from 04/19/2021 to 04/25/2021
20 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and 22 Office 365 Message Center Items were added
Please note: Only common Message Center messages are in this list you should always check your Message Center for additional messages
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Changes
MC Action Required By changes
MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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MC237975 | (Updated) Top Senders and recipient report | 2021-06-14T08;00;00Z | N/A |
MC End Time changes
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MC233432 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Aggregated views of Service Health across partner-managed tenants | 2021-05-01T07;00;00Z | 2021-06-18T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC228897 | (Updated) Text formatting (bold, italic, underline) available in Microsoft Forms | 2021-05-31T07;00;00Z | 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC244743 | (Updated) Viva Connections for Microsoft Teams desktop clients | 2021-04-30T07;00;00Z | 2021-07-30T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC245998 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Call Merge | 2021-05-17T07;00;00Z | 2021-05-31T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC222156 | (Updated) Introducing macOS native notifications in Teams | 2021-05-31T08;00;00Z | 2021-04-30T08;00;00Z | N/A |
MC237975 | (Updated) Top Senders and recipient report | 2021-07-30T07;00;00Z | 2021-05-06T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC242587 | (Updated) Increasing interactive meeting participants and chat from 300 to 1000 | 2021-06-01T07;00;00Z | 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC242824 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Dynamic View | 2021-05-31T07;00;00Z | 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC244295 | (Updated) New eCDN Ramp available for Microsoft Teams | 2021-05-28T07;00;00Z | 2021-06-11T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC244317 | Changes coming to the default new Yammer setting | 2021-06-20T07;00;00Z | 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC244745 | (Updated) Prevent attendees from sharing video feed in Microsoft Teams Meetings | 2021-05-31T07;00;00Z | 2021-06-25T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC247826 | (Updated) New PowerPoint Live Presentation option with desktop and window sharing | 2021-06-20T07;00;00Z | 2021-06-30T07;00;00Z | N/A |
MC How Affect changes
MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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MC233432 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Aggregated views of Service Health across partner-managed tenants | This feature will become generally available for partner admins with delegated administration privileges relationships beginning mid-January and expect to complete by mid-March. | This feature will become generally available for partner admins with delegated administration privileges relationships beginning mid-January and expect to complete by mid-May (previously mid-March). | N/A |
MC228897 | (Updated) Text formatting (bold, italic, underline) available in Microsoft Forms | We will begin rolling out to production tenants in later February and expect to be complete in March (previously early February). We will begin rolling out to government tenants in later March February (previously early February) and expect to be complete in April (previously early March). |
We will begin rolling out in late April (previously late February) and expect to be complete in late May (previously March). | N/A |
MC244743 | (Updated) Viva Connections for Microsoft Teams desktop clients | The feature will be available at the end of March 2021. | The feature will be available at the end of March 2021. Important; If you want to configure the Global Navigation settings, the SharePoint App Bar must be rolled out and enabled for your tenant to get the full benefits of Viva Connections. Review MC240066 to understand the rollout of the SharePoint App Bar. | N/A |
MC245998 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Call Merge | This feature will start rolling out in late March and will complete rollout by mid-April. | This feature will start rolling out in late March and will complete rollout by the end of April (previously mid-April). | N/A |
MC237975 | (Updated) Top Senders and recipient report | Timing; June 14, 2021 (previously March 6, 2021) Action; transition from the Top Senders and recipient report to the https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/view-email-security-reports?view=o365-worldwide#threat-protection-status-report Threat protection status report |
Timing; Cancelled Action; transition from the Top Senders and recipient report to the https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/view-email-security-reports?view=o365-worldwide#threat-protection-status-report Threat protection status report |
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MC242587 | (Updated) Increasing interactive meeting participants and chat from 300 to 1000 | We will start rollout early April (previously end of March) and expect to complete by the end of April (previously mid-April). | We will start rollout early May (previously early April) and expect to complete by mid-May (previously end of April). | N/A |
MC242824 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Dynamic View | This feature will rollout in mid-April (previously mid-March) through the end of April (previously end of March). | This feature will rollout in mid-May (previously mid-April) through the end of May (previously end of April). | N/A |
