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 257th email that Microsoft has sent to Tenant Admin’s Newsletter with Office 365 changes.

 

This Weekly digest is intended to reach the Administrators of Microsoft 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,
February 21-27, 2022

NUNO ÁRIAS SILVA

Major updates

 

Retirement of Get/Set-PhishFilterPolicy PowerShell (legacy) to manage spoofed senders using new Tenant Allow Block list

 

MC335609 | February 23 – We will be retiring the “Get-/Set-PhishFilterPolicy” PowerShell cmdlets. Instead, we recommend the utilization of the updated feature called “Spoof intelligence insight” in order to view spoofing activity and the new feature called “Tenant allow block lists-Spoofing” in order to manage spoofing activity respectively, which is where we will continue to invest our development resources.

 

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LinkedIn Integration coming to Teams

 

MC335277 | February 23 – For those tenants that have LinkedIn integration available to their members, we are expanding its availability to Teams as a panel in one on one conversations. This is the first part of a series of updates which will also bring LinkedIn to the contact card in the coming months. Initially this is limited to contacts within the tenant, but as the contact card updates are released, then this will be available for all contacts within and outside the tenant.This message is associated with Microsoft…

 

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(Updated) Quick Create – Easily Create Power BI Reports from Lists

 

MC248201 | February 22 – Updated February 22, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below for Government organizations. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce the arrival of a new guided authoring experience in Lists that will make it easy to quickly create business intelligence reports in Power BI using your list schema and data.

 

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(Updated) Records Management, Information Governance & eDiscovery– Optimized behavior of file versions preserved

 

MC288633 | February 22 – Updated February 22, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. To improve performance, any file with multiple versions that is deleted from SharePoint or OneDrive which is preserved to the Preservation Hold Library (due to its applicable retention label, retention policies or eDiscovery holds) will now be retained as a single file containing its full version history, rather than each version being retained as individual files as has been the case until now….

 

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Search history suggestions for Bing AAD users

 

MC335111 | February 22 – We are currently bringing search history suggestions to Bing for AAD users. Users who are signed in with their AAD account will be able to select suggestions from their search history in search box in Bing homepage, all vertical, and work vertical. This will help users to quickly access previous searches and save them time by only needing to enter a partial search term. We store up to 1000 suggestions for every user. Users have full control over their search history. They can delete the search…

 

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Additional updates

 

OneDrive and SharePoint: Access your Teams standard and private channel files

 

MC336858 | February 26 – With this new feature, users that navigate to a site in SharePoint or OneDrive will be able to access the files stored in the Teams standard and private channels associated with that site. Users will see an “In channels” section when you navigate to the default document library of a Teams-connected site. This functionality will be available in OneDrive & SharePoint web, including experiences like the Move/Copy Picker. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88911.

 

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OneDrive: Easily navigate to all your Teams files

 

MC336857 | February 26 – In OneDrive, we are adding a “Your Teams” section to the “More Places” page to allow you to easily find and work with all your files in Teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88912.

 

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Microsoft Viva Insights: Enroll in Focus plan from the Insights app in Teams

 

MC336856 | February 26 – Viva Insights is introducing updates to better enable users to protect time for focus from the Viva Insights Teams app. These updates to the protect time page will allow users to enroll in a focus plan and adjust preferences to auto book focus time on one’s calendar from within the Insights app in Teams. Users enrolled in a focus plan will also see insights about their progress towards their focus time goals. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88957.

 

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Teams Device Management Graph APIs available in Preview version

 

MC336852 | February 26 – Teams Device management Graph APIs are now available in preview. These APIs provide access to information about the Teams devices, options to manage them, and enable easy integration with other workflows.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90173.

 

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(Updated) New Fluent Emoji style coming to Teams emojis and reactions

 

MC333941 | February 25 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This update will have Teams joining Microsoft 365 and Windows in updating all emojis and reactions to the new Microsoft Fluent emoji style, bringing users a more vibrant and expressive emoji experience.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88277

 

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Admin Pinning for Message Extensions

 

MC336253 | February 25 – Admin pinning for apps will allow admins to pre-pin and surface applications, specifically message extensions, relevant for their tenant. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 87506.

 

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(Updated) Updated timing changes: Whiteboard on OneDrive for Business

 

MC282992 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: As previously announced, the update to OneDrive for Business (ODB) storage for Whiteboard will begin in mid-March and complete in mid-April. Whiteboard on ODB requires Fluid Framework to be enabled for your tenant. Please note that there are some cases that may still create new boards in Azure. When a whiteboard is initiated from a Surface Hub during a Teams meeting, the whiteboard will be created in Azure. This will be switched to use ODB later this year. When older…

 

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(Updated) Account Switching in Office mobile apps

 

MC332871 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This feature update to Account switching, will enable users to switch from one account to another through the Profile icon that helps them access the account selection interface.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88930

 

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(Updated) Rich text and images in Planner task notes

 

MC295027 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are adding support for rich text (bold, italics, underline, etc.) and images in the Planner task notes field. NOTE: We will update this post once we have Microsoft Graph documentation for the new rich text task notes field available.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85688.

 

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(Updated) Planner tasks storage location update

 

MC289682 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are pleased to roll this out after the delay (MC229058 – May ’21). Starting in mid-October 2021, a copy of some Planner tasks will be stored in a user’s Exchange mailbox. All Planner tasks will continue to be stored in the Planner Service.

 

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(Updated) OneDrive: New Command Bar

 

MC285602 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.With this update users will be able to easily identify the right file and access primary commands. The new simplified view will permit users to focus on the content while at the same time being visually pleasing.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85602.

