect the end users and their ability to use the apps. Admins may see the Manage apps page in a read-only mode for a short time.

Phase 2 (from mid to late September 2024 (previously July)) affects the tenants that use both global and custom app permission policies. This phase will let the admin choose to migrate to app centric management by following a migration process that will change the existing app permission policies to app assignments in the new app centric model. The admins will have the choice to modify the apps that are assigned using the custom permission policies to be accessible to groups, if they want.

Phase 3 (early 2025) applies to the tenants that skipped the migration in phase 1 or 2. These tenants will be migrated automatically in this phase. More details to come as a follow up MC post.

Updated September 13, 2024: We have updated the content for clarity. Thank you for your patience.

App centric management (ACM) is on hold as of August 14, 2024, and will restart in mid-October (previously mid-September). Your experience during this hold will fall under one of the following, with Phases defined in detail below.

If your tenant has already been migrated to ACM, it will remain on ACM. The rest of this MC post is not applicable to your tenant.

If your tenant fell under the Phase 1 criteria of using only the Global app permission policy and no custom app permission policies, it will resume auto migration in mid-September.

If you do not have a draft currently saved, you will not be able to access ACM migration until the roll out restarts.

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 is available at App centric management to manage user access to Teams apps - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn.

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

[When this will happen:]

This feature will gradually roll out across three major phases.

Phase 1 (from late November 2023 to early November 2024 (previously late September) affects the tenants that use only the Global app permission policy and have no custom app permission policies. The app status from the permission policy and tenant settings will be migrated to preserve the admin intent. The migration will not affect the end users and their ability to use the apps. Admins may see the Manage apps page in a read-only mode for a short time.

Phase 2 (from late May 2024 to early November 2024 (previously late September)) affects the tenants that use both global and custom app permission policies. This phase will let the admin choose to migrate to app centric management by following a migration process that will change the existing app permission policies to app assignments in the new app centric model. The admins will have the choice to modify the apps that are assigned using the custom permission policies to be accessible to groups, if they want.

Phase 3 (early 2025) applies to the tenants that skipped the migration in phase 1 or 2. These tenants will be migrated automatically in this phase. More details to come as a follow up MC post.

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MC690606 (Updated) Stream video recordings in Outlook Updated July 10, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We're introducing the ability to record and insert Stream video recordings in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 185369

[When this will happen:]

Standard Release: We will begin rolling in late August 2024 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously mid-September).

Updated September 10, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We're introducing the ability to record and insert Stream video recordings in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 185369

[When this will happen:]

Standard Release: We will begin rolling in late October 2024 (previously late August) and expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously late September).

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MC693860 (Updated) Estimating cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Endpoint Updated August 27, 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.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 160009

[When this will happen:]

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late August 2024 (previously early August) and is expected to be complete by late September 2024 (previously late August)

Rollout will begin in late October 2024 (previously early September) and is expected to be complete by late November 2024 (previously late September).

Updated September 13, 2024: We have updated the content with additional resources. 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.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 160009

[When this will happen:]

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late August 2024 (previously early August) and is expected to be complete by late September 2024 (previously late August)

Rollout will begin in late October 2024 (previously early September) and is expected to be complete by late November 2024 (previously late September).

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MC704955 (Updated) Now get Real Time Calendar Notifications in Teams Updated August 15, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

You can now get the Calendar Notifications in Teams from the Activity Feed.

You will get calendar notifications in the Activity Feed for the below scenarios:

Meeting invite (including channel meetings you are explicitly invited to)

Meeting updates

Meeting cancellations

Meeting forwards (as an organizer)

When you get a calendar notification, you will see an unread notification in the Activity Feed pane or at the bell icon.

When you click on a notification, you will see the details of the meeting/event in the right pane.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 314355

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-March 2024 and expect to complete by early April 2024 (previously late March).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High & DoD): We will begin rolling out early April 2024 (previously late March) and expect to complete by late August 2024 (previously late July).

Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

You can now get the Calendar Notifications in Teams from the Activity Feed.

You will get calendar notifications in the Activity Feed for the below scenarios:

Meeting invite (including channel meetings you are explicitly invited to)

Meeting updates

Meeting cancellations

Meeting forwards (as an organizer)

When you get a calendar notification, you will see an unread notification in the Activity Feed pane or at the bell icon.

When you click on a notification, you will see the details of the meeting/event in the right pane.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 314355

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-March 2024 and expect to complete by early April 2024 (previously late March).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High & DoD): We will begin rolling out early April 2024 (previously late March) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously late August).

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MC722584 (Updated) Microsoft Search: New Content source filters in All vertical Updated August 9, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline for Search in Bing, below. Thank you for your patience.

If you have multiple content sources set up in Microsoft Search, such as Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Viva Learning, or third-party sources indexed using Microsoft Graph Connectors, users will soon see content source filters in the All vertical.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383953.

[When this will happen:]

For Microsoft SharePoint Online (organization level) and Microsoft365.com (Office.com):

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out early April 2024 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by mid-May 2024.

For Microsoft Search in Bing:

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out by mid-May 2024 and expect to complete by early September (previously late July) 2024.

