Search

2024 CW 49 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

from 12/02/2024 to 12/08/2024

34 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and
36 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

Subscibe to cloudscout.one Enterprise plan to get individual reports for your Office 365 tenant

Changes

MC End Time changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC704955 (Updated) Now get Real Time Calendar Notifications in Teams 01/06/2025 08:00:00 2025-03-03T08:00:00Z N/A
MC714520 (Updated) Apps for the web: Grid view for tasks in Microsoft To Do web version and To Do inside Microsoft Outlook 01/06/2025 08:00:00 2025-03-24T08:00:00Z N/A
MC718250 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Describe it to design it in Teams Workflows 01/06/2025 08:00:00 2025-02-10T08:00:00Z N/A
MC767481 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Presenter window enhancements while screensharing 01/06/2025 08:00:00 2025-02-10T08:00:00Z N/A
MC772556 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shorter meeting URLs 02/24/2025 08:00:00 2025-06-09T09:00:00Z N/A
MC800496 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New expanded gallery view option for minimized meeting window 01/06/2025 08:00:00 2025-02-10T08:00:00Z N/A
MC803014 (Updated) Microsoft 365 Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for web: Enhanced File menu and easier file renaming 01/06/2025 08:00:00 2025-04-07T09:00:00Z N/A
MC803292 (Updated) Modernized user-defined permissions experience for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 01/06/2025 09:00:00 2025-02-10T09:00:00Z N/A
MC807456 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Reset People suggestions 01/06/2025 09:00:00 2025-01-27T09:00:00Z N/A
MC809602 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New skin tone settings and reactions 01/06/2025 09:00:00 2025-02-10T09:00:00Z N/A
MC883199 (Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership 01/06/2025 09:00:00 2025-02-10T09:00:00Z N/A
MC892055 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Participant roster grouping in Teams BYOD meeting rooms 01/06/2025 09:00:00 2025-02-10T09:00:00Z N/A
MC894579 (Updated) Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint: Update to Office Add-ins Store policy for minor users 03/03/2025 09:00:00 2025-04-07T10:00:00Z N/A
MC898393 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New features to improve user app adoption 01/06/2025 09:00:00 2025-02-24T09:00:00Z N/A
MC912178 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Download Transcription and View RTMP-In 708 Captions for Town hall and Webinar 01/31/2025 09:00:00 2025-02-10T09:00:00Z N/A
MC916294 (Updated) New Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Call Hold Synchronization 01/06/2025 09:00:00 2025-01-20T09:00:00Z N/A
MC917742 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): Enhanced audit log schema 01/30/2026 09:00:00 2025-02-24T09:00:00Z N/A
MC937159 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Data export for Viva Glint and Viva Insights data 02/10/2025 09:00:00 2025-03-03T09:00:00Z N/A
MC937925 Microsoft Teams: Additional report fields in the time clock export for improved reporting in the Shifts app 01/20/2025 09:00:00 2025-03-03T09:00:00Z N/A
MC937925 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Additional report fields in the time clock export for improved reporting in the Shifts app 03/03/2025 09:00:00 2025-04-14T10:00:00Z N/A
MC939925 (Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer 05/26/2025 09:00:00 2025-06-09T09:00:00Z N/A

MC How Affect changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC704035 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status Before this rollout, users can review and update their work hours and location information in Outlook Settings > Calendar > Work hours and location. This settings page will remain in place after the rollout.

After this rollout, users will also be able to see and update their work hours and location information in the My Day pane in Outlook. Changes to the My Day pane will sync to any other work hours and location settings made in Outlook.

My Day pane with prompt to Set up your work location:

My Day pane with work location information, which can be updated:

This feature is on by default.

 You will not receive notifications or see chats from meetings you declined. You will be able to set how you want to be notified for meetings you RSVP with Accept or Tentative from Microsoft Teams settings. N/A
MC931401 (Updated) Ensuring Security and Compliance: Keep your Microsoft Teams desktop clients up to date New Teams - Windows & Mac Versions desktop clients (not running in a VDI environment)

Beginning November 12th, 2024 , Teams desktop clients >30d out of date, will present a banner or notification to users that they are on an outdated version of Teams. For reference,

Windows client versions less than 24231.512.3106.6573 are impacted on November 12.

Mac client versions less than 242507.3125.3475 are impacted on Nov 12.

Beginning December 4th, 2024, Teams desktop clients older than 90d out of date, will present a blocking page. They will be shown an option to update to the latest version of Teams from this page or use Teams on the web. For reference,

Windows client versions less than 24193.1805.3040.8975 are impacted on December 4th.

Mac client versions less than 24215.1002.3039.5089 are impacted on December 4th.

New Teams app running in a VDI environment - Windows desktop clients will follow the same policies as non-VDI environments, with enforcement starting on dates below

Beginning January 13th 2025, for clients more than 30d out of date will get a banner or notification to users that they are on an outdated version of Teams.

Beginning February 3rd 2025, for clients older than 90d out of date, the Teams desktop client will present a blocking page.

Note: The enforcement policies on preview rings may start mid-November. The 30d out of date in app messaging and 90d out of date blocking dates still apply (for versions released to that ring)		 New Teams - Windows & Mac Versions desktop clients (not running in a VDI environment)

Beginning November 12th, 2024, Teams desktop clients >30d out of date, will present a banner or notification to users that they are on an outdated version of Teams. For reference,

Windows client versions less than 24231.512.3106.6573 are impacted on November 12.

Mac client versions less than 242507.3125.3475 are impacted on Nov 12.

(On hold) Beginning December 4th, 2024, Teams desktop clients older than 90d out of date, will present a blocking page. They will be shown an option to update to the latest version of Teams from this page or use Teams on the web. For reference,

Windows client versions less than 24193.1805.3040.8975 are impacted on December 4th.

Mac client versions less than 24215.1002.3039.5089 are impacted on December 4th.

New Teams app running in a VDI environment - Windows desktop clients will follow the same policies as non-VDI environments, with enforcement starting on dates below

Beginning January 13th, 2025, for clients more than 30d out of date will get a banner or notification to users that they are on an outdated version of Teams.

Beginning February 3rd, 2025, for clients older than 90d out of date, the Teams desktop client will present a blocking page.

Note: The enforcement policies on preview rings may start mid-November. The 30d out of date in app messaging and 90d out of date blocking dates still apply (for versions released to that ring)		 N/A
MC939925 (Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer Once the new service is available for your organization, you can access the Org Explorer app via Outlook as below:

If you'd like to disable Org Explorer, follow the instructions here: Introducing Org Explorer | Microsoft Learn.

 Once the new service is available for your organization, you can access the Org Explorer app via Outlook as below:

Is a Viva license still required to access Org Explorer?

After the rollout in January 2025, Org Explorer will not require a Viva premium license.

