Skip to main content

#Microsoft365 Message center announcements, October 18-24, 2021

Microsoft

Message center announcements,
October 18-24, 2021

HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V.

Major updates

(Updated) Retiring Teams mobile support for devices running on Android 5, 6 and 7

MC292735 | October 22 - Updated October 21, 2021: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback. We will be retiring the Teams mobile support on Android version 5, 6 and 7. Instead we recommend that users upgrade to newer Android builds, which is where we will continue to build new features and experiences. We will also begin encouraging users to update to the newest version of Teams if they're running builds older than 1 year. Note: We will provide reminders, via future Message center...

View more

(Updated) Teams Meeting Recordings Auto-Expiration in OneDrive and SharePoint

MC274188 | October 21 - Updated October 21, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patienceAdditionally, We have updated this post to correct the setting modification capability limitations and will provide an additional update when those limitations are corrected. As part of the evolution of the new Stream (built on SharePoint), we are introducing the meeting recording auto-expiration feature, which will automatically delete Teams recording files stored in OneDrive or SharePoint after a...

View more

(Updated) Excel Power View Retirement

MC284624 | October 20 - Updated October 20, 2021:Upon review it was determined that the original announcement was correct and we will be moving forward with this retirement to ensure an optimal experience.We apologize for any confusion created by the earlier incorrect update. Silverlight, a component used in Power View, will no longer be supported as of October 12th. In response, we will be starting the process to retire Power View from Microsoft 365. As an alternative to Power View, we recommend using Power BI...

View more

Additional updates

SharePoint app bar – Temporary window to disable is being extended

MC293206 | October 22 - The SharePoint app bar is designed to improve the global wayfinding experience while dynamically displaying personalized content. The app bar makes important content and resources more accessible no matter where you are in SharePoint. We had previously shared in MC240066 (February '21) that the SharePoint app bar could be temporarily disabled until October 31st, 2021. Today we are announcing that we are extending the window for the app bar to be temporarily disabled until March 31, 2022. While...

View more

What’s New in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for October 2021

MC293184 | October 22 - Your Microsoft Intune account has been updated to the latest service build.

View more

(Updated) Lists in Microsoft Teams: Comment and @mention people on list items in Teams

MC290874 | October 22 - Updated October 21, 2021: We have updated links below to point to the correct resources. Thank you for your patience.The new release will bring the commenting capability available for Lists on the web to Lists within Teams. Users will be able to view, delete, and add comments on a list item inside Teams. Comments will stay with the list item regardless of it opening on SharePoint, Microsoft Lists on the web, or Teams. This feature will roll out on desktop, web and mobile.This message is...

View more

Users may need to take action to access OneDrive for Business from Office.com

Act by: October 29

MC289953 | October 22 - We’ve identified and corrected an issue with users' ability to access OneDrive for Business through the Office.com navigation menu. This issue was caused by a recently deployed code change and while we've resolved the underlying issue, action is required to mitigate the impact for affected users. We previously communicated this issue to you via OD289670 in the Service Health Dashboard.

View more

Communication Compliance – DLP policy recommendations (preview)

MC293000 | October 22 - Coming soon to public preview, Communication Compliance will appear as an option within DLP policy recommendations. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85651.

View more

Dynamics 365 – Service Update 21103 for EUR

MC293038 | October 22 - We have a minor service update planned for your Microsoft Dynamics 365 environment in the EUR region. Maintenance window start: 14 November 2021, 18:00 UTC Maintenance window end: 15 November 2021, 03:00 UTC How does this affect me? As part of this service update, the following feature areas may be affected: The version number for your Microsoft Dynamics 365 environment will update to version 9.2.21103.00101 or higher after the background database operations complete. Although there is no...

View more

(Updated) SharePoint and OneDrive Image Edit - Filters

MC292619 | October 21 - Updated October 21, 2021: We have updated the post to reflect that this applies to SharePoint and OneDrive. Thank you for your feedback.Users will soon be able to quickly stylize their photos in SharePoint and OneDrive by applying filters. With filters, users can adjust the “look” of their photos with one click without having knowledge of photo editing. NOTE: Currently, only Jpeg and Jpg files are supported. The feature will support PNG files in the future. This message is associated with...

