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  Organization: HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V. Meeting chat moderation settings MC224359     Major update: Announcement started Applied To: All     We are updating the Meeting options to allow an organizer to manage participants ability to chat prior to, during and after a meeting. Key Points: Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 67175 Timing: begin mid-November and expect to complete by the end of November Control: Meeting Organizer [How this will affect your organization:] Once available, meeting organizers will be able to set the "Allow meeting chat" setting within the Meeting options. This will enable them to manage participants ability to chat prior to, during and after a meeting. Note: There are 3 options for this setting: On (default): allows chat at any time. Off : will make meeting chat read only and no one can send messages in chat including the organizer. During the meeting only : participants can send message during the meeting only and the organizer can send mess

  Organization: HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V. Microsoft Teams - Virtual Breakout Rooms MC224343     Major update: Announcement started Applied To: All     Breakout rooms allow meeting organizers to split main meetings into smaller sessions for focused discussions. Key Points: Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID:  65332 Timing: begin in mid-November and expect to complete by end of November Control: Admin and Organizer [How this affects your organization:] Once available, follow the steps below to setup and use Breakout rooms. Administrators As an admin, ensure users can schedule private meetings with the following settings: Allow scheduling private meeting = on Allow Meet now in private meeting = on Allow channel meeting scheduling = on Allow meet now in channels = on Meeting Organizers and Participants To see the breakout rooms option within your meetings, you must turn on the new Teams meeting experience by Clicking on your profile image within Teams Selecting Settings Checking the “

Message center announcements, October 12-18, 2020 HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V. Major updates Update channel name changes for iOS, Mac and Android Microsoft 365 apps MC224273 | October 15 - In June 2020, we changed the update channel names for Microsoft 365 Apps running on Windows (MC212678, May 2020). We are now updating iOS, Mac and Android applications to bring consistency across the platforms Office is available on. Key points Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68703 Timing: November 10, 2020 Roll-out: tenant level Action: review and assess View more (Updated) Using Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) with Yammer Groups API MC221062 | October 14 - Updated October 13, 2020: Thank you for your feedback. Based on your input, at this time we will not be moving forward with the retirement of Yammer Groups API endpoints support of Yammer OAuth tokens. We will announce our new plan via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Updated blog: Using

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