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| Stream Classic webpart retirement and new Stream (on SharePoint) webpart availability MC561187 | May 26 - This is an important message for customers who use the Stream (Classic) webpart to add videos to SharePoint Pages and news posts. Microsoft will retire the Stream (Classic) webpart on Aug 15, 2023 and it will no longer be available for use after this date. The Stream (Classic) webpart will be replaced by the new Stream (on SharePoint) webpart.This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap: 124800
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| (Updated) Microsoft Teams support for Targeted Release MC510331 | May 23 - Updated May 23, 2023: We have decided not to proceed with the “EA”, to indicate Early Adoption, on the profile picture change and it will be rolled back for the initial users who received it. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Teams will support Targeted Release for commercial cloud customers. With this support, users opted-in to Targeted Release will be the first production users to see the latest Microsoft Teams features and help shape the product by providing early feedback. Prior to...
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| Update your custom detections to leverage new ActionTypes in DeviceNetworkEvents MC559251 | May 22 - On July 18, 2023, Microsoft will be retiring a subset of signatures found in the "NetworkSignaturesInspected" action type of Advanced Hunting. With the recent integration of Zeek providing advanced protocol parsing capabilities, which result in better visibility into full network sessions compared to the raw packet bytes found in the "NetworkSignaturesInspected" action type of Advanced Hunting today, the effort to consolidate will provide a better overall experience for our customers by...
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| (Updated) SharedWith and SharedWithDetails column in OneDrive and SharePoint will no longer be updated MC545906 | May 22 - Updated: We have updated the content below for additional clarification. Thank you for your feedback.We will be retiring the SharedWith and SharedWithDetails columns from OneDrive and SharePoint starting in early June. For customers who are looking to understand who has access to content, we recommend utilizing features like the Microsoft 365 Audit Logs and the Manage Access experience.
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| What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for May 2023 MC561704 | May 26 - Your Microsoft Intune account has been updated to the latest service build. How does this affect me? You will see the service release number updated in the Tenant Status blade of the Intune console soon. We’ve introduced some changes that we’re excited for you to try out. What do I need to do to prepare for this change? Click additional information below to learn more about what’s new in this service release. We’ll continue to update the What’s new page with any features that are released...
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| Yammer Rebranding to Viva Engage MC561701 | May 26 - As we announced a few months ago, all Yammer surfaces will be undergoing a transformation and will now be known as Viva Engage. Users will experience the new Viva Engage branding across the remaining surfaces, including the website, integrations, SharePoint, Progressive Web App (PWA), embed, email notifications and email digest.The last step remaining is the URL update, which will occur at the end of this year. We will provide more details as we get closer to that milestone. Our team is working...
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| Microsoft Teams: App Suggestions by Task in In-Context Stores MC561700 | May 26 - Users think about which tasks they need to complete, such as creating a survey, inside Microsoft Teams. Soon, app suggestions will be organized by tasks that the apps support as opposed to conventional categories (productivity, project management). As a result, the new categorization will reduce the amount of time users need to spend learning about these apps – helping them to work more effectively.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122527
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| Microsoft Teams: Set your Work Hours and Location MC561188 | May 26 - Set your work location for the day in Microsoft Teams so your team can learn about your availability for in-office and remote collaboration. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 125375
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| Microsoft Teams: Block Meeting Chat Access in External, Non-Trusted Meeting Joins MC561186 | May 26 - Microsoft Teams IT Admins will soon be able to block internal users from accessing chats when these users join meetings organized on external non-trusted tenants, including cross-cloud join. This release of Microsoft Teams' new meeting chat setting will be rolling out across MS Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide a new way for tenants to manage users' chat access in meetings hosted on external non-trusted tenants. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123975
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| (Updated) Launching new way to open links in Edge from Outlook for iOS and Android MC531738 | May 25 - Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the content below with details on how to manage through Intune.Currently users open links automatically from Outlook for iOS and Android in their default browser. This change will prompt users to choose their browser instead. Users can choose their default browser if they prefer and configure that preference in their Outlook Mobile settings.We apologize for not communicating about this change sooner, per our commitment to proactive change communication.
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| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Easier Way to Join Teams Meetings for Cloud Video Interop (CVI) users MC546444 | May 25 - Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We will soon be releasing a feature for Microsoft Teams users that will allow your meeting participants to join from some non-Teams applications or devices, depending on your guest join settings when you send a Microsoft Teams meeting invite. These participants will join as guests and all of the guest settings applied by your organization will apply for these guest participants.Benefits: Your users,...
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| (Updated) New functionality coming to Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager MC550037 | May 25 - Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We're introducing new functionality to Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager to enable integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Additionally, we're rolling out connectors for Salesforce and Zoom to enable increased visibility across your data estate. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102404and 124884
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| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Two-way lobby chat MC554156 | May 25 - Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The Virtual Appointments app provides a central hub for all your virtual appointments needs in Microsoft Teams. The app enables a seamless end-to-end experience for business-to-customer engagements.Queue view in Virtual Appointments app is a premium advanced virtual appointment feature that allows businesses to Empower employees to manage and service scheduled and on-demand virtual appointments in one...
