Message center announcements
September 25, 2023 – October 1, 2023
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Loop workspaces will start counting towards tenant storage quotas
MC678308 | September 29 –
Loop is a new app that enables your teams to think, plan, and create together like never before.
During the Loop app Public Preview, Loop workspaces were not counted towards your tenant’s storage quota. As the Loop app exits Public Preview, workspaces will start counting towards your tenant’s storage quota.
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Migrate to the Authentication methods policy in Azure Active Directory by September 30, 2025
MC678069 | September 28 –
On September 30th, 2025 we will be retiring the ability to manage authentication methods in the legacy Multifactor Authentication (MFA) and Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) policies in Entra ID. Organizations… View more
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Files Hub retiring from the new Outlook for Windows
MC678067 | September 28 –
We will be retiring the Files Hub from the new Outlook for windows starting mid- October 2023. The Files Hub is a location where all attachments and files received by a user are aggregated and can be accessed through the paperclip icon from the leftmost vertical app bar in the new Outlook for windows.
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Microsoft Teams Live Event Retirement
MC678003 | September 28 –
With the introduction of Town halls in Microsoft Teams, Teams Live Events will be retired for commercial customers on September 30, 2024. This provides commercial customers with a 12-month window to prepare for the retirement and transition off Teams Live Events.
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Introducing Microsoft Teams Town hall
MC678002 | September 28 –
To simplify the virtual event experience on Teams, we are integrating our live event capabilities into our Teams meeting experience. This will create a unified experience for users whether they are hosting a small meeting, customer-facing webinar, or company-wide town hall. As a part of this integration, we are introducing Town halls in Microsoft Teams, a new experience to host and deliver large-scale, internal events to create connections across an organization. Town halls will… View more
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(Updated) Web links from Microsoft Teams chats to open in Microsoft Edge; Teams chat will open side-by-side with link
MC669480 | September 27 –
Update for September 27, 2023: This Microsoft Teams change has started rolling out to Targeted Release. Standard commercial rollout will start in early November 2023 (previously late September) and is expected to be completed by late November.
The Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows will open web links from Teams chats in Microsoft Edge to enable a new web and chat side-by-side experience.
By opening web links in Edge, users will be able to see those links side-by-side with… View more
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(Updated) SharePoint: User experience and Image Coherence in SharePoint Online (SPO)
MC653734 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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 users.
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(Updated) File policy/ Last modified before (days) filter – retirement update
MC668257 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timing below. Thank you for your patience.
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… View more
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Adding Apps to Yammer/Viva Engage communities via Microsoft 365 Connectors is no longer supported
MC663621 | September 27 –
Starting September 11, 2023, adding Microsoft 365 Apps to Yammer/Viva Engage communities via Microsoft 365 connectors will no longer be supported. This functionality was limited to classic Yammer only and was not implemented in new Yammer.
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(Updated) Use Microsoft Teams to produce Yammer Live Events
MC513603 | September 27 –
Updated August 30, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information.
This is an important message for customers who use Stream to host live events in Viva Engage.
We’re informing you of changes to the Message Center Post MC513603 titled “Use Microsoft Teams to produce Yammer live events”. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82054 and was originally sent on February 9, 2023 and stated that Stream Live Events… View more
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Multiple Yammer Networks Within Single Tenant No Longer Supported (1:Many Mode)
MC454504 | September 27 –
Yammer is committed to strengthening the alignment of Yammer to Microsoft 365. This means we will no longer support tenants having more than one non-external Yammer network. This change will ensure Yammer networks have the same organizational boundaries as their corresponding Microsoft 365 tenants.
Why is this happening now?
Integrating Yammer more fully into the Microsoft 365 ecosystem has been a multi-year effort. New 1:many configurations have not been permitted since… View more
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Non-Native and Hybrid Yammer Networks are being upgraded
MC424414 | September 27 –
Non-Native and Hybrid Yammer Networks will be upgraded to Native Mode to allow users, groups, and content to be compatible with and mapped to their counterparts in Azure Active Directory and Microsoft 365. Native Mode also provides other benefits, such as the ability to host Live Events in every Yammer community and simplify file administration through SharePoint. Most critically, Native Mode supports eDiscovery through the Microsoft Purview compliance portal, allowing your organization to… View more
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Whiteboard: existing Azure board migration to ODB storage
MC677236 | September 25 –
Whiteboard previously stored whiteboard files in Azure storage. In 2022, Whiteboard switched to OneDrive for Business (ODB) as the storage location for most newly created boards. We are making a client-based migration available for your organization soon.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117394
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[Action Required] Transition to Bing Chat Enterprise service plan by late November 2023
MC677230 | September 25 –
As referenced in MC665935 (September 2023), the Bing Chat Enterprise (BCE) service plan has been added to Bing Chat Enterprise-eligible Microsoft 365 licenses. The Bing Chat Enterprise service plan provides more granular management controls to turn Bing Chat Enterprise on or off for specific users or groups.
