from 01/20/2025 to 01/26/2025
34 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and
12 Office 365 Message Center Items were added
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| MC705760 | (Updated) Teams: Latest meeting experiences with performance improvements on web for Safari and Firefox (for guests) | 02/24/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-03-24T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC718553 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone | 02/10/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-03-03T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC789312 | (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Audit search: New filters will be available | 05/19/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-07-07T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC799635 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Add shared folders to Favorites | 04/14/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-05-19T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC803892 | (Updated) Web links in the new Outlook for Windows to open side-by-side with email in Microsoft Edge | 02/24/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-03-03T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC862229 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Quickly see who is in the office based on work hours and location | 02/21/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-03-03T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC883199 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership | 02/10/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-03-03T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC898393 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New features to improve user app adoption | 02/24/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-03-03T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC910976 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Brand impersonation protection for Teams Chat | 02/28/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-04-07T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC962528 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Third-party add-in user report can be sent to Microsoft for analysis | 05/31/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-07-07T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC975306 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Adding "Service level" to real-time metrics for the Queues app | 04/25/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-05-05T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC975778 | Power Apps – Fill forms faster with smart paste | 02/09/2025 17:22:40 | 2025-02-23T00:59:00Z | N/A |
| MC979826 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva Connections: Update to app name | 03/24/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-04-07T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC How Affect changes
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| MC975306 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Adding "Service level" to real-time metrics for the Queues app | This change will be available by default. | Teams admins need to turn on the service level and set target time in the admin portal - Voice App policy.
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| MC982551 | (Updated) Microsoft Lists: Admin control to hide real-time list collaborators at site collection level | In MC891238 Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Teams: Update on new Microsoft Lists rollout (published September 2024, updated November 2024), we rolled out the ability for users to see who is collaborating with them in real time. Before this rollout and by default, Lists shows real time collaborators next to Filtering and Grouping actions (in the upper right of the screen) and at the list-item level.
After this rollout: Based on customer feedback regarding privacy, admins can run the PowerShell command Set-SPOSite -Identity -HidePeopleWhoHaveListsOpen $false to disable this feature on a per-site collection basis, so users cannot see who is working on the List at the same time. |
In MC891238 Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Teams: Update on new Microsoft Lists rollout (published September 2024, updated November 2024), we rolled out the ability for users to see who is collaborating with them in real time. Before this rollout and by default, Lists shows real time collaborators next to Filtering and Grouping actions (in the upper right of the screen) and at the list-item level.
After this rollout: Based on customer feedback regarding privacy, admins can run the PowerShell command Set-SPOSite -Identity -HidePeopleWhoHaveListsOpen $true to disable this feature on a per-site collection basis, so users cannot see who is working on the List at the same time. |
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MC Messages changes
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| MC705760 | (Updated) Teams: Latest meeting experiences with performance improvements on web for Safari and Firefox (for guests) | Updated September 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The latest Teams meeting experiences will be available for Teams on the web in Safari and Firefox browsers - including performance improvements, refreshed pre-join, updated meeting stage, and the updated meeting toolbar. (for anonymous join only) This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 329253 |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The latest Teams meeting experiences will be available for Teams on the web in Safari and Firefox browsers - including performance improvements, refreshed pre-join, updated meeting stage, and the updated meeting toolbar. (for anonymous join only) This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 329253 [When this will happen:] Worldwide: We will begin rolling out early September 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by early October 2024 (previously late August). GCC, GCC High and DoD: We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by mid-February 2025 (previously mid-January). |
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| MC718250 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Describe it to design it in Teams Workflows | Updated January 13, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Can't find a workflow template that matches what you need in Microsoft Teams? You will now be able to describe in detail how you want your automation to work and receive a workflow to match your needs. All you need to do is select the Workflow builder button at the bottom of the create dialog in the Workflows app in Microsoft Teams chat and channel overflow menu. Workflow builder will come to the Workflows app in Microsoft Teams chat and channel overflow menu first. Other entry points to Workflows will get this feature later. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 382659. [When this will happen:] Worldwide: We will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously late September). GCC Release: We will begin rolling out early October 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to be complete by complete by late January 2025 (previously late December). |
Updated January 23, 2025: After further review, we will not be rolling this out to GCC. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Can't find a workflow template that matches what you need in Microsoft Teams? You will now be able to describe in detail how you want your automation to work and receive a workflow to match your needs. All you need to do is select the Workflow builder button at the bottom of the create dialog in the Workflows app in Microsoft Teams chat and channel overflow menu. Workflow builder will come to the Workflows app in Microsoft Teams chat and channel overflow menu first. Other entry points to Workflows will get this feature later. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 382659. [When this will happen:] Worldwide: We will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously late September). GCC Release: We will not be proceeding with this change at this time. |
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| MC718553 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone | 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 |
Updated January 21, 2025: 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 |
