In a rapid change of Office 365, Microsoft sends to Tenant Admin’s the news about what is changing and what is coming in Office 365.

 

This is the 203th email that Microsoft has sent to Tenant Admin’s Newsletter with Office 365 changes.

 

This Weekly digest is intended to reach the Administrators of Office 365 within the latest changes that are happening to Office 365.

 

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Message center announcements,
February 1-7, 2021

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Major updates

 

NEW DETAILS: Microsoft Edge Legacy support to end on March 9, 2021

 

Act by: March 9

 

MC237900 | February 6 – As communicated in MC220490 (August ’20), Microsoft Edge Legacy desktop application support will end on March 9, 2021. After support ends, Microsoft Edge Legacy will not receive new security updates.With March 9, 2021 only a month away, we strongly recommend that you build a transition plan to ensure that you have an up-to-date browser.*NEW* To replace this out of support application, we are announcing that the new Microsoft Edge will be available as part of an upcoming Windows 10 cumulative…

 

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams Revised In-meeting Share Experience

 

MC235111 | February 6 – Updated February 05, 2021: We have updated the images to more accurately reflect the experience. Microsoft Teams desktop users on Windows and Mac will soon have a revised share experience while in meetings.

 

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Top Senders and recipient report to be retired

 

Act by: March 6

 

MC237975 | February 5 – We will be retiring the feature the Top Senders and recipient report from Microsoft defender for office 365 beginning March 6, 2021. Instead we recommend the utilization of the Threat protection status report (View email security reports in the Security & Compliance Center – Office 365 | Microsoft Docs), which is where we will continue to invest.

 

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(Updated) Update in ink toolbox for iOS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint clients

 

MC236019 | February 2 – Updated February 02, 2021: We have updated this message to ensure visibility. There are no changes to the details below. We’ve made some changes in the ink toolbox within iOS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint clients.

 

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Public preview simplified mobile app sign in

 

MC236523 | February 1 – Updated February 1, 2021: We have updated this post to include a link to Additional Information for managing this feature. Microsoft is simplifying how your users can sign in to mobile apps by allowing users to use a QR code to log in (instead of typing in their username and password). This experience will first be offered within Outlook on the web as a public preview.

 

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Additional updates

 

Text predictions in Outlook for Android

 

MC237968 | February 5 – Text predictions help Microsoft 365 users write more efficiently by using intelligent technology to suggest text during composition. This feature is available for Outlook on the web (MC225214, October 2020), Outlook for iOS (MC229558, December 2020), and for Outlook for Windows (MC229381, December 2020). We are now extending support for text predictions to Outlook for Android for customers in the United States and Canada. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 67028

 

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(Updated) Teams meeting participant report updates

 

MC221432 | February 5 – Updated February 05, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In June (MC209710) we provided Teams meeting organizers with a participant report that includes join and leave times. We are making key changes to improve functionality and provide additional participant data in the report.This feature is associated with Microsoft 365Roadmap ID 66459.

 

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(Updated) Dark mode on OneDrive for web

 

MC229081 | February 4 – Updated February 04, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are introducing dark mode for OneDrive for web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68868.

 

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(Updated) Introducing text predictions in Outlook for Windows

 

MC229381 | February 4 – Updated February 04, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Text predictions help Microsoft 365 users write more efficiently by using intelligent technology to suggest text during composition. This feature is available for Outlook on the web (MC225214, October 2020).We are now extending support for text predictions to Outlook for Windows.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 60340.

 

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Introducing a registration page for Microsoft Teams meetings

 

MC237807 | February 4 – Microsoft Teams meeting organizers will be soon be able to create a custom registration page for any meeting, although the feature is designed for webinars. The feature is available for meeting organizers using Teams desktop applications (Win/Mac) and Teams on the web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 66586.

 

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Basic Authentication and Exchange Online – February 2021 Update

 

MC237741 | February 4 – In response to the unprecedented situation we are in and knowing that priorities have changed for many of our customers we are suspending until further notice the disabling of Basic Authentication for any protocols that your tenant is using. This was previously communicated in Exchange Online (MC204828 and MC208814). When we resume this program, we will provide a minimum of twelve months’ notice before we block the use of Basic Auth on any protocol being used.We will continue with our plan to…

 

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Blocking URLs and Files with Tenant Allow/Block List

 

MC237645 | February 3 – We understand that, from time to time, you might disagree with an Exchange Online Protection (EOP) filtering verdict. With this update, you will be able to manually overrideMicrosoft 365 filtering verdicts using the Tenant Allow/Block List (TABL) in the Security & Compliance Center.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 61352.