MC244295 | (Updated) New eCDN Ramp available for Microsoft Teams | We will begin rolling this out in late March and expect the rollout to be complete by late March to early April. | We will begin rolling this out in late March and expect the rollout to be complete by late March to early May (previously April). | N/A |
MC244317 | Changes coming to the default new Yammer setting |
https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70689 Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70689 Timing; mid-April Roll-out; tenant level Control type; user control and admin control Action; review and assess |
https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70689 Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70689 Timing; mid-April through late May Roll-out; tenant level Control type; user control and admin control Action; review and assess |
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MC244745 | (Updated) Prevent attendees from sharing video feed in Microsoft Teams Meetings | Rollout begins mid-April and should complete in late April. | Rollout begins early May (previously mid-April) and should complete in mid-May (previously late April). | N/A |
MC247826 | (Updated) New PowerPoint Live Presentation option with desktop and window sharing | Rollout is mid-April through mid-May. | Rollout is early May (previously mid-April) through late May (previously mid-May). | N/A |
MC251565 | (Updated) New PowerShell to enable or disable the link to return to classic SharePoint | These PowerShell cmdlets will begin rolling out to Targeted Release environments in late April. They will be available in all environments by the end of May. |
The Set-SPOTenant command will be updated in this month?s PowerShell update to contain ?DisableBackToClassic? parameter. Targeted Release environments can start utilizing this in late April and this gradually available to all standard release environments by the end of May. |
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MC Messages changes
MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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MC233432 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Aggregated views of Service Health across partner-managed tenants | Partner admins with delegated administration privilege relationships for managing multiple tenants can see aggregated views of service health incidents and advisories affecting all managed tenants. The new views are targeted at admins to draw actionable insights and proactively support their customers. The multi-tenant Service Health view pulls together all incidents and advisories affecting your managed tenants so you can constantly monitor the health of your services. See https://docs.microsoft.com/partner-center/request-a-relationship-with-a-customer target=_blank style=;How to request a reseller relationship from a customer in Partner Center for information about delegated administration privileges for partners. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=68900 68900 |
Updated April 19, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Partner admins with delegated administration privilege relationships for managing multiple tenants can see aggregated views of service health incidents and advisories affecting all managed tenants. The new views are targeted at admins to draw actionable insights and proactively support their customers. The multi-tenant Service Health view pulls together all incidents and advisories affecting your managed tenants so you can constantly monitor the health of your services. See https://docs.microsoft.com/partner-center/request-a-relationship-with-a-customer How to request a reseller relationship from a customer in Partner Center for information about delegated administration privileges for partners. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=68900 68900 |
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MC228897 | (Updated) Text formatting (bold, italic, underline) available in Microsoft Forms | Updated February 19, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Text formatting (bold, italics, and underline) is coming to Microsoft Forms to help survey and quiz designers differentiate and emphasize content. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=68894 Roadmap ID 68894. |
Updated April 21, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Forms users and educators can make more professional looking surveys and quizzes with highlighted and emphasized information inline. Now you'll be able to bold, italicize, underline, add bullets or numbering and even change the font size, font color when designing your forms and quizzes. |
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MC244743 | (Updated) Viva Connections for Microsoft Teams desktop clients | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-viva-blog/microsoft-viva-connections-to-start-rollout-to-general/ba-p/2175802 Viva Connections for Teams enables users to discover and search intranet content, sites, and news from across the organization in Microsoft Teams (desktop and web). Viva Connections for Teams, formerly known as the https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/the-home-site-app-for-microsoft-teams/ba-p/1714255 Home site app, combines the power of your intelligent SharePoint intranet with Teams chat and collaboration tools.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=66584 Roadmap ID 66584. |
