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2024 CW 51 Microsoft 365 Message Center changes

from 12/16/2024 to 12/22/2024

35 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and
23 Office 365 Message Center Items were added

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

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MC End Time changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC677236 (Updated) Whiteboard: existing Azure board migration to ODB storage 02/03/2025 08:00:00 2025-03-03T08:00:00Z N/A
MC709270 (Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows 01/06/2025 08:00:00 2025-02-10T08:00:00Z N/A
MC718553 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone 01/06/2025 08:00:00 2025-02-10T08:00:00Z N/A
MC726122 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: View, download, and delete Microsoft OneDrive transcript files 01/06/2025 08:00:00 2025-02-10T08:00:00Z N/A
MC781595 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Tenant-wide policy for permission to download meeting transcription 01/06/2025 08:00:00 2025-02-10T08:00:00Z N/A
MC795750 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Custom emojis and reactions 03/10/2025 08:00:00 2025-04-14T09:00:00Z N/A
MC888873 (Updated) Microsoft OneDrive web: View PDFs with sensitivity labels 02/10/2025 09:00:00 2025-03-10T09:00:00Z N/A
MC918575 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Watermark for anonymous meeting join 02/21/2025 09:00:00 2025-04-07T10:00:00Z N/A
MC922627 (Updated) Microsoft Copilot extending to Teams and Outlook 02/24/2025 09:00:00 2025-03-03T09:00:00Z N/A
MC923419 (Updated) Microsoft Loop: Configure guest sharing for tenants with sensitivity labels 02/28/2025 09:00:00 2025-03-10T09:00:00Z N/A
MC926892 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Sync folder order 02/17/2025 09:00:00 2025-05-19T10:00:00Z N/A
MC947073 (Updated) Image input support in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot 02/24/2025 09:00:00 2025-04-07T10:00:00Z N/A

MC How Affect changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC922627 (Updated) Microsoft Copilot extending to Teams and Outlook Starting mid-November, Microsoft Copilot admins and users will be able to pin the Copilot app in Teams and Outlook. Copilot will not be pinned by default. If pinned, users will be able to access the Microsoft Copilot app in Teams and Outlook. Starting mid-January, Microsoft Copilot admins and users will be able to pin the Copilot app in Teams and Outlook. Copilot will not be pinned by default for users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. If pinned, users will be able to access the Microsoft Copilot app in Teams and Outlook.

If your admins or users previously chose to pin Microsoft Copilot across the M365 app, Teams, and Outlook before pinning was released on Teams and Outlook, Microsoft Copilot will be retroactively pinned for them there.

Microsoft Copilot will also be added to the Store for users to add on their own. For licensed users, Microsoft 365 Copilot has already been installed, and users can open it from the Store.

Finally, in Teams, users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will be able to access Copilot in the left rail as a pinned app by default, along with the Teams Chat pane where they can find it today.		 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.

(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)		 New Teams - Windows & Mac Versions desktop clients (not running in a VDI environment)

Beginning January 14th, 2025, Teams desktop clients more than 30 days out of date, will present a banner or notification to users that they are on an outdated version of Teams.

Beginning February 18th, 2025, Teams desktop clients older than 90 days 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.

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 March 11th, 2025, for clients more than 60 days out of date will get a banner or notification to users that they are on an outdated version of Teams.

Beginning May 6th, 2025, for clients older than 90 days out of date, the Teams desktop client will present a blocking page.

Note on Deployment of Changes:

Users in preview rings will experience the changes approximately 4 weeks before the specified dates (for app versions released to that ring).

The experiences above will not be visible to all users right away. It will take 4-8 weeks for the deployment to reach all users.		 N/A

MC Messages changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC665936 (Updated) Device Management Changes for Microsoft Teams Android Devices Updated June 28, 2024: We have updated the timing of this change below. Thank you for your patience.

Earlier this year, the new Microsoft device ecosystem platform built on the Android Open-Source Project (AOSP) was announced delivering state-of-the art security, reliability, and manageability with Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Teams Android devices will be migrating to this platform. The first step in the migration is a firmware update to Microsoft Teams Android devices in 2024. The firmware update will move devices from Android device administrator to Android AOSP management.

[When this will happen:]

A Preview program for select Microsoft Teams Android devices is targeted for Q2 of calendar year 2024. General release of the firmware update with the Android AOSP management stack will happen later in Q4 of calendar year 2024 for all eligible Microsoft Teams Android devices.

Eligible Microsoft Teams Android devices will initially receive a manual firmware update in Teams Admin Center so IT admins can manually verify the migration on their own schedule on select devices of their choosing.

Eventually, the firmware update for migration will be scheduled as an automatic firmware update in Teams Admin Center. This automatic firmware update can be deferred for up to 90 days from first availability based upon the admin configured stages in Teams Admin Center.

 Updated December 17, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

Earlier this year, the new Microsoft device ecosystem platform built on the Android Open-Source Project (AOSP) was announced delivering state-of-the art security, reliability, and manageability with Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Teams Android devices will be migrating to this platform. The first step in the migration is a firmware update to Microsoft Teams Android devices in 2024. The firmware update will move devices from Android device administrator to Android AOSP management.

[When this will happen:]

A Preview program for select Microsoft Teams Android devices is targeted for Q2 of calendar year 2024. General release of the firmware update with the Android AOSP management stack will happen later in Q4 of calendar year 2024 for all eligible Microsoft Teams Android devices.

Eligible Microsoft Teams Android devices will initially receive a manual firmware update in Teams Admin Center so IT admins can manually verify the migration on their own schedule on select devices of their choosing.

Eventually, the firmware update for migration will be scheduled as an automatic firmware update in Teams Admin Center. This automatic firmware update can be deferred for up to 90 days from first availability based upon the admin configured stages in Teams Admin Center.

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MC705348 (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - Enhanced goal sharing experience Updated April 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Viva Goals will provide an enhanced experience to facilitate effortless sharing of goals and goals progress.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 375220

[When this will happen:]

Worldwide: We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 (previously late March) and expect to complete by early January 2024 (previously early April).		 Updated December 19, 2024: After further review we have decided not to proceed with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Microsoft Viva Goals will provide an enhanced experience to facilitate effortless sharing of goals and goals progress.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 375220

[When this will happen:]

Worldwide: We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed.		 N/A
MC709270 (Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows Updated November 12, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

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

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

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 191528

[When this will happen:]

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

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

 Updated December 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

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

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

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 191528

[When this will happen:]

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

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

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MC718553 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone Updated November 7, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can now record themselves anywhere and share it with coworkers in the Microsoft Teams chat or channel without worrying about the background. Users can now change their background to any image they want or make the background blurry while recording using their Microsoft Teams camera on iOS devices.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380852

[When this will happen:]

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

 Updated December 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can now record themselves anywhere and share it with coworkers in the Microsoft Teams chat or channel without worrying about the background. Users can now change their background to any image they want or make the background blurry while recording using their Microsoft Teams camera on iOS devices.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380852

[When this will happen:]

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

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MC726122 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: View, download, and delete Microsoft OneDrive transcript files Updated October 22, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are beginning the process to standardize all transcript storage to OneDrive, starting with the storage of transcripts for meetings that only have transcription enabled. Previously, meetings with only transcription enabled saved the transcript file to the meeting organizer's Exchange Online, while meetings with both recording and transcription enabled saved two transcript copies-one that is coupled with the recording saved to OneDrive and another transcript copy saved to the meeting organizer's Exchange Online.

