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 323th 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

July 24, 2023 – July 30, 2023

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Major updates

Twitter web part retirement

MC662249 | July 28 –

If your organization is not using the Twitter web part or has disabled it via PowerShell (Use the Twitter web part) in SharePoint in Microsoft 365 this notification may be safely disregarded.

Due to a change in Twitter’s terms of use for third-party access, the Twitter web part in SharePoint in Microsoft 365 will no longer be supported and will be removed…View more

(Updated) OneDrive Sync Account Detection

MC626577 | July 28 –

Updated July 28, 2023: We have updated the rollout timing below. Thank you for your patience.

In the past Windows Business users could add a consumer account to Windows to use within various apps. Users could use this Consumer account to configure syncing their OneDrive consumer files via the OneDrive sync client. This summer the OneDrive Sync client will start prompting Business users if they’d like to sync their Consumer files using a detected Microsoft…View more

Deploy new Microsoft Teams with Microsoft 365 apps

MC661241 | July 27 –

Starting in September 2023, we will begin including new Microsoft Teams as part of the new and existing installations of Microsoft 365 apps for Windows depending on the schedule provided in this post. Currently, users can install the new Teams by using the Try the new Teams toggle switch in classic Teams or having administrators View more

(Updated) SharePoint: User experience and Image Coherence in SharePoint Online (SPO)

MC653734 | July 26 –

Updated July 26, 2023: We have updated the content below to show as intended. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We are currently working to improve user experience by providing a coherent profile photo experience across Microsoft 365. This primarily impacts those users of SharePoint online (SPO) who neither have an exchange license nor are using Delve for uploading images. This may also impact a small number of SPO admin who upload the user profile image on behalf of the end…View more

SharePoint admin control for App registration / update

MC660075 | July 24 –

This is an enhancement to the security measures for administrative governance that modifies the default procedures for application registration and permission updates. Following the implementation of this change, site owners will be unable to register applications or update permissions unless authorized explicitly by the tenant administrator.

Upon attempting to register an application, a notification will be displayed stating “Your SharePoint admin doesn’t allow site owners to create…View more

Additional updates

Microsoft Teams: Shared Device License on Mobile App for Android

MC662254 | July 28 –

We are pleased to announce that we will soon support the Microsoft Teams Shared Device license on the Teams Android mobile application. The Teams Shared Device license offers a shared identity-based , common area phone experience, including basic and advanced calling, people search, voicemail and walkie talkie.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

Update Search Experience for Viva Connections

MC662248 | July 28 – We are making some changes to the search experience in Viva Connections app to make it easier to search in Viva Connections.

(Updated) Find Related Search

MC649940 | July 28 –

Updated July 28, 2023: We have updated this message with additional details.

Find Related is a quick way to search for similar emails, usually on threads, directly from the Message List. Currently supported on Outlook Desktop for Windows and Mac and requested for Outlook Web, right-clicking an email offers users the support to search for “Messages from this sender” and “Messages in this conversation.

(Updated) Video Closed Caption in PowerPoint Live

MC513049 | July 28 –

Updated July 28, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Closed captions will soon be supported for embedded videos in PowerPoint Live for Teams. Video closed captions in PowerPoint Live will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop and Web and will allow PowerPoint Live users to create accessible presentations that include video.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

(Updated) General Availability of Viva Topics for Yammer

MC494737 | July 28 –

Updated July 28, 2023: We have updated the rollout timing below. Thank you for your patience.

We are announcing the General Availability of Viva Topics for our Yammer customers.

The General Availability of Viva Topics for Yammer experiences enables us to leverage a more robust and secure infrastructure for Topics. It also enables organizations to use these Topics outside of Yammer (for example,…View more

(Updated) Update to the Free LinkedIn Courses Available in Viva Learning

MC630310 | July 28 –

Updated July 28, 2023: We have updated the rollout timing below. Thank you for your patience.

