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 204th 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 8-14, 2021

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Major updates

 

Enforcing mailbox receiving limits

 

MC239262 | February 13 – We are updating the way we enforce our receiving limits in Exchange. Starting in April 2021, we will be more strictly enforcing limits across all mailboxes to protect the health of our systems and ensure optimal mail flow performance for all customers.Mailboxes that receive high message volume in a short time can cause mail flow delays, both for individual recipients and across your organization.With these changes, emails will be throttled for recipients that exceed our published and…

 

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(Updated) Announcing a new service plan, Teams Pro

 

MC238782 | February 12 – Updated February 12, 2021: Based on early feedback we have updated this post to provide additional clarity. Thank you for your feedback. On Feb. 9, we published an MC post regarding a new Teams Pro service plan. To clarify, there is no change to existing product licenses with the addition of this new service plan. Rather, the service plan will be added automatically to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 E5/E3/A5/A3, and Microsoft 365 Business Standard/Business Premium licenses, and will enable users…

 

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(Updated) Introducing an enhanced Teams Calling experience

 

MC229945 | February 11 – Updated February 11, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are simplifying the calling experience in the Teams desktop app (Windows and Mac) by providing a streamlined view that combines contacts, voicemail, and calling history.

 

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Align the experience for creating a team from different Teams interfaces

 

Act by: March 15

 

MC238795 | February 10 – This update brings consistency in user experience for teams created via the Teams admin center and those created via Teams clients (desktop and web).

 

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1:1 Call recording policy introduction

 

Act by: March 10

 

MC238796 | February 10 – In mid-March 2021, we are changing how 1:1 Call recording is enabled by creating its own policy.

 

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(Updated) We have renamed 10 Azure Active Directory roles

 

MC235242 | February 9 – Updated February 09, 2021: We have updated this post to extend it’s visibility. The message content has not changed. In July 2020 and August 2020, (MC218295) we advised you that we would be renaming 10 Azure Active Directory (AD) built-in roles names to make them consistent with those that appear in Microsoft 365 admin center, the Azure AD portal, and Microsoft Graph. After a delay, we are pleased to announce that the rollout is complete. Key points Timing: available now Roll-out: tenant level…

 

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams Revised In-meeting Share Experience

 

MC235111 | February 9 – Updated February 09, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams desktop users on Windows and Mac will soon have a revised share experience while in meetings.

 

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(Updated) Exchange Online support for Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS) retiring

 

Act by: February 28

 

MC236526 | February 9 – Updated February 08, 2021: We have updated this message to ensure readability. The content has not changed. Thank you for your patience. We are retiring Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS) support in Exchange Online as of February 28, 2021. Moving forward, we recommend the utilization of Azure Rights Management Service (Azure RMS).

 

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Microsoft Teams: Share to Teams from Outlook

 

MC238648 | February 9 – We are updating the Share to Teams capability in Outlook for Windows, Outlook on the web, and Outlook for Mac preview. This feature is not yet available for Outlook mobile.

 

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Additional updates

 

Dictation in Word and Outlook just got better

 

MC239267 | February 13 – This feature update improves upon the user dictation experience in Word (Win32), Outlook (Win32), and Word for Mac with the addition of the Dictation toolbar, voice commands and auto punctuation support.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70596.

 

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Introducing Microsoft Viva Topics

 

MC239266 | February 13 – Microsoft Viva Topics uses artificial intelligence (AI) to empower people with knowledge and expertise in Microsoft Teams and the Microsoft 365 apps they use every day and to connect, manage, and protect content across systems and teams. We’re pleased to announce that Viva Topics is now available for purchase, as an add-on, for these licenses. If you do not have one of these you may safely ignore this message. Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business Standard, Business PremiumMicrosoft 365 F1,…

 

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SharePoint to support lightbox for images

 

MC239264 | February 13 – SharePoint pages will soon support a lightbox for images, making it possible for end users to easily see a larger version of an image. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70669.

