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 348th 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.

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Message center announcements

January 29, 2024 – February 4, 2024

Major updates

(Updated) Microsoft Managed Desktop Transition to End-of-Life on July 31, 2024

MC662244 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the content with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Managed Desktop has been a valuable service for our customers to modernize their device management solutions while reducing the burden on IT teams and delivering expert security. Microsoft is committed to helping customers achieve their objectives, and we are continually developing new managed services such as View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Join Teams work meetings from Microsoft Teams (free) and vice versa

MC704194 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the content below for clarity.

This feature enables users with personal Microsoft accounts (MSA) using the free version of Microsoft Teams to join and participate in Teams for work (or school) meetings with their signed-in personal account when joining meetings from within the Teams app. This feature also lets these users stay connected with the other meeting participants (retain access to the meeting chat) after the meeting…View more

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

MC694387 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

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

Private Add-in data in Microsoft 365 Apps health retirement

MC711661 | February 1 –

The private add-in data on the Microsoft 365 Apps Health dashboard will be discontinued by Microsoft.

The Add-in tab on the Microsoft 365 Apps health page in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center shows admins both public and private add-in data in one place. On February 29, 2024, the portal will stop processing and displaying private…View more

Changes to the Website tab in the new Teams client.

MC708500 | January 30 –

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

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

MC690173 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: 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

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Teams on Apple visionOS

MC712150 | February 3 –

The initial release of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams on Apple visionOS will support both Enterprise and Consumer accounts.

Viva Engage: New Articles feature

MC712149 | February 3 –

Articles are a new post type for Microsoft Viva Suite and Employee Communications and Communities customers in Viva Engage. Articles provides the flexibility to add rich media to a post, create longer-form posts, and use Viva Engage to blog. Corporate communicators can now enjoy the flexibility and simplicity of content creation directly in Viva Engage, with control over formatting and design. Articles can be viewed on any device.

Articles provide a…View more

Microsoft 365 apps on Android can create PDFs that inherit sensitivity labels from source files

MC712148 | February 3 –

When using Microsoft 365 apps on Android for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, files with sensitivity labels will also apply those labels to Adobe Acrobat PDFs created in those apps.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 363449.

Microsoft 365 apps on iOS can create PDFs that inherit sensitivity labels from source files

MC712147 | February 3 –

When using Microsoft 365 apps on iOS for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, files with sensitivity labels will also apply those labels to Adobe Acrobat PDFs created in those apps.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 363454.

Microsoft SharePoint Online: Create custom document library templates

MC712146 | February 3 –

In Microsoft SharePoint Online, we are introducing the ability to create custom document library templates using the existing PowerShell-based tooling for creating custom list templates.

Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: New Reports page

MC712144 | February 3 –

In Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management, we are rolling out a new Reports page.

Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider

Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are…View more

Microsoft Entra ID: New Microsoft teams-specific consent settings

MC712143 | February 3 –

For Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Teams, we are introducing two new resource-specific consent settings (RSC) for teams and chats to enhance secure app adoption. These settings will affect Chat RSC and Team RSC for apps in Microsoft Teams. This update also empowers Teams-level admins to independently manage these settings. Existing Group owner consent settings and API and the existing Chat RSC API will be retired with this update.

(Updated) IntelliFrame experiences on new Teams app and Recognition expansion

MC695502 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This is a two-part update, with:

IntelliFrame experiences availability on new Teams app for Desktop,
Expanding recognition support to cover scenarios such as meeting invite forwarding and Teams meeting nudge among others (Please See below for details)
- IntelliFrame experiences from Edge cameras like Yealink Smartvision 60 are currently…View more

(Updated) Remove Activity Feed Item in New Teams

MC692466 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This feature will enable Teams users to delete/remove items from activity feed.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 181794

The Remove functionality can be found under the ellipsis menu in the activity…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams – Teams app on Teams Rooms on Android and paired Touch Consoles to be updated in sync

MC692021 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With this feature, the Teams app updates will happen in sync for Microsoft Teams Rooms (Android) and their paired touch consoles. This will be applicable for both manual and automatic updates done from Teams admin center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Domain-specific search

MC692025 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users will be able to narrow down their search results and find what they are looking for faster. Get more precise search results by picking up a specific domain like files, group chat or Teams. You can find domain specific results by typing a person’s name also.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

