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Message center announcements
March 13, 2023 – March 19, 2023
NUNO ÁRIAS SILVA
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(Updated) Wiki retirement and the future of note taking in Teams Channels
MC496248 | March 17 – Updated March 17, 2023: We have updated the timing of this change, below. Thank you for your patience.We are announcing that Wiki’s will be retired from Teams. We are offering note taking capabilities through Teams Channels powered by OneNote.
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(Updated) Retirement of custom default result sources in Microsoft Search for modern search experiences
MC526131 | March 16 – Updated March 16, 2023: We have updated the content for clarity. Thank you for your patience.Classic SharePoint search supports the feature of result sources where you can define custom KQL filters on what items should be returned for your search result. This feature has been honored in Microsoft Search, but as the same result source is used across all verticals with SharePoint content it limits the flexibility and intention of the feature.In November 2021 Microsoft shipped the capability for…
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(Updated) Authenticator number matching to be enabled for all Microsoft Authenticator users
MC468492 | March 16 – Updated March 16, 2023: We have updated the timing of this change, below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Authenticator app’s number matching feature has been Generally Available since Nov 2022! If you have not already leveraged the rollout controls (via Azure Portal Admin UX and MSGraph APIs) to smoothly deploy number matching for users of Microsoft Authenticator push notifications, we highly encourage you to do so. We had previously announced that we will remove the admin controls and…
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(Updated) Groups and Yammer Verticals in Microsoft Search in Bing retirement
MC524210 | March 14 – Updated March 14, 2023: We have updated the content below for clarification. Thank you for your patience.We will be retiring the Groups and Yammer Verticals from Microsoft Search in Bing in April 2023. This change is due to lack of usage on these verticals in their current state. This change will also ensure that Microsoft Search endpoints across Bing, Office.com, SharePoint are consistent, as noted in Roadmap Item #98144.
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(Updated) REST API for On-Premises Mailboxes Preview Ending
MC338988 | March 14 – Updated March 14, 2023: We have updated the timing of this change. Thank you for your patience.Upcoming, we will be retiring the preview program enabling REST API access to on-premises mailboxes for Hybrid Exchange organizations.Note: This will impact those who write code against Exchange mailboxes.
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Microsoft Syntex: Split PDF Pages into new PDF files with the Extract action in OneDrive for iOS
MC529434 | March 17 – Users of Microsoft Syntex can soon split a PDF file into multiple PDFs with the Extract file action in OneDrive for iOS. The Extract file action lets you quickly split and extract multiple pages of a PDF into a new PDF file stored in SharePoint or OneDrive. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117548
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Microsoft Teams: Green screen feature in Teams Meetings
MC529415 | March 17 – Microsoft Teams will soon be releasing a new greenscreen feature for users. The virtual background with a green screen will provide an enhanced virtual background effect. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117941
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New SharePoint site templates
MC529412 | March 17 – We are introducing 3 new SharePoint site templates dedicated to helping you create sites for your portal home site, to provide guidance and assets for your brand, and a template powered by Microsoft Syntex for your Accounts payable team.Our new organization home site template you can quickly get started with a basic SharePoint portal destination for your organization.The new brand central template creates a destination for your organization to showcase and guide others through the use of your…
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(Updated) Microsoft Edge to replace built-in PDF engine with Adobe Acrobat PDF engine
MC512918 | March 17 – Updated March 17, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information for clarification. Thank you for your patience.As part of the Adobe and Microsoft collaboration to re-envision the future workplace and digital experiences, we are natively embedding the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine into the Microsoft Edge built-in PDF reader. With the use of the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine, users will have a unique PDF experience that includes higher fidelity for more accurate colors and graphics,…
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(Updated) Introducing OneNote viewer in Teams mobile apps
MC469578 | March 17 – Updated March 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are excited to announce the OneNote viewer feature within Teams mobile apps.Through this new feature, users will be able to open and view OneNote notebooks right within their Teams mobile apps. Users interested in editing the content will be directed to the standalone OneNote mobile app. The experience will be available as part of the Teams mobile apps on Android and iOS (including iPads) starting…
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(Updated) DMARC aggregate reports for enterprise
MC516348 | March 17 – Updated March 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.As part of the DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting & Conformance) standard, the owner of the domain whose MX is pointed to Office 365 can request DMARC aggregate reports through the RUA of the DMARC record. This will help the domain owner to monitor their domain’s traffic passing through Office 365 and adjust their sender authentication configurations to reach an actionable DMARC…
