2024 CW 50 Microsoft 365 Roadmap changes

from 12/09/2024 to 12/15/2024

67 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were changed and
23 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were added

Changes

Changed Property: RM Cloud Instance Tags

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118492 Microsoft Viva: Viva Topics Teams app GCC Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC 01/11/2023
420938 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Entra compromised user signals in IRM Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC 01/02/2025
421188 Microsoft Teams: Inline preview of files shared Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC 01/02/2025
469506 Microsoft Teams: Forward messages with app cards Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC 01/02/2025

Changed Property: RM Description

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96289 Microsoft 365 admin center: Relevance recommendation for Message Center posts The new relevance recommendation in Message Center will help you determine how relevant a change is to your tenant. The recommendation (high, medium, or low) will be determined based on multiple factors, such as service usage and the type of change. We have paused the rollout to improve the recommendation, prior to proceeding and have adjusted the status to reflect this. Thank you for your patience. The new relevance recommendation in Message Center will help you determine how relevant a change is to your tenant. The recommendation (high, medium, or low) will be determined based on multiple factors, such as service usage and the type of change. 01/11/2023
100245 Microsoft Viva: Controlling Topic highlights on SharePoint The long-awaited feature to control what Topics get highlighted on SharePoint pages and news posts with an alternative user experience to discover Topics on the page. The long-awaited feature to control what Topics get highlighted on SharePoint pages and news posts with an alternative user experience to discover Topics on the page. This item is no longer accurate and is being removed from the roadmap. We apologize for any inconvenience. 01/11/2023
118492 Microsoft Viva: Viva Topics Teams app Viva Topics Teams app as the new destination for discovering new and trending topics in the organization, providing feedback on suggested topics, catching up on activities on topics of interest and more. Viva Topics Teams app as the new destination for discovering new and trending topics in the organization, providing feedback on suggested topics, catching up on activities on topics of interest and more. This item is no longer accurate and is being removed from the roadmap. We apologize for any inconvenience. 01/11/2023
185811 Microsoft Search: Microsoft Graph connector crawl failure notifications in Service Health dashboard Admins get a notification in the Service Health dashboard when Microsoft Graph connectors crawl fails. Admins get a notification in the Service Health dashboard when Microsoft Graph connectors crawl fails. This item is no longer accurate and is being removed from the roadmap. We apologize for any inconvenience. 01/11/2023
400711 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Prompt Gallery - Showing aggregate Likes on prompts Keep track of new and trending prompts in your organization in Copilot Prompt Gallery. See the amount of likes for prompts in your organization in Copilot Prompt Gallery. 01/01/2025
410245 Microsoft 365: Multi-Geo In-Region Routing Multi-Geo In-Region Routing (IRR) enables customers to control the routing of inbound emails to comply with regional data regulations. IRR ensures emails sent to users within specific geo-regions are processed and stored in their respective region. By directing emails to Accepted Domains that are associated with specific geo-regions and users located in those same geo-regions, IRR ensures that emails are fully processed and stored in the user's region. This keeps data within the user’s Preferred Data Location (PDL), enhancing data sovereignty and compliance. Multi-Geo In-Region Routing (IRR) enables customers to control the routing of inbound emails to comply with regional data regulations. Using IRR, customers can set the geo-region that inbound mail should be routed to for specific Accepted Domains. By setting Accepted Domains to specific geo-regions and then adding users to that Accepted Domain that are located in the same geo-region as the Accepted Domain is set to route mail to, IRR ensures that emails are fully processed and stored in the user's region. This keeps data within the user’s Preferred Data Location (PDL), enhancing data sovereignty and compliance. 01/01/2025
417475 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Quick rewrite, summarize, and to do actions with Copilot on OneNote canvas Use Copilot in your workflow on the canvas by invoking Copilot to generate a summary, a to-do list, or to help you rewrite the content on the page or based on your selection. Gather and create notes with Copilot in your personal, non-shared OneNote notebooks directly on the page. 01/01/2025
471000 Microsoft Teams: Open file links preference to extend across M365 apps When it comes to how links to cloud-hosted Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files should open, you may prefer they open in a browser, desktop apps, or directly in Teams. Now, your Teams file open preference will extend to across Microsoft 365 apps, creating a consistent ‘open file’ experience. If you prefer, you will still be able to choose your Teams file open preference separately. When it comes to how links to cloud-hosted Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files should open, you may prefer they open in a browser, desktop apps, or directly in Teams. Now, your Teams file open preference will extend to across Microsoft 365 apps starting with classic Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This makes the open file experience consistent on your Windows PC/device. If you prefer, you will still be able to choose your Teams file open preference separately. 01/02/2025

