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 277th 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,
August 1-7, 2022

NUNO ÁRIAS SILVA

Updates

 

Link Unfurling in Share to Teams

 

MC408995 | August 3 – Share to Teams now supports App based Link Unfurling. Now if a user uses ‘Share to Teams’ module to share a link which supports App based Link Unfurling,1) the link will unfurl into an Adaptive Card if the App is already installed for the user.2) the user will be prompted to install the App if not already installed for the user.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91118

 

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Private drafts for SharePoint pages and news

 

MC408994 | August 3 – We’re adding the ability to create private drafts for pages and news posts. A private draft is visible only to the page author, the people the author chooses to share it with, and site admins. It’s great for creating and editing content that’s not ready for others to see except the people you want to collaborate with.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85629

 

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(Updated) Shared focus plan in Viva Insights

 

MC313659 | August 3 – Updated August 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Viva insights is releasing new capabilities to help teams protect time for focused work. The shared focus plan will enable managers and team leads with a Microsoft Viva Insights license to foster mutual productivity norms and drive a positive team culture by inviting teams to coordinate focus time for uninterrupted work. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88839.

 

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(Updated) Forms: Brand new first-run experiences for Forms new users

 

MC376250 | August 3 – Updated August 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.For those newly coming to Forms, the brand-new product landing experience will help users understand through immersive first-touch experience about Forms capability, such as where they can use Forms and how. Users can navigate through the Forms templates categories and select pre-populated grab-and-go solutions to directly start a survey. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88947

 

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(Updated) Forms: Enable templates for commercial users

 

MC358532 | August 3 – Updated August 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Forms will soon be able to provide high quality templates that can be used for a variety of business goals. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88946.

 

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(Updated) Forms distribution and email notification feature

 

MC320691 | August 3 – Updated August 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Forms will soon enable a feature that will allow users to share a Form/survey directly with other users and distribution lists within the organization which will also include automated follow up emails and updates. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88886.

 

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New ‘Activity’ Column in OneDrive ‘My Files’ list view

 

MC408694 | August 2 – We are introducing a new Activity column in OneDrive My Files list view. The goal of this feature is to help users stay up-to-date on the files that they are working on with others by surfacing relevant activity information. We will show file activity related to actions, such as, user comments, edits, share, and @mentions. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88913

 

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View Video Recordings and Attendance Reports Inside LMS

 

MC408689 | August 2 – The Microsoft Teams Meeting LTI app has now enabled users the access to meeting video recordings and attendance reports directly inside their LMS. The feature will be available to use in all of the LMS’ that are incorporating the Teams Meeting LTI app. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96402

 

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Pre-assign Channel members to Breakout Rooms

 

MC408687 | August 2 – This Breakout Rooms for Channel Meetings feature enables meeting organizers to efficiently pre-assignchannel members to Breakout Rooms (both auto and manual) ahead of a channel meeting start.Please note, that Meetings with Breakout Rooms are limited to 300 participants. If the channel contains more than 300 members, pre-assignment will not be available. Meeting organizers will have the ability to assign participants to Breakout Rooms during the meeting.This message is associated with Microsoft…

 

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(Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: updates to quarantine folder storage

 

MC383875 | August 2 – Updated August 2, 2022: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback.Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is making some changes to quarantine folder storage. The experience for users will remain the same and users can leverage the delete action to maintain the storage folder for their quarantined messages.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93302.

 

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(Updated) Dynamic Caller ID in Calls app for Call Queue Agents

 

MC387640 | August 2 – Updated August 2, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Call queue agents can now place calls from the Calls app using a call queue phone number, defined in resource account, as their caller ID. This ensures the call is properly identified by the recipient and that the call back number is the call queue number rather than the agent’s personal line. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86992

 

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(Updated) Addition of Shared Mailboxes to the Mailbox Usage Report

 

MC405568 | August 2 – Updated August 2, 2022: We have updated the content to show as intended. Thank you for your feedback.In the coming weeks, the mailbox usage report will be expanded to include additional mailbox insights.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93398

 

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(Updated) Stream on SharePoint: Inline playback of videos in Hero web part

 

MC394844 | August 2 – Updated August 2, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.When users click to play a video in the Hero web part section of a SharePoint site, the video will play inline. This feature allows users to watch a video without being taken off the SharePoint page and allows users to browse or scroll through the other contents of the page while the video plays. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93351

 

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(Updated) Stream on SharePoint: Video Collections Page

 

MC397430 | August 2 – Updated August 2, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.SharePoint video collections pages make it easy to gather and display all videos from a SharePoint site collection in one place. This feature is particularly helpful for schools, universities and other organizations that tend to share videos in Teams channels.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93352

 

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Microsoft Viva: Recommendations to Send Praise in Viva Insights

 

MC408437 | August 1 – Praise in Microsoft Teams is designed to appreciate the effort that goes into the wide-ranging, collaborative work that Teams users do. Users can send praise to their colleagues through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar or through the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams. For both, admins can use the Microsoft Teams admin center to enable/disable Praise. Praise Recommendations is an enhancement coming to the Praise page in the Viva Insights app in Teams for all users…

 

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Microsoft Teams: Start a Teams Chat with Distribution Groups, Mail-Enabled Security Groups, and O365 Groups

 

MC408435 | August 1 – You will now be able to start a Teams Chat with Distribution Groups, Mail-enabled Security Groups, and O365 Groups. This feature will respect the limits on members in a group chat, currently set to 250 members.Organizations rely on Distribution Lists (DLs) as a tool to create groups of users that mirror organizational knowledge and workflows. Bringing this awareness to target audiences for specific content will enhance the core Teams experience. Allowing our customers to leverage DLs can…

 

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(Updated) Outlook Mac now supports retention Policy

 

MC397458 | August 1 – Updated August 1, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Use retention policies in Outlook for Mac to apply a policy to your messages in your mailbox. Retention policies define how long your messages will be saved. This update will only work in the new Outlook for Mac.Note: If your organization is not using Mac OS,you can safely disregard this message. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88849

 

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(Updated) Immersive Reader for Outlook Desktop

 

MC346254 | August 1 – Updated August 1, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Immersive Reader in Outlook Desktop includes all capabilities available in Immersive Reader Microsoft Word. It allows you to adjust the text of an email to read in the way that works best for you. Use Read Aloud to hear emails read to you as each word is highlighted, or modify spacing, color and more for a comfortable and easy to process email experience.

 

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(Updated) Custom organization branding for quarantine notification (custom sender address and Custom subject)

 

MC382821 | August 1 – Updated August 1, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We will be adding capabilities to making it possible for Security Operations (SecOps) to customize end user quarantine notifications with their respective organization sender address and custom subject. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93301.

 

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