Message center announcements
February 5, 2024 – February 11, 2024
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Retiring of Suggested Tasks Insight Type
MC714517 | February 10 –
We will be retiring the ‘suggested tasks’ insight type which may appear on profile cards on Teams and Outlook
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Remove Custom Script setting in OneDrive and SharePoint web
MC714186 | February 9 –
In the SharePoint admin center, there is a Custom Script setting that controls whether users can run custom scripts in OneDrive and SharePoint sites. This setting will be removed in March 2024.
By removing this setting, Administrators will no longer be able to control the default behavior on self-service created sites or personal sites. However, customers will still be able to temporarily enable the ability to run custom script by using PowerShell, as described in the articles… View more
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Viva Insights: Changes to Suggested Tasks
MC713042 | February 6 –
A small subset of the functionality in the Viva Insights Teams app, Viva Insights Outlook plug-in, and Viva Insights in-line nudges will be retired.
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Retirement of AdminAuditLog and MailboxAuditLog cmdlets
MC713038 | February 6 –
We would like to inform you about an upcoming change in the way you access and manage your Exchange Online audit logs. Starting April 30, 2024, we will be retiring the following four cmdlets in the Exchange Online V3 module:
- Search-AdminAuditLog
- Search-MailboxAuditLog
- New-AdminAuditLogSearch
- New-MailboxAuditLogSearch
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Microsoft Viva Engage: Viva Engage question post update
MC714521 | February 10 –
We’re making two changes to posts in Viva Engage:
Changes to question post type
- Viva Engage is updating its questions to include two parts: a required field for the main question and an optional larger field for extra details. This change will enhance the clarity and readability of the question title, making it easier to scan and read. Additionally, the optional larger field allows users to provide additional context and details.
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Microsoft 365 apps for the web: Grid view for tasks in Microsoft To Do web version and To Do inside Microsoft Outlook
MC714520 | February 10 –
In Microsoft 365 apps for the web, users can see their tasks in a grid view and can update details inline in To Do on web and To Do app inside Microsoft Outlook.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381749
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Microsoft Viva Goals: New URL
MC714515 | February 10 –
As part of the broader effort to bring Microsoft 365 apps and service onto the single cloud.microsoft domain, you can now access Viva Goals with a new URL: goals.cloud.microsoft.
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Suspension of Azure Application Administrator role for Management of add-ins across Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
MC714183 | February 9 –
Admins can manage add-ins across Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint from the Integrated Apps blade in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. This capability is currently available to Global Administrators, Global Readers, Exchange Administrators, and Azure Application Administrators.
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Outlook Mobile: Removing the Sections view in the Feed tab
MC714181 | February 9 –
In the Feed tab of Outlook Mobile, we will remove the Sections view in the Feed tab, whose functionality and content can now be found in the vertical feed and elsewhere in the Outlook Mobile app.
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(Updated) Updated behavior for browsing large online address books
MC706449 | February 8 –
Updated February 8, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This post summarizes a change when browsing online address books in Exchange Online. Recently, Microsoft made a change to improve performance and encourage users to use search instead of infinite browsing. This change impacts browsing in any online address list with more than 500 objects and applies to the Default Global Address List, built-in address lists, and custom address… View more
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(Updated) Viva Pulse Customization Control Migration
MC677516 | February 8 –
Updated February 8, 2024: We have updated the timing of this change 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
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(Updated) Access Microsoft Lists, PowerBI, Loop and Whiteboard Content in OneDrive Web
MC683663 | February 8 –
Updated February 8, 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) New Meeting Option and Meeting Policy “Turn off copying or forwarding of meeting chat”
MC698134 | February 8 –
Updated February 8, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
“Turn off copying or forwarding of meeting chat” is a new meeting option that gives the meeting organizer the option to disable copying and sharing features on meeting chat messages for participants to reduce the risk of data leak. Once this restriction is enabled, meeting chat participants will not be able to copy chat messages using menu options or keyboard shortcuts,… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Allow meeting participants to create Collaborative notes
MC708499 | February 8 –
Updated February 8, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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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(Updated) Generate unique join links for external presenters so they can easily join events
MC675281 | February 8 –
Updated February 8, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Organizers can set up events and effortlessly add external presenters, who will receive exclusive Teams join links. These links enable external presenters to directly enter the event, eliminating the need for organizers to manually admit them from the event lobby or modify their event role during the session. This creates a hassle-free event experience for organizers and… View more
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(Updated) Cloud IntelliFrame: A New Way to See People in Teams Rooms
MC642265 | February 8 –
Updated February 8, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Cloud IntelliFrame is a new experience that allows online meeting attendees to see people in Teams Rooms more clearly, enhancing the hybrid meeting experience by creating smart video feeds of in-room participants. The smart video feed is created by zooming into their faces and eliminating distractions. You can see the expressions and gestures of the people in the room… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updates to in-call user experience.
MC690922 | February 8 –
Updated February 8, 2024: 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) Outlook Folder Recursive Search
MC690179 | February 8 –
Updated February 8, 2024: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback.
This new feature will allow users to search within Outlook for sub-folders within specific folders.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 151025
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Upgrade for the latest Microsoft Fluent Design System visual styling on Microsoft SharePoint
MC713894 | February 8 –
We’re upgrading to the latest Fluent visual styling on the Microsoft SharePoint platform. You may notice minor changes, such as slight changes in padding or color on various user interface (UI) controls.
