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 338th 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

November 6, 2023 – November 12, 2023

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Major updates

FindTime add-in is being removed and replaced with Scheduling Poll as a native feature

MC688929 | November 11 –

The FindTime add-in will stop working and be removed from Outlook for Windows, Web and Mac. Scheduling Poll is the replacement feature, which is built directly into Outlook clients for all users as a native feature.

Outlook Browser extension is being retired

MC688629 | November 9 –

As we focus our efforts on improving the Outlook on Edge sidebar, which offers a more seamless and integrated experience for our users, we are retiring the Outlook browser extension. and it will not be accessible after November 30, 2023. This applies to both Edge and Chrome browsers.

Microsoft Outlook – Microsoft Edge Addons
Microsoft Outlook – Chrome Web…View more

(Updated) Non-Native and Hybrid Yammer Networks are being upgraded

MC424414 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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…View more

Changes in CSPM support – CSPM will now be supported only in “Microsoft Defender for Cloud”

MC687850 | November 7 –

We will be retiring the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) support from “Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps” and officially moving it to “Microsoft Defender for Cloud” beginning late November 2023. We recommend the reconfiguration of CSPM tool in “Microsoft Defender for Cloud”, which is where we will continue to invest our development resources.

This message is complementary to the banners we displayed in the last year in CSPM related pages in “Microsoft Defender for…View more

Additional updates

Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies

MC688930 | November 11 –

App centric management introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant can install Teams apps. First, admins can set a default value for new apps that are published to the Teams app store. Second, admins can manage apps for users, groups, or everyone in the organization. This feature replaces the existing app permission policies and provides admins with the ability to manage access to the app individually. The app permission policies for existing customers are migrated to maintain…View more

Windows Server 2012/R2: Extended Security Updates

MC688650 | November 9 –

You can now get three additional years of Extended Security Updates (ESUs) if you need more time to upgrade and modernize your Windows Server 2012, Windows Server R2, or Windows Embedded Server 2012 R2 on Azure. This also applies to Azure Stack HCI, Azure Stach Hub, and other Azure products. A new article provides details and step-by-step instructions to extending limited protection for up to three consecutive 12-month increments. Read it at View more

Virtual Events – Green Room License

MC688639 | November 9 –

There are two new updates to the current Green Room feature experience.

Green Room will be available on Office/Microsoft 365 Enterprise E1/E3/E5/ and Education A1/A3/A5 licenses. It will no longer need a Teams Premium license to be used in your organization’s meetings, webinars, and town halls.
Green Room will be turned on by default for Teams webinars. When a webinar is joined, organizers and presenters will join the webinar in the Green Room and attendees will…View more

Microsoft Stream: Add a survey, poll, or quiz to a video at specific times

MC688632 | November 9 –

Make your video interactive and more engaging by adding a survey, quiz, or poll using Microsoft Forms. You can add forms anywhere in the video timeline. Interactivity can be added, edited, and previewed in Stream Web App in Edit mode by users with editing permissions. Go to Microsoft Forms to view responses and share a summary link with answers and scores in Microsoft Forms. Viewers can use video timeline markers to navigate interactive content.

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Microsoft Stream: Add a hyperlink or text callout to a video at specific times

MC688631 | November 9 –

Make your video interactive and more engaging by adding annotations that can include hyperlinks and text. Call out important moments or share documents and other links to additional resources. You can add text and links anywhere in the video timeline to help guide your viewers to the right information. Viewers can use video timeline markers to navigate interactive content.

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Teams Webinar Graph APIs

MC688630 | November 9 –

Microsoft Teams is introducing a new set of Graph APIs that support business-to-business workflows.

These provide the ability to sync webinar data such as: attendee names, attendee duration, registration, and cancellations with a third-party platforms. Third-party systems such as CRMs and marketing tools can use this data to enrich and power their lead generation and more!

