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Organization: HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V. Skype for Business Online Connector retirement MC230065 Major update: Announcement started Applied To: All We will be retiring the Skype for Business Online Connector on February 15, 2021 for all Skype for Business Online or Teams customers. This will simplify the admin experience by moving to a single PowerShell module for managing Skype for Business Online and Teams. Moving forward use the Teams PowerShell module, which is where we will continue to invest. [Key Points:] Major: Retirement Timing: February 15, 2021 Action: Review and assess the impact for your organization. [How this will affect your organization:] Administrators will no longer be able to download and use the Skype for Business Online Connector to manage online organizations and users after this change is implemented. [What you need to do to prepare:] Instead of using the Skype for Business Online Connector, we require using latest release of Teams PowerShell mod...

Message center announcements, December 7-13, 2020 HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V. Major updates (Updated) 1:1 Call Recording Policy Introduction MC227292 | December 11 - Updated December 11, 2020: Based on learnings from our early rings, we have made the decision to make additional changes to the code before we proceed with the rollout. We will deliver a new Message center post once we re-start the rollout. Thank you for your patience. We're changing how 1:1 Call recording is enabled. Currently, 1:1 Call recording is controlled by the -CsTeamsMeetingPolicy / AllowCloudRecording attribute. We're now changing it so that 1:1 Call recording can be controlled by its... View more (Updated) New Microsoft Teams meeting pre-join experience MC220785 | December 10 - Updated December 10, 2020: We are pleased to announce that this feature has completed rolling out. Our new pre-join experience makes it easier for users to select audio and video sources before joining a Teams meeting.Ke...

  Organization: HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V. Update to Microsoft 365 and Outlook for Windows connectivity MC229143     Major update: Announcement started Applied To: All     To ensure that we meet performance expectations, we are updating the supported versions of Outlook for Windows that can connect to Microsoft 365 services.  Effective November 1, 2021, the following versions of Outlook for Windows, as part of Office and Microsoft 365 Apps, will not be able to connect with Office 365 and Microsoft 365 services.  Office and Microsoft 365 Apps Outlook for Windows Version Office 2013 15.0.4970.9999 and older (note from HCS; so opposed to earlier communications some versions of Office 2013 will continue to work with Office 365, as there a Office 2013 builds newer than 15.0.4970.9999 link ) Office 2016 16.0.4599.9999 and older Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise  (formerly Office 365 ProPlus) 1705 and older Microsoft 365 Apps for business...

Message center announcements, November 30-December 6, 2020 HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V. Major updates Introducing translation in Outlook for Windows Act by: January 6 MC228685 | December 5 - Translation in Outlook for Windows is a new set of translation features that enable users to translate full messages or specific words and phrases. View more Retiring Visio Web Access from SharePoint Online MC228641 | December 5 - Beginning September 30, 2021, Visio Web Access (Visio Service) and its Web Part for SharePoint Online will no longer be available. Instead of Visio Web Access you will be able to use Visio Online and to migrate your organization’s web parts to a newer experience with the new Javascript (JS) APIs for Visio Online. Visio Online enables high fidelity viewing, sharing, and collaboration in your favorite browser, without installing the client for all Office 365 licenses. It supports embedding Visio... View more Configuration Change in Guest access for Microsoft Teams ...