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#M365 Message center announcements, November 29-December 5, 2021

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Message center announcements,
November 29-December 5, 2021

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Major updates

Quick Create and Rules for Libraries

MC301708 | December 4 - We are excited to announce that we are bringing the data visualization and task automation capabilities – previously only available for list data – to document libraries.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 88706, 88716, and 88710.

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(Updated) Play My Emails: Spotlight

MC282784 | December 3 - Updated December 03, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This enhancement to the Play My Emails feature of Outlook Mobile identifies Spotlight Emails (emails deemed important) and prioritizes them to be read first before other email from the inbox.

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M365 Records Management, Information Governance & eDiscovery– Optimized behavior of file versions preserved in SPO & ODB

MC288633 | December 3 - Updated December 03, 2021: We have updated the content below for clarity and have adjusted the timeline. Thank you for your patience. To improve performance, any file with multiple versions that is deleted from SharePoint or OneDrive which is preserved to the Preservation Hold Library (due to its applicable retention label, retention policies or eDiscovery holds) will now be retained as a single file containing its full version history, rather than each version being retained as individual...

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Microsoft OneDrive & SharePoint Library dropdown menu

MC301473 | December 3 - We're adding a dropdown menu that allows you to easily switch between multiple document libraries associated with a team or site. Now when you select a team or site within OneDrive, you’ll be taken to the default document library instead of a list of document libraries to choose from. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81990.

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(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Praise History in Microsoft Viva Insights

MC289968 | December 2 - Updated December 02, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The Praise app in Microsoft Teams is designed to help recognize the effort that goes into the wide-ranging, collaborative work that Teams users do. Users can send Praise to their colleagues through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar for most users or through the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams. With Praise history, users will be able to view their sent and received...

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Records Management & Information Governance update on file deletion behavior when using a retention label in SPO

MC289965 | November 30 - Updated November 30, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.To improve consistency of user experience between OneDrive and SharePoint, the behavior of any retention label set to “retain items for a specific period” in SharePoint will change to allow users to “delete” the document which will then be preserved in the Preservation Hold Library until the specified period expires.In response to your great feedback and provide more flexibility for different...

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Additional updates

Encrypted sync in Microsoft Edge is now available

MC301712 | December 4 - You will soon see a new service plan associated with your Office 365 Business Essentials licensing details. This service plan will enable users to use encrypted sync with Microsoft Edge, the only modern browser to support encrypted sync using a Microsoft 365 account. When enabled, Microsoft 365 account users will be able to sync favorites, settings, addresses, passwords, extensions and collections in a secure way.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

MC301702 | December 4 - We've released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel

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Microsoft Teams: Pin your own video in Teams meetings

MC301680 | December 3 - Currently, users can pin video feeds to increase the size of the desired video on their own screen. This new feature update will expand the ability for users to pin their own video on the stage as well as enable users to see their own video in an increased size on their screen.New feature will help to tackle various situations:No more overlaying of the me video box and other participant's videoYou will be able to see your own video in a bigger scale and adjust the video formYou will have a...

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Manage Surface Hub devices from Teams admin center

MC301679 | December 3 - If your organization uses Teams devices for collaboration, now you will also be able to manage Surface Hub devices with Teams from the Teams admin center.This feature is currently going to be in Preview. We'll be bringing the full-feature set soon after this release.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84536.

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Markup Ink for Edit HVC (high-value Controls)

MC301676 | December 3 - With markup (ink), users can draw on their photos to convey their messages and reveal the pattern and information perhaps unclear in an initial, surface look when self-teaching and even more important when sharing photos. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88481.

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(Updated) Rich text and images in Planner task notes

MC295027 | December 3 - Updated December 03, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are adding support for rich text (bold, italics, underline, etc.) and images in the Planner task notes field. NOTE: We will update this post once we have Microsoft Graph documentation for the new rich text task notes field available.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85688.

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(Updated) OneDrive: New Command Bar

MC285602 | December 3 - Updated December 03, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.With this update users will be able to easily identify the right file and access primary commands. The new simplified view will permit users to focus on the content while at the same time being visually pleasing.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85602.

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Updated SLAs for Microsoft Teams Calling Plans, Phone System, and Audio Conferencing

MC301471 | December 3 - We’ve recently updated the service level agreements (SLAs) from 99.9 to 99.99% for the following Microsoft Teams Phone services: Calling Plans Phone System Audio Conferencing

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Plan for Change: Temporary removal of the configuration and compliance policy profile assignment from reporting

MC301469 | December 3 - Planned for the upcoming 2112 service release, we are making what we anticipate will be a temporary user interface (UI) change to improve reporting performance by removing the iOS/iPadOS Assignment on the configuration and compliance profile reports in Microsoft Endpoint Manager. This information currently displays whether the configuration profile or compliance profile is assigned (yes or no). The same information can be found within a specific profile’s properties.

