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Message center announcements, June 13-19, 2022

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Message center announcements,
June 13-19, 2022

HCS COMPANY MICROSOFT SERVICES B.V.

Major updates

(Updated) Temporary Whiteboard collaboration for external and shared device accounts

MC337624 | June 17 - Updated June 17, 2022: As previously stated, Microsoft Whiteboard on OneDrive for Business (ODB) is leveraging a new capability that allows temporary access for external and shared device accounts. This feature is now fully rolled out as of June 14, 2022.Microsoft Whiteboard on OneDrive for Business (ODB) is leveraging a new capability that allows temporary collaboration during a Teams meeting. This applies to device accounts from Surface Hub and Teams Meeting Room devices, as well as any users...

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(Updated) Search history suggestions for Bing AAD users

MC335111 | June 17 - Updated June 17, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are currently bringing search history suggestions to Bing for AAD users. Users who are signed in with their AAD account will be able to select suggestions from their search history in search box in Bing homepage, all vertical, and work vertical. This will help users to quickly access previous searches and save them time by only needing to enter a partial search term. We store up to 1000 suggestions...

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(Updated) OAuth interface for Office 365 Reporting web service

MC318316 | June 16 - Updated June 16, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Currently, users accessing Reporting Web service use “Basic Authentication” and must provide their credentials. With this feature update, Microsoft will improve the security of your tenant by replacing “Basic Authentication” access in favor of the recommended OAuth user interface which is where we will continue to invest our development resources.

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IE11 desktop application has retired and is out of support as of June 15, 2022 (non-LTSC, non-Server)

MC392478 | June 15 - As previously communicated, the Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) desktop application has retired and is out of support as of today, June 15, 2022. Following industry best practices, the IE desktop application will be progressively redirected to Microsoft Edge over the next few months and after will ultimately be permanently disabled via a future Windows Update to help ensure a smooth retirement. If you have not set up IE mode in Microsoft Edge, we recommend doing so as soon as possible to help avoid...

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(Updated) Migrating the Safe Links Block List to Tenant Allow Block List

MC373880 | June 14 - Updated June 14, 2022: At the beginning of June, we attempted to migrate all entries on the Safe Links Block List to the Tenant Allow/Block List. Entries that were successfully migrated do not require any additional action. Entries that were unable to be migrated will require manual intervention. In the coming weeks tenants will be able to review and take action on the entries that were unable to be migrated. Note: Any entry migrated from the Safe Links Block List to the Tenant Allow/Block List...

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(Updated) Pairing naming convention between Teams channels and corresponding SharePoint folders

MC306666 | June 14 - Updated June 14, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We apologize for not sending an earlier update regarding our delayed rollout. We delayed the feature release to ensure the best possible experience for our users, and it is now ready. As previously mentioned (MC280294 - August), this new release will update the channel rename experience in Teams to simultaneously rename the corresponding folder in SharePoint sites whenever a channel in Teams is...

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Additional updates

Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring - Column reflow and RSS connector web part

MC393823 | June 18 - These updates include changes to our reflow automation for two-column sections and the RSS Connector web part by giving more control to users around the number of publications shown at one time and the number of articles shown per publication.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 93243

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Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Sensitivity labels now apply to modified documents (WXP on PC and Mac)

MC393822 | June 18 - Coming soon to public preview, default labeling policies can be applied to any supported document that a user edits, not just a new document. This update applies to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on PC and Mac platforms. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93209.

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Modern Meetings and Calls on Teams Web Client

MC393821 | June 18 - The modern meeting/calling experience will be available for Teams on the Web in Chrome and Edge browsers - including improved pre-join, dynamic view, and updated control bar.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 92928

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Add DKIM Domain in Sending Infrastructure for Tenant Allow Block Lists-Spoofing

MC393818 | June 18 - For Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Exchange Online Protection, we are adding support for providing "DKIM verified domain" as the "Sending Infrastructure" within Tenant allow-block lists-Spoofing, so that Security Administrators can better manage Anti-Spoofing activity and override it based on Spoof Intelligence. Currently, what is supported in this field is either the domain from DNS PTR record or /24 IP Subnet. Additionally, being able to specify a 'DKIM verified domain' will help serve...

