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 352th 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

February 26, 2024 – March 3, 2024

Major updates

European Digital Markets Act (DMA) Impact on LinkedIn in Microsoft 365 profile card experiences

MC720763 | February 28 –

As part of our joint efforts to comply with the Digital Markets Act, we are working with our LinkedIn partners to provide additional controls for LinkedIn profile data appearing in Microsoft 365 profile card experiences.

Beginning in March 2024, LinkedIn members based in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland will have the ability to choose whether to allow their LinkedIn profile to appear in Microsoft 365 profile card experiences.

Access to LinkedIn member profiles…View more

Update to Get-CsOnlineUser and Get-CsUserPolicyAssignment cmdlet in the Teams PowerShell Module

MC720181 | February 28 –

We will be retiring LocationPolicy, OptionFlags and VoicePolicy attributes from Get-CsOnlineUser and Get-CsUserPolicyAssignment cmdlets in the Teams PowerShell Module, If you are using these cmdlets to get LocationPolicy, VoicePolicy, or OptionFlags review the information below for additional details.

(Updated) Remove Custom Script setting in OneDrive and SharePoint web

MC714186 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional information for clarity. Thank you for your feedback.

There are changes happening to Custom script settings in March 2024.

The Custom Script setting, which determines if users can execute custom scripts on personal sites and self-service created sites will be removed.
This setting is currently located in the SharePoint Admin Center, under Settings -> Classic Settings.

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Additional updates

Microsoft Outlook for Mac: New immersive image themes

MC722590 | March 2 –

Note: If your organization does not support Macs, you can ignore this message.

Starting April 2024, Outlook for Mac will offer new immersive image themes. This feature will be available in Outlook for Mac for commercial and consumer users. (This feature is not available on Outlook for the web.)

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Microsoft Teams: Voicemail recorded custom greetings | migration update

MC722588 | March 2 –

At Microsoft, we are dedicated to protecting your data. As part of this commitment, we are migrating recorded custom greetings for Microsoft Teams voicemail to a new storage location. We are pleased to report that we have migrated 99.94% of our customers’ custom greetings.

For the remaining 0.06% of users who have not received any voicemail in over six months, their custom recorded greetings are still stored in the old location. Starting from May 2024, default greetings will be played…View more

Microsoft Secure Score: Removing a recommendation from Microsoft Defender for Identity

MC722587 | March 2 –

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

As part of this update, after careful examination, we have decided to gradually withdraw this Microsoft Defender for Identity recommendation:Remove the attribute ‘password never expires’ from accounts in your domain.

This rollout is part of our work to refine the security assessment report, to ensure it aligns…View more

Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance: Reduce detect-to-investigation time from 24 hours to 1 hour for Viva Engage

MC722586 | March 2 –

Coming soon to public preview, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance will release a feature that will reduce detection-to-investigation time from 24 hours to 1 hour for Microsoft Viva Engage.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 181828.

Microsoft Search: New Content source filters in All vertical

MC722584 | March 2 –

If you have multiple content sources set up in Microsoft Search, such as Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Viva Learning, or third-party sources indexed using Microsoft Graph Connectors, users will soon see content source filters in the All vertical.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383953.

(Updated) Microsoft Edge for Business: Customize organizational branding using the Microsoft Edge management service

MC720776 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional resources.

Starting late March 2024, admins can customize their organization’s branding assets onto Edge for Business through the Microsoft Edge management service. This branding can help users signed in with an Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory) more easily differentiate between multiple profiles and browser windows through visual cues on the profile pill, profile flyout, and Edge for Business…View more

(Updated) Content Camera on New Teams

MC710415 | March 2 –

Updated February 16, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Content camera support will be available on the new Teams app experience for Windows and MacOS. Content camera enables remote attendees to get a clear view of physical objects like whiteboards, printed documents, books, and more that are in a meeting room. Content camera intelligently detects, crops and frames the in-room object and shares its content with remote meeting participants….View more

(Updated) Agenda View Refresh in Teams Mobile

MC698125 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Teams calendar on mobile devices displays the live status of a meeting with avatars of the participants who are in the call, whether the meeting is being recorded and the duration of the meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98328

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: User experience improvements for Multi-Tenant Organization (MTO) users

MC703704 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Note: If you are not a multi-tenant organization, you can safely ignore this message.

