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 333th 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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Message center announcements

October 2, 2023 – October 8, 2023

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Major updates

Business Connectivity Services (BCS) retirement

MC679737 | October 7 –

SharePoint has a long history of helping users work with external data inside the SharePoint user experience. As SharePoint has evolved into a cloud-first service, so too have the options for customers that wish to integrate with external data sources. To simplify these options and provide the best experience for these scenarios going forward, Microsoft is announcing its plan to retire Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in Microsoft 365 and focus on Microsoft Power Apps as its replacement…View more

(Updated) [Action Required] Transition to Bing Chat Enterprise service plan by late November 2023

MC677230 | October 6 –

Updated October 6, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information to provide guidance on ensuring the appropriate experience is set up for your organization.

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….View more

(Updated) Loop workspaces will start counting towards tenant storage quotas

MC678308 | October 5 –

Updated October 5, 2023: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience.

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.

(Updated) Policy-linked Rules will Cease to Function

MC565165 | October 5 –

Updated October 5, 2023: We have updated this message to ensure visibility. The content below has not changed. Thank you for your patience.

As communicated previously in MC316722 (January ’22), MC344039 (March ’22), and MC454497 (October ’22) we have retired the Data Loss Prevention experience from the classic Exchange Admin Center. Instead, we recommend the utilization of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) in the Microsoft 365 compliance center which enables you to extend your protection…View more

Overview of Windows Backup as installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11

MC679242 | October 4 –

The Windows Backup system component is installed on devices as part of Windows updates released on and after August 22, 2023. This component is designed to provide a cloud solution to back up files and folders, settings, credentials, and apps. In addition to restoring data, users can import data when switching to a new Windows device.

Currently, the Windows Backup app is primarily focused for consumer devices – for example, devices that can be used by signing…View more

(Updated) Web links from Microsoft Teams chats to open in Microsoft Edge; Teams chat will open side-by-side with link

MC669480 | October 4 –

Update for October 4, 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

(Updated) Whiteboard: existing Azure board migration to ODB storage

MC677236 | October 3 –

Updated October 3, 2023: We have updated the content to show as expected. Thank you for your patience.

Whiteboard previously stored whiteboard files in Azure storage. In 2022, Whiteboard switched to OneDrive as the storage location for most newly created boards. We are making a client-based migration available for your organization soon.

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ExchangePowerShell: retirement of tenant admin cmdlets to Get, Set, and Remove UserPhotos

MC678855 | October 2 –

We are working to ensure a coherent user profile image experience by retiring legacy profile photo services. This announcement covers the retirement of the ExchangePowerShell UserPhoto cmdlets for tenant admins to Get, Set, and Remove user profile photos:

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Channels Experience

MC550081 | October 2 –

Updated October 2, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

A new channels experience in Microsoft Teams has been built with an intuitive design that allows teams to focus and stay on tasks, bring everyone up to speed, and actively engage in real-time. The following features will be rolling out:

The compose box and recent posts will appear at the…View more

Additional updates

Unblock Copilot by switching into and enabling Cloud updates for Current channel in Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center

MC679740 | October 7 –

New capabilities coming soon to Microsoft 365 Apps admin center to help Admins unblock access to Microsoft 365 Copilot on licensed devices! Now Admins can activate Current Channel Profiles in Cloud Updates and switch Update Channels for their Devices or AAD Groups in Inventory.

Overview of upcoming changes:

In Inventory (https://config.office.com/officeSettings/inventory), Admins can switch channel of their devices or AAD Groups by clicking ‘Show all devices’ under Data Insights…View more

Yammer Rebranding to Viva Engage Domain Migration Update

MC679739 | October 7 –

As previously communicated in MC561701 (May 2023), a key step in our rebranding from Yammer to Viva Engage is changing our web and email domains. These changes happen on different schedules and may impact you differently.

Changes to our web domain are currently not anticipated to impact our APIs. Should there be any changes in the future we…View more

Microsoft Teams: Automatic Updates for the Teams app on Android-based Teams Devices

MC679738 | October 7 –

Android-based Teams devices will start receiving automatic updates for Teams app, in addition to firmware.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 163598

Microsoft Purview: Audit Search Graph API (Preview)

MC679735 | October 7 –

Microsoft Graph offers a unified API endpoint for accessing data from multiple Microsoft cloud services in a single response. This feature provides a new Audit Log Query API that enables our customers to create applications to programmatically query and retrieve their organization’s Audit activity logs.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117587

Microsoft Viva: Create Up To 50 Distinct Experiences in Viva Connections

MC679734 | October 7 –

Customers with Viva Suite or Viva Employee Communications & Communities licenses can currently create up to 10 Connections experiences. We will soon be enhancing that limit to 50 experiences. This will allow greater flexibility for large enterprise customers who are looking to create more than 10 (and up to 50) Connections experiences.