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| MC789312 | (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Audit search: New filters will be available | Updated November 21, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In Microsoft Purview, audit search provides your organization with access to critical audit log event data, allowing you to gain insight and further investigate user activities. The Microsoft Purview Compliance portal's audit search UI currently includes several search fields (i.e., date range, activities, workloads, users, etc.) to facilitate the retrieval of relevant logs. With a recent update, we have added four additional fields to the audit search UI. These four fields are described below: New filter fieldDescription IdUnique identifier of an audit record. UserTypeThe type of user that performed the operation. See the UserType table for details on the types of users. UserKeyAzure Active Directory Object ID in GUID format. ClientIPThe IP address of the device that was used when the activity was logged. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 384092. |
Updated January 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In Microsoft Purview, audit search provides your organization with access to critical audit log event data, allowing you to gain insight and further investigate user activities. The Microsoft Purview Compliance portal's audit search UI currently includes several search fields (i.e., date range, activities, workloads, users, etc.) to facilitate the retrieval of relevant logs. With a recent update, we have added four additional fields to the audit search UI. These four fields are described below: New filter fieldDescription IdUnique identifier of an audit record. UserTypeThe type of user that performed the operation. See the UserType table for details on the types of users. UserKeyAzure Active Directory Object ID in GUID format. ClientIPThe IP address of the device that was used when the activity was logged. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 384092. |
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| MC803892 | (Updated) Web links in the new Outlook for Windows to open side-by-side with email in Microsoft Edge | Updated December 23, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. To help increase productivity while working online, web links from Azure Active Directory (AAD) accounts and Microsoft (MSA) accounts in the new Outlook for Windows app will open in Microsoft Edge in a single view showing the opened link side-by-side with the email it came from. We're adding this to the new Outlook for windows to have a consistent experience across our applications. If you have previously managed this change for the classic Outlook for Windows (MC545904, MC548092, MC541626) or for Teams (MC669480), your configuration will also apply to the new Outlook for Windows. If you wish to maintain this configuration across all three apps, no action is required. Note: This does not change the default browser setting in Windows. |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. To help increase productivity while working online, web links from Azure Active Directory (AAD) accounts and Microsoft (MSA) accounts in the new Outlook for Windows app will open in Microsoft Edge in a single view showing the opened link side-by-side with the email it came from. We're adding this to the new Outlook for windows to have a consistent experience across our applications. If you have previously managed this change for the classic Outlook for Windows (MC545904, MC548092, MC541626) or for Teams (MC669480), your configuration will also apply to the new Outlook for Windows. If you wish to maintain this configuration across all three apps, no action is required. Note: This does not change the default browser setting in Windows. |
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| MC855685 | Microsoft Forms | Data sync to Microsoft Excel: Support for migrating from the older solution to the new solution | Updated January 16, 2025: The deprecation for old data sync solution will start from Jan 20th, 2025. For GCC, the deprecation will start from Feb 13th, 2025. After the old data sync solution has been deprecated, existing Excel workbooks using the old data sync solution will no longer receive new responses. Users can still migrate these existing Excel workbooks to the new data sync solution to receive new responses when needed. For each form using the old syncing solution, users can migrate the form according to the instructions provided in Forms and Excel for the web. More details can be found here: Update to the new solution for syncing forms responses to Excel - Microsoft Community Hub. If users are using the old data sync solution in a workflow that relies on the Excel workbook being updated automatically without any user action, they will be impacted by the change as the Excel file will only get updated when it's opened in a supported Excel client. These users will have to manually update their workflow. Our suggested solution is to use Power Automate: Setting Up an Automated Workflow Between Microsoft Forms and Excel Through Power Automate - Microsoft Support If a form using the old syncing solution is still receiving new responses, the form owner (a user or a group) will get an email notification about migrating their form. Some form owners might have already received these emails. Form owners will receive at most one email for each form they own. The old data sync solution deprecation only impacts commercial users. As communicated in MC816207 Microsoft Forms now supports live data sync to Microsoft Excel with more functionality (July 2024), Microsoft Forms is introducing a new data sync solution with higher reliability to sync Forms response data to Microsoft Excel for the web. Before this rollout. Forms supported an older version of live data sync to Excel. The older version of live data sync will be replaced by the newer solution on January 13, 2025 and for GCC on February 13, 2025. This message describes the support that we will provide for migrating from the older solution to the newer solution. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410988. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Support for migrating the older data sync to the new solution will begin rolling out in late October 2024 (previously early October). We expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously early October). General Availability (GCC) Support for migrating the older data sync to the new solution will begin rolling out in early January 2025 (previously late November). We expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously mid-December 2024). |
Updated January 21, 2025: The deprecation for old data sync solution will start from Jan 20th, 2025. For GCC, the deprecation will start from Feb 13th, 2025. After the old data sync solution has been deprecated, existing Excel workbooks using the old data sync solution will no longer receive new responses. Users can still migrate these existing Excel workbooks to the new data sync solution to receive new responses when needed. For each form using the old syncing solution, users can migrate the form according to the instructions provided in Forms and Excel for the web. More details can be found here: Update to the new solution for syncing forms responses to Excel - Microsoft Community Hub. If users are using the old data sync solution in a workflow that relies on the Excel workbook being updated automatically without any user action, they will be impacted by the change as the Excel file will only get updated when it's opened in a supported Excel client. These users will have to manually update their workflow. Our suggested solution is to use Power Automate: Setting Up an Automated Workflow Between Microsoft Forms and Excel Through Power Automate - Microsoft Support If a form using the old syncing solution is still receiving new responses, the form owner (a user or a group) will get an email notification about migrating their form. Some form owners might have already received these emails. Form owners will receive at most one email for each form they own. The old data sync solution deprecation only impacts commercial users. As communicated in MC816207 Microsoft Forms now supports live data sync to Microsoft Excel with more functionality (July 2024), Microsoft Forms is introducing a new data sync solution with higher reliability to sync Forms response data to Microsoft Excel for the web. Before this rollout. Forms supported an older version of live data sync to Excel. The older version of live data sync will be replaced by the newer solution on January 13, 2025 and for GCC on February 13, 2025. This message describes the support that we will provide for migrating from the older solution to the newer solution. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410988. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Support for migrating the older data sync to the new solution will begin rolling out in late October 2024 (previously early October). We expect to complete by late November 2024 (previously early October). General Availability (GCC) Support for migrating the older data sync to the new solution will begin rolling out in mid-January 2025 (previously early January). We expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously mid-December 2024). |
