Message center announcements
January 15, 2024 – January 21, 2024
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Changes to the Website tab in the new Teams client.
MC708500 | January 20 –
Starting April 2024, Microsoft Teams will be retiring the ability to load websites inside the new Teams client when using the Website tab. These website links will open in a new browser tab instead. This is to better align with emerging best practices in web security and privacy while also improving the reliability of websites opened through this feature.
Please note that EDU tenants will not be impacted as we are still researching options on how to best provide a non-disruptive way… View more
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(Updated) Specific People Link Support for Collaborative Notes
MC694130 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.
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 which offers more controlled access than People in your organization link. This change will automatically align the… View more
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Reminder: Changes to Windows Boot Manager revocations for Secure Boot effective April 9, 2024
MC708249 | January 18 –
Windows updates released July 11, 2023 and later include security measures which protect against a Secure Boot bypass vulnerability disclosed in CVE-2023-24932. Secure Boot is a Windows security feature designed… View more
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Configuration Change – Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
MC707656 | January 17 –
We’re making some changes to the IP lists that need to be added to the allowed list (whitelist) in your organization.
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Unified RBAC provides centralized role-based administration controls for Microsoft Defender for Office 365
MC708505 | January 20 –
Microsoft Defender XDR unified role-based access control (URBAC) provides an alternative to traditional Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO/EOP) and Exchange Online (EXO) RBAC.
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Microsoft Teams: External call routing settings
MC708501 | January 20 –
End users will now be able to change their external call routing settings directly from the Teams app, allowing them to decide how incoming PSTN calls are routed. Calls can be redirected based on existing unanswered call settings or sent to voicemail. This new capability provides more flexibility for handling customer communications.
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Microsoft Teams: Allow meeting participants to create Collaborative notes
MC708499 | January 20 –
Currently, only Microsoft Teams meeting organizers can create Collaborative notes before and after meetings. We are rolling out enhanced Collaborative notes that allow any meeting invitee to create notes before, during, and after the meeting. This enhancement helps to improve collaboration and efficiency and provides a seamless teamwork experience.
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Microsoft Outlook mobile for iOS and Android toolbar updates
MC708338 | January 19 –
The Compose toolbar in Microsoft Outlook mobile for iOS and Android will be updated to allow for more user customization.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 100696 (iOS) and
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Microsoft Outlook mobile for iOS and Android toolbar updates
MC708338 | January 19 –
The Compose toolbar in Microsoft Outlook mobile for iOS and Android will be updated to allow for more user customization.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 100696 (iOS) and
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Microsoft 365 admin center: Improved view of service health issue details
MC708336 | January 19 –
We are introducing a new version of the service health issue details screen in Microsoft 365 admin center. This screen appears when you click on an incident or advisory on the service health page in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
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Microsoft 365 admin center: Improved view of service health issue details
MC708336 | January 19 –
We are introducing a new version of the service health issue details screen in Microsoft 365 admin center. This screen appears when you click on an incident or advisory on the service health page in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
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(Updated) Teams Live Event capacity limit extension
MC698896 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: Customers in Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet can safely disregard this message. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Microsoft had previously instituted temporary capacity increases for Teams live events that were set to expire on December 31, 2023. This included increasing the Live Event capacity from 10,000 attendees to up to 20,000 attendees, increasing the concurrency limit from 15 to 50 simultaneous events, and increasing the Live Event duration from 4… View more
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(Updated) Stream App in Microsoft Teams will be updated to Stream (on SharePoint)
MC686279 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: Customers in Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet can safely disregard this message. We apologize for the inconvenience.
We are transitioning the Stream experience in the desktop client of Microsoft Teams from Stream (Classic) to Stream (on SharePoint). Once transitioned the Stream app in Microsoft Teams will display only Stream (on SharePoint) content–it will no longer display Stream (Classic) content. The new Stream (on SharePoint) app in Teams will feature… View more
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(Updated) Stream videos can now be watched inline in Outlook
MC692026 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
We’re introducing the ability to watch Stream videos inline in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 185389
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(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Modern All Company for non-native mode networks
MC708077 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.