As part of the Viva Learning integration with LinkedIn, Microsoft provides free content in Viva Learning that can be accessed by any Viva Learning user without the need for a LinkedIn premium license. As part of this partnership, we are increasing the set of free courses to the Global Skilling Initiative catalog which consists of more than 300 courses. This will replace the existing catalog of…View more

(Updated) Enable 2nd video stream for Teams Content Camera on Desktop feature

MC642270 | July 28 –

Updated July 28, 2023: We have updated the rollout timing below. Thank you for your patience.

Users will be able to enable a second video stream to support both their Personal Video and Teams Content Camera on Desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 118580

(Updated) Use double-key encryption to protect your most sensitive files and emails in Microsoft 365 Apps

MC611732 | July 28 –

Updated July 28, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

To protect your most sensitive content, users of Microsoft 365 Apps can now use Double Key Encryption (DKE) for files and emails using the built-in labeling client. With DKE, Microsoft stores one key in Microsoft Azure and you hold the other key, ensuring that only you can ever decrypt protected content, under all circumstances. Sensitivity labels configured with…View more

(Updated) Meet App on Microsoft Teams

MC660610 | July 28 –

Updated July 28, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams users will soon have a dedicated space to manage their meetings – “Meet”. The Meet app is a centralized hub for all meeting activity and content.

The feature is rolling out exclusively on the new Microsoft Teams across Desktop and Web, and will serve as the destination for pre, during and after meeting insights, content, and action items. With the Meet app, users…View more

(Updated) Admin Policy for Collaborative Annotations

MC579612 | July 28 –

Updated July 28, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With privacy and security restrictions, we have implemented a user-level IT admin policy for admins to choose whether some or all users in the company can use Collaborative Annotations. Currently, there is a way to turn Annotations ON or OFF through cmdlet Set-SPOTenant-IsWBFluidEnabled, this will also influence Whiteboard.

This change is associated with…View more

Teams New Service Plan: Collaboration Security for Microsoft Teams

MC661823 | July 28 –

Collaboration security capabilities for Microsoft Teams will be generally available for all users of Microsoft Defender for Office 365.

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Panels Update

MC602596 | July 28 –

Updated July 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With this update, Teams Panels will support reserving a room using a QR code. This feature lets Microsoft Teams users book a room for meetings now, in the future, or add the room to an existing meeting by scanning a QR code on the scheduling panel and using the Teams app on their Android or iOS mobile phones.

All Teams Panels will have a QR code shown in the top left of the…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management and Records Management – Microsoft Graph APIs for extensibility

MC515536 | July 28 –

Updated July 28, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

As a part of our extensibility vision and first release to Microsoft Graph, we are introducing three new APIs for retention labels, events, and event types in the Microsoft Graph beta environment. These APIs will enable you to customize and extend on what we have built in the product so far.

These APIs can be used by compliance admins and developers to manage…View more

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

MC661835 | July 28 –

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

Current Channel

What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for July 2023

MC661830 | July 28 –

Your Microsoft Intune account has been updated to the latest service build.

How does this affect me?

You will see the service release number updated in the Tenant Status blade of the Intune console soon. We’ve introduced some changes that we’re excited for you to try out.

What do I need to do to prepare for this change?

Click additional information below to learn more about what’s new in this service release. We’ll continue to update the What’s…View more

Upgrade to the Forms Start Page Experience on Office.com

MC661829 | July 28 –

Forms has been improving get-started experiences since last year, we are now bringing the latest portal page experiences to all customers on all hosts, including upgrading the launch page experience in office.com. Users will be directed to Forms web and access all new functionalities released recently.