Now with this feature, meetings that have only transcription enabled will also save two copies (one in OneDrive and one in Exchange Online), but all meeting transcript entry points in Teams app will point to the OneDrive copy only, no entry points for meeting transcripts will source from the Exchange Online copy. At the same time, meeting transcripts will stop saving in Exchange Online altogether and all transcript storage will be standardized on OneDrive only.

The rollout of this feature also improves both the experience of meeting organizers to manually delete the transcript, as well as the ability for IT administrators to apply retention policies to the transcripts from meetings that only had transcription enabled.

A summary of the deletion experience for meeting transcripts is captured in the following table:

UserType of transcript deletionPrevious experienceNew Experience with this feature rollout

Meeting organizer/co-organizer Manually from Teams appOnly deleted Exchange Online transcript fileDeletes both copies of the transcript file from OneDrive and Exchange Online

Meeting organizer/co-organizerManually from StreamOnly deletes the transcript file stored in OneDriveOnly deletes the transcript file stored in OneDrive

IT AdministratorRetention policies in Teams Admin CenterOnly available for copies saved in OneDrive, so only applicable to meetings with recording turned on.Now the retention policy is also applicable to meetings with only transcription enabled and to the transcript file saved in OneDrive.

To bulk delete transcript files saved in Exchange Online-please refer to this documentation

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 365720

[When this will happen:]

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

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

GCC High: We will begin rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by mid-September 2024.

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

 Updated December 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are beginning the process to standardize all transcript storage to OneDrive, starting with the storage of transcripts for meetings that only have transcription enabled. Previously, meetings with only transcription enabled saved the transcript file to the meeting organizer's Exchange Online, while meetings with both recording and transcription enabled saved two transcript copies-one that is coupled with the recording saved to OneDrive and another transcript copy saved to the meeting organizer's Exchange Online.

Now with this feature, meetings that have only transcription enabled will also save two copies (one in OneDrive and one in Exchange Online), but all meeting transcript entry points in Teams app will point to the OneDrive copy only, no entry points for meeting transcripts will source from the Exchange Online copy. At the same time, meeting transcripts will stop saving in Exchange Online altogether and all transcript storage will be standardized on OneDrive only.

The rollout of this feature also improves both the experience of meeting organizers to manually delete the transcript, as well as the ability for IT administrators to apply retention policies to the transcripts from meetings that only had transcription enabled.

A summary of the deletion experience for meeting transcripts is captured in the following table:

UserType of transcript deletionPrevious experienceNew Experience with this feature rollout

Meeting organizer/co-organizer Manually from Teams appOnly deleted Exchange Online transcript fileDeletes both copies of the transcript file from OneDrive and Exchange Online

Meeting organizer/co-organizerManually from StreamOnly deletes the transcript file stored in OneDriveOnly deletes the transcript file stored in OneDrive

IT AdministratorRetention policies in Teams Admin CenterOnly available for copies saved in OneDrive, so only applicable to meetings with recording turned on.Now the retention policy is also applicable to meetings with only transcription enabled and to the transcript file saved in OneDrive.

To bulk delete transcript files saved in Exchange Online-please refer to this documentation

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 365720

[When this will happen:]

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

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

GCC High: We will begin rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by mid-September 2024.

DoD: We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by late December 2024 (previously late November).

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MC781595 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Tenant-wide policy for permission to download meeting transcription Updated October 22, 2024: We have updated the content below for accuracy. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: A new policy for IT admis to restrict permissions to download new meeting transcript files (stored in Microsoft OneDrive) for all users in the tenant. Admins can exempt people from the policy who are members of specified security groups such as governance or compliance specialists who require download access to meeting transcripts. This rollout applies to Teams for Mac and Teams for desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 332800.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

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

General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously mid-October).		 Updated December 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: A new policy for IT admis to restrict permissions to download new meeting transcript files (stored in Microsoft OneDrive) for all users in the tenant. Admins can exempt people from the policy who are members of specified security groups such as governance or compliance specialists who require download access to meeting transcripts. This rollout applies to Teams for Mac and Teams for desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 332800.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

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

General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by late December 2024 (previously late November).		 N/A
MC787382 (Updated) Exchange Online to introduce External Recipient Rate Limit Updated November 15, 2024: We have made the decision to not proceed with this change for DoD, GCC, or GCC High organizations at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. The External Recipient Rate Limit will only apply to WWMT/Production.

Today, we are announcing that, beginning in January 2025, Exchange Online will begin enforcing an external recipient rate limit of 2000 recipients in 24 hours.

Exchange Online does not support bulk or high-volume transactional email. We have not enforced limiting of bulk email until now, but we plan on doing so with the introduction of an External Recipient Rate (ERR) limit. The ERR limit is being introduced to help reduce unfair usage and abuse of Exchange Online resources.

[When this will happen:]

The new ERR limit will be introduced in 2 phases:

Phase 1 - Starting January 1, 2025, the limit will apply to cloud-hosted mailboxes of all newly created tenants.

Phase 2 - Between July and December 2025, we will start applying the limit to cloud-hosted mailboxes of existing tenants.		 Updated December 16, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

Important update regarding the cloud hosted Mailbox External Recipient Rate Limit: After carefully considering your feedback and understanding the need for additional time to adjust, Microsoft has decided to delay the rollout of the cloud hosted Mailbox External Recipient Rate Limit (MERRL) by ~six months. The MERRL will go into enforcement in October 2025 for trial tenants and new tenants provisioned after October 1st, 2025. In October 2025, the Exchange Admin Center Report will be available for tenant admins to review Sender mailbox data on external recipient volume. In April 2026, the MERRL will go into enforcement for all tenant's cloud hosted mailboxes including existing tenants.

Please refer to the ACS email documentation (Prepare an email communication resource for Azure Communication Services - An Azure Communication Services concept article | Microsoft Learn), or reach out to your Microsoft account team for further support in this journey.

