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Message center announcements October 16, 2023 - October 22, 2023

 

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Message center announcements

October 16, 2023 - October 22, 2023

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Major updates

 

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(Updated) Exchange Transport Rules (ETRs) stopping support for DLP scenarios

MC670895 | October 20 -

Updated October 20, 2023: We have updated this message as a reminder of this upcoming change. Review and take action as appropriate for your organization.

Last year, the Exchange Online data loss prevention (DLP) experience was retired from the classic Exchange admin center (EAC) (MC278896, August '21 & MC400953, July '22). We recommend customers use Microsoft Purview Unified DLP, which extends DLP protection to SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Teams chats, devices, and...
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Additional updates

 

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Retiring “MDE Settings” and “New version” options from Threat Explorer

MC683044 | October 20 -

We will be retiring the “MDE Settings” and “New version” options from Threat Explorer as we work to clean up and streamline the user experience.


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Virtual Appointment desktop joins route to Teams web

MC683043 | October 20 -

Schedulers can enable the 'have attendees join from a web browser' setting so that attendees joining the virtual appointment on desktop will be routed to the Teams web browser experience. This allows attendees to have access to engagement features including raise hand and live reactions. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 165485


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Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management Improved Search for rooms

MC683041 | October 20 -

In the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal, the new "Search and Filters for Rooms" feature will be available in the Rooms tab and will allow IT admins to easily search specific rooms and utilize the filtering options to capture rooms data within small sets based on specific criteria. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 141821


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Adaptive Protection in Microsoft Purview: Public preview of multi-policy selection

MC683039 | October 20 -

Coming soon, Adaptive Protection in Microsoft Purview will be rolling out public preview of support for multi-policy selection when configuring risk levels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124973


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Viva Engage admin center toggle to disable private messages within a network

MC683037 | October 20 -

After 20th of November 2023, Viva Engage will offer a toggle in the Viva Engage/Yammer admin center to disable private messages for all users in the network.

Viva Engage offers a private message capability for users to communicate outside of communities and storylines. Some customers may prefer to limit this option, encouraging users to use other products for private chats. The toggle is a voluntary option to control the information flow in your network and digital...
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(Updated) Microsoft Purview – General availability of Power Automate integration with records management

MC681242 | October 20 -

Updated October 20, 2023: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

To provide greater process flexibility, we have integrated Microsoft Purview Records Management with Power Automate. We provide the actions ‘Apply a retention label on the item’, ‘Relabel an item at the end of retention’, ‘Delete an item at the end of retention’, and ‘Trigger a new instance of the flow if an item can't be located’ in Microsoft 365 Compliance...
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(Updated) Announcements in Viva Connections

MC663637 | October 20 -

Updated October 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Announcements allows you to create and share time-sensitive messages in Viva Connections. You can set up, manage, and schedule announcements from your organization’s SharePoint home site or the Viva Connections app in Teams desktop.

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(Updated) Viva Pulse – Teams Chat Notifications

MC677515 | October 20 -

Updated October 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In addition to the currently enabled email notifications, Viva Pulse will begin to send notifications through Teams Chat. Users will only receive Teams Chat notifications if they have the Viva Pulse Teams app installed. As the admin, you can either 1) <a...
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(Updated) Ability to change retention period on labels set to start retention based on “When items were labeled”

MC674977 | October 20 -

Updated October 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Previously, admins could not change the retention period set on existing labels configured to start retention from when items were labeled. This feature will remove this restriction, and the resulting behavior will be consistent with other retention label types.  

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(Updated) Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Tracking and Revocation in Compliance Portal

MC668524 | October 20 -

Updated October 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can access the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to check who has tried accessing their sensitivity labeled and encrypted local Office files and revoke access when needed. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 152126


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(Updated) Microsoft Purview: Audit Search Graph API (Preview)

MC679735 | October 20 -

Updated October 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Graph offers a unified API endpoint for accessing data from multiple Microsoft cloud services in a single response. This feature provides a new Audit Log Query API that enables our customers to create applications to programmatically query and retrieve their organization’s Audit activity logs. 

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(Updated) Microsoft Lists User Experience Update

MC600726 | October 20 -

Update October 20, 2023: Thank you so much for the feedback on this feature rollout. We have listened to your feedback and are making changes to the feature as follows:

1.  Lists with the new experience will continue to open inside the Lists app when they are opened from Lists Home, a sharing link or a direct link.

2.  Any list navigation in a SharePoint context will now fall back to the old experience and will not get the feature updates as described <a...
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(Updated) Public Preview: Unified RBAC for Exchange Online (EXO) configurations in MDO

MC678854 | October 20 -

Updated October 20, 2023: We are evaluating the rollout of this feature and will communicate a new timeline once it is determined.