 

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Reminder: Insights app in Microsoft Teams will be available starting February 2021

 

Act by: March 8

 

MC237630 | February 3 – The Insights app in Teams provides personalized insights to improve productivity and wellbeing and data-driven recommendations to help you build better work habits.

 

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Conversational AI coming to Outlook for iOS with Cortana

 

MC237346 | February 2 – Outlook for iOS (iPhone and iPad) will soon support Cortana, your personal productivity assistant that offers AI-powered experiences to save time and focus attention. Outlook for iOS will also feature updates event and new message buttons. This update is only for English-speaking customers in the United States using a work (not education) account. This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 79865.

 

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Application Access Policy support in EWS in Exchange Online

 

MC237454 | February 2 – We are adding Application Access Policy (AAP) support to Exchange Web Services (EWS) in Exchange Online, as a mechanism to ease transition from EWS to Microsoft Graph.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68901.

 

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Change coming to your Power Automate Service

 

MC237447 | February 2 – In order to provide effective support to all of our customers, Microsoft must enforce the boundaries of the different support plans that we offer. Starting March 1st 2021, we will allow customers to submit support cases for ‘advisory’ issues according to their support plan. As documented here, only customers with a Professional Direct or Unified support plan (premium support plans) can file an ‘advisory” support ticket. Previously, we have not differentiated between technical and advisory…

 

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2021 wave 1 early access for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform available now!

 

MC237441 | February 2 – We are excited to announce that early access for the 2021 wave 1 release for Microsoft Dynamics 365 applications and Microsoft Power Platform is available as of February 1, 2021. This is a compilation of new capabilities and features that will be released between April 2021 and September 2021.

 

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Secure by default is Retiring the Move message to Junk Email folder policy option for high confidence phishing emails

 

MC237394 | February 2 – We are retiring the Move message to Junk Email folder policy option for high confidence phishing emails in Exchange Online Protection (EOP) anti-spam policies. Existing policies that rely on the Move message to Junk Email folder option will automatically switch to the Quarantine message option. The Redirect message to email address option is unchanged.If you are not using the Move message to Junk Email folder option for high confidence phishing emails, there is no impact for your organization.

 

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Get a Meet now meeting link in Teams

 

MC237392 | February 2 – We’ve made it easier for a user to create meetings and get a meeting link using the Meet now button in the Teams calendar. This feature is available for Teams desktop (Mac and Windows) as well as web.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70602

 

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Microsoft Office app is now optimized for iPad

 

MC237384 | February 2 – If your organization is not using iPads you can safely disregard.With this release, we are bringing the Microsoft Office app to the iPad, combining the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps you know, plus additional tools to keep you more productive than ever. Optimized for iPadOS, users can now also use keyboard, mouse, and trackpad to create and collaborate on documents, sign PDFs, jot down notes, or create using your camera, and more from within the Office app. On iPhone and iPad, Microsoft…

 

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OneDrive/SharePoint Send link to Outlook sharing option is being retired

 

MC237377 | February 2 – Previously we had rolled out this change and disabled the ability to share a link directly in Outlook. We have restored the functionality to ensure customers have time to educate and prepare their users as appropriate. We will be moving forward with this change as outlined below. We apologize for any inconvenience.Users will soon be unable to share a link directly via Outlook with the sharing option in OneDrive and SharePoint. Customers still have the ability to copy a link to their clipboard;…

 

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Service reminder: Skype for Business Online retires in 6 months

 

Act by: July 31

 

MC237349 | February 1 – Originally announced in MC219641 (July ’20), as Microsoft Teams has become the core communications client for Microsoft 365, this is a reminder the Skype for Business Online service will retire July 31, 2021. At that point, access to the service will end.Please note:Neither the Skype consumer service nor Skype for Business Server products are affected by the retirement of the Skype for Business Online service. Current Skype for Business Online customers will experience no change in service up…

 

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