We have made the decision to not proceed with this change for DoD, GCC, or GCC High organizations at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. The External Recipient Rate Limit will only apply to WWMT/Production.

Please refer to the ACS email documentation (Prepare an email communication resource for Azure Communication Services - An Azure Communication Services concept article | Microsoft Learn), or reach out to your Microsoft account team for further support in this journey.

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Today, we are announcing that, beginning in January 2025, Exchange Online will begin enforcing an external recipient rate limit of 2000 recipients in 24 hours.

Exchange Online does not support bulk or high-volume transactional email. We have not enforced limiting of bulk email until now, but we plan on doing so with the introduction of an External Recipient Rate (ERR) limit. The ERR limit is being introduced to help reduce unfair usage and abuse of Exchange Online resources.

[When this will happen:]

The new ERR limit will be introduced in 2 phases:

Phase 1 - Starting January 1, 2025, the limit will apply to cloud-hosted mailboxes of all newly created tenants.

Phase 2 - Between July and December 2025, we will start applying the limit to cloud-hosted mailboxes of existing tenants.

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MC795750 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Custom emojis and reactions Updated November 26, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In Microsoft Teams, users will be able to add their own custom emojis and reactions by uploading an image or GIF file, and their emojis and reactions will be accessible to all users in the tenant alongside the standard Teams emojis and reactions. Up to 5,000 custom emojis can be added per tenant.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 80659.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

GCC: We will begin rolling out late December 2024 (previously late September) and expect to complete by early January 2025 (previously early October).

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

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

 Updated December 17, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In Microsoft Teams, users will be able to add their own custom emojis and reactions by uploading an image or GIF file, and their emojis and reactions will be accessible to all users in the tenant alongside the standard Teams emojis and reactions. Up to 5,000 custom emojis can be added per tenant.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 80659.

[When this will happen:]

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

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

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

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

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

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MC796790 Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams: Unified management of Teams apps in Teams, Outlook, and the Microsoft 365 app Updated October 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline and the phasing below. Thank you for your patience.

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 393931.

[When this will happen:]

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

Phase 1 | General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 (previously July 2024) and expect to complete mid-January 2025 (previously late November 2024). This phase applies to tenants with no modified settings in either the Microsoft 365 admin center (Integrated apps) or the Teams admin center for organization-wide defaults, app deployment, app availability, or block/unblock. No merge rules apply to these tenants, but after this phase, any app management setting configured in either admin centers will apply to all relevant hosts.

Phase 2: We will update this post with a timeline and more details. This phase is applicable to tenants with app settings that have differences between Microsoft 365 admin center (Integrated apps) and Teams admin center, and who have maintained a single app setup policy in Teams that has a modified Installed apps section.		 Updated December 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 393931.

[When this will happen:]

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

Phase 1 | General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late-January 2025 (previously mid-December 2024) and expect to complete late March 2025 (previously mid-January 2025). This phase applies to tenants with no modified settings in either the Microsoft 365 admin center (Integrated apps) or the Teams admin center for organization-wide defaults, app deployment, app availability, or block/unblock. No merge rules apply to these tenants, but after this phase, any app management setting configured in either admin centers will apply to all relevant hosts.

Phase 2: We will update this post with a timeline and more details in March 2025. This phase is applicable to tenants with app settings that have differences between Microsoft 365 admin center (Integrated apps) and Teams admin center, and who have maintained a single app setup policy in Teams that has a modified Installed apps section.		 N/A
MC844917 (Updated) Microsoft OneDrive: Bulk data export for OneDrive Sync admin reports Updated December 12, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

A new feature for Microsoft OneDrive enables bulk export of device status, including username, sync app version, known folders, last sync date, and sync errors.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88870.

[When this will happen:]

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

 Updated December 17, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

A new feature for Microsoft OneDrive enables bulk export of device status, including username, sync app version, known folders, last sync date, and sync errors.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88870.

[When this will happen:]

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out early July 2024 and expect to complete by early January 2025.

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

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MC888873 (Updated) Microsoft OneDrive web: View PDFs with sensitivity labels Updated November 26, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft OneDrive users can open PDF files that are protected with Microsoft Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels and read them using OneDrive web in read-only mode. Only authorized users will be able to access these PDF files.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: rolling out early December2024 (previously early November) and expect to complete by mid-December 2024 (previously mid-November).

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by late January (previously early December).		 Updated December 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft OneDrive users can open PDF files that are protected with Microsoft Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels and read them using OneDrive web in read-only mode. Only authorized users will be able to access these PDF files.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by early February (previously late January).		 N/A
MC894579 (Updated) Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint: Update to Office Add-ins Store policy for minor users 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).		 Updated December 20, 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 early January 2025 (previously mid-December 2024) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously early January).

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 (previously early January) and expect to complete by late February 2025.		 N/A
MC912181 (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Add approvals to any document library Updated November 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

As an extension to the previous communication MC757613 (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Add approvals to any SharePoint list (originally sent March 2024, updated August 2024), we will soon add approvals to document libraries in Microsoft SharePoint Online.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420336.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 (early December) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (late January).		 Updated December 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

As an extension to the previous communication MC757613 (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Add approvals to any SharePoint list (originally sent March 2024, updated August 2024), we will soon add approvals to document libraries in Microsoft SharePoint Online.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420336.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 (early January) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (late January).		 N/A
MC912707 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New policy for voice and face enrollment will default to "On" (configure now) Updated November 27, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

A new csTeamsAIPolicy policy for Microsoft Teams (available now via Microsoft PowerShell and taking effect in mid-January 2025) will give IT admins more control over voice and face enrollment settings, allowing organizations to manage these features based on their needs. After rollout, voice and face profile enrollment will be enabled by default, and users can benefit from voice isolation, speaker recognition, and attribution in meeting rooms, resulting in smarter meeting recaps and enhanced functionality for Microsoft 365 Copilot in meetings. To access Copilot features, a Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Mac desktop.

NOTE: Microsoft doesn't use the voice and face profiles of users to train any models or for any other purposes other than providing the voice and face enrollment feature in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 413708.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): The new Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets are available now for preparation and to ensure a smooth transition. The policy takes effect starting in early February 2025 (previously mid-January) and is expected to be fully in effect by mid-February 2025 (previously mid-January).		 Updated December 20, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

A new csTeamsAIPolicy policy for Microsoft Teams (available now via Microsoft PowerShell and taking effect in mid-February 2025) will give IT admins more control over voice and face enrollment settings, allowing organizations to manage these features based on their needs. After rollout, voice and face profile enrollment will be enabled by default, and users can benefit from voice isolation, speaker recognition, and attribution in meeting rooms, resulting in smarter meeting recaps and enhanced functionality for Microsoft 365 Copilot in meetings. To access Copilot features, a Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Mac desktop.

