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Jul 18
TLS 1.0 and 1.1 retirement date in Office 365 to be October 15, 2020 Major Update: Announcement started Act By: Oct 15 We originally paused the retirement of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in Office 365 (MC186218 June ’20) due to these unprecedented times. As companies have pivoted their supply chains and countries have started to re-open, we have re-established a retirement date for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in Office 365 to be October 15, 2020. As previously communicated (MC126199 in Dec 2017, MC128929 in Feb 2018 and MC186827 in July 2019), we are moving all of our online services to Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2+ toprovide… More … MC218794 Like | Dislike
Jul 18
Updated Meeting join experience for users who don’t have a meeting creation policy assigned Major Update: Announcement started We originally communicated about an Updated Meeting join experience for users who don’t have a meeting creation policy assigned in MC209349 (April ’20). This feature was rolled out but due to an issue was rolled back. We are now ready to move forward with rolling this out to tenants with EDU licensing. Note:If your tenant does not have EDU licenses you can safely disregard.Key points:Roadmap ID:63355Timing: begin early August and expect to be complete by mid-AugustAction: review resources and… More … MC218620 Like | Dislike
Jul 17
SharePoint – Centralized management for hub visitor permissions SharePoint hub permissions enable hub owners to centralize the management ofvisitor access to associated sites.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 65641.When this will happen We’ll graduallyroll this out to Targeted Release customers in early August. We expect to roll out to everyone else in mid-August and complete the rollout by the end of September. More … MC218789 Like | Dislike
Jul 17
Azure CDN caching for SharePoint and OneDrive Video Major Update: Announcement started We are pleased to introduce Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) support for videos to improve streaming performance and the overall user experience in SharePoint and OneDrive.Key points Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 66065 Timing: Targeted release mid-August; complete worldwide by the end of August Roll-out: tenant level Action: review and assess More … MC218786 Like | Dislike
Jul 17
(Updated) Planned Maintenance: Pay now Updated July 17, 2020: We will not be moving forward with this Planned Maintenance at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Planned Maintenance: Pay nowNote:If your organization does not use Pay now you can safely disregard this message.We have maintenance planned for Pay now:Starting: postponedEnding: postponed More … MC218621 Like | Dislike
Jul 17
(Updated) Feature update: Microsoft Stream cloud recordings regional storage control Major Update: Announcement started Updated July 17, 2020: To ensure the best possible experience for our users, we are delaying some of our deployments to reduce the amount of change flowing into the services. Please see the updated roll-out timeline below Meeting recordings are stored in Microsoft Stream cloud storage. Tenant admins have an option to go the Microsoft Teams admin center to turn ON/OFF “Allow cloud recording” setting for Teams meetings. The recording feature is currently disabled for customers whose Teams data is… More … MC214327 Like | Dislike
Jul 17
NewTek NDI for Teams Microsoft Teams meetings will support integration with NewTek NDI, enabling a way to convert a meeting participant’s feed into a discrete, individual video source that can be managed in video production tools for broadcasts.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 66009.When this will happenSupport for the integration will begin rolling out in mid-August 2020, and the rollout will be complete mid-September 2020. More … MC218745 Like | Dislike
Jul 16
New file sharing experience in Teams Major Update: Announcement started With this feature, users will have a file sharing and access control experience in Teams that is similar to their experience with other Microsoft 365 apps.Key points Microsoft 365Roadmap ID 51230 Timing: mid-August; complete mid-September Roll-out: tenant level Control type: admin control Action: review and assess More … MC218732 Like | Dislike
Jul 16
Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels We’ve released updates to the following update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps:Current ChannelMonthly Enterprise ChannelSemi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)Semi-Annual Enterprise ChannelWhen will this happen?We’ll be gradually rolling out these updates of Microsoft 365 Apps to users on those update channels starting July 14th, 2020 (PST). More … MC218733 Like | Dislike
Jul 16
(Updated) Customization of quarantine notification Updated July 16, 2020: To ensure the best possible experience for our users, we are delaying some of our deployments to reduce the amount of change flowing into the services. Please see the updated roll-out timeline below We are making it possible for you to customize quarantine notifications with your organization logo, custom display name, and a custom disclaimer.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 64781When this will happenWe will begin rolling this out in to standard… More … MC218143 Like | Dislike
