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 341th 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.

View a summary of the updates.

Message center announcements

November 27, 2023 – December 3, 2023

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Major updates

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

MC669480 | December 1 –

Update December 1, 2023: The Microsoft Teams change will now be completed by mid-December instead of late November as previously communicated. Additionally, an issue was discovered with managing this change using GPO and Intune, with a fix planned for early December. To manage this change prior to the fix deploying, please use the Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 (formerly the…View more

Copilot is available for eligible Windows 10 devices

MC694624 | November 30 –

Today we start to roll out Copilot in Windows (in preview) to eligible, non-managed Windows 10 devices running Home and Pro editions of Windows 10, version 22H2. Devices on version 22H2 of Windows 10 Enterprise or Education, or Pro devices managed by organizations, will be included in a later rollout phase.

How this will affect your organization:

If…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Channels Experience

MC550081 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. 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 bottom (previously…View more

Outlook on the web: Replacing “Activity-Based Authentication Timeout” with “Idle Session Timeout for Microsoft 365”

MC694387 | November 30 –

The Activity-Based Authentication Timeout for Outlook on the web will be replaced with Idle Session Timeout for Microsoft 365.

Specific People Link (PSL) Support for Collaborative Notes

MC694130 | November 29 –

With the launch of Collaborative Notes, we’re also improving the shareable link type that is created by Collaborative Notes to help make meetings more effective and secure. The new Collaborative Notes file will now support a Specific people link (PSL) which offers more controlled access than People in your organization link (CSL). This change will automatically align the Collaborative Notes file link type with View more

End of support for the Microsoft 365 app browser extension

MC694123 | November 29 –

The Microsoft 365 app browser extension (formerly named Office browser extension) is a free extension available on Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome that gives you access to your Microsoft 365 apps and documents on the web. This extension will reach retirement and end of support on January 15th, 2024.

Reminder: Stream (Classic) retires on April 15, 2024, and all unmigrated videos will be deleted

MC694086 | November 28 –

Microsoft will retire Stream (Classic) on April 15, 2024 and all videos on Stream (Classic) will be deleted after the retirement date. Stream (Classic) has already been auto disabled for end users, and admins can delay this change till the retirement date. Admins must migrate their tenant’s Stream (Classic) data to Stream (on SharePoint) before the retirement date to prevent data loss.

Note: GCC customers have a different retirement timeline. Timelines for WW as well as GCC…View more

SharePoint Add-In retirement in Microsoft 365

MC693865 | November 27 –

Since the release of SharePoint Add-Ins in 2013, Microsoft has evolved SharePoint extensibility using SharePoint Framework (SPFx) enabling you to write applications that can be used in Microsoft SharePoint, Viva Connections and Microsoft Teams. With our continued investment in SharePoint Framework, Microsoft is retiring SharePoint Add-Ins.

Azure ACS retirement in Microsoft 365

MC693863 | November 27 –

Since the first use of Azure ACS (Access Control Services) by SharePoint in 2013, Microsoft has evolved the authorization and authentication options for SharePoint Online via Microsoft Entra ID (a.k.a. Azure AD). Using Microsoft Entra ID as auth platform for your SharePoint Online customizations will provide your applications the most secure, compliant and future proof model. With our continued…View more

(Updated) Microsoft to stop honoring mail flow rules tracking user reporting

MC690173 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback.

Microsoft will stop honoring the mail flow rule which helps you track end user reporting. To improve the availability and reduce the latency of the submission service so that you can respond to threats (false negatives) more quickly and efficiently, we moved the submission service ahead of the exchange transport rule agent. Now the mail flow rules (or exchange transport rules) which…View more

Additional updates

Copilot with commercial data protection now Generally Available

MC694838 | December 1 –

As announced in MC689933 (November ’23), Copilot with commercial data protection (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) is now generally available as of December 1, 2023.

Read more in our general availability blog.

November skilling snacks: Bite-sized learning for IT pros

MC694831 | December 1 –

Visit our updated learning series on all things Windows. Every two weeks, we package available resources on a different topic in a way that is easy to consume in under two hours each. This professional development opportunity is appropriate for all skill levels, from entry-level to senior and seasoned. This month, learn about Application Control in Windows and ways to reduce bandwidth for Microsoft content delivery.

When will this…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Tracking and Revocation in Compliance Portal

MC668524 | December 1 –

Updated December 1, 2023: We are evaluating this change and have paused the rollout. We will update the Message center post when we are ready to proceed. Thank you for your patience.