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Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management: Retention policy support for Microsoft Teams control messages
MC528979 | March 16 – Microsoft Teams control messages are system-generated artifacts that contain information about actions taken in Teams – for example, adding or removing a user from a chat. These messages show up on the Teams client as system messages. Ex. User A added User B to the chat and shared all chat history. More information on these types of messagescan be found here.Until now, control messages were not included in the supported types of messages for retention policies for Teams (user chats, standard…
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(Updated) Outlook on the web – Update locations to message compose options
MC501737 | March 16 – Updated March 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Originally announced in MC427760 (September ’22), Outlook on the web is updating where some message-compose options are located, depending on how you use Outlook.For all users – The formatting bar will be relocated to the top of the message compose window, similar to the common “ribbon” you see in other Microsoft apps.For all users – When composing a new email message, the “Send”, “Discard”, and…
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Microsoft Teams: New Files app in Teams
MC528955 | March 16 – Securely store, organize, and collaborate on all your files anytime, from anywhere and across all of your devices with the new files app experiencein Teams. The new files app brings a modern experience to all of your content from your chats, channels or meetings including any location from OneDrive or SharePoint. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97677
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(Updated) New ‘Activity’ Column in OneDrive ‘My Files’ list view
MC408694 | March 16 – Updated March 16, 2023: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.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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(Updated) ContextIQ: Inline Search During Message Composing
MC500886 | March 16 – Updated March 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Originally announced in MC462919 (October ’22), Context IQ allows users to easily search for and insert entities like people and files in a message they’re writing.We apologize for the delay and are now proceeding with the rollout of this feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88943
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Meeting Category Trends and Details in the Viva Insights App in Teams and Meeting Category Insights Card in Digest Email
MC434658 | March 16 – Updated March 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Categories in Outlook and Teams allow users to easily tag, label, and group calendar events. In the Viva Insights app in Teams, using meeting category insights in the Effective meetings tab, users can see a percentage breakdown of how they are distributing their time across their categories.An upcoming update to this feature will allow users to: See how their meeting time distribution has changed…
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(Updated) SharePoint admin center: Streamlining management of site information across Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups
MC455520 | March 16 – Updated March 16, 2023: We apologize for the delay and have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.SharePoint is updating the site detail panel to include Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups information.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100053 Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-November 2022 and expect to complete by late April (previously late February).
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(Updated) Enabling New Call Controls with Survivable Branch Appliance
MC514979 | March 16 – Updated March 16, 2023: This functionality is now fully released. As part of the release users will have additional functionality during the survivability: Users can not only use a dialpad to call but can now call them using profile card and by searching by their name. Users can use call history to call a user with a PSTN. Note: VOIP calls are only possible if Caller and Callee have PSTN numbers and proper policies in place.In the event of a network outage, users will soon have access to new…
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(Updated) Configuration of Private CDN is no longer required for SharePoint Online
MC504326 | March 16 – Updated March 16, 2023: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.We are pleased to announce that the configuration of Private CDN is no longer required. It is now automatically managed within the SharePoint online service. Public CDN should however be configured as recommended. Please contact Microsoft support should you have any further questions.
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(Updated) Alerts when end user report a message as junk or not junk
MC525658 | March 16 – Updated March 16, 2023: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience.Applicable to Tenants with Exchange Online Protection, Microsoft Defender for Plan 1 or Plan 2 or Microsoft 365 Defender plan. Today, Microsoft only generates alerts when end user reports an email as phish from outlook – “Email reported by user as malware or phish” (alert name)Starting March 20th, 2023, Microsoft will start generating alerts when end user reports an email as junk or not…
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Announcing Microsoft 365 Copilot
MC528800 | March 16 – Today we announced Microsoft 365 Copilot – new experience that combines the power of large language models with your data in the Microsoft Graph and the Microsoft 365 apps. Copilot is integrated into Microsoft 365 in two ways. First, it works alongside the user, embedded in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and more. Second, we’ve also introduced Business Chat that works across all Microsoft 365 apps and data in real-time: user’s calendar, emails, chats, documents, meetings, and contacts.