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New Outlook for Windows: Opening saved .eml, .msg, and .oft files
MC713893 | February 8 –
In March 2024, we will introduce support in new Microsoft Outlook for Windows for opening email files saved to a user’s file system with .eml, .msg, and .oft extensions.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 379606.
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(Updated) Profile Card in Teams Mobile
MC692023 | February 7 –
Updated February 7, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Introducing new Profile Cards in Teams Mobile.
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(Updated) Microsoft Stream: Add a survey, poll, or quiz to a video at specific times
MC688632 | February 7 –
Updated February 7, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Make your video interactive and more engaging by adding a survey, quiz, or poll using Microsoft Forms. You can add forms anywhere in the video timeline. Interactivity can be added, edited, and previewed in Stream Web App in Edit mode by users with editing permissions. Go to Microsoft Forms to view responses and share a summary link with answers and scores in Microsoft… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Stream: Add a hyperlink or text callout to a video at specific times
MC688631 | February 7 –
Updated February 7, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Make your video interactive and more engaging by adding annotations that can include hyperlinks and text. Call out important moments or share documents and other links to additional resources. You can add text and links anywhere in the video timeline to help guide your viewers to the right information. Viewers can use video timeline markers to navigate interactive… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Stream: Collaborative notes in Teams meeting recordings
MC686914 | February 7 –
Updated February 7, 2024: 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… View more
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(Updated) Banner message to appear for Stream (Classic) users on migrated videos
MC678059 | February 7 –
Updated February 7, 2024: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience.
This is an important message for customers who have migrated or plan to migrate videos from Stream (Classic) to Stream (on SharePoint).
Beginning on October 15, 2023 your users will see a banner message on top of all migrated Stream (Classic) videos when they are played. The banner will say, “This video has been migrated to Stream (on SharePoint). You accessed this video… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Improved view of service health issue details
MC708336 | February 7 –
Updated February 7, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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) New Policy: Turn Off Teams Meeting Feedback Surveys for Unauthenticated Users
MC703705 | February 7 –
Updated February 7, 2024: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience.
We will be introducing the existing Teams Meetings feedback surveys (such as Net Promoter Score (NPS)) to unauthenticated users that join Teams Meetings. When an unauthenticated user joins a meeting originating from your organization, they may be eligible to receive a prompt to complete a feedback survey on their Microsoft Teams experience. We will be introducing a… View more
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(Updated) Viva Goals – Roll out for Improved team settings experience
MC695745 | February 7 –
Updated February 7, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
As a part of this release Team owners will have a simplified team settings experience. In addition, Team owners will also have the ability to create custom time-periods by default. The organization owners will have the option in the organization admin page, to configure this custom time-period creation permissions for team owners.
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(Updated) Out-of-box Controlled-content meeting template
MC678852 | February 7 –
Updated February 7, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
We are launching an out-of-the box template for meetings with external participants. The controlled content access template has preset defaults for meeting options to provide tight controls over lobby bypass, who can present, allowing chat across meeting lifecycle/in-meeting, and who can record.
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(Updated) Bring-Your-Own-Device IT Admin Experience in Teams Pro Management Portal
MC680963 | February 7 –
Updated February 7, 2024: Note: a Teams Shared Device license will be required per room to have access to the BYOD room’s usage report after the public preview period.
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) rooms are identified as rooms with no MTR (Microsoft Teams Rooms) but equipped with other peripherals such as camera, microphone.
In Teams Pro Management Portal, IT admins will finally have the capability to manage and track these specific BYOD rooms. They will… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Refreshed Landing Experience for Viva Connections Desktop
MC682306 | February 7 –
Updated February 7, 2024: We will be releasing audience targeting support on Resources component and inline expansion of dashboard component on Viva Connections page. These features are expected to be available to customers by mid-February 2024.”
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 of this update, the Resources section will be updated, and it will be… View more
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Microsoft Viva Engage and Microsoft Yammer: update on web domain migration release date
MC713420 | February 7 –
As previously communicated in MC679739 Yammer Rebranding to Viva Engage Domain Migration Update (October 2023), the web domain migration of Microsoft Viva Engage is a crucial step in providing a consistent experience. To ensure a smooth transition and prevent any potential disruptions to your workflows, we find it necessary to adjust our original timeline.
The new release date for the web domain migration is now set to begin in late March. This decision has been made to… View more
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Microsoft Teams: Redesigned app permissions tab in the Teams admin center
MC713370 | February 6 –
Microsoft Teams admins will soon be able to review and download a full list of app permission requirements in the Teams admin center on the newly redesigned Permissions tab on the App product details page.
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Reminder: Stream (Classic) retires on April 15, 2024, and all unmigrated videos will be deleted
MC713368 | February 6 –
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 availability in… View more
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Microsoft Forms now supports live data sync to Excel – Preview
MC713045 | February 6 –
Microsoft Forms offers surveys and quizzes to collect information from your audience. We have added a new feature that lets you quickly and easily sync the responses to an Excel file. Now you’ll always have the latest responses, updated automatically, so you can leverage the full range of Excel functions to analyze your data and collab with your peers.
Feature Experience:
- Create an Excel workbook in your own OneDrive on the form/quiz responses page.
- Form responses…
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