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May 22
Screen recording available in Microsoft Stream A feature for screen recording is now available in Microsoft Stream. Video creators can use options to record any window or screen, add mic or system audio, and include webcam video. There is no need to download any new software, the tool is web based and works with latest version of Edge or Chrome.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 25687When this will happenScreen recording is now available to all Microsoft Stream users who have permission to upload video content in their… More … MC214048 Like | Dislike
May 22
Document libraries and lists – save a view in Quick Edit and Quick Edit page size expanding We are updating two Quick Edit features to facilitate faster inline editing on SharePoint document libraries and lists. Save a view in Quick Edit, Roadmap ID 64229 Quick Edit page size expanding from 30 items to 100, Roadmap ID 64231 When this will happenWe will be rolling these two features out to Targeted Release customers at the end of May; we expect the rollout to be complete mid-June.We will be rolling them out worldwide in mid-June; we expect the rollout to be complete the end of June More … MC214047 Like | Dislike
May 22
(Updated) Microsoft Teams – Increasing team membership limit to 10K Major Update: Announcement started Updated May 22, 2020: We are pleased to announce that this feature is now available to all tenants. Additionally, please see the Additional Information for best practices on managing large teams. We will soon be increasing Microsoft Teams team membership limit to 10 thousand members.We will begin enabling this for all tenants at the end of April and will be complete at the end of May.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 62549 More … MC207957 Like | Dislike
May 22
Inline Edit Toggle for OneNote in Teams OneNote in Teams now has a toggle that enables users to easily switch to edit mode on demand.When this will happenThis change has recently been enabled in production. More … MC214011 Like | Dislike
May 22
Updated May 21st: Awareness of Microsoft 365 temporary feature adjustments Major Update: Announcement started As a part of our commitment to customers and Microsoft cloud services continuity during these unprecedented times, we’re making temporary adjustments to select capabilities within Microsoft 365.Here are a few updates. The changes previously announced are down below for reference. New announcements: Stream: The video search experience in Stream will temporarily exclude results from transcripts for these data centers: Europe North, Europe West, Singapore, South East Asia, U.S. East. Searches will… More … MC207439 Like | Dislike
May 22
Call Quality Dashboard (CQD) V2 data to be retired Major Update: Announcement started We will be retiring CQD V2 data from https://cqd.lync.com beginning July 1, 2020. Instead we recommend using advanced CQD at https://cqd.teams.microsoft.com, which is where we will continue to invest. More … MC213996 Like | Dislike
May 22
Option to create all meetings online for Outlook on the web and Outlook mobile Outlook on the web users will soon be able to configure Outlook to setup all their meetings as “online meetings” when they use Skype or Teams as their online meeting provider. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 63383, 63625 and 63628. When this will happen We will begin rolling out Outlook on the web the end of May. We will begin rolling out Outlook mobile the first of June. The rollout will be complete by end of July.PowerShell scripts are currently available which allow… More … MC213856 Like | Dislike
May 21
Update to Sharing Links that block downloads We’re expanding the types of files that your users can share with downloads blocked (read-only).This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 64278.When this will happenWe’ll be gradually rolling this out in late May, and the rollout will be completed by late June. More … MC213970 Like | Dislike
May 21
SharePoint default site theme changing from blue to teal Soon, SharePoint will automatically update new and existing communication sites and team sites with new teal theme. Group connected team sites, and sites that have been customized, will not be impacted.The new teal theme can be changed to the former blue theme at any time in the Change the look panel.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 60592.When this will happenWe will begin rolling this out to Targeted Release customers in late June.We will begin rolling this out to… More … MC213968 Like | Dislike
May 21
Update to Microsoft 365 Roadmap product filters We’re updating product filters on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap to accommodate previously announced naming updates and the addition of the Microsoft Enterprise Channel.When this will happenWe plan to roll out these new filters the end of June. More … MC213960 Like | Dislike
May 21
Removing OneDrive admin center link from the OneDrive web page for admins We will be retiring the OneDrive admin center link, available only to SharePoint and Global admins, on the OneDrive web page beginning June 22, 2020.Instead we recommend accessing the OneDrive admin center through the Microsoft 365 admin center, which is where we will continue to invest. More … MC213947 Like | Dislike