(Updated) Listen to Multiple Channels on Teams Walkie Talkie

MC694389 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

(Updated) Additional Teams Meeting Templates Added to Outlook Teams Add-In

MC690180 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Virtual appointment, Webinar, and Town hall are Teams meeting templates that are accessible via the ‘New meeting’ dropdown menu in Teams Calendar App. We are now expanding how you can access these meeting templates by adding them to the meeting templates menu in the Outlook Windows client in the Teams Meeting Add-In. When in Outlook Calendar, select the dropdown menu next to the Teams…View more

(Updated) New Feature in Teams Admin Center to Communicate with Third-Party App Publishers via Teams

MC685934 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams admins will soon be able to initiate private groups chats with a limited set of third-party Teams app publishers via a new ‘Click-to-Chat’ (C2C) feature being added to the Teams Admin Center (TAC).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

(Updated) Workflows within Microsoft Teams chats menu

MC683929 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams will be bringing workflows powered by Power Automate into the overflow menu for chats.

To make sure Microsoft Teams provides the best workflow experience for our users we are making it easier to configure workflows for chats. From the list of chats users will be able to go into the overflow menu for a specific chat (…) and select…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams | Support Joining a Teams Live Event as Attendee for Teams Rooms on Windows

MC681886 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.19 update includes the support joining a Teams live event as an attendee.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 169881.

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Files App Updating to OneDrive App Experience in Teams

MC687207 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Files app accessed from the left side of the Teams desktop client will be updated with the new OneDrive app experience, bringing performance improvements, more views, and the latest features of OneDrive to both classic and new Teams. All existing features of the Files app will also be available via this new OneDrive app experience. View more

(Updated) A new experience to search within chat and channels.

MC554158 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are excited to introduce a new and improved experience to search within chats and channels.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122550

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

MC661224 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: 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) Improved Frontline Workers Availability Preferences

MC695497 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We’re excited to announce significant product upgrades focusing on enhanced FLW Availability Preferences.

Frontline workers often balance various personal commitments and specific work-time preferences. Through shifts, FLWs can establish availability preferences for calendar dates alongside recurring days. This feature streamlines shift assignments for…View more

(Updated) Stream videos can now be watched inline in Outlook

MC692026 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the the content below with additional details.

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

(Updated) Microsoft Secure Score – New Microsoft Defender for Identity recommendations

MC685930 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: 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 365 admin center: Usage reports – Overview page redesign

MC692467 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The Microsoft 365 admin center Usage report Overview page has been redesigned to better navigate the most important usage insights in your organization and provide a holistic view of Microsoft 365 apps usage. The redesign includes new engagement metrics such as enabled and active users, user state compositions (e.g. first time, returning users), storage by product, and key usage metrics…View more

Organizers can select up to six languages for attendees to choose from for live translated captions during a town hall

MC705765 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently in a town hall, an organizer is unable to select which auto-translated captions they would like their attendees to see. Attendees can select from a pre-selected list of translated languages for their captions. With this new update, organizers can now pick up to 6 translated languages from a list of over 40 languages to be shown to the attendees for captions during a town…View more

(Updated) Introducing the ability to duplicate an existing town hall

MC709987 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently with town hall, you are unable to duplicate an event and create a new event based off an existing one. This can be time consuming if organizers would like to schedule multiple events that are similar to one another. To simplify event creation Microsoft Teams is introducing the ability to create a new town hall by duplicating the information for an existing scheduled one….View more

(Updated) Introducing the ability to duplicate an existing webinar

MC709268 | February 2 –

Updated February 2, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Currently with webinars, you are unable to duplicate a webinar and create a new webinar based off an existing one. This can be time consuming if organizers would like to schedule multiple events that are similar to one another. To simplify event creation Microsoft Teams is introducing the ability to create a new webinar by duplicating the information for an existing scheduled one….View more

Self-service purchase and trials of the Microsoft Clipchamp Premium add-on SKU

MC711920 | February 2 –

Microsoft Clipchamp will now allow users to start a trial or purchase a Clipchamp Premium add-on license with their credit card. Users will be able to use the Clipchamp Premium features free of charge for 30 days when they start their trial, after which they will be charged for the license.

Microsoft Intune In Development for February 2024 is now available

MC711919 | February 2 –

The In development for Microsoft Intune page in our documentation has been updated.

How does this affect me?

The In development page provides a list of features in upcoming releases of Microsoft Intune to assist in your readiness and planning. The list has now been updated. You’ll start seeing these changes in the next…View more

Microsoft Teams: Detailed call history update | forwarded calls

MC711918 | February 2 –

We are adding more information to the Call history details for forwarded calls in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with MC439275 (Updated) Microsoft Teams Detailed Call History Feature Update (October 2022).

