2024 CW 40 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

from 09/30/2024 to 10/06/2024

18 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and
20 Office 365 Message Center Items were added

Please note: Only common Message Center messages are in this list you should always check your Message Center for additional messages

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Changes

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MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC692467 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports - Overview page redesign 11/25/2024 08:00:00 2024-10-10T09:00:00Z N/A
MC709270 (Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows 11/04/2024 08:00:00 2024-12-09T08:00:00Z N/A
MC750668 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access Workflows from the three-dot menu on shared file 11/25/2024 08:00:00 2025-01-27T08:00:00Z N/A
MC808158 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic location updates on bookable desks 10/31/2024 08:00:00 2024-12-16T08:00:00Z N/A
MC868912 (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a publication within a campaign 11/04/2024 09:00:00 2024-12-09T09:00:00Z N/A
MC869929 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Copy meeting attendee responses to clipboard 01/24/2025 09:00:00 2025-02-10T09:00:00Z N/A
MC886600 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Image viewing improvements in chat 10/28/2024 08:00:00 2024-10-09T09:00:00Z N/A
MC888047 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Mesh app on PC supports guest access for events 12/09/2024 09:00:00 2025-01-06T09:00:00Z N/A

MC How Affect changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC808158 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic location updates on bookable desks The user experience for Proximity Join on Microsoft Teams Rooms will not change as a result of this feature. The suggested room in the room list will be improved using ultrasound.

Previous tenants that were not able to leverage the Proximity Join feature due to Bluetooth restrictions will be able to use Proximity Join via ultrasound with this release.

This new feature will be enabled by default.
Bookable desks refer to unassigned seats in the office that are equipped with devices such as monitors or other peripherals. Admins can associate these devices to a workspace account using the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. This association will allow users to automatically claim a desk, and (in future) will provide IT with valuable usage analytics and reports. Learn more: Setting up Bookable Desks in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn. After configuring bookable desks, admins can enable automatic location updates at the tenant level or for a specific user group. Then, users can enable the feature at Teams > Settings (three-dot menu in top right of the screen) > Privacy > Sharing your work location. After users enable the feature, their work location will automatically update to In the office when they connect to a bookable desk, if their location was previously set to Unknown or Remote.

To help users find this feature, after an admin enables the feature, the banner "Looks like you're in the office" will appear the first time a user plugs into a bookable desk.

After a user enables automatic location updates, the banner "You're connected to your organization's network or device" will appear once when they plug into a bookable desk. The banner confirms that the user has successfully enabled automatic location update.

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MC853238 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings Global admins can access the new settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center at Settings > Org Settings > Self-service trials and purchases (Edit Self-Service trials and purchases):

An example of the new options for managing self-service trials and purchases (for Microsoft Planner):

This new setting is on by default and accessible to all Microsoft 365 Global admins. As future self-service options are launched by products, they will be available to manage in this new setting.

Global admins can access the new settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center at Settings > Org Settings > Self-service trials and purchases (Edit Self-Service trials and purchases):

An example of the new options for managing self-service trials and purchases (for Microsoft Planner):

Self Service trial and purchase settings are enabled default and accessible to all Microsoft 365 Global admins. As future self-service options are launched by products, they will be available to manage in this new setting.

You can review the new settings at Settings - Microsoft 365 admin center or use your MSCommerce PowerShell scripts to disable them. Note that the release of the self-service purchase settings in the Admin Center honor your existing state and do not override your current status settings set in PowerShell. Learn more: Manage self-service purchases and trials (for admins) | Microsoft Learn.

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MC887377 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Refreshed view of all your teams and channels page Before this rollout, Team owners and members can hover on the team name on the left side of Teams, select the three dots, and go to Manage team to individually manage the team and its channels. Team owners and members can see all the teams they belong to from the Your teams page. Selecting a team on the Manage teams page takes Team owners and members to the team's General channel.