This release features user experience improvements when Microsoft Teams users interact with users in another tenant that belongs to their organization (e.g., for conglomerates, as a result of M&A).

We are now removing any possibility of having 1:1 chat (between users…View more

(Updated) Control your activity notifications from the activity card

MC698129 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users will be able to control what shows in their activity feed by clicking on the ellipsis from the activity card, helping them to stay on top of the information that matters most to them.

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: In form meeting option updates for webinars and townhalls

MC710212 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In Microsoft Teams, configuring meeting options for events like webinars and townhalls required users to be taken to a web page after the event had been created. In order to optimize the user experience, we will now allow users to configure meeting options within the Teams app before event creation. This will provide users with more flexibility.

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams Connect chat – Extended Directory

MC704952 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams is now introducing enhancements on top of Teams Connect for chats. With the Teams Connect chat extended directory, IT admins can create an external directory of known external collaborators using their phone numbers. Once created, it will be easier for users in the tenant to:

Search external users by name and establish 1:1 or…View more

(Updated) Admins can select the domain to use for Teams Email Service

MC705761 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 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

(Updated) Meeting “Recording and Transcription” tab will be replaced by “Recap” tab

MC704958 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Now, the “Recap” tab for scheduled meetings will include access to the recording and transcript. For meetings that have a “Recap” tab, the previous “Recording and Transcription” tab will be removed since the “Recap” tab will replace it. For meetings that don’t have a “Recap” tab, users can continue to access the recording and transcript from the “Recording and Transcription” tab.

This…View more

(Updated) Custom Backgrounds for Announcement Posts in Channels

MC687791 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional information.

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to create custom backgrounds for their Announcement posts with the generative AI power of Microsoft Designer. As part of the advanced Teams Premium capabilities, users will have access to DALL-E, a text to image generator, which they can use for their backgrounds. This release of Custom Backgrounds for Announcement Posts will be rolling out…View more

(Updated) Custom Backgrounds for Announcement Posts in Channels

MC680348 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional information.

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to create custom backgrounds for their Announcement posts with the generative AI power of Microsoft Designer. This release of Custom Backgrounds for Announcement Posts will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop and Web for Channels 2.0 in English – US markets only. Non-US tenants may have noticed a temporary loss in the ability to…View more

(Updated) Public Preview: Windows Autopatch Reliability Report

MC706447 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 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

(Updated) Introducing the New Teams Telephony Admin Role in Teams Admin Center & TPM

MC715426 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the content to show as intended.

We’re thrilled to announce the addition of a new RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) role in Microsoft Teams Admin Center: the Teams Telephony Admin. This role has been specifically designed to manage telephony-related functions within the Teams Admin Center.

(Updated) New Gallery in Teams Meetings

MC686281 | March 2 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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) Microsoft Defender: User experience update to evidence

MC690603 | March 1 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The evidence panels for mail cluster entities and mailbox configuration entities will have a refreshed user experience. The update is solely visual with no change in content. The change will be seen on the incident evidence and response tab, the investigation evidence and entities tabs as well as in action center when applicable to these entity types.

(Updated) Yammer Rebranding to Viva Engage Domain Migration Update

MC679739 | March 1 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

If you took action to change or update your email configuration based on the previous communication, then that should remain largely valid. We encourage you to review changes when any updated notice is received.

As previously communicated in MC561701 (May 2023), a key step in View more

(Updated) Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of progressive alert scoring

MC707653 | March 1 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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

(Updated) Microsoft Purview – General availability of Power Automate integration with records management

MC681242 | March 1 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

To provide greater process flexibility, we have integrated Microsoft Purview Records Management with Power Automate. We provide the actions ‘Apply a retention label on the item’, ‘Relabel an item at the end of retention’, ‘Delete an item at the end of retention’, and ‘Trigger a new instance of the flow if an item can’t be located’ in Microsoft 365 Compliance connector to…View more

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

MC515536 | March 1 –

Updated March 1, 2024: 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) Promote channel creation

MC697808 | March 1 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Today, our experience focusses on letting users create team at the top level, with channel creation as a per team level option. Looking at the user behavior here, users end up creating more teams, where it could have been channels within teams, leading to team proliferation and difficulty in managing teams. To address this, we are looking to promote channel creation.