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Dynamics 365 – Service Update 22062 for EUR

MC393549 | June 17 - We have a minor service update planned for your Microsoft Dynamics 365 environment in the EUR region. Maintenance window start: 10 July 2022, 18:00 UTC Maintenance window end: 11 July 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 9.2.22062.00101 or higher after the background database operations complete. Although there is no expected...

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Changes to OneNote features: Evernote Importer and IE Web Clipper

MC393188 | June 16 - We are announcing two changes to Microsoft OneNote features: With the retirement of Internet Explorer browser effective 15 June 2022 (MC306663 Dec '21), we will also be retiring the OneNote Web Clipper for Internet Explorer effective the same date. The OneNote Web Clipper works best with a modern browser like Microsoft Edge.Effective 1st September 2022, we will also be retiring the Evernote to OneNote Importer, and it will no longer be available for download at...

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Reminder: Microsoft Office default change – Blocking VBA macros in files from the internet

MC393185 | June 16 - VBA macros are a common way for malicious actors to gain access to deploy malware and ransomware. As a reminder (MC322553 Feb '22), to help improve security, we are changing the behavior of Office applications to now block macros in files from the internet. Learn more in this blog post. This change only affects Office on devices running Windows and only affects the following applications: Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word.

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Records Management – Configure a record label to start unlocked for user-driven records declaration

MC393184 | June 16 - Coming soon to general availability, we are introducing a new capability to better manage the lifecycle of documents labeled as a record. This feature enables Records Management administrators to create retention labels that will mark contents in SharePoint and OneDrive as records but will not be “locked” (restricted for edits) until a user manually locks it. This will help customers who use automatic or default labeling of content which includes documents in a draft state which are not yet...

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Apple Mail, Basic Auth and Exchange Online

MC393181 | June 16 - We're making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. As we communicated last year in blog posts and most recently in MC375736, we will start to turn off Basic authentication in our worldwide multi-tenant service on October 1, 2022. Today we’re sharing the work we’ve been doing with Apple to help users of their Mail app switch from Basic auth to Modern auth. To leverage this work and help users make the switch, the Microsoft 365 tenant admin may need to take action to make this...

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(Updated) Azure Active Directory: Customize Organizations’ Sign-In and Sign-Up Pages in Company Branding

MC384784 | June 16 - Updated June 16, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Update the Azure AD and Microsoft 365 login experience with new Company Branding capabilities. You can apply your company’s brand guidance to authentication experiences with pre-defined templates. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93320

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(Updated) Preview - Enabling customization capabilities for SSPR, footer hyperlinks and favicon in Company Branding.

MC339117 | June 16 - Updated June 16, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We’re updating the Company Branding component of the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) sign-in page to enable customization capabilities for Self Service Password Reset (SSPR), footer hyperlinks and favicon. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88928.

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(Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Password protected download of quarantined messages

MC384330 | June 16 - Updated June 16, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.With this change we are giving the ability to password protects items they download from quarantine. We want users to be confident that the items they are downloading to their systems will not execute involuntarily without their consent, and this capability will allow them to safely transport the items to external analysis tools. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID93305

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(Updated) Microsoft Secure Score is adding new improvement actions for Microsoft Defender for Identity

MC388526 | June 16 - Updated June 16, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We’re updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of your security posture.This update will include this new Microsoft Defender for Identity recommendations as Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions: Resolve unsecure domain configurations We will continue to add suggested security improvement actions on an ongoing basis.

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E-signature Approvals Fully Embedded Within Team Approvals for a Streamlined Experience

MC392640 | June 15 - Users can now seamlessly create and review e-signature approval requests directly in Teams removing the need to access the e-sign provider website.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 92941

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Important information about your Field Service auto upgrades

MC392296 | June 14 - Your environment has the Field Service application currently installed. The Field Service team is planning to apply updates to your geography soon. To get more information on delivery and application changes, please visit: Field Service: Field Service version history and release schedule Sincerely, The Field Service team

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Disable chat write access for anonymous or unauthenticated users

MC392295 | June 14 - Financial institutions consider chat messages as a form of data exfiltration, so it's imperative for IT admins to gain flexibility and control over chat access for anonymous or unauthenticated users. The latter may be expected to join Teams meetings, but they should be restricted from seeing and accessingany type of electronic communication on chat.This feature provides additional security by only disablingchat write access for non-federated users and unauthenticated users who join Teams...