Updated April 21, 2021; Viva Connection global navigation configuration has a dependency on the SharePoint App Bar feature (MC240066). Based on learnings from our early rings, App Bar rollout timelines have been adjusted. This will also impact the ability to fully configure Viva Connection. We have updated this post with additional details for clarity. Thank you for your patience. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-viva-blog/microsoft-viva-connections-to-start-rollout-to-general/ba-p/2175802 Viva Connections for Teams enables users to discover and search intranet content, sites, and news from across the organization in Microsoft Teams (desktop and web). Viva Connections for Teams, formerly known as the https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/the-home-site-app-for-microsoft-teams/ba-p/1714255 Home site app, combines the power of your intelligent SharePoint intranet with Teams chat and collaboration tools. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=66584 Roadmap ID 66584. |
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MC245998 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Call Merge | Call Merge gives end users the capability to merge their active unheld 1;1 call into another 1;1 call or another group call. This applies to Teams VOIP calls and PSTN calls. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=66054 Roadmap ID 66054. |
Updated April 20, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Call Merge gives end users the capability to merge their active unheld 1;1 call into another 1;1 call or another group call. This applies to Teams VOIP calls and PSTN calls. |
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MC246221 | (Updated) Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings | Updated April 14, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. This release of Multiple spotlights in Teams meetings will allow organizers and presenters to spotlight up to 7 participants simultaneously for everyone to see during meetings and will roll out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, and on the Web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80425 Roadmap ID 80425 |
Updated April 21, 2021; We have updated the message to include the mobile client. Thank you for your patience. This release of Multiple spotlights in Teams meetings will allow organizers and presenters to spotlight up to 7 participants simultaneously for everyone to see during meetings and will roll out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and on the Web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80425 Roadmap ID 80425 |
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MC250530 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Malware detected in email report to be retired in June | We will retire the Malware detected in email report from Microsoft Defender for Office 365 beginning June 14, 2021. You are receiving this message because our reporting indicates your organization may be using the Malware detected in email report. |
Updated April 21, 2021; We have updated the title of this post for clarity. Thank you for your feedback. We will retire the Malware detected in email report from Microsoft Defender for Office 365 beginning June 14, 2021. You are receiving this message because our reporting indicates your organization may be using the Malware detected in email report. |
06/14/2021 |
MC222156 | (Updated) Introducing macOS native notifications in Teams | Updated April 06, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With this update, your users will be able to choose their preferred means of Teams notifications delivery, either via the Teams built-in notification system or via their native OS notification system. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=66743 Roadmap ID 66743. When this will happen MacOS 10.14 and greater native notifications; mid-April (previously late March) through end of April (previously mid-April) |
Updated April 21, 2021; Based on learning's from our early rings, we have made the decision to make additional changes before we proceed with the rollout. We will deliver a new Message center post once we we are ready to proceed with the rollout. Thank you for your patience. With this update, your users will be able to choose their preferred means of Teams notifications delivery, either via the Teams built-in notification system or via their native OS notification system. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=66743 Roadmap ID 66743. When this will happen MacOS 10.14 and greater native notifications; we will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. |
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MC237975 | (Updated) Top Senders and recipient report | Updated April 09, 2021; We have updated the timing of this retirement. Please review the timing below. Thank you for your patience.
We will be retiring the feature the Top Senders and recipient report from Microsoft defender for office 365 beginning June 14th, 2021. Instead we recommend the utilization of the Threat protection status report (https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/view-email-security-reports?view=o365-worldwide#threat-protection-status-report View email security reports in the Security Compliance Center - Office 365 | Microsoft Docs), which is where we will continue to invest. |
Updated April 22, 2021; Based on customer feedback we will not be moving forward with the retirement of the Top Senders and recipient report, at this time. Thank you for your feedback and you can safely disregard this message.