We will share more information about how to disable the service.

 N/A
MC948979 Microsoft Viva Pulse experience will be included with Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription Before this rollout: Only users assigned with a Viva Pulse premium license can create and send Pulse requests to users in their tenant. Pulse authors can use the available out of the box content and/or templates that have been made available by their tenant's Pulse administrators.

After this rollout

Viva Pulse experience included in your Microsoft 365 subscription:

Users with a Pulse license or a Microsoft 365 Copilot license can create and send Pulse requests to users in the tenant. With Viva Pulse experience included with your Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription, leaders can send brief surveys to gather real-time feedback about Copilot implementation from teams. Pulse helps identify challenges and concerns quickly, enabling prompt and localized responses to improve the Copilot journey.

Create and send a Pulse request: Users need a Microsoft 365 Copilot license or a Viva Pulse premium license. They also need a Microsoft Forms license.

Respond to a Pulse request: No license needed. Anyone can respond.

Users' view of the Pulse home page when they only have Microsoft 365 Copilot license:

This change will be available by default.

 Before this rollout: Only users assigned with a Viva Pulse premium license can create and send Pulse requests to users in their tenant. Pulse authors can use the available out of the box content and/or templates that have been made available by their tenant's Pulse administrators.

After this rollout

Users with a Pulse license or a Microsoft 365 Copilot license can create and send Pulse requests to users in the tenant. With Viva Pulse experience included with your Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription, leaders can send brief surveys to gather real-time feedback about Copilot implementation from teams. Pulse helps identify challenges and concerns quickly, enabling prompt and localized responses to improve the Copilot journey.

Create and send a Pulse request: Users need a Microsoft 365 Copilot license or a Viva Pulse premium license. They also need a Microsoft Forms license.

Respond to a Pulse request: No license needed. Anyone can respond.

For full Viva Pulse access to research-backed templates and customization capabilities, a premium license is required. Learn more about Viva Pulse capabilities across Premium experience and Pulse experience included with Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription here.

Users' view of the Pulse home page when they only have Microsoft 365 Copilot license:

This change will be available by default.

 N/A

MC Messages changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC704035 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status Updated November 26, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook: Work hours and location information will be available in the My Day pane in Outlook. Users will be able to update their Work Hours and Location information from My Day and also see who is coming to Office. This message applies to new Outlook for Windows desktop and Outlook for the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 412618.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early December 2024 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by mid-January 2025 (previously mid-November).

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

 Updated November 26, 2024: We have updated the rollout timelines below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to control how they get notified in meeting chats through RSVP to their meetings. When they decline a meeting, they will not receive notifications or see the chats in chat list; when they accept a meeting, they will receive notification for all new messages. This release of Microsoft Teams Meeting ID will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide an additional way for users to control their chat list by selecting which meetings they want to receive message updates from.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 161739

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 (previously early December) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously mid-December).

Worldwide will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 (previously early January) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously mid-January).

GCC will begin rolling out early March 2025 (previously January) and expect to complete by mid-March 2025 (previously mid-January).

GCC High will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late January).

DoD will begin rolling out late March 2025 (previously late January) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously early February.		 N/A
MC704955 (Updated) Now get Real Time Calendar Notifications in Teams Updated November 7, 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 November 2024 (previously late October).

 Updated December 6, 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 December 2024 (previously late November).

 N/A
MC714520 (Updated) Apps for the web: Grid view for tasks in Microsoft To Do web version and To Do inside Microsoft Outlook Updated October 9, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In Microsoft 365 apps for the web, users can see their tasks in a grid view and can update details inline in To Do on web and To Do app inside Microsoft Outlook.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381749

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out late April 2024 (previously early April) and expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously late September).		 Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In Microsoft 365 apps for the web, users can see their tasks in a grid view and can update details inline in To Do on web and To Do app inside Microsoft Outlook.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381749

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out late April 2024 (previously early April) and expect to complete by mid-February 2025 (previously late November).		 N/A
MC718250 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Describe it to design it in Teams Workflows Updated November 12, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Can't find a workflow template that matches what you need in Microsoft Teams? You will now be able to describe in detail how you want your automation to work and receive a workflow to match your needs. All you need to do is select the Workflow builder button at the bottom of the create dialog in the Workflows app in Microsoft Teams chat and channel overflow menu.

Workflow builder will come to the Workflows app in Microsoft Teams chat and channel overflow menu first. Other entry points to Workflows will get this feature later.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 382659.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

 Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Can't find a workflow template that matches what you need in Microsoft Teams? You will now be able to describe in detail how you want your automation to work and receive a workflow to match your needs. All you need to do is select the Workflow builder button at the bottom of the create dialog in the Workflows app in Microsoft Teams chat and channel overflow menu.

Workflow builder will come to the Workflows app in Microsoft Teams chat and channel overflow menu first. Other entry points to Workflows will get this feature later.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 382659.

[When this will happen:]

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

GCC Release: We will begin rolling out early October 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to be complete by late December (previously late November).

 N/A
MC767481 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Presenter window enhancements while screensharing Updated November 7, 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 November (previously late October).

 Updated December 6, 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 December (previously late November).

 N/A
MC772556 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shorter meeting URLs Updated September 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are reducing the length of Microsoft Teams meeting URLs for easier sharing. This rollout applies to all Microsoft Teams platforms (Teams for iOS, Android, Mac, Teams devices, desktop, and web).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381953.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 (previously early November) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously mid-November).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by mid-March 2025 (previously late November).

General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously early December) and expect to complete by late April 2025 (previously mid-January).		 Updated December 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are reducing the length of Microsoft Teams meeting URLs for easier sharing. This rollout applies to all Microsoft Teams platforms (Teams for iOS, Android, Mac, Teams devices, desktop, and web).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381953.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 (previously mid-February) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late March).

General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously early December) and expect to complete by late April 2025 (previously mid-January).		 N/A
MC789803 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational messages (Preview) Updated June 13, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational messages (preview) that will enable you to create and deliver short-form communications to people in your organization through the Microsoft products they use every day, like Microsoft Windows 11 or Microsoft 365 apps.

Important note about licenses: Organizational messages preview features will not be restricted based on the licenses held by participating tenants, authors, approvers, or message recipients. However, some organizational messages features may be restricted to particular Microsoft licenses in the future.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 392847.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.		 Updated December 3, 2024: Organizational messages is now generally available to commercial customers worldwide. Please note that your IT admins or others who work with Microsoft Intune must enable all organizational messages policy requirements.

Learn more about organizational messages general availability here: Announcing general availability of organizational messages in the Microsoft 365 admin center | Microsoft Community Hub

Learn more about setup requirements here: Organizational messages in the Microsoft 365 admin center - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn

Coming soon for Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational messages (preview) that will enable you to create and deliver short-form communications to people in your organization through the Microsoft products they use every day, like Microsoft Windows 11 or Microsoft 365 apps.