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| MC862229 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Quickly see who is in the office based on work hours and location | Updated December 4, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook: If users have enabled work hours and location in Settings, their colleagues will be able to more quickly see who plans to be in the office with a new calendar feature. This message applies to new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410986. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-August 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early October 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025 (previously late October). |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook: If users have enabled work hours and location in Settings, their colleagues will be able to more quickly see who plans to be in the office with a new calendar feature. This message applies to new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410986. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-August 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early October 2024 and expect to complete by early February 2025 (previously mid-January). |
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| MC882252 | (Updated) New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Sharing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint local files through email | Updated September 26, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to new Microsoft Outlook: Users will be able to share Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files stored on their device (not stored in a cloud like Microsoft OneDrive) from new Outlook for Windows. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397094. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early October 2024 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by late December 2024 (previously mid-November). |
Updated January 23, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to new Microsoft Outlook: Users will be able to share Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files stored on their device (not stored in a cloud like Microsoft OneDrive) from new Outlook for Windows. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397094. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early October 2024 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by late August 2025 (previously late December). |
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| MC883199 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership | Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Note: If you are not using frontline worker functionality, you can ignore this message. Coming soon in the Microsoft Teams admin center: Admins will be able to deploy location-based frontline teams where team membership is automatically managed, and team owners can also add frontline workers or remove them from teams. This rollout will allow admins to take advantage of dynamic rules to keep teams updated as members join and leave the organization and also give team owners the autonomy to manage membership at the team level. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410774. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 (previously early October) and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously mid-October). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by late December 2024 (previously late November). |
Updated January 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Note: If you are not using frontline worker functionality, you can ignore this message. Coming soon in the Microsoft Teams admin center: Admins will be able to deploy location-based frontline teams where team membership is automatically managed, and team owners can also add frontline workers or remove them from teams. This rollout will allow admins to take advantage of dynamic rules to keep teams updated as members join and leave the organization and also give team owners the autonomy to manage membership at the team level. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410774. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 (previously early October) and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously mid-October). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously late December). |
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| MC898393 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New features to improve user app adoption | Updated December 6, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce two new features in the Teams Store that will help users discover and adopt apps in Microsoft Teams. These enhancements are designed to streamline how users find and engage with apps in Teams. This message applies to Teams on the web and Teams for Windows and Mac desktops. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2024 (previously late October) and expect to complete by mid-November 2024 (previously mid-November). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by mid-January 2025 (previously late November). |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce two new features in the Teams Store that will help users discover and adopt apps in Microsoft Teams. These enhancements are designed to streamline how users find and engage with apps in Teams. This message applies to Teams on the web and Teams for Windows and Mac desktops. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2024 (previously late October) and expect to complete by mid-November 2024 (previously mid-November). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously mid-January). |
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| MC910976 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Brand impersonation protection for Teams Chat | Updated January 5, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: A new feature to enhance the security in external collaboration. If your company allows external domains to contact your users in Teams, we will identify if an external user is impersonating a brand commonly targeted by phishing attacks during their initial contact with your user through Teams Chat. If we detect potential impersonation, we will show a high-risk alert to the user, notifying them to check for suspicious name/email and proceed with caution. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421190. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025 (previously mid-December). |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: A new feature to enhance the security in external collaboration. If your company allows external domains to contact your users in Teams, we will identify if an external user is impersonating a brand commonly targeted by phishing attacks during their initial contact with your user through Teams Chat. If we detect potential impersonation, we will show a high-risk alert to the user, notifying them to check for suspicious name/email and proceed with caution. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421190. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025 (previously mid-January). |