***Original message***We will be retiring the feature the Top Senders and recipient report from Microsoft defender for office 365 beginning June 14th, 2021. Instead we recommend the utilization of the Threat protection status report (https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/view-email-security-reports?view=o365-worldwide#threat-protection-status-report View email security reports in the Security Compliance Center - Office 365 | Microsoft Docs), which is where we will continue to invest. |
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MC242587 | (Updated) Increasing interactive meeting participants and chat from 300 to 1000 | Updated March 19, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Currently, we allow only 300 users to be added to interactive meetings. We are going to increase the meeting participant and chat size from 300 to 1000. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=65951 65951 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=featureid=68844 68844 |
p;Updated April 22, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Currently, we allow only 300 users to be added to interactive meetings. We are going to increase the meeting participant and chat size from 300 to 1000. |
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MC242824 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Dynamic View | Updated March 17, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Microsoft Teams is excited to introduce Dynamic view, a redesigned and optimized meeting stage that will optimize your experience of consuming shared content and engaging with video and audio participants. |
Updated April 22, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Microsoft Teams is excited to introduce Dynamic view, a redesigned and optimized meeting stage that will optimize your experience of consuming shared content and engaging with video and audio participants. |
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MC244295 | (Updated) New eCDN Ramp available for Microsoft Teams | Note; This was originally posted as MC242584 that was removed prematurely. Thank you for your patience. Soon you will be able to use a new Enterprise Content Delivery Network (eCDN), https://www.rampecdn.com/partner/microsoft/ Ramp, should you need a CDN for live events in Microsoft Teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=80825 80825 |
Updated April 22, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Note; This was originally posted as MC242584 that was removed prematurely. Thank you for your patience. Soon you will be able to use a new Enterprise Content Delivery Network (eCDN), https://www.rampecdn.com/partner/microsoft/ Ramp, should you need a CDN for live events in Microsoft Teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=80825 80825 |
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MC244317 | Changes coming to the default new Yammer setting | We are pleased to announce the next phase of the new Yammer experience. In September 2020 (MC222345), we released an opt-in toggle for new Yammer for all users. With this upcoming change, admins that have chosen the Enable the new Yammer as opt-in setting will have the new Yammer experience set as the default for all Yammer users. If your tenant is already in new Yammer as default or Enable the new Yammer for all users with no opt-out option, nothing will change for you or your users. |
Updated April 22, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are pleased to announce the next phase of the new Yammer experience. In September 2020 (MC222345), we released an opt-in toggle for new Yammer for all users. With this upcoming change, admins that have chosen the Enable the new Yammer as opt-in setting will have the new Yammer experience set as the default for all Yammer users. If your tenant is already in new Yammer as default or Enable the new Yammer for all users with no opt-out option, nothing will change for you or your users. |
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MC244745 | (Updated) Prevent attendees from sharing video feed in Microsoft Teams Meetings | Meeting organizers and presenters will be able to prevent meeting attendees from turning their camera on to share video during a meeting. Currently meeting organizers and presenters have no control over whether meeting attendees can share video.
This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70620 70620 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70621 70621. |
Updated April 22, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Meeting organizers and presenters will be able to prevent meeting attendees from turning their camera on to share video during a meeting. Currently meeting organizers and presenters have no control over whether meeting attendees can share video. This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70620 70620 and https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=70621 70621. |
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MC246221 | (Updated) Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings | Updated April 21, 2021; We have updated the message to include the mobile client. Thank you for your patience. This release of Multiple spotlights in Teams meetings will allow organizers and presenters to spotlight up to 7 participants simultaneously for everyone to see during meetings and will roll out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and on the Web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80425 Roadmap ID 80425 |
Updated April 22, 2021; We have updated the message to include the mobile client and additional images for clarity. Thank you for your patience. This release of Multiple spotlights in Teams meetings will allow organizers and presenters to spotlight up to 7 participants simultaneously for everyone to see during meetings and will roll out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and on the Web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=searchterms=80425 Roadmap ID 80425 |
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MC247826 | (Updated) New PowerPoint Live Presentation option with desktop and window sharing | When making a Live Presentation, presenters will soon be able to add a video feed to the presentation. This feature is available for presenters using the Microsoft Teams desktop app for both Windows and Mac.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=66587 Roadmap ID 66587. |
Updated April 22, 2021; We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
When making a Live Presentation, presenters will soon be able to add a video feed to the presentation. This feature is available for presenters using the Microsoft Teams desktop app for both Windows and Mac. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=66587 Roadmap ID 66587. |
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MC251565 | (Updated) New PowerShell to enable or disable the link to return to classic SharePoint | On modern SharePoint list and library pages, there's a link in the lower left of the page that says Return to classic SharePoint. This link reverts the current list or library back to classic mode. On the classic page, there's a corresponding link that says, Exit classic experience. Tenant administrators can now control whether these links appear. By default, these links are shown on all list and library pages to all users. To remove the links, run the following PowerShell cmdlet; Set_SPOTenant -DisableBackToClassic $true To show these links again, run the following PowerShell cmdlet; Set_SPOTenant -DisableBackToClassic $false |
Updated April 23, 2021; We have updated this post with additional details for clarity. Thank you for your feedback.