The Manage team page with the Channels tab open: Access this page from the three dots next to the team name in the left panel in Teams:

The Your teams page shows all teams you belong to. Access this page from the three dots in the upper right corner of the left panel in Teams:

After this rollout:

Team owners and members will be able to view their teams from the Your teams page, and access channels in each team. To navigate to the Your teams page, select Your teams and channels from the three dots in the top right corner of the left panel.

Team owners and members can select a team name to review the channels in the team and choose channels of interest to show in Teams:

Team owners and members can search and sort on the Your Teams page or hide all channels. When all channels of a team are hidden, the team will not show in the Teams and channels list on the left side of Teams.

Team owners and members can also view the channels in the team from the Manage Team > Channels page, and show channels of interest by filtering, sorting, and searching for channels in the team from one page.

These features will be on by default.

Before this rollout, Team owners and members can hover on the team name on the left side of Teams, select the three dots, and go to Manage team to individually manage the team and its channels. Team owners and members can see all the teams they belong to from the Your teams page. Selecting a team on the Manage teams page takes Team owners and members to the team's General channel.

The Manage team page with the Channels tab open: Access this page from the three dots next to the team name in the left panel in Teams:

The Your teams page shows all teams you belong to. Access this page from the three dots in the upper right corner of the left panel in Teams:

After this rollout:

Team owners and members will be able to view their teams from the Your teams page, and access channels in each team. To navigate to the Your teams page, select Your teams and channels from the three dots in the top right corner of the left panel:

Team owners and members can select a team name to review the channels in the team and choose channels of interest to show in Teams:

Team owners and members can search and sort on the Your Teams page or hide all channels. When all channels of a team are hidden, the team will not show in the Teams and channels list on the left side of Teams.

Team owners and members can also view the channels in the team from the Manage Team > Channels page, and show channels of interest by filtering, sorting, and searching for channels in the team from one page.

These features will be on by default.

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MC Messages changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC692467 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports - Overview page redesign Updated May 17, 2024: We will not be rolling this out to organizations in GCC High or DoD during the timeline outlined below. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Organizations in GCC High and DoD can safely disregard this message. Thank you for your patience.

The Microsoft 365 admin center Usage report Overview page has been redesigned to better navigate the most important usage insights in your organization and provide a holistic view of Microsoft 365 apps usage. The redesign includes new engagement metrics such as enabled and active users, user state compositions (e.g. first time, returning users), and key usage metrics for Microsoft 365 apps.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 185799

[When this will happen:]

Preview: We will begin rolling the report out starting in mid-June 2024 (previously late April) and the rollout is expected to be complete by early July 2024 (previously early May).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling the report out starting in late September 2024 (previously late July) and the rollout is expected to be complete by late October 2024 (previously late August).
Updated October 3, 2024: Updated note: After further review we have decided not to proceed with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We will not be rolling this out to organizations in GCC High or DoD during the timeline outlined below. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Organizations in GCC High and DoD can safely disregard this message. Thank you for your patience.

The Microsoft 365 admin center Usage report Overview page has been redesigned to better navigate the most important usage insights in your organization and provide a holistic view of Microsoft 365 apps usage. The redesign includes new engagement metrics such as enabled and active users, user state compositions (e.g. first time, returning users), and key usage metrics for Microsoft 365 apps.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 185799

[When this will happen:]

Preview: We will begin rolling the report out starting in mid-June 2024 (previously late April) and the rollout is expected to be complete by early July 2024 (previously early May). - We will not be proceeding with this change at this time.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling the report out starting in late September 2024 (previously late July) and the rollout is expected to be complete by late October 2024 (previously late August). - We will not be proceeding with this change at this time.
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MC709270 (Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows Updated May 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Muting Teams with Windows Taskbar is now available. This feature, available in the new Teams experience on Windows, enables you to mute and unmute your audio by clicking the mic icon in Windows taskbar.

To control your call mic from the taskbar, do the following:

Select the mic icon on your taskbar or press Windows logo key + Alt + K to mute or unmute your microphone while using a calling app.