Updated September 13, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline for Search in Bing, below. Thank you for your patience.

If you have multiple content sources set up in Microsoft Search, such as Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Viva Learning, or third-party sources indexed using Microsoft Graph Connectors, users will soon see content source filters in the All vertical.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383953.

[When this will happen:]

For Microsoft SharePoint Online (organization level) and Microsoft365.com (Office.com):

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out early April 2024 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by mid-May 2024.

For Microsoft Search in Bing:

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out by mid-May 2024 and expect to complete by late April 2025 (previously early September).

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MC767481 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Presenter window enhancements while screensharing Updated June 27, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In Microsoft Teams, we are delivering new enhancements to the presenter window that is shown while screensharing.

The presenter window now shows up to four meeting participants (both video and audio), active speakers, raised hands and reactions, and a preview of shared content.

Meeting notifications are surfaced to the central area of the screen for easier awareness and consistent windowing behavior.

These enhancements improve awareness and visibility of what's going on in your meeting and make it easier to engage with other attendees while screensharing.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383653

[When this will happen:]

Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-May 2024 and expect to complete by late May 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out early August 2024 (previously mid-July) and expect to complete by late August (previously mid-June).

Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In Microsoft Teams, we are delivering new enhancements to the presenter window that is shown while screensharing.

The presenter window now shows up to four meeting participants (both video and audio), active speakers, raised hands and reactions, and a preview of shared content.

Meeting notifications are surfaced to the central area of the screen for easier awareness and consistent windowing behavior.

These enhancements improve awareness and visibility of what's going on in your meeting and make it easier to engage with other attendees while screensharing.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383653

[When this will happen:]

Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-May 2024 and expect to complete by late May 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out early August 2024 (previously mid-July) and expect to complete by late September (previously late August).

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MC795085 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New meeting option to control permissions for admitting participants from lobby Updated August 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams: Currently, the capability to admit attendees from lobby and the capability to present are combined into one meeting role: Presenter. This frequently results in situations where meeting participants, who are not in charge of meeting management, are able to admit people from the lobby to enter the meeting, and the meeting organizer has no way to control it.

With this feature update, we are addressing this gap by introducing a meeting option for meeting organizers to be in control of who can admit people from the lobby:

The new option Who can admit from lobby will have two choices:

1. Only the organizer and co-organizers can admit from the lobby: This is the more secure option to be used for meetings where only organizers and co-organizers should be able to admit participants from the lobby.

2. The organizer, co-organizers, and presenters can admit from the lobby (default option): This mimics the current system behavior that presenters also get the right to admit participants from the lobby.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 392836

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early September 2024 (previously early August) and expect to complete by mid-September 2024 (previously mid-August).

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously late August).

Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams: Currently, the capability to admit attendees from lobby and the capability to present are combined into one meeting role: Presenter. This frequently results in situations where meeting participants, who are not in charge of meeting management, are able to admit people from the lobby to enter the meeting, and the meeting organizer has no way to control it.

With this feature update, we are addressing this gap by introducing a meeting option for meeting organizers to be in control of who can admit people from the lobby:

The new option Who can admit from lobby will have two choices:

1. Only the organizer and co-organizers can admit from the lobby: This is the more secure option to be used for meetings where only organizers and co-organizers should be able to admit participants from the lobby.

2. The organizer, co-organizers, and presenters can admit from the lobby (default option): This mimics the current system behavior that presenters also get the right to admit participants from the lobby.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 392836

[When this will happen:]

Targeted release: We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by early October 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early October 2024 (previously early September) and expect to complete by mid-October 2024 (previously mid-September).

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously late September).

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MC795355 (Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: App centric management for app installation and changes to app setup policies Updated July 23, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: App centric management for admin app installation introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant has specific Teams apps preinstalled. Similar to app centric management for app availability, as communicated in MC688930 (Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies (November 2023), admins will be able to install apps for users, groups, or everyone in the organization.

After rollout, app centric management will replace Installed apps in the Teams admin center and give admins the ability to install apps individually. The Installed apps in your app setup policies will be migrated to app centric management based on your current user and group assignments for each policy. The rest of your settings in app setup policies will remain unchanged and will continue to work based on app setup policies, including Pinned apps. After this rollout, you can install Teams apps for selected sets of users, groups, or all users in the organization, and Installed apps in app setup policies will no longer be available.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 394274.

[When this will happen:]

App centric management will roll out in four General Availability phases.

Phase 1 | General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late July 2024 (previously mid-July) and expect to complete early September 2024 (previously late August). This phase applies to tenants who meet both conditions: 1) tenants with no Installed apps in the Global app setup policy and 2) tenants with no custom app setup policies created in the Teams admin center. After rollout, these tenants will have app centric management enabled for their app installs. Admins may see the Manage apps page in read-only mode for a short time.

Phase 2 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to tenants who meet both conditions: 1) tenants with apps added to Installed apps in the Global app setup policy and 2) tenants with no custom app setup policies created in the Teams admin center. This phase will migrate apps installed in the Global app setup policy to app centric management.

Phase 3 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to tenants with both the Global app setup policy and custom app setup policies. This phase will migrate apps installed for users and groups through Installed apps in app setup policies to app centric management.