On modern SharePoint list and library pages, there's a link in the lower left of the page that says Return to classic SharePoint. This link reverts the current list or library back to classic mode. On the classic page, there's a corresponding link that says, Exit classic experience. Tenant administrators can now control whether these links appear. By default, these links are shown on all list and library pages to all users. |
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MC252053 | (Updated) The new Exchange admin center general availability | The new Exchange Admin Center (EAC) is a modern and a performant admin portal. This new portal has all the functionality available in the classic EAC portal along with a lot of new features like tenant-to-tenant migration, automated G-Suite migration, and more. It also features a personalized dashboard with reports and insights that are designed to increase productivity. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=80626 80626 |
Updated April 23, 2021; We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback. The new Exchange Admin Center (EAC) is a modern and a performant admin portal. This new portal has most of the functionality available in the classic EAC portal along with a lot of new features like tenant-to-tenant migration, automated G-Suite migration, and more. It also features a personalized dashboard with reports and insights that are designed to increase productivity. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=searchterms=80626 80626 |
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MC MessageTagNames changes
MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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MC233432 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Aggregated views of Service Health across partner-managed tenants | Admin impact,New feature | Admin impact,New feature,Updated message | N/A |
MC244743 | (Updated) Viva Connections for Microsoft Teams desktop clients | Admin impact,New feature,User impact | Admin impact,New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
MC245998 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Call Merge | New feature,User impact | New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
MC250530 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Malware detected in email report to be retired in June | Admin impact,Retirement | Admin impact,Retirement,Updated message | 06/14/2021 |
MC244295 | (Updated) New eCDN Ramp available for Microsoft Teams | Admin impact,New feature | Admin impact,New feature,Updated message | N/A |
MC244745 | (Updated) Prevent attendees from sharing video feed in Microsoft Teams Meetings | New feature,User impact | New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
MC247826 | (Updated) New PowerPoint Live Presentation option with desktop and window sharing | New feature,User impact | New feature,Updated message,User impact | N/A |
MC251565 | (Updated) New PowerShell to enable or disable the link to return to classic SharePoint | Admin impact,Feature update | Admin impact,Feature update,Updated message | N/A |
MC252053 | (Updated) The new Exchange admin center general availability | Admin impact,New feature | Admin impact,New feature,Updated message | N/A |
MC prepare changes
MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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MC246221 | (Updated) Multiple Spotlights coming to Teams meetings | Users, when they are the meeting presenters or organizers, can now spotlight more participants in Team meetings than ever before. The spotlighting of selected participants will be maintained on their videos or avatars for everyone to see until turned off by the presenter or organizer. Presenters/organizers can now; Start spotlight on multiple participants by accessing their context menu from the participant roster or from the stage Stop individual spotlights or stop all spotlights in bulk from the roster Spotlight a maximum of 7 participants simultaneously in a meeting Two meeting attendees being spotlighted by the presenter. |
Users, when they are the meeting presenters or organizers, can now spotlight more participants in Team meetings than ever before. The spotlighting of selected participants will be maintained on their videos or avatars for everyone to see until turned off by the presenter or organizer. Presenters/organizers can now; Start spotlight on multiple participants by accessing their context menu from the participant roster or from the stage Stop individual spotlights or stop all spotlights in bulk from the roster Spotlight a maximum of 7 participants simultaneously in a meeting Two meeting attendees being spotlighted by the presenter. |
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MC Title changes
MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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MC233432 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Aggregated views of Service Health across partner-managed tenants | Microsoft 365 admin center; Aggregated views of Service Health across partner-managed tenants | (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center; Aggregated views of Service Health across partner-managed tenants | N/A |
MC244743 | (Updated) Viva Connections for Microsoft Teams desktop clients | Viva Connections for Microsoft Teams desktop clients | (Updated) Viva Connections for Microsoft Teams desktop clients | N/A |
MC245998 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Call Merge | Microsoft Teams; Call Merge | (Updated) Microsoft Teams; Call Merge | N/A |
MC250530 | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Malware detected in email report to be retired in June | Microsoft Defender for Office 365; Malware detected in email to be retired in June | (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365; Malware detected in email report to be retired in June | 06/14/2021 |
