Message center announcements April 10, 2023 - April 16, 2023

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Message center announcements April 10, 2023 - April 16, 2023 EDEN AKERS DIGITAL B.V.   Major updates   Retiring Remote PowerShell use through Connect-IPPPSession MC541649 | April 14 - In line with our vision to enhance the security of our cloud, we plan to move the SCC admin experience to REST-based APIs. In doing so, we will be deprecating the legacy Remote PowerShell (RPS) protocol starting July 15, 2023.In releasing the REST interface, customers do not need to use RPS to access EOP. Instead, RPS-based cmdlets will run as REST API calls instead of running via an RPS session. The REST API has the same cmdlets available and feature parity with RPS v1 cmdlets, so existing... View more   Changes to the deployment phase for CVE-2022-37967 - now beginning June 13, 2023 MC541054 | April 13 - Security hardening changes needed on domain controllers in IT environments to address CVE-2022-37967 will enter a new phase of security requirement, as outlined in KB5020805: How to manage Kerberos protocol changes related to CVE-2022-37967 on June 13, 2023. Previous announcements had listed this change as taking place in April, however, that date has changed.Each phase raises the default minimum for the security hardening changes for CVE-2022-37967, and environments must be compliant before... View more   By popular demand: Windows LAPS available now MC540596 | April 12 - See what’snew with Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) and how it can help keep your business secure. LAPS is used to manage the password of a specified local administrator account by regularly rotating the password and backing it up to Active Directory (AD). Starting with the April 11, 2023security update, LAPS is natively integrated into Windowswith new capabilities for on-premises AD scenarios and forthcoming Azure Active Directory benefits (currently in private preview). Some of... View more   Outlook for Android will require Android 9.0 or above starting July 10, 2023 MC540243 | April 11 - Beginning July 10, 2023, Outlook for Android will no longer support Android 8.x or below. Users will need to upgrade their Android operating system to Android 9.0 or newer. View more   Reminder: Windows 10, version 20H2 (Editions: Enterprise, Education) will reach end of servicing on May 9, 2023 MC539788 | April 10 - On May 9, 2023,Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions ofWindows 10, version 20H2 will reach end of servicing. The upcoming May 2023 security update, to be released on May 9, 2023, will be the last update available for this version. After this date, devices running this version will no longer receive monthly security and preview updates containing protections from the latest security threats.To help keep you protected and productive, Windows Update will automatically initiate a... View more   Additional updates   Microsoft Search: Video Search in Bing, Office.com, SharePoint, and Stream MC541645 | April 14 - Our new Video tab will improve video search in your organization by having a dedicated place to search through Stream, OneDrive, SharePoint videos. This Video tab will appear on Microsoft Search in Bing/Office/SharePoint and Stream. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117552 View more   Microsoft 365 admin center: Viva Goals Usage Report MC541159 | April 13 - A new report will be made available to help you understand how Viva Goals is used within your organization. The new usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center will provide metrics on the number of active users including trial and paid licenses and platform distribution (Teams, Slack, Azure DevOps, and Web) with the ability to view 7/30/90/180 day timeframes.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117599 View more   Improved management of Teams apps with capabilities extended to Outlook and the Microsoft 365 app via Integrated Apps MC541155 | April 13 - In January 2023, Microsoft released the feature to manage Teams Apps with certain capabilities that extend to Outlook and the Microsoft 365 App (formerly known as Office.com) via the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Now, we are introducing controls at an app and tenant level, for admins to define which users in their organization can install and use these apps on Outlook and the Microsoft 365 App via Integrated Apps in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. This message is associated with Microsoft 365... View more   In-product announcements for the Yammer website rebrand to Viva Engage MC541154 | April 13 - We are thrilled to share the exciting news that the rebranding of Yammer and all its surfaces is nearly complete! The Yammer website, the SharePoint and embed integrations, as well as the Power Automate integration rebranding will take place during the last week of June of 2023.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117366 View more   Microsoft Purview – Data Lifecycle and Records Management – Scope the administration of retention and label policies MC541152 | April 13 - To assist in the implementation of security best practices, we are introducing new way to assign administrative privileges in the Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management and Microsoft Purview Records Management solutions that will provide admins the least privilege access required for their job duties. With this change, organizations can leverage Administrative Units in Azure Active Directory (AAD) to define who can configure and manage policies in Microsoft Purview. This update will... View more   Introducing Support for Concurrent Exchange Online License Assignments MC541151 | April 13 - We recently enabled a new feature in Office 365, which allows tenant admins to assign more than one Exchange Online license per AAD user. This provides license stacking support and automatic license feature upgrades and downgrades based on the most superior Exchange Online license pack assigned to a user. SharePoint Online and Teams, for example, have been supporting concurrent license assignments for their own services for some time now. This new feature hence helps bring the same level of... View more   (Updated) Teams Video Clip Auto-Generated Captions MC534735 | April 13 - Updated April 13, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Teams Video Clip was released last November, we are updating the feature with auto-generated captions support. View more   (Updated) Project for the Web Integration in Viva Goals MC528361 | April 13 - Updated April 13, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Integrations in Viva Goals help save time and energy by automatically updating your key results and projects through connections to other applications from Microsoft and third parties. These integrations allow data to flow from the connected applications into Viva Goals so that