As a result, the previous Bing Chat Enterprise management controls found on the aka.ms admin pages (aka.ms/TurnOnBCE and aka.ms/TurnOffBCE) will no longer be available and… View more
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Outlook on the Web: Meeting Participants Time-Zone Notification
MC678310 | September 29 –
To facilitate efficient scheduling and awareness of global time zones, Outlook will help meeting organizers find overlapping times across global time zones. This will help enable seamless collaboration among team members dispersed across global locales.
We initially rolled this feature out in September and based on your feedback we are making additional enhancements that we want to make you aware of.
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Microsoft Teams: Usability Improvements in Shifts app
MC678309 | September 29 –
We are thrilled to announce a series of exciting product enhancements in Shifts designed to empower frontline managers and workers to achieve more:
- Graph API for Day Notes
- People Count Display on Shift Calendar
- Full Name Display
- Last Filter View Saved
- Shifts Notes in Day View
- Manager Controlled Privacy Settings for Frontline Workers
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Planned Maintenance: Microsoft Managed Desktop configuration update – September 2023
MC678306 | September 29 –
As part of our routine device management services, we will deploy the next update of the Microsoft Managed Desktop configuration baseline (version 2309) to your Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) organization (tenant).
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Planned Maintenance: Windows Autopatch configuration update – September 2023
MC678305 | September 29 –
As part of our routine device management services, we will deploy the next update of the Windows Autopatch baseline (version 2309) to your Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) organization (tenant).
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Windows Autopatch availability within Microsoft Intune Admin Center
MC678303 | September 29 –
Windows Autopatch will be available as an additional option in Microsoft Intune admin center. You may enroll into Windows Autopatch and register any devices not currently under management by Microsoft Managed Desktop. We do not currently support devices included in both Windows Autopatch and Microsoft Managed Desktop services.
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Avatars: Hardware Requirements and Service Plan Update
MC678301 | September 29 –
You will soon see a new service plan associated with your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 license: Avatars for Teams (MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS).
Avatars for Teams app is also updating the minimum hardware requirements to access this feature. The new minimum specified hardware requirement is a two core CPU with 6gb RAM. Users will not be able to utilize this feature if it does not meet the minimum hardware spec. This change is due to be able to provide users with a better Avatars… View more
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September skilling snacks: Bite-sized learning for IT pros
MC678231 | September 29 –
See what’s new in our special learning series on all things Windows. These public resources are packaged in a way that is easy to consume in under two hours each. This professional development opportunity is meant as a refresher or mentoring material for all IT skill levels. This month, learn about Group Policy migration and cloud-based printing with Universal Print.
When will this happen:
This series is already available. Two… View more
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Introducing Left Navigation Customization on Microsoft365.com
MC678068 | September 28 –
We are excited to announce a new feature that will allow individuals to customize the apps on the left navigation on microsoft365.com. This feature will give individuals more control and flexibility over the apps they use and access frequently.
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Microsoft Intune In Development for October 2023 is now available
MC678066 | September 28 –
The In development for Microsoft Intune page in our documentation has been updated.
How does this affect me?
The In development page provides a list of features in upcoming releases of Microsoft Intune to assist in your readiness and planning. The list has now been updated. You’ll start seeing these changes in the next… View more
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UseRemoteAPIs functionality change
MC678064 | September 28 –
Today, we are announcing the removal of consideration for the UseRemoteAPIs permission within SharePoint Online. Meaning that while the setting remains in the UX for a short time, it will no longer be used as part of the authorization flow for API calls made to CSOM and classic REST APIs. Please see the linked blog post for additional details.
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Important Notice: End of Support for Office 2013 and Recommended Upgrade
MC678062 | September 28 –
Note: This message only applies to you if members of your organization are still running Office 2013.
Introduction
As of six months ago, support for Microsoft Office 2013 has officially ended. This means that security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options, or online technical content updates from Microsoft have ended for this version of the product.
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Banner message to appear for Stream (Classic) users on migrated videos
MC678059 | September 28 –
This is an important message for customers who have migrated or plan to migrate videos from Stream (Classic) to Stream (on SharePoint).