Phase 4 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to all remaining tenants.
Updated July 23, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: App centric management for admin app installation introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant has specific Teams apps preinstalled. Similar to app centric management for app availability, as communicated in MC688930 (Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies (November 2023), admins will be able to install apps for users, groups, or everyone in the organization.

After rollout, app centric management will replace Installed apps in the Teams admin center and give admins the ability to install apps individually. The Installed apps in your app setup policies will be migrated to app centric management based on your current user and group assignments for each policy. The rest of your settings in app setup policies will remain unchanged and will continue to work based on app setup policies, including Pinned apps. After this rollout, you can install Teams apps for selected sets of users, groups, or all users in the organization, and Installed apps in app setup policies will no longer be available.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 394274.

[When this will happen:]

App centric management will roll out in four General Availability phases.

Phase 1 | General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late July 2024 (previously mid-July) and expect to complete early November 2024 (previously early September). This phase applies to tenants who meet both conditions: 1) tenants with no Installed apps in the Global app setup policy and 2) tenants with no custom app setup policies created in the Teams admin center. After rollout, these tenants will have app centric management enabled for their app installs. Admins may see the Manage apps page in read-only mode for a short time.

Phase 2 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to tenants who meet both conditions: 1) tenants with apps added to Installed apps in the Global app setup policy and 2) tenants with no custom app setup policies created in the Teams admin center. This phase will migrate apps installed in the Global app setup policy to app centric management.

Phase 3 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to tenants with both the Global app setup policy and custom app setup policies. This phase will migrate apps installed for users and groups through Installed apps in app setup policies to app centric management.

Phase 4 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to all remaining tenants.
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MC795355 (Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: App centric management for app installation and changes to app setup policies Updated July 23, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: App centric management for admin app installation introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant has specific Teams apps preinstalled. Similar to app centric management for app availability, as communicated in MC688930 (Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies (November 2023), admins will be able to install apps for users, groups, or everyone in the organization.

After rollout, app centric management will replace Installed apps in the Teams admin center and give admins the ability to install apps individually. The Installed apps in your app setup policies will be migrated to app centric management based on your current user and group assignments for each policy. The rest of your settings in app setup policies will remain unchanged and will continue to work based on app setup policies, including Pinned apps. After this rollout, you can install Teams apps for selected sets of users, groups, or all users in the organization, and Installed apps in app setup policies will no longer be available.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 394274.

[When this will happen:]

App centric management will roll out in four General Availability phases.

Phase 1 | General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late July 2024 (previously mid-July) and expect to complete early November 2024 (previously early September). This phase applies to tenants who meet both conditions: 1) tenants with no Installed apps in the Global app setup policy and 2) tenants with no custom app setup policies created in the Teams admin center. After rollout, these tenants will have app centric management enabled for their app installs. Admins may see the Manage apps page in read-only mode for a short time.

Phase 2 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to tenants who meet both conditions: 1) tenants with apps added to Installed apps in the Global app setup policy and 2) tenants with no custom app setup policies created in the Teams admin center. This phase will migrate apps installed in the Global app setup policy to app centric management.

Phase 3 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to tenants with both the Global app setup policy and custom app setup policies. This phase will migrate apps installed for users and groups through Installed apps in app setup policies to app centric management.

Phase 4 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to all remaining tenants.
Updated September 13, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: App centric management for admin app installation introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant has specific Teams apps preinstalled. Similar to app centric management for app availability, as communicated in MC688930 (Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies (November 2023), admins will be able to install apps for users, groups, or everyone in the organization.

After rollout, app centric management will replace Installed apps in the Teams admin center and give admins the ability to install apps individually. The Installed apps in your app setup policies will be migrated to app centric management based on your current user and group assignments for each policy. The rest of your settings in app setup policies will remain unchanged and will continue to work based on app setup policies, including Pinned apps. After this rollout, you can install Teams apps for selected sets of users, groups, or all users in the organization, and Installed apps in app setup policies will no longer be available.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 394274.

[When this will happen:]

App centric management will roll out in four General Availability phases.

Phase 1 | General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late July 2024 (previously mid-July) and expect to complete early November 2024 (previously early September). This phase applies to tenants who meet both conditions: 1) tenants with no Installed apps in the Global app setup policy and 2) tenants with no custom app setup policies created in the Teams admin center. After rollout, these tenants will have app centric management enabled for their app installs. Admins may see the Manage apps page in read-only mode for a short time.

Phase 2 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to tenants who meet both conditions: 1) tenants with apps added to Installed apps in the Global app setup policy and 2) tenants with no custom app setup policies created in the Teams admin center. This phase will migrate apps installed in the Global app setup policy to app centric management.

Phase 3 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to tenants with both the Global app setup policy and custom app setup policies. This phase will migrate apps installed for users and groups through Installed apps in app setup policies to app centric management.