Unified Role Based Access Control (URBAC) provides an alternative to traditional Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO) and Exchange Online (EXO) RBAC. By default, there are no changes to your security portal permissions. If you want to change to using Unified RBAC, then you must first configure the new URBAC roles for your...
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(Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Tenant Allow Block List limits

MC678057 | October 20 -

Updated October 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Soon, customers with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 plan 2 can create 10,000 block entries and 5,000 allow entries (via admin submissions) in the Tenant Allow Block List for each category (Domains & addresses, Files, and URLs). Customers with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 plan 1 can create 1,000 block entries and 1,000 allow entries (via admin submissions) in...
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Viva Goals – Enhanced Planner integration

MC682564 | October 19 -

With the enhanced Viva Goals integration with Microsoft Planner, users will now be able to filter their tasks by buckets and labels, and integrate directly with specific tasks, enabling easier portfolio management and customizability for how your organization structures planning.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 164739


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Microsoft Purview Discovery service plan

MC682559 | October 19 -

Your Office 365 subscription is being updated with a new service plan: Purview Discovery service. This service plan enables access to free versions of select Microsoft Purview applications.


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Data Loss Prevention for endpoints- Microsoft DLP support for endpoints running Windows on ARM (ARM64)

MC682557 | October 19 -

With this capability, customers can extend Microsoft Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies and actions to endpoints running Windows on ARM (ARM64) which allows them to detect and protect sensitive data in files part of their digital ecosystem.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 164897


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Microsoft Viva: Refreshed Landing Experience for Viva Connections Desktop

MC682306 | October 18 -

The refreshed Viva Connections landing experience offers a more intuitive layout and introduces several requested new features including branding capabilities, sending announcements, a revamped Resources section, and support for different card sizes. This experience will also bring the Feed back into the viewport on your Connections page.

Here are the updates that we expect our new layout will offer:

·    Announcements – Important time sensitive information...
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Whiteboard: "Specific people” Share Link Fallback

MC682305 | October 18 -

Microsoft Whiteboard now automatically utilizes Specific People Share Links (PSL) for participants of a Teams meeting when a whiteboard is shared and the tenant has Company-wide Share Links disabled (CSL).


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New adoption health metrics dashboard available for Viva Topics

MC682304 | October 18 -

Track the status of your adoption of Viva Topics with our new adoption health metrics dashboard!

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100028


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People Search Card in Viva Connections

MC682303 | October 18 -

Viva Connections have a new card where admins now have the option to incorporate a new people search card for their organization. This card enables colleagues to effortlessly search for and communicate with one another within the organization using Teams chat and email.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 173078


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Microsoft Teams: Excel import enhancements in Shifts app

MC682302 | October 18 -

We are thrilled to announce exciting product enhancements to our import and export Excel experiences in Shifts designed to empower frontline managers to achieve more. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 169705


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Workflows Message Extension will be updated to include new pinned default actions

MC682299 | October 18 -

The Workflows Message Extension in Microsoft Teams will include new default actions to assist user collaboration. These actions will help users quickly tackle common, multi-step activities within any conversation. The new default actions include capabilities for meetings, tasks, and status updates from others. Most workflows post an adaptive card to build transparency across the group.

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Addition of Chat button in Missed Call Activity

MC682086 | October 17 -

Teams users will have an option to chat with Teams users after receiving a missed call from them by simply clicking on an additional ‘chat’ button on the missed call activity.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 176318


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Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of administrative units support

MC682084 | October 17 -

Coming soon, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out public preview of administrative units support.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 171717


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(Updated) New Microsoft Teams rollout schedule, new controls, and direct deployment

MC617066 | October 17 -

Updated October 16, 2023: Moving forward, please refer to the availability schedule here: The new Microsoft Teams desktop client.

The new Teams default app has started rolling out, and for more information, please visit Upgrade to the new Teams using policies.

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Microsoft Secure Score - Changes in SSPM support

MC681893 | October 16 -

We’re updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of security posture.

The improvement actions listed below will be added to Microsoft Secure Score. Your score will be updated accordingly.


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Move Scheduling assistant settings move to the toolbar

MC681892 | October 16 -

We are moving the settings for the Scheduling assistant to the toolbar to reduce clicks and a more seamless scheduling new experience. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 170792


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New Call Shortcuts in New Teams

MC681891 | October 16 -

We are changing the keyboard shortcuts used to initiate calls in Teams to create differentiation from other commonly used shortcuts and reduce accidental calls. The new shortcuts for Windows will be: Alt + Shift + A to initiate audio calls, Alt + Shift + V for video calls. For MacOs the new short cuts will be:Option + Shift + A to initiate audio calls, Option + Shift + V for video calls.

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Changes to workspace retention settings in Fabric and Power BI

MC681890 | October 16 -

Today when a Microsoft Fabric workspace is deleted, the workspace and its contents are retained for 30 days before being permanently deleted. Starting November 15th, the retention period for collaborative workspaces will be configurable from 7 to 90 days. The workspace retention setting will be enabled by default and the default retention period will be 7 days.