Changed Property: RM MoreInfoLink

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407640 Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - New question types N/A N/A 01/03/2025
407640 Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - New question types N/A N/A 01/03/2025
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Changed Property: RM Platform Tags

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
400710 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Prompt Gallery - Share a prompt with a co-worker Web, Desktop, Android, Mac, iOS Web, Desktop 01/12/2024

Changed Property: RM Preview

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
370535 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Ability to rename the policy and rule names in DLP November CY2024 March CY2025 01/04/2025
375635 Outlook: Shared Mailboxes as Accounts N/A January CY2025 01/03/2025
380187 Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Date and numeral standardization N/A December CY2024 01/02/2025
392838 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Introduction of secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policies January CY2025 February CY2025 01/02/2025
408164 Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Designated experts in communities September CY2024 October CY2024 01/01/2024
408165 Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Verified Answers November CY2024 January CY2024 01/02/2024
418130 Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Custom question benchmark mapping November CY2024 December CY2024 01/01/2025
420941 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Data Security Analytics November CY2024 December CY2024 01/03/2025
422817 Outlook: Insert signature into calendar events N/A March CY2025 01/04/2025

Changed Property: RM Release

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
161739 Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status January CY2025 March CY2025 01/03/2025
162943 Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Spell check in Viva Learning search November CY2024 January CY2025 01/01/2025
370535 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Ability to rename the policy and rule names in DLP January CY2025 April CY2025 01/04/2025
371588 Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Event Recap in Town hall and webinar (Premium) January CY2025 February CY2025 01/02/2025
375635 Outlook: Shared Mailboxes as Accounts January CY2025 March CY2025 01/03/2025
380187 Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Date and numeral standardization December CY2024 February CY2025 01/02/2025
381425 Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Rooms Windows Devices support for presenters in town halls January CY2025 February CY2025 01/02/2025
397089 Microsoft Teams: Enhanced app discovery January CY2025 February CY2025 01/02/2025
406948 Outlook: Replace quick compose pop-up with inline appointment creation in new Outlook for Windows and web November CY2024 December CY2024 01/02/2025
406948 Outlook: Replace quick compose pop-up with inline appointment creation in new Outlook for Windows and web December CY2024 February CY2025 01/02/2025
407864 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Enhanced alert and user investigation using Copilot for Security in Insider Risk Management November CY2024 March CY2025 01/03/2025
408164 Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Designated experts in communities November CY2024 January CY2024 01/01/2024
408165 Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Verified Answers December CY2024 February CY2024 01/02/2024
408537 Microsoft Viva: List-based Forms card for Viva Connections Dashboard November CY2024 May CY2025 01/05/2025
409234 Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a publication within a campaign December CY2024 January CY2025 01/01/2025
414513 Microsoft Teams: Network Strength icon to understand strength of your network February CY2025 June CY2025 01/06/2025
418130 Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Custom question benchmark mapping December CY2024 January CY2025 01/01/2025
419812 Microsoft Teams: Improved Microsoft Lists links in Teams messages January CY2025 February CY2025 01/02/2025
420363 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Charts, Graphs and Data Analysis in Copilot for Microsoft 365 December CY2024 January CY2025 01/01/2025
420940 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Ability to increase configuration of CPU and GPU device resource utilization limits in Forensic Evidence November CY2024 February CY2025 01/02/2025
422804 Microsoft Teams: DVR (Digital Video Recording) capabilities for town halls on desktop and web January CY2025 February CY2025 01/02/2025
422808 Microsoft Teams: Admin Center – Admins can disable ability to send messages in meeting chat before and after the meeting January CY2025 March CY2025 01/03/2025
422817 Outlook: Insert signature into calendar events December CY2024 April CY2025 01/04/2025
423472 Microsoft Teams: VDI Status Indicator January CY2025 February CY2025 01/02/2025
429537 Microsoft Teams: Automatic installation and update of the Network Device Interface (NDI) in Teams (Windows Only) January CY2025 February CY2025 01/02/2025
467248 Outlook: Optional connected experiences privacy setting December CY2024 January CY2025 01/01/2025
467446 Microsoft Teams: IC3 token authorization on Android-based Microsoft Teams devices January CY2025 February CY2025 01/02/2025
468274 Microsoft Teams: Real-Time Mic Volume Indicator for Teams Meetings February CY2025 March CY2025 01/03/2025
468280 Microsoft Teams: Extensibility for PSTN calls January CY2025 February CY2025 01/02/2025
468866 Microsoft Teams: Delayed simultaneous ring setting January CY2025 February CY2025 01/02/2025
468868 Microsoft Teams: Custom Meeting Branding - Support multiple meeting themes per customization policy February CY2025 March CY2025 01/03/2025
469497 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): BizChat – File Sensitivity Labels in Copilot web grounding chat December CY2024 January CY2025 01/01/2025