Beginning on October 15, 2023 your users will see a banner message on top of all migrated Stream (Classic) videos. The banner will say, “This video has been migrated to Stream (on SharePoint). You accessed this video from the Stream (Classic) link, which will expire on Feb 15, 2025. If you own the content containing the Stream (Classic) link, you… View more
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Tenant Allow Block List limits
MC678057 | September 28 –
Soon, customers with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 plan 2 can create 10,000 block entries and 5,000 allow entries (via admin submissions) in the Tenant Allow Block List for each category (Domains & addresses, Files, and URLs). Customers with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 plan 1 can create 1,000 block entries and 1,000 allow entries (via admin submissions) in the Tenant Allow Block List for each category. Customers with Exchange Online Protection will remain at 500 block entries… View more
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Handling Malicious Intra-Organizational Messages by Default
MC678056 | September 28 –
We have turned 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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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel
MC678011 | September 28 –
We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:
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Outlook: Updated Left Navigation Options and Folder List Improvements
MC677838 | September 27 –
The folder list in the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for Web experience is undergoing some UI changes to make it easier to read and navigate.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 166993
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Preview: Discover Shadow IT via Defender for Endpoint Stream When Devices are Behind a Network Proxy
MC677836 | September 27 –
Defender for Cloud Apps can discover Shadow IT network events detected from Defender for Endpoint devices that are working in the same environment as a network proxy appliance.
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Viva Engage AMA Events Enables Private AMA and Now Allows Multiple Hosts and Organizers
MC677835 | September 27 –
Today Viva Engage AMAs only allow for AMA Events that are public and open to the entire organization, though they might only be promoted to specific groups of people they could be discovered and accessed by anyone in the organization. With this update, AMA Events will now allow you to make your event private and only accessible to a specific list of attendees. Additionally, we will also be releasing a way for you to add up to 10 hosts and organizers to help expand the types of… View more
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Updates to Offline Search in Outlook Mobile on iOS
MC677834 | September 27 –
Outlook Mobile in iOS now supports offline search capabilities, even for organizations where admins have disabled Apple’s Spotlight capability using Intune. While these capabilities are limited to keyword searching (for now), it unblocks users from finding critical information even when they’re offline.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 153121
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Microsoft Information Protection: Microsoft Purview: EDM test function will return both the base SIT and EDM SIT results
MC677832 | September 27 –
When using the test function in the Compliance portal or in PowerShell to test Exact Data Match (EDM) matches, the resulting EDM matches will be returned along with matches for the Sensitive Information Types (SITs) configured as EDM primary elements to help admins troubleshoot when EDM is not returning expected matches.
With this new capability, you can understand that:
1. EDM won’t match if there is no base SIT detected (no EDM lookup occurs when no primary elements in… View more
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Immersive spaces available soon for Public Preview
MC677830 | September 27 –
We are bringing the power of Microsoft Mesh right into the flow of work – making it easier for Teams users to transform their meetings into a 3D experience. With just one click, you can now easily have fun and connect with your team in an immersive space. From your Teams meeting view menu, you will now see an immersive space option. Once you are in the space, choose from one of our 3D environments and experience Spatial Audio, which allows for multiple simultaneous conversations and… View more
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(Updated) Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS) Expanding to SMTP/Mailbox Forwarding
MC649482 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the content below to address customer feedback.
We’re constantly working on making our service better and more efficient. As part of that, we are making changes to forwarding in Exchange Online that we have been working towards for some time. This will result in all forwarded messages being rewritten with Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS).
Starting in mid-August, we will be further consolidating our rewriting feature for… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Use of Viva Topics in Viva Engage Grants Visibility of Topic Names
MC661222 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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 asView more
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(Updated) Outlook on the web: Pre-Reporting and Post-Reporting Popups Integrated with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
MC668798 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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… View more
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(Updated) REMINDER: Upcoming Changes to Customization Controls in Viva Pulse In-App Experience
MC671812 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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 their own questions. In the upcoming release, we will be merging the two controls into one customization control.
This one control, when turned ON,… View more
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(Updated) Webinar Email feature updates -customize content and time to send reminders
MC549348 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Emails for Webinars are critical to engage with registrants and often organizers feel the need to customize the content. To enable this, we are rolling out two features.
- The content of the emails (i.e. all webinar related attendee emails) can be edited by the event organizers. This is reserved for Teams Premium licensed…
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Microsoft Information Protection: Microsoft Purview: Exact Data Match to support multi-token corroborative evidence.
MC675959 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Exact Data Match (EDM) will support string match detection of multi-token (i.e., fields with multiple words separated by spaces or punctuation) corroborative evidence without requiring mapping Sensitive Information Types (SITs) to multi-token corroborative evidence fields.