Important note about licenses: Organizational messages preview features will not be restricted based on the licenses held by participating tenants, authors, approvers, or message recipients. However, some organizational messages features may be restricted to particular Microsoft licenses in the future.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 392847.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.		 N/A
MC800496 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New expanded gallery view option for minimized meeting window Updated November 7, 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 November 2024 (previously late October).

 Updated December 6, 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 December (previously late November).

 N/A
MC803014 (Updated) Microsoft 365 Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for web: Enhanced File menu and easier file renaming Updated October 15, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Word for the web, Microsoft Excel for the web, and Microsoft PowerPoint for the web: An enhanced File menu, so users can more easily create, open, share, export, and manage files. We have also updated the autosave experience and made file renaming more efficient.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We began rolling out mid-May 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 November 2024 (previously early October).		 Updated December 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Word for the web, Microsoft Excel for the web, and Microsoft PowerPoint for the web: An enhanced File menu, so users can more easily create, open, share, export, and manage files. We have also updated the autosave experience and made file renaming more efficient.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We began rolling out mid-May 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 February 2024 (previously late November).		 N/A
MC803292 (Updated) Modernized user-defined permissions experience for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Updated October 25, 2024: We recently discovered a significant issue that has resulted in the temporary disabling of this feature until it is resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

There is a new experience for selecting which users should have which permissions when a sensitivity label configured for user-defined permissions is applied to a file in Microsoft 365 apps or when a user applies protection using standalone Information Rights Management.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 189826

[When this will happen:]

Preview (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2024 and expect to complete by late July 2024.

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

 Updated December 4, 2024: We recently discovered a significant issue that has resulted in the temporary disabling of this feature until it is resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

There is a new experience for selecting which users should have which permissions when a sensitivity label configured for user-defined permissions is applied to a file in Microsoft 365 apps or when a user applies protection using standalone Information Rights Management.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 189826

[When this will happen:]

Preview (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2024 and expect to complete by late July 2024.

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

 N/A
MC807456 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Reset People suggestions Updated November 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook: The Reset People Suggestion feature will allow users to reset, export, and/or opt out of people suggestions in search through Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows settings. If a user resets their People Suggestions in Outlook on the web or Outlook for Windows, all versions of Outlook will reflect that change (even Outlook Mobile). This message applies to Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98137.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously early August) and expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously late October).		 Updated December 4, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook: The Reset People Suggestion feature will allow users to reset, export, and/or opt out of people suggestions in search through Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows settings. If a user resets their People Suggestions in Outlook on the web or Outlook for Windows, all versions of Outlook will reflect that change (even Outlook Mobile). This message applies to Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98137.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously early August) and expect to complete by mid-December 2024 (previously late November).		 N/A
MC809602 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New skin tone settings and reactions Updated October 23, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With skin tone settings and reactions in Microsoft Teams, users will be able to set a preferred skin tone for relevant emojis and reactions. Each user can change their own skin tone setting in the Teams app Settings > Appearance and accessibility menu or in the emoji/reaction menu on Desktop or web. The skin tone rollout will apply to emojis and reactions in chats, channels, and meetings on all Teams platforms (Teams for Desktop, Teams for web, Teams for Mac, and Teams Mobile).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 323766.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

General availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously late October).		 Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With skin tone settings and reactions in Microsoft Teams, users will be able to set a preferred skin tone for relevant emojis and reactions. Each user can change their own skin tone setting in the Teams app Settings > Appearance and accessibility menu or in the emoji/reaction menu on Desktop or web. The skin tone rollout will apply to emojis and reactions in chats, channels, and meetings on all Teams platforms (Teams for Desktop, Teams for web, Teams for Mac, and Teams Mobile).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 323766.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

General availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by late December (previously late November).		 N/A
MC822718 (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Purview Data Loss Prevention: New Microsoft Exchange predicates Updated November 7, 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 November 2024 (previously late October).

 Updated December 4, 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 mid-December 2024 (previously late November).

 N/A
MC862229 Microsoft Outlook: Quickly see who is in the office based on work hours and location Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook: If users have enabled work hours and location in Settings, their colleagues will be able to more quickly see who plans to be in the office with a new calendar feature.

This message applies to new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410986.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early October 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024.		 Updated December 4, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook: If users have enabled work hours and location in Settings, their colleagues will be able to more quickly see who plans to be in the office with a new calendar feature.

This message applies to new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410986.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early October 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025 (previously late October).		 N/A
MC883199 (Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership Updated October 16, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Note: If you are not using frontline worker functionality, you can ignore this message.

Coming soon in the Microsoft Teams admin center: Admins will be able to deploy location-based frontline teams where team membership is automatically managed, and team owners can also add frontline workers or remove them from teams. This rollout will allow admins to take advantage of dynamic rules to keep teams updated as members join and leave the organization and also give team owners the autonomy to manage membership at the team level.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410774.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously mid-November).		 Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Note: If you are not using frontline worker functionality, you can ignore this message.

Coming soon in the Microsoft Teams admin center: Admins will be able to deploy location-based frontline teams where team membership is automatically managed, and team owners can also add frontline workers or remove them from teams. This rollout will allow admins to take advantage of dynamic rules to keep teams updated as members join and leave the organization and also give team owners the autonomy to manage membership at the team level.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410774.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by late December 2024 (previously late November).		 N/A
MC892055 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Participant roster grouping in Teams BYOD meeting rooms Updated October 16, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. 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 mid-October 2024 (previously early October) and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously mid-October).

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.

 Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below.

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 mid-October 2024 (previously early October) and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously mid-October).

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 December (previously late November).

 N/A
MC894579 (Updated) Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint: Update to Office Add-ins Store policy for minor users Updated October 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Windows desktops and the web will soon have access to an updated version of the Office Add-ins Store in these applications. This store will continue to support users in exploring, installing, and managing Office Add-ins provided by Microsoft and third parties.

With this new feature, minor users will no longer be permanently blocked from getting Office Add-ins from the Office Add-ins Store.

Learn more:

View, manage, and install add-ins for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word - Microsoft Support

Understand how to configure the Age Group property in Microsoft Entra admin center

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out middle January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.		 Updated December 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Windows desktops and the web will soon have access to an updated version of the Office Add-ins Store in these applications. This store will continue to support users in exploring, installing, and managing Office Add-ins provided by Microsoft and third parties.

With this new feature, minor users will no longer be permanently blocked from getting Office Add-ins from the Office Add-ins Store.