For users to…View more

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

MC679735 | March 1 –

Updated March 1, 2024: 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) Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports – Overview page redesign

MC692467 | March 1 –

Updated March 1, 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), and key usage metrics for Microsoft 365…View more

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

MC711337 | March 1 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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.

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

MC711335 | March 1 –

Updated March 1, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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.

(Updated) Text Predictions for OneNote on Windows

MC560724 | March 1 –

Updated March 1, 2024: 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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Microsoft SharePoint Online: New feedback button

MC721853 | March 1 –

We are introducing a feedback button in Microsoft SharePoint Online, consistent with the rest of the Microsoft 365 Suite. Users can submit compliments, problems, or suggestions about SharePoint features and functionality to Microsoft.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383405.

Microsoft Viva Insights: We are pausing the Digest email

MC721849 | March 1 –

The Microsoft Viva Insights Digest email will be paused effective April 1, 2024 as we address customer feedback to make these emails more timely and relevant for recipients.

Microsoft Exchange Online: Release of View Another Mailbox feature in the new Exchange admin center (EAC)

MC720777 | February 29 –

The new View Another Mailbox feature for the new Exchange admin center (EAC) lets you see and manage all mailboxes that you have permissions for from the new EAC.

New innovations in Windows 11 make it easier to create and get things done

MC721469 | February 29 –

Today we start to roll out new features and capabilities to help organizations get more value from their Windows 11 investments through greater productivity, creativity, and inclusion. Highlights include:

New skills for Copilot in Windows
Accessibility enhancements for those using voice access or multiple monitors
Improvements to Snap, Widgets, and Windows Ink
Expanded file sharing options for third-party…View more

The February 2024 Windows non-security preview update is now available

MC721468 | February 29 –

The February 2024 non-security preview update is now available for Windows 11 and all supported versions of Windows 10. Information about the contents of this update is available from the release notes, which are accessible from the Windows 11 and Windows 10 update history pages….View more

Microsoft Viva: Modern All Company communities for Native Mode networks

MC721012 | February 29 –

Starting end of February 2024, most All Company communities in Microsoft Viva Engage tenants and networks in Native Mode networks will be automatically migrated to the modern All Company experience. This means that All Company communities will have all the new Viva Engage community experiences and features. It’s worth noting that this change will only affect a few Viva Engage networks. Most networks already have the modern All Company experience.

This adds new features to All…View more

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

MC721011 | February 29 –

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

Current Channel

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

MC694650 | February 29 –

Updated February 28, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to general availability, 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

New themes in the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web

MC720780 | February 28 –

To offer more personalization to end users, Microsoft Outlook on the web and the new Microsoft Outlook for Microsoft Windows will release 10 new themes. These themes will be released in addition to the over 55 themes that already exist in both email clients. Users can access these themes in the Appearance page of Settings.

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Microsoft Purview: Audit Search with Microsoft Graph API

MC720778 | February 28 –

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 for Microsoft Purview that enables you to create applications that programmatically query and retrieve your organization’s audit activity logs.

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

MC720773 | February 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.

Stream (Classic)’s successor service, Stream (on SharePoint), entered general availability in…View more

(Updated) New Feature: Alerts for Windows Autopatch policy conflicts Public Preview announcement

MC697414 | February 28 –

Updated February 28, 2024: We have updated the availability timing below. Thank you for your patience.

IT admins will be able to see, review and act on Intune policy conflicts that impact the Windows Autopatch service. When the Windows Autopatch service detects a policy or policies in the tenant that conflict with a setting or settings in another Intune device policy, Tenant admins must review conflicting policies, impacted settings and manually resolve the conflict/s so the Autopatch…View more

Expanding invitations to move to Windows 11 to more people

MC720713 | February 28 –

If your organization relies on Microsoft to manage Windows updates, you’ll start seeing a new user interface on eligible Windows 10 devices soon. Starting with the April 2024 security update, a new message will appear after signing in and usually following a reboot. It will invite users to “Upgrade for free to the latest Windows 11.” For more details, read View more

Open Teams app content in multi-window stageview

MC720179 | February 28 –

With Collaborative Stageview, Microsoft Teams enables you to open your app content in new multi-window experiences. Configure your multi-window to include an associated conversation or enable a focused view for your user to complete their task. Collaborative Stageview can be opened from an adaptive card, Teams JS SDK or deeplink. Unlock multi-tasking workflows for your users inside Teams; allow them to engage with content and conversation, side-by-side.