Most Microsoft Viva All Company communities in tenants and networks that are not yet in native mode networks will be automatically migrated to the modern All Company experience. This means that All Company will have all the new community experiences and features. This change will only affect a few Engage networks. Most networks already have the modern All Company… View more
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Outlook: Choose how many days of emails sync to your iOS or Android device for offline usage
MC696167 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
With the new sync window, users can choose how many days’ worth of emails and attachments they want to download to their iOS or Android device so they can always access them even while offline.
Note: The emails/attachments will be stored internally as a cache since every time a user changes their sync window (decrease) we do a clean-up of all saved data. They cannot choose… View more
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(Updated) Public Preview: Windows Autopatch Reliability Report
MC706447 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: 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… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams Panels Update
MC602596 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Note: In order to use this feature, make sure Teams Panels is on 1449/1.0.97.2023080401 or higher. iOS mobile phones will need to be on 5.15.0 or higher, and Android mobile phones will need to be on 1416/1.0.0.2023153001 or higher.
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… View more
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(Updated) Viva Engage Network Analytics
MC698826 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Network analytics is coming to Viva Engage! In mid-January, admins and corporate communicators will be able to monitor organization-wide engagement via the network analytics dashboard. Additionally, a new control will be available on your Viva Engage admin dashboard in the Analytics and AI section that will enable you to activate summarization and theme extraction for… View more
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(Updated) Information Protection: Full File Evidence for all workloads in Activity Explorer
MC706182 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new feature grants the user the capability to view the source link of the file associated with the activity flagged in Activity Explorer.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 186528
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(Updated) Access Microsoft Lists, PowerBI, Loop and Whiteboard Content in OneDrive Web
MC683663 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
You will be able to easily find your Microsoft Lists, Loops, Power BI dashboards and Whiteboard content within OneDrive Web. This content will be available in the Recent, Shared with You and Favorites list within OneDrive.
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(Updated) Admins can select the domain to use for Teams Email Service
MC705761 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Admins will now have the functionality to select the domain to use to send emails to their users via Teams Email Service
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 375694
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(Updated) Simplified team creation
MC697434 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Today, users go through multiple steps, selecting between options while creating teams. However, most users are inclined towards setting up their team from scratch and as private. Hence, we defaulted to a simpler experience, yet giving users the rich options of creating a team from a template or group and selecting privacy/sensitivity of the team. It is a simple by default, power on… View more
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(Updated) Audio and video flyout and settings in Teams meetings
MC699715 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: Known issue: Mac users may experience an issue where changes to device selection in the Mac operating system are not reflected in Teams. A temporary workaround is available by manually selecting the desired device within Teams using the audio and video flyouts or panels. This issue will be fully resolved by early February.
Audio and Video flyouts in Teams enable users to efficiently manage their audio and video settings during… View more
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(Updated) Quick Access Teams and Sharepoint Document Libraries in win32 backstage
MC432475 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. We apologize for the delayed communication. 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… View more
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(Updated) Invite people you choose in the Share control in Microsoft 365 apps
MC706173 | January 19 –
Updated January 19, 2024: Additional documentation is now available here: Sharing files, folders, and list items
We are updating the Send Email experience with a new Invite flow instead of sending sharing links. We have received feedback indicating that customers who use the Send Email flow perceive they may have overshared when they realize… View more
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Microsoft Viva Engage: New feature to limit moving of conversations across communities
MC708076 | January 18 –
Starting in January 2024, Microsoft Viva Engage customers will see a new setting to prevent users from moving conversations into a community.