Learn more:

View, manage, and install add-ins for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word - Microsoft Support

Understand how to configure the Age Group property in Microsoft Entra admin center

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 (previously mid-January 2025) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January 2025).		 N/A
MC898393 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New features to improve user app adoption Updated November 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are excited to announce two new features in the Teams Store that will help users discover and adopt apps in Microsoft Teams. These enhancements are designed to streamline how users find and engage with apps in Teams. This message applies to Teams on the web and Teams for Windows and Mac desktops.

[When this will happen:]

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

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).		 Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are excited to announce two new features in the Teams Store that will help users discover and adopt apps in Microsoft Teams. These enhancements are designed to streamline how users find and engage with apps in Teams. This message applies to Teams on the web and Teams for Windows and Mac desktops.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by mid-January 2025 (previously late November).		 N/A
MC906502 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Automatically display automapped calendars Coming soon: Users will be able to automatically see their automapped calendars when toggling from classic Microsoft Outlook to new Outlook for Windows. This message applies to classic Outlook for Windows desktop and new Outlook for Windows desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 415168.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by early January 2025.		 Updated December 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon: Users will be able to automatically see their automapped calendars when toggling from classic Microsoft Outlook to new Outlook for Windows. This message applies to classic Outlook for Windows desktop and new Outlook for Windows desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 415168.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2025 (previously late November) and expect to complete by early February (previously early December)

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 (previously early December) and expect to complete by early March 2025 (previously early January)		 N/A
MC912178 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Download Transcription and View RTMP-In 708 Captions for Town hall and Webinar Before this rollout, in a Microsoft Teams town hall or webinar, the organizer does not have the option to download the transcript after the event has ended. Also, if an organizer has indicated through the meeting options before the event that an RTMP-In feed will be used, the 708 captions does not display in the attendee captions or transcript.

After this rollout, in a town hall or webinar, the organizer can download the transcript after the event has ended. Also, if an organizer has indicated through the meeting options before the event that an RTMP-In feed will be used, the 708 captions will be displayed in both the attendee captions and transcripts.

The transcript can be downloaded in Teams for Windows and Mac desktops and Teams for the web. The 708 captions during the meeting will be displayed in Teams for Windows and Mac desktops, Teams for the web, and Teams for Android and iOS.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 417156.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024.		 Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Before this rollout, in a Microsoft Teams town hall or webinar, the organizer does not have the option to download the transcript after the event has ended. Also, if an organizer has indicated through the meeting options before the event that an RTMP-In feed will be used, the 708 captions does not display in the attendee captions or transcript.

After this rollout, in a town hall or webinar, the organizer can download the transcript after the event has ended. Also, if an organizer has indicated through the meeting options before the event that an RTMP-In feed will be used, the 708 captions will be displayed in both the attendee captions and transcripts.

The transcript can be downloaded in Teams for Windows and Mac desktops and Teams for the web. The 708 captions during the meeting will be displayed in Teams for Windows and Mac desktops, Teams for the web, and Teams for Android and iOS.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 417156.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late December (previously late November).		 N/A
MC916294 (Updated) New Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Call Hold Synchronization Improving interop between the new Microsoft Teams client and Skype for business

Currently when making or receiving a call in the new Microsoft Teams client while an existing Skype for Business (SfB) call is ongoing, the call in Skype for Business does not automatically go on hold. The reverse scenario has the same problem.

[When this will happen:]

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 October 2024.

General Availability (GCC High): early November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-November 2024.

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

 Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Improving interop between the new Microsoft Teams client and Skype for business

Currently when making or receiving a call in the new Microsoft Teams client while an existing Skype for Business (SfB) call is ongoing, the call in Skype for Business does not automatically go on hold. The reverse scenario has the same problem.

[When this will happen:]

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 October 2024.

General Availability (GCC High): early November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-November 2024.

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

 N/A
MC917742 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): Enhanced audit log schema Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): We will update the audit log schema to include parameters that uniquely identify both the user performing an action (actor) and the user/object affected by that action (target).

After this rollout:

The actor will be identified by their unique Microsoft Entra ID ObjectId, stored in the UserKey field.

The target will be identified by a new parameter TargetObjectId that will also store the target's Entra ID ObjectId.

To improve transparency on changes to admin roles and other key scenarios, a new ModifiedProperties parameter will capture both the old and new values of modified fields.

These new parameters will be available for users with an E3 license.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out end-November 2024 and expected to complete by late December 2024.		 Updated December 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): We will update the audit log schema to include parameters that uniquely identify both the user performing an action (actor) and the user/object affected by that action (target).

After this rollout:

The actor will be identified by their unique Microsoft Entra ID ObjectId, stored in the UserKey field.

The target will be identified by a new parameter TargetObjectId that will also store the target's Entra ID ObjectId.

To improve transparency on changes to admin roles and other key scenarios, a new ModifiedProperties parameter will capture both the old and new values of modified fields.

These new parameters will be available for users with an E3 license.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 (previously late November) and expected to complete by mid-January 2025 (previously late December).		 N/A
MC922620 (Updated) Microsoft Places app ON by default Updated November 12, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

We're making it easier for users to access the Microsoft Places app. This app is accessible on the web, or as an app inside Teams, Outlook and the Microsoft 365 app.

The Microsoft Places app helps users coordinate their in-office days with colleagues. When work location is shared from OWA or the new Outlook Calendar, users will see others' work locations and can decide the best days to be in the office for in-person collaboration.

Users with Teams Premium will have access to additional features in the Microsoft Places app:

Team Guidance for leaders to communicate which days their team should plan to be in the office and what the priorities are for each in-office day. Providing a purpose for team days in the office gives you another reason to come into the office. Team Guidance will be ON for all Teams Premium users. Admins can selectively turn off this feature following these instructions.

Places Explorer to discover what's happening in the office, who's in the office, and find places like services and amenities. Admins will need to configure buildings and floors for Places Explorer to show building details.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and complete by mid-December 2024.		 Updated December 2, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

We're making it easier for users to access the Microsoft Places app. This app is accessible on the web, or as an app inside Teams, Outlook and the Microsoft 365 app.

The Microsoft Places app helps users coordinate their in-office days with colleagues. When work location is shared from OWA or the new Outlook Calendar, users will see others' work locations and can decide the best days to be in the office for in-person collaboration.

Users with Teams Premium will have access to additional features in the Microsoft Places app:

Team Guidance for leaders to communicate which days their team should plan to be in the office and what the priorities are for each in-office day. Providing a purpose for team days in the office gives you another reason to come into the office. Team Guidance will be ON for all Teams Premium users. Admins can selectively turn off this feature following these instructions.

