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Feb 01

New feature: Changes to PowerPoint and Word to open files faster We’re excited to release a new change to make documents saved to OneDrive and SharePoint open faster. We’ll be rolling this change out soon. Rather than always checking for updates for cloud files prior to opening, Word and PowerPoint will open any existing version on the user’s device and then sync updates immediately afterwards. This is already the behavior today for files saved to local OneDrive and SharePoint sync folders. This change introduces this behavior for files that are stored on... More ... MC172851 Like | Dislike

 

Feb 01

Reminder: Office 365 will retire 3DES starting February 28, 2019. TLS 1.0/1.1 and 3DES Usage reports are available   Major Update: General Availability   Act By: Feb 28 As previously communicated (MC124102 in Oct 2017, MC126199 in Dec 2017 and MC128929 in Feb 2018), we are moving all 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. Keeping on track with this promise – Office 365 will be retiring 3DES on February 28, 2019. This was first communicated in MC171089. In order to help you prepare for this change, we have provided reports for you to track your TLS... More ... MC172798 Like | Dislike

 

Jan 31

Outlook mobile introduces a new MailTip for external recipients   Major Update: General Availability Microsoft will soon be rolling out a new Outlook for iOS and Android capability that helps protect sensitive company information by reducing the risk of inadvertently sending email to recipients outside your organization. Outlook mobile will clearly alert you when an external recipient is in the email address list when composing or replying to email messages. This capability will be rolled out with the default setting OFF. On March 4th, Microsoft will change the default settings to ON so that... More ... MC172761 Like | Dislike

 

Jan 31

New feature: Site activity shows group inbox activity in SharePoint Online We’re bringing activity notifications to the group inbox in SharePoint Online. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 30689. More ... MC172801 Like | Dislike

 

Jan 30

Office.com is becoming the default start page for all Office 365 commercial users   Major Update: General Availability Currently in Office 365, there is a setting that allows users to personalize what page they land on when they log into Office 365. Office.com has evolved to pull a user's most relevant apps, documents and places where they are working —all in one place--and consequently will be the default page a user lands on when signing into Office 365 at Office.com This enhancement is related to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 45971. More ... MC172700 Like | Dislike

 

Jan 30

Feature Update: Auto-Attendant   Major Update: General Availability We are updating our services with new features and fixes, the first of which is a migration to the Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Admin Center (Teams Admin Center). The rollout of the Teams Admin Center migration will begin soon for both Teams and Skype for Business Online tenants. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 46094. More ... MC172533 Like | Dislike

 

Jan 30

Dynamics 365 – Minor Service Update for Microsoft Dynamics 365 (online) [Service Update 16] [EUR] We have a minor service update planned for your Microsoft Dynamics 365 (online) organization in the EUR region. Maintenance window start: 30 January 2019, 18:00 UTC Maintenance window end: 30 January 2019, 03:00 UTC More ... MC172708 Like | Dislike

 

Jan 30

New Supervision solution to monitor Microsoft Teams, manage risk, meet regulatory requirements We’re bringing multiple new features to the Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance admin center. We’ll begin gradually rolling this features out today.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 43257. More ... MC172699 Like | Dislike

 

Jan 29

Compliance Manager new experience We’re updating Compliance Manager to help you assess your compliance risks more effectively with the integration with Secure Score and the ability to customize your assessments for Microsoft and non-Microsoft applications.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 31757. More ... MC172691 Like | Dislike

 

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