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 207th 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.

 

Below is an example that can be applied to your tenant, because these emails are based on the services that you have in your Tenant and subscription.

 

 
 

Message center announcements,
March 1-7, 2021

 

Major updates

 

Announcing Conglomerate branding for global admins

 

MC243041 | March 5 – Conglomerate branding provides you the ability to define multiple themes within your organization, from the Microsoft 365 global admin center, using Microsoft 365 Groups. Each theme can be further customized by specifying mobile-specific and alternate dark mode logo experiences.

 

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(Updated) Enforcing mailbox receiving limits

 

MC239262 | March 4 – Updated March 04, 2021: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback. 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…

 

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Planner’s New Roster Containers

 

MC242586 | March 3 – This release of a new type of container in Planner will allow plans to be created independent of an M365 group. This will be enabled by Roster containers, which is a simple list of members stored in Planner that can contain any user with a valid AAD ID in that tenant. We are calling plans contained by Rosters “Roster plans”. This message is not associated with a Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: Upcoming follow-on features, taking advantage of this new Plan type, will be released on the Roadmap.

 

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Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime to be installed on devices running Microsoft 365 Apps

 

Act by: April 1

 

MC242585 | March 3 – Microsoft 365 Apps is starting to provide new or improved features that rely on Microsoft Edge WebView2. For example, the Room Finder and the Meeting Insights features in Outlook. WebView2 uses Microsoft Edge as a rendering engine to display web-based features in a desktop application.By making use of WebView2, we can more easily provide your users with Office features that look and feel the same across device platforms. In turn, this consistent experience helps your users to learn and use…

 

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New bank accounts are no longer supported in US/France/Italy/Spain/Belgium/Portugal/Luxembourg

 

MC242581 | March 3 – Note: If your tenant is outside US/France/Italy/Spain/Belgium/Portugal/Luxembourg you can disregard this message.We are phasing out bank accounts as a payment method from all portals including Microsoft 365 admin center. Beginning January 26, 2021, you can no longer add a new bank account or modify an existing bank account payment method. You may continue paying for Microsoft Services with an existing Bank Account that is in good standing.

 

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(Updated) Updates to meeting chat membership

 

MC226407 | March 2 – Updated March 02, 2021: We are ready to move forward with the rollout, please see the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are updating a meeting participant’s access to meeting chat. These changes will manage a users access to a meeting chat based on how they were invited to the meeting.

 

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

 

MC237377 | March 2 – Updated March 02, 2021: We have updated the message for additional clarity. Thank you for your feedback. Note: These changes do not apply to the OneDrive mobile app on iOS or Android. 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…

 

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Retiring Delve mobile for iOS and Android

 

Act by: June 1

 

MC242486 | March 2 – We will retire Delve mobile for iOS and Android on June 1, 2021. We recommend Outlook Mobile instead, which has similar features available. You’ll find profile information and files on the profile cards, and recommended documents on the Search tab. We’ll continue to invest development resources to improve the functionality in Outlook Mobile.

 

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

 

Act by: February 28

 

MC236526 | March 2 – Updated Tuesday, March 2, 2021: We are providing additional information and instruction to help organizations’ determine if they would be impacted by this change and if remediation is required. Please navigate to https://support.microsoft.com/help/5001237 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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Reminder: Skype for Business Online retires July 31, 2021

 

Act by: July 31

 

MC242335 | March 2 – 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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Retirement of support for external XSLT files in DataFormWebPart and its subclasses

 

Act by: March 15

 

MC242207 | March 1 – To enhance data integrity and improve the overall reliability of the service, we are retiring support for external XSLT file references for the DataFormWebParts and its sub-classes (e.g. XsltListFormWebPart, XsltListViewWebPart). This retirement affects onlyclassic SharePoint pages.

 

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Additional updates

 

New personal wellbeing insights coming to Insights app in Teams

 

MC243209 | March 5 – New personal insights to help you balance productivity and wellbeing are coming to the Insights app in Teams. Users will be able to tap into breathing breaks, send praise to collaborators, pause and reflect anytime during the workday, as well as mindfully close out the workday with a virtual commute. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68748.

 

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Updated: Billing notifications in Microsoft 365 admin center

 

MC243205 | March 5 – We’re updating the Billing notifications page to make it easier to manage who receives billing notification emails in your organization. Additional settings like your organization’s preferred language are now on this page so that all info about billing notifications is in one place.

 

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Planned Maintenance: Skype for Business capacity upgrade

 

MC243203 | March 5 – We have maintenance planned for Skype for Business: Starting March 26, 2021 16:00 UTC.Ending March 26, 2021 07:00 UTC.

 

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Planned Maintenance: Skype for Business capacity upgrade

 

MC243202 | March 5 – We have maintenance planned for Skype for Business: Starting April 2, 2021 16:00 UTC.Ending April 2, 2021 07:00 UTC.

 

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Exchange Online – Tag for external email messages received

 

MC243047 | March 5 – In this release, Exchange Online will enable admins to protect their organization against spam and phishing threats from external senders. This feature is available in Outlook on the web, the new Outlook for Mac, and Outlook mobile (iOS and Android). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70595.

 

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(Updated) Increasing interactive meeting participants and chat from 300 to 1000

 

MC242587 | March 4 – Updated March 04, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Currently, we allow only 300 users to be added to interactive meetings. We are going to increase the meeting participant and chat size from 300 to 1000.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID65951and 68844

 

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(Updated) Microsoft 365 Admin app adds license management

 

MC234989 | March 4 – Updated March 04, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The Microsoft 365 Admin app lets you manage Microsoft 365 from your mobile device. You can do every day admin tasks like add users, reset passwords, manage devices, get critical service health notifications, message center notifications, create support tickets and more— all while you’re on the go!This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68920.

