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Feature update for the Office 365 tab of the Enterprise new tab page in Edge
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MC230772 | December 19 – Your end users will soon see four new information cards on the Office 365 tab of theEnterprise new tab page, when using a stable version above Edge 87. We introduced the Enterprise new tab page in October 2020 (MC225606).
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Announcing new sensitive information types for Microsoft 365 compliance center
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MC230755 | December 18 – You will soon see additional sensitive information types appear within the Microsoft 365 compliance center that you can use to create more granular and accurate data classification policies.
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Updates to Microsoft Forms phishing activity notifications
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MC230753 | December 18 – We are making some changes to how we handle Microsoft Forms phishing activity alerts.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 76911
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Known issue: Certain notification settings may not take effect
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MC230715 | December 18 – Known Issue: Certain notification settings may not take effectWe are currently working to repair the ‘All activity’ preset for teams and channel notification settings, and the ‘All new posts’ notification setting for shown and pinned channels, available in global notification settings.
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SharePoint: Audience Targeting capability for Quick Links Web Part rolling out
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MC230714 | December 18 – We are adding the ability to target specific audiences per link within the Quick Links Web Part. With it, you will be able to target specific links to different audiences, helping you provide more personalized experiences on SharePoint pages.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 67115
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Meeting Reactions in Teams Meetings
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MC230680 | December 18 – The Meeting Reactions feature allows users to react to participants during a meeting. Reactions will be available on Teams Desktop and Teams Mobile apps.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs65946and 68905.
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Option to create all meetings online in Outlook for Windows
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MC230567 | December 18 – Outlook for Windows users will soon be able to choose to have all their meetings set as online meetings when their organization uses Teams as their online meeting provider. This feature is already available in Outlook on the web and Outlook for iOS and Android (MC213856, May 2020) as well as Outlook for Mac. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 66021.
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Increasing the org-wide team limit from 5,000 to 10,000
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MC224732 | December 17 – Updated December 17, 2020: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are pleased to increase the limit for org-wide teams in Microsoft Teams from 5,000 to 10,000 members.Note: org-wide teams aren’t yet available for Teams for Education.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68692.
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(Updated) Extending the temporary limit increase for live events
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MC225752 | December 17 – Updated December 17, 2020: We have updated the post to reflect that these extensions will be in effect until June 30, 2021. Thank you for your patience. We are extending the temporary limit increase for live events in Teams, Stream and Yammer.
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(Updated) Shifts app groups will automatically have a tag in Teams
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MC228393 | December 17 – Updated December 17, 2020: We have updated the rollout timeline for this release. Thank you for your patience. The Shifts app in Microsoft Teams keeps workers connected and in sync. With this update, every group in the Shifts app will automatically have a tag in Teams. This feature means team members do not need to know the names of on-shift employees in order to communicate with them in a timely manner.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 64972.
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(Updated) Multiple number dialing available in Microsoft Teams chat
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MC229071 | December 17 – Updated December 17, 2020: We have updated the rollout timeline for this release. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams will soon support multiple numbers for a given user when dialing from the chat header.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 66194.
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We’re making changes to search in SharePoint Online
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MC230532 | December 17 – As part of our continued effort to bring Microsoft Search to all your favorite productivity apps and services we’re making changes and improvements to several classic search experiences in SharePoint.
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Block Download Permissions for Teams Meeting Recordings on OneDrive and SharePoint
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MC230505 | December 17 – As part of the New Stream experience, new Teams meeting recordings will be stored in your OneDrive for Business and SharePoint. Based on customer feedback we are enhancing the feature so that these recordings are not downloadable by those with view-only permissions, and that those permissions be set by default.The New Stream experience was originally communicated in MC222640 (Standard) and MC229363 (GCC) also see this documentation for more details on the timing and experience.
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iOS 14 Widgets for Microsoft To Do
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MC230177 | December 16 – We are bringing the much awaited iOS 14 widgets for Microsoft To Do.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68883
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Microsoft Search usage reports
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MC230175 | December 16 – We’re rolling out new search usage reports that visualize data generated from Microsoft search requests initiated from SharePoint Home and Office.com search boxes.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68781.
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Deploy and use Forms in PowerPoint
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MC230157 | December 16 – In PowerPoint there is a feature that allows users to insert Forms. Under the “Insert” menu in the ribbon user can click on “Forms” to bring up a task pane that publishes their Forms that they can then insert. We have known of an issue that blocks customers from using this functionality if the IT admins block access for their tenants to Office store. Based on your feedback in UserVoicewe are now allowing IT admins to centrally deploy the add-in to their tenants so users can use Forms in…
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Change to properties added to Teams chat messages saved in Exchange Online
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MC230096 | December 16 – We’re making some changes to the properties that are included in Teams chat messages when they are added to Exchange Online mailboxes.Note: if you are not using eDiscovery you can disregard this message.Currently, when chat messages (including 1:1 chats and 1:N chats) are added to Exchange Online mailboxes, the following Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) properties are added as MAPI properties to each…
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(Updated) Exclude specific files from OneDrive sync
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MC226631 | December 15 – Updated December 15, 2020: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are introducing a setting that allows you to exclude newly added OneDrive files from syncing to the cloud by file name or extension on Windows devices. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 66188.
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(Updated) PowerPoint for Mac record slide show updates
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MC223900 | December 15 – Updated December 15, 2020: Our deployment timeline has changed. Please see the new timeline below. We are bringing a new workflow and tools PowerPoint for Mac that will make it easy to record a rich slide show session.If your users do not have Macs, you can safely ignore this message.Key points Microsoft 365Roadmap ID 67104 Timing: mid-December to mid-January (previously end of December) Roll-out: tenant level Control type: user control Action: review and assess
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Common Data Service User security role name change
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MC230038 | December 15 – We recently announced that Common Data Service has been renamed to Microsoft Dataverse. With this change, the Common Data Service User security role is now called Basic User.
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We’re introducing recommended bookmarks for Microsoft Search Answers
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MC229944 | December 15 – We’re improving Answers administration in Microsoft Search by recommending curated bookmarks, making it easier for you to promote authoritative resources in answer to search queries.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68864.
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Microsoft Forms: Email receipt and response download option
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MC229934 | December 14 – With this update, forms designers can provide two ways respondents can make a copy of their responses to a form.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68904.
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Final Notice for disabling of TLS1.0 and TLS 1.1 Support for Exchange Online Mail Flow
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MC229914 | December 14 – We will no longer support TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 from Exchange Online mail flow endpoints beginning January 11th 2021. As those versions of TLS are already retired (most recently communicated in MC218794, July ’20), Exchange Online customers and their partners should already be using TLS1.2 to protect SMTP connections between their email servers or devices and Exchange Online.
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