View more

(Updated) Image Tags in SharePoint

MC272451 | October 21 - Updated October 21, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Currently, when images are uploaded to SharePoint, a column named Tags is automatically created and includes descriptive labels to help with search. With the new update, we will migrate tags from the previous text-based and read only Tags column and implement a new editable Image Tags column. End-users will be able to manually add or remove tags from this column. The tags will also appear in the...

View more

(Updated) Send Feedback on Image Tags

MC286337 | October 21 - Updated October 21, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Users will now be able to provide feedback on tags associated with an image by using the “Give feedback” option within the details pane of the document library. Using the feedback policy settings, tenant admins will be able to control how much feedback the users can choose to share with Microsoft. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68902.

View more

October 2021 Windows non-security preview "C" release is available for Windows 11

Act by: October 21

MC292931 | October 21 - The October 2021 monthly "C" release preview update is now available for Windows 11. The preview update for Windows 10, version 21H1, Windows 10, version 20H2, and Windows 10, version 2004 will be available in the near term. See theRelease Notesassociated to this update for information on the contents of this release (Release Notes might publish with a delay of up to half an hour after the update is available for download). To learn more about the different types of monthly quality updates, see...

View more

Co-organizer Meeting Role

MC292796 | October 21 - Organizers will soon be able to assign the co-organizer meeting role to up to 10 specific people they invite to their meeting. Co-organizers will be granted most of the capabilities of the organizer in the meeting, including being able to access & modify the meeting options for the meeting.Usage of the co-organizer role for a meeting will be optional. If users choose not to use the co-organizer feature, there will be no change.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81391.

View more

(Updated) Variable playback speed for Teams meeting recordings

MC271911 | October 20 - Updated October 20, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.For Teams meeting recordings saved to OneDrive & SharePoint, you'll now be able to change the playback speed (0.5x - 2x) while watching the video. Watching a Teams meeting recording at a playback speed greater than 1 is a great way to save time! This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82002.

View more

SharePoint: Updates to the site creation experience

MC292736 | October 20 - We will be updating the site creation experience to make it easier for site creators to select the right type of SharePoint site, understand roles, and site permissions. Updates to this experience will include refreshed graphics, expanded site descriptions, and additional context for different permission levels in the Site permissions panel. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85683.

View more

Windows update expiration policy explained

MC292650 | October 20 - Microsoft produces two to three updates per supported Windows platform monthly. This results in a backlog of updates and potentially increases the size of update packages. Many of these updates, however, are cumulative and include all earlier updates that have been published for that platform. That means, when older packages expire, you still receive the updates contained in those packages by installing the cumulative update.How this affects your organization:By installing the latest cumulative...

View more

October 2021 Windows non-security preview "C" release is available for Windows 10, version 1809

Act by: October 19

MC292559 | October 20 - The October 2021 monthly "C" release preview updates are now available for Windows 10, version 1809. The preview update for Windows 11, Windows 10, version 21H1, Windows 10, version 20H2, and Windows 10, version 2004 will be available in the near term. See theRelease Notesassociated to these updates for information on the contents of this release (Release Notes might publish with a delay of up to half an hour after the updates are available for download). To learn more about the different types...

View more

(Updated) Simplified DKIM configuration for email protection

MC291056 | October 19 - Updated October 19, 2021: We have updated the content below with additional details. Thank you for your patience.Domain Keys identified mail (DKIM) is part of email authentication mechanism which ensures the email is not modified during transit and can be used to validate the visible sender (FROM address) as part of the DMARC standard. By correctly configuring authentication through DKIM you can ensure better email deliverability and protect your domain from being spoofed.As part of Microsoft's...

View more

(Updated) Introducing background effects on web

MC277112 | October 19 - Updated October 19, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Introducing background effects on web. If you want to change what appears behind you in your video meeting or call, you can either blur your background or replace it entirely with any image you want.Note: Blurring or replacing your background might not prevent sensitive information from being visible to other people in the call or meeting.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID...