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Microsoft Teams | Front Row Enhancement: Active video speaker promotion for Teams Rooms on Windows

MC681887 | October 16 -

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.19 includes updates to Front Row experience to promote active video speakers to the spotlight area to improve space utilization and provide in-room users with immersive experience across single and dual display configurations.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 161825.


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Microsoft Teams | Support Joining a Teams Live Event as Attendee for Teams Rooms on Windows

MC681886 | October 16 -

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.19 update includes the support joining a Teams live event as an attendee.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 169881.


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REMINDER: Viva Pulse Customization Control Migration

MC681885 | October 16 -

The customization control in the Viva Pulse Admin Experience will soon be managed through centralized feature access management in Viva through PowerShell. This customization control provides admins the ability to turn on or off customization capabilities for survey authors to add their own questions to existing stock templates or edit existing stock questions. With centralized feature access management, admins can configure access at the tenant level, group level (using AAD groups or M365...
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macOS name change: Microsoft Teams to Microsoft Teams classic MDM Impact

MC681884 | October 16 -

With the recent GA of New Teams on Mac, there are changes that impact the management of some tenants regarding new Teams and Microsoft Teams classic (formerly Microsoft Teams). New Teams, now with the app name Microsoft Teams (work or school), exists side by side on macOS with Microsoft Teams, now with the app name Microsoft Teams classic. Via an in-app toggle, users can seamlessly switch between New Teams and Microsoft Teams classic.

However, there are implications for tenant...
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Microsoft Search: Video Search in Bing, Office.com, and SharePoint

MC681879 | October 16 -

This is a follow up to MC541645 (April '23) and apologize for the delay in communication.

Our new Video tab will improve video search in your organization by having a dedicated place to search through OneDrive, SharePoint videos. This Video tab will appear on Microsoft Search in Bing/Office and SharePoint. Updates to the experience in Stream will come at a later time.

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Extended Real-time Telemetry Retention Up To Seven Days

MC675498 | October 16 -

Updated October 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Real-Time Analytics feature in the Teams admin center (TAC) allows IT admins to view their users' meetings and identify issues related to audio, video, content sharing, and network connectivity. As an admin, you can use this information to investigate...
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(Updated) Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Data Loss Prevention – Apply Protection at Time of Egress on Endpoints

MC672755 | October 16 -

Updated October 16, 2023: Once you turn on this feature, your activity on a machine with an Antimalware Client version earlier than March 2.18.2303 may be blocked unexpectedly, so please make sure to upgrade to the latest Antimalware Client version. Make sure your machine has the correct version to meet the feature perquisite. Refer to the following documentation: View more

 

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(Updated) Ratings and Reviews for Apps on Teams now Available

MC676296 | October 16 -

Updated October 16, 2023: We have determined that we will not be rolling this out to GCC organizations at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We are announcing the upcoming launch of the "Ratings and Reviews" feature for apps on Microsoft Teams. This new addition will empower users to view feedback from customers for apps from Microsoft and other third-party app publishers. Users can also provide feedback...
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(Updated) New Graph APIs for accessing Teams Meeting Recording

MC600733 | October 16 -

Updated October 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

New org-wide application permissions and RSC application permissions have been introduced to allow apps to access meeting recordings for a specific meeting. Resource specific consent (RSC) permissions, specifically enables admins to authorize users to provide consent to apps, so they get specific access to a Teams meeting’s recordings to which it is installed to, rather...
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams Panels Update

MC602596 | October 16 -

Updated October 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With this update, Teams Panels will support reserving a room using a QR code. This feature lets Microsoft Teams users book a room for meetings now, in the future, or add the room to an existing meeting by scanning a QR code on the scheduling panel and using the Teams app on their Android or iOS mobile phones.

All Teams Panels will have a QR code shown in the top left of...
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(Updated) See your Recent Microsoft Planner plans and Microsoft To Do Lists on Microsoft 365 Homepage

MC664477 | October 16 -

Updated October 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently, you cannot see your recently accessed Planner plans or Microsoft To Do lists in your Microsoft 365 homepage. With this update, you will be able to see and access all your recent plans and lists alongside your Microsoft Project for the web projects, Word documents, PowerPoint decks, and more on office.com. 

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis, GIFs and Stickers Unified in One Picker

MC674737 | October 16 -

Updated October 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can soon find all of their emojis, GIFs, and stickers in a combined picker in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84023


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Power Automate – Licensing action required for non-compliant flows

MC681836 | October 16 - Premium flows without premium license and premium flows not in the context of Power Apps or Dynamics 365 apps are subject to enforcement. Please review this article for details on enforcement and timelines.

What action do I need to take?
Perform the following steps to identify and apply licensing to your non-compliant flows:

1.  Use the Power Shell to identify the flows pending...
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