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| MC920300 | Microsoft Entra: Enablement of Passkeys in Authenticator for passkey (FIDO2) organizations with no key restrictions | Beginning mid-January 2025, after the General Availability of passkeys in the Microsoft Authenticator app, organizations with the passkey (FIDO2) authentication methods policy enabled with no key restrictions will be enabled for passkeys in the Microsoft Authenticator app in addition to FIDO2 security keys. This update aligns with the broader availability of passkeys in Entra ID, extending from device-bound passkeys on security keys to device-bound passkeys also on user devices. Users who navigate to aka.ms/MySecurityInfo will see "Passkey in Microsoft Authenticator" as an authentication method they can add. Additionally, when Conditional Access (CA) authentication strengths policy is used to enforce passkey authentication, users who don't yet have any passkey will be prompted inline to register passkeys in Authenticator to meet the CA requirements. If an organization prefers not to enable this change for their users, they can work around it by enabling key restrictions in the passkey (FIDO2) policy. This change will not impact organizations with existing key restrictions or organizations that have not enabled the passkey (FIDO2) policy. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout will happen mid-January 2025. |
Beginning late January 2025 (previously mid-January), after the General Availability of passkeys in the Microsoft Authenticator app, organizations with the passkey (FIDO2) authentication methods policy enabled with no key restrictions will be enabled for passkeys in the Microsoft Authenticator app in addition to FIDO2 security keys. This update aligns with the broader availability of passkeys in Entra ID, extending from device-bound passkeys on security keys to device-bound passkeys also on user devices. Users who navigate to aka.ms/MySecurityInfo will see "Passkey in Microsoft Authenticator" as an authentication method they can add. Additionally, when Conditional Access (CA) authentication strengths policy is used to enforce passkey authentication, users who don't yet have any passkey will be prompted inline to register passkeys in Authenticator to meet the CA requirements. If an organization prefers not to enable this change for their users, they can work around it by enabling key restrictions in the passkey (FIDO2) policy. This change will not impact organizations with existing key restrictions or organizations that have not enabled the passkey (FIDO2) policy. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout will happen late January 2025 (previously mid-January). |
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| MC922627 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat available in Teams and Outlook | Updated January 15, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below and added more details around mobile clients. 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. On Teams Mobile, the pinned app will show up in the top header. 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. Outlook Mobile will have Copilot show up in the tab bar starting in February. 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. On Teams Mobile, the pinned app will show up in the top header. Outlook Mobile will have Copilot show up in the tab bar starting in mid-February 2025. |
Updated January 22, 2025: Microsoft Copilot for Entra account users is M365 Copilot Chat. 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. On Teams Mobile, the pinned app will show up in the top header. 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. Outlook Mobile will have Copilot show up in the tab bar starting in February. 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 late January 2025 (previously mid-January) and is expected to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January). General Availability (Worldwide): The Microsoft 365 Copilot app will be pinned by default in the Teams left rail staring late January 2025 (previously mid-January) and is expected to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January). On Teams Mobile, the pinned app will show up in the top header. Outlook Mobile will have Copilot show up in the tab bar starting in mid-February 2025. |
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| MC929023 | (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Microsoft 365 Groups for Managing New Loop workspaces | When creating a new Loop workspace, users will be able to choose an existing Microsoft 365 Group to manage the workspace's lifetime, governance, and compliance, similar to SharePoint Team sites. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422728 [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025. |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. When creating a new Loop workspace, users will be able to choose an existing Microsoft 365 Group to manage the workspace's lifetime, governance, and compliance, similar to SharePoint Team sites. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422728 [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously late January) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late February). |
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| MC929027 | (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Promote Members to Owners in Loop workspaces | 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). |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the content. 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-February 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late February). |
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| MC929028 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – New personal Loop workspace | 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) |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the content. 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-February 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late February). |
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| MC929029 | (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Common Admin Management Tasks Enabled for all Loop workspaces | 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). |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the content. 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 February 2025 (previously late January) and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). |
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| MC931407 | (Updated) Microsoft Copilot: New user control for web searches | Updated December 23, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon: A control that allows users to control if web search queries are sent to Microsoft Bing when using Microsoft Copilot. [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). |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon: A control that allows users to control if web search queries are sent to Microsoft Bing when using Microsoft Copilot. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January). |
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| MC939925 | (Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer | Updated December 10, 2024: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Your Microsoft 365 subscription is being updated with a new service in your Outlook: Org Explorer. This organization chart helps your visualize your company's internal structure and discover connections, roles, and responsibilities among you and other people across teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421191. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide) for new Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Web, and Outlook for Mac: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously late February). General Availability (Worldwide) for classic Outlook: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. Note: The access to Org Explorer will depend on which Outlook service platform the user is using. Therefore, we recommend you switch to the new Outlook for Windows or Outlook for web to have early access to this new feature. |
Updated January 21, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Your Microsoft 365 subscription is being updated with a new service in your Outlook: Org Explorer. This organization chart helps your visualize your company's internal structure and discover connections, roles, and responsibilities among you and other people across teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421191. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide) for new Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Web, and Outlook for Mac: We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously mid-January 2025) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously late February). General Availability (Worldwide) for classic Outlook: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. Note: The access to Org Explorer will depend on which Outlook service platform the user is using. Therefore, we recommend you switch to the new Outlook for Windows or Outlook for web to have early access to this new feature. |
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| MC939925 | (Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org Explorer | Updated January 21, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Your Microsoft 365 subscription is being updated with a new service in your Outlook: Org Explorer. This organization chart helps your visualize your company's internal structure and discover connections, roles, and responsibilities among you and other people across teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421191. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide) for new Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Web, and Outlook for Mac: We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously mid-January 2025) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously late February). General Availability (Worldwide) for classic Outlook: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. Note: The access to Org Explorer will depend on which Outlook service platform the user is using. Therefore, we recommend you switch to the new Outlook for Windows or Outlook for web to have early access to this new feature. |
Updated January 22, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Your Microsoft 365 subscription is being updated with a new service in your Outlook: Org Explorer. This organization chart helps your visualize your company's internal structure and discover connections, roles, and responsibilities among you and other people across teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421191. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide) for new Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Web, and Outlook for Mac: We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously mid-January 2025) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously late February). General Availability (Worldwide) for classic Outlook: We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously mid-January 2025). Note: The access to Org Explorer will depend on which Outlook service platform the user is using. Therefore, we recommend you switch to the new Outlook for Windows or Outlook for web to have early access to this new feature. |
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| MC950880 | (Updated) Update to Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment | Updated January 9, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. To maintain the best performance and reliability of our service, we are updating the page size limit for the phone number retrieval API (Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment cmdlet) to a maximum of 1,000 numbers per query. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 (previously early January) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously mid-January). |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. To maintain the best performance and reliability of our service, we are updating the page size limit for the phone number retrieval API (Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment cmdlet) to a maximum of 1,000 numbers per query. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by mid-February 2025 (previously late January). |
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| MC952893 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private moderator replies to individual attendees | A new Microsoft Teams feature empowers moderators to respond discreetly to attendee questions during Teams events. This functionality ensures that responses to sensitive questions, personal inquiries, or follow-up discussions are not broadcast to the entire audience, allowing for a more tailored and respectful communication experience.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 417158. |
Updated January 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. A new Microsoft Teams feature empowers moderators to respond discreetly to attendee questions during Teams events. This functionality ensures that responses to sensitive questions, personal inquiries, or follow-up discussions are not broadcast to the entire audience, allowing for a more tailored and respectful communication experience. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 417158. |
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| MC962528 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Third-party add-in user report can be sent to Microsoft for analysis | Administrators and security operators who are using third-party report message solutions in Microsoft Outlook to allow their users to report suspicious messages (for example, Knowbe4, Hoxhunt, Cofense, Proofpoint add-ins, and so on) can now configure Defender for Office 365 to automatically send these messages to Microsoft for analysis. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 406167. [When this will happen:] General Availability: We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025. |
Updated January 23, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Administrators and security operators who are using third-party report message solutions in Microsoft Outlook to allow their users to report suspicious messages (for example, Knowbe4, Hoxhunt, Cofense, Proofpoint add-ins, and so on) can now configure Defender for Office 365 to automatically send these messages to Microsoft for analysis. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 406167. [When this will happen:] General Availability: We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 (previously early February) and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously mid-February). |
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| MC967240 | Microsoft Teams: File open preferences will extend to more Microsoft 365 apps | Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Users will be able to set their preference for how their cloud-hosted Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files should open when they select links for these files from Teams. The new setting (open in a browser, desktop app, or directly in Teams) will extend to links selected in other Microsoft365 apps, starting with classic Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, for greater consistency across apps. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 471000. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late February 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025. |
Updated January 23, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Users will be able to set their preference for how their cloud-hosted Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files should open when they select links for these files from Teams. The new setting (open in a browser, desktop app, or directly in Teams) will extend to links selected in other Microsoft365 apps, starting with classic Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, for greater consistency across apps. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 471000. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early March 2025 (previously late February) and expect to complete by mid-March 2025 (previously early March). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 (previously early March) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously mid-March). |
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| MC971031 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New transcription policies for town halls and webinars | Before this rollout, for a Microsoft Teams town hall or webinar, the transcription behavior respects the current Teams meeting transcription policies. After this rollout, new transcription policies will be available for town halls and webinars to allow finer control over transcriptions. The policies may be changed in the Teams admin center or with Microsoft PowerShell commands. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473886. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025. |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Before this rollout, for a Microsoft Teams town hall or webinar, the transcription behavior respects the current Teams meeting transcription policies. After this rollout, new transcription policies will be available for town halls and webinars to allow finer control over transcriptions. The policies may be changed in the Teams admin center or with Microsoft PowerShell commands. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473886. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 (previously mid-February) and expect to complete by mid-March 2025 (previously late February). |
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| MC971032 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New recording policies for town halls and webinars | Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: New admin policies in the Teams admin center and Microsoft PowerShell that govern the recording behavior for town halls and webinars. Before this rollout, the same policies control the recording behavior for town halls, webinars, and meetings. After this rollout, separate recording policies for town halls and webinars will be available to more finely control event behavior. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473887. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025. |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: New admin policies in the Teams admin center and Microsoft PowerShell that govern the recording behavior for town halls and webinars. Before this rollout, the same policies control the recording behavior for town halls, webinars, and meetings. After this rollout, separate recording policies for town halls and webinars will be available to more finely control event behavior. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473887. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 (previously mid-February) and expect to complete by mid-March 2025 (previously late February). |
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| MC973503 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office: Introducing "Threat classification" for email | Coming soon to Microsoft Defender for Office: We will introduce Threat classification details to enhance your ability to understand the intent behind email attacks. This update will allow you to integrate Threat classification information across key experiences, enabling better detection, analysis, and response. The Threat classification system utilizes large language models (LLMs), machine learning (ML) models, and other advanced techniques to understand the intent behind threats, providing a more accurate classification. As the system evolves, you can expect new Threat classifications to be added to keep pace with emerging attack methods. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025. |
Updated January 23, 2025: We have updated our Threat Classification documentation on Microsoft Learn. You can now access the latest version from here. Coming soon to Microsoft Defender for Office: We will introduce Threat classification details to enhance your ability to understand the intent behind email attacks. This update will allow you to integrate Threat classification information across key experiences, enabling better detection, analysis, and response. The Threat classification system utilizes large language models (LLMs), machine learning (ML) models, and other advanced techniques to understand the intent behind threats, providing a more accurate classification. As the system evolves, you can expect new Threat classifications to be added to keep pace with emerging attack methods. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025. |
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| MC974361 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Edit your display name in meetings | In Microsoft Teams, while in a live meeting, participants will soon be able to edit their display name for the duration of the meeting. This name change is for the meeting duration only and does not affect a participant's original name on their People card. This feature is available for participants using the Teams desktop and web apps for both Windows and Mac. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122934. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025. |
Updated January 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In Microsoft Teams, while in a live meeting, participants will soon be able to edit their display name for the duration of the meeting. This name change is for the meeting duration only and does not affect a participant's original name on their People card. This feature is available for participants using the Teams desktop and web apps for both Windows and Mac. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122934. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early March 2025 (previously February) and expect to complete by mid-March 2025 (previously mid-February). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously early April). General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 (previously early April) and expect to complete by mid-May 2025 (previously mid-April). |
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| MC974362 | (Updated) Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions encryption support in new Outlook for Windows | We are rolling out fundamental Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) support for primary accounts in new Outlook. With this new feature, new Outlook will start supporting sending and reading signed and encrypted emails. In new Microsoft Outlook, this option is available in Options > More Options. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397891. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We began rolling out mid-December 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025. General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025. |
Updated January 21, 2025: After further review, we will not be rolling this out to DoD during the timeline outlined below. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Organizations in GCC High and DoD can safely disregard this message. Thank you for your patience. We are rolling out fundamental Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) support for primary accounts in new Outlook. With this new feature, new Outlook will start supporting sending and reading signed and encrypted emails. In new Microsoft Outlook, this option is available in Options > More Options. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397891. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We began rolling out mid-December 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025. General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. |
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| MC975306 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Adding "Service level" to real-time metrics for the Queues app | Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: In the Queues app, we will include Service levelin the real-time metrics. Authorized users will be able to review the Service level metric and adjust staffing accordingly. This message applies to the Queues app for Microsoft Teams on Windows desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472023. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025. |
Updated January 22, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: In the Queues app, we will include Service level in the real-time metrics. Authorized users will be able to review the Service level metric and adjust staffing accordingly. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472023. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 (previously mid-February) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late February). |
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| MC975778 | Power Apps – Fill forms faster with smart paste | We are announcing the fill forms faster with smart paste feature for Power Apps. This feature makes it faster and easier for users to fill forms based on text content from any source. Users can copy the content, smart paste by selecting a button (or using the keyboard shortcut), and receive inline suggestions within the form based on the copied content. This feature will reach general availability on February 1, 2025. | We are announcing the fill forms faster with smart paste feature for Power Apps. This feature makes it faster and easier for users to fill forms based on text content from any source. Users can copy the content, smart paste by selecting a button (or using the keyboard shortcut), and receive inline suggestions within the form based on the copied content. This preview feature will be enabled for all Dynamics 365 model-driven apps in monthly channel environments starting February 1, 2025. | N/A |