Phase 4 | More details coming soon as a follow up MC post. This phase applies to all remaining tenants.
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MC796790 Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams: Unified management of Teams apps in Teams, Outlook, and the Microsoft 365 app In 2023, we introduced Microsoft Teams apps that are compatible with Microsoft Outlook and the Microsoft 365 App (manifest version v1.13 or higher). Before this rollout, admin changes made in the Integrated apps section of the Microsoft 365 admin center would only affect these Teams apps in Outlook and the Microsoft 365 app. Similarly, changes made in the Teams admin center would exclusively affect Teams. Starting in June 2024, we will roll out Unified App Management to streamline the management of these apps across Teams, Outlook and the Microsoft 365 App, so they are consistently available across all supported clients.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 393931.

[When this will happen:]

This rollout will happen in three major phases. Unified App Management can apply only to tenants that have migrated to app centric management in Teams admin center, as communicated in MC688930 (Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies (November 2023).

Phase 1 | General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2024 and expect to complete late August 2024: This phase applies to tenants with no modified settings in either the Microsoft 365 admin center (Integrated apps) or the Teams admin center for organization-wide defaults, app deployment, app availability, or block/unblock. No merge rules apply to these tenants, but after this phase, any app management setting configured in either admin centers will apply to all relevant hosts.

Phase 2: We will update this post with a timeline and more details. This phase is applicable to tenants with app settings that have differences between Microsoft 365 admin center (Integrated apps) and Teams admin center, and who have maintained a single app setup policy in Teams that has a modified Installed apps section.

Phase 3: We will update this post with a timeline and more details. This phase applies to all remaining tenants.
Updated September 13, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In 2023, we introduced Microsoft Teams apps that are compatible with Microsoft Outlook and the Microsoft 365 App (manifest version v1.13 or higher). Before this rollout, admin changes made in the Integrated apps section of the Microsoft 365 admin center would only affect these Teams apps in Outlook and the Microsoft 365 app. Similarly, changes made in the Teams admin center would exclusively affect Teams. Starting in June 2024, we will roll out Unified App Management to streamline the management of these apps across Teams, Outlook and the Microsoft 365 App, so they are consistently available across all supported clients.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 393931.

[When this will happen:]

This rollout will happen in three major phases. Unified App Management can apply only to tenants that have migrated to app centric management in Teams admin center, as communicated in MC688930 (Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies (November 2023).

Phase 1 | General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2024 and expect to complete early November 2024 (previously late August): This phase applies to tenants with no modified settings in either the Microsoft 365 admin center (Integrated apps) or the Teams admin center for organization-wide defaults, app deployment, app availability, or block/unblock. No merge rules apply to these tenants, but after this phase, any app management setting configured in either admin centers will apply to all relevant hosts.

Phase 2: We will update this post with a timeline and more details. This phase is applicable to tenants with app settings that have differences between Microsoft 365 admin center (Integrated apps) and Teams admin center, and who have maintained a single app setup policy in Teams that has a modified Installed apps section.

Phase 3: We will update this post with a timeline and more details. This phase applies to all remaining tenants.
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MC797471 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage: Results in Workplace Search Updated August 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

As users search in office.com, sharepoint.com, or Microsoft Bing at Work, they will get results from Microsoft Viva Engage that they have access to. The results show up as interleaved results on the search page. This is currently limited to only question posts from public Communities, Storylines, and Answers. This new feature is available by default.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 391669.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability: We will begin rolling out late August 2024 (previously early July) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously early August).
Updated September 10, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

As users search in office.com, sharepoint.com, or Microsoft Bing at Work, they will get results from Microsoft Viva Engage that they have access to. The results show up as interleaved results on the search page. This is currently limited to only question posts from public Communities, Storylines, and Answers. This new feature is available by default.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 391669.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability: We will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously late August) and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously late September).
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MC797474 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Channel cards Updated August 15, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to get a quick overview about a channel using Channel cards. Channel cards will rollout across Microsoft Teams for desktop and web. Channel cards can be found by hovering over the channel name in the header or wherever a channel is mentioned.

Channel cards will provide information about a channel, including the description, last activity time, team name, and membership information. The card also provides a quick entry to notification settings, owner channel management, and the channel roster.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397883

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling early July 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024 (previously late July).

Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to get a quick overview about a channel using Channel cards. Channel cards will rollout across Microsoft Teams for desktop and web. Channel cards can be found by hovering over the channel name in the header or wherever a channel is mentioned.

Channel cards will provide information about a channel, including the description, last activity time, team name, and membership information. The card also provides a quick entry to notification settings, owner channel management, and the channel roster.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397883

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling early July 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously late August).

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MC799276 Microsoft Defender XDR: Simplified DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) setup for enhanced domain protection Updated August 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This feature update provides improvements to how you can protect your domains from spoofing with DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail).

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024 (previously mid-July).

Updated September 12, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This feature update provides improvements to how you can protect your domains from spoofing with DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail).

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously late August).

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MC800496 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New expanded gallery view option for minimized meeting window Updated June 28, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In Microsoft Teams, a new feature enhances the meeting view that is shown to attendees while the main meeting window is minimized.

When participants in a meeting minimize the main meeting window, they can multitask without losing sight of the meeting or missing important information by monitoring activity in a smaller meeting view window.