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New user analytics extended to Microsoft Outlook, Teams, and Office in the Search

MC688628 | November 9 –

We are excited to announce that Microsoft Search Analytics reports in the Search & Intelligence Admin Center have been updated with improved user analytics! We have expanded coverage to almost all search applications, including Outlook, Teams, and Windows Search! Other improvements provide deeper insights and filtering capabilities for search adoption across search applications and user segments like geography, department, and occupation. The goal is to give you a good insight into…View more

Microsoft Teams: New settings available for your frontline manager in Shifts app

MC688627 | November 9 –

We are thrilled to announce exciting product enhancements on our Shifts settings page design to empower your organization through frontline managers to decide what capabilities their team can leverage from Shifts.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 179786

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of new reports page

MC688442 | November 9 –

Coming soon, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out the public preview of new reports page.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 169889

Simplify your Windows 11 upgrade experience with Intune

MC688437 | November 8 –

A new capability is available for users of the Windows Update for Business deployment service. You no longer need to worry about creating and maintaining eligibility groups for devices not ready for Windows 11. Now, you can use Microsoft Intune or the Microsoft Graph API to deploy Windows 11 upgrades with assurance that any ineligible devices would be automatically updated to the latest available version of Windows 10. For guidance on how to do this, read View more

Microsoft Search in Bing configuration renamed to Microsoft Search and Microsoft 365 Chat in Bing

MC688373 | November 8 –

The Microsoft Search in Bing configuration setting on the Search & Intelligence portal within the Microsoft 365 Admin Center will be renamed to: Microsoft Search and Microsoft 365 Chat in Bing.

Co-organizer experience updates in Teams Webinars and Townhalls

MC688109 | November 8 –

Scheduling, setting up, and managing an event is not a simple task. Which is why we allow co-organizer to be added to the event so they can work alongside or on behalf of the organizer. So far co-organizers were able to set up event theming, manage registration, meeting options, view reports and more but were not able to edit event details like title, date/time, description, event group; nor publish or cancel event. Now they can! Co-organizer can edit event details, publish, and cancel the…View more

Exchange auto-labeling supports non-mail enabled security groups

MC688106 | November 8 –

Service side auto-labeling now allows scoping of exchange workload to non-mail enabled security groups.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 184908

(Updated) Microsoft 365 Icon Update

MC686270 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Office 365 logo will be replaced throughout Outlook Mobile for Android with the Microsoft 365 logo, as will references to the account type.

(Updated) Collaborative notes on Teams mobile

MC674980 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can now view, edit, and create collaborative notes including agenda, notes, and follow-up tasks on Teams for iOS and Android, similarly with what users can do on Teams for desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 128652

(Updated) Clipchamp content

MC683666 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Content improves your ability to create engaging and inspiring videos using Clipchamp. This feature includes stock videos and images, music, shapes, graphics and annotations and is available via web only for the following Microsoft 365 SKUs: Microsoft 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, and Microsoft 365 Business Premium.

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

MC649482 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

(Updated) Generate unique join links for external presenters so they can easily join events

MC675281 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Organizers can set up events and effortlessly add external presenters, who will receive exclusive Teams join links. These links enable external presenters to directly enter the event, eliminating the need for organizers to manually admit them from the event lobby or modify their event role during the session. This creates a hassle-free event experience for organizers and…View more

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

MC675500 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 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) Text Predictions for OneNote on Windows

MC560724 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 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.

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(Updated) Advanced customization & preview for end-user email notification in Microsoft Purview DLP

MC683658 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are making enhancements to the Microsoft Purview DLP end-user email notification capability for SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange.

Attach matching email: Admins now can decide whether the matching email messages should be included or excluded in the end-user notification emails.
Enhanced Token Support: With one click, Admins can now leverage…View more

(Updated) Move Scheduling assistant settings move to the toolbar

MC681892 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are moving the settings for the Scheduling assistant to the toolbar to reduce clicks and a more seamless scheduling new experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 170792

(Updated) People Search Card in Viva Connections

MC682303 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Viva Connections have a new card where admins now have the option to incorporate a new people search card for their organization. This card enables colleagues to effortlessly search for and communicate with one another within the organization using Teams chat and email.