Outlook: Android Contacts Index Widget

MC661828 | July 28 –

Users can soon quickly navigate to a section of their contact list in Outlook by selecting the letter or character that corresponds to the section they wish to view and interact with.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 135280

Favorite/Unfavorite additional file types and folders in OneDrive and Document Libraries

MC661827 | July 28 –

Adding files and folders to Favorites is a great way to mark content of personal importance and can help you get to the content you’re looking for right away. We have made sure that the favorites experience is consistent across Microsoft 365 apps by building on top of the existing pinning and favorites experience. This release will include support for adding additional file types and folders to favorites from OneDrive web and Document Libraries.

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Loop component links will now open on Loop.microsoft.com

MC661826 | July 28 –

Loop component links that currently open in an editor on Office.com will now open on Loop.microsoft.com. Users will have access to the same functionality as is available on Office.com. Users who have access to Loop workspace will also be able to leverage these capabilities on Loop.microsoft.com.

Microsoft Teams: On-Demand Recording Feature in Webinars

MC661825 | July 28 –

Organizers can soon publish the recording of their webinars and automatically send an update to their attendees, in which they will receive a link to watch the on-demand recording hosted on their event page.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123052

Org Explorer in Outlook On the Web

MC661824 | July 28 – Org Explorer helps you visualize and explore your company’s internal structure, work teams, and individual roles. This experience, available in Outlook for Desktop, is now coming to Outlook on the web. Org Explorer is a part of the People in Viva service plan, which is a part of the Microsoft Viva Suite subscription.

(Updated) Visio Personal App in Teams

MC509577 | July 27 –

Updated July 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Visio will be available soon as a Teams Personal App. There are no changes to the existing file open behavior, however there are new abilities that the Visio Personal App can provide. Additionally, this change comes with a number of UX improvements to the Office ribbon in Teams to provide a decluttered experience consistent with Office for the Web.

This…View more

Join third-party meetings from Teams

MC661228 | July 26 –

When a third-party meeting is created from Outlook or OWA, participants of the meeting will now be able to Join the meeting directly from Microsoft Teams. The participants will see “Join” button on the Teams calendar events card and in the meeting details page. On clicking on the Join button, the link will route the users to the browser or the third-party application to join the meeting. This experience will be available on both mobile and desktop.

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Microsoft 365 apps for Mac Suite Installer will include Microsoft Defender for individuals

MC661225 | July 26 –

Starting in September 2023, the Microsoft 365 apps for Mac Suite Installer will contain a shim application for the Microsoft Defender for individuals app. Users can download the full version of the Microsoft Defender for individual’s app through this shim application.

What is the Microsoft Defender for individual’s app?

The Microsoft Defender for…View more

Channel meeting invitation | Allow organizer to send a channel meeting invite to everyone in team

MC661224 | July 26 –

Channel meeting invitations will now allow channel meeting organizers the ability to share invites on personal calendars of all channel members.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 142405

Control inbox and calendar sharing options in Outlook mobile

MC661223 | July 26 –

Outlook mobile users can give author, editor, and reviewer permissions to their inbox from the mobile experience.

They can also give view, edit, and delegate permissions to their calendar.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 146733

Microsoft Viva: Use of Viva Topics in Viva Engage Grants Visibility of Topic Names

MC661222 | July 26 –

In January, we announced the General Availability of Viva Topics in Viva Engage (Yammer) to customers. As part of the Viva Engage topics transition to Viva Topics, posts in Viva Engage (conversations, questions, polls, announcements, storyline posts) will be considered as Viva…View more

Power Platform – Creating, using, and adding Access Teams to a Solution

MC661206 | July 26 – We are happy to announce that you can now include Access Team templates in your solution. This allows you to export your access team templates from one environment and import it into another.How does this affect me?This feature is now generally available to use globally.Access team template allows you to create teams of…View more

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

MC661048 | July 26 –

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

Current Channel

Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Require sensitivity label to restrict permissions

MC660616 | July 25 –

Users with access to Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) are redirected from old protection mechanisms towards the modern sensitivity labeling experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109532

Updated Experience for Office Document Conflict Resolution in OneDrive Sync

MC660614 | July 25 –

We have updated the experience to resolve Office document conflicts in the OneDrive sync app.