NOTE: Microsoft doesn't use the voice and face profiles of users to train any models or for any other purposes other than providing the voice and face enrollment feature in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 413708.

[When this will happen:]

The new Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets are available now for admins to configure, to ensure a smooth transition.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): The new Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets are available now for preparation and to ensure a smooth transition. The policy takes effect starting in mid-February 2025 (previously early February) and is expected to be fully in effect by late February 2025 (previously mid-February).		 N/A
MC916866 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shifts Graph APIs in beta moved to production (v1.0) Updated October 24, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Shifts Graph APIs will transition from beta to production. This change brings enhanced stability and reliability to the APIs, ensuring a seamless experience for developers and users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422813.

[When this will happen:]

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

 Updated December 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Shifts Graph APIs will transition from beta to production. This change brings enhanced stability and reliability to the APIs, ensuring a seamless experience for developers and users.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422813.

[When this will happen:]

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

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MC918575 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Watermark for anonymous meeting join Updated November 22, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Anonymous unauthenticated users will be able to join watermarked meetings and have access to all meeting content, including video. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on the web, Teams for Android/iOS, and Teams Rooms.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 (previously early November) and expect to complete by late December 2024 (previously mid-November).		 Updated December 17, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Anonymous unauthenticated users will be able to join watermarked meetings and have access to all meeting content, including video. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on the web, Teams for Android/iOS, and Teams Rooms.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 (previously early December) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late December).		 N/A
MC922625 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Users can request delegate access Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Insights: Users will be able to request delegate access from a manager. This message applies to the Viva app on the web and the Viva Insights app in Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.

Before this rollout, Insights managers can assign delegate access to members of their organization. After this rollout, if a manager accepts the delegate access request, the requestor will have the same view of organizational insights as the manager does.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 464174

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to be complete by late January 2025.		 Updated December 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Insights: Users will be able to request delegate access from a manager. This message applies to the Viva app on the web and the Viva Insights app in Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.

Before this rollout, Insights managers can assign delegate access to members of their organization. After this rollout, if a manager accepts the delegate access request, the requestor will have the same view of organizational insights as the manager does.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 464174

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to be complete by late January 2025.		 N/A
MC922626 (Updated) Microsoft Forms: New streamlined and modernized experience 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).		 Updated December 18, 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 mid-December 2024 (previously early December).		 N/A
MC922627 (Updated) Microsoft Copilot extending to Teams and Outlook Updated November 21, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In mid-November, Microsoft Copilot will become available to users with an Entra account in Microsoft Teams and Outlook. If pinned, Entra users will be able to access the Microsoft Copilot app directly from the left rail in Outlook and Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420330

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): The Microsoft Copilot app will be available to pin in Teams and Outlook starting early January 2025 (previously late November) and is expected to complete shortly after.		 Updated December 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below and added more details around pinning. Thank you for your patience.

In mid-January, Microsoft Copilot will become available to users with an Entra account in Microsoft Teams and Outlook. If pinned, Entra users will be able to access the Microsoft Copilot app directly from the left rail in Outlook and Teams. Microsoft Copilot will also become available in the Store for users to add on their own, managed by the same admin settings used for app availability today.

Note: During the rollout, the Microsoft Copilot app will temporarily be available for Semi-Annual Channel users of classic Outlook for Windows. These clients will respect admin and user preferences, but we typically do not show Copilot features in Semi-Annual Channel of classic Outlook for Windows. After customers update to Version 2408 or newer, the Microsoft Copilot app will once again be hidden for Semi-Annual Channel users.

In addition, users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will have Copilot automatically pinned in the left rail in Teams, along with the Copilot chat that is automatically pinned in the Teams Chat pane for them today.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420330

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): The Microsoft Copilot app will be available to install and pin in Teams and Outlook starting mid-January 2025 (previously early January) and is expected to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): The Microsoft 365 Copilot app will be pinned by default in the Teams left rail staring mid-January 2025 and is expected to complete by late January 2025.		 N/A
MC923176 (Updated) Microsoft Loop: Sensitivity labels at the container level Coming soon: New security features for Microsoft Loop for organizations that have enabled sensitivity labels (also known as Microsoft Information Protection or MIP).

Before this rollout, Microsoft Loop supports users or admins adding item-level sensitivity labels on all .loop files (including Loop components, Loop pages, and Copilot pages) in the Microsoft Loop app (on the web and for iOS/Android) and new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web, classic Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Mac, Outlook on Android and iOS.

With this rollout, we will support:

Sensitivity labels on Loop workspaces at the storage container-level. Note: Sensitivity labels are also known as Microsoft Information Protection (MIP).

Coming in future rollouts:

Item-level sensitivity labels in Loop components and collaborative meeting notes in Microsoft Teams (on the web, on Windows desktops, and on iOS/Android)

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 111225.

[When this will happen:]

Container-level Sensitivity Labels for Loop workspaces: General Availability (Worldwide): We began rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024 (Loop app for the web)

Container-level Sensitivity Labels for Loop workspaces: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in November 2024 and expect to complete by early December 2024 (Loop apps for iOS/Android)		 Updated December 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon: New security features for Microsoft Loop for organizations that have enabled sensitivity labels (also known as Microsoft Information Protection or MIP).

Before this rollout, Microsoft Loop supports users or admins adding item-level sensitivity labels on all .loop files (including Loop components, Loop pages, and Copilot pages) in the Microsoft Loop app (on the web and for iOS/Android) and new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web, classic Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Mac, Outlook on Android and iOS.

With this rollout, we will support:

Sensitivity labels on Loop workspaces at the storage container-level. Note: Sensitivity labels are also known as Microsoft Information Protection (MIP).

Coming in future rollouts:

Item-level sensitivity labels in Loop components and collaborative meeting notes in Microsoft Teams (on the web, on Windows desktops, and on iOS/Android)

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 111225.

[When this will happen:]

Container-level Sensitivity Labels for Loop workspaces: General Availability (Worldwide): We began rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024. (Loop app for the web).

Container-level Sensitivity Labels for Loop workspaces: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in November 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously early December) (Loop apps for iOS/Android)		 N/A
MC923419 (Updated) Microsoft Loop: Configure guest sharing for tenants with sensitivity labels Updated November 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Before this rollout, guest sharing for Microsoft Loop components, pages, and workspaces is available for tenants that have not configured sensitivity labels, as communicated in MC736437 Microsoft Loop: Guest Sharing (March 2024). After this rollout and the rollout of Microsoft Information Protection for Loop workspaces, B2B (business to business) guest sharing for Loop workspaces, pages, and components will be available for all tenants, including those who have configured sensitivity labels, subject to admin policy. If admins configure the policy, users will be able to share Loop workspaces, pages, and components with people outside of your tenant. This message applies to Loop on the web and on iOS/Android devices.