This view switcher feature update allows users to expand the default active speaker view of the meeting to an extended large gallery view. This view allows users to see up to 4 meeting participants, including reactions, raised hands, and a Me Video tile.

This expanded view can be toggled via a new UI control.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 398449

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early August 2024 (previously early July) and expect to complete by mid-August 2024 (previously mid-July).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2024 (previously mid-July) and expect to complete by late August 2024.

Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In Microsoft Teams, a new feature enhances the meeting view that is shown to attendees while the main meeting window is minimized.

When participants in a meeting minimize the main meeting window, they can multitask without losing sight of the meeting or missing important information by monitoring activity in a smaller meeting view window.

This view switcher feature update allows users to expand the default active speaker view of the meeting to an extended large gallery view. This view allows users to see up to 4 meeting participants, including reactions, raised hands, and a Me Video tile.

This expanded view can be toggled via a new UI control.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 398449

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early August 2024 (previously early July) and expect to complete by mid-August 2024 (previously mid-July).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2024 (previously mid-July) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously late August).

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MC801243 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Adding search to settings in the Outlook for Android app Updated July 23, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

If your organization does not support Android devices, you can ignore this message.

We are adding the ability to search within Settings on the Microsoft Outlook for Android app so that users can find exactly what they're looking for.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 398984.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early August 2024 (previously early July) and expect to complete by late August 2024 (previously late July).

Updated September 13, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

If your organization does not support Android devices, you can ignore this message.

We are adding the ability to search within Settings on the Microsoft Outlook for Android app so that users can find exactly what they're looking for.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 398984.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early August 2024 (previously early July) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously late August).

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MC801582 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Adding Search to settings in the Outlook for iOS app Updated August 9, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

If your organization does not support iOS devices, you can ignore this message.

Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS: We will add the ability for users to search Settings to quickly find the desired setting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 398982.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early August 2024 (previously early July) and expect to complete by late August 2024 (previously late July).
If your organization does not support iOS devices, you can ignore this message.

Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS: We will add the ability for users to search Settings to quickly find the desired setting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 398982.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early August 2024 (previously early July) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously late August).
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MC803012 (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Collaborate on SharePoint Pages and News with coauthoring Coming soon to Microsoft SharePoint: The ability for multiple authors to edit the same Page at the same time, without having to take turns. Authors can see real-time changes made by others as they happen in Pages, sections and web parts.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124853.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late June 2024 and expect to complete by late July 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early August 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024.
Updated September 13, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft SharePoint: The ability for multiple authors to edit the same Page at the same time, without having to take turns. Authors can see real-time changes made by others as they happen in Pages, sections and web parts.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124853.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late June 2024 and expect to complete by late July 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early August 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously late September).
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MC805203 (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Files page retires September 1, 2024 Updated July 22, 2024: We have updated this message with additional information regarding the experience with the Files and Insights tab. Thank you for your patience.

We will be retiring the Files page from Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps on September 1, 2024.

Information Protection policies can be created, modified and explored via the Policy Management page.

You can explore malware files on the Policy Management page.

Additionally, as part of this retirement, we will also be removing the Files and Insights tabs under Settings > Cloud apps > App connectors.

You are receiving this message because our reporting indicates one or more users in your organization are using the Files page in Defender for Cloud Apps.

Learn more: File filters - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Microsoft Learn
Updated September 12, 2024: We have updated this message with additional information regarding the experience with the Files and Insights tab. Thank you for your patience.

We will be retiring the Files page from Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps starting October 28, 2024.

Information Protection policies can be created, modified and explored via the Policy Management page.

You can explore malware files on the Policy Management page.

Additionally, as part of this retirement, we will also be removing the Files and Insights tabs under Settings > Cloud apps > App connectors.

You are receiving this message because our reporting indicates one or more users in your organization are using the Files page in Defender for Cloud Apps.

Learn more: File filters - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Microsoft Learn
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MC805216 (Updated) Updating conversation actions on Microsoft Outlook for iOS Updated August 16, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience

Note: If your organization does not support iOS, you can safely ignore this message.

Currently, when viewing a Microsoft Outlook email, users can access the available actions in the top-right corner of the screen. We are updating these actions to be in a bar at the bottom of the screen, and users will now have the ability to customize the order and placement of the actions.

Additionally, users will now be able to access these actions from their Inbox view by long-pressing a message.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 398983.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability: We will begin rolling out in early July 2024 and will finish rolling out by late August 2024 (previously late July).

Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience

Note: If your organization does not support iOS, you can safely ignore this message.

Currently, when viewing a Microsoft Outlook email, users can access the available actions in the top-right corner of the screen. We are updating these actions to be in a bar at the bottom of the screen, and users will now have the ability to customize the order and placement of the actions.

Additionally, users will now be able to access these actions from their Inbox view by long-pressing a message.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 398983.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability: We will begin rolling out in early July 2024 and will finish rolling out by late September 2024 (previously late August).