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(Updated) Feature Update: Notifications for @mentions in Mail and Documents in Outlook Mobile

MC680660 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We’re adding @mention notifications to the Outlook Mobile Notifications Pane.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 171606 and 171607

(Updated) SharePoint: Out-of-the-box document library templates

MC686278 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information.

We are bringing the goodness of templates to SharePoint document libraries. Creating document libraries will now be a breeze with our ready-made templates with scenario relevant structure, metadata, and content types – all to save you time and maintain broader consistency across your content management organization.

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(Updated) New Gallery in Teams Meetings

MC686281 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information.

We are introducing a revamped version of the gallery in Teams meetings and calls. The new gallery will be the default view when users join their meetings, so that they can use it without the need of taking an action.

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(Updated) Meeting Protection Support for Teams Rooms on Android

MC675503 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below as well as the content. Thank you for your patience.

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Android Update 3 (2023) includes the meeting protection support – End-to-end Encryption for meetings and Sensitivity labels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 161423

(Updated) Viva Connections “Top News” Card Updated to Include More News Source Options

MC676544 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Improvements are coming to the Viva Connections Top News Card, which will be rebranded as the “News Card.” These enhancements will introduce greater configurability and the ability to create multiple News Card instances, while the default configuration will remain consistent with the Top News Card.

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Device Management Changes for Microsoft Teams Android Devices

MC665936 | November 7 –

Earlier this year, the new Microsoft device ecosystem platform built on the Android Open-Source Project (AOSP) was announced delivering state-of-the art security, reliability, and manageability with Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Teams Android devices will be migrating to this platform. The first step in the migration is a firmware…View more

(Updated) Outlook: New Feedback Experience Update

MC679318 | November 7 –

Updated November 7, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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…View more

Microsoft Teams Who bot to be retired

MC687849 | November 7 –

The Who bot within Teams was designed to help you find information about anyone in your organization. As we are working to improve the functionality delivered in this feature and provide a better user experience the current version of the Who bot will be retired. This functionality will transition to Microsoft Copilot in the future.

Microsoft Teams: Improved View Switcher for Teams Rooms on Android

MC687848 | November 7 –

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Android Update 3 (2023) includes improved view switcher and front of room display controls.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 159128

New Microsoft Defender Antivirus services on Windows Devices

MC687846 | November 7 –

Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows 10 and Windows 11 will be shipping with two new services:

Microsoft Defender Core service.
Microsoft Data Loss Prevention Service

Display outbound pool names used to send messages externally from within Exchange Online

MC687845 | November 7 –

We are introducing a change to display the name of the outbound pool used to send a message externally from within Exchange Online. The name of the outbound pool will be included within the message tracing output. This will simplify troubleshooting of mail flow scenarios for Exchange Service Administrators.

Data Loss Prevention for endpoints – support for two new predicates

MC687844 | November 7 –

With this new feature for Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP), we’re introducing support for two new conditions that you can use in your policies for endpoint devices.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 181623

Update: Microsoft Teams Shared Device License on Mobile App for Android

MC687806 | November 6 –

We wanted to share an update on the previous Message center post (MC662254) we sent around support for Teams Shared Device License on Android Mobile. We are glad to announce that support for Teams Shared Device License on Android Mobile is generally available now on Teams mobile version >= 2023143401. Only Calling and Walkie Talkie apps are supported when the Android mobile application is signed into an account with Teams Shared Device license. To access other apps on Teams Android mobile…View more

Custom Backgrounds for Announcement Posts in Channels

MC687791 | November 6 –

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to create custom backgrounds for their Announcement posts with the generative AI power of Microsoft Designer. For organizations with Teams Premium, users will have access to DALL-E, a text to image generator, which they can use for their backgrounds. This release of Custom Backgrounds for Announcement Posts will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop and Web for Channels 2.0 in English – US markets only. In line with current…View more

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