-OR- Click the volume icon in the hardware indicator for volume in Windows taskbar.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 191528

[When this will happen:]

Targeted release: We will begin rolling out early June 2024 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by mid-June 2024 (previously late May).

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

Updated October 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Muting Teams with Windows Taskbar is now available. This feature, available in the new Teams experience on Windows, enables you to mute and unmute your audio by clicking the mic icon in Windows taskbar.

To control your call mic from the taskbar, do the following:

Select the mic icon on your taskbar or press Windows logo key + Alt + K to mute or unmute your microphone while using a calling app.

-OR- Click the volume icon in the hardware indicator for volume in Windows taskbar.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 191528

[When this will happen:]

Targeted release: We will begin rolling out early June 2024 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by mid-June 2024 (previously late May).

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

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MC750668 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access Workflows from the three-dot menu on shared file Updated August 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon: Microsoft Teams will be bringing Workflows powered by Microsoft Power Automate to the three-dot menu for files shared in Teams chat or channels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381643.

[When this will happen:]

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

GCC: We will begin rolling out late October 2024 (previously early October) and expect to complete by early November 2024 (previously mid-October).
Updated October 4, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon: Microsoft Teams will be bringing Workflows powered by Microsoft Power Automate to the three-dot menu for files shared in Teams chat or channels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381643.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

GCC: We will begin rolling out early December 2024 (previously late October) and expect to complete by mid-December 2024 (previously early November).
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MC803892 (Updated) Web links in the new Outlook for Windows to open side-by-side with email in Microsoft Edge To help increase productivity while working online, web links from Azure Active Directory (AAD) accounts and Microsoft (MSA) accounts in the new Outlook for Windows app will open in Microsoft Edge in a single view showing the opened link side-by-side with the email it came from.

We're adding this to the new Outlook for windows to have a consistent experience across our applications. If you have previously managed this change for the classic Outlook for Windows (MC545904, MC548092, MC541626) or for Teams (MC669480), your configuration will also apply to the new Outlook for Windows. If you wish to maintain this configuration across all three apps, no action is required.

Note: This does not change the default browser setting in Windows.
Updated October 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

To help increase productivity while working online, web links from Azure Active Directory (AAD) accounts and Microsoft (MSA) accounts in the new Outlook for Windows app will open in Microsoft Edge in a single view showing the opened link side-by-side with the email it came from.

We're adding this to the new Outlook for windows to have a consistent experience across our applications. If you have previously managed this change for the classic Outlook for Windows (MC545904, MC548092, MC541626) or for Teams (MC669480), your configuration will also apply to the new Outlook for Windows. If you wish to maintain this configuration across all three apps, no action is required.

Note: This does not change the default browser setting in Windows.
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MC808158 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic location updates on bookable desks Updated September 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Microsoft Windows will soon support Proximity Join via ultrasound. It will be an alternative to using Bluetooth or QR codes and typically will not penetrate walls, therefore improving the quality of detected rooms by personal devices. This release will be rolling out to Microsoft Teams Desktop (Windows and MacOS) for receivers and to select Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380681

[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): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 and expect to complete by early October 2024.

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

Updated October 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Before this rollout, users can indicate in Microsoft Teams if they are in office or remote by manually setting their location by selecting their profile photo at the top right of Teams. With this rollout, we are introducing automatic location updates on bookable desks to make it easier for users to keep their work location up to date and connect with others in the office.

In addition to this feature rolling out to bookable desks, it will also be rolling out to BYOD rooms.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401118.