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Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows- All-in-one experience

MC679733 | October 7 –

With update 4.19 coming in November, Teams Rooms on Windows will support all-in-one and board device form factors, such as the Surface Hub 3.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 170740

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of new attributes and features for alert and case

MC679732 | October 7 –

Coming soon, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out public preview of new attributes and features for alert and case.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 179385

One Time Passcode (OTP) for simplified setup of Teams Rooms on Windows

MC679731 | October 7 –

With Teams Rooms on Windows update 4.19 coming in November, we are introducing a new and simplified way to setup Teams Room on Windows. During the first boot experience, the user will be presented with an option to enter a one-time passcode (OTP) to automatically fetch the resource account credentials and sign into Teams Rooms. The users will need a pro license to utilize this feature and provision the OTPs on the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal.

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Audit – Manage Audit permissions from Purview Compliance Portal

MC679529 | October 5 –

To search or export the audit log, administrators or members of investigation teams must be assigned to at least one of the View-Only Audit Logs or Audit Logs roles. Previously, these roles had to be assigned using the Exchange Admin Center. With this feature, administrators can now assign audit-related role groups directly from the Microsoft Purview Compliance portal.

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Automatic redirection from Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to Microsoft 365 Defender GA announcement

MC679526 | October 5 –

As originally communicated in MC584828, the entire Defender for Cloud Apps experience in Microsoft 365 Defender is generally available. All users accessing Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps will be automatically rerouted to the Microsoft 365 Defender portal.

Admins will still have the option to not automatically redirect their users.

End-to-end encrypted Meetings – 200 participants (Premium)

MC679525 | October 5 –

For meetings that require heightened confidentiality, end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is an extra layer of security that encrypts data at its origin and decrypts it at its destination. Only audio, video, and video-based screen sharing is end-to-end encrypted. Apps, avatars, reactions, chat, and Q&A are not end-to-end encrypted.

We had launched end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for meetings with 50 participants in February 2023. We are increasing the…View more

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery – New cmdlet for hold removal

MC679524 | October 5 –

We are launching a new cmdlet to enable removal of orphaned and legacy eDiscovery holds. Today, customers often contact Microsoft support to remove legacy and orphaned eDiscovery holds from mailbox and SPO sites. This cmdlet will help users self-serve to remove eDiscovery holds and is available only in Security & Compliance PowerShell.

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(Updated) Automatic Transcription for Video Uploads to SharePoint Online, Yammer, and Office.com

MC635989 | October 5 –

Updated October 5, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. We apologize for the delay and thank you for your patience.

Videos uploaded to SharePoint Online, Yammer, and Office.com will have transcriptions automatically generated shortly after upload. This feature will not be available for A1 and trial tenancies.

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

MC515536 | October 5 –

Updated October 5, 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

(Updated) Teams Panels Recognized and Visible in Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal

MC675500 | October 5 –

Updated October 5, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are pleased to announce that Teams Panels will soon appear and be supported in the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal. Panels will start to appear under the Rooms and Inventory pages. The device health signals, and management functionality will be similar to what is offered on Teams Rooms on Android devices.

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(Updated) Org Explorer in Outlook On the Web

MC661824 | October 5 –

Updated October 5, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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) Microsoft Teams Panels Update

MC602596 | October 5 –

Updated October 5, 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…View more

Announcing the general availability of the new Microsoft Teams app for Windows and Mac

MC679451 | October 5 –

Today, we’re announcing the general availability of the new Microsoft Teams app for Windows and Mac including education customers. We’re also beginning to roll out new Teams to public preview for our Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and government cloud customers (GCC…View more

Outlook: New Feedback Experience Update

MC679318 | October 4 –

The feedback entry point for Outlook for Web will be moving from the bottom of the Help pane to the Help tab of the ribbon, for ease of discovery. A streamlined experience, diagnostics log collection and the ability to add screenshots and video make it easier and quicker for users to describe their feedback and helps Microsoft act on it. Users can also search for information related to their feedback, including updates on features under development, workarounds for problems and…View more

Syntex OCR for image-only multi-page PDF and TIFF

MC679314 | October 4 –

With this update, multi-page image-only PDF and TIFF files in the libraries you have configured for Syntex OCR will also have text extracted. This extracted text will be available to Microsoft Purview scenarios and to end user search powered scenarios. For multi-page PDF and TIFF documents, OCR is charged on a per page basis.

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Reminder: Stream (Classic) to be disabled on Oct 15, 2023 unless you take action

MC679313 | October 4 –

This is a reminder regarding a previous message center post “Stream Migration Tool and Delay Settings are Now Generally Available” MC516263

Starting on October 15, 2023 your users will no longer be able to access Stream (Classic) unless you take action to delay this change. This change can be delayed until April 15, 2024. The process to delay this change can be found here: View more

Dictation Support Coming to the New Outlook

MC679312 | October 4 –

Dictation lets you use speech-to-text to author messages in Outlook with a microphone and reliable internet connection. It’s a quick and easy way to draft emails, send replies, and capture the tone you’re going for.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 171199

(Updated) Avatars: Hardware Requirements and Service Plan Update

MC678301 | October 4 –

Updated October 4, 2023: IT admins have been previously informed that there will be a new service plan in your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 licenses: MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS.