Community or Engage admins may want to limit the movement of conversations between communities in the network. The new limit move conversation feature helps with that goal. When applied, users cannot move conversations into a community. All users can move conversations out of a community. Regardless of setting status, admins… View more
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Microsoft Teams: Tags will be supported in Private Channels
MC707674 | January 17 –
Tags will now be supported in private channels in Microsoft Teams. Users can now use tags to @ mention groups of people in private channels.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 373545
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Tags in Shared Channels for Microsoft Teams
MC707670 | January 17 –
Tags will now be supported in shared channels in Microsoft Teams. Users can now use tags to @ mention groups of people in shared channels.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 373555
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Microsoft Teams: Block users from joining externally hosted Teams meetings
MC707664 | January 17 –
This feature enables tenant admins to control whether some users in their organizations can join any externally hosted Microsoft Teams meetings. When these regulated users are signed in on their Teams clients, their ability to join an externally hosted meeting will be limited based on the policy configuration. This capability can be used by the tenant admins to protect potential data exfiltration from specific user groups within their organization.
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Microsoft Teams: Chat/Channel Copilot will Preserve Side Pane Preferences
MC707663 | January 17 –
We are excited to announce that Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft Teams chat and channels will soon preserve your side pane preferences for a specific chat thread while the Microsoft Teams app is running. This means that if you open Copilot in one group chat, it will remain open when you return to that chat thread. This feature will be available on desktop and web.
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Modern Translator feature in Microsoft 365 Apps
MC707661 | January 17 –
The Modern Translator feature in Microsoft M365 Apps is making changes that may require users and tenant administrators to take steps to ensure continuity of service. We strongly recommend you ensure your installed versions of any of the below release channels or products, Win32 and Mac (Current Channel, Monthly Enterprise Channel, Semi-Annual Channel, Perpetual Channels, Windows Teams Desktop, Teams Android, Teams iOS, OneNote for Windows 10, or Office Store Translator for Outlook) are… View more
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Teams admin center (TAC) Header Search now supports Emergency Addresses
MC707655 | January 17 –
We’re excited to announce that the Header Search feature in Teams admin center will now be supporting Emergency Addresses.
The Header Search feature now supports a wide range of entities, including Teams, Users, Policies, Settings, Documentation, Emergency Addresses and more. This means you’ll be able to quickly search for relevant information across these entities within the Teams admin center.
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Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of Ability to delete indicator variants
MC707654 | January 17 –
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out public preview of Ability to delete indicator variants.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 376697
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Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of progressive alert scoring
MC707653 | January 17 –
Coming soon, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out public preview of progressive alert scoring.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 179883
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Reminder: Stream (Classic) retires on April 15, 2024, and all unmigrated videos will be deleted
MC707652 | January 17 –
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.
Stream (Classic)’s successor service, Stream (on SharePoint), entered general… View more
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Microsoft Outlook: New Sync Feature
MC707650 | January 17 –
A button option to initiate email sync is coming to the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web. This will allow users to ensure that their send and receive email experience is up to date. This functionality will be in the View tab of the Ribbon.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 375743
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Microsoft Teams: Private and shared channels links
MC707648 | January 17 –
In Microsoft Teams, we are extending support for channel links to include both private and shared channels. Once released, members of private and shared channels will be able to get links to a private or shared channel or channel post to share with other Teams users.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 325325
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Windows Office Hours: January 18th, 2024
MC707502 | January 16 –
If you are an IT admin with questions about managing and updating Windows, we want to help. Every third Thursday of the month, we host a live chat-based event on the Tech Community called Windows Office Hours. Members of the Windows, Intune, Windows Autopilot, Windows Autopatch, and Windows 365 engineering teams will be standing by to answer your questions. We also have experts from FastTrack, the Customer Acceleration Team, and Microsoft public sector… View more
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New Power Platform endpoint used by Power Apps
MC707453 | January 16 – Beginning February 2024, Microsoft Power Apps is introducing a new endpoint for the Power Platform API as a service dependency change in the public cloud: *.powerplatform.com. The Power Apps end-user experiences will leverage this new endpoint. This change has been reflected in the documentation Power Platform URLs and IP address ranges.
What action do I need to take? If you employ in-house firewall rules to restrict network traffic to… View more
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