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.

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Communication Compliance – Empower end users to report inappropriate posts and comments in Viva Engage

MC694650 | December 1 –

Coming soon to public preview, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance will release a feature that empowers users to report policy-violating posts and comments in Viva Engage:

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 144596

Pick a local folder when Saving Attachments in the new Outlook for Windows

MC694648 | December 1 –

Starting mid-January 2024, users will be able to pick a folder when saving attachments to their system in the new Outlook for Windows. Previously, all attachments downloaded were saved to a default local folder, which users could not change. This meant that if users wanted to move the file to a specific location, they would have to perform multiple clicks to get to the folder where the file was saved and then move the file to the desired folder.

Now, when…View more

User experience improvements and persistent views in Threat Explorer by Microsoft Defender for Office 365

MC694647 | December 1 –

As part of our user experience enhancements, we will be rolling out the following improvements to the user experience of Threat Explorer by Microsoft Defender for Office 365:

Persistent views
Navigation between URL Clicks and All email tab
Custom inputs for timestamp filter
Remediation action results in Explorer

Introducing monthly Search newsletter for Search administrators

MC694646 | December 1 –

Monthly search newsletter provides key tenant search metrics and insights for your organization directly into the search admin’s mailbox.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 177895

Additional capabilities for Microsoft 365 users in Microsoft Project for the web

MC694645 | December 1 –

Currently, users with Microsoft 365 licenses can view projects shared with them by users of Microsoft Project for the web. This update will enable Microsoft 365 users to collaborate with Project users by editing shared projects.

The added capabilities will enable them to access any functionality where Microsoft Planner and Microsoft Project for the web overlap. For any non-overlapping fields, a Project license will still be required. For example, a Microsoft 365 user can edit the task…View more

Tags management settings now include option to exclude / include guests

MC694644 | December 1 –

We are introducing guest setting option in Tag management settings.

The November 2023 Windows non-security preview update is now available for Windows 10, version 22H2

MC694625 | November 30 –

The November 2023 non-security preview update is now available for Windows 10, version 22H2. The preview update for Windows 11, versions 22H2 and 23H2 will be available in the near term. Information about the contents of this update is available from the release notes, which are accessible from the Windows 10 update history page. To learn more about the different types of monthly quality…View more

(Updated) Organizational Data in Microsoft 365

MC690182 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional details.

Organizational Data in Microsoft 365 is a new capability that is now available worldwide for use with your Microsoft 365 Subscription! This new capability allows you to upload organizational data from HR information systems via .csv file to power a variety of capabilities and features across Viva and Microsoft 365. Apps and features like Viva Amplify, Viva Insights, People card, etc….View more

Collaborative Notes in Channel Meetings

MC690924 | November 30 –

In parallel to legacy Wiki-based Meeting Notes in channel meetings, Teams across Microsoft are coming together to provide tools that help make meetings more effective. More specifically, we’re improving how you track what you want to discuss (Agenda), what you discussed/decided (Notes) and what you need to follow up on (Follow-up Tasks) in channel meetings. These capabilities are now integrated into the end-to-end meeting experience in Teams, Loop, Planner, To Do, and OneDrive…View more

(Updated) New Microsoft Defender Antivirus services on Windows Devices

MC687846 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private Line

MC687206 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are introducing a new calling feature. With private line, users will be able to have a private second phone number that they can make available to a select set of callers to call them directly, bypassing delegates, admins, or assistants. Inbound calls to the private line will be distinguished by a unique notification and ringtone. The private line will support…View more

(Updated) Power Automate app changing name to “Workflows” within Microsoft Teams

MC671824 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

To provide a unified workflow experience within Microsoft Teams we will be merging the existing Workflows app with the Power Automate app. With this merger the Power Automate app will be changing its name to “Workflows”.

There will be no change to user experience within the app. Users will still be able to manage all their flows within the app along with browsing workflow…View more

Microsoft Information Protection: Microsoft Purview: Exact Data Match to support multi-token corroborative evidence.

MC675959 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 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) Animated Backgrounds in Teams Meetings

MC578280 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The animated background feature in Teams Meetings allows users to replace their existing background with a dynamic animation for a more immersive virtual environment. It offers various options to enhance meeting experience with creativity and personalization according to users’ preferences. Currently, only pre-defined backgrounds from Microsoft are supported. Animated…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Purview Information Protection Tracking and Revocation – End-User Tracking and Revocation

MC669740 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We are evaluating this change and have paused the rollout. We will update the Message center post when we are ready to proceed. Thank you for your patience.

