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 315th 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.

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May 8, 2023 – May 14, 2023

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Major updates

(Updated) Microsoft Teams support for Targeted Release

MC510331 | May 11 – Updated May 11, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. We are currently rolling this feature out and as users are onboarded (per your settings) they will see “EA” on their profile picture to indicate Early Access to Teams features. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Teams will support Targeted Release for commercial cloud customers. With this support, users opted-in to Targeted Release will be the first production users to see the latest Microsoft Teams features and help shape the…View more

(Updated) Retiring Remote PowerShell use through Connect-IPPPSession

MC541649 | May 9 – Updated May 9, 2023: We have updated the information below for clarification. Thank you for your patience.In line with our vision to enhance the security of our cloud, we plan to move the SCC admin experience to REST-based APIs. In doing so, we will be deprecating the legacy Remote PowerShell (RPS) protocol starting July 15, 2023.In releasing the REST interface, customers do not need to use RPS to access EOP. Instead, RPS-based cmdlets will run as REST API calls instead of running via an RPS…View more

(Updated) Licensing Check implementation for Teams DLP

MC546441 | May 9 – Updated May 9, 2023: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback.Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Teams helps organizations prevent sensitive data from being shared via Microsoft Teams channel or chat session. To prevent users from sharing sensitive information on Teams, customers need to assign Microsoft 365 E5/A5/G5/F5 licenses to their users as Teams DLP is made available through Microsoft 365 E5/A5/G5/F5 licenses. You can find a list of…View more

Additional updates

A new experience to search within chat and channels.

MC554158 | May 12 – We are excited to introduce a new and improved experience to search within chats and channels.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122550View more

Microsoft Teams: Two-way lobby chat

MC554156 | May 12 – The Virtual Appointments app provides a central hub for all your virtual appointments needs in Microsoft Teams. The app enables a seamless end-to-end experience for business-to-customer engagements.Queue view in Virtual Appointments app is a premium advanced virtual appointment feature that allows businesses to Empower employees to manage and service scheduled and on-demand virtual appointments in one location with advanced capabilities to track wait times, live status of a meeting, and more….View more

OneDrive: Sharing Experiences – Refreshed Manage Access

MC554155 | May 12 – We are completely revamping the Manage Access experience to be more people-centric and more usable. You can now view the extensive list of all the people who have gained access to your files, search for an individual or a group and manage their access with even more control. You can also drill down into the group or link information for more details.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83726View more

Outlook – New Outlook for Windows and web – Reading Pane Background Image

MC554153 | May 12 – To offer more personalization to end users, Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows will offer the ability to display a background image in the reading pane whenever emails are not selected. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 126221View more

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 empowers end users to report suspicious messages from shared/delegate mailboxes

MC553274 | May 11 – Updated May 11, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.Soon, end-users will be able to report messages from shared mailboxes and delegate mailboxes using the built-in Report button in Outlook on the web.To refresh your memory, these screenshots show the Report buttons in Outlook on the web if you have the simplified ribbon turned on:Information to keep in mind:If the reporting feature is turned off in the Microsoft 365 Defenderportal…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap (Premium)

MC537956 | May 11 – Updated May 11, 2023: We have updated this message with additional information. Thank you for your patience.Users with a Teams Premium license will now be able to access a comprehensive meeting overview in the new ‘Recap’ tab in Teams, which leverages AI to provide personalized highlights and key insights from the meeting. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122529View more

(Updated) Meeting Recap Enhancements

MC538726 | May 11 – Updated May 11, 2023: We have updated the content below for clarity Thank you for your patience.We are bringing improvements for Meeting Recapping. Now, you can find your recording, transcripts, meeting content, and meeting notes all under a single new Recap tab. Watch your recording directly in the Recap tab to catch up on what was discussed while reviewing the notes and transcript without having to switch screens/apps.View more

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

MC383875 | May 11 – Updated April 20, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.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.View more

(Updated) Outlook: Support Pop-up Messages in Outlook that Warn/Justify/Block Emails Being sent with Sensitivity Labels

MC522574 | May 11 – Updated May 11, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Outlook for desktop native sensitivity labeling will support oversharing pop-up dialogue as am AIP plug-in to warn, justify or block emails being sent. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100255View more

(Updated) Teams Rooms: Windows 11 support for Teams Rooms on Windows devices

MC537412 | May 11 – Updated May 11, 2023: We have updated the timeline and content below. Thank you for your patience.Teams Rooms on Windows devices that are eligible for Windows 11 upgrade will receive the Windows 11 22H2 release in June 2023 (previously May). This will be offered and installed on their devices with 4.17 dot release. Devices that are not eligible due to an incompatible processor will continue to use Windows 10 per Windows hardware support policy. These devices will be offered Windows 10 22H2…View more