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Media Logging Enabled by Default

MC392294 | June 14 - We ask that you pardon us for not having provided advance communication of this release. To log diagnostic data for Teams meetings, users must have the option in the Teams client turned on. Up until recently Teams media logging was turned off by default for all machines. With this update, Media logging is enabled by default on high-end machines. Media logs contain diagnostic data about audio, video, and screen sharing in Teams meetings. They are required for support cases that are linked to...

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E-signature Approvals on Mobile: View and Take Action

MC392293 | June 14 - E-signature approvals will be available in the Approvals app in Teams. Users will be able to see a list of their e-sign requests for their chosen provider. They will be able to see the details and review the request. Request creators will be able to edit or cancel a request.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 92939

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E-signature Approval Requests Creation on Mobile

MC392292 | June 14 - Users will now be able to create e-signature approvals on mobile devices.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 92940

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Reminder Installation of .Net 4.8 and WebView2 required for Teams Meeting Add-In in Outlook

MC392289 | June 14 - As a reminder, .Net 4.8 and WebView2 are required for the Teams Meeting Add-In in Outlook.

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(Updated) Viva Topics in Teams

MC391950 | June 14 - Updated June 14, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.Viva Topics in Teams allows users to mention topics in their chat conversations so that others in the conversation can easily learn more about a topic by hovering over the topic name and viewing the topic card. This feature requires users to have a Viva Topics license. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72189

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(Updated) Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Configure Display Colors for Sensitivity Labels (preview)

MC388232 | June 14 - Updated June 14, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We're simplifying the policy management experience and enhancing the user experience for seeing and selecting sensitivity labels within Office apps by enabling display color configuration for labels. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 88517and 93217.

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(Updated) Microsoft Project usage data in Microsoft Admin Center

MC376706 | June 14 - Updated June 14, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Project usage data will soon be included in the Microsoft Admin Center Customer facing usage reports. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93278

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(Updated) Exchange Online Protection: Anti-malware policy notification settings change

MC360646 | June 14 - Updated June 14, 2022: We have updated this message to ensure visibility for affected organizations. Thank you for your patience.The previous Message Center post MC303513(Dec '21) mentioned that we’re planning to retire the recipient and sender notification configuration in anti-malware policies. After reviewing customer feedback, we’re changing how we’re planning to retire those recipient and sender notifications. The current notification settings are commonly used for messages that are...

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(Updated) OneDrive sync app will automatically configure accounts

MC362284 | June 14 - Updated June 14, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This release will enable the OneDrive sync app to sign into an account even quicker. Users will experience an improved single sign-on experience by automatically being able to see their OneDrive files within their file browser upon sign in or OneDrive app update.On Windows, users who are signed into the device with an Azure Active Directory (AAD) account will see their OneDrive folder start syncing...

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

MC392208 | June 14 - We've released updates to the following update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel Monthly Enterprise Channel Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

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Important information about your Field Service auto upgrades

MC391962 | June 14 - Your environment has the Field Service application currently installed. The Field Service team is planning to apply updates to your geography soon. To get more information on delivery and application changes, please visit: Field Service: Field Service version history and release schedule Sincerely, The Field Service team

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Microsoft 365 Assessment tool for SharePoint 2013 workflows available now!

MC391952 | June 13 - SharePoint 2013 Workflows platform was introduced 10 years ago. Since the release of SharePoint workflows, Microsoft has evolved workflow orchestration to not only encompass SharePoint, but all the productivity services you use within Microsoft 365 and extend to 3rd parties. Power Automate is the Microsoft solution for workflow orchestration. It connects to all Microsoft 365 services and over 220 other services to let an enterprise build custom workflows. There are also many 3rd party solutions...

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Bing Image Search for Microsoft Whiteboard

MC391951 | June 13 - The ability to search online images through Bing is coming soon to Whiteboard web, Teams and Windows App. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93341

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Apply default sensitivity label to unlabeled files uploaded to SharePoint document library (preview)

MC391948 | June 13 - Coming soon to public preview for Microsoft Purview Information Protection, all newly uploaded documents to a document library can “inherit” the configured label for the SharePoint Online document library (if not already labeled). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85621

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