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Project for the Web Integration in Viva Goals
MC528361 | March 15 – Integrations in Viva Goals help save time and energy by automatically updating your key results and projects through connections to other applications from Microsoft and third parties. These integrations allow data to flow from the connected applications into Viva Goals so that results and initiatives are up to date. Viva Goals is launching a new integration for Microsoft Project for the Web which will enable users to automatically update Initiativesand Key Results in Viva Goals based on…
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Invoke Content Camera on Desktop feature
MC528358 | March 15 – Currently, users must turn on sharing from a content camera in Microsoft Teams via the Share tray on the Teams Meeting stage.Moving forward, users will be able to start and stop sharing content directly from a certified Teams device. This feature enables presenters to share a Whiteboard, document, or video more quickly during a meeting. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 118587
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Filter Update for Quarantine Portal
MC528356 | March 15 – In the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, the Admin / SecOps can review quarantined messages on the Email & Collaboration > Review > Quarantine page. On this quarantine page, all the quarantined email messages are listed. These messages can be quarantined if the messages are classified as malicious or spam or other admin actions. Admins/ SecOps can view messages which are quarantined due to a specific policy anti-malware, Safe Attachments, anti-spam, etc.) with a specific reason for…
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Modern Translator feature in Microsoft 365
MC528354 | March 15 – The Modern Translator feature in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Office 2019, Microsoft Office LTSC 2021, Microsoft 365 Semi Annual Extended Microsoft 365 Semi Annual July 2021, Microsoft 365 Semi Annual Jan 2022 and Microsoft 365 July 2022 is making changes that may require users and tenant administrators to take steps to ensure continuity of service. The message is an advance advisory as work is currently in progress and there is no change in the user experience or your privacy. We are slowing…
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Migrate your Outlook COM/VSTO add-ins to web add-ins model supported in the new Outlook for Windows
MC528299 | March 15 – We recently announced the expansion of new Outlook for Windows to Current Channel users in April 2023, with the goal of providing a unified, modern and robust Outlook experience across desktop and web.One of the top feedback items we hear today is that Outlook works differently on different platforms, making it hard for tenants to manage, and for users to seamlessly use it across endpoints. With the new Outlook for Windows, our goal is to bring rapid access to new features through a shared…
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(Updated) Toggle to try the Preview of new Outlook for Windows
MC526128 | March 15 – Updated March 15, 2023: We have updated the content to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.In Fall 2022, we expanded access to the preview of the new Outlook for Windows to all of Office Insiders in both Beta and Preview channels. With a wealth of feedback from these early adopters, we are excited to expand access to users in Current Channel. The experience is an option to try, and nothing will change without end users taking action. We will give notice before any required changes…
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(Updated) Admin Center: New Adoption Score People Experience Capabilities in public preview –Group-Level Aggregates
MC477011 | March 15 – Updated March 15, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Adoption Score now includes Group-level aggregates for communication, mobility, collaboration and meetings experiences, and organizational messages are being added to selected Adoption Score people experiences within the Microsoft 365 admin center for preview.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98166, 100710 and 98163
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Microsoft Teams: Change Call Queue and Auto Attendant Greetings and Announcements by Authorized Users
MC527929 | March 15 – Changing business conditions often require adjustments to call queue/auto attendant greetings and announcements. However, it can be difficult to identify the right Teams admin to make these changes, and addressing high request volumes can be time-consuming for the responsible admins. With the introduction of user managed CQ/AA greetings for Teams Phone, authorized users (as identified by Teams tenant admins) can change greetings and announcements for their respective call queues and auto…
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Modern Authentication Settings Update
MC527926 | March 15 – Over the past few months, we have turned off Basic Auth for specific protocols in Exchange Online. We are now making changes to the Admin Center to remove some redundant controls.
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Basic Authentication Retirement for Outlook Service
MC527925 | March 15 – Over the coming weeks, we’re going to turn off basic authentication for the Outlook Service protocol in Exchange Online. This is the protocol used only by the native Email and Calendar app, part of Windows 10 and 11.
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Teams Meeting Add-in Log Files Location Change
MC527924 | March 15 – We’re making some changes to the location of Teams meeting add-in log files.
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Users ability to delete chats
MC466199 | March 14 – Updated March 14, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Due to an issue with admin controls in TAC that we are actively working on fixing, please refer to the PowerShell documentation to control the setting for enabling or disabling delete chat capability. Link: Set-CsTeamsMessagingPolicy Users will be able to delete 1:1 chats, group chats, and meeting chats if they are a participant in Microsoft Teams. This permanently deletes the chat only for the user,…
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(Updated) Rich text and images in Planner task notes
MC295027 | March 14 – Updated March 14, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are adding support for rich text (bold, italics, underline, etc.) in the Planner task notes field. Support for images is coming in the future. 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) SPO Site Sharing will now use Azure B2B Invitation Manager
MC525663 | March 14 – Updated March 14, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are updating the SharePoint Online Site Sharing backend to use Azure B2B Invitation Manager instead of the legacy SharePoint Invitation Manager.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117557
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(Updated) Suggested Files in 1:1 Chats
MC513664 | March 14 – Updated March 14, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.As an extension of Suggested Replies in 1:1 chats, you can now easily save time when you need to send a file in a chat by tapping on a “Share file” suggestion.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 95065
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(Updated) Announcing the New Look of Office for the Web
MC452253 | March 14 – Updated March 14, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are excited to announce a new look in Office for the Web. We’ve changed the visuals to give you a clean modern look to help you focus, but nothing has moved. We will start flighting at this date.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 87307
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(Updated) Stream Migration Tool and Delay Settings are Now Generally Available
MC516263 | March 14 – Updated March 14, 2023: We have updated this message to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.The Stream migration tool, which has been in preview since August of 2022, has now entered general availability. The tool is designed to help IT admins migrate video content from Stream (Classic) to Stream (on SharePoint). Admins can access the tool by logging on to the Stream Admin Center and then navigating to Stream Migration > Migration tool.As announced in January, Stream (Classic) will…
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Microsoft 365 roadmap updates
MC526134 | March 13 – We’re making some changes to the Microsoft 365 roadmapto better articulate preview availability and when features are scheduled to start rolling out.
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