Places Explorer to discover what's happening in the office, who's in the office, and find places like services and amenities. Admins will need to configure buildings and floors for Places Explorer to show building details.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and complete by mid-December 2024.		 N/A
MC922626 (Updated) Microsoft Forms: New streamlined and modernized experience Updated November 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Forms is updating the end-to-end experience with a new appearance for the portal page, form creation, and response analysis. Users can toggle between upgraded templates as they create their form and then view insights and suggested actions when the responses come in.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 400715.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously early November).		 Updated December 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Forms is updating the end-to-end experience with a new appearance for the portal page, form creation, and response analysis. Users can toggle between upgraded templates as they create their form and then view insights and suggested actions when the responses come in.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 400715.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by early December 2024 (previously late November).		 N/A
MC929030 (Updated) Microsoft Loop - Retention Labels are available for Loop pages and components Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Retention Labels will be available for Loop pages and components

Organizations that rely on Microsoft's records management capabilities in Purview can now include Loop content in their workflows with Retention Labels on Loop pages and components. There's an in-app experience when a label is applied.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397755

[When this will happen:]

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

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Retention Labels will be available for Loop pages and components

Organizations that rely on Microsoft's records management capabilities in Purview can now include Loop content in their workflows with Retention Labels on Loop pages and components. There's an in-app experience when a label is applied.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397755

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late December 2024 (previously late November) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously late December).		 N/A
MC931401 (Updated) Ensuring Security and Compliance: Keep your Microsoft Teams desktop clients up to date In today's security climate, our work across the company and greater industry to keep this critical ecosystem secure is more important than ever. And while we also ship bug fixes and other new features via continuous innovation, in the end security is job one.

Keeping Microsoft Teams up to date is critical to ensure your devices are secure and compliant. By default, and as designed, Teams updates automatically which successfully updates most clients in the world without additional overhead for customers.

Microsoft Teams is governed by the Modern Lifecycle Policy which requires that the Teams desktop client be kept up to date. This is not a new policy, for instance in MC298823 (November 2021), a version that is far out of date will become incompatible with the service until it's updated. As documented, when a client falls out of date, the user will see:

Recurring in-app alerts, if the app is between 30d-90d out of date.

A blocking page in Teams, if the app is greater than 90 days out of date. At this point, the app will show options to update, to contact their IT administrator, or continue to Teams on the web.

As an example, if the Teams app is hypothetically on a version released on January 1 and the next update is fully available on January 15, an in-app alert would be shown on February 14th (30 days after the January 15th update).

For reference, link to the Teams app's version's release dates. Also, The Microsoft Teams desktop client usage report gives you an overview of the Teams desktop clients in use within your organization.

Classic Teams is not in scope for this post; see MC783985 for Classic Teams Timelines regarding end of support and end of availability.

[When this will happen:]

The existing policy enforcement will be visible beginning November 12th, 2024.		 Updated December 3, 2024: We're delaying further rollouts of warning banners and blocking pages in December and intend to resume in mid-January. We'll have a more detailed update later.

In today's security climate, our work across the company and greater industry to keep this critical ecosystem secure is more important than ever. And while we also ship bug fixes and other new features via continuous innovation, in the end security is job one.

Keeping Microsoft Teams up to date is critical to ensure your devices are secure and compliant. By default, and as designed, Teams updates automatically which successfully updates most clients in the world without additional overhead for customers.

Microsoft Teams is governed by the Modern Lifecycle Policy which requires that the Teams desktop client be kept up to date. This is not a new policy, for instance in MC298823 (November 2021), a version that is far out of date will become incompatible with the service until it's updated. As documented, when a client falls out of date, the user will see:

Recurring in-app alerts, if the app is between 30d-90d out of date.

A blocking page in Teams, if the app is greater than 90 days out of date. At this point, the app will show options to update, to contact their IT administrator, or continue to Teams on the web.

As an example, if the Teams app is hypothetically on a version released on January 1 and the next update is fully available on January 15, an in-app alert would be shown on February 14th (30 days after the January 15th update).

For reference, link to the Teams app's version's release dates. Also, The Microsoft Teams desktop client usage report gives you an overview of the Teams desktop clients in use within your organization.

Classic Teams is not in scope for this post; see MC783985 for Classic Teams Timelines regarding end of support and end of availability.

[When this will happen:]

The existing policy enforcement will be visible beginning November 12th, 2024.		 N/A
MC934727 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: File Interactive Previews Now users can quickly review files in Microsoft Teams chat and channel conversations using the file preview option. Using preview, users will be able to consume the file within the flow of work, minimizing the context switch and potentially enhancing the efficiency for the users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421188.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by mid-Apr 2025.

General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025.

General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by early May 2025.		 Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Now users can quickly review files in Microsoft Teams chat and channel conversations using the file preview option. Using preview, users will be able to consume the file within the flow of work, minimizing the context switch and potentially enhancing the efficiency for the users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421188.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2025 (previously early January) and expect to complete by mid-February (previously late January).

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously early February) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late February).

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by early April 2025 (previously mid-April).

General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously late March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously late April).

General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late April (previously early April) and expect to complete by early May 2025.		 N/A
MC937159 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Data export for Viva Glint and Viva Insights data We are pleased to announce the general availability of data export for Microsoft Viva Glint and Microsoft Viva Insights within the Microsoft Advanced Insights application. Analysts can now use the existing Glint and organizational insights Power BI template to run queries, and, with this new functionality, results can be downloaded as a CSV file. The existing feature allows users to view results as an embedded Power BI.

Please note that CSV downloads will only be available for surveys with raw data export enabled by the Glint admin during the survey setup. For more details, please see this information about confidentiality.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 423485.

[When will this happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): This feature will roll out at the end of December 2024.		 Updated December 4, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are pleased to announce the general availability of data export for Microsoft Viva Glint and Microsoft Viva Insights within the Microsoft Advanced Insights application. Analysts can now use the existing Glint and organizational insights Power BI template to run queries, and, with this new functionality, results can be downloaded as a CSV file. The existing feature allows users to view results as an embedded Power BI.

Please note that CSV downloads will only be available for surveys with raw data export enabled by the Glint admin during the survey setup. For more details, please see this information about confidentiality.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 423485.

[When will this happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): This feature will roll out at the end of January 2025 (previously late December).		 N/A
MC937925 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Additional report fields in the time clock export for improved reporting in the Shifts app If your organization does not have frontline workers, you can ignore this message.

Coming soon for the Shifts app in Microsoft Teams, we will expand the functionality of the time clock export report by adding additional fields from Shifts. This enhancement provides you with a more comprehensive and detailed view of your scheduling data, making it easier to analyze and manage workforce activities. This message applies to Teams for web, Windows, and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422812.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.		 Updated December 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

If your organization does not have frontline workers, you can ignore this message.

Coming soon for the Shifts app in Microsoft Teams, we will expand the functionality of the time clock export report by adding additional fields from Shifts. This enhancement provides you with a more comprehensive and detailed view of your scheduling data, making it easier to analyze and manage workforce activities. This message applies to Teams for web, Windows, and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422812.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 (previously early December) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously mid-December).		 N/A
MC937925 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Additional report fields in the time clock export for improved reporting in the Shifts app Updated December 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

If your organization does not have frontline workers, you can ignore this message.