 

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Outlook: iOS and Android Extension of suggested replies worldwide

 

MC239263 | February 13 – Outlook on iOS and Android is rolling out suggested replies to customers worldwide in the following languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68919 and 70559.

 

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Performance Improvements in Excel for the Web

 

MC239095 | February 12 – Our mission is to enable fast, smooth, coherent, and delightful experiences for our customers in Excel for the web. Through recent performance improvements we’ve reached a significant milestone toward these goals, and with this update, end users will see this reflected in their Excel for the web. This change will positively impact several usage scenarios including opening workbooks, navigating within a workbook, and general Excel for the web user interface navigation.In response to customer…

 

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(Updated) We’re improving Microsoft Search with personal query history

 

MC223795 | February 12 – Updated February 12, 2021: Based on early feedback we have made some changes which has delayed our rollout. The rollout timeline has been updated below. Thank you for your patience.As announced at Ignite, we’re adding a new option in Microsoft Search that allows users to view and manage their personal query history.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68782.When this will happenWe will begin rolling out personal query history to Targeted Release customers in late March…

 

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New lists will have versioning enabled by default

 

MC239092 | February 12 – Your users will soon be able to track and manage SharePoint list information over time with list versioning.

 

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Outlook – Reactions and new notification experience

 

MC239090 | February 12 – Reactions to email messages is coming to Outlook on the web, Outlook for iOS, and Outlook for Android. With this release, Outlook for iOS and Outlook for Android will also add an in-app notification experience where users can view reactions from others, similar to what’s seen in Outlook on the web today. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 69095, 69097, and 70615

 

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(Updated) Start Meet Now from Outlook desktop client (Windows)

 

MC233463 | February 11 – Updated February 11, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We’ve made it easier than ever to start a Teams meeting through the addition of the Meet Now button in Outlook.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68838

 

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

 

MC237377 | February 11 – Updated February 11, 2021: We have updated the message for additional clarity. Thank you for your feedback. Previously we had rolled out this change and disabled the ability to share a link via the Outlook Share Target. 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 the Outlook…

 

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SharePoint Syntex: February updates

 

MC238941 | February 11 – We have several updates to SharePoint Syntex, including improvements in building document understanding models and additional actions for files classified by form processing models. We are also aggregating content understanding models from multiple content centers within the tenant in the Microsoft SharePoint Syntex content center. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 70605, 70607, 70608, 70612 and 70626.

 

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

 

MC238850 | February 10 – We’ve released updates to the following update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel Monthly Enterprise Channel Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

 

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Adding taxonomy columns for modern SharePoint library views

 

MC238780 | February 9 – This new feature gives users the ability to add taxonomy columns directly to library views in modern SharePoint libraries. Previously, users had to create managed metadata columns from within More options in the Add column experience. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70609

 

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(Updated) Outlook on the web: Extension of suggested replies worldwide

 

MC231194 | February 9 – Updated February 09, 2021: We have updated this post for clarity. Thank you for your patience. Outlook on the web is rolling out suggested replies to customers worldwide in the following languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68919.

 

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(Updated) New Feature: Manage how long guests can access SharePoint Online and OneDrive documents

 

MC220791 | February 9 – Updated February 09, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. You will soon be able to create a policy that automatically revokes access for external guests to SharePoint Online (SPO) sites and individual OneDrivesafter a defined period of time.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 43797.

 

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(Updated) Blocking URLs and Files with Tenant Allow/Block List

 

MC237645 | February 9 – Updated February 09, 2021: We have updated the post for additional clarity. Thank you for your feedback. 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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(Updated) List rules make it easy to set up notifications of changes

 

MC227447 | February 9 – Updated February 09, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With this update, SharePoint users with edit permissions on a list can create simple if/then rules, based on changes to list information, to set reminders and send notifications. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 64163.

 

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