From the sensitivity menu, owners of Office files protected with a sensitivity label can access the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to view user access attempts and revoke access if needed.

This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: View more

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Ux support to identify ODB site for an inactive mailbox in eDiscovery (Premium)

MC684865 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are rolling out support through the user interface to auto identify the OneDrive for Business sites associated with an Inactive mailbox when adding Custodians in an eDiscovery (Premium) case.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 183498

New Shared display mode for BYOD meeting rooms

MC690920 | November 30 –

The new Shared display mode provides users the ability to extend their Teams meeting via a pop-out view-only version of the stage onto the TV screen in BYOD meeting rooms. This mode ensures the meeting content is always extended to the front of the room for others to see. This gives the host of the room the peace of mind their desktop is for their viewing only, giving them the flexibility to multi-task or work privately on their host desktop.

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

MC661224 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 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) Whiteboard: “Specific people” Share Link Fallback

MC682305 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Whiteboard now automatically utilizes Specific People Share Links (PSL) for participants of a Teams meeting when a whiteboard is shared and the tenant has Company-wide Share Links disabled (CSL).

Microsoft Teams Voice isolation

MC690921 | November 30 –

With “Voice isolation”, you can enjoy clear and uninterrupted calls or meetings, no matter where you are. This feature uses AI to filter out all background noise, including other people’s voices. By leveraging your voice profile, this advance noise suppression capability ensures only the user’s voice is transmitted. Whether you are in a busy office, a noisy cafe, or a crowded airport, you can communicate with confidence and clarity. “Voice isolation” is powered by our advanced deep learning,…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatically view up to 9 videos (3×3) in Teams meetings in Chrome and Edge

MC684869 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams Meetings currently supports a maximum of 4 videos (2×2) on the screen by default (i.e., Gallery view) on web browsers. With this update, users will be able to automatically see up to 9 videos (3×3) on Chrome and Edge on their screen by default without an explicit action.

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updates to in-call user experience.

MC690922 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams is making updates to in-call user experience on the mobile App. The Transfer, Share and Hold options will now be on the call stage. These updates will make it easier for users to access calling capabilities, redesigning user experience during calls.

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(Updated) Manage result layouts for SharePoint results in Microsoft Search

MC638126 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the timing of this change below. Thank you for your patience.

We’re making changes to Microsoft Search. This update will allow Microsoft Search administrators to change result layouts for select SharePoint content using adaptive cards with Result Type feature in Microsoft Search administration.

The default result layouts for SharePoint sites, pages, list items and Portable document format (PDF) results can…View more

(Updated) Text Predictions for OneNote on Windows

MC560724 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 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) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint Document Libraries in win32 backstage

MC432475 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 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

(Updated) Offline mode in OneDrive for Web

MC686277 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Soon, on Windows and macOS devices running the OneDrive sync app, we will enable a new feature called “Offline mode” that will allow you to continue working with the OneDrive web app in your browser, OneDrive PWA (Progressive Web App) or Microsoft Teams even when you are offline. This feature will be on by default and will give your users the ability to view, rename, move, copy their…View more

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

MC661825 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Organizers can soon publish the recording of their webinars and automatically send an update to their attendees, in which they will receive a link to watch the on-demand recording hosted on their event page.

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(Updated) Update Search Experience for Viva Connections

MC662248 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are making some changes to the search experience in Viva Connections app to make it easier to search in Viva Connections.

(Updated) REMINDER: Viva Pulse Customization Control Migration

MC692029 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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…View more

(Updated) Simplifying Meeting Join Experiences on Teams Mobile

MC675813 | November 30 –

Updated November 30, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are improving the meeting join experience on Teams Mobile (iOS / Android) in several ways:

Streamlining the meeting join process by reducing the number of steps it takes to join the meeting, particularly for users joining from externally of the organization.
Users who join without signing in will now have the capability to preset and preview video / audio…View more

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

MC694399 | November 30 –

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

Current Channel

Microsoft Graph Virtual Appointment SMS API Beta Launch

MC694390 | November 30 –

Developers will soon be able to programmatically create, update and send SMS notifications and reminders to external customers for Teams Virtual Appointments with Microsoft Graph.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 184497

Listen to Multiple Channels on Teams Walkie Talkie

MC694389 | November 30 –

With listen to multiple channels, users can now automatically listen to incoming transmission from their favorite channels one at a time.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 161725

Microsoft 365 Backup

MC694388 | November 30 –

Microsoft 365 Backup Service is a product offering spanning across the OneDrive, SharePoint, and Exchange Online services. This service provides customers with a consistent, cross product solution, to recover their M365 data from cataclysmic events such as: at scale ransomware attacks, or malicious/accidental data deletion/corruption by end users. Microsoft 365 Backup Service is available on a pay-as-you-go basis and can be enabled through the Microsoft 365 admin center.