This message is…View more

Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention for endpoints: Restrict unintentional sharing (macOS)

MC720178 | February 28 –

If your organization does not support macOS, you can ignore this message.

In Microsoft Purview’s compliance portal, you’ll soon be able to restrict unintentional sharing of sensitive items to unallowed cloud apps and monitor sensitive activities in your macOS environment.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383739.View more

Non-security preview updates will continue to be released for Windows 11, version 22H2

MC720177 | February 28 –

If you use or manage Windows 11, version 22H2 devices, your opportunity to receive non-security preview updates has been extended. These updates bring optional fixes and productivity improvements that you can get every fourth week of the month as a preview of what will be available in the next month’s security update . Previously, we communicated that the last optional non-security preview update for version 22H2 would be released on February 27, 2024. Based on user feedback,…View more

New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Web: Conditional Formatting

MC720021 | February 27 –

Conditional formatting is a feature in Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Web to make messages that meet defined conditions stand out in the message list by using different font colors. The users can specify conditions that an incoming message should meet, such as a sender’s name or email address.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 167976

(Updated) Commercial data protection in Copilot expanding to additional Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licenses

MC710206 | February 27 –

Updating February 27, 2024: The “Commercial data protection for Microsoft Copilot” service plan—which turns commercial data protection on or off in Copilot—is now rolling out for the licenses indicated in the original message below which was sent on January 25, 2024.

To ensure that your organizational data is protected, commercial data protection in Copilot is turned on for your eligible users. Users must sign in to Copilot with their work accounts to receive…View more

(Updated) Contact Unification across Outlook and Teams

MC695487 | February 27 –

Updated February 27, 2024: We are working on a few changes to the system, and the current Message center post will be updated soon to reflect the latest plan and timelines. In the interim, we have completed one time migration of Teams, contacts to outlook contact store but any changes in Outlook will not reflect in Teams and vice versa. This will be enabled in next steps for this effort. Please stay tuned for further updates on this via the message center post.

Today,…View more

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Copy simulation action in Attack simulation training

MC719660 | February 27 –

Attack simulation training in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is an intelligent risk reduction tool that allows customers to run realistic phishing attack simulation scenarios in their organization, identify vulnerable users, and help drive behavior change through an integrated security awareness training program. Using the ‘copy simulation action’ button, Attack simulation administrators will be able to effortlessly duplicate existing simulations and make necessary edits to introduce…View more

Microsoft Teams: Access work, school, and personal accounts in a single desktop app

MC719659 | February 27 –

If your organization does not support Mac desktops, you can ignore this message.

Starting in April 2024 and rolling out gradually, the Microsoft Teams desktop app on Windows and Mac will let you use any type of Teams account (work, school, or personal). As in classic Teams, admins can control their users’ sign-in capabilities with group policies.

Users will be able to add and access their additional accounts in the upper right corner of Teams by selecting their profile picture….View more

Minimum iOS version requirement for To Do app

MC719657 | February 27 –

Users will need to have iOS 15 version or higher on their devices to receive the latest updates for the To Do app.

Microsoft Teams admin center (TAC): Search now supports resource accounts

MC719655 | February 27 –

We’re excited to announce that the search bar at the top of the Microsoft Teams admin center (TAC) will now support resource accounts.

Microsoft Purview | Compliance portal: Communication Compliance – Creating custom tags in policies

MC719654 | February 27 –

Coming soon to public preview, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance is introducing custom tags to give investigators the flexibility of using tags that fit their organization’s needs.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 382607.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Major change to Endpoint Attack Notifications

MC719648 | February 27 –

You are currently enrolled in or eligible for the Endpoint Attack Notifications feature of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE). To provide improved service, we are migrating the internal operations of the Endpoint Attack Notifications feature to a new system.