 

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Dynamics 365 Home page is being retired April 2021

 

MC242938 | March 4 – Last year we announced the plan to retire the Dynamics 365 Home page beginning on April 1, 2021. As part of this change, the Dynamics 365 icon will be removed from the Office 365 applications list and the Office 365 application launcher. How does this affect me? Effective on or after April 1, 2021, if you need to navigate to the Home page for Dynamics 365 applications, you will need to directly navigate to it via home.dynamics.com instead of from the Office portal. If you have any questions,…

 

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OneDrive Android – Bookmarks feature for PDF viewing

 

MC242827 | March 3 – We are adding a bookmark that makes it easier for users of OneDrive mobile app for Android to return to a specific page in a PDF document and pick up where they left off. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70547.

 

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Teams: Transfer calls between devices

 

MC242825 | March 3 – This new Teams release will expand support and allow calling participants to transfer an ongoing VoIP, PSTN or Group call between Teams devices. Users will be able to transfer a call from one device to another or even add a second device to the same call. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68776.

 

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Microsoft Teams: Dynamic View

 

MC242824 | March 3 – Microsoft Teams is excited to introduce Dynamic view, a redesigned and optimized meeting stage that will optimize your experience of consuming shared content and engaging with video and audio participants. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 65943

 

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“All” List Update on Office.com

 

MC242583 | March 3 – “All” files list: Helps you quickly find, work on, and collaborate on the files or content that matters most to you.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70728

 

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Whiteboard administrative PowerShell cmdlet access

 

MC242578 | March 3 – We’re extending the ability to manage Whiteboard data to include the SharePoint admin role.

 

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Outlook Mobile – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

 

MC242574 | March 3 – We have a brand new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) experience in app to give you easier, faster access to top answers about Outlook. These FAQs are accessible in the Outlook Mobile app through Settings > Help & Feedback > FAQs.

 

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(Updated) Get a Meet now meeting link in Teams

 

MC237392 | March 2 – Updated March 02, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. 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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(Updated) New Teams meeting lobby setting – only invited users join directly

 

MC233466 | March 2 – Updated March 02, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Teams meeting organizers can have greater control over their meetings by enabling a new lobby setting where only Calendar meeting invited users will be able to join directly.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68730.

 

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(Updated) Outlook on the web – Message reminders

 

MC234129 | March 2 – Updated March 02, 2021: Based on learnings from our early rings, we have made the decision to make additional changes to the code before we proceed with the rollout. We will deliver a new Message center post once we re-start the rollout. Thank you for your patience. Message reminders help users remember to reply to or follow up on messages by bringing them to the top of their message list.​

 

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(Updated) Outlook on the web: update in how users access Mail, Calendar, People, and To Do

 

MC240162 | March 2 – Updated March 02, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are adding an app bar to Outlook on the web which changes how users access Mail, Calendar, People, and To Do functions. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70628.

 

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(Updated) Outlook – Reactions and new notification experience

 

MC239090 | March 2 – Updated March 02, 2021: Thank you for your feedback. At this time we will not be moving forward with rolling out the feature as outlined. We are evaluating changes based on feedback and will announce our new plan via Message center when we are ready proceed. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. 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…

 

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(Updated) Introducing a SharePoint app bar that features global navigation

 

MC240066 | March 2 – Updated March 02, 2021: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Your SharePoint modern communication and team sites will soon feature theSharePoint app bar which provides quick access to customizable global navigation as well as other intranet resources. The SharePoint app bar makes important content and resources easily accessible for users on these sites, regardless of where they might be in SharePoint.

 

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(Updated) Limiting the maximum supported value for StartRow to 50,000

 

MC235978 | March 2 – Updated March 02, 2021: We have updated this post to ensure visibility. No changes have been made to the content below. Thank you for your patience. We’re making some changes to SharePoint Online Search. To continue to provide a high performance search experience, we’re limiting the maximum supported value StartRow to 50,000.

 

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: manage template access using template policies

 

MC241754 | March 2 – Updated March 2, 2021: Based off of feedback we have updated this post for additional clarity. Thank you for your feedback. Note: The templates policy feature is not applicable for EDU. With this update, you can create policies to manage templates that your end users can access when they create a new team while they are using either Teams desktop (Windows/Mac) or Teams on the web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70701.

 

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

 

MC242516 | March 2 – We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel

 

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GoLocal support for Live Events

 

MC242342 | March 2 – We will be enabling GoLocal support for Live Events in France, Germany, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates in March.

 

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Enabling page rotation for Android to view OneDrive PDF files

 

MC242340 | March 2 – You will soon be able to rotate page orientation while viewing PDF documents in the Microsoft OneDrive Android app. Any changes made are saved to OneDrive. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70548

 

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Microsoft Authenticator code matching for MFA notifications

 

MC242338 | March 2 – This release of Code Match for Multi-Factor Authentication is available for Android and iOS and will allow you to turn on code matching for the Microsoft Authenticator app and apply the behavior to specific users or groups. Once enabled, users will be required to match the number on the sign-in screen with the number in the app. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70617.

 

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Microsoft Forms: update in sharing with collaborators and recipients

 

MC242333 | March 2 – We are making it easier to share a form with a collaborator or with respondents by separating the sharing process. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 79450.

 

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More news and more information here – https://office365weekly.blog/2021/03/08/office-365-weekly-digest-2021-09/

 

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