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 326th 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 14, 2023 – August 20, 2023

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Major updates

Reuse Files in Word to be retired

MC668802 | August 18 –

The Reuse Files feature in Word will no longer be available. Starting August 2023, users will not be able to see Reuse Files on the ribbon in the Word user interface. However, users can use Search in Word to search their files, preview them, and reuse them. By January 2024, the feature will be fully removed from Word and no longer supported.

Microsoft is committed to improving your Microsoft 365 subscription. As a result, we occasionally remove features and benefits that duplicate…View more

(Updated) Deploy new Microsoft Teams with Microsoft 365 apps

MC661241 | August 17 –

Updated August 17, 2023: The opt-out control is now available. Thank you for your patience.

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 View more

File policy/ Last modified before (days) filter – retirement update

MC668257 | August 16 –

We will be retiring the feature from Defender for cloud app/File policy/filter by “last modified before (days)”. Instead, we recommend the utilization of “file before (date) and continue the investigating by fixed date, you can also use ‘manual’ investigation by “modified before (date)” – in “policy page” or “files page”. which is where we will continue to invest our development resources.

Additional updates

Quick View of Dashboard Cards in Dark Mode for Viva Connections Mobile

MC668800 | August 18 –

We have been actively working on enriching our Viva Connections platform and are pleased to announce that we will soon introduce Dark Mode support for Quick Views on both iOS and Android devices.

Outlook on the web: Pre-Reporting and Post-Reporting Popups Integrated with Microsoft Defender for Office 365

MC668798 | August 18 –

The popups end-users see before and after reporting a message as phishing, junk, and not junk in Outlook on the web can soon be customized and localized in up to seven selected languages out of the full list of languages that Microsoft 365 supports.

Admins can customize the title and description of the popups. They…View more

Microsoft Teams: Remove Call/Meeting Details From iOS Device Call Logs

MC668796 | August 18 –

Teams users can soon choose if they want to have their Teams calls/meetings displayed in their device’s call logs on iOS. They can enable or disable this option from their calling settings. When this setting is turned OFF, Teams calls/meetings will not be added to the users’ iOS Recents list. All calls/meetings prior to disabling will still be shown in the Recents list.

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SharePoint: Microsoft Lists – Create a List From CSV and Export to CSV

MC668787 | August 18 –

The Create a list from CSV feature in SharePoint will allow you to import data from a CSV file. We have also augmented the “Export to CSV” feature by providing another option to “Export to CSV with schema.” This export option will allow you to maintain the custom formatting, choice pills, rich text-based editing and people data, so that your source and destination lists will look identical.

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View status of a file being processed by a Syntex model

MC668527 | August 17 –

We are adding a new column to inform users of the status of a file being processed by Syntex. The listed states will inform whether processing has started, finished, or wasn’t done due to an error with the file or the job. This will help users know whether a file needs to be re-enqueued for processing or additional investigation is required.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium): Guest reviewer (GA)

MC668525 | August 17 –

The Guest Reviewer feature which has been in Public Preview is now being released to general availability.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98093

Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Tracking and Revocation in Compliance Portal

MC668524 | August 17 –

Users can access the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to check who has tried accessing their sensitivity labeled and encrypted local Office files and revoke access when needed.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 152126

Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Download File Evidence for DLP Investigations (Preview)

MC668523 | August 17 –

We are announcing a new feature in public preview which provides DLP investigators the option to download the full file from SharePoint and/or OneDrive for Business that resulted in a DLP policy match as evidence for DLP Alerts in Microsoft Purview compliance portal and Microsoft 365 Defender portal.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 161943

(Updated) Introducing Dark Mode in Teams Admin Center

MC567496 | August 17 –

Updated August 17, 2023: We have made the decision not to proceed with this feature at this time. We will evaluate next steps and communicate via Message center when appropriate. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We’re excited to announce the addition of Dark Mode for Teams Admin Center. This highly anticipated feature will offer a visually appealing interface while reducing eye strain.

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

MC564192 | August 17 –

Updated August 17, 2023: We have updated the timing of this change. Thank you for your patience.

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…View more

(Updated) Microsoft EHR Connector: Auto updating public keys for EHR connector enabled virtual visits

MC574383 | August 17 –

Updated August 17, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This feature update will allow Microsoft Teams EHR Connector to automatically supply Epic EHR systems with customer specific public keys for OAuth2 authentication during EHR Connector meeting launches. This differs from the pre-existing workflow where public keys were manually uploaded into Epic. By automating this process, the feature provides reliability and security improvements by…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – New cmdlet for Content Explorer (Preview)

MC667124 | August 17 –

Updated August 17, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Content explorer Export feature has a limitation of exporting data only after drill down to specific location. This feature is now available in Public Preview and allows admins to use a new cmdlet within the Security & Compliance PowerShell, Export-ContentExplorerData, to export all rows of data for the content that are scanned and shown on the Content…View more

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Updates to Precedence of User and Organizational Email Allows and Blocks

MC668259 | August 16 –

This post applies to customers with Exchange Online Protection and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 plan 1 and plan 2 service plans.

We will be updating how tenant and user allows are handled in the filtering stack to better align with customer expectations. These changes will provide more controls for the tenant administrators and ensure that users are better protected.