Previously, clicking the “Resolve” action on a conflict would require the user to choose between opening the file in the Office desktop app to merge changes or keeping both versions of the file (forking the document and appending the computer’s name to the forked file). After this change, the user can only open the document with a conflict in Office to merge the changes. The…View more

(Updated) Cloud Video Interop New Release Notes

MC649045 | July 25 –

Updated July 25, 2023: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft will soon begin publishing release notes for Cloud Video Interop (CVI).You can always get the latest from the public documentation for CVIpublic documentation for CVI.

(Updated) Text Predictions for OneNote on Windows

MC560724 | July 25 –

Updated July 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

When this update rolls out, users will see text predictions when writing documents in English in OneNote on Windows. When they see the suggested text, users can accept with the tab or right arrow key or simply keep typing to ignore.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

Microsoft Purview Records Management: Update to auto-labeling policies based on sensitive information in the content

MC564192 | July 25 –

We are enhancing our Records Management auto-labeling policies for content that contains sensitive information, to allow administrators to scope these policies to include or exclude specific mailboxes as well as utilize adaptive policy scopes. This change will remove the current restriction of having to include all mailboxes (including Exchange & Microsoft 365 groups) in the scope while creating these policies and creates a consistent scoping experience across all Records Management…View more

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Optical character recognition in Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention

MC547641 | July 25 –

Updated July 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline and details below. Thank you for your patience.

Optical character recognition (OCR) support extracts text from images and will help discover and protect sensitive data in images being shared across various services and devices. This release enables OCR support for images shared and stored in SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Windows endpoints. OCR support on Exchange online and Teams is…View more

(Updated) Rich text and images in Planner task notes

MC295027 | July 25 –

Updated July 25, 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 View more

(Updated) Introducing “Microsoft Default” setting to Teams Tag Management Settings

MC591878 | July 25 –

Updated July 25, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are introducing a Microsoft Default setting to Teams Tag Management settings in Teams Admin Center.

If you have already explicitly made a selection to your Tag Management settings your tenant will not be affected by this change.
If you have not made changes to Tag Management settings, Microsoft Default settings will apply for your tenant. Microsoft Default…View more

(Updated) New OneDrive Shared Experience

MC514976 | July 25 –

Updated July 25, 2023: We have updated rollout timeline below. 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

SharePoint Platform: Visual Refresh

MC660073 | July 24 –

We are introducing updates to the Microsoft Fluent Visual styling of the SharePoint platform that will improve the experience across the SharePoint Authoring Experience and Microsoft Syntex.

Aligning with the latest Microsoft Fluent design system principles includes updated icons with softer edges, a cooler grey palette, and more rounded corners on various UI controls.

Visual Refresh Details

This visual refresh will provide alignment to the latest Microsoft Fluent…View more

Teams Auto-Install Approved Apps (AAA) Feature Update

MC660072 | July 24 –

Microsoft Teams Auto-Install Approved Apps (AAA) uses activity from your users to install and surface apps that admins have already allowed for the tenant. An admin can enable AAA to help users naturally discover and use apps that are highly relevant to their needs within Microsoft Teams. Specifically, when a user signs into specific SaaS apps using Azure AD (e.g. in web browser), the app will be installed for that user on Teams.

This feature is Generally Available as OFF by…View more

Microsoft Teams: Front Row AI (artificial intelligence) enhancements for Teams Rooms on Windows

MC660071 | July 24 –

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.18 update includes Front Row AI enhancements including:

Front row gallery improvement – video segmentation with a unified background
Spatial audio on the front row

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 95267 and View more

Handling Malicious Intra-Organizational Messages by Default

MC660068 | July 24 –

We will be turning on intra-organizational protection by default for high-confidence phishing messages that contain a malicious or spam-based URLs in Microsoft Defender for Office 365. We are doing this along with the handling of intra-organizational messages (MC577356).

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