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Data Loss Prevention – File Name and File Path filters for DLP alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender portal

MC694386 | November 30 –

We are announcing a new feature in Public Preview where we are enhancing the filtering experience for DLP alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender portal with the capability to filter the DLP alerts/incidents queues by File Name or File Path.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 180989

Microsoft Whiteboard: External Guest Sharing via Specific People Share Link

MC694383 | November 30 –

Microsoft Whiteboard will soon leverage a new capability that allows guests of a tenant to access whiteboards shared with them via Specific People Share Links (PSL).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124990

Admin controls for mandating team assignment for OKRs

MC694374 | November 29 –

Viva Goals Admins or IT admins can mandate that objective and key results (OKRs) should always have a team assignment.

Preview enterprise secure AI controls in the Microsoft Edge management service

MC694372 | November 29 –

The Microsoft Edge management service is a new, dedicated, and simplified management experience for Microsoft Edge in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Controls for enterprise secure Ai in the Edge management service is rolling out now for preview. This new feature allows IT admins to configure all AI-related policies in one single page, enhancing security for their users and devices.

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

MC694371 | November 29 –

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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(Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New Premium Teams Usage Report

MC673714 | November 29 –

Updated November 29, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below and provided additonal information. Thank you for your patience.

A new product usage report will be available within Microsoft 365 admin center usage reports to help Admins understand how Microsoft Teams Premium is being used within their organization by daily active users, features, and by paid and trial license types.

Teams Premium usage reports will include daily active users of all up all Teams Premium…View more

Microsoft 365 admin center: Adoption Score AI assistance category

MC694129 | November 29 –

We are introducing a new people experiences category in Adoption Score in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The new category helps organizations understand the adoption of Microsoft Copilot features in Microsoft 365. This AI assistance category includes a score on a 100-point scale to help track the overall adoption of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365. This score for the AI assistance category will be available in preview and will not impact the overall Adoption Score.

This…View more

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: General availability of Enhancements tothe unusual activity booster detection

MC694126 | November 29 –

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out general availability of Enhancements to the unusual activity booster detection.

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Microsoft 365 Groups Connected Viva Goals Teams

MC694124 | November 29 –

Viva Goals is launching this new team set up experience that enables end users to leverage their existing Microsoft 365 groups that they already own to create teams. The connected experience provides an effortless way for team owners to leverage the group membership and policy settings used commonly by Teams, SharePoint and other cloud apps. With this Microsoft 365 group-connected Viva Goals Teams experience, users will be able to also set their team` Viva Goals content as restricted and…View more

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance Insightful Policy Performance – Public Preview

MC694121 | November 29 –

Coming soon to public preview, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance is introducing Insightful Policy Performance, a useful addition to Communication Compliance. This provides real-time visibility into scanning progress and updates on parent items that meet policy conditions.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 145793

Community Campaigns in Viva Engage

MC694119 | November 29 –

Introducing community campaigns to boost engagement within your community. Now, community admins can easily create campaigns directly within the community. Simply locate the campaign’s right rail, click the plus button, and fill in campaign details like #hashtag, description, and default publisher in the pop-up.

Campaigns start as drafts, allowing admins to upload cover photos, set goals, and pin links before hitting the publish button. Admins and regular users can…View more

Microsoft Managed Desktop – Feature Update: Windows 11 23H2 Test Group Enablement

MC694010 | November 28 –

Microsoft Managed Desktop is preparing for the release of Windows 11 23H2 by enabling customers to start testing the new version of the OS.

Estimating cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive , Endpoint

MC693860 | November 27 –

The OCR Cost Estimator allows customers to estimate the potential cost for using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). OCR can scan images for sensitive content and is chargeable based on the number of images scanned.

With the launch of the OCR Cost Estimator, customers can now estimate OCR costs without any pre-requisites. This means that customers will no longer be required to set up an Azure Subscription for billing first and can accurately estimate the cost they would have…View more

(Updated) New Gallery in Teams Meetings

MC686281 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 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) Ability to change retention period on labels set to start retention based on “When items were labeled”

MC674977 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Previously, admins could not change the retention period set on existing labels configured to start retention from when items were labeled. This feature will remove this restriction, and the resulting behavior will be consistent with other retention label types.

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

MC515536 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 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) Microsoft 365 Icon Update

MC686270 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 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) Microsoft Viva: Refreshed Landing Experience for Viva Connections Desktop

MC682306 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: Refreshed Viva Connections experience is expected to start releasing within this week to our customers. This new experience will show up to different users in a tenant at different times. By January 2024, we expect to finish rolling out the first phase of this feature to all the customers.

To prepare for this upcoming release, we recommend setting up revamped Resources section ahead of time as per the instructions shared in our previous update.

As part…View more

(Updated) Suggested Files in 1:1 Chats

MC513664 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated this message to reflect this feature will only be available in the new Teams experience.

As an extension of Suggested Replies in 1:1 chats, you can now easily save time when you need to send a file in a chat by tapping on a “Share file” suggestion. This feature will only be available in the new Teams experience.

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

MC679738 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

(Updated) Microsoft Purview: Audit Search Graph API (Preview)

MC679735 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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.

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(Updated) App name change for the Tasks by Planner and To Do app in Microsoft Teams to Microsoft Planner

MC690607 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have made the decision not to proceed with this change at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Thank you for your patience.

We are updating the app name for the “Tasks by Planner and To Do” app in Microsoft Teams to “Planner” – all existing app functionality will remain the same.

(Updated) Together mode and content share layout improvement

MC689501 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With the new layout, Together mode will be displayed under the shared content. The users will be able to see the participants in Together mode and shared content simultaneously in a completely new way. Full Together mode experience is available including raised hands, reactions and name labels.

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

MC561700 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

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

MC494734 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 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 Secure Score – Changes in SSPM support

MC681893 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We’re updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of security posture.

The improvement actions listed below will be added to Microsoft Secure Score. Your score will be updated accordingly.

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Block Meeting Chat Access in External, Non-Trusted Meeting Joins

MC561186 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams IT Admins will soon be able to block internal users from accessing chats when these users join meetings organized on external non-trusted tenants, including cross-cloud join. This release of Microsoft Teams’ new meeting chat setting will be rolling out across MS Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide a new way for tenants to manage users’ chat…View more

(Updated) REMINDER: Upcoming Changes to Customization Controls in Viva Pulse In-App Experience

MC671812 | November 27 –

Updated November 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

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Stream Preview and Playback in Teams Chat and Channels

MC649917 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can preview and play Stream videos directly in Teams Chat and Channel without having to open them in a browser and going to Stream.

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(Updated) Collaborative notes on Teams mobile

MC674980 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 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.

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

MC561188 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 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.

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

MC561188 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 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.

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(Updated) Microsoft Stream: Collaborative notes in Teams meeting recordings

MC686914 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This feature enables users to view and edit collaborative meeting notes while watching Teams meeting recordings in Stream. Collaborative notes allow meeting attendees to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items. Since Collaborative notes are a Loop component, it is always in sync regardless of how many places they live in. Assigned tasks in collaborative…View more

(Upated) Office documents have a new default theme

MC666615 | November 27 –

Updated November 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) Microsoft Teams: Excel import enhancements in Shifts app

MC682302 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

We are thrilled to announce exciting product enhancements to our import and export Excel experiences in Shifts designed to empower frontline managers to achieve more.

Here’s what this feature includes:

Import a schedule includes time off and open shifts:

Frontline managers can import assigned shifts, time offs and open shifts through…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Create Up To 50 Distinct Experiences in Viva Connections

MC679734 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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…View more

(Updated) Announcing Viva Home: The Home for the Viva Suite on the Web

MC680346 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are excited to announce the upcoming availability of Viva Home, a single web destination for your employees to access all the Viva apps they are licensed for. With Viva Home, employees can gain quick access to all Viva apps and learn how to incorporate them into their everyday work.

Labeled as “Viva”, this new page will be discoverable in the Apps experience at…View more

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Customized retention policies for Audit (Premium) and 10-year Retention Add-On

MC526133 | November 27 –

Updated November 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We’re rolling out a new feature to enable customers with Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium) and the 10-Year Audit Log Retention Add-On for Audit (Premium) to create additional customized retention policies.

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