Coming soon for the Shifts app in Microsoft Teams, we will expand the functionality of the time clock export report by adding additional fields from Shifts. This enhancement provides you with a more comprehensive and detailed view of your scheduling data, making it easier to analyze and manage workforce activities. This message applies to Teams for web, Windows, and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422812.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 (previously early December) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously mid-December).		 Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

If your organization does not have frontline workers, you can ignore this message.

Coming soon for the Shifts app in Microsoft Teams, we will expand the functionality of the time clock export report by adding additional fields from Shifts. This enhancement provides you with a more comprehensive and detailed view of your scheduling data, making it easier to analyze and manage workforce activities. This message applies to Teams for web, Windows, and Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422812.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by early March 2025 (previously late January).		 N/A
MC937952 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updated Planner tab experience Before this rollout, users with a Microsoft 365 license can use the Planner tab in Microsoft Teams to create and add existing basic plans and lists to standard channels in Teams. With this update, these users will be able to use built-in templates in the Planner tab in Teams to create plans. If users have licenses for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Project, they can also create and add existing premium plans to Planner tabs. Plans added to Teams channels with the existing Planner tab will continue to work after the rollout and will not be affected by the rollout. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 464175.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.		 Updated December 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Before this rollout, users with a Microsoft 365 license can use the Planner tab in Microsoft Teams to create and add existing basic plans and lists to standard channels in Teams. With this update, these users will be able to use built-in templates in the Planner tab in Teams to create plans. If users have licenses for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Project, they can also create and add existing premium plans to Planner tabs. Plans added to Teams channels with the existing Planner tab will continue to work after the rollout and will not be affected by the rollout. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 464175.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 (previously early December) and expect to complete by mid-January 2025 (previously mid-December).		 N/A
MC939925 (Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer Your Microsoft 365 subscription is being updated with a new service in your Outlook: Org Explorer. This organization chart helps your visualize your company's internal structure and discover connections, roles, and responsibilities among you and other people across teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421191.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide) for new Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Web, and Outlook for Mac: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide) for classic Outlook: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025.

Note: The access to Org Explorer will depend on which Outlook service platform the user is using. Therefore, we recommend you switch to the new Outlook for Windows or Outlook for web to have early access to this new feature. EDU tenants are not included in this rollout until further notice.		 Updated December 5, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Your Microsoft 365 subscription is being updated with a new service in your Outlook: Org Explorer. This organization chart helps your visualize your company's internal structure and discover connections, roles, and responsibilities among you and other people across teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421191.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide) for new Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Web, and Outlook for Mac: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously late February).

General Availability (Worldwide) for classic Outlook: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025.

Note: The access to Org Explorer will depend on which Outlook service platform the user is using. Therefore, we recommend you switch to the new Outlook for Windows or Outlook for web to have early access to this new feature.		 N/A
MC942814 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Notifications will be batched in the Notifications pane Coming soon to new Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop and Outlook for the web: Notifications will be batched in the Notifications pane.

Batches are groups of cards in the user's Notification pane separated by subject. Items from the same email thread, document, spreadsheet, etc. will be grouped into a batch. This message applies to new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470021.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.		 Updated December 3, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to new Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop and Outlook for the web: Notifications will be batched in the Notifications pane.

Batches are groups of cards in the user's Notification pane separated by subject. Items from the same email thread, document, spreadsheet, etc. will be grouped into a batch. This message applies to new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470021.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.		 N/A
MC943640 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Move emails between accounts (new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web) Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook: Users can move emails between their new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web, streamlining organization and productivity. For enterprise users, this feature is controlled by the Set-OWAMailboxPolicy policy managed by admins in Microsoft Exchange PowerShell. By enabling this policy, admins can grant their users the ability to move emails between accounts in a way that aligns with organizational needs and policies. With this rollout, we are introducing a new parameter called -ItemsToOtherAccountsEnabled for the Set-OWAMailboxPolicy policy.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470018.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025.

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025.

General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025.		 Updated December 3, 2024: We have updated the content. After further review, we are not able to proceed with these clouds: GCC High and DoD. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook: Users can move emails between their accounts in the new Outlook for Windows, streamlining organization and productivity. For enterprise users, this feature is controlled by the Set-OWAMailboxPolicy policy managed by admins in Microsoft Exchange PowerShell. By enabling this policy, admins can grant their users the ability to move emails between accounts in a way that aligns with organizational needs and policies. With this rollout, we are introducing a new parameter called -ItemsToOtherAccountsEnabled for the Set-OWAMailboxPolicy policy.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470018.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025.

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025.

General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed.		 N/A
MC948979 Microsoft Viva Pulse experience will be included with Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription Microsoft Viva Pulse capabilities will now be included with your Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription. This message applies to Pulse on Windows and Mac desktop, on the web, and on iOS/Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 407706.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.		 Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Viva Pulse capabilities will now be included with your Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription. This message applies to Pulse on Windows and Mac desktop, on the web, and on iOS/Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 407706.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.		 N/A

MC MessageTagNames changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC906502 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Automatically display automapped calendars New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC912178 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Download Transcription and View RTMP-In 708 Captions for Town hall and Webinar Feature update, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC916294 (Updated) New Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Call Hold Synchronization New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC917742 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): Enhanced audit log schema Feature update, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, Admin impact N/A
MC929030 (Updated) Microsoft Loop - Retention Labels are available for Loop pages and components New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC931401 (Updated) Ensuring Security and Compliance: Keep your Microsoft Teams desktop clients up to date User impact, Admin impact Updated message, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC934727 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: File Interactive Previews New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC937925 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Additional report fields in the time clock export for improved reporting in the Shifts app Feature update, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC937952 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updated Planner tab experience Feature update, User impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact N/A
MC939925 (Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer User impact Updated message, User impact N/A
MC942814 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Notifications will be batched in the Notifications pane New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC943640 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Move emails between accounts (new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web) New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC948979 Microsoft Viva Pulse experience will be included with Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A

MC prepare changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC704035 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status 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.

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=412618		 You might want to notify your users about this new capability to control meeting chat notifications by RSVP to meetings.

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=&searchterms=161739		 N/A
MC789803 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational messages (Preview) To start working with organizational messages, make sure your team satisfies these requirements:

Tenant: Ensure your IT admins or others who work with Microsoft Intune enable all organizational messages policy requirements. Learn more: Prerequisites for organizational messages | Microsoft Learn

Authors: Anyone in your organization who wants to create organizational messages must have one of these admin roles assigned to them in the Microsoft 365 admin center:

Global Administrator

Organizational Messages Writer

Approvers: Anyone in your organization who will be designated as a responsible party for approving organizational messages must have one of these admin roles assigned to them in the Microsoft 365 admin center:

Global Administrator

Organizational Messages Approver

Message recipients: Anyone in your organization who will receive organizational messages from your authors must have access to the Microsoft products in which these messages are configured to be delivered. (End users are not required to have any admin roles to receive organizational messages.)