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Refreshed Landing Experience for Viva Connections Desktop

MC682306 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the content below with additional resources.

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…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Use Apple AirPods to mute/unmute yourself

MC718244 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Note: If your organization does not use macOS, you can ignore this message.

You will soon be able to mute or unmute yourself with Apple AirPods in Microsoft Teams on Macs running macOS Sonoma. The same functionality is already available on iPhones running iOS17.

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(Updated) SharePoint eSignature electronic signature service

MC690925 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

SharePoint eSignature is Microsoft’s first party electronic signature service which allows users to easily request eSignatures on a PDF document via SharePoint online. Signers can easily add their electronic signature. Signed documents are saved securely back to SharePoint.

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

MC554158 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 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) Microsoft Copilot Dashboard for Viva Insights licensed customers

MC709985 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: To ensure an optimal experience when rolling out this feature, we will communicate a new rollout timeline in the near future.

Additional insights that combine Microsoft Copilot usage metrics with collaboration and sentiment data will be available to Viva Insights licensed organizations in the Copilot Dashboard. These additional insights provide more granular views of Copilot adoption, usage patterns, user sentiment, and return on investment across teams,…View more

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

MC709270 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Outlook: New Sync Feature

MC707650 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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.

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(Updated) Device Management Changes for Microsoft Teams Android Devices

MC665936 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the content below for clarification. Thank you for your patience.

Earlier this year, the new Microsoft device ecosystem platform built on the Android Open-Source Project (AOSP) was announced delivering state-of-the art security, reliability, and manageability with Microsoft Intune….View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Archive channels

MC696576 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

For a paused or completed project where owners want to preserve channel content, but no longer want to keep the channel active, they can archive channels now!

Archiving channels will be available for Teams users. You, as a channel owner or administrator can archive a channel you own. By archiving the channel, it will not be available in your and channel…View more

(Updated) Audio and video flyout and settings in Teams meetings

MC699715 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Share contact information of people in Microsoft Teams chat

MC704192 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Users can now share the contact information of someone who is not in a chat to make it easy for others to confidently get to know other collaborators.

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(Updated) Improved Frontline Workers Availability Preferences

MC695497 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 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) IntelliFrame experiences on new Teams app and Recognition expansion

MC695502 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 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 26 –

Updated February 25, 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 26 –

Updated February 25, 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.

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(Upated) Tasks in my area or department (a mobile Planner in Teams feature)

MC695495 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In the Tasks by Planner and To Do app in Microsoft Teams, buckets are a common way to organize tasks into different areas of work.

The mobile experience for the Tasks app in Teams will soon be updated to make it easier to filter to a specific bucket or set of buckets so that you can focus on the tasks in your area. We expect this simple user experience change…View more

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Domain-specific search

MC692025 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 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.

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

MC690180 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 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 26 –

Updated February 25, 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).

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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: In-meeting Error Messaging

MC683928 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams Meeting users will be notified directly through the error message on meeting right pane for why they cannot access meeting chats when their chat access is limited by policy or due to system limitations and unexpected errors.

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(Updated) Workflows within Microsoft Teams chats menu

MC683929 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 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 26 –

Updated February 25, 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: Automatic Updates for the Teams app on Android-based Teams Devices

MC679738 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: 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 Teams: Automatic tags (@mentions) by department and job title

MC711659 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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…View more

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

MC709987 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 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) Tags in Shared Channels for Microsoft Teams

MC707670 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Tags will now be supported in shared channels in Microsoft Teams. Users can now use tags to @ mention groups of people in shared channels.

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

MC661224 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 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.

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(Updated) Simpler and quicker creation of teams and channels

MC686596 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the roll out timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Collaborate more easily by creating teams and channels simpler and faster – a simple by default, power when needed experience!

Currently, our team and channel creation processes have several steps and are focused on letting users create team at the top level, with channel creation as an option for each team.

We are making the team create experience…View more

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

MC696850 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 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 submitting messages (email and…View more

(Updated) Preview enterprise secure AI controls in the Microsoft Edge management service

MC694372 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: Preview updates for enterprise secure AI settings in the Microsoft Edge management service are now available! We have added a new setting to block third-party LLMs, as well as more informative descriptