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33 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and
22 Office 365 Message Center Items were added
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MC690179 | (Updated) Outlook Folder Recursive Search | 05/05/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-02-26T08:00:00Z | N/A |
MC709270 | (Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows | 03/03/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-05-05T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC718553 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone | 03/03/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-05-05T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC726122 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: View, download, and delete Microsoft OneDrive transcript files | 03/03/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-05-05T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC781595 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Tenant-wide policy for permission to download meeting transcription | 03/03/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-05-05T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC809602 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New skin tone settings and reactions | 03/03/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-05-05T10:00:00Z | N/A |
MC883199 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership | 03/03/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-04-07T10:00:00Z | N/A |
MC892641 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva: A new reactions design in Viva Engage | 03/03/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-08-04T10:00:00Z | N/A |
MC894581 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Chrome web browser for guests | 03/14/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-05-05T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC898391 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Edge web browser for guests | 03/10/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-05-05T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC910981 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Edge links on MacOS will seamlessly open | 03/03/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-04-07T10:00:00Z | N/A |
MC915485 | (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Updates to font management capabilities | 03/03/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-04-07T10:00:00Z | N/A |
MC918562 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Stream Custom Agent and Bot Responses | 03/03/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-05-05T10:00:00Z | N/A |
MC946791 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Minimize the compose window to multitask in the Outlook app | 04/17/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-05-05T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC950880 | (Updated) Update to Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment | 03/30/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-04-07T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC950888 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic association of BYOD rooms and peripherals | 05/31/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-05-05T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC952893 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private moderator replies to individual attendees | 03/10/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-04-07T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC958891 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Updated feedback policies | 03/31/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-04-07T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC967240 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: File open preferences will extend to more Microsoft 365 apps | 05/30/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-06-09T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC973519 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enable transcription policy by default | 04/25/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-05-05T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC974351 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Filter between active and archived teams in Shifts app schedules | 04/25/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-05-05T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC How Affect changes
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MC961557 | (Updated) Microsoft Search in Bing Deprecation | For organizations using Microsoft Search in Bing, users will need to transition to using Microsoft Search through Office.com, SharePoint Online, or Microsoft365.com for work search. Users who are accustomed to using the Edge for Business address bar and the Windows search box can continue to conduct work searches through these endpoints, with the expectation that there will be some adjustment in these experiences after the deprecation date. (For details on changes, please refer to the FAQ link above, which will be available mid-January 2025.) There may be earlier impact to a small set of users prior to March 31, 2025, where they temporarily cannot use work search in Bing.com, embedded search boxes pointing to Microsoft Search in Bing, the Edge for Business address bar, or Windows search box, as we begin testing the deprecation experience. In all cases, Microsoft Search remains accessible through Office.com, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft365.com. |
For organizations using Microsoft Search in Bing, users will need to transition to using Microsoft Search through M365.cloud.microsoft (formerly Office.com and Microsoft365.com) and SharePoint Online. Users who are accustomed to using the Edge for Business address bar and the Windows search box can continue to conduct work searches through these endpoints entry points, with the expectation that there will be some adjustment in these experiences after the deprecation date. (For details on changes, please refer to the FAQ: https://aka.ms/MSBFAQ.) Users who click on suggestions in the Edge for Business address bar or Windows search box may be redirected to Microsoft365.com before March 31, 2025. Also, as we begin testing the retirement experience, a small set of users may find before March 31 that Bing is intermittently unavailable as an entry point for work search. We recommend that you proactively inform your users of the change and direct them to M365.cloud.microsoft (formerly Office.com and Microsoft365.com) and SharePoint Online. Adding M365.cloud.microsoft to their favorites or to the favorites bar in Edge for Business may be a helpful alternative pathway. |
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MC992217 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender: Changes to Defender for Cloud Apps alerts | We will change the field indicating the alert source in the alert data itself. Note: The rollout will only affect new alerts generated after the rollout and will not alter existing alerts. This rollout will be reflected in all experiences where alerts are represented, including Incidents & alerts queues in the XDR portal, Advanced hunting, and the correlating APIs and SIEM systems. In the Defender XDR portal, the change will be reflected in the Service sources field, replacing the current Microsoft Defender XDR and App governance values with the new value Defender for Cloud Apps. The detection sources will remain unchanged and will continue to indicate the detections are generated in the XDR detection engine, App governance policy, or App governance detection. The alert ID prepended characters of some of the alerts will also be changed to comply with the Defender XDR mapping. Service/Detection sources filter in the Incidents queue. Left: Before the change. Right: After the change: Learn more about the different alert sources in Defender XDR in the Alert sources section of Investigate alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR - Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn |
We will change the field indicating the alert source in the alert data itself. Note: The rollout will only affect new alerts generated after the rollout and will not alter existing alerts. This rollout will be reflected in all experiences where alerts are represented, including Incidents & alerts queues in the XDR portal, Advanced hunting, and the correlating APIs and SIEM systems. In the Defender XDR portal, the change will be reflected in the Service sources field, replacing the current Microsoft Defender XDR values with the new value Defender for Cloud Apps. The detection sources will remain unchanged and will continue to indicate the detections are generated in the XDR detection engine. The alert ID prepended characters of some of the alerts will also be changed to comply with the Defender XDR mapping. Learn more about the different alert sources in Defender XDR in the Alert sources section of Investigate alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR - Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn In the Microsoft Graph API, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint streaming API, and the Microsoft Azure Events Hub, the change will be reflected in the alert resource type under the property serviceSource, and the previous values of microsoft365Defender will change to microsoftDefenderForCloudApps. Learn more about the Graph API alert resource: alert resource type - Microsoft Graph v1.0 | Microsoft Learn Learn more about Streaming API: Stream Microsoft Defender XDR events - Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn |
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MC Messages changes
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MC1006624 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access chats while sharing a screen | Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: We will add a control to the meeting presenter toolbar so presenters can more easily access the meeting chat while sharing a window or a screen. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 467445. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. |
Updated February 20, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: We will add a control to the meeting presenter toolbar so presenters can more easily access the meeting chat while sharing a window or a screen. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 467445. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by late April 2025 (previously late March). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 (previously mid-April) and expect to complete by early June 2025 (previously late May). |
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MC1009916 | (Updated) New Outlook for Windows and Web: Outlook Newsletters | Coming soon to new Microsoft Outlook: Newsletters in Outlook enable customers to create, distribute, and track success for their internal email newsletters. This message applies to the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 328282 [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025. Rollout will begin in Targeted Release and will proceed to Standard Release. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. |
Updated February 20, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to new Microsoft Outlook: Newsletters in Outlook enable customers to create, distribute, and track success for their internal email newsletters. This message applies to the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 328282 [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025. Rollout will begin in Targeted Release and will proceed to Standard Release. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. |
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MC679739 | (Updated) Yammer Rebranding to Viva Engage Domain Migration Update | Updated March 11, 2024: The email sender domain will not start in June 2024 as previously announced. We will send a new notice via message center with 30-days' notice before we start changing the email sender domain later in 2024. If you took action to change or update your email configuration based on the previous communication, then that should remain largely valid. We encourage you to review changes when any updated notice is received. As previously communicated in MC561701 (May 2023), a key step in our rebranding from Yammer to Viva Engage is changing our web and email domains. These changes happen on different schedules and may impact you differently. Changes to our web domain are currently not anticipated to impact our APIs. Should there be any changes in the future we will notify you. Web domain change: Rollout will begin in late March 2024 and is expected to be complete by mid-April 2024. |
Updated February 19, 2025: Email domain change: We will communicate a new timeline when we are ready to proceed. If you took action to change or update your email configuration based on the previous communication, then that should remain largely valid. We encourage you to review changes when any updated notice is received. As previously communicated in MC561701 (May 2023), a key step in our rebranding from Yammer to Viva Engage is changing our web and email domains. These changes happen on different schedules and may impact you differently. Changes to our web domain are currently not anticipated to impact our APIs. Should there be any changes in the future we will notify you. Web domain change: Rollout will begin in late March 2024 and is expected to be complete by mid-April 2024. |
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MC690179 | (Updated) Outlook Folder Recursive Search | Updated November 12, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. This new feature will allow users to search within Outlook for sub-folders within specific folders. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 151025 |
Updated February 19, 2025: We are canceling this feature for the time being, we apologize for any inconveniences. This new feature will allow users to search within Outlook for sub-folders within specific folders. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 151025 |
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MC709270 | (Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows | Updated January 13, 2025: 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 |
Updated February 21, 2025: 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 |
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MC718553 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone | 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 |
Updated February 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 [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 March 2025 (previously late January). |
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MC726122 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: View, download, and delete Microsoft OneDrive transcript files | Updated January 13, 2025: 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 |
Updated February 21, 2025: 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 |
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MC781595 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Tenant-wide policy for permission to download meeting transcription | Updated January 13, 2025: 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 complete by late January 2025 (previously late December). |
Updated February 21, 2025: 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 complete by late March 2025 (previously late January). |
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MC809602 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New skin tone settings and reactions | Updated January 13, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience With skin tone settings and reactions in Microsoft Teams, users will be able to set a preferred skin tone for relevant emojis and reactions. Each user can change their own skin tone setting in the Teams app Settings > Appearance and accessibility menu or in the emoji/reaction menu on Desktop or web. The skin tone rollout will apply to emojis and reactions in chats, channels, and meetings on all Teams platforms (Teams for Desktop, Teams for web, Teams for Mac, and Teams Mobile). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 323766. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late October 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by early November 2024 (previously late October). General availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early November 2024 (previously late October) and expect to complete by late December 2024. General availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously late December) |
Updated February 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With skin tone settings and reactions in Microsoft Teams, users will be able to set a preferred skin tone for relevant emojis and reactions. Each user can change their own skin tone setting in the Teams app Settings > Appearance and accessibility menu or in the emoji/reaction menu on Desktop or web. The skin tone rollout will apply to emojis and reactions in chats, channels, and meetings on all Teams platforms (Teams for Desktop, Teams for web, Teams for Mac, and Teams Mobile). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 323766. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late October 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by early November 2024 (previously late October). General availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early November 2024 (previously late October) and expect to complete by late December 2024. General availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late January). |
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MC883199 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership | 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). |
Updated February 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 March 2025 (previously late January). |
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MC892641 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva: A new reactions design in Viva Engage | Updated January 9, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Customers will see a new design for reactions in conversation cards across Microsoft Viva Engage web, Microsoft Teams and Outlook apps, and interactive emails in Outlook Web app and new Outlook for Windows. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 416644. |
Updated February 19, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Customers will see a new design for reactions in conversation cards across Microsoft Viva Engage web, Microsoft Teams and Outlook apps, and interactive emails in Outlook Web app and new Outlook for Windows. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 416644. |
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MC894581 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Chrome web browser for guests | Anonymous users (guests) who join Microsoft Teams meetings in the Chrome web browser will soon experience performance improvements. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401116. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November and expect to complete by mid-November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late-November 2024. General Availability (GCC, GCC High and DoD): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025. |
Updated February 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Anonymous users (guests) who join Microsoft Teams meetings in the Chrome web browser will soon experience performance improvements. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401116. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November and expect to complete by mid-November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late-November 2024. General Availability (GCC, GCC High and DoD): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late January). |
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MC898391 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Edge web browser for guests | Anonymous users (guests) who join Microsoft Teams meetings in the Microsoft Edge for Business web browser will soon experience performance improvements. They will be able to join meetings faster. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401117. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late-November 2024. General Availability (GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025. |
Updated February 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Anonymous users (guests) who join Microsoft Teams meetings in the Microsoft Edge for Business web browser will soon experience performance improvements. They will be able to join meetings faster. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401117. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late-November 2024. General Availability (GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late January). |
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MC910981 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Edge links on MacOS will seamlessly open | Updated December 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: When users or admins configure Microsoft Edge as the browser to open web links in Teams, then links in Teams chat will be open in Edge, and Edge launches in the profile that matches the authenticated profile. Users will benefit from a seamless browsing experience that integrates their identity and user data across Microsoft apps.& This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 414521. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously late November). |
Updated February 20, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: When users or admins configure Microsoft Edge as the browser to open web links in Teams, then links in Teams chat will be open in Edge, and Edge launches in the profile that matches the authenticated profile. Users will benefit from a seamless browsing experience that integrates their identity and user data across Microsoft apps.& This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 414521. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January). |
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MC915485 | (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Updates to font management capabilities | Updated November 27, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are introducing updates that provide capabilities for managing custom fonts for Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Viva Connections. This includes the ability to hide the From Microsoft font packages from Change the look, the ability to apply a font package in your site templates, and updated availability for the From Microsoft font packages. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420933. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024 General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early November 2024 and expect to complete late January 2025 (previously early December). |
Updated February 20, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are introducing updates that provide capabilities for managing custom fonts for Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Viva Connections. This includes the ability to hide the From Microsoft font packages from Change the look, the ability to apply a font package in your site templates, and updated availability for the From Microsoft font packages. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420933. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024 General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early November 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January). |
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MC918562 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Stream Custom Agent and Bot Responses | Updated January 13, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience Custom engine agents and Teams bots can now stream responses like Microsoft Copilot. They can provide real-time updates on their actions while delivering parts of the response as they generate it, making interactions feel faster and more engaging. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422261 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously late December) |
Updated February 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Custom engine agents and Teams bots can now stream responses like Microsoft Copilot. They can provide real-time updates on their actions while delivering parts of the response as they generate it, making interactions feel faster and more engaging. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422261 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late January). |
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MC946791 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Minimize the compose window to multitask in the Outlook app | Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Minimize draft emails and quickly access them again from the message list or calendar view. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470304. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025. |
Updated February 19, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Minimize draft emails and quickly access them again from the message list or calendar view. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470304. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously early February). |
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MC950880 | (Updated) Update to Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment | 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). |
Updated February 20, 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 late February 2025 (previously mid-February). |
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MC950888 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic association of BYOD rooms and peripherals | In order to automate BYOD user experience (BYOD mode) for users in meeting rooms, the peripherals that users plug in must be associated to those rooms in Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro management portal. The Pro management portal will soon use meeting room invite data to intelligently associate peripherals to rooms, automatically creating inventory relationships for you. The association logic relies on many unique users joining a meeting with a specific meeting room booked and the same peripheral plugged in, as identified by serial number and VIDPID. Auto association can also keep up with the times by re-associating a peripheral if it gets physically moved to another room. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469495. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025. |
Updated February 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In order to automate BYOD user experience (BYOD mode) for users in meeting rooms, the peripherals that users plug in must be associated to those rooms in Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro management portal. The Pro management portal will soon use meeting room invite data to intelligently associate peripherals to rooms, automatically creating inventory relationships for you. The association logic relies on many unique users joining a meeting with a specific meeting room booked and the same peripheral plugged in, as identified by serial number and VIDPID. Auto association can also keep up with the times by re-associating a peripheral if it gets physically moved to another room. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469495. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late January 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously early February). |
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MC952893 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private moderator replies to individual attendees | 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. |
Updated February 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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MC958891 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Updated feedback policies | We're making some changes to feedback policies in Outlook mobile for iOS and Android behavior to match our documentation. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025. |
Updated February 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We're making some changes to feedback policies in Outlook mobile for iOS and Android behavior to match our documentation. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025 (previously early February). |
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MC960818 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS/Android: New reporting buttons integrated with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Updated February 6, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS/Android: New built-in report buttons in version > 4.2446. Admins can control the appearance and behavior of these buttons that allow users to report emails as phishing / junk / not junk from the User Reported setting page in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal (security.microsoft.com). Admins can also customize where messages get reported to (reporting mailbox, Microsoft, or both) and what the user sees both before and after reporting messages from these buttons. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 371383. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We began rolling out in early December 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January). |
Updated February 19, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook for iOS/Android: New built-in report buttons in version > 4.2446 or later (android) and version > 4.2508 or later (iOS). Admins can control the appearance and behavior of these buttons that allow users to report emails as phishing / junk / not junk from the User Reported setting page in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal (security.microsoft.com). Admins can also customize where messages get reported to (reporting mailbox, Microsoft, or both) and what the user sees both before and after reporting messages from these buttons. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 371383. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We began rolling out in early December 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January). |
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MC961557 | (Updated) Microsoft Search in Bing Deprecation | Microsoft Search in Bing, the work search experience available on Bing.com, will be deprecated, such that the last day of availability is on March 31, 2025. This change is being made as we streamline search experiences and focus on enhancing core productivity tools. The Microsoft Edge for Business address bar and the Windows search box will continue to support work search with some adjustments, which are detailed below. Microsoft Search in Bing will no longer be available, with changes as follows: Bing.com will no longer show work search results. Consequently, there will not be a dedicated page of work results and users' work profile will no longer appear on Bing.com Search boxes you've configured to point to Microsoft Search in Bing will no longer provide work results. Edge for Business address bar and Windows search box will continue to support work search with some adjustments, including: Edge for Business address bar will no longer return work search results on a Bing.com page but will continue to provide suggested results within the address bar. Work search for documents will be available initially, with additional content types available as quickly as possible. Windows search box will see the removal of organization branding and the "work" tab but will continue to support work search. Search for documents will be available initially, with additional content types available as quickly as possible. With these changes, users will see some UX changes in the Windows search box. As before, the core Microsoft Search experience remains accessible through Office.com, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft365.com. An FAQ and further details will be available mid-January at https://aka.ms/MSBFAQ, which will be updated regularly. [When the Change Will Occur:] The last day of availability of Microsoft Search in Bing is March 31, 2025. |
Updated February 20, 2025: There are new details available regarding the Microsoft Search in Bing retirement. The FAQ is now available at Guidance for retiring Microsoft Search in Bing for your organization. Microsoft Search in Bing, the search experience for work and school available on Bing.com, is being deprecated. The last day of its availability is on March 31, 2025. This change is being made as we streamline search experiences and focus on enhancing core productivity tools. The Microsoft Edge for Business address bar and the Windows search box will continue to support work and school search, with some adjustments detailed below. Details of the Change After March 31, 2025, Microsoft Search in Bing will no longer be available, with changes as follows: Bing.com will no longer show work or school search results. Consequently, there will not be a dedicated page of work or school results and users' work or school profiles will no longer appear on Bing.com. However, selecting the Work or School tab on Bing.com will redirect users to the new Microsoft Search experience on M365.cloud.microsoft (formerly Office.com and Microsoft365.com). Search boxes you've configured to point to Microsoft Search in Bing will no longer provide work or school results. The Edge for Business address bar and Windows search box will continue to support work and school search with some adjustments, including: The Edge for Business address bar will no longer return work or school search results on a Bing.com page but will continue to provide suggested results in the address bar. In addition, the address bar will send users to work and school results on M365.cloud.microsoft rather than Bing.com. Users of the address bar can continue to find work-related documents, bookmarks, and people in suggested results-clicking on these suggestions takes users to work or school results on M365.cloud.microsoft. Users can also type "work" in the address bar, hit the tab key, then input their work- or school-related query to get results on a M365.cloud.microsoft page. Work and school search results will include documents, people, and bookmarks. Work search for documents will be available initially, with additional content types available as quickly as possible. The Windows search box will no longer display organization branding nor the "Work" or "School" tab but will continue to support work and school search. Search for documents and people remains available. will be available initially, with additional content types available as quickly as possible. With these changes, users will see some UX changes in the Windows search box. As before, the core Microsoft Search experience remains accessible through M365.cloud.microsoft (formerly Office.com and Microsoft365.com) and SharePoint Online. Additionally, Entra ID sign-in will no longer be available on Bing.com, since work and school search is no longer available on Bing.com. An FAQ and further details are now available at Guidance for retiring Microsoft Search in Bing for your organization, which will be updated regularly. [When will this happen:] The last day of availability of Microsoft Search in Bing is March 31, 2025. |
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MC967240 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: File open preferences will extend to more Microsoft 365 apps | 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). |
Updated February 20, 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 April 2025 (previously early March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously mid-March). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by late April 2025 (previously late March). |
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MC971031 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New transcription policies for town halls and webinars | 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). |
Updated February 20, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. 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 April 2025 (previously early March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously mid-March). |
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MC971032 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New recording policies for town halls and webinars | 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). |
Updated February 20, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. 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 April 2025 (previously early March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously mid-March). |
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MC973519 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enable transcription policy by default | Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: We are updating our default policy settings for transcription for new tenants. Before this rollout, the setting was off by default. After this rollout, the setting will be on by default. This change applies to new global policies created for new tenants. Existing policies in the Teams admin center will not be changed; however, tenants that have not customized any part of their Teams meeting policy will be impacted. Tenants without customized policies: The new default settings will apply, and these tenants will be impacted by this change. Tenants with customized policies: Policies for user-level assignments or group-level assignments will remain unchanged and unaffected. This change is designed to streamline the adoption of transcription and enhance the use of all AI features. This change will align transcription with the default policy for recording, which is also enabled by default in Teams admin center. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 468282. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025. |
Updated February 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: We are updating our default policy settings for transcription for new tenants. Before this rollout, the setting was off by default. After this rollout, the setting will be on by default. This change applies to new global policies created for new tenants. Existing policies in the Teams admin center will not be changed; however, tenants that have not customized any part of their Teams meeting policy will be impacted. Tenants without customized policies: The new default settings will apply, and these tenants will be impacted by this change. Tenants with customized policies: Policies for user-level assignments or group-level assignments will remain unchanged and unaffected. This change is designed to streamline the adoption of transcription and enhance the use of all AI features. This change will align transcription with the default policy for recording, which is also enabled by default in Teams admin center. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 468282. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously early February) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously mid-February). |
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MC974351 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Filter between active and archived teams in Shifts app schedules | Coming soon for the Shifts app in Microsoft Teams: An enhanced All schedules view with a new dropdown filter, enabling you to easily switch between active and archived teams. This feature helps reduce clutter, allowing managers and frontline workers to concentrate on the schedules of active teams. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422814. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025. |
Updated February 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for the Shifts app in Microsoft Teams: An enhanced All schedules view with a new dropdown filter, enabling you to easily switch between active and archived teams. This feature helps reduce clutter, allowing managers and frontline workers to concentrate on the schedules of active teams. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422814. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously early February) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously mid-February). |
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MC981624 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook name change: "Outlook (new)" on Windows will change to "Outlook" | Coming soon: The installed name for new Microsoft Outlook for Windows will change from "Outlook (new)" to "Outlook." This rollout comes after a change to the classic Outlook in version 2407, previously announced in MC803006 (Update) Outlook for Windows display name change (published June 2024, updated August 2024), which added "(classic)" to the installed name to differentiate the two apps. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025. |
Updated February 19, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon: The installed name for new Microsoft Outlook for Windows will change from "Outlook (new)" to "Outlook." This rollout comes after a change to the classic Outlook in version 2407, previously announced in MC803006 (Update) Outlook for Windows display name change (published June 2024, updated August 2024), which added "(classic)" to the installed name to differentiate the two apps. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 (previously early February) and expect to complete by late February 2025. |
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MC981634 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: New user setting to include a comma in recipient's contact name | By default, Microsoft Outlook for the web and new Microsoft Outlook for Windows support separating recipients by using either a semicolon or a comma. After this rollout, users can choose if a comma should be used as a recipient separator or if it should be allowed as part of the contact's name. This change is helpful for organizations where contacts use the "Last name, First name" format. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470020. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in late February 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late March 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. |
Updated February 19, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. By default, Microsoft Outlook for the web and new Microsoft Outlook for Windows support separating recipients by using either a semicolon or a comma. After this rollout, users can choose if a comma should be used as a recipient separator or if it should be allowed as part of the contact's name. This change is helpful for organizations where contacts use the "Last name, First name" format. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470020. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-March 2025 (previously late February) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously late March). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in mid-April 2025 (previously late March) and expect to complete by mid-May 2025 (previously late April). |
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MC992217 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender: Changes to Defender for Cloud Apps alerts | Coming soon for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: A change to alerts generated by events originating from Defender for Cloud Apps that are generated in the Microsoft Defender XDR detection engine A change to App governance alerts This rollout aims to provide more accurate and precise information on the origin of these alerts, enabling customers to identify, manage, and respond to alerts more effectively. [When this will happen:] General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD, Production, DoD): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. |
Updated February 19, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: A change to alerts generated by events originating from Defender for Cloud Apps that are generated in the Microsoft Defender XDR detection engine This rollout aims to provide more accurate and precise information on the origin of these alerts, enabling customers to identify, manage, and respond to alerts more effectively. [When this will happen:] General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD, Production, DoD): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. |
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MC993226 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New location sharing settings for emergency calls and other features | Microsoft Teams will soon have a new location sharing setting that will allow users to grant location access to specific features. This change will affect emergency dynamic policy and the network bandwidth policy. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop (version 24H2 or greater) and Teams for Mac desktop. VDI clients will not be supported at this time. [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, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 and expect to complete by early March 2025. |
Updated February 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams will soon have a new location sharing setting that will allow users to grant location access to specific features. This change will affect emergency dynamic policy and the network bandwidth policy. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop (version 24H2 or greater) and Teams for Mac desktop. VDI clients will not be supported at this time. [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, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-March (previously late February) and expect to complete by early April 2025 (previously early March). |
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MC998511 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Share files faster in Chat and channels | Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Users will be able to share a file from a Chat conversation, a Chat Shared tab, or a channel post to 1:1 chats, group chats, or channels with fewer clicks. When files are shared, their permissions are maintained, ensuring that recipients have the appropriate access rights. Users can include a message with the shared file and @mention recipients. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for the web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 475852. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. |
Updated February 20, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Users will be able to share a file from a Chat conversation, a Chat Shared tab, or a channel post to 1:1 chats, group chats, or channels with fewer clicks. When files are shared, their permissions are maintained, ensuring that recipients have the appropriate access rights. Users can include a message with the shared file and @mention recipients. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for the web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 475852. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously late March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously early April). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 (previously early Aprill) and expect to complete by early May 2025 (previously late April). |
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MC1006624 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access chats while sharing a screen | Feature update, User impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact | N/A |
MC1009916 | (Updated) New Outlook for Windows and Web: Outlook Newsletters | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
MC894581 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Chrome web browser for guests | Feature update, User impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact | N/A |
MC898391 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Edge web browser for guests | Feature update, User impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact | N/A |
MC946791 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Minimize the compose window to multitask in the Outlook app | Feature update, User impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact | N/A |
MC950888 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic association of BYOD rooms and peripherals | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
MC952893 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private moderator replies to individual attendees | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
MC958891 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Updated feedback policies | Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
MC961557 | (Updated) Microsoft Search in Bing Deprecation | User impact, Admin impact, Retirement | Updated message, User impact, Admin impact, Retirement | N/A |
MC973519 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enable transcription policy by default | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
MC974351 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Filter between active and archived teams in Shifts app schedules | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
MC981624 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook name change: "Outlook (new)" on Windows will change to "Outlook" | Feature update, User impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact | N/A |
MC981634 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: New user setting to include a comma in recipient's contact name | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
MC992217 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender: Changes to Defender for Cloud Apps alerts | Feature update, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, Admin impact | N/A |
MC993226 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New location sharing settings for emergency calls and other features | Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
MC998511 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Share files faster in Chat and channels | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
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MC1009916 | (Updated) New Outlook for Windows and Web: Outlook Newsletters | Outlook Newsletters will roll out on the specified date as an opt-in preview, meaning that no users in your organization will have access to the new module without you taking additional configuration steps. User access to Outlook Newsletters is controlled by the OwaMailboxPolicy. OutlookNewslettersAccessLevel property. The default value of this property is Undefined until you set it explicitly, which will default to NoAccess while Outlook Newsletters remains in Preview. You can use Set-OwaMailboxPolicy to update this property to ReadWrite, ReadOnly, or NoAccess. Users with ReadWrite access can create content in Outlook Newsletters while ReadOnly limits users to accessing content created by others in your organization. For more information on using OutlookNewslettersAccessLevel, please see: Newsletters in Outlook (Preview) - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn After enabling Outlook Newsletters, you may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. End-user help: Newsletters in Outlook (Preview) - Microsoft Support https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/outlook/manage/newsletters https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/newsletters-in-outlook-preview-b35566e6-d319-450d-8930-86e483cda3ee https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters%3D&searchterms=328282 |
Outlook Newsletters will roll out on the specified date as an opt-in preview, meaning that no users in your organization will have access to the new module without you taking additional configuration steps. User access to Outlook Newsletters is controlled by the OwaMailboxPolicy. OutlookNewslettersAccessLevel property. The default value of this property is Undefined until you set it explicitly, which will default to NoAccess while Outlook Newsletters remains in Preview. You can use Set-OwaMailboxPolicy to update this property to ReadWrite, ReadOnly, or NoAccess. Users with ReadWrite access can create content in Outlook Newsletters while ReadOnly limits users to accessing content created by others in your organization. For more information on using OutlookNewslettersAccessLevel, please see: Newsletters in Outlook (Preview) - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn After enabling Outlook Newsletters, you may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. End-user help: Newsletters in Outlook (Preview) - Microsoft Support Ongoing updates: Some keyboard navigation and narrator support is still being finished while in Public Preview. Soft delete support is still in development. GoLocal support is still in planning. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/outlook/manage/newsletters https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/newsletters-in-outlook-preview-b35566e6-d319-450d-8930-86e483cda3ee https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters%3D&searchterms=328282 |
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MC961557 | (Updated) Microsoft Search in Bing Deprecation | Customers should prepare to stop using Microsoft Search in Bing by March 31, 2025, and transition to using Microsoft Search through Office.com, SharePoint Online, or Microsoft365.com. It is recommended to inform users about the upcoming change and the alternatives available. Adding your preferred entry point from this set to favorites or favorites bar in Edge for Business may be a helpful alternative pathway. Admins can easily set favorites in Edge for Business for their organization, please see details here. Additionally, users can continue to use the Edge for Business address bar and the Windows search box, with some changes expected. For admins who wish to set their own deprecation date prior to March 31, 2025, you can turn off Microsoft Search in Bing by going to the Microsoft 365 admin center > Settings > Search & Intelligence. When the FAQ becomes available, customers will be notified through an update of this Message center post. https://learn.microsoft.com/deployedge/edge-learnmore-provision-favorites |
Customers should prepare to stop using Microsoft Search in Bing by March 31, 2025, and transition to using Microsoft Search through M365.cloud.microsoft (formerly Office.com and Microsoft365.com) and SharePoint Online. We recommend that you inform users about the upcoming change and the alternatives available. Adding your preferred entry point from this set to favorites or favorites bar in Edge may be a helpful alternative pathway. Admins can easily set favorites in Edge for their organization, please see details here. Additionally, users can continue to use the Edge for Business address bar and the Windows search box, with some changes expected. Please educate users that they should now type "work" in the address bar, hit the tab key, then type in their work-related query to get work results on a M365.cloud.microsoft page. If your organization is using the AddressBarMicrosoftSearchInBingProviderEnabled policy today, you should update to the AddressBarWorkSearchResultsEnabled policy, if the policy is still needed. The new policy, AddressBarWorkSearchResultsEnabled, will be available starting in early March, with Edge for Business version 134 (ahead of the Microsoft Search in Bing deprecation). This allows admins to configure the display of work suggestions in the address bar. If the policy is enabled or not configured, users who are signed into Edge for Business with their Entra ID can view internal work-related suggestions, such as bookmarks, files, and people results powered by Microsoft 365, in the Edge for Business address bar suggestion dropdown. If the policy is disabled, Entra ID signed-in users will not see internal workplace results in the Microsoft Edge address bar suggestion dropdown. Admins who wish to set their own deprecation date prior to March 31, 2025, can turn off Microsoft Search in Bing by going to the Microsoft 365 admin center > Settings > Search & Intelligence. Regarding SafeSearch settings: If you had set the search experience for your organization to "School search," SafeSearch was set to Strict by default. If you'd like to ensure that your users continue to have SafeSearch set to Strict after the Microsoft Search in Bing retirement, you can map www.bing.com to strict.bing.com at a network level. See Blocking adult content with SafeSearch or blocking Chat for more details. Note: The search history feature for work or school search is changing along with the retirement of Microsoft Search in Bing. Details are not yet determined, but they will be added to the FAQ once they're finalized. https://aka.ms/MSBFAQ https://support.microsoft.com/topic/blocking-adult-content-with-safesearch-or-blocking-chat-946059ed-992b-46a0-944a-28e8fb8f1814 |
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MC992217 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender: Changes to Defender for Cloud Apps alerts | This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Administrators should review and update any custom alert rules, playbooks, or automations involving the alerts mentioned above (Service sources = Microsoft Defender XDR and Detection sources = Defender XDR, or Service sources = App governance), to ensure they reflect the new value. You may also want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. As a reminder, detection sources will remain unchanged, so if you only filter on detection sources, everything should continue to function as normal. https://learn.microsoft.com/defender-xdr/investigate-alerts?tabs=settings#alert-sources https://learn.microsoft.com/defender-xdr/streaming-api https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/resources/security-alert?view=graph-rest-1.0 |
This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Administrators should review and update any custom alert rules, playbooks, or automations involving the alerts mentioned above (Service sources = Microsoft Defender XDR and Detection sources = Defender XDR, to ensure they reflect the new value. You may also want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. As a reminder, detection sources will remain unchanged, so if you only filter on detection sources, everything should continue to function as normal. https://learn.microsoft.com/defender-xdr/investigate-alerts?tabs=settings#alert-sources https://learn.microsoft.com/defender-xdr/streaming-api https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/resources/security-alert?view=graph-rest-1.0 |
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MC Title changes
MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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MC1006624 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access chats while sharing a screen | Microsoft Teams: Access chats while sharing a screen | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access chats while sharing a screen | N/A |
MC1009916 | (Updated) New Outlook for Windows and Web: Outlook Newsletters | New Outlook for Windows and Web: Outlook Newsletters | (Updated) New Outlook for Windows and Web: Outlook Newsletters | N/A |
MC894581 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Chrome web browser for guests | Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Chrome web browser for guests | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Chrome web browser for guests | N/A |
MC898391 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Edge web browser for guests | Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Edge web browser for guests | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Edge web browser for guests | N/A |
MC946791 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Minimize the compose window to multitask in the Outlook app | Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Minimize the compose window to multitask in the Outlook app | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Minimize the compose window to multitask in the Outlook app | N/A |
MC950888 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic association of BYOD rooms and peripherals | Microsoft Teams: Automatic association of BYOD rooms and peripherals | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic association of BYOD rooms and peripherals | N/A |
MC958891 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Updated feedback policies | Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Updated feedback policies | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Updated feedback policies | N/A |
MC961557 | (Updated) Microsoft Search in Bing Deprecation | Microsoft Search in Bing Deprecation | (Updated) Microsoft Search in Bing Deprecation | N/A |
MC967240 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: File open preferences will extend to more Microsoft 365 apps | Microsoft Teams: File open preferences will extend to more Microsoft 365 apps | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: File open preferences will extend to more Microsoft 365 apps | N/A |
MC973519 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enable transcription policy by default | Microsoft Teams: Enable transcription policy by default | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enable transcription policy by default | N/A |
MC974351 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Filter between active and archived teams in Shifts app schedules | Microsoft Teams: Filter between active and archived teams in Shifts app schedules | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Filter between active and archived teams in Shifts app schedules | N/A |
MC981624 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook name change: "Outlook (new)" on Windows will change to "Outlook" | Microsoft Outlook name change: "Outlook (new)" on Windows will change to "Outlook" | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook name change: "Outlook (new)" on Windows will change to "Outlook" | N/A |
MC981634 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: New user setting to include a comma in recipient's contact name | Microsoft Outlook: New user setting to include a comma in recipient's contact name | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: New user setting to include a comma in recipient's contact name | N/A |
MC992217 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender: Changes to Defender for Cloud Apps alerts | Microsoft Defender: Changes to Defender for Cloud Apps alerts | (Updated) Microsoft Defender: Changes to Defender for Cloud Apps alerts | N/A |
MC993226 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New location sharing settings for emergency calls and other features | Microsoft Teams: New location sharing settings for emergency calls and other features | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New location sharing settings for emergency calls and other features | N/A |
MC998511 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Share files faster in Chat and channels | Microsoft Teams: Share files faster in Chat and channels | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Share files faster in Chat and channels | N/A |

CW08 New Office 365 Message Center items
MC ID | MC Title | MC Category | MC Workload | MC Major Change | MC Action required by |
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MC1009935 | Microsoft Teams Phone: Improved Calling Plan Porting wizard will be GA for US and Canada in the Teams admin center | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC1009934 | Microsoft Viva Insights: New “Brokers of Information flow” insights category available for Change Management template | Stay Informed | Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
MC1009932 | Microsoft Teams: Add CVI (Cloud Video Interop) coordinates to town hall and webinar invitations | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC1009930 | Microsoft Teams: Distinguish invites among Attendee, Presenter, and Co-organizer emails | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC1009929 | Microsoft Teams: Join town halls using dial-in options and join codes available in email invites | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC1009927 | Microsoft Teams: User setting to optimize battery life in older Bluetooth headsets for the Walkie Talkie app for Android | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC1009926 | Microsoft Teams admin center highlights additional security and compliance information available for apps | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC1009923 | Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Create allow entries directly in the Tenant Allow/Block List | Plan For Change | Microsoft Defender XDR | False | N/A |
MC1009916 | (Updated) New Outlook for Windows and Web: Outlook Newsletters | Plan For Change | Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
MC1011152 | Microsoft Teams: Updates to the Teams system tray icon and menu | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC1011151 | Microsoft Teams: Updated permissions section in the Microsoft Teams app details page | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC1011150 | Microsoft Teams: Ratings and reviews for apps within outlook.com and office.com | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC1011149 | Microsoft Entra: New built-in Viva Glint Tenant Administrator role | Stay Informed | Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Viva | False | N/A |
MC1011145 | Microsoft OneNote: The "me@onenote" feature will retire; use "Send to OneNote" instead | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps | True | N/A |
MC1011142 | Microsoft OneNote: App-only authentication for OneNote Microsoft Graph APIs will retire | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft 365 for the web, Microsoft 365 apps | True | 03/30/2025 |
MC1011141 | Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Microsoft 365 (Office) app is now the Microsoft 365 Copilot app | Stay Informed | Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
MC1013467 | Microsoft SharePoint Online: Search, eDiscovery, and DLP policies now enabled on files with custom permissions labels | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
MC1013464 | Microsoft OneDrive: We will remove the EEEU sharing permission from root web and default document library | Plan For Change | OneDrive for Business | True | N/A |
MC1013463 | Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Sway will retire from the "Create" tab | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 for the web | True | N/A |
MC1013461 | Microsoft Teams: Customize the location of notifications in Teams for the web | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC1013460 | Microsoft 365 admin center: New Microsoft Outlook for Windows usage report for Microsoft 365 apps | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
MC1013453 | Upcoming Changes for M365 Copilot Chat with Link Safety | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | True | N/A |