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MC806523 (Updated) Microsoft OneDrive: Change to shared folder experience Updated August 15, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We're making a change to the shared folder experience in Microsoft OneDrive. Currently, when a user opens a shared folder in OneDrive, they are taken to a view of that folder within the sharer's OneDrive. In the new experience, opening a shared folder will take the user to the shared folder within the People view of their own OneDrive. This view, organized by people, shows and allows access to all the files and folders that have been shared with the user.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 395378.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late July 2024 and expect to complete by mid-September 2024 (previously late August).

Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the images below. Thank you for your patience.

We're making a change to the shared folder experience in Microsoft OneDrive. Currently, when a user opens a shared folder in OneDrive, they are taken to a view of that folder within the sharer's OneDrive. In the new experience, opening a shared folder will take the user to the shared folder within the People view of their own OneDrive. This view, organized by people, shows and allows access to all the files and folders that have been shared with the user.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 395378.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late July 2024 and expect to complete by mid-September 2024 (previously late August).

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MC814577 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Roster grouping for in-room participants through Proximity Join for Teams Rooms on Windows Updated July 26, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

When joining a meeting in Teams Room on Windows with a companion device (laptop or mobile), in-room participants will be grouped under the room node. Participants must join through Proximity Join. This update includes additional UI elements to create visual clarity of the in-room participants who are together.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 400702

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early September 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by mid-September 2024 (previously late August).

General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 and expect to complete rollout by late October 2024 (late September).

Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

When joining a meeting in Teams Room on Windows with a companion device (laptop or mobile), in-room participants will be grouped under the room node. Participants must join through Proximity Join. This update includes additional UI elements to create visual clarity of the in-room participants who are together.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 400702

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid- September 2024 (previously early September) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously mid-September).

General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 and expect to complete rollout by late October 2024 (late September).

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MC816179 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Bidirectional Support for Teams Live Interpretation Updated August 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With bidirectional support in Teams Live Interpretation, interpreters can now switch the translation direction between two languages by clicking on the button of the language they want to interpret into at the bottom of the screen. The highlighted language button will be the language the interpreter is translating into and attendees hear.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 403103.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early September 2024 (previously early August) and expect to complete by mid-September 2024 (previously mid-August).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously late August).

General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 (previously late September) and expect to complete by early November 2024 (previously early October).

Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With bidirectional support in Teams Live Interpretation, interpreters can now switch the translation direction between two languages by clicking on the button of the language they want to interpret into at the bottom of the screen. The highlighted language button will be the language the interpreter is translating into and attendees hear.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 403103.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early September 2024 (previously early August) and expect to complete by mid-September 2024 (previously mid-August).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously late August).

General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 (previously late September) and expect to complete by early November 2024 (previously early October).

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MC822718 (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Purview Data Loss Prevention: New Microsoft Exchange predicates Introducing four new Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Microsoft Exchange (EXO) predicates:

Message is not labeled: Detects if message body has no label.

Attachment is not labeled: Detects if there is any attachment without a label.

Message contains: Detects if the message body contains specified sensitive information types (SITs) or labels. Note that there is no trainable classifiers or non-advanced rule support yet.

Attachment contains: Detects if an attachment contains specified SITs or labels. Note that there is no trainable classifiers or non-advanced rule support yet.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 377000.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.

Updated September 12, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Introducing four new Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Microsoft Exchange (EXO) predicates:

Message is not labeled: Detects if message body has no label.

Attachment is not labeled: Detects if there is any attachment without a label.

Message contains: Detects if the message body contains specified sensitive information types (SITs) or labels. Note that there is no trainable classifiers or non-advanced rule support yet.

Attachment contains: Detects if an attachment contains specified SITs or labels. Note that there is no trainable classifiers or non-advanced rule support yet.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 377000.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late September (previously late August) 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously late September).

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MC835643 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Contact deduplication Microsoft Outlook on the web and new Outlook for Windows are enhancing users' experience by automatically hiding contacts that are exact duplicates or proper subsets of other contacts. This means that if you have multiple entries for the same person, Outlook will consolidate them, keeping only the most complete contact visible. This update aims to declutter your contact list, making it easier to navigate and manage.

[When this will happen:]

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.
Updated September 12, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Outlook on the web and new Outlook for Windows are enhancing users' experience by automatically hiding contacts that are exact duplicates or proper subsets of other contacts. This means that if you have multiple entries for the same person, Outlook will consolidate them, keeping only the most complete contact visible. This update aims to declutter your contact list, making it easier to navigate and manage.

[When this will happen:]

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early September 2024 (late September) and expect to complete by mid-October 2024 (late September).
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MC841009 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Videos in town halls will display without cropping Before this rollout, in Microsoft Teams town halls, the videos that organizers and presenters share may appear cropped and display in a "fill to frame" view (that may cut important parts of the video) for attendees. To ensure a proper viewing experience for attendees, this rollout will ensure all videos shared in town halls will retain a 16:9 aspect ratio and a "fit to frame" view for attendees, with no cropping. Also, when content and video is shared, videos will appear in the center of the video section to the attendees (instead of in the upper right of the video section).