Modern hierarchy security setting redirection is now available in Public Preview

MC711860 | February 1 – We are announcing the Public Preview of the modern hierarchy security setting URL redirection. This feature will begin rolling out by region starting February 15, 2024, with completion by February 28.How does this affect me?The modern hierarchy security setting interface is available to users that have access to the hierarchy security setting in the Dynamics 365 portal. The legacy UI will still be available through a link in the Power Platform admin center.…View more

Public preview announcement – support all Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps users by Microsoft Defender XDR portal

MC711666 | February 1 –

As part of our transition to the Microsoft Defender XDR portal, the entire Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps experience in the Microsoft 365 Defender XDR portal will be available for all supported by Defender for Cloud Apps admin roles.

Microsoft Purview | Audit: Simplified permissions

MC711660 | February 1 –

As previously communicated in MC679529 (October 2023), we simplified permissions for Microsoft Purview Audit. This message is a clarification.

We have simplified the controls to manage Audit permissions in Microsoft Purview. You can now manage permissions from the Microsoft Purview Compliance portal. 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…View more

Microsoft Teams: Automatic tags (@mentions) by department and job title

MC711659 | February 1 –

With automatic tags, your frontline workers can reach each other by department or job title in Microsoft Teams channel conversations. Anyone on the team can use the tags in @mentions to notify the people who are associated with the tag.

Your frontline can quickly and easily reach the right groups of people. Because the tags are automatically created based on your mapped attribute values, team owners do not have to manually create and assign tags or manage them locally.

Device readiness checks for expedited Windows quality updates

MC711571 | January 31 –

If you use Windows Update for Business deployment service to expedite quality updates, your workflow is becoming easier. You can now proactively check the readiness of all devices in your organization before deploying an actual security update in an expedited way. A new article describes how you would use Microsoft Graph to call for a device readiness test. Alerts and remediation guidance for any ineligible devices will appear under Windows Update for Business reports. Find out more at View more

Microsoft Defender XDR for Office 365: Streamlined false positive submissions for quarantined files

MC711337 | January 30 –

In Microsoft Defender XDR for Office 365, we are providing an easy and robust way for admins and security operators to submit and temporarily mitigate false positive files that have been quarantined from OneDrive, Teams, and SharePoint.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380186.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Quarantine End User Allow and Block list management

MC711335 | January 30 –

In Microsoft Defender for Office 365, we are updating the way end users allow and block emails in Exchange Online.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380185.

Microsoft Purview | Audit: New logs for Standard users

MC711333 | January 30 –

In Microsoft Purview, new standard logs will be available for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams workloads.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 182259 (Exchange and SharePoint) and View more

(Updated) Data Loss Prevention- simulation mode for DLP policies

MC704951 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Simulation mode in DLP provides DLP admins with an isolated experience to try a DLP policy, assess its impact, and build confidence in the policy efficacy to eventually reduce the time to policy enforcement. Simulation mode is an enhancement to the existing test mode behavior to help Admins evaluate new policies confidently.

This message is associated with…View more

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

MC674977 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: 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.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Voice isolation

MC690921 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis, GIFs and Stickers Unified in One Picker

MC674737 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can soon find all of their emojis, GIFs, and stickers in a combined picker in Microsoft Teams.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84023

(Updated) Simplified Compose Experience for Teams

MC686919 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Teams Compose is the heart of collaboration, where all Teams messages flow each month. It’s also the gateway to a wealth of features, from Copilot to Files, Loops, Video, and Platform Apps.

While Teams’ capabilities have grown by leaps and bounds, the compose experience has remained largely unchanged. This update addresses usability, scalability, and…View more

(Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows

MC709270 | January 30 –

The Muting Teams with Windows Taskbar is now available. This feature, available in the new Teams experience on Windows, enables you to mute and unmute your audio by clicking the mic icon in Windows taskbar.

To control your call mic from the taskbar, do the following:

Select the mic icon on your taskbar or press Windows logo key + Alt + K to mute or unmute your microphone while using a calling app.

-OR- Click the volume icon in the hardware…View more

(Updated) Microsoft 365 Groups Connected Viva Goals Teams

MC694124 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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…View more

(Updated) Data Loss Prevention for endpoints – support for two new predicates

MC687844 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users may have been unable to download files from various web apps using any web browser. We have disabled this feature temporarily.

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…View more

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

MC635989 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: 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.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID View more

(Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365 enable admins to provide intent while submitting

MC696850 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This applies to customers with Exchange Online Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office plan 1 or plan 2 service plans.

Soon, admins can provide intent when View more

(Updated) Deploy Shifts to your Frontline teams at scale.

MC705347 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Admins will be empowered to deploy Shifts across their frontline dynamic teams through the Teams Admin Center. They will have the ability to uniformly configure the Shifts app settings, identify schedule owners, and create schedule groups for the Microsoft Teams Shifts app on their frontline teams. This will enable frontline managers to start managing their frontline…View more

(Updated) Deploy your Frontline Operational hierarchy in the Teams Admin Center

MC705350 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Operational hierarchy will enable admins to map their organization’s structure of frontline teams/locations to a hierarchy in the Teams Admin Center. Admins can define metadata that ranges from department information to brand information metadata for each team/location. The operational hierarchy coupled with this metadata will enable numerous frontline apps and…View more

(Upated) Office documents have a new default theme

MC666615 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. 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.

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

(Updated) Profile Card in Teams Mobile

MC692023 | January 30 –

Updated January 30, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Introducing new Profile Cards in Teams Mobile.

Power Pages Design Studio cannot be accessed on Firefox

MC711034 | January 30 – Effective January 26, 2024, Power Pages Design Studio cannot be accessed on Firefox.How does this affect me?You can use Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome to access Power Pages Design Studio. Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome are the support web browsers for Power Pages Design Studio.To learn more, see Power Pages system requirements and limits..What action do I need to take?This message is for…View more

Privacy link in Teams meeting join flow changing to organization’s privacy statement

MC711027 | January 29 –

Users joining Teams meetings will now see the hosting organization’s privacy url instead of Microsoft Privacy url.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 379610

Teams Multitenant Org (MTO) in GCC, GCC High, and DoD clouds

MC711026 | January 29 –

We’re pleased to announce the upcoming Multi-Tenant Organization (MTO) capabilities in Microsoft Teams. Admins can activate these features by configuring an MTO group in the Microsoft 365 admin center, while users utilize the new Teams desktop client.

Aimed at organizations managing employees across multiple tenants within the same cloud boundary, these features provide a seamless collaboration experience within MTO groups, enabling access to resources across tenants. The…View more

Microsoft 365 Groups in Outlook: Users can now choose to switch to the new Groups experience in Outlook on the web

MC711025 | January 29 –

We are excited to announce that users will be able to choose to transition from the old Microsoft 365 Groups in Outlook to the new Groups in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows. The transition is optional for users, who can switch back to old Groups if desired.

System generated emails from workflows and alerts will now show SharePoint Online as the sender display name

MC711021 | January 29 –

We have made some changes to system generated emails from SharePoint workflows and alerts display names.

To align system generated emails with best practices, SharePoint Online workflow and alert emails will be displayed as “SharePoint Online”. There is no change to the underlying sending email address, no-reply@sharepointonline.com.

Outlook: Outlook for web – new application ID

MC711020 | January 29 –

Outlook for web will migrate to a new appID. The existing Microsoft-owned appID used by OWA is changing in preparation for OWA’s authentication platform migration to a SPA auth model using MSAL.

Microsoft Teams: Hide General Channels

MC711019 | January 29 –

Similar to other channels in a team, now you will be able to hide general channels as well!

As a team member, when you become a part of a team, you see general channel always shown in your teams and channels list. Sometimes, even though the channel is not used, you still have it sticking in your teams and channels list. Introducing the capability for you to hide general channel, like any other channel in the team. Note, if general is the last channel in the team, then the…View more

Microsoft Exchange Online: Support for inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC

MC711018 | January 29 –

We are adding support for DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (or DANE) for SMTP and Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for inbound mail to Exchange Online. DANE for SMTP is a security protocol that uses DNS to verify the authenticity of the certificates used for securing email communication with TLS and protecting against TLS downgrade attacks. DNSSEC is a set of extensions to DNS that provides cryptographic verification of DNS records, preventing DNS-spoofing…View more

Microsoft Teams: Global reader role for Teams devices in Teams admin center

MC711015 | January 29 –

Admins can now use the existing Global reader role for read-only access to the Teams devices section in the Teams admin center!

The Global reader role is a built-in role in Microsoft Entra ID that allows admins to view all administrative features and settings without the ability to edit or modify them. This role is useful for auditing, reporting, and troubleshooting purposes.View more

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