This message is related to MC923176 Microsoft Loop: Sensitivity labels at the container level (November 2024).

Note: Loop will respect your Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint sharing settings. If your tenant does not allow sharing with guests, then it will prevent guest sharing of Loop workspaces, pages, and components as well.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out in early December 2024 (previously early November) and expect to complete by early January 2025 (previously early December).		 Updated December 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Before this rollout, guest sharing for Microsoft Loop components, pages, and workspaces is available for tenants that have not configured sensitivity labels, as communicated in MC736437 Microsoft Loop: Guest Sharing (March 2024). After this rollout and the rollout of Microsoft Information Protection for Loop workspaces, B2B (business to business) guest sharing for Loop workspaces, pages, and components will be available for all tenants, including those who have configured sensitivity labels, subject to admin policy. If admins configure the policy, users will be able to share Loop workspaces, pages, and components with people outside of your tenant. This message applies to Loop on the web and on iOS/Android devices.

This message is related to MC923176 Microsoft Loop: Sensitivity labels at the container level (November 2024).

Note: Loop will respect your Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint sharing settings. If your tenant does not allow sharing with guests, then it will prevent guest sharing of Loop workspaces, pages, and components as well.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out in early December 2024 (previously early November) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously early January).		 N/A
MC926892 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Sync folder order The order of folders in Microsoft Outlook mobile will now sync to match the folder order on Outlook web, Mac, and Windows platforms.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422816.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by early January 2025.

Users will now see an updated folder order on their mobile devices that reflects the folder order on Outlook web and desktop platforms. If users want to re-order the folders, they must do so on Outlook for the web, Mac, and Windows devices, as folder re-ordering is currently not supported on mobile devices.

This feature is on by default and cannot be turned off.		 Updated December 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The order of folders in Microsoft Outlook mobile will now sync to match the folder order on Outlook web, Mac, and Windows platforms.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422816.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 (previously December) and expect to complete by early April (previously January)

Users will now see an updated folder order on their mobile devices that reflects the folder order on Outlook web and desktop platforms. If users want to re-order the folders, they must do so on Outlook for the web, Mac, and Windows devices, as folder re-ordering is currently not supported on mobile devices.

This feature is on by default and cannot be turned off.		 N/A
MC929027 (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Promote Members to Owners in Loop workspaces Loop workspaces will soon support multiple owners, allowing end-users to promote members to owners in the membership user experience for shared Loop workspaces.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 362124

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025.		 Updated December 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Loop workspaces will soon support multiple owners, allowing end-users to promote members to owners in the membership user experience for shared Loop workspaces.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 362124

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 (previously mid-December) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January).		 N/A
MC929028 (Updated) Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – New personal Loop workspace The Loop app now provides a personal workspace to all users, which is shared with Copilot Pages. This personal workspace is a user-owned SharePoint Embedded container, one per user. Governance, lifecycle management and compliance processes are similar to that user's OneDrive. The existing Ideas workspace will begin functioning as a shared Loop workspace because it is not a user-owned container.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422727 and 422729.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025.		 Updated December 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Loop app now provides a personal workspace to all users, which is shared with Copilot Pages. This personal workspace is a user-owned SharePoint Embedded container, one per user. Governance, lifecycle management and compliance processes are similar to that user's OneDrive. The existing Ideas workspace will begin functioning as a shared Loop workspace because it is not a user-owned container.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422727 and 422729.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 (previously mid-December) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January)		 N/A
MC929029 (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Common Admin Management Tasks Enabled for all Loop workspaces Microsoft Loop - Common Admin Management Tasks Enabled for all new Loop workspaces, and then all existing Loop workspaces.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421613

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late December 2024 and expect to complete by late March 2025.		 Updated December 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Loop - Common Admin Management Tasks Enabled for all new Loop workspaces, and then all existing Loop workspaces.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421613

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 (previously late December) and expect to complete by late April 2025 (previously late March).		 N/A
MC929034 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Best practices configuration dashboard in Teams admin center Updated November 27, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: With the Best practice configurations monitoring dashboard in the Teams admin center, Teams admins will be able to monitor the conformance of your tenant to the Microsoft recommended best practices for an optimal collaboration experience on Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421185.

[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-January).		 Updated November 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: With the Best practice configurations monitoring dashboard in the Teams admin center, Teams admins will be able to monitor the conformance of your tenant to the Microsoft recommended best practices for an optimal collaboration experience on Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421185.

[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-January).		 N/A
MC931401 (Updated) Ensuring Security and Compliance: Keep your Microsoft Teams desktop clients up to date 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.		 Updated December 18, 2024: We've delayed further rollouts of warning banners and blocking pages in December and intend to resume in mid-January per the schedule below. Please review for updated information and timing.

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. Except in VDI environments, where this will occur between 60-90 days 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 January 14th, 2025.		 N/A
MC943558 (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Microsoft 365 Copilot now available to Viva Insights analysts Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft Viva Insights simplifies the query-building process for analysts by recommending templates, metrics, filters, and attributes relevant to their analysis. After this rollout, analysts can view and build their reports more efficiently using Copilot's assistive features. Licenses required: Viva Insights or Microsoft Viva Suite.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 399924.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability: We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.		 Updated December 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience

Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft Viva Insights simplifies the query-building process for analysts by recommending templates, metrics, filters, and attributes relevant to their analysis. After this rollout, analysts can view and build their reports more efficiently using Copilot's assistive features. Licenses required: Viva Insights or Microsoft Viva Suite.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 399924.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability: We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by early January 2025 (previously mid-December).		 N/A
MC947073 (Updated) Image input support in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Starting in late-December, Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot users signed in with an Entra account will be able to upload images in both Work and Web copilot and ask Copilot questions about the image, such as for Copilot to analyze or describe it. Users will be able to take pictures using their mobile cameras or upload images directly to Copilot from their devices. This functionality will be available when using Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot from following locations:

Microsoft 365 app (Web, desktop, mobile)

Outlook app (Web, desktop, mobile)

Teams (Web, desktop, mobile)

[When this will happen:]

General Availability: We will begin rolling out late December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2024.		 Updated December 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Starting in late-December, Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot users signed in with an Entra account will be able to upload images in both Work and Web copilot and ask Copilot questions about the image, such as for Copilot to analyze or describe it. Users will be able to take pictures using their mobile cameras or upload images directly to Copilot from their devices. This functionality will be available when using Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot from following locations:

Microsoft 365 app (Web, desktop, mobile)

Outlook app (Web, desktop, mobile)

Teams (Web, desktop, mobile)

[When this will happen:]

General Availability: We will begin rolling out late January 2025 (previously late December) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously mid-January).		 N/A
MC947830 (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Updates to the admin experience We're excited to announce updates to the Microsoft Viva admin landing page and the Feature Access Management experience in the Microsoft 365 admin center (MAC).

[When this will happen:]

Viva admin landing page | General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by late December 2024.

New user interface for Feature Access Management in the MAC | General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.		 Updated December 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We're excited to announce updates to the Microsoft Viva admin landing page and the Feature Access Management experience in the Microsoft 365 admin center (MAC).

[When this will happen:]

Viva admin landing page | General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late December 2024 (previously early December) and expect to complete by early January 2025 (previously late December).

New user interface for Feature Access Management in the MAC | General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.		 N/A
MC949004 Microsoft Teams: Seamlessly share apps and Microsoft 365 Copilot agents Coming soon: Users can seamlessly share apps and Microsoft 365 Copilot agents in Microsoft Teams chats and channels. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not required to share apps and agents, but a Microsoft 365 Copilot is required to use apps and agents.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for Android/iOS.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.		 Coming soon: Users can seamlessly share apps and Microsoft 365 Copilot agents in Microsoft Teams chats and channels. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not required to share apps and agents, but a Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use apps and agents.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for Android/iOS.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.		 N/A
MC952881 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: BYOD mode will activate cameras on meeting room audio devices The room audio auto-detect and pre-select feature for Microsoft Teams BYOD rooms (released October 2024) will soon activate the video component of composite audio-video peripherals as the selected camera in Teams. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktops and Teams for Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469496.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025.		 Updated December 18, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The room audio auto-detect and pre-select feature for Microsoft Teams BYOD rooms (released October 2024) will soon activate the video component of composite audio-video peripherals as the selected camera in Teams. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktops and Teams for Mac desktops.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469496.

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in mid-February 2025 (previously late January) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously early February).		 N/A
MC953756 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Email OTP verification for external participants to join meetings After this rollout, Microsoft Teams meeting organizers will have a new meeting option to enable and require unverified (aka anonymous) participants joining meetings to verify their email addresses with a one-time password (OTP) verification code before joining the meeting. Tenant admins will have a new meeting policy to manage and control this setting in the Teams admin center. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 418125.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025.		 Updated December 18, 2024: The experience for attendees to verify their email with OTP prior to joining meetings is available only for meetings created by organizers that has a Teams premium license. However, the new meeting option to require verification will be available to all meeting organizers without Teams Premium license as well, for these meetings, attendees can join meeting after verifying with their TFL account or Entra account.

After this rollout, Microsoft Teams meeting organizers will have a new meeting option to enable and require unverified (aka anonymous) participants joining meetings to verify their email addresses with a one-time password (OTP) verification code before joining the meeting. Tenant admins will have a new meeting policy to manage and control this setting in the Teams admin center. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 418125.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025.		 N/A
MC961774 (Updated) New deployments of Microsoft 365 desktop client apps to include new Outlook Microsoft is making it easier for Administrators to deploy new Outlook for organizations that are ready for it.

New installations of Microsoft 365 desktop client apps on Windows devices will include new Outlook in addition to classic Outlook. There is no change to existing installations.

[When this will happen:]

General availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out this change in late February 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025.		 Updated December 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft is making it easier for Administrators to deploy new Outlook for organizations that are ready for it.

New installations of Microsoft 365 desktop client apps on Windows devices will include new Outlook in addition to classic Outlook. There is no change to existing installations.

[When this will happen:]

General availability (Worldwide): We are planning to roll out this change not earlier than late February 2025. Exact timelines will be confirmed in January 2025.		 N/A

MC MessageTagNames changes

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MC922625 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Users can request delegate access Feature update, User impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact N/A
MC923176 (Updated) Microsoft Loop: Sensitivity labels at the container level New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC926892 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Sync folder order New feature, User impact Updated message, New feature, User impact N/A
MC929027 (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Promote Members to Owners in Loop workspaces New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC929028 (Updated) Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – New personal Loop workspace New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC929029 (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Common Admin Management Tasks Enabled for all Loop workspaces New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC943558 (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Microsoft 365 Copilot now available to Viva Insights analysts New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC947073 (Updated) Image input support in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot New feature, User impact, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact N/A
MC952881 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: BYOD mode will activate cameras on meeting room audio devices Feature update, User impact Updated message, Feature update, User impact N/A
MC953756 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Email OTP verification for external participants to join meetings New feature, Admin impact Updated message, New feature, Admin impact N/A
MC961774 (Updated) New deployments of Microsoft 365 desktop client apps to include new Outlook User impact, Admin impact Updated message, User impact, Admin impact N/A

MC prepare changes

MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC665936 (Updated) Device Management Changes for Microsoft Teams Android Devices Policies will not be migrated automatically between Android device administrator and Android (AOSP) platforms. IT admins will need to create the appropriate new policies under the Intune Android (AOSP) platform to support their Microsoft Teams Android Devices.

This will need to be done before taking the firmware update for a successful migration.

More details on enabling support and creating enrollment profiles and policies for Intune AOSP will follow closer to the start of Preview.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-rooms-and-devices-at-enterprise/ba-p/3770137		 Policies will not be migrated automatically between Android device administrator and Android (AOSP) platforms. IT admins will need to create the appropriate new policies under the Intune Android (AOSP) platform to support their Microsoft Teams Android Devices.

This will need to be done before taking the firmware update for a successful migration.

More details on enabling support and creating enrollment profiles and policies for Intune AOSP will follow closer to the start of Preview.

OEMDevice TypeModelsTargeted Release

AudioCodesPhonesC470HDDec-24

AudioCodes PhonesC430HD

C435HD

C455HD

Jan-25

AudioCodes RoomsRXV81

RXV200

RXPad

Dec-24

AudiocodesPanelsRX PanelDec-24

CrestonPanelsTSS-770

TSS-1070

TBD

CrestonRoomsCrestron AIO Video Bar 70

Crestron Touch Panel TS-1070

TBD

CiscoRoomsCisco Room Bar

Cisco Room Bar Pro

Cisco Room Kit EQ

Cisco Room Kit Pro

Cisco Desk Pro

Cisco Room Kit EQX

Cisco Board Pro G2 75

Cisco Board Pro 55

Cisco Board Pro 75

Cisco Board Pro G2 55

Cisco Navigator

Feb-25

CiscoPanelsCisco Navigator PanelFeb-25

DTENRoomsDTEN D7X 75"

DTEN D7X 55"

