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Mar 09

New feature: Connected web parts for SharePoint Online Connected web parts for SharePoint Online is a new Office 365 feature. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 33133. We’re releasing 3 new Connected Web Parts for SharePoint Online that allow you to display data from list and library web parts. With the List Properties, File Viewer and Embed web parts you can now connect to a data source and interact with lists and libraries in new ways. We'll be gradually rolling this out to... More ... MC175518 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 09

Update: new look for the Office 365 navigation bar in OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online We’re updating the Office 365 navigation bar in OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, and their respective admin centers, to have a consistent brand, look and feel. This feature has begun rolling out. After reviewing customer feedback and concerns, we have made some changes to our messaging regarding this updated feature, and we hope to bring additional clarity to how this feature will affect your organization’s SharePoint Online site themes. This message is associated with Microsoft 365... More ... MC173542 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 08

License Name Change: Insights by MyAnalytics In early March, the name of the license will change from "MyAnalytics" to "Insights by MyAnalytics". The name is being updated to clarify the difference between the legacy MyAnalytics and this new version of MyAnalytics. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 45625. This will roll out to all customers with Microsoft 365 E3, Business, Office 365 E3, E1, Business Premium and Business Essentials licenses. More ... MC175307 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 07

New feature: Track flagged emails as tasks in Microsoft To-Do Tracking flagged emails as tasks in Microsoft To-Do is a new Office 365 feature. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 31812. More ... MC175432 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 07

Updated feature: Modern list site collection opt-out We’re updating modern list site collection opt-out. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. More ... MC175421 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 07

We’re making a change to the Return to Classic SharePoint toggle We’re updating Return to Classic SharePoint. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon. More ... MC175414 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 07

We’re simplifying your Mac users Skype meeting sign in process   Major Update: General Availability In an effort to provide a streamlined and efficient meeting experience for your users on Mac, we will now direct your users to the Skype for Business for Mac desktop app instead of the Skype Meetings App. We previously announced this change in MC164965 with a deployment date in December 2018, but after addressing some customer feedback we have updated the deployment date to April 5, 2019. You’re receiving this message because our records indicate that you have Skype for Business meetings that... More ... MC175382 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 07

Upadated - Feature update: Admin center support updates, including full page ticket history view and callback scheduling   Major Update: General Availability Microsoft 365 support is designed to be effective, efficient, and transparent to ensure a high-quality experience. We hope the new support features coming soon to the Microsoft 365 admin center will help reduce time to resolution and improve the overall transparency and effectiveness of the support process. These updates also apply to Office 365 subscriptions in GCC. Previously, we had stated they did not. More ... MC173891 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 06

Feature update - Enabling the Flow app endpoint within Teams   Major Update: General Availability We are enabling the Flow app endpoint within Teams to allow the creation of a flow with the resulting action of “messaging someone in my tenant with Teams”.This enhancement is related to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 49149.This change does not impact Office 365 subscriptions in GCC.We will begin rolling this out at the beginning of April and expect to be complete by the end of April. More ... MC175361 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 06

New feature: New Yammer tab for Microsoft Teams now available   Act By: Mar 08 Yammer tabs for Microsoft Teams is a new Office 365 feature. We'll begin rolling this feature out soon.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 31502 More ... MC175354 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 06

Some Yammer IDs returned by the REST API have grown beyond 32 bits   Act By: Apr 03 We're making some changes to Yammer IDs that are exposed in our Yammer APIs. On April 4, 2019 some of our Yammer IDs may grow beyond 32 bits in size. This change does not impact Office 365 subscriptions in GCC. More ... MC175309 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 05

Updated feature: We're simplifying channel action terminology in Teams   Major Update: General Availability We’re making some changes to the names of channel action terminology in an effort to simplify the experience for your users. Currently, the two left rail actions - “Favorite” and “follow” are too close in name. We plan to simplify these concepts by renaming 'Favorite' to 'Show' and 'Remove favorite' to 'Hide'. Additionally, the current actions of “Follow” and “Unfollow” will be changed to “Notifications” for all shown channels. The channel notifications will provide additional notification... More ... MC175213 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 05

The Lifecycle Dashboards are now available to help you ensure user access to Office 365 In February of last year, we announced that starting on October 13, 2020, your organization would need Office 365 ProPlus or Office 2019 apps to connect to Office 365 services. On September 6 of last year, we announced that we would continue supporting Office 2016 connections with Office 365 services through October of 2023. In order for you to better understand if and how your organization is affected by this change, and where you need to take action to migrate users, we’re providing you with... More ... MC175274 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 05

Reminder: 3rd Party Audio Conferencing Provider Support retirement on April 1, 2019   Major Update: General Availability   Act By: Apr 01 As previously announced in a Message Center post in early April, 2018, Microsoft will be retiring support for 3rd party Audio Conferencing Providers for Skype for Business Online, beginning April 1, 2019. (For reference please see the Message Center post titled “We’re retiring support for 3rd Party Audio Conferencing for Office 365”.) More ... MC175212 Like | Dislike

 

Mar 04

Outlook mobile supports Teams Meetings - updated roll out plans   Major Update: General Availability   Act By: Apr 01 We recently announced that we will be rolling out native support for creating and joining Microsoft Teams in Outlook for iOS and Android (MC173895). GCC High and Department of Defense organizations did not receive the original announcement. Based on your feedback, we’re providing more clarity, additional flexibility to the roll out plans and expanding the audience. This enhancement is related to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 32955 and 32956 The roll out of Teams in Outlook mobile will take into... More ... MC175147 Like | Dislike

 

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