Jul 16
(Updated) Request/Release workflow for quarantined messages Updated July 16, 2020: To ensure the best possible experience for our users, we are delaying some of our deployments to reduce the amount of change flowing into the services. Please see the updated roll-out timeline below With this new quarantine policy, tenant admins will be able to configure end user access to messages quarantined by the Exchange Online Protection (EOP) anti-spam policy. End users will also now have a process to request message release.This message is associated with… More … MC215581 Like | Dislike
Jul 16
Teams message translation will be enabled by default Major Update: Announcement started Act By: Aug 03 We’re changing the default tenant policy setting for Teams inline message translation. Key points Timing: early August; complete mid-August Roll-out: tenant level Control type: admin control Action: review and assess by August 3, 2020. More … MC218683 Like | Dislike
Jul 15
Admin operations for exporting Power Apps and Power Automate user licenses As part of the planned transition from the Power Apps and Power Automate admin centers to the Power Platform admin center, all admin operations and associated cmdlets have been migrated to Windows PowerShell. With this change, admins have the capability to export a list of assigned Power Apps and Power Automate user licenses by performing administration operations using the admin cmdlets. More … MC218626 Like | Dislike
Jul 15
Reminder: Office 2013 Client Connectivity to Office 365 Services Major Update: Announcement started Act By: Oct 13 We are republishing the content for MC190854 (Sept, 2019) as it was removed from Message center prematurely. The original message is provided below. We apologize for the inconvenience.As previously announced via blog and MC175274 (March, 2019), Office 2013 clients’ connections to commercial Office 365 services will not be supported after October 13, 2020. After this date, ongoing investments in the Office 365 cloud services – including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for… More … MC218020 Like | Dislike
Jul 15
(Updated) Add additional properties to the profile card using the profile API in Microsoft Graph Updated July 15, 2020: This post has been updated to include an Additional Information resource. You will soon be able to add custom information to a person’s profile card through the Microsoft Graph Beta.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 61502. When this will happenWe’ll begin making these new profile customization options available in early July. More … MC217813 Like | Dislike
Jul 15
(Updated) We’re improving Bookmarks in Microsoft Search Updated July 15, 2020: This post was updated incorrectly. We have reversed the changes. Thank you for your feedback and we apologize for any confusion. We’re improving bookmarks administration in Microsoft Search.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 64686.When this will happenWe’ll begin rolling out this out to Targeted Release customers in mid-June 2020, Standard Release customers in early July.We anticipate that the rollout will be complete the end of July. More … MC216108 Like | Dislike
Jul 15
Introducing resource-specific consent for Microsoft Teams Resource-specific consent (RSC) for Microsoft Teams makes it possible for team owners to consent to apps accessing their team data without explicit admin approval. Admins may choose which team owners can consent.Key points Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 56605 Timing: mid-August; complete in mid-September Roll-out: tenant level Control type: admin control Action: review and assess More … MC218561 Like | Dislike
Jul 14
(Updated) Document libraries and lists – save a view in Quick Edit and Quick Edit page size expanding Updated: July 14, 2020: To ensure the best possible experience for our users, we are delaying some of our deployments to reduce the amount of change flowing into the services. Please see the updated roll-out timeline belowWe 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… More … MC214047 Like | Dislike
Jul 14
(Updated) Prepare for update to the new My Apps and My Account experiences Major Update: Announcement started Updated July 14, 2020: To ensure the best possible experience for our users, we are delaying some of our deployments to reduce the amount of change flowing into the services. Please see the updated roll-out timeline below We will be updating the current Azure AD Apps and Profile experiences on August 31, 2020 (previously July 20th). This means that on August 31st (previously July 20th) all users will be automatically switched over to the updated My Apps and My Account experiences. We recommend… More … MC209920 Like | Dislike
Jul 14
(Updated) New: SharePoint spaces 360° image tours with annotations Updated July 14, 2020: We have updated this message with an Additional Information resource.We are adding a 360° tour web part that allows authors of SharePoint spaces to select multiple 360° images, link them together, and add annotations to each image. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 65072. When this will happen We will roll this out to Targeted Release tenants in mid-July 2020. We will gradually roll this out to all tenants from mid-to-late July 2020. More … MC217384 Like | Dislike
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