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| (Updated) Feature release status for your organization in Message center MC485549 | May 25 - Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.With hundreds of new and updated feature announcements across Microsoft 365, it can be challenging to track when the feature or change is available in your tenant. To help you track feature availability in your organization, Microsoft will provide a release status for each new and updated feature announcement in Message center This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 108078
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| (Updated) A new experience to search within chat and channels. MC554158 | May 25 - Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are excited to introduce a new and improved experience to search within chats and channels.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122550
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| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Explicit Recording Consent for Teams Meetings MC523053 | May 25 - Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Teams is going to support an Explicit Recording Consent meeting policy. When the policy is applied, the Teams meeting window will request explicit consent of all participants to be recorded. Before a user gives consent, the user’s audio, video, and screenshare/consent-share won’t be captured in the meeting recording. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 107781
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| (Updated) ContextIQ: Inline Search During Message Composing MC500886 | May 25 - Updated May 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Originally announced in MC462919 (October '22), Context IQ allows users to easily search for and insert entities like people and files in a message they're writing.We apologize for the delay and are now proceeding with the rollout of this feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88943
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| Coming soon to Intune: Windows driver and firmware updates MC561066 | May 25 - Soon, you’ll be able to manage Windows driver and firmware updates in Microsoft Intune. A new blog article describes the advantages and new capabilities that will become generally available in June 2023. Driver update management policies and reports are built on the Windows Update for Business deployment service public preview and are part of the Windows Enterprise offerings. With it, you can take advantage of intelligent servicing, trusted quality, more granular controls, optional drivers and...
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| IT Admin Webinar Usage Report in TAC with Updates MC560732 | May 24 - Webinar usage reports will be available for IT admins to view all webinars created by users in your tenant who are able to create webinars (AllowWebinar set to ON). In addition to this new reports we are enhancing IT admin experience with following updates: Teams Admin Center UX to configure event policy settings without using PowerShell New event policy setting called AllowedQuestionTypesInRegistrationForm to allow control of which registration form question types can be used by the webinar...
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| Microsoft Teams: Updating the Bookings app to the Virtual Appointments app MC560731 | May 24 - Bookings is supported across multiple entry points spanning Web, Teams and Outlook, however there is lack of parity in the feature set across these entry points leading to an inconsistent user experience. This fragmented experience has resulted in high DSAT for customers that has provided feedback to Microsoft to unify and provide feature parity in Bookings across all entry points.The Bookings experience in Teams will soon be updated to match the web version on https://book.ms, ensuring...
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| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: "Non Blockable" Applications MC560725 | May 24 - In order to prevent critical security services downtime, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps will not support the ability to natively block the specific services from its product (not from the UI nor via policies).
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| Text Predictions for OneNote on Windows MC560724 | May 24 - When this update rolls out, users will see text predictions when writing documents in English in OneNote on Windows. When they see the suggested text, users can accept with the tab or right arrow key or simply keep typing to ignore.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124909
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| Ink Color Picker for Microsoft Whiteboard MC560720 | May 24 - Users will soon be able to enjoy a wide range of colors for inking using the latest color picker feature. In addition to color picker, a slider will also be provided to change opacity level of pens. This functionality will be rolled out automatically to Whiteboard for the web, Microsoft Teams, Windows App & Surface Hubs/MTR experiences as well as Annotations in Teams meetings.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124899
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| Enable Integrations for all Viva Goals Organizations MC560719 | May 24 - Soon, any viva Goals integration(s) that would be enabled by Tenant or Viva Goals Administrators, would be made available to all Viva Goals Organization users without the need for the Viva Goals Organization administrators to enable the new integration(s) for their respective Viva Goals Organizations
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| OneDrive: Simplified Sharing MC560718 | May 24 - We are completely revamping the Sharing control to help you and your organization share more easily and confidently. You can focus on the people you want to share with and how you want to share with them. The link scope is always shown at the bottom of the dialog and can be modified at the top-right, under the settings gear, to best fit your scenarios prior to sharing with others. The copy link section now returns a quick success toast when the link successfully copied to clipboard. The ability...
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| The May 2023 Windows non-security preview update is now available for Windows 11, version 22H2 MC560589 | May 24 - The May 2023 non-security preview update is now available for Windows 11, version 22H2. Information about the contents of this update is available from the release notes, which are accessible from the Windows 11 update history page. To learn more about the different types of monthly quality updates, see Windows monthly updates explained. To be informed about the latest updates and releases, follow us on Twitter @WindowsUpdate.Highlights for the Windows 11, version 22H2 update:This update...
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| OneDrive: Restore files to original location when turning off folder backup MC559933 | May 24 - OneDrive: Restore files to original location when turning off folder backup.This feature provides new functionality for users who turn off folder backup (also known as “PC folder backup” and “known folder move”). When users turn off folder backup, they will have the option to restore the files back to their original location. Note: when a folder contains files stored only in the cloud, those files will not be moved; they will remain in the cloud
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| Microsoft Viva Connections News Notifications MC559932 | May 24 - Viva Connections is introducing mobile push notifications for SharePoint news. Notifications will be delivered to users via the Teams app when Viva Connections is installed and when:News is published to a SharePoint site a user follows or visits frequently.Someone comments on a News post the user authored. Someone has ‘Liked’ a News post the user authored. The user is @ mentioned in a comment on a news post.When opened, notifications will take users directly to the news content in the Viva...
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| Updates to Viva Connections desktop experience MC559930 | May 23 - To improve the experience for users, we are making an update to the layout of the Viva Connections desktop experience. This change applies to all customers using the default experience.
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| App User Interface update for Microsoft Whiteboard MC559929 | May 23 - This update will visually refresh the Microsoft Whiteboard app user interface for laptops, desktops and tablets while simultaneously making whiteboarding tools upfront and toolbar at the bottom of the screen to improve engagement, discoverability & ease of whiteboarding.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124900
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| (Updated) Configuration Change - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps threat protection policies MC550086 | May 23 - Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.We're making some changes to the default Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps threat protection policies.
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| (Updated) Viva Topics app in Teams MC546937 | May 23 - Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The official Viva Topics app in Teams is rolling out to external customers.Previously, we had built a Topics app for Teams as a script that Teams admins could upload. Now, the Topics app is available as a first party "Microsoft-built" app. This means the app is available in the app store for your tenant already, no upload or script-downloading required. Users in your tenant can either easily 'add' the...
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| (Updated) Email notifications for "Issues in your environment that require action" MC470137 | May 23 - Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.In December 2021, a new section was added to the service health page in the Microsoft 365 admin center, featuring "Issues in your environment that require action." These types of issues are not caused by Microsoft services being unhealthy, but by something specific to your organization that require an admin to take action. To ensure that these notifications successfully reach you, an email will now be...
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| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Spatial audio in Teams meetings MC540153 | May 23 - Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.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...
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| (Updated) In-product announcements for the Yammer website rebrand to Viva Engage MC541154 | May 23 - Updated May 23, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.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
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| The May 2023 Windows non-security preview update is now available for some versions of Windows MC559749 | May 23 - The May 2023 non-security preview update is now available. These optional non-security previews are released for Windows 10, version 22H2 and Windows 11, versions 21H2 only. Information about the contents of this update is available from the release notes, which are accessible from the Windows 11 andWindows 10update history pages. To learn more about the different types of monthly quality updates, see Windows monthly updates explained. To be informed about the latest updates and releases,...
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| Expanding IT value in Windows 11 Enterprise and Intune MC559686 | May 23 - In addition to the new innovations announced at Microsoft Build, there are new Windows 11 features for organizations and the IT teams that support them. Here are a few highlights:Windows 365 Boot will be available in public preview tomorrow, May 24th. This new feature enables Windows 11, version 22H2 users to boot directly into their Cloud PC at first login.New app privacy settings give you the ability to allow or block access to presence sensor information and easily enable and disable...
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| Create a distinct experience in Viva Connections for different audiences in the Microsoft 365 admin center MC557823 | May 23 - A new feature will be available soon for Viva Connections that enables you to create and manage multiple Connections experiences and home sites that are targeted to specific audiences for your organization through the Microsoft 365 admin center. This feature is ideal for subsidiaries and conglomerates that want to provide distinct, audience targeted experiences with relevant and personalized information, resources, and apps to their employees. This message is associated with Microsoft 365...
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| Microsoft 365 Outbound Email Relaypool MC559257 | May 22 - This is an update regarding the configuration for relaying or forwarding email through Office 365. Please note that while this change was originally implemented in April 2022, we will now be implementing a further enhancement to improve security and reliability of our email services.
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| Content Edits look different in the Catch Up Flyout on Word online. MC559255 | May 22 - To empower collaboration in Office documents, a "Catch up" information flyout informs users about collaborative activity that has taken place in the file. Entry to the Catch up flyout is located at the top right of the document page, in an area also known as the collaboration corner.
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| OneDrive: Sharing Experiences - Improved external sharing in the sharing control MC559250 | May 22 - In the current sharing control, if your admin or organization allows external sharing, you're required to go to the sharing settings and select the right link type in order to successfully share externally. In the new experience, we make things a lot easier for you: as soon as you choose an external person to share with using a company link, we will display a prompt to confirm your choice. If confirmed, the link will automatically change from an internal-only link to a "Specific People" link,...
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