results and initiatives are up to date. Viva Goals is launching a new integration for Microsoft Project for the Web which... View more   (Updated) Teams Personal Tabs in Outlook for Android MC532193 | April 13 - Updated April 13, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Teams Personal Tabs will now appear on Outlook for Android. This will complete the changes announced in Oct 2022 in theOutlook BlogTeams apps must be validated to work on the mobile form factor. After the user or admin installs the app on Teams or Outlook, the personal tab will now appear automatically in Outlook for Android. View more   Plan for Change: "Require approved client app" control in Azure AD Conditional Access will be retired in March 2026 MC540749 | April 13 - In March 2026, Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Microsoft Intune will retire the Conditional Access “Require approved client app” grant control. Instead we recommend utilizing the "Require application protection policy" grant control, which provides the same data loss and protection with additional benefits. View more   Improvements for Windows Server 2022: Enabling the playback feature MC540598 | April 12 - Beginning April 11, 2023, the playback feature will be available for Windows Server 2022 in a phased manner. This feature will help reduce network bandwidth usage by making update sizes smaller through more efficient packaging and removal of reverse differentials from the cumulative update package. The articles below will help you understand the concepts of forward and reverse differentials in the Windows cumulative update. They will also explain how we leveraged differentials to reduce the... View more   Windows Update for Business reports: access and region control MC540597 | April 12 - Preview the more flexible data routing and access controls, as well as new regions for data storage with Windows Update for Business reports. A new blogarticle reviews what data routing and access control are, what’srequiredfor them with your regular Azure tools, and how the new solution automates and simplifies your update compliance monitoring. Specifically, this solution is helpful to report on or control access to asubset of tenant devices.When will this happen:The solution for simpler data... View more   Video Messaging in Outlook Mobile MC540242 | April 11 - Video Unfurl and Playback will unfurl video links into a delightful thumbnail​ when reading an email that contains a video. Upon tapping the thumbnail, the user will be able to view the video in their full mobile screen with full screen playback. Video Unfurl and Playback will be available on both iOS and Android soon.We're also introducing Video Capture and Upload on Android: this will allow users to capture a video on their phone within the Outlook Mobile app and seamlessly upload the video... View more   (Updated) Rich text and images in Planner task notes MC295027 | April 11 - Updated April 11, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are adding support for rich text (bold, italics, underline, etc.) in the Planner task notes field. Support for images is coming in the future. 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. View more   (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows store application 4.16 update MC516349 | April 11 - Updated April 11, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows, 4.16, includes several new and improved features, such as: A revitalized Teams Rooms user interface Enhanced Layout Switcher Teams Premium support, including Watermark, End-to-end Encryption for meetings, and Sensitivity labels. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98422 View more   (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Presenter Window Improvements in Screen Sharing MC492903 | April 11 - Updated April 11, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.In Microsoft Teams, presenters will soon have the new Presenterwindow at their disposal while screen sharing.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100392 View more   Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels MC540159 | April 11 - 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 View more   Microsoft Teams: Spatial audio in Teams meetings MC540153 | April 11 - Microsoft Teams is pleased to announce an upgraded audio experience in meetings: Spatial audio. Spatial audio brings a next-generation immersive soundscape to Teams meetings when using either a wired stereo headset or built-in stereo speakers. This new audio experience spatializes the voices of attendees across the visual meeting stage in the Gallery view. This helps make conversations more natural, increasing the sense of audio presence, and making the conversation easier to follow when... View more   Applied Filters in Microsoft Lists MC540126 | April 11 - Microsoft Lists is rolling out a new way to visualize and clear the filters that are present in a view. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117585 View more   Visual Refresh of Office apps for Windows MC540123 | April 11 - We apologize for the late message center notification for the Visual Refresh of Microsoft 365 apps for Windows. The Microsoft 365 Visual Refresh uses the Fluent Design principles to deliver an intuitive, coherent, and familiar experience across all your applications. The Visual Refresh was released alongside Windows 11 in June 2021. We have been slowly rolling out the feature via the Coming Soon pane and making improvements based on your feedback. The Visual Refresh on Windows 11 is currently... View more   Take action: April 2023 security update available for all supported versions of Windows MC540065 | April 11 - The April 2023 security update release is now available for Windows 11 and all supported versions of Windows 10. We recommend that you install these updates promptly. For more information about the contents of this update, see the release notes, which are easily accessible from theWindows 11andWindows 10update history pages. For instructions on how to install this update on your home device, check theUpdate Windowsarticle. To learn more about the different types of monthly quality updates, see... View more   Announcing Modern Security Role Editor User Interface Preview MC540029 | April 11 - We are pleased to announce the preview of the Modern Security Role Editor User Interface that will begin rolling out on April 10, 2023, and will be available globally on April 25, 2023. How will this affect me? The new Modern Security Role Editor is only available to Power Platform admin center (PPAC) administrators and will include the same functionality as the classic interface that was used to support Dynamics 365 Apps. If during the preview you would like to revert to the previous editor,... View more   To view all announcements, sign in to Microsoft 365 message center   Privacy Statement Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, ​Redmond, WA 98052​