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-August 2024 and expect to complete by mid-August 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide and GCC): We will begin rolling late August 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024.
Updated September 13, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Before this rollout, in Microsoft Teams town halls, the videos that organizers and presenters share may appear cropped and display in a "fill to frame" view (that may cut important parts of the video) for attendees. To ensure a proper viewing experience for attendees, this rollout will ensure all videos shared in town halls will retain a 16:9 aspect ratio and a "fit to frame" view for attendees, with no cropping. Also, when content and video is shared, videos will appear in the center of the video section to the attendees (instead of in the upper right of the video section).

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-August 2024 and expect to complete by mid-August 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide and GCC): We will begin rolling late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024 (previously late August).
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MC854652 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants can choose a breakout room from a list Updated August 13, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon: Microsoft Teams meeting organizers can make the list of breakout rooms visible to all meeting participants and allow them to choose which room to join. Enabling this setting in breakout rooms allows participants to move freely from one room to another, simplifying breakout room coordination for meeting organizers and participants. This message applies to Teams for Windows, Mac, and the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 121269.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early October 2024 (previously late September) and expect to complete by mid-October 2024 (previously late October).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 (previously late September) and expect to complete by late October 2024.

General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early November 2024 (previously late November) and expect to complete by late November 2024.
Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon: Microsoft Teams meeting organizers can make the list of breakout rooms visible to all meeting participants and allow them to choose which room to join. Enabling this setting in breakout rooms allows participants to move freely from one room to another, simplifying breakout room coordination for meeting organizers and participants. This message applies to Teams for Windows, Mac, and the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 121269.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early December 2024 (previously early October) and expect to complete by mid-December 2024 (previously mid-October).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by early January 2025 (previously late October).

General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 (previously early November) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously late November).
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MC855685 Microsoft Forms | Data sync to Microsoft Excel: Support for migrating from the older solution to the new solution As communicated in MC816207 Microsoft Forms now supports live data sync to Microsoft Excel with more functionality (July 2024), Microsoft Forms is introducing a new data sync solution with higher reliability to sync Forms response data to Microsoft Excel for the web. Before this rollout. Forms supported an older version of live data sync to Excel. The older version of live data sync will be replaced by the newer solution on October 20, 2024. This message describes the support that we will provide for migrating from the older solution to the newer solution.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410988.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): Support for migrating the older data sync to the new solution will begin rolling out late August 2024, and we expect to complete by early September 2024.
Updated September 13, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

As communicated in MC816207 Microsoft Forms now supports live data sync to Microsoft Excel with more functionality (July 2024), Microsoft Forms is introducing a new data sync solution with higher reliability to sync Forms response data to Microsoft Excel for the web. Before this rollout. Forms supported an older version of live data sync to Excel. The older version of live data sync will be replaced by the newer solution on January 13, 2025. This message describes the support that we will provide for migrating from the older solution to the newer solution.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410988.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): Support for migrating the older data sync to the new solution will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously late August), and we expect to complete by early October 2024 (previously early September).
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MC867665 (Updated) User settings usability improved with a new "Account" settings category in Outlook on the web We have improved the usability of settings by moving various user settings into a new "Account" settings category in Outlook on the web.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by early October 2024.

Updated September 13, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We have improved the usability of settings by moving various user settings into a new "Account" settings category in Outlook on the web.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously late August) and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously late September).

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 (previously late September) and expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously early October).

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MC877312 (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Introducing custom fonts With our new SharePoint Brand center, we are introducing the ability to use custom fonts to express your organization's brand and creative expression on your sites and pages. Once the SharePoint Brand center has been enabled in your organization, you can use custom fonts within SharePoint and Viva Connections.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 375490.

[When this will happen:]

Public Preview: Available now. We began rolling out in early April 2024 and completed late June 2024.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early September 2024 and expect to complete by mid-September 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 and expect to complete by mid-October 2024.

Updated September 11, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With our new SharePoint Brand center, we are introducing the ability to use custom fonts to express your organization's brand and creative expression on your sites and pages. Once the SharePoint Brand center has been enabled in your organization, you can use custom fonts within SharePoint and Viva Connections.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 375490.

[When this will happen:]

Public Preview: Available now. We began rolling out in early April 2024 and completed late June 2024.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early September 2024 and expect to complete by mid-September 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by mid-October 2024.

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MC888879 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Block a user for your organization The availability of the delete API (removeallaccessforuser API) does not stop a malicious user from resending a Microsoft Teams message to the same victim. To help prevent that, a block user feature will allow the admin to block the malicious user from reaching out again. To make this possible, we will use a similar feature as the allow/block list in federation identity credentials to block the malicious user from the entire organization.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 411138.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024.

Updated September 13, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The availability of the delete API (removeallaccessforuser API) does not stop a malicious user from resending a Microsoft Teams message to the same victim. To help prevent that, a block user feature will allow the admin to block the malicious user from reaching out again. To make this possible, we will use a similar feature as the allow/block list in federation identity credentials to block the malicious user from the entire organization.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 411138.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early November 2024 (previously late October) and expect to complete by mid-November 2024 (previously early November).

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MC MessageTagNames changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC796790 Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams: Unified management of Teams apps in Teams, Outlook, and the Microsoft 365 app New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC803012 (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Collaborate on SharePoint Pages and News with coauthoring New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC822718 (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Purview Data Loss Prevention: New Microsoft Exchange predicates New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC835643 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Contact deduplication New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC841009 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Videos in town halls will display without cropping Feature update, User impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact N/A
MC855685 Microsoft Forms | Data sync to Microsoft Excel: Support for migrating from the older solution to the new solution Feature update, User impact, Retirement Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Retirement N/A
MC867665 (Updated) User settings usability improved with a new "Account" settings category in Outlook on the web Feature update, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC877312 (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Introducing custom fonts Feature update, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact N/A

MC prepare changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC693860 (Updated) Estimating cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Endpoint Login to compliance.microsoft.com and "Start Cost Estimator" under Settings > Optical Character Recognition.

Users with either of the following role groups will be able to start the OCR Cost Estimator.

Compliance Data Administrator

Compliance Administrator

Information Protection

Information Protection Admin

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=160009
Login to compliance.microsoft.com and "Start Cost Estimator" under Settings > Optical Character Recognition.

Users with either of the following role groups will be able to start the OCR Cost Estimator.

Compliance Data Administrator

Compliance Administrator

Information Protection

Information Protection Admin

Additional Resources:

Estimate your OCR costs (preview) | Microsoft Learn

https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/ocr-cost-estimator?tabs=compliance#estimate-your-ocr-costs

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=160009
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MC Title changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC803012 (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Collaborate on SharePoint Pages and News with coauthoring Microsoft SharePoint: Collaborate on SharePoint Pages and News with coauthoring (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Collaborate on SharePoint Pages and News with coauthoring N/A
MC822718 (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Purview Data Loss Prevention: New Microsoft Exchange predicates Microsoft Purview | Purview Data Loss Prevention: New Microsoft Exchange predicates (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Purview Data Loss Prevention: New Microsoft Exchange predicates N/A
MC835643 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Contact deduplication Microsoft Outlook: Contact deduplication (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Contact deduplication N/A
MC841009 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Videos in town halls will display without cropping Microsoft Teams: Videos in town halls will display without cropping (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Videos in town halls will display without cropping N/A
MC867665 (Updated) User settings usability improved with a new "Account" settings category in Outlook on the web User settings usability improved with a new "Account" settings category in Outlook on the web (Updated) User settings usability improved with a new "Account" settings category in Outlook on the web N/A
MC877312 (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Introducing custom fonts Microsoft SharePoint: Introducing custom fonts (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Introducing custom fonts N/A
MC888879 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Block a user for your organization Microsoft Teams: Block a user for your organization (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Block a user for your organization N/A

CW37 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID MC Title MC Category MC Workload MC Major Change MC Action required by
MC886603 Reject multiple From addresses (P2 From headers) without a Sender header Plan For Change Exchange Online True N/A
MC886600 Microsoft Teams: Image viewing improvements in chat Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC887377 Microsoft Teams: New unified view of all your teams and channels Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC887376 Microsoft Teams: Education grid view refresh Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC887373 Microsoft Purview: Message Encryption portal transitioning to the ".microsoft" domain by the end of 2024 Plan For Change Microsoft Purview True N/A
MC887371 The new Microsoft Planner for the web Stay Informed Planner, Project for the web False N/A
MC887367 Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels Stay Informed Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC888052 New Outlook for Desktop and web: Users can scope search suggestions to specific entities Stay Informed Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC888049 Microsoft Teams: Enhanced discovery of apps and one-click app installation across Teams Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC888047 Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Mesh app on PC supports guest access for events Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC888046 Microsoft Viva: Moving file and conversation settings to the Viva Engage admin center Stay Informed Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC888045 Microsoft Teams: Host and attendee interaction improvements for multi-room Mesh events Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC888041 Microsoft Edge: Sidebar visibility changes Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC888040 Microsoft Teams: IntelliFrame Video Feed on Teams mobile Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC888883 SharePoint Online: Enhancements to Text web part Stay Informed SharePoint Online False N/A
MC888879 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Block a user for your organization Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC888878 Service health and Message center: Azure Information Protection consolidation Stay Informed Azure Information Protection, Microsoft Purview False N/A
MC888873 Microsoft OneDrive web: View PDFs with sensitivity labels Stay Informed Azure Information Protection, Microsoft Purview False N/A
MC888872 Microsoft OneDrive: New prompt to confirm deletion of shared items and updated prompt for local mass item deletions Stay Informed OneDrive for Business False N/A
MC889534 Microsoft Teams: Embed support for Teams town hall Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC889532 Retirement: Investigation priority score feature Plan For Change Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps True N/A
MC889529 Microsoft Teams: Volume ratio setting for meeting participants using language interpretation Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC889528 Microsoft Teams apps and Microsoft Copilot extensions: New security and certification information Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC889525 Service health and Message center: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps consolidation Stay Informed Microsoft Defender XDR False N/A
MC889520 Microsoft Teams: Increase in meeting passcodes length for added security Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC889519 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Tenant Allow/Block List will support IPv6 allow and block entries Stay Informed Exchange Online, Microsoft Defender XDR False N/A
MC889517 Take action: Enable multifactor authentication for your tenant before October 15, 2024 Plan For Change Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, Windows Autopatch False 10/15/2024

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