Week 52 Office 365 changes

 

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Dec 22

We’re making some changes to default installation settings Office ProPlus and Office 2019 will now be installed with 64-bit as the default setting. Previously, the default setting was 32-bit at installation. This change will begin rolling out in mid-January, 2019. More ... MC171479 Like | Dislike

 

Dec 22

We’re changing the name of an admin role in your Microsoft 365 admin center Previously, we have had a role available in the Microsoft 365 admin center called “Password admin.” This role allows a user to reset passwords, manage support tickets, and monitor service health. In order to better reflect the intent of this role, we have renamed this role to “Helpdesk admin.” This now matches how the role is displayed in the Azure Active Directory admin center. The functionality of the role remains the same. More ... MC171472 Like | Dislike

 

Dec 22

New feature: Edit Exchange email addresses in Office 365 groups using PowerShell We recently began rolling out a new feature that allows you to edit the email addresses of Office 365 groups using an Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlet. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 44884. More ... MC171471 Like | Dislike

 

Dec 20

Outlook for iOS and Android is now available for your organization   Major Update: General Availability We recently updated the architecture for Outlook for iOS and Android (communicated in mid-November in MC165218) and removed the middle tier service, directly connecting Outlook mobile to the FedRAMP compliant Exchange Online, Office 365 back end services. Starting in mid-January, GCC High and DoD customers will be able to adopt Outlook mobile as this updated architecture meets all the FedRAMP requirements DISA SRG L4 (GCC-High) L5 (DoD), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement... More ... MC171093 Like | Dislike

 

Dec 20

We’re retiring 3DES in Office 365 beginning February 28, 2019   Major Update: General Availability   Act By: Feb 28 As previously communicated (MC124104 in October 2017, MC126199 in December 2017 and MC128929 in February 2018), we are planning to move all of our online services to Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2+ to provide best-in-class encryption, and to ensure our service is more secure by default. As part of this plan, we’ll be retiring 3DES beginning February 28, 2019. In order to help you prepare for this change, we will be providing reports for you to track your TLS 1.0/1.1 and 3DES usage. These... More ... MC171089 Like | Dislike

 

Dec 20

We’re retiring 3DES in Office 365 beginning February 28, 2019   Major Update: General Availability   Act By: Feb 28 As previously communicated (MC124104 in October 2017, MC126199 in December 2017 and MC128929 in February 2018), we are planning to move all of our online services to Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2+ to provide best-in-class encryption, and to ensure our service is more secure by default. As part of this plan, we’ll be retiring 3DES beginning February 28, 2019. More ... MC171090 Like | Dislike

 

Dec 20

New feature: Support for recovering from UPN changes in OneDrive Sync Client We’re making some changes to your how your OneDrive sync client syncs to locations. This change only affects you if you are making UPN changes and your users are syncing their files through the OneDrive sync client. More ... MC171415 Like | Dislike

 

Dec 20

We’re making a change to how non-licensed users place calls from Microsoft Teams We’ve noticed an increased number of users without Enterprise Voice licenses attempt to make PSTN calls. This is occurring because these users can see clickable phone numbers in the Calling App. When they attempt to make the call, they receive a generic error message. This change does not apply to organizations in the Government Community Cloud environment. More ... MC171414 Like | Dislike

 

Dec 17

Updated: The new Outlook on the web - Email LinkedIn connections from Outlook   Major Update: General Availability Email LinkedIn connections from Outlook on the web is a new Office 365 feature. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This message is associated with Office 365 Roadmap ID 32991. Update: We've received feedback that some of you can't find the instructions on how to disable LinkedIn account connections for your tenant or for selected users in your tenant. Please refer to this article for instructions - https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/users-groups-roles/linkedin-integration More ... MC170902 Like | Dislike

 

Dec 17

OneDrive retiring support for Mac OS X 10.10 and 10.11   Major Update: General Availability The OneDrive engineering team is committed to bringing you the best, most secure, end user experience possible. To support that commitment, the OneDrive Desktop application (sync client) will look to phase out support for Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 and 10.11. These changes will go into effect February 1st, 2019. Note: Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 has been out of mainline support since August 2017. More ... MC170952 Like | Dislike

 

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