Changed Property: RM Release Phase

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
375635 Outlook: Shared Mailboxes as Accounts General Availability General Availability, Preview 01/03/2025
380187 Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Date and numeral standardization General Availability Preview, General Availability 01/02/2025
422817 Outlook: Insert signature into calendar events General Availability Preview, General Availability 01/04/2025
470597 Microsoft Teams: Shared tab in channel General Availability General Availability, Targeted Release 01/02/2025
471005 Microsoft Teams: Teams meeting Notes now available in Microsoft Teams for Education General Availability Targeted Release, General Availability 01/02/2025
471426 Microsoft Teams: Only meeting organizers, co-organizers, and transcript initiator can change spoken language setting General Availability General Availability, Targeted Release 01/02/2025

Changed Property: RM Status

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
96289 Microsoft 365 admin center: Relevance recommendation for Message Center posts In development Launched 01/11/2023
100245 Microsoft Viva: Controlling Topic highlights on SharePoint In development Cancelled 01/11/2023
118492 Microsoft Viva: Viva Topics Teams app In development Cancelled 01/11/2023
185811 Microsoft Search: Microsoft Graph connector crawl failure notifications in Service Health dashboard In development Cancelled 01/11/2023
375274 Microsoft 365 admin center: Integration of Auto-Claim Policy for Licensing of Microsoft Loop and Microsoft Clipchamp in your Tenant Rolling out Launched 01/04/2024
375500 SharePoint: Customize your individual sites and experiences with fonts and themes Rolling out Launched 01/10/2024
383653 Microsoft Teams: See multiple participants and shared content preview in improved presenter window when screen sharing Rolling out Launched 01/05/2024
395787 OneNote: Copilot Chat on OneNote for iPad In development Launched 01/12/2024
397097 OneNote: OneNote Copilot on Mac In development Launched 01/12/2024
398449 Microsoft Teams: New expanded gallery view option for minimized meeting window Rolling out Launched 01/08/2024
401341 Outlook: Pin favorites at the top in the New Outlook for Windows and Web In development Rolling out 01/12/2024
408541 Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Admins enabled to make bulk employee ID updates In development Launched 01/11/2024
411568 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot inference and evaluation policy for Copilot in Teams meetings Rolling out Launched 01/11/2024
411573 Microsoft Teams: Intelligent recap support for ad-hoc meetings and calls In development Rolling out 01/12/2024
411583 Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Mute conversations Rolling out Launched 01/11/2024
415468 Microsoft 365 admin center: Microsoft 365 Copilot Usage report - Business Chat In development Rolling out 01/12/2024
418379 Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights - New Copilot adoption metrics and completing total actions taken In development Launched 01/12/2024
419815 Outlook: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Policy tips revamp for New Outlook Rolling out Launched 01/10/2024
420933 SharePoint: Updates for font management capabilities In development Rolling out 01/11/2024
421189 Microsoft Teams: Improved People Search Rolling out Launched 01/11/2024
466737 Microsoft Teams: Math Progress In development Rolling out 01/12/2024
467249 Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights - New Copilot with enterprise data protection prompt metric In development Launched 01/12/2024