For example, a message configured to be delivered to a Windows channel, like Windows Spotlight, requires that recipients use Windows 11 Enterprise.

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.

Learn more

Organizational messages in the Microsoft 365 admin center | Microsoft Learn

Introducing organizational messages (preview) in the Microsoft 365 admin center

https://aka.ms/organizational-messages-prereqs

https://aka.ms/org-messages-blog

https://aka.ms/org-messages-docs

https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference#global-administrator

https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference#organizational-messages-approver

https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference#organizational-messages-writer

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=392847		 To start working with organizational messages, make sure your team satisfies these requirements:

Tenant: Ensure your IT admins or others who work with Microsoft Intune enable all organizational messages policy requirements. Learn more: Prerequisites for organizational messages | Microsoft Learn

Authors: Anyone in your organization who wants to create organizational messages must have one of these admin roles assigned to them in the Microsoft 365 admin center:

Global Administrator

Organizational Messages Writer

Approvers: Anyone in your organization who will be designated as a responsible party for approving organizational messages must have one of these admin roles assigned to them in the Microsoft 365 admin center:

Global Administrator

Organizational Messages Approver

Message recipients: Anyone in your organization who will receive organizational messages from your authors must have access to the Microsoft products in which these messages are configured to be delivered. (End users are not required to have any admin roles to receive organizational messages.)

For example, a message configured to be delivered to a Windows channel, like Windows Spotlight, requires that recipients use Windows 11 Enterprise.

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.

Learn more

Organizational messages in the Microsoft 365 admin center | Microsoft Learn

Introducing organizational messages (preview) in the Microsoft 365 admin center

https://aka.ms/organizational-messages-prereqs

https://aka.ms/org-messages-blog

https://aka.ms/org-messages-docs

https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference#global-administrator

https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference#organizational-messages-approver

https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference#organizational-messages-writer

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/admin/misc/organizational-messages-microsoft-365?view=o365-worldwide#setup-requirements

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/announcing-general-availability-of-organizational-messages-in-the-microsoft-365-/4303367?previewMessage=true

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=392847		 N/A
MC922620 (Updated) Microsoft Places app ON by default If you were part of the Microsoft Places Preview and followed the onboarding instruction, access to the Places app is likely restricted to users in the 'PlacesUsers' Security Group. You need to take action to broaden access to other users in your tenant, as described here.

If you were not part of the Preview and want to restrict access to the Places app, you can do so today by using PowerShell: Set-PlacesSettings - EnablePlacesWebApp Parameter. Access restriction will apply to the app on the web and inside Teams, Outlook and Microsoft 365 app.

https://aka.ms/places

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/places/powershell/set-placessettings#-enableplaceswebapp

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/places/deployment-guide-for-places

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/places/get-started/quick-setup-buildings-floors

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/places/powershell/set-placessettings

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-app-setup-policies#add-apps-to-your-teams-client		 If you were part of the Microsoft Places Preview and followed the onboarding instruction, access to the Places app is likely restricted to users in the 'PlacesUsers' Security Group. You need to take action to broaden access to other users in your tenant, as described here.

If you were not part of the Preview and want to restrict access to the Places app, you can do so today by using PowerShell: Set-PlacesSettings - EnablePlacesWebApp Parameter. Access restriction will apply to the app on the web and inside Teams, Outlook and Microsoft 365 app.

Additional References

If you want to keep the Places app OFF for the entire tenant, you can do so using PowerShell:

#Connect to Microsoft Places:

Connect-MicrosoftPlaces

# Update the settings for access to buildings in the location settings:

Set-PlacesSettings -EnableBuildings Default:false

# Update the settings for access on the controllable core experience:

Set-PlacesSettings -EnablePlacesWebApp Default:false

https://aka.ms/places

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/places/powershell/set-placessettings#-enableplaceswebapp

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/places/deployment-guide-for-places

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/places/get-started/quick-setup-buildings-floors

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/places/powershell/set-placessettings

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-app-setup-policies#add-apps-to-your-teams-client		 N/A
MC939925 (Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer There is no action required now. For additional information regarding Org Explorer, please visit Introducing Org Explorer.

https://learn.microsoft.com/viva/people-in-viva/introducing-org-explorer

https://learn.microsoft.com/viva/people-in-viva/introducing-org-explorer#removing-org-explorer

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=421191		 There is no action required now. The documentation of Introducing Org Explorer is going to be updated soon for additional information regarding Org Explorer ."

The link to the webpage is the same as before: Introducing Org Explorer | Microsoft Learn

https://learn.microsoft.com/viva/people-in-viva/introducing-org-explorer

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=421191		 N/A
MC948979 Microsoft Viva Pulse experience will be included with Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription This rollout will happen automatically, and the features described here are enabled by default 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.

Tenant admins can review and assign licenses available to your users through Microsoft Entra Admin center.

Tenant admins can review the new templates and questions through the Viva Pulse admin Content management feature and modify or restrict access to the templates and questions as needed.

Learn more

Licensing requirements | Microsoft Learn

Set up the in-app Viva Pulse experience | Microsoft Learn

Manage available surveys and questions | Microsoft Learn

Create a Pulse to get feedback from your team - Microsoft Support

https://learn.microsoft.com//viva/pulse/get-started/licensing-requirements

https://learn.microsoft.com/viva/pulse/setup-admin-access/manage-available-surveys-and-questions

https://learn.microsoft.com/viva/pulse/setup-admin-access/set-up-in-app-pulse-experience

https://support.microsoft.com/topic/create-a-pulse-to-get-feedback-from-your-team-817d3eba-3ce7-4079-80cc-ae8ae96fa61e

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=407706		 This rollout will happen automatically, and the features described here are enabled by default 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.

Tenant admins can review and assign licenses available to your users through Microsoft Entra Admin center.

Tenant admins can review the new templates and questions through the Viva Pulse admin Content management feature and modify or restrict access to the templates and questions as needed.