View more

(Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Creating allows in the Tenant Allow/Block List

MC267137 | October 19 - Updated October 19, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We understand that, from time to time, you might disagree with an Exchange Online Protection (EOP) filtering verdict. With this update, you will be able to override filtering verdicts using the Tenant Allow/Block List (TABL) in the Defender portal while your submission is being reviewed.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70591

View more

(Updated) Sensitivity Labels for Teams Created from Templates

MC281936 | October 19 - Updated October 19, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Sensitivity labels allow Teams admins to protect and regulate access to sensitive organizational content created during collaboration within teams. With this update, you will be able to apply sensitivity labels to teams created from templates as well.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84232.

View more

Important information about your Project Service Automation auto upgrades

MC292574 | October 19 - Your environment has the Project Service Automation application installed. The Project Service Automation teams are planning updates for your geography, soon. For more details on timing and update content: Project Service - Update release schedule for Project Service 3.x Sincerely, Project Service Automation team

View more

Important information about your Microsoft 365 Office App Launcher and All Apps experiences

MC290818 | October 19 - To help improve the app exploration and discovery experience for users, beginning mid-November 2021, the Office App Launcher, All Apps (https://office.com/apps), and app search experiences will be updated to only list relevant Dynamics 365 apps, Power Apps apps, and Azure Active Directory integrated apps. Following this update, the Office App Launcher, All Apps, and app search experiences will only list Dynamics 365 apps, Power Apps apps, and Azure AD integrated apps that meet one of the...

View more

Reminder: End of service for Windows 10 version 2004 - December 14, 2021

MC292558 | October 19 - On December 14, 2021, all editions of Windows 10, version 2004 (20H1) will reach end of service. After that date, devices running these editions will no longer receive monthly security and quality updates.As always, we recommend that you update your devices to the latest version of Windows 10 as soon as possible to ensure that you can take advantage of the latest features and advanced protections from the latest security threats. For more information on end of service dates for currently...

View more

Announcing public preview of Cloud Site List Management for Internet Explorer mode on Microsoft Edge

MC292401 | October 18 - Cloud Site List Management for IE mode. With Internet Explorer mode (IE mode), Microsoft Edge enables a seamless single browser experience for environments with a mix of legacy and modern applications. You can control which applications need legacy compatibility such that your end-users have the most secure browsing experience without compromising business critical workflows. As you transition your workflows and applications from IE11 to IE mode in preparation for retirement of the IE11 desktop...

View more

Outlook for iOS and Android: Play My Emails available in Brazilian Portuguese

MC292396 | October 18 - We're expanding Play My Emails on Outlook for iOS and Android to Brazilian Portuguese.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85664

View more

To view all announcements, sign in to Microsoft 365 admin center

Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond WA 98052 USA

Microsoft

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

FW: Message Center Major Change Update Notification

  Organization: HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES Feature Update: Auto-Attendant     Major update: General Availability rollout started Applied to: All customers     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 . [How does this affect me?] The administration of new and existing Auto-Attendants or Call Queues for your organization will be migrated to the Teams Admin Center. A new experience will also be introduced for creating Resource Accounts. We will be gradually rolling this out starting on F

Message center announcements, May 15, 2023 - May 21, 2023

Note: HCS-Company Microsoft Services is now Eden Akers Digital   View a summary of the updates.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Message center announcements May 15, 2023 - May 21, 2023 HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V.   Major updates        (Updated) Microsoft Authenticator Lite in Outlook MC532607 | May 17 - Updated May 17, 2023: Today we are starting rollout for Authenticator Lite (in Outlook) to enter GA! The Microsoft managed value of this feature will be changed from ‘disabled’ to ‘enabled’ on June 9th. We have made some changes to the feature configuration, so if you made an update before GA (5/17), please validate that the feature is in the correct state for your tenant prior to June 9th. If you do not wish for this feature to be enabled

June 19, 2023 - June 25, 2023 Message center announcements

View a summary of the updates.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Message center announcements June 19, 2023 - June 25, 2023   Major updates        (Updated) SharedWith and SharedWithDetails column in OneDrive and SharePoint will no longer be updated MC545906 | June 20 - Updated June 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your feedback.We will be retiring the SharedWith and SharedWithDetails columns from OneDrive and SharePoint starting in early June. These columns have been hidden by default in OneDrive and SharePoint for several years and were replaced by the Manage Access experience and the "Shared With" section of the Share dialog. View more        (Updated) PDF Tools app retirement MC584834 | June 20 - Updat