Changed Property: RM Title

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
400711 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Prompt Gallery - Showing aggregate Likes on prompts Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Prompt Gallery - New and trending prompts Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Prompt Gallery - Showing aggregate Likes on prompts 01/01/2025

CW50 New Roadmap Items

RM ID RM Title RM Status RM Release RM Tags check before
472019 Microsoft Viva: Enhanced User Settings experience in Viva Engage In development General Availability 02/01/2025
471444 Outlook: Message recall in the Outlook app for iOS and Android In development General Availability 01/01/2025
470598 Microsoft Teams: Tag Mentions filter in Activity In development General Availability Targeted Release 02/01/2025
470597 Microsoft Teams: Shared tab in channel In development General Availability 02/01/2025
469499 OneDrive: Ask Copilot questions about images In development General Availability 02/01/2025
472030 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Retention based on Last Accessed for files in OneDrive and SharePoint In development General Availability Preview 03/01/2025
472023 Microsoft Teams: Queues App – adding Service level for Realtime stats In development General Availability 02/01/2025
472021 Microsoft Viva: End user cards in Viva Connections In development General Availability Targeted Release 01/01/2025
472018 Microsoft Viva: Enterprise News Reader In development Targeted Release General Availability 03/01/2025
471447 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Updated welcome screen for the Microsoft 365 app on Windows In development General Availability Targeted Release 01/01/2025
471445 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Endpoint DLP should show full path of target domain and not just the domain name in Activity Explorer In development Preview General Availability 02/01/2025
470997 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Kickstart your document with contextual prompts In development General Availability 01/01/2025
472025 Microsoft Information Protection: Protect your most sensitive content with double key encryption In development Current Channel General Availability 01/01/2025
471446 Microsoft Viva: New card for Viva Engage conversations in Viva Connections dashboard In development Preview General Availability 04/01/2025
471430 Microsoft Teams: Meeting recap can be shared via link In development General Availability Targeted Release 02/01/2025
471005 Microsoft Teams: Teams meeting Notes now available in Microsoft Teams for Education In development General Availability 02/01/2025
469492 Microsoft Teams: Allow Presenters to moderate Q&A In development General Availability 02/01/2025
472913 Microsoft Teams: Third-Party chat and meeting keyboard shortcut support In development Targeted Release General Availability 02/01/2025
472026 Outlook: open attachments while offline in the new Outlook for Windows In development General Availability Targeted Release 01/01/2025
471426 Microsoft Teams: Only meeting organizers, co-organizers, and transcript initiator can change spoken language setting In development General Availability 02/01/2025
380848 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Referenced sources are cited in drafted content In development General Availability 02/01/2025
472914 Microsoft Teams: Storyline integrated in Teams In development Targeted Release General Availability 02/01/2025
471004 Microsoft 365: Updated settings for the Microsoft 365 app on Windows In development General Availability 01/01/2025

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