| MC979826 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva Connections: Update to app name | We are renaming the Viva Connections app to Connections. This change is intended to ensure the app name fits better within Microsoft Teams, preventing it from being truncated. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025. |
Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. We are renaming the Viva Connections app to Connections. This change is intended to ensure the app name fits better within Microsoft Teams, preventing it from being truncated. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously mid-February). |
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| MC982551 | (Updated) Microsoft Lists: Admin control to hide real-time list collaborators at site collection level | Coming soon to Microsoft Lists: A new admin control in Microsoft PowerShell to hide real-time Microsoft Lists collaborators at the site collection level. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Available now (since early December 2024). |
Updated January 22, 2025: We have updated the content Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Lists: A new admin control in Microsoft PowerShell to hide real-time Microsoft Lists collaborators at the site collection level. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Available now (since early December 2024). |
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| MC985472 | (Updated) General Availability of Direct Routing Phone Number Inventory | We are excited to announce the public release of Direct Routing (DR) Inventory for all Microsoft Teams Phone customers. This feature allows you to manage both assigned and unassigned DR phone numbers within Microsoft Teams Phone Number management. It simplifies managing and assigning DR phone numbers via Teams PowerShell cmdlet. The feature is also current in preview in Teams Admin Center and will be released to all customers in mid-February 2025. This new feature introduces a change in behavior for unassigned Direct Routing phone numbers in Teams Phone Number management. When unassigned, a Direct Routing phone number will no longer be removed from the Teams telephone number management storage. If for any reason you do not wish to keep the Direct Routing phone numbers in Microsoft's Teams telephone number management storage, please use New-CsOnlineTelephoneNumberReleaseOrder to release the unassigned Direct Routing phone numbers. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We have already rolled out the feature and available for use via Teams PowerShell cmdlets. |
Updated January 23, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce the public release of Direct Routing (DR) Inventory for all Microsoft Teams Phone customers. This feature allows you to manage both assigned and unassigned DR phone numbers within Microsoft Teams Phone Number management. It simplifies managing and assigning DR phone numbers via Teams PowerShell cmdlet. The feature is also current in preview in Teams Admin Center and will be released to all customers in mid-February 2025. This new feature introduces a change in behavior for unassigned Direct Routing phone numbers in Teams Phone Number management. When unassigned, a Direct Routing phone number will no longer be removed from the Teams telephone number management storage. If for any reason you do not wish to keep the Direct Routing phone numbers in Microsoft's Teams telephone number management storage, please use New-CsOnlineTelephoneNumberReleaseOrder to release the unassigned Direct Routing phone numbers. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We have already rolled out the feature and available for use via Teams PowerShell cmdlets. |
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| MC862229 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Quickly see who is in the office based on work hours and location | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
| MC920300 | Microsoft Entra: Enablement of Passkeys in Authenticator for passkey (FIDO2) organizations with no key restrictions | Admin impact | Updated message, Admin impact | 03/03/2025 |
| MC962528 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Third-party add-in user report can be sent to Microsoft for analysis | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC967240 | Microsoft Teams: File open preferences will extend to more Microsoft 365 apps | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
| MC971031 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New transcription policies for town halls and webinars | Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC971032 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New recording policies for town halls and webinars | Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC973503 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office: Introducing "Threat classification" for email | New feature, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC974361 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Edit your display name in meetings | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC974362 | (Updated) Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions encryption support in new Outlook for Windows | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC975306 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Adding "Service level" to real-time metrics for the Queues app | New feature, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC979826 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva Connections: Update to app name | Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC982551 | (Updated) Microsoft Lists: Admin control to hide real-time list collaborators at site collection level | Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC985472 | (Updated) General Availability of Direct Routing Phone Number Inventory | New feature, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, Admin impact | N/A |
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| MC922627 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat available in Teams and Outlook | 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 |
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. https://learn.microsoft.com/copilot/manage#removing-access-to-microsoft- https://learn.microsoft.com/copilot/microsoft-365/pin-copilot https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/manage#removing-access-to--chat 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/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 |
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| MC973503 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office: Introducing "Threat classification" for email | Familiarize your team with the new Threat classification details available in the Threat Explorer, Advanced Hunting, email summary panel, and email entity page. Leverage Threat classification to enhance filtering, hunting, and trend analysis in your workflows. Prepare to update any custom detection rules or automated workflows to incorporate Threat classification for more targeted and insightful threat detection. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your team about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. |
Familiarize your team with the new Threat classification details available in the Threat Explorer, Advanced Hunting, email summary panel, and email entity page. Leverage Threat classification to enhance filtering, hunting, and trend analysis in your workflows. Prepare to update any custom detection rules or automated workflows to incorporate Threat classification for more targeted and insightful threat detection. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your team about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-office-365/mdo-threat-classification |
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| MC975306 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Adding "Service level" to real-time metrics for the Queues app | This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Manage Queues app for Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/manage-queues-app https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=472023 |
This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date and admin can turn on the feature in the admin portal after the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Manage Queues app for Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/manage-queues-app https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=472023 |
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| MC985472 | (Updated) General Availability of Direct Routing Phone Number Inventory | No action required. Please review the details of this feature in our public documentation. Detailed instructions on how to use these cmdlets are provided in New-CsOnlineDirectRoutingTelephoneNumberUploadOrder, New-CsOnlineTelephoneNumberReleaseOrder, and Get-CsOnlineTelephoneNumberOrder https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/teams/get-csonlinetelephonenumberorder?view=teams-ps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/teams/new-csonlinetelephonenumberreleaseorder?view=teams-ps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/teams/new-csonlinetelephonenumberreleaseorder?view=teams-ps&branch=main https://review.learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/teams/new-csonlinedirectroutingtelephonenumberuploadorder?view=teams-ps&branch=main |
No action required. Please review the details of this feature in our public documentation. Detailed instructions on how to use these cmdlets are provided in New-CsOnlineDirectRoutingTelephoneNumberUploadOrder, New-CsOnlineTelephoneNumberReleaseOrder, and Get-CsOnlineTelephoneNumberOrder https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/teams/get-csonlinetelephonenumberorder?view=teams-ps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/teams/new-csonlinedirectroutingtelephonenumberuploadorder?view=teams-ps&branch=maintelephonenumberuploadorder?view=teams-ps&branch=main https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/teams/new-csonlinetelephonenumberreleaseorder?view=teams-ps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/teams/new-csonlinetelephonenumberreleaseorder?view=teams-ps&branch=main |
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MC Title changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC862229 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Quickly see who is in the office based on work hours and location | Microsoft Outlook: Quickly see who is in the office based on work hours and location | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Quickly see who is in the office based on work hours and location | N/A |
| MC922627 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat available in Teams and Outlook | (Updated) Microsoft Copilot extending to Teams and Outlook | (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat available in Teams and Outlook | N/A |
| MC929023 | (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Microsoft 365 Groups for Managing New Loop workspaces | Microsoft Loop – Microsoft 365 Groups for Managing New Loop workspaces | (Updated) Microsoft Loop – Microsoft 365 Groups for Managing New Loop workspaces | N/A |
| MC952893 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private moderator replies to individual attendees | Microsoft Teams: Private moderator replies to individual attendees | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private moderator replies to individual attendees | N/A |
| MC962528 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Third-party add-in user report can be sent to Microsoft for analysis | Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Third-party add-in user report can be sent to Microsoft for analysis | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Third-party add-in user report can be sent to Microsoft for analysis | N/A |
| MC971031 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New transcription policies for town halls and webinars | Microsoft Teams: New transcription policies for town halls and webinars | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New transcription policies for town halls and webinars | N/A |
| MC971032 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New recording policies for town halls and webinars | Microsoft Teams: New recording policies for town halls and webinars | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New recording policies for town halls and webinars | N/A |
| MC973503 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office: Introducing "Threat classification" for email | Microsoft Defender for Office: Introducing "Threat classification" for email | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office: Introducing "Threat classification" for email | N/A |
| MC974361 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Edit your display name in meetings | Microsoft Teams: Edit your display name in meetings | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Edit your display name in meetings | N/A |
| MC974362 | (Updated) Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions encryption support in new Outlook for Windows | Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions encryption support in new Outlook for Windows | (Updated) Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions encryption support in new Outlook for Windows | N/A |
| MC975306 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Adding "Service level" to real-time metrics for the Queues app | Microsoft Teams: Adding "Service level" to real-time metrics for the Queues app | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Adding "Service level" to real-time metrics for the Queues app | N/A |
| MC979826 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva Connections: Update to app name | Microsoft Viva Connections: Update to app name | (Updated) Microsoft Viva Connections: Update to app name | N/A |
| MC982551 | (Updated) Microsoft Lists: Admin control to hide real-time list collaborators at site collection level | Microsoft Lists: Admin control to hide real-time list collaborators at site collection level | (Updated) Microsoft Lists: Admin control to hide real-time list collaborators at site collection level | N/A |
| MC985472 | (Updated) General Availability of Direct Routing Phone Number Inventory | General Availability of Direct Routing Phone Number Inventory | (Updated) General Availability of Direct Routing Phone Number Inventory | N/A |
CW04 New Office 365 Message Center items
| MC ID | MC Title | MC Category | MC Workload | MC Major Change | MC Action required by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC985472 | (Updated) General Availability of Direct Routing Phone Number Inventory | Plan For Change | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC985408 | Power Apps - Update your firewall rules to add the new telemetry endpoints by February 20, 2025 | Plan For Change | Power Apps | False | N/A |
| MC985155 | Power Apps – Work with existing tables when visualizing complex data | Stay Informed | Power Apps | False | N/A |
| MC985484 | Microsoft Teams: Additional work information in people search results | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC985483 | Microsoft Graph: New default passcode in the Create Meeting API | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite | True | N/A |
| MC985482 | Microsoft Teams: More predictable recording experience with Who keeps recording | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC985479 | Microsoft 365 admin center: AI administrator role authorization to manage Copilot settings | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC986546 | Video creation in Copilot Visual Creator powered by Clipchamp | Plan For Change | Microsoft Clipchamp | False | N/A |
| MC986522 | Microsoft Copilot Dashboard: New usage intensity and retention insights | Plan For Change | Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
| MC987329 | Microsoft Teams: Enhanced compliance and security in voicemail messages | Plan For Change | Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC987318 | Coming Soon: Update to Apps user interface experience in Intune | Plan For Change | Microsoft Intune | False | N/A |
| MC987008 | Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Role-based Copilot offerings – 2025 release wave 1 plans available now | Stay Informed | Dynamics 365 Apps, Power Apps, Microsoft Power Automate | False | N/A |