DTEN Bar

DTEN Mate TC

Jan-25

JabraRoomsJabra Panacast 50 VBS

Jabra Panacast 50 TC

Jan-25

LogitechRoomsRallyBar [VR0019]

RallyBar mini [VR0020]

TAP IP [VR0029]

TAP

RoomMate [VR0030]

Logi Rallybar Huddle (VR0034]

Feb-25

LogitechPanelsTap Scheduler [VR0028]

DockFlex [VR0035]

Feb-25

NeatRoomsNeat Pad [NF19A1]

Neat Bar [NF19B1]

Neat Board [NF19C1]

Neat Bar Pro [NF21D1]

Neat Bar Gen2 [NF22E1]

Neat Board 50 [NF22H1]

Neat Board Pro 65 [NF23K1]

Feb-25

NeatPanelsNeat Pad [NF19A1]Feb-25

NeatDisplaysNeat Frame [NF21F1]TBD

PolyPhonesCCX350

CCX400

CCX500

CCX505

CCX600

TrioC60

Feb-25

PolyRoomsPoly Studio X30

Poly Studio X50

Poly Studio X52

Poly Studio X70

Poly Studio X72

Poly Studio G7500

Poly Studio G62

Poly TC8

Poly TC10

Feb-25

PolyPanelsTC10 - PanelFeb-25

YealinkPhones [MP5X]MP54

MP56

MP58

CP965

Jan-25

YealinkPhones [MP5X E2]MP52E2

MP54E2

MP56E2

MP58E2

Jan-25

YealinkRoomsYealink MeetingBar A10

Yealink MeetingBar A20

Yealink MeetingBar A30

Yealink MeetingBar A40

Yealink MeetingBoard 65"

Yealink MeetingBoard 86"

Yealink Deskvision A24

Yealink CTP18

Yealink CTP25

Jan-25

YealinkPanelsRoom Panel

RoomPanel Plus

Room Panel E2

RoomPanel Plus E2

Jan-25

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-rooms-and-devices-at-enterprise/ba-p/3770137		 N/A
MC787382 (Updated) Exchange Online to introduce External Recipient Rate Limit If you have a cloud-hosted mailbox that needs to exceed the ERR limit, you can move to Azure Communication Services for Email, which is designed specifically for high volume email sent to recipients external to your tenant.

https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/communication-services/concepts/email/email-overview		 If you have a cloud-hosted mailbox that needs to exceed the ERR limit, you can move to Azure Communication Services for Email, which is designed specifically for high volume email sent to recipients external to your tenant.

https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/communication-services/concepts/email/email-overview

https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/communication-services/concepts/email/prepare-email-communication-resource		 N/A
MC912707 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New policy for voice and face enrollment will default to "On" (configure now) This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation.

If your organization prefers to disable voice and face enrollments, review and update your settings before mid-January 2025. To help you get started, review:

Set-CsTeamsAIPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn

Get-CsTeamsAIPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn

Learn more: Overview of voice and face enrollment - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/rooms/voice-and-face-recognition

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/teams/get-csteamsaipolicy?view=teams-ps

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/teams/set-csteamsaipolicy?view=teams-ps

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=413708		 This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation.

If your organization prefers to disable voice and face enrollments, review and update your settings before mid-January 2025. To help you get started, review:

Set-CsTeamsAIPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn

Get-CsTeamsAIPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn

Learn more: Overview of voice and face enrollment - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

If your organization prefers to disable voice and face enrollments, review and update your settings before mid-February 2025.

Important: The EnrollUserOverride setting can be assigned globally, directly to users, or to groups in PowerShell.

Admins must ensure that changes are applied consistently across all these locations to avoid unintended configurations.

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/rooms/voice-and-face-recognition

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/teams/get-csteamsaipolicy?view=teams-ps

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/teams/set-csteamsaipolicy?view=teams-ps

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=413708		 N/A
MC922627 (Updated) Microsoft Copilot extending to Teams and Outlook Admins can control if Copilot is pinned in Teams and Outlook using the same Copilot pinning control shared previously to pin Copilot in the Microsoft 365 app.

With the pinning control, you have the option to pin or not pin Copilot for your users. If you select to not pin Copilot, you also have the option to allow your users to be notified to make this choice. If no action is taken, Copilot will not be pinned but users will be notified to pin it themselves.

Currently, you can remove access to Copilot in the Microsoft 365 app and copilot.cloud.microsoft as documented in Removing access to Microsoft Copilot. These controls will continue to be respected as the Copilot app rolls out in Outlook and Teams.

In addition, you will soon be able to block the Copilot app from appearing in Outlook, the Microsoft 365 app and copilot.cloud.microsoft through Microsoft 365 admin center (MAC) and in Microsoft Teams through Teams admin center (TAC) like you would block any other app.

Note: During the rollout, the Microsoft Copilot app will temporarily be available for Semi-Annual Channel users of classic Outlook for Windows. These clients will respect admin and user preferences, but we typically do not show Copilot features in Semi-Annual Channel of classic Outlook for Windows. After customers update to Version 2408 or newer, the Microsoft Copilot app will once again be hidden for Semi-Annual Channel users.

https://aka.ms/PinCopilot

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/manage#removing-access-to-microsoft-

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/manage/teams-apps-work-on-outlook-and-m365?view=o365-worldwide#how-to-block-an-app

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/manage-apps#allow-or-block-apps

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=&searchterms=420330		 Admins can control if Microsoft Copilot is pinned in Teams and Outlook using the same Copilot pinning control shared previously to pin Copilot in the Microsoft 365 app. Admins can also pin Microsoft Copilot in Teams by adding Copilot to Pinned apps in app Setup policies and assigning the policies to unlicensed users in Teams admin center.

With the pinning control, you have the option to pin or not pin Copilot for your users. If you select to not pin Copilot, you also have the option to allow your users to be notified to make this choice. If no action is taken, Copilot will not be pinned but users will be notified to pin it themselves.

Users can unpin Copilot in Outlook. Users can unpin Copilot in Teams if User pinning is enabled in app Setup policies.

Currently, you can remove access to Copilot in the Microsoft 365 app and copilot.cloud.microsoft as documented in Removing access to Microsoft Copilot. These controls will continue to be respected as the Copilot app rolls out in Outlook and Teams.

In addition, you will be able to allow and block the Copilot app from appearing in Outlook, the Microsoft 365 app and copilot.cloud.microsoft through Microsoft 365 admin center (MAC) like you would manage availability for any other app. These controls are already provided today for Microsoft Teams through Teams admin center (TAC).

https://learn.microsoft.com/copilot/manage#removing-access-to-microsoft-

https://learn.microsoft.com/copilot/microsoft-365/pin-copilot

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/admin/manage/teams-apps-work-on-outlook-and-m365?view=o365-worldwide#how-to-block-an-app

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/manage-apps#allow-or-block-apps

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-app-setup-policies

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-app-setup-policies#pin-apps

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=&searchterms=420330		 N/A
MC931401 (Updated) Ensuring Security and Compliance: Keep your Microsoft Teams desktop clients up to date To avoid disruption to end-users, the admins with users on Teams versions older than the currently released versions, should update their users to the most recent version.