[When this will happen:]

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

General availability (Worldwide) for BYOD rooms: We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024.
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MC846387 Microsoft Outlook: Replace quick compose pop-up with inline appointment creation in new Outlook for Windows and web Updated September 26, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In new Outlook for Windows and web, when single-clicking on an empty time slot on the calendar surface, the quick compose pop-up will no longer appear. Instead, you will be able to create an appointment by typing directly in the time slot on the calendar grid, just as you can in classic Outlook for Windows. There will be no change to double-click behavior; the full compose form will still open as it does today.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 406948.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 (previously early October) and expect to complete by early January 2024 (previously early November).
Updated October 3, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In new Outlook for Windows and web, when single-clicking on an empty time slot on the calendar surface, the quick compose pop-up will no longer appear. Instead, you will be able to create an appointment by typing directly in the time slot on the calendar grid, just as you can in classic Outlook for Windows. There will be no change to double-click behavior; the full compose form will still open as it does today.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 406948.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 (previously early October) and expect to complete by early January 2025 (previously early November).
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MC853238 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings Before this rollout, Global admins use the Microsoft MSCommerce PowerShell to manage self-service trials and purchases by users. After this rollout, the Microsoft 365 admin center will have new settings for Global admins to manage user actions for eligible products with self-service trials and purchases. The MSCommerce PowerShell option will continue to be available.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.
Updated September 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Before this rollout, Global admins used the Microsoft MSCommerce PowerShell to manage self-service trials and purchases by users. After this rollout, the Microsoft 365 admin center will have new settings for Global admins to manage user actions for eligible products with self-service trials and purchases. The MSCommerce PowerShell option will continue to be available.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2024 and expect to complete by early October 2024 (previously late September).
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MC855689 (Update) Microsoft Viva: Updates to Connections on the web Microsoft Viva Connections is already available in any browser, giving your employees easy access to Viva Connections outside of Teams.

We are working on an additional entry point to access Viva Connections on web. This entry point will allow your employees to access Connections on web from your organization's Microsoft SharePoint home site.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCCH, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.
Updated October 3, 2024: We have updated the content.

Go to Connections button is now rolling out to customers. It will show up on your company's intranet site header in a few days.

If your company is not ready to roll out Viva Connections to your employees, you can turn it off using the navigation setting which is now 100% GA and available to all customers. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Viva Connections is already available in any browser, giving your employees easy access to Viva Connections outside of Teams.

We are working on an additional entry point to access Viva Connections on web. This entry point will allow your employees to access Connections on web from your organization's Microsoft SharePoint home site.

Navigation setting to turn the link to Connections on your SharePoint home site is starting to release now and will be available to you in next few days as we continue rolling out.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

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MC868912 (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a publication within a campaign Currently, Viva Amplify users have no easy way to reuse content that has previously been published in a campaign and often must copy and paste content from one publication to the next manually. Coming soon, a Viva Amplify user will be able to reuse content by copying an existing publication using a centralized 'Save copy' button available on any given campaign publication. This new feature streamlines the content creation process and maximizes efficiency for all communicators.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 409234

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by early October 2024.
Updated October 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently, Viva Amplify users have no easy way to reuse content that has previously been published in a campaign and often must copy and paste content from one publication to the next manually. Coming soon, a Viva Amplify user will be able to reuse content by copying an existing publication using a centralized 'Save copy' button available on any given campaign publication. This new feature streamlines the content creation process and maximizes efficiency for all communicators.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 409234

[When this will happen:]

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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MC869929 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Copy meeting attendee responses to clipboard Updated September 26, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon in Microsoft Outlook: Users can copy a list of meeting attendees and their response status (attending, declined, or no response) to their clipboard. This message applies to Outlook for Windows and on the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 412937.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

Updated October 3, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon in Microsoft Outlook: Users can copy a list of meeting attendees and their response status (attending, declined, or no response) to their clipboard. This message applies to Outlook for Windows and on the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 412937.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

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MC886600 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Image viewing improvements in chat We are updating the way multiple images within a chat can be viewed.

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling this out in mid-September 2024 and expect to complete by mid-October 2024.
Updated October 2, 2024: After further review we have decided not to proceed with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We are updating the way multiple images within a chat can be viewed.