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(Updated) Rosters in Microsoft Planner Supporting Container Sensitivity Labels
MC669735 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Customers will soon be able to apply container labels to rosters in Microsoft Planner. This is enabled directly in Planner by using Microsoft Graph APIs. When this feature is rolled out, the roster sensitivity labels can be set to respect the policy settings. If the tenant admin has made container labels mandatory and has set a default label, then the default label will be used for… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of cumulative exfiltration tuning
MC674978 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to public preview, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out cumulative exfiltration tuning.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124971
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(Updated) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint Document Libraries in win32 backstage
MC432475 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Currently, users experience some frustration when using Office products because of all different routes that they must use to access all their content. The Quick Access feature will allow users to access shared libraries from both their SharePoint and Teams locations. When the user opens files from shared libraries, these libraries will show up in the form of a list… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis, GIFs and Stickers Unified in One Picker
MC674737 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Users can soon find all of their emojis, GIFs, and stickers in a combined picker in Microsoft Teams.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84023
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(Upated) Office documents have a new default theme
MC666615 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the content to show a intended. Thank you for your patience.
A new default document theme is coming to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook across your endpoints. The new theme will include the new default font, Aptos, a new color palette, and updated default line weights.
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(Updated) Workflows replacing Connectors within Microsoft Teams channels menu
MC670029 | September 27 –
Updated September 27, 2023: We want to clarify that this feature will only be available within the New Teams client. Thank you for your patience.
Microsoft Teams will be bringing workflows powered by Power Automate into the overflow menu for channels and replacing the Connectors option within the menu.
To make sure Microsoft Teams provides the best workflow experience for our users we are making it easier to configure workflows for channels. From the… View more
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Native mode migration update
MC674420 | September 27 –
Eligible Viva Engage (Yammer) networks are being automatically upgraded to native mode. If you have already received an approved exemption, that exemption is still valid for the approved date. No further exemptions are being granted.
Due to the high volume of migrations, the completion time for some automatic and self-service migrations may be longer than… View more
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(Updated) General Availability of Viva Topics for Yammer
MC494737 | September 27 –
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
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Greenland DST changes 2023 update now available
MC677692 | September 27 –
Updates are now available to reflect the new 2023 DST changes in Greenland. As previously announced, Greenland’s standard time will permanently shift to UTC-2, which is the same time that has been observed since March 25, 2023. In 2024, Greenland will resume annual Daylight Saving Time between March and October by temporarily shifting from UTC-2 to UTC-1. In support of this decision, Microsoft has released Windows updates to the latest versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10 on September 26…. View more
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Office 365: Allow Applications to Access Information Barriers Sites (Preview)
MC677520 | September 26 –
We are excited to introduce a new capability for SharePoint and OneDrive Information Barriers.
With this feature, SharePoint administrators can opt-in to allow applications running in app-only mode (without user context) to access Information Barriers (IB) protected sites. You can try this feature by enabling the control using SharePoint Online PowerShell module.
Note: This feature is only applicable for organizations that have enabled SharePoint and OneDrive… View more
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Personal Plans in Planner
MC677519 | September 26 –
Today in Planner, two types of plans are supported: group-based plans, which are shared through a Microsoft 365 group, and Lightweight plans, which are shared through a simple list of members stored in Planner (rosters). Planner now also supports a new type of plan called Personal plans. Personal plans are shared only with the creator, who is the sole member and owner of the plan. These plans can be shared with a Microsoft 365 group at any time but will not be accessible by anyone other than… View more
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Viva Pulse Customization Control Migration
MC677516 | September 26 –
The customization control in the Viva Pulse Admin Experience will soon be managed through centralized feature access management in Viva through PowerShell. This customization control provides admins the ability to turn on or off customization capabilities for survey authors to add their own questions to existing stock templates or edit existing stock questions. With centralized feature access management, admins can configure access at the tenant level, group level (using AAD groups or M365… View more
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New innovations available for Windows 11, version 22H2
MC677432 | September 26 –
Today we announced new capabilities that enhance accessibility, security, and the overall Windows 11 experience. Highlights include:
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The September 2023 Windows non-security preview update is now available
MC677431 | September 26 –
The September 2023 non-security preview update is now available. These optional non-security previews are released only for Windows 10, version 22H2 and Windows 11, versions 21H2 and 22H2. Information about the contents of this update is available from the release notes, which are accessible from the Windows 11 and
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The September 2023 Windows non-security preview update is now available
MC677431 | September 26 –
The September 2023 non-security preview update is now available. These optional non-security previews are released only for Windows 10, version 22H2 and Windows 11, versions 21H2 and 22H2. Information about the contents of this update is available from the release notes, which are accessible from the Windows 11 and
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Logo update for the Tasks by Planner and To Do app in Microsoft Teams
MC677234 | September 25 –
We are updating the app icon and logo associated with the “Tasks by Planner and To Do app” in Microsoft Teams.
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