MC237975 | (Updated) Top Senders and recipient report | (Updated) Top Senders and recipient report to be retired | (Updated) Top Senders and recipient report | N/A |
MC244295 | (Updated) New eCDN Ramp available for Microsoft Teams | New eCDN Ramp available for Microsoft Teams | (Updated) New eCDN Ramp available for Microsoft Teams | N/A |
MC244745 | (Updated) Prevent attendees from sharing video feed in Microsoft Teams Meetings | Prevent attendees from sharing video feed in Microsoft Teams Meetings | (Updated) Prevent attendees from sharing video feed in Microsoft Teams Meetings | N/A |
MC247826 | (Updated) New PowerPoint Live Presentation option with desktop and window sharing | New PowerPoint Live Presentation option with desktop and window sharing | (Updated) New PowerPoint Live Presentation option with desktop and window sharing | N/A |
MC251565 | (Updated) New PowerShell to enable or disable the link to return to classic SharePoint | New PowerShell to enable or disable the link to return to classic SharePoint | (Updated) New PowerShell to enable or disable the link to return to classic SharePoint | N/A |
MC252053 | (Updated) The new Exchange admin center general availability | The new Exchange admin center general availability | (Updated) The new Exchange admin center general availability | N/A |
MC Workload Display Names changes
MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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MC248117 | Deprecated Web client settings update | Dynamics 365,Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps | Dynamics 365 Apps,Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps | N/A |
MC250266 | 2021 release wave 1 automatic update | Dynamics 365,Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps | Dynamics 365 Apps,Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps | N/A |
MC250528 | "Tasks by Planner and To Do" app name to be shortened to "Tasks" within Teams | Planner | Microsoft Teams,Planner | N/A |
MC246652 | 2021 release wave 1 automatic update coming soon | Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps | Microsoft Power Automate | N/A |
MC246652 | 2021 release wave 1 automatic update coming soon | Microsoft Power Automate | Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps | N/A |
MC246652 | 2021 release wave 1 automatic update coming soon | Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps | Microsoft Power Automate | N/A |
MC250266 | 2021 release wave 1 automatic update | Dynamics 365 Apps,Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps | Dynamics 365 Apps,Microsoft Power Automate | N/A |
MC246652 | 2021 release wave 1 automatic update coming soon | Microsoft Power Automate | Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps | N/A |
MC250266 | 2021 release wave 1 automatic update | Dynamics 365 Apps,Microsoft Power Automate | Dynamics 365 Apps,Microsoft Power Automate,Power Apps | N/A |
CW17 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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MC251564 | Organizers can lock meetings | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC251565 | (Updated) New PowerShell to enable or disable the link to return to classic SharePoint | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
MC251567 | Enable Intune app protection policies (APP) for Microsoft Lists on iOS | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Apps | False | N/A |
MC251864 | Productivity Score: Note about changes to Content collaboration | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
MC251866 | Exchange Online - New cmdlet to make meetings shorter by default | Stay Informed | Exchange Online | False | N/A |
MC251867 | SharePoint: Audience Targeting capability for Events Web Part | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
MC251868 | (Updated) Exclude specific files from OneDrive sync on macOS | Stay Informed | OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
MC251870 | Microsoft Graph privacy controls to fully replace the classic Office Delve control in May | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite | True | 05/15/2021 |
MC251960 | Dynamics 365 ? Service Update 21043 for EUR | Stay Informed | Dynamics 365 Apps | False | N/A |
MC252045 | Microsoft Teams: Operator Connect (in preview) | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC252053 | (Updated) The new Exchange admin center general availability | Stay Informed | Exchange Online | False | N/A |
MC252055 | Microsoft Information Protection: Ability to test Exact Data Match | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Apps | False | N/A |
MC252056 | Office App for Desktop Improvements | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Apps | False | N/A |
MC252196 | OneDrive: Android - Outline for PDF viewing | Stay Informed | OneDrive for Business | False | N/A |
MC252197 | (Updated) Location Based Access Control | Stay Informed | Identity Service | False | N/A |
MC252199 | Set out of office within Microsoft Teams | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC252293 | Additional region support for Cortana voice assistance in Teams for iOS and Android | Plan For Change | Microsoft Teams | True | N/A |
MC252297 | Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Apps | False | N/A |
MC252330 | (Updated) Reduce background noise in Microsoft Teams Meetings (now available for MacOS users) | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
MC252333 | Microsoft Graph connectors for on-prem data sources now generally available | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
MC252335 | OneDrive: iOS - Outline for PDF viewing | Stay Informed | OneDrive for Business | False | N/A |
MC252336 | SharePoint and Teams: Folder in site visibly connected to channel | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online | False | N/A |