An additional service plan MESH_AVATARS_ADDITIONAL_FOR_TEAMS will now be published alongside the MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS service plan.

Here are the intended uses of the two service plans:

MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS – this service plan enables or disables Mesh Avatars for…View more

(Updated) Avatars: Hardware Requirements and Service Plan Update

MC672518 | October 4 –

Updated October 4, 2023: IT admins have been previously informed that there will be a new service plan in your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 licenses: MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS.

You may have also noticed that there is an additional service plan MESH_AVATARS_ADDITIONAL_FOR_TEAMS that was published alongside the MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS service plan.

Here are the intended uses of the two service plans:

MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS – this service plan enables or disables Mesh Avatars for…View more

Microsoft Security email update and Resources for Azure AD rename to Microsoft Entra ID

MC679071 | October 3 –

Microsoft Entra ID is the new name for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The rename and new product icon are now being deployed across experiences from Microsoft. Most updates will be complete by mid-November of this year.

As previously announced, this is just a new name, with no impact on deployments or daily work, and no changes to capabilities, licensing, terms of service, or support.

Based on feedback we received from customers, resources are available to help you change…View more

(Updated) Message List Selection UI updates for Outlook on the Web and New Outlook for Windows

MC556159 | October 3 –

Updated October 3, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In order to save space on the message list in Outlook, we are making an UI update: From “selection circles on the left side of each row” to “Select mode that you have to get into before checkboxes appear“, using a button in the top-right corner of the Message List. Users may have to acclimate themselves to the new Selection user experience.

In addition,…View more

(Updated) Protect Enterprise IoT Devices with your Microsoft 365 E5 / E5 Security Subscription

MC673712 | October 3 –

Updated October 3, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Your Microsoft 365 E5 subscription is being updated with a new service plan: Defender for IoT – Enterprise IoT Security . This service plan provides E5 and E5 Security customers with real-time device discovery, continuous monitoring, and vulnerability management capabilities for up to 5 eIoT devices per user license.

Examples of enterprise IoT devices include…View more

(Updated) New Graph APIs for accessing Teams Meeting Recording

MC600733 | October 3 –

Updated October 3, 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) Video Closed Caption in PowerPoint Live

MC513049 | October 3 –

Updated October 3, 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.

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Choose Which Users to Notify When Publishing a Task List

MC676300 | October 3 –

Updated October 3, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The task publishing experience in Microsoft Teams will soon allow you to choose which users to notify when you publish or unpublish a task list. You’ll soon have the ability to choose which members of teams receiving the…View more

(Updated) Public Preview: Windows Autopatch Reliability Report

MC674422 | October 3 –

Updated October 3, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Windows Autopatch Reliability report is a new feature that will be accessible in the Windows Autopatch Reports section of the Microsoft Intune admin center. This new report provides a calculated reliability score across update cycles based on the occurrences of stop code errors detected on managed devices….View more

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of SharePoint site selection enhancement

MC679028 | October 3 –

Coming soon, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out public preview of SharePoint site selection enhancement.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 169880

Microsoft Power Platform – Copilot and generative AI features announcement

MC679022 | October 3 – We are announcing that copilots and generative AI features for Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Dynamics 365 will be available in all environments in the Europe region starting on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.How does this affect me?Following this update, you will no longer need to enable the copilots and generative AI features within the Power Platform admin center for environments in the Europe region. This update enables a (growing) subset of copilots and generative…View more

Out-of-box Controlled-content meeting template (Premium)

MC678852 | October 2 –

We are launching an out-of-the box template for meetings with external participants. The controlled content access template has preset defaults for meeting options to provide tight controls over lobby bypass, who can present, allowing chat across meeting lifecycle/in-meeting, and who can record.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91286

Cloud IntelliFrame available on the new Microsoft Teams experience

MC678850 | October 2 –

Cloud IntelliFrame is an experience that allows online meeting attendees to see people in Teams Rooms more clearly, enhancing the hybrid meeting experience by creating smart video feeds of in-room participants. The smart video feed is created by zooming into their faces and eliminating distractions. You can see the expressions and gestures of the people in the room more easily, which will help improve collaboration in hybrid meetings. It creates equity in hybrid meetings as everyone can be…View more

Bookings Coming to Teams Essentials AAD

MC678848 | October 2 –

Users will soon be able to access Microsoft Bookings with Teams Essentials AAD.

Change required for your user provisioning process

MC678807 | October 2 – We applied a change to user provisioning and user record matching from Microsoft Entra to prevent the reuse of User Principal Names (UPNs). Previously, users with recycled UPNs had access to business records of which they never had access to or ownership.What action do I need to take?If you currently use UPN match to import data into Dynamics 365, you must make the following changes to your process:

Create the user records in Microsoft Entra before…View more

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