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Message center announcements, August 9-15, 2021 HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V. Major updates Final Reminder: Adjusting Version Retention for Outlook Data Files (PST File Type) on One Drive and SharePoint MC277809 | August 13 - As communicated in MC256835 (May ’21), starting August 16th 2021 the service will retain 30 days worth of versions for any PST files stored OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online team site document libraries. This change will prevent cases of previous versions of PST files quickly consuming available storage. The change will only impact previous versions of PST files stored in your document library storage.As best practice PST files should not be uploaded on OneDrive for Business and... View more (Updated) Connector results in All tab in SharePoint, Office.com and MSB MC253495 | August 12 - Updated August 12, 2021: We are happy to inform you that the Result Clusters feature is now rolled out and is switched on by default. You can manage its visibility...

Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers MC276028 · HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V. Plus addressing support in Exchange Online was released in September 2020 as an opt-in feature. This was due to preexisting usage of plus signs (+) for email addresses in the service. At the same time, we made plus addressing on by default for new customers. With the successful introduction of the feature, we are now making plus addressing an always-on feature and removing the opt-in setting. Due to legacy mailboxes with email addresses containing plus signs (+), we are announcing a long notice period to allow customers to transition away from these mailboxes or addresses. This includes mailboxes on-premises. Key Points: Timing: Starting in January 2022, plus addressing will be turned on for all customers and the setting will be removed. Action: Retire any email addresses that contain plus signs (+) for hosted and on-premises mailboxes to avoid email delivery disruptions. H...

Message center announcements, July 19-25, 2021 HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V. Major updates Sender-recipient pair receiving limits in Microsoft Office 365 MC272450 | July 23 - We are updating our receiving limits in Exchange to help prevent attacks on your mail flow experience. Earlier this year in (February MC239262) we announced a stricter enforcement of our mailbox receiving limits. Taking your feedback into consideration, we are releasing an additional limit to block single-sender mail storms and deter DoS attacks. Our mailbox receiving limits, as previously stated, apply to the messages received by a Microsoft Office 365 mailbox. If volume exceeds 3,600 messages... View more (Updated) Microsoft Teams: meeting recordings saved to OneDrive and SharePoint Act by: August 16 MC222640 | July 23 - Updated July 22, 2021: This post has been updated with new information regarding the move of Teams meeting recordings being saved to OneDrive and SharePoint, which is on track starting A...