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(Updated) Announcing continuous compliance assessments in the Microsoft 365 compliance center

MC296437 | December 2 - Updated December 02, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We're enhancing Compliance Manager’s automated testing and evidence generation functionality, and enabling additional improvement actions and solutions for automated testing. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72222.

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(Updated) Records Management–Announcing public preview of adaptive policy scopes for retention and label policies

MC280914 | December 2 - Updated December 02, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This new feature (preview), Adaptive policy scopes, will allow data administrators to scope retention policies and retention label policies to a dynamic set of users, SharePoint sites, or Microsoft 365 Groups. This is enabled by using the properties or attributes associated with these locations. Adaptive policy scopes work with all locations, including Exchange mailboxes, Microsoft 365 Groups,...

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(Updated) Microsoft Exchange Online - Configuration Change for online meetings by default

MC267584 | December 2 - Updated December 02, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Whether you’re working from home or meeting with people in other locations, we will be making a change so that all meetings created in Outlook will automatically be online to allow everyone to attend. This will rollout on desktop, web, mobile and Mac.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81995.

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(Updated) Music Mode for Teams

MC267133 | December 2 - Updated December 02, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. This new feature release can be used to transmit high fidelity music. Users will be able to conduct online music lessons, transmit music performances, or other non-speech content.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83520

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User experience update for Explorer and Real-Time Detections: Default All Email view and more updates

MC301302 | December 2 - We are updating the user experience for Explorer and Real time detections, to improve the hunting experience and workflows, as well as align with modern accessibility standards . These are experience updates and do not involve major functional changes for core experiences like filtering, export and saving queries. NOTE: For a short while, as we roll out updates, you will be able to toggle between the old experience and new experience. Note that toggling would impact only your session and does...

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In Development for Microsoft Intune is now available

MC301301 | December 2 - The “In development for Microsoft Intune” page in our documentation has been updated.

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Update: Suggested Replies - Outlook for Office

MC301300 | December 2 - Update: Outlook on the web will soon be rolling out suggested replies to customers in Outlook for Office.Note: Due to some issues that presented themselves prior to rollout, we paused our planned release until now. Your patience and understanding is appreciated.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70802.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

MC301249 | December 2 - We've released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel

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Dynamics 365 – Service Update 21114 for EUR

MC300596 | December 1 - We have a minor service update planned for your Microsoft Dynamics 365 environment in the EUR region. Maintenance window start: 09 January 2022, 18:00 UTC Maintenance window end: 10 January 2022, 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 9.2.21114.00101 or higher after the background database operations complete. Although there is no...

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Plan for Change: New RBAC permission required for Win32 app supersedence and dependency

Act by: February 1

MC301050 | December 1 - We recently announced a new role-based access control (RBAC) permission Mobile apps / Relate that allows you to manage relationships with managed apps that use supersedence and dependency features. This permission will be required when creating or editing Win32 app supersedence or dependencies starting in February 2022.

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Plan for change: Improving Windows analytics in Microsoft Endpoint Manager

Act by: November 30

MC301013 | November 30 - We are working to make Windows update readiness insights more accessible and provide you with the insights you need to confidently deploy Windows without adding unnecessary complexity. Over the next year, we will begin incorporating the types of insights found in Desktop Analytics today into the Microsoft Endpoint Manager, making them available for PCs that are managed via Intune-only, co-managed, or managed via Configuration Manager with tenant attach. As we prioritize these investments, we...

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Support for viewing and managing application users in legacy web client is deprecated

MC301007 | November 30 - Beginning February 2022, the list of "Application Users" will no longer be available under Advanced Settings in the Dynamics 365 legacy web client. This change will occur as part of a service update during your regional maintenance window. How do I prepare for this change? We recommend you become familiar with viewing and managing Application Users within the Power Platform admin center. Please see Manage application users in the Power Platform admin center for more information.

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Real time data for Teams Meetings in Teams Admin Center (Preview)

MC282781 | November 30 - Updated November 30, 2021: Real-Time Call Quality Analytics announced as public preview in September will be generally available in all Microsoft and Office 365 suites and will no longer require Advanced Communications license. Click here to learn more.This new release (preview) of Real-time telemetry metrics for Admin will help you identify issues during a Teams meeting.Note: This feature will be available for all customers as part of the Teams preview.This message is associated with Microsoft...

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(Updated) Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists

MC257468 | November 30 - Updated November 30, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Power Apps image controls can now display images that are stored in image columns in Microsoft Lists. Images can be displayed in four sizes: small, medium, large, or full.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81986

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