(Updated) Creation of Default Notes tab in new standard channels in Teams

MC552334 | May 11 – Updated May 11, 2023: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your feedback.As communicated in MC496248 (January ’23) Microsoft Teams users will soon get a “Notes” tab, powered by OneNote, added by default on the tabs bar across the top on creation of new standard channels for note-taking capabilities. Earlier this capability was powered by Wiki, which is set to retire from Teams based on the announcement, MC496248,published in January. This message is associated…View more

Microsoft Stream Migration Tool: Partial Migration and Orphan Video Support

MC553277 | May 10 – The Stream migration tool helps IT admins migrate video content from Stream (Classic) to Stream (on SharePoint). We are releasing two features to the tool soon: Partial migration support will allow you to select only the content you want to migrate. Orphan video support will let you migrate videos that have no assigned owner in Stream (Classic). A video can have no owner if the creator/uploader of the video is no longer with your organization.View more

Live translated captions for meetings requires Teams Premium license

MC553275 | May 10 – Earlier this year we announced the grace period for several Microsoft Teams Premium features that were in preview, including live translated captions for meetings. Starting April 2023, a Teams Premium license is required to use this feature.License enforcement will be enabled in July 2023. Once licensing enforcement is enabled, the only users who will be able to access live translated captions for meetings are: Individual users that are licensed with a Teams Premium licenseMeeting attendees who…View more

Outlook on the web – Work Hours and Location

MC553273 | May 10 – To help organizations manage hybrid work, users can set up their work hours and location (WHL) in Outlook on the web, specifying when they’ll be remote or in the office. They can also setup different working hours per day, or multiple work slots in a day. Additionally, if your organization uses Teams and a user sets up WHL, their location will also be shown in their Teams profile card.The new WHL also impacts how “suggested times” work when creating a meeting event in Outlook on the web….View more

New Features in Teams Admin Center to Discover Azure Benefit Eligible Apps and View Unspent Azure Consumption Commitment

MC553271 | May 10 – Microsoft Teams admins will soon be able to search for and identify monetized Teams apps are eligible to contribute towards an organization’s Microsoft Azure consumption commitment (MACC) as well as view remaining unspent MACC for their organization.As part of this feature, the “Manage apps” tab of the Teams admin center (TAC) will include a new category in the “Browse by” filter and add new visuals in the app cards. These changes provide parity with the Azure Portal in terms of ability to…View more

Microsoft Teams: Block Anonymous Users’ Meeting Chat Read Access in Addition to Current Write Access

MC552789 | May 10 – Microsoft Teams IT Admins will soon be able to block anonymous users from accessing the chat in internally hosted meetings by disabling their read access on top of the existing disabled write access. This release of Microsoft Teams updated meeting chat setting will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide an additional way for tenants to manage external users’ chat access in meetings hosted by internal users. This message is associated with Microsoft 365…View more

Outlook: Mandatory labeling pre-compose for iOS

MC552788 | May 10 – We have listened customer feedback on Outlook mobile needing to meet the mission of “On the Go” and for organizations to have mandatory labeling enabled without default labeling andwould like to have the label selection first before going to compose the email. When the users click “Send”, the email could just be sent without any forgotten labeling pop ups. Outlook mobile will introduce a new MDM setting to allow admins to enable this louder mandatory configuration for Outlook mobile clients…View more

Microsoft Teams: Default Meeting Layout Controls for Teams Rooms on Android

MC552782 | May 10 – Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android IT admins can choose the default meeting layout. When a meeting begins, room users will see the default meeting layout. They can switch to other views using the view switcher during a meeting.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 121663View more

(Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Hourly option for notifications

MC383901 | May 9 – Updated May 9, 2023: We have updated the message to ensure visibility. Thank you for your patience.We are adding a new hourly option to end user quarantine notifications, which will allow users to rely on receiving prompt notifications about quarantined items when appropriate. With this feature, users will be updated frequently once new items land in their quarantine folder. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93304.View more

(Updated) New OneDrive Shared Experience

MC514976 | May 9 – Updated May 9, 2023: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.We have made updates to the Shared> Shared with you experience that lives in the left nav on OneDrive Web to make it easier for users to quickly get back to shared content. The refreshed OneDrive Shared with you view will enable users to find files and folders shared with them over email, chats, and meetings all in one place. In addition, users can identify updates to files by using the…View more

(Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New Visio Usage Reports

MC516903 | May 9 – Updated May 9, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.A new product usage report will be made available within Microsoft 365 admin center usage reports to help Admins understand how Microsoft Visio is used within their organization by daily active users and active users by platform. The report can be viewed for trends over the last 7/30/90/180 days, includes a per-user view, and contains the user’s last active date and license information.This message is…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Edge: v.113 – Switch from Microsoft Autoupdate to EdgeUpdater for macOS

MC538725 | May 9 – Updated May 9, 2023: We have updated the message for clarification. Thank you for your patience.Starting with Edge 113, Microsoft Edge for macOS will begin using a new updater called EdgeUpdater. Note:This change only affects Microsoft Edge on macOS. Microsoft Edge on macOS Timing: Beginning with Microsoft Edge version 113 (scheduled for the week of May 4, 2023)Action: If you use update preferences for Microsoft Autoupdate to prevent browser updates, you will need to transition to the new…View more

(Updated) The Room Remote feature for desktop

MC499441 | May 9 – Updated May 9, 2023: We will not be rolling out to GCC or GCC-High organizations at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed with those organizations.The Room Remote feature enables touchless meetings by allowing users to control a nearby shared meeting room device from their Desktop/PC with Teams client.This feature was first launched on Mobile and will now be available on your Desktop device formfactor.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android: User Experience Update 1 2023

MC520319 | May 9 – Updated May 9, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This update introduces several new features for Teams Rooms on Android that improve the meeting join, content sharing, and hybrid collaboration experiences. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 119621, 119620, and 119622View more

(Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Windows 365 cloud PC advanced deployment guide

MC514084 | May 9 – Updated March 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timing below. Thank you for your patience.The Advanced deployment guides & assistance page in the Microsoft 365 admin center and the setup.microsoft.com website will have a new guide to help admins plan, deploy, and scale Windows 365 Enterprise in their organization. Windows 365 is a cloud-based service that provisions and hosts Cloud PCs as virtual machines for users. The guide includes a checklist with Cloud PC configuration tasks, best…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Files app in Teams

MC528955 | May 9 – Updated May 9, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.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 97677View more

(Updated) Visio Organizational Trial offering

MC542827 | May 9 – Updated May 9, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Beginning in May, we are enhancing our trial offering for Visio (MC306669, December 2021) by allowing users to sign up for a trial license, or request for a paid license with their AAD account. This update gives admins oversight and control over self-service trials and license requests. It also removes the need for users to input payment information when initiating a Visio trial. Previously,…View more

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

MC552659 | May 9 – 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 ChannelView more

Announcing the Semantic Index for Copilot

MC552633 | May 9 – Today we announced Semantic Index for Copilot – a new capability in Microsoft 365 E3 and E5. A core part of the Copilot System, the Semantic Index is a map of your individual and company data. It is a foundational capability for Microsoft 365 Copilot, and will enhance enterprise search results for Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 – whether customers are using Copilot or not. Semantic Index for Copilot will start rolling out later this calendar year for Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 customers.View more

Microsoft Teams: New ‘Sync device buttons’ setting

MC552333 | May 8 – The new Sync device buttons toggle available under your Teams Desktop client Settings (Devices tab) allows users to disable the syncing between their device controls and with Teams. The purpose of this feature is to offer an option for end users to disable the syncing of their connected Peripherals with the Teams Desktop client to allow for co-existence scenarios with other HID-enabled or speech-recognition apps.View more

Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center – Accessibility baseline

MC552332 | May 8 – The Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center (config.office.com) is receiving an update. You are already aware of the Security Baseline option for Cloud Policy service. We are now releasing the Accessibility Baseline. This will enable you (as the IT Admin) to configure accessibility policies, which are already ON by default, into a policy. The benefit here is to empower each and every user to create accessible content.View more

Microsoft Edge management service

MC552331 | May 8 – Microsoft Edge management service is a single portal for admins to manage the Edge browser. It is a simple and easy-to-manage experience. Admins will be able to configure all Edge browser policies for their organization in a configuration profile and set-up the browser to use these settings. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124856View more

(Updated) Avatars for Microsoft Teams

MC533652 | May 8 – Updated May 8, 2023: While in Public Preview, Avatars for Microsoft Teams was supported for all SKUs. However, at General Availability, Avatars for Microsoft Teams will only be supported for the following SKUs: Microsoft 365 Enterprise E3, Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Microsoft 365 Business Premium or Teams Premium.Avatars for Microsoft Teams gives you that much-needed camera break, while still allowing you to collaborate effectively. You can add a new layer of…View more

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