 

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(Updated) Introducing monthly active users for the Microsoft 365 service change

 

MC315739 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the content below for accuracy. Thank you for your patience.Message center posts will include monthly active users (based off the past 30 days) specific to the Microsoft 365 service change being communicated.This will help change coordinators and IT admins make a decision on which change they should address first vs deprioritize, based on the potential number of end users who could be impacted by a change eg: If the change is about a service which has…

 

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Microsoft Teams: Front row layout for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows

 

MC307657 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional details.We are updating a new Microsoft Teams Rooms meeting layout, designed to enhance hybrid meetings and provide in-room participants with greater context of what is happening across various aspects of the meeting. With front row, remote attendees are seen in the room at eye level and additional meeting experiences including chat, and a rostered view of participants with raised hands, are brought to the front of…

 

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(Updated) Announcing continuous compliance assessments in the Microsoft 365 compliance center

 

MC296437 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We’re enhancing Compliance Manager’s automated testing and evidence generation functionality and enabling additional improvement actions and solutions for automated testing. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72222.

 

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(Updated) Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists

 

MC257468 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Power Apps image controls can now display images that are stored in image columns in Microsoft Lists. Images can be displayed in four sizes: small, medium, large, or full.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81986

 

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(Updated) Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring

 

MC299404 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We’re making changes to the editing experience for SharePoint pages to make it easier for users to understand where they are by adding labels, reducing clutter by consolidating actions into a single web part toolbar, and putting authors into focus mode by default to remove visual distractions. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82177.

 

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(Updated) Live Captions in all available languages and CART Captions on Teams Meetings on Web

 

MC317766 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Live Captions in all available languages will now be available on Teams Meetings on web browsers. CART Captioning support will also be available on web browsers. Chrome/Edge/Safari on Win/Mac/Linux platforms will be supported. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84906, 84001.

 

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Reminder: IE11 desktop application retires in 4 months on June 15, 2022 – Set up IE mode today (non-LTSC, non-Server)

 

Act by: June 15

 

MC335110 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.As previously announced, the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge. Internet Explorer mode (IE mode) provides legacy browser support within Microsoft Edge. Because of this, the IE11 desktop application will be retired on June 15, 2022. This means that the IE11 desktop application will no longer be supported and afterwards will redirect to Microsoft Edge if a…

 

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Forms: Split sending and sharing entry point

 

MC335638 | February 24 – We are making it easier to share a Form with a collaborator or with respondents by clearly separating out the sharing process. This is a follow up to MC24233. Based on feedback, we made the decision to make additional changes before we proceeded with the full rollout. We are now ready to move forward and apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your feedback and patience.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 79450.

 

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Teams Desktop Client Cross Cloud Anonymous Meeting Join

 

MC335634 | February 24 – This feature update to Cross Cloud Anonymous (CCA) Meeting Join in Microsoft Teams will allow users to join meetings as unauthenticated (anonymous) users.This release expands the current unauthenticated (anonymous) meeting experience available for different tenants within a single cloud to all remaining Microsoft clouds (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High and DOD).Note: This new functionality will only affect the Teams desktop client. Teams web client meeting join experiences will remain unchanged as…

 

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Site owners can manage requests for third-party apps on their sites (SharePoint Online)

 

MC335624 | February 24 – The upcoming My requests page feature update (previously known as Your requests under Site Contents) will help SharePoint site owners quickly manage app requests that are sent to tenant admins. Site owners will be able to view requests and track status in a modern view and withdraw or delete a request in a new streamlined experience.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 88950

 

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Microsoft 365 admin center: Creating more granular email notifications for Service issues

 

MC335614 | February 24 – We are adding the ability to subscribe to separate email notifications for the different types of service issues that show up on the Service Health dashboard. Currently admins can enroll in email notifications for incidents and advisories, we are adding additional granularity for admins to subscribe to Microsoft service issues and issues occurring within your organization that require admin action. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91627.

 

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Viva Topics: Use Syntex taxonomy to generate topics

 

MC335608 | February 23 – Microsoft Viva Topics and SharePoint Syntex customers can build on their existing investments in classifying & organizing content with the ability to use the taxonomy service in Syntex and SharePoint to generate topics. This new integration uses the term names, including those you are already using with SharePoint Syntex, descriptions, synonyms & tagged files to create topics that the AI can use as a seed to discover additional connections with people & files.Note: You will need to…

 

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(Updated) Refreshed Microsoft Whiteboard client experience coming soon

 

MC279627 | February 23 – Updated February 23, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below to show correctly. We apologize for any confusion.Whiteboard is creating a unified experience across devices. Soon, you’ll have the same experience no matter which device you are using Whiteboard on, and all whiteboards will be created in OneDrive for Business.When are these changes happening?: The automatic store rollout will begin in mid-February, completing by mid-March. The switch to ODB as the default for new content…

 

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Retirement of health status feature in the Office cloud policy service

 

MC335282 | February 23 – Upcoming, we will be retiring the health status feature in the Office cloud policy service.Note: If you don’t use the Office cloud policy service in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center, you can disregard this message.

 

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Enable management of Content types from modern library views

 

MC335275 | February 23 – We will be gradually adding the option to easily enable the management of custom content types to SharePoint lists & libraries. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88948

 

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(Updated) Improved Teams Guest User Usability (previously posted as MC300029)

 

MC302456 | February 22 – Updated February 22, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Note: This is a re-post of MC300029 as it expired prematurely on the incorrect date and may not be visible to admins anymore.We will be updating guest user functionality within the Microsoft Teams app. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88430.

 

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