[When this will happen:]

We will begin rolling this out in mid-September 2024 and expect to complete by mid-October 2024 - We will not be proceeding with this change at this time.
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MC887377 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Refreshed view of all your teams and channels page Coming soon for Microsoft Teams:

An updated view of all teams on one Your teams page.

An updated Manage Team > Channels page, helping team owners and team members to filter, search and manage channels in the team from one page. Team members will be able to navigate to the list of channels from the Your teams page with a single click.

This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Mac desktop, and on the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 411779.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

General Availability (GCC, GCCH, DoD): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by early December 2024.
Updated September 30, 2024: We have updated the last image below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams:

An updated view of all teams on one Your teams page.

An updated Manage Team > Channels page, helping team owners and team members to filter, search and manage channels in the team from one page. Team members will be able to navigate to the list of channels from the Your teams page with a single click.

This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Mac desktop, and on the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 411779.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

General Availability (GCC, GCCH, DoD): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by early December 2024.
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MC888045 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Host and attendee interaction improvements for multi-room Mesh events Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Mesh event attendees will be able to see raised hands and reactions from attendees in other rooms during large multi-room Mesh events. This creates a greater sense of audience feedback from all rooms in a Mesh event and increases total audience engagement. Also, event hosts will be able to move between all rooms in a multi-room Mesh event. This message applies to Teams on Windows and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 412078.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (list environments on the same schedule here): We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 and expect to complete late October 2024.

Updated September 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Mesh event attendees will be able to see raised hands and reactions from attendees in other rooms during large multi-room Mesh events. This creates a greater sense of audience feedback from all rooms in a Mesh event and increases total audience engagement. Also, event hosts will be able to move between all rooms in a multi-room Mesh event. This message applies to Teams on Windows and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 412078.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

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MC888047 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Mesh app on PC supports guest access for events You can now collaborate better by having Microsoft Mesh event attendees join on a PC as a guest user. Event organizers can invite guest users outside their organization, providing an opportunity for broader collaboration and networking in Mesh events. Guests can sign in to the Mesh app to join events, participate in discussions, and experience the same interactive features as internal users, all while maintaining secure access control.

Guest users' creation follows the existing process for tenant guest user creation (outside of Mesh). For this release, guest users will require a Mesh license, just like regular tenant attendees, to collaborate within Mesh.

Guest access for the Mesh app on Meta Quest and support for anonymous participants will be supported in a future update.

Relevant links for licensing:

Acquiring Teams Premium license

Acquiring Mesh Trial license

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 413713.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024.
Updated October 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

You can now collaborate better by having Microsoft Mesh event attendees join on a PC as a guest user. Event organizers can invite guest users outside their organization, providing an opportunity for broader collaboration and networking in Mesh events. Guests can sign in to the Mesh app to join events, participate in discussions, and experience the same interactive features as internal users, all while maintaining secure access control.

Guest users' creation follows the existing process for tenant guest user creation (outside of Mesh). For this release, guest users will require a Mesh license, just like regular tenant attendees, to collaborate within Mesh.

Guest access for the Mesh app on Meta Quest and support for anonymous participants will be supported in a future update.

Relevant links for licensing:

Acquiring Teams Premium license

Acquiring Mesh Trial license

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 413713.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously late October).
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MC889519 (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Tenant Allow/Block List will support IPv6 allow and block entries Updated September 27, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

NOTE: This applies to customers with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection or Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 or Plan 2 service plans. https://learn.microsoft.com/defender-office-365/tenant-allow-block-list-ip-addresses-configure

Soon, it will be possible to create IPv6 allow and block entries in the Tenant Allow/Block Lists.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 406166.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024.
Updated September 30, 2024: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

NOTE: This applies to customers with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection or Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 or Plan 2 service plans. https://learn.microsoft.com/defender-office-365/tenant-allow-block-list-ip-addresses-configure

Soon, it will be possible to create IPv6 allow and block entries in the Tenant Allow/Block Lists.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 406166.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early October 2024 (previously late September) and expect to complete by early November 2024 (previously late October).
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MC892055 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Participant roster grouping in Teams BYOD meeting rooms Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: When users join a Teams meeting with their laptop in bring your own device (BYOD) meeting rooms, they will appear in the In-room participant section of the roster, which enables individual identification and meeting intelligence capabilities. As communicated in MC814577 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Roster grouping for in-room participants through Proximity Join for Teams Rooms on Windows (July 2024), we will launch this same experience in September 2024 for joining a nearby meeting with a Microsoft Teams Room and a companion device.