Admins should make sure Teams is automatically updating to stay current and within the compatibility window. Common configurations to validate include:

Teams clients on macOS have Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) configured properly. Learn More

Customer network settings, and any device management software e.g. antivirus, are configured properly to allow automatic updates.

Windows Policies must not block new Teams or the Webview2 updater.

Please visit this page to learn more.

https://docs.microsoft.com/lifecycle/policies/modern

https://docs.microsoft.com/officeupdates/teams-app-versioning

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/enterprise

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/new-teams-usage-report

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-client-update

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-client-update#servicing-agreement

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-client-update#updating-teams-on-mac-devices

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/troubleshoot/teams-administration/fix-new-teams-installation-issues#policy-settings-prevent-download-and-installation

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/download-app		 To avoid disruption to end-users, the admins with users on Teams versions older than the currently released versions, should update their users to the most recent version.

Admins should make sure Teams is automatically updating to stay current and within the compatibility window. Common configurations to validate include:

Teams clients on macOS have Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) configured properly. Learn More

Customer network settings, and any device management software e.g. antivirus, are configured properly to allow automatic updates.

Windows Policies must not block new Teams or the Webview2 updater.

Please visit this page to learn more.

https://docs.microsoft.com/lifecycle/policies/modern

https://docs.microsoft.com/officeupdates/teams-app-versioning

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/enterprise

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/new-teams-usage-report

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-client-update

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-client-update#servicing-agreement

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/teams-client-update#updating-teams-on-mac-devices

https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/troubleshoot/teams-administration/fix-new-teams-installation-issues#policy-settings-prevent-download-and-installation

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app		 N/A

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MC ID MC Title Old Value New Value MC Action required by
MC922625 (Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Users can request delegate access Microsoft Viva Insights: Users can request delegate access (Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: Users can request delegate access N/A
MC923176 (Updated) Microsoft Loop: Sensitivity labels at the container level Microsoft Loop: Sensitivity labels at the container level (Updated) Microsoft Loop: Sensitivity labels at the container level N/A
MC926892 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Sync folder order Microsoft Outlook: Sync folder order (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Sync folder order N/A
MC929027 (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Promote Members to Owners in Loop workspaces Microsoft Loop – Promote Members to Owners in Loop workspaces (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Promote Members to Owners in Loop workspaces N/A
MC929028 (Updated) Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – New personal Loop workspace Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – New personal Loop workspace (Updated) Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – New personal Loop workspace N/A
MC929029 (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Common Admin Management Tasks Enabled for all Loop workspaces Microsoft Loop – Common Admin Management Tasks Enabled for all Loop workspaces (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Common Admin Management Tasks Enabled for all Loop workspaces N/A
MC943558 (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Microsoft 365 Copilot now available to Viva Insights analysts Microsoft Viva: Microsoft 365 Copilot now available to Viva Insights analysts (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Microsoft 365 Copilot now available to Viva Insights analysts N/A
MC947073 (Updated) Image input support in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Image input support in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot (Updated) Image input support in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot N/A
MC947830 (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Updates to the admin experience Microsoft Viva: Updates to the admin experience (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Updates to the admin experience N/A
MC952881 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: BYOD mode will activate cameras on meeting room audio devices Microsoft Teams: BYOD mode will activate cameras on meeting room audio devices (Updated) Microsoft Teams: BYOD mode will activate cameras on meeting room audio devices N/A
MC953756 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Email OTP verification for external participants to join meetings Microsoft Teams: Email OTP verification for external participants to join meetings (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Email OTP verification for external participants to join meetings N/A
MC961774 (Updated) New deployments of Microsoft 365 desktop client apps to include new Outlook New deployments of Microsoft 365 desktop client apps to include new Outlook (Updated) New deployments of Microsoft 365 desktop client apps to include new Outlook N/A

CW51 New Office 365 Message Center items

MC ID MC Title MC Category MC Workload MC Major Change MC Action required by
MC958905 UI Changes to the Microsoft 365 app Plan For Change Microsoft 365 suite True N/A
MC958903 Important updates to Microsoft Copilot and the Microsoft 365 app Plan For Change Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) True N/A
MC958892 Viva Engage: Enhanced keyword monitoring email notifications Plan For Change Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC958891 Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Updated feedback policies Plan For Change Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC958691 Power Automate – Share desktop flows including connectors with embedded connection references Stay Informed Microsoft Power Automate False N/A
MC958497 Power Apps - Create an app description with Copilot Stay Informed Power Apps False N/A
MC959720 Microsoft Exchange Online: New "Message trace" functionality (public preview) Plan For Change Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 suite False N/A
MC960821 Microsoft Viva: Leaders can use Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights Plan For Change Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC960818 Microsoft Outlook for iOS/Android: New reporting buttons integrated with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Stay Informed Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC960802 Microsoft Excel for the web: Python in Excel will be generally available starting in early 2025 Plan For Change Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC960646 Power Automate – Use workflows on calendar events in Teams and Outlook announcement Stay Informed Microsoft Power Automate False N/A
MC961774 (Updated) New deployments of Microsoft 365 desktop client apps to include new Outlook Plan For Change Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC961764 Protect your most sensitive content with double key encryption on Android Stay Informed Microsoft 365 apps, Microsoft Purview False N/A
MC961759 Microsoft 365 admin center: Enhancements to Copilot administration page Stay Informed Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) False N/A
MC961601 Microsoft 365 (Office) apps: The "Tags" feature will retire Plan For Change Microsoft 365 apps True N/A
MC961558 What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for December 2024 Stay Informed Microsoft Intune False N/A
MC961557 Microsoft Search in Bing Deprecation Plan For Change Microsoft 365 suite True N/A
MC962529 Viva Learning: AI and Copilot Resources Provider visibility Stay Informed Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC962528 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Third-party add-in user report can be sent to Microsoft for analysis Plan For Change Exchange Online False N/A
MC962527 New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web: Delegates can create new categories for the account owner's Calendar Stay Informed Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC962525 SharePoint Drag and Drop Experience Updates Stay Informed SharePoint Online, Microsoft Viva False N/A
MC962517 Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web: Tips pane will move to the ribbon Stay Informed Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps False N/A
MC963022 Copilot for Sales - Share records when composing emails in Outlook Stay Informed Dynamics 365 Apps False N/A

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