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Microsoft Default for Tag Management to include Team Members

MC668258 | August 16 –

We are updating Microsoft Default setting to Team Owners and Members for 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 settings currently map to “Team Owners” value but this update will change it to…View more

Viva Goals: Export OKRs to Powerpoint

MC668254 | August 16 –

Viva Goals is introducing the option to export OKRs to PowerPoint in various templates.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117483

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Set your Work Hours and Location

MC561188 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Set your work location for the day in Microsoft Teams so your team can learn about your availability for in-office and remote collaboration.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 125375

(Updated) New Microsoft Teams rollout schedule, new controls, and direct deployment

MC617066 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: The new Teams default app has started rolling out, and for more information, please visit https://aka.ms/newTeamsPolicy.

Since March 2023, we have continued to add features such as third-party, line-of-business (LOB) applications, breakout rooms, and new scenarios such as multi-tenant organization (MTO) to the new Teams experience. Read MC533687 for details for our March announcement….View more

(Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: DMARC Policy Handling

MC640228 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the timing of when these policies will take effect. Thank you for your patience.

In order to better protect our customers from exact domain spoofing attacks and improve deliverability of email, we are making changes to how we handle DMARC p=reject and p=quarantine.

For the enterprise customers, we are making updates to how DMARC policy-based reject can be handled. This change will help Security Administrators be able to choose how…View more

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

MC661224 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

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

MC591878 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the content below to show as intended. 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….View more

(Updated) Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS) Expanding to SMTP/Mailbox Forwarding

MC649482 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience.

We’re making changes to SMTP forwarding from mailboxes in Exchange Online. This change will result in forwarded messages being rewritten with Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS).

We’ll further consolidate our rewriting feature for messages that are automatically forwarded outside of Exchange Online. Today, not all forwarded messages are rewritten using SRS. Messages forwarded with…View more

(Updated) Teams update: Expanded view of the profile card in Teams

MC494734 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Beginning in March, users in your organization will be able to use expanded views of the profile card in Teams. The expanded view is already available in Outlook and includes more information, like an overview of the profile, contact information, organizational chart, and LinkedIn tab.

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(Updated) Microsoft Lists User Experience Update

MC600726 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

This update improves the overall performance of Microsoft Lists and introduces new features, including the ability to add ratings to any list, drag and/or paste images directly into a list, see who is collaborating with you in real-time, switch views by clicking tabs, view date/time values in your preferred date settings and timezone, and more.

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(Updated) Visual Update for Microsoft 365 apps

MC638127 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the content to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

The new look of Microsoft 365 apps introduced alongside Windows 11 in June 2021 will become the default look for Windows 11 Subscription and Perpetual 2021 users.

(Updated) Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance – Enhanced Investigation and Remediation Experience (preview)

MC635971 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to public preview, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance will release enhancements to the investigation and remediation workflows which will help designated investigators facilitate quicker and better-informed actions on policy matches. Enhancements will be available to designated Communication Compliance investigators with the appropriate role-based access control…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Pin / Favorite Channels on Teams Walkie Talkie

MC638138 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Teams Walkie is enabling users to pin/favorite up to five channels on the Microsoft Teams Walkie Talkie Home Page. Users can easily switch in between the favorited channels with a single tap going forward.

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(Updated) Microsoft Syntex OCR for SharePoint and OneDrive

MC613519 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed with the Standard release.

Syntex provides the ability to extract text from images in your tenant. Once the text is extracted, you can use it for scenarios such as, end-user search and it is also available for information protection policies in Microsoft Purview.

To configure Syntex Optical Character Recognition (OCR), you must first connect your Azure…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shared Device License on Mobile App for Android

MC662254 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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.

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(Updated) SharePoint: New List Templates with Approvals

MC525660 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are introducing two new list templates with the Approvals app integration. With this change, Microsoft Lists templates, specifically Travel Requests with approvals and Content Scheduler with approvals, will begin to leverage integration with the Approvals app in Microsoft Teams.

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Capture Request to Use Shared Channels for External Collaboration

MC635987 | August 16 –

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams admins will soon be able to capture and redirect requests for external collaboration in shared channels. This update of Microsoft Teams will be rolling out on Teams admin center, Microsoft Teams Desktop and Web, and will provide a way for organizations to capture and redirect requests for external collaboration when users attempt to add an external member to a shared…View more

Update on Microsoft 365 Defender Vulnerability Management Capabilities for Servers Plan-2

MC667969 | August 16 –

We want to give you a better understanding of the Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management (MDVM) capabilities available to Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC) customers, as well as information on some recent changes in behavior, which enables these capabilities only to eligible devices.

Initially, when MDVM premium capabilities were rolled out in Defender for Servers Plan 2, they were enabled across all devices (both clients and servers) for customers with Defender for Servers Plan…View more

Draft and Scheduled Posts with POBO (Posts on Behalf of) in Viva Engage

MC667672 | August 14 –

Viva Engage introduces Draft and Scheduled Posts features supporting POBO (post on behalf of) to enhance communication. The Draft feature allows users to save and refine posts at their own pace, ensuring polished and impactful messages. With Scheduled Posts, users can plan ahead and automatically publish content at a chosen date and time, enabling coordinated communication for important events or announcements.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap…View more

Changes to Customization Controls in Viva Pulse In-App Experience

MC667665 | August 14 –

Currently, there are two customization controls in the Viva Pulse In-App Admin Experience. The ‘Stock Questions’ control allows employees to edit stock questions. The ‘New questions’ control allows employees to create and edit their own questions. We will soon be merging the two controls into one customization control. This one control, when turned ON, will allow employees to edit stock questions and add their own questions in the Pulse survey. All customization capabilities…View more

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