May 21
(Updated) csTeamsMeetingPolicy update to manage access to past meetings Major Update: Announcement started Updated May 21, 2020: Based on learnings from our early rings, we have made the decision to make additional changes to the code before we proceed with the roll-out. We will deliver a new Message center post once we re-start the roll-out. Thank you for your patience. We’re making some changes to settings within csTeamsMeetingPolicy.Starting mid-June 2020, we’re changing the behavior of meeting policies which allows users to create and schedule… More … MC211972 Like | Dislike
May 21
New Feature: Self service purchase user request workflow Major Update: Announcement started In January we launched the self-service purchase feature that allowed users in a tenant to purchase Power platform products directly from Microsoft. This feature came with the ability for admins to turn off self-service purchase of individual products via Power Shell. Starting in July, we’re introducing the ability for a user who is blocked from purchasing a self-service purchase product to make a request that will be added to a queue in admin center. IT admins can then assign a requested… More … MC213897 Like | Dislike
May 21
Upload Center is being replaced by the in-app Files Needing Attention experience Major Update: Announcement started We previously announced the retirement of the Upload Center and its replacement with the in-app Files Needing Attention experience (MC190284 – September 2019). Based on learnings from our early rings, we made the decision to make additional changes to the code before we proceeded with the roll-out. We are now ready to move forward and apologize for any inconvenience.Users in the Monthly Channel will begin seeing the Files Needing Attention experience mid-May 2020 and the feature will be rolled… More … MC213766 Like | Dislike
May 20
(Updated) New Feature: Teams/Skype Consumer chat and calling interop Updated May 20, 2020: Based on learnings from our early rings, we have made the decision to make additional changes to the code which have delayed the rollout. We have updated the information below to reflect the new timeline and experience. Thank you for your patience. Your Teams and Skype for consumers users will soon be able to chat and make Voice over IP (VoIP) calls to one another.We’ll be gradually rolling this out at the end of March 2020.The rollout will be completed by the end of June… More … MC205801 Like | Dislike
May 20
Contextual search (Ctrl F) is coming to Teams Teams users will soon be able to search within a specific chat or channel in both the desktop and web Teams clients.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 64017.When this will happenWe will begin rolling this out in late June, and the rollout will be complete in mid-July. More … MC213822 Like | Dislike
May 20
Third-party single sign-on (SSO) for apps in Teams End users will soon benefit from Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Single Sign-On (SSO) for Teams apps on both desktop and mobile that support the feature.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 59369When this will happenWe will begin rolling out this feature in late May and expect the rollout to be complete late June. More … MC213778 Like | Dislike
May 19
Outlook for iOS – Retiring support for 27 languages Major Update: Announcement started In order to maintain consistency across the Microsoft 365 apps for iOS we are retiring support for 27 languages in the Outlook for iOS app at the end of June 2020. More … MC213632 Like | Dislike
May 19
Updated feature: Migration Manager moves out of public preview Migration Manager lets you migrate your on-premises file share content to Microsoft 365. Through a simple interface within the SharePoint admin center, admins can manage thousands of migration tasks across multiple machines. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 57308. When this will happen Migration Manager was launched globally as a public preview in November 2019. Migration Manager is moving to general availability in mid-May. More … MC213683 Like | Dislike
May 19
(Updated) Feature Update: Microsoft Secure Score improvement action updates Updated May 18, 2020: We’ve updated the roll-out timeline below. We’re updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of security posture. This feature is related to MC208163 (April 2020). When this will happenWe’ll be rolling this out to Targeted Release and preview customers in mid-June (previously May); the rollout will be complete the end of June (previously May). More … MC213621 Like | Dislike
May 18
Personal Apps available in Teams mobile client We are pleased to announce that Personal Apps pinned to the Microsoft Teams app toolbar will now be visible in the Teams mobile client from the App Drawer. When this will happenWe will roll this out to the Teams mobile client in late May and expect to be complete by the beginning of June. More … MC213550 Like | Dislike
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