Learn more

Licensing requirements | Microsoft Learn

Set up the in-app Viva Pulse experience | Microsoft Learn

Manage available surveys and questions | Microsoft Learn

Create a Pulse to get feedback from your team - Microsoft Support

https://learn.microsoft.com//viva/pulse/get-started/licensing-requirements

https://learn.microsoft.com/viva/pulse/get-started/licensing-requirements

https://learn.microsoft.com/viva/pulse/setup-admin-access/manage-available-surveys-and-questions

https://learn.microsoft.com/viva/pulse/setup-admin-access/set-up-in-app-pulse-experience

https://support.microsoft.com/topic/create-a-pulse-to-get-feedback-from-your-team-817d3eba-3ce7-4079-80cc-ae8ae96fa61e

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=407706		 N/A

MC Title changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC906502 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Automatically display automapped calendars Microsoft Outlook: Automatically display automapped calendars (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Automatically display automapped calendars N/A
MC912178 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Download Transcription and View RTMP-In 708 Captions for Town hall and Webinar Microsoft Teams: Download Transcription and View RTMP-In 708 Captions for Town hall and Webinar (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Download Transcription and View RTMP-In 708 Captions for Town hall and Webinar N/A
MC916294 (Updated) New Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Call Hold Synchronization New Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Call Hold Synchronization (Updated) New Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Call Hold Synchronization N/A
MC917742 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): Enhanced audit log schema Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): Enhanced audit log schema (Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer): Enhanced audit log schema N/A
MC929030 (Updated) Microsoft Loop - Retention Labels are available for Loop pages and components Microsoft Loop - Retention Labels are available for Loop pages and components (Updated) Microsoft Loop - Retention Labels are available for Loop pages and components N/A
MC931401 (Updated) Ensuring Security and Compliance: Keep your Microsoft Teams desktop clients up to date Ensuring Security and Compliance: Keep your Microsoft Teams desktop clients up to date (Updated) Ensuring Security and Compliance: Keep your Microsoft Teams desktop clients up to date N/A
MC934727 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: File Interactive Previews Microsoft Teams: File Interactive Previews (Updated) Microsoft Teams: File Interactive Previews N/A
MC937159 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Data export for Viva Glint and Viva Insights data Microsoft Viva Insights: Data export for Viva Glint and Viva Insights data (Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Data export for Viva Glint and Viva Insights data N/A
MC937925 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Additional report fields in the time clock export for improved reporting in the Shifts app Microsoft Teams: Additional report fields in the time clock export for improved reporting in the Shifts app (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Additional report fields in the time clock export for improved reporting in the Shifts app N/A
MC937952 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updated Planner tab experience Microsoft Teams: Updated Planner tab experience (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updated Planner tab experience N/A
MC939925 (Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer (Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer N/A
MC942814 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Notifications will be batched in the Notifications pane Microsoft Outlook: Notifications will be batched in the Notifications pane (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Notifications will be batched in the Notifications pane N/A
MC943640 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Move emails between accounts (new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web) Microsoft Outlook: Move emails between accounts (new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web) (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Move emails between accounts (new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web) N/A

CW49 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID MC Title MC Category MC Workload MC Major Change MC Action required by
MC947073 Image input support in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Plan For Change Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC947054 Microsoft Teams: Users can automatically install and update the Network Device Interface (NDI) (Windows only) Plan For Change Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC947052 Microsoft SharePoint: Filter search results by "Messages" Stay Informed SharePoint Online False N/A
MC947051 Microsoft Teams: Resize Teams windows Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC947046 8 new Copilot feature metrics in Copilot dashboard and Viva Insights advanced insights, including Business Chat (web) Stay Informed Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) False N/A
MC947045 Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Attach emails while composing an email Stay Informed Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC946947 Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: Actionable email notifications for enhanced incident remediation Plan For Change Microsoft Purview False N/A
MC946793 Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Enhanced external recipient determinations Stay Informed Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC946791 Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Minimize the compose window to multitask in the Outlook app Stay Informed Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC946771 Power Automate - Create Power Automate flows in Excel Stay Informed Microsoft Power Automate False N/A
MC947134 Copilot for Sales - Extend email drafts with file links from third-party systems Stay Informed Dynamics 365 Apps False N/A
MC947832 Microsoft Teams: Record a video and share in channels Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC947831 Microsoft Teams: Extensibility for PSTN calls Plan For Change Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC947830 Microsoft Viva: Updates to the admin experience Plan For Change Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC947723 Reminder: Upcoming changes to email service notification recipients Plan For Change Dynamics 365 Apps False N/A
MC949004 Microsoft Teams: Seamlessly share apps and Microsoft 365 Copilot agents Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC949003 Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: Gain policy insights with Microsoft 365 Copilot for Security Stay Informed Microsoft Purview False N/A
MC948979 Microsoft Viva Pulse experience will be included with Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription Plan For Change Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC948973 Reminder: Microsoft Intune ending support for Android device administrator on devices with GMS access Plan For Change Microsoft Intune False 12/31/2024
MC948880 Power Platform – Introducing the new Maker inventory page Stay Informed Power Apps, Microsoft Power Automate False N/A
MC948754 Power Automate – Automate work button in Excel Online announcement Stay Informed Microsoft Power Automate False N/A
MC949965 Toggle to new Outlook Plan For Change Microsoft 365 apps True 04/01/2026
MC949959 Microsoft Teams: Customize the location of notifications Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC949955 Teams admin center: Export the list of Managed apps Stay Informed Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC949814 Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel Stay Informed Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC949603 Important Update: Viva Goals Retirement Announcement Plan For Change Microsoft Viva True N/A
MC950902 SharePoint eSignature: Coming soon to Australia Pacific Stay Informed SharePoint Online False N/A
MC950901 Outlook for iOS adding CryptoTokenKit for SMIME Stay Informed Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC950898 Microsoft Teams: Forwarding loop components Plan For Change Microsoft Teams True N/A
MC950897 Microsoft Teams: Forward messages to and from channels Plan For Change Microsoft Teams True N/A
MC950892 Support for .FBX and .SKP three-dimensional file formats in Microsoft 365 apps will retire Plan For Change Microsoft 365 apps True N/A
MC950888 Microsoft Teams: Automatic association of BYOD rooms and peripherals Plan For Change Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC950880 Update to Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment Plan For Change Microsoft Teams False N/A
MC950879 Update to Get-CsDialPlan, Get-CsOnlineUser, and Get-CsUserPolicyAssignment cmdlet in the Teams PowerShell Module Plan For Change Microsoft Teams True N/A
MC950877 Viva Engage reactions history data will soon be available in network-level data export. Stay Informed Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC950871 Product transitions to the cloud.microsoft domain – November 2024 Stay Informed Microsoft 365 for the web False N/A

Leave a Reply

Share to MS Teams

cloudscout.one

Consolidated Microsoft 365 Roadmap and Message Center analysis for Office 365 operations and change management.

Support

Schierding.one GmbH

Alleenstraße 16
78549 Spaichingen
Phone: +49 (0)7424 60899-09
E-Mail: info@schierding.one
Amtsgericht Stuttgart (HRB 767585)
USt-ID DE321821109

Legal:

Privacy Policy

Imprint

FAQ

Login to your account

Welcome Back, We Missed You!