Unique to BYOD meeting rooms, the roster group will be displayed as Meeting space if the connected device is NOT identified in the Teams Pro Management Portal (PMP). If the device is identified in the PMP, the roster group will display the configured meeting room name.

This message applies to Teams for Windows and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 413711.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

General Availability (GCC, GCCH, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024.
Updated October 3, 2024: We will not be rolling this out to organizations in GCC High or DoD during the timeline outlined below. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Organizations in GCC High and DoD can safely disregard this message. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: When users join a Teams meeting with their laptop in bring your own device (BYOD) meeting rooms, they will appear in the In-room participant section of the roster, which enables individual identification and meeting intelligence capabilities. As communicated in MC814577 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Roster grouping for in-room participants through Proximity Join for Teams Rooms on Windows (July 2024), we will launch this same experience in September 2024 for joining a nearby meeting with a Microsoft Teams Room and a companion device.

Unique to BYOD meeting rooms, the roster group will be displayed as Meeting space if the connected device is NOT identified in the Teams Pro Management Portal (PMP). If the device is identified in the PMP, the roster group will display the configured meeting room name.

This message applies to Teams for Windows and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 413711.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

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

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MC896712 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: "Online Archive" feature for iOS and Android Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Online archive mailboxes is a feature that offers users advanced archiving capabilities in the Mailbox archive. An Outlook online archive mailbox can store older email messages where they won't occupy space in the user's primary mailbox. This specialized mailbox appears with your other mailbox folders in Outlook. After this rollout, if you have enabled Mailbox archive for your users, the Online Archive mailbox will appear in the folder list, which users can access by tapping their profile in the top left of their screen.

NOTE: The Online Archive folder is different than the Archive folder. Using the Archive button to move messages to the Archive folder doesn't reduce your mailbox size. Learn more about the Archive folder: Archive in Outlook for Windows - Microsoft Support.

Before this rollout, users are only able to access their online archive emails in Outlook for iOS and Android through Search. After this rollout, users will be also able to access archived email in the Online Archive folder.

Learn more about the admin policy: Enable archive mailboxes for Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn

Learn more about the user experience: Manage email storage with online archive mailboxes - Microsoft Support (will be updated soon)

[When this will happen:]

General Availability | Outlook for iOS (Worldwide GCC, GCC High, DoD): We began rolling out mid-August 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024.

General Availability | Outlook for Android (Worldwide GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024.
Updated October 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Online archive mailboxes is a feature that offers users advanced archiving capabilities in the Mailbox archive. An Outlook online archive mailbox can store older email messages where they won't occupy space in the user's primary mailbox. This specialized mailbox appears with your other mailbox folders in Outlook. After this rollout, if you have enabled Mailbox archive for your users, the Online Archive mailbox will appear in the folder list, which users can access by tapping their profile in the top left of their screen.

NOTE: The Online Archive folder is different than the Archive folder. Using the Archive button to move messages to the Archive folder doesn't reduce your mailbox size. Learn more about the Archive folder: Archive in Outlook for Windows - Microsoft Support.

Before this rollout, users are only able to access their online archive emails in Outlook for iOS and Android through Search. After this rollout, users will be also able to access archived email in the Online Archive folder.

Learn more about the admin policy: Enable archive mailboxes for Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn

Learn more about the user experience: Manage email storage with online archive mailboxes - Microsoft Support (will be updated soon)

[When this will happen:]

General Availability | Outlook for iOS (Worldwide GCC, GCC High, DoD): We began rolling out mid-August 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024.

General Availability | Outlook for Android: We will begin rolling out early October 2024 (previously late September) and expect to complete by late October 2024.
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MC899176 Microsoft Viva Engage: Subscribe to notifications for followed topics Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Engage: This feature will allow users to subscribe to receive notifications after following Viva Engage topics. Users will receive an Engage notification on the bell icon on the left side of Viva Engage when a new post is tagged with a topic they are subscribed to, or the topic is added to an existing post.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 395940.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by early October 2024.
Updated September 30, 2024: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Engage: This feature will allow users to subscribe to receive notifications after following Viva Engage topics. Users will receive an Engage notification on the bell icon on the left side of Viva Engage when a new post is tagged with a topic they are subscribed to, or the topic is added to an existing post.

[When this will happen:]

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

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC803892 (Updated) Web links in the new Outlook for Windows to open side-by-side with email in Microsoft Edge Feature update, User impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact N/A
MC853238 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings Feature update, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC855689 (Update) Microsoft Viva: Updates to Connections on the web Feature update, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC868912 (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a publication within a campaign New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC886600 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Image viewing improvements in chat New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC888045 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Host and attendee interaction improvements for multi-room Mesh events New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC888047 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Mesh app on PC supports guest access for events New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC892055 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Participant roster grouping in Teams BYOD meeting rooms New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC896712 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: "Online Archive" feature for iOS and Android New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC899176 Microsoft Viva Engage: Subscribe to notifications for followed topics User impact Updated message, User impact N/A

MC prepare changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC808158 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic location updates on bookable desks You may want to notify your users about this new capability to detect nearby rooms using the laptop microphones, which will receive the ultrasound signal broadcasted from select Microsoft Teams Rooms that have consoles built with a dedicated ultrasound speaker. Audio peripherals connected to laptops may affect the device's ability to detect the ultrasound signal.

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=380681
This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. To prepare for this feature, we recommend communicating this new feature to your users and admin team and sharing instructions if needed. After this feature rolls out, admins can enable automatic location updates at a tenant level or for a specific user group. Then, users can enable automatic location detection in Teams Settings > Privacy as described earlier.

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/rooms/bookable-desks

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/rooms/bring-your-own-device

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/teams/new-csteamsworklocationdetectionpolicy?view=teams-ps

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=401118
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MC853238 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

Learn more: Manage self-service purchases and trials (for admins) | Microsoft Learn

Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation.

https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home#/Settings/manageselfservicepurchase

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/manage-self-service-purchases-admins?view=o365-worldwide
This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

Learn more: Manage self-service purchases and trials (for admins) | Microsoft Learn

https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home#/Settings/manageselfservicepurchase

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/allowselfservicepurchase-powershell?view=o365-worldwide#view-a-list-of-self-service-purchase-products-and-their-status

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/manage-self-service-purchases-admins?view=o365-worldwide
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MC855689 (Update) Microsoft Viva: Updates to Connections on the web Inform your company and corporate communicators about the upcoming changes.

If your company is not ready to roll out Viva Connections to your employees, you can use a Navigation site setting to turn off the link to Connections on your SharePoint home site. This setting will be available to customers a few weeks before the rollout dates.

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to update any relevant documentation.

Go to Connections button is now rolling out to all customers. It will show up on your company's intranet site header.

If your company is not ready to roll out Viva Connections to your employees, you can turn it off using the navigation setting.

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to update any relevant documentation.

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MC899176 Microsoft Viva Engage: Subscribe to notifications for followed topics This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

Learn more: Follow or subscribe to topics - Microsoft Support

https://support.microsoft.com/topic/answers-in-viva-view-and-follow-topics-fd3cf456-28e1-4621-b683-b0d21348a935

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=395940
This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

Learn more: Follow or subscribe to topics - Microsoft Support

https://support.microsoft.com/topic/answers-in-viva-view-and-follow-topics-fd3cf456-28e1-4621-b683-b0d21348a935
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MC Title changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC803892 (Updated) Web links in the new Outlook for Windows to open side-by-side with email in Microsoft Edge Web links in the new Outlook for Windows to open side-by-side with email in Microsoft Edge (Updated) Web links in the new Outlook for Windows to open side-by-side with email in Microsoft Edge N/A
MC853238 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings N/A
MC855689 (Update) Microsoft Viva: Updates to Connections on the web Microsoft Viva: Updates to Connections on the web (Update) Microsoft Viva: Updates to Connections on the web N/A
MC868912 (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a publication within a campaign Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a publication within a campaign (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a publication within a campaign N/A
MC886600 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Image viewing improvements in chat Microsoft Teams: Image viewing improvements in chat (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Image viewing improvements in chat N/A
MC888045 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Host and attendee interaction improvements for multi-room Mesh events Microsoft Teams: Host and attendee interaction improvements for multi-room Mesh events (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Host and attendee interaction improvements for multi-room Mesh events N/A
MC888047 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Mesh app on PC supports guest access for events Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Mesh app on PC supports guest access for events (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Mesh app on PC supports guest access for events N/A
MC892055 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Participant roster grouping in Teams BYOD meeting rooms Microsoft Teams: Participant roster grouping in Teams BYOD meeting rooms (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Participant roster grouping in Teams BYOD meeting rooms N/A
MC896712 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: "Online Archive" feature for iOS and Android Microsoft Outlook: "Online Archive" feature for iOS and Android (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: "Online Archive" feature for iOS and Android N/A

CW40 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID MC Title MC Category MC Workload MC Major Change MC Action required by
MC901831 New Microsoft Outlook for web and Windows: Organize and reorder folders Stay Informed Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC901825 New Microsoft Outlook: New work location sharing options Stay Informed Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC901824 Microsoft Word: Researcher feature will retire starting late December 2024 Plan For Change Microsoft 365 apps True N/A
MC901823 Microsoft Places will be generally available in Q4 CY24 Plan For Change Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC901821 Product transitions to the cloud.microsoft domain – September 2024 Plan For Change Microsoft 365 for the web False N/A
MC901820 Microsoft Forms: New data sync solution for Microsoft Excel for the web in Microsoft SharePoint Online and OneDrive Stay Informed SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Microsoft Forms False N/A
MC902782 Exchange Online token deprecation plan Plan For Change Exchange Online True N/A
MC902780 (Reminder) Delve retires December 16, 2024 Plan For Change Microsoft 365 for the web False N/A
MC902778 Microsoft Intune ending support for Android device administrator on devices with GMS access Plan For Change Microsoft Intune True 12/31/2024
MC903634 Microsoft Teams: Update to macOS keyboard shortcuts Plan For Change Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC903633 Microsoft Viva Insights: Business Leader role removal Plan For Change Microsoft Viva True N/A
MC903631 Microsoft Intune In Development for October 2024 is now available Stay Informed Microsoft Intune False N/A
MC903630 Feature update: Remove live event conversations from the community feed Stay Informed Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC903620 On-demand Index Life Cycle Change for SharePoint and OneDrive Search and Application Permission Based Requests Plan For Change SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business False N/A
MC903318 Multiple Services: Partially incomplete log data due to monitoring agent issue Stay Informed Microsoft Entra, Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Purview False N/A
MC903785 Microsoft SharePoint: “Revoke SPOUserSession” retires starting November, 2024 Plan For Change SharePoint Online True N/A
MC904316 Power Automate – Create a flow on a file in Teams feature Stay Informed Microsoft Power Automate False N/A
MC904309 Power Automate – Manage cloud flow run history in Dataverse announcement Stay Informed Microsoft Power Automate False N/A
MC904541 Microsoft Viva Glint and Viva Insights integration for sentiment and collaboration data Stay Informed Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC904540 Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: Diagnostics now in the Purview compliance portal Plan For Change Microsoft Purview False N/A

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