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 324th 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 31, 2023 – August 6, 2023

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Major updates

Microsoft Authenticator Lite (for Outlook) Support in Legacy, Per-user MFA Policy

MC664476 | August 3 –

We recently made Microsoft Authenticator Lite (for Outlook) Generally Available. Until now, a prerequisite to using this feature was to have Microsoft Authenticator enabled in the modern View more

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery: Retiring User Data Search Case tool

MC664475 | August 3 –

The User data search case tool is retiring, and its functionality is merging with eDiscovery Standard as of August 30th, 2023. The previous cases created will be available in the eDiscovery Standard solution going forward.

Key points

Today, we have the User data search case tool which helps to create a case for investigation of a Data Subject Rights (DSR) request. The user data search tool has built in search option. However, with the increase in DSRs, users of…View more

(Updated) Announcing Retirement of Remote PowerShell (RPS) protocol in Exchange Online PowerShell

MC488586 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

You might already be aware that we made REST-based Exchange Online PowerShell v3 module generally available in September 2022 (read more here: Exchange Online PowerShell V3 Module General Availability). We will now be retiring…View more

Additional updates

SharePoint: Page Sharing Feature

MC665222 | August 4 – With this feature, users can share SharePoint pages and news posts individually without having to share the entire site, just like other Microsoft 365 files. All sharing settings at the site and tenant level will be respected.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID

SharePoint: Page Sharing Feature

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Microsoft Viva: Share an Update (Broadcast) Feature for Viva Goals

MC664865 | August 3 –

With the new “Share an Update” feature, leaders can share updates of their team goals to the members of their organization directly from Viva Goals. Updates are sent to users via email.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 148471

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 end user report results to factor in grader insights.

MC664863 | August 3 –

It is applicable to customers with Exchange Online Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office plan 1 or plan 2 service plans.

Soon, the results of end user reported messages on User reported tab of the Submissions page will start factoring in human analyst (grader) insights.

It will only happen when on View more

See your Recent Microsoft Planner plans and Microsoft To Do Lists on Microsoft 365 Homepage

MC664477 | August 3 –

Currently, you cannot see your recently accessed Planner plans or Microsoft To Do lists in your Microsoft 365 homepage. With this update, you will be able to see and access all your recent plans and lists alongside your Microsoft Project for the web projects, Word documents, PowerPoint decks, and more on office.com.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

(Updated) New Lobby Policy for Webinar

MC550804 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently in Public webinars, you are unable to distinguish registered users in the lobby. This means that you cannot allow registered users to directly bypass your lobby and enter your webinar. With this new change, we will be offering two new lobby options that will allow you to better control security in your webinar. These new lobby options are:

A new ‘Allow registered…View more

(Updated) Relocating Sync Command in OneDrive’s My Files view to Settings

MC565161 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are relocating the Sync command in OneDrive for Business Web for My Files. Currently the command is in the command bar, and we are moving it to the setting gear.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124902

(Updated) Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Require sensitivity label to restrict permissions

MC660616 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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) New Graph APIs for accessing Teams Meeting Recording

MC600733 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

New org-wide application permissions and RSC application permissions have been introduced to allow apps to access meeting recordings for a specific meeting. Resource specific consent (RSC) permissions, specifically enables admins to authorize users to provide consent to apps, so they get specific access to a Teams meeting’s recordings to which it is installed to, rather…View more

(Updated) Tasks in Microsoft Loop Components Will Start Syncing with Planner and To Do

MC572515 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Tasks created via Microsoft Loop components will sync across Microsoft 365 apps like Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Planner, and Tasks app in Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124928

(Updated) Microsoft Stream: Playlist View in SharePoint List Webpart

MC564196 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can soon select a playlist to be displayed in the list webpart in the full-blown playlist view along with video playback.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124808

(Updated) Handwriting Beautification and Ink Straightening for Microsoft Whiteboard

MC565166 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The ability to make handwriting more legible & readable is coming to Whiteboard for the web, Microsoft Teams, Windows app and Surface Hubs/MTR experiences as well as Annotations in Teams meetings. The new capability will enable smoother collaboration while using ink.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

(Updated) Feature Access Management in Viva Learning for Admin features

MC640227 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are introducing feature access management in Viva Learning for admin features. Global Admin and Knowledge Admin can delegate admin feature access to non-admin users via Microsoft 365 groups.

(Updated) Loop Component in Outlook Mobile

MC548102 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Loop components are live, interactive, collaborative objects that you can embed in team chats and now also on emails. When you send a Loop component, everyone in the email can view it inline, see changes instantly, and easily make edits. That means you can collaborate directly inside of an email message. Outlook Mobile users will see a live preview of the Loop component –…View more

(Updated) Apply Purview Message Encryption branding with DLP policy

MC649929 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Purview Messaging Encryption supports customized branding templates for encrypted mail sent to external recipients. The functionality is being brought to Data Loss Prevention policy from Exchange mail flow rule. In addition, DLP policies provide additional configuration to control whether Microsoft 365 external recipients will be able to view the encrypted mail inline…View more

(Updated) Browse files by People in OneDrive

MC635976 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

OneDrive People View: Easily get to files shared by people with the new People view in OneDrive Web

Sometimes it can be hard to remember the name of a file or exactly when it was shared, but you know who shared it with you. Because of this, we’ve created an entirely new way to get back to your shared files both internal and external – organized by the people you…View more

(Updated) App User Interface update for Microsoft Whiteboard

MC559929 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This update will visually refresh the Microsoft Whiteboard app user interface for laptops, desktops and tablets while simultaneously making whiteboarding tools upfront and toolbar at the bottom of the screen to improve engagement, discoverability & ease of whiteboarding.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

(Updated) SharePoint: Improving the Page Authoring Experience

MC531214 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are releasing new improvements to the Page authoring experience in SharePoint. These new improvements should help reduce clutter, increase productivity, and add more value for users when editing a page.

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: App Suggestions by Task in In-Context Stores

MC561700 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users think about which tasks they need to complete, such as creating a survey, inside Microsoft Teams. Soon, app suggestions will be organized by tasks that the apps support as opposed to conventional categories (productivity, project management). As a result, the new categorization will reduce the amount of time users need to spend learning about these apps – helping them to work more…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: On-Demand Recording Feature in Webinars

MC661825 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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 View more

(Updated) Changes in Normalization

MC536885 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Stopping normalization on number that starts with plus sign (+)

Normalization in Microsoft Teams was not designed to do normalization when the phone number starts with plus sign (+) as documented, but we’ve never enforced this in the Teams desktop or Web client. We are planning to enforce this in the future but for now we recommend avoiding this pattern.

We are making this…View more

(Updated) Viva Topics app in Teams

MC546937 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The official Viva Topics app in Teams is rolling out to external customers.

Previously, we had built a Topics app for Teams as a script that Teams admins could upload. Now, the Topics app is available as a first party “Microsoft-built” app. This means the app is available in the app store for your tenant already, no upload or script-downloading required. Users in your tenant can…View more

(Updated) Ink Color Picker for Microsoft Whiteboard

MC560720 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users will soon be able to enjoy a wide range of colors for inking using the latest color picker feature. In addition to color picker, a slider will also be provided to change opacity level of pens. This functionality will be rolled out automatically to Whiteboard for the web, Microsoft Teams, Windows App & Surface Hubs/MTR experiences as well as Annotations in Teams…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Unsaved default label indicator

MC635990 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

When default labeling of files is enabled in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Microsoft 365 Apps for Windows, a default sensitivity label is applied to any unlabeled document when it is saved. To improve user confidence that default labeling is functioning, the sensitivity bar will now indicate that a label will be applied on next save when the user opens a new or previously unlabeled…View more

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

MC547641 | August 2 –

Updated August 2, 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

Refiners Available in Outlook Web

MC664093 | August 1 –

We are launching Refiners on Outlook Web which will appear after a user completes a search. These will allow users to filter down their search results further to find their emails easily.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 141109

Outlook Mobile Advanced Logging

MC664091 | August 1 –

Outlook mobile users will be able to control the state of Advanced Logging, by enabling it prior to uploading logs to Microsoft.

Announcements in Viva Connections

MC663637 | August 1 – Announcements allows you to create and share time-sensitive messages in Viva Connections. You can set up, manage, and schedule announcements from your organization’s SharePoint home site or the Viva Connections app in Teams desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 152481

Outlook: Search Box Interface Improvement

MC663633 | August 1 –

The interface of Search Box in Outlook is being upgraded, making it more prominent and discoverable, with higher color contrast on the input area, border, and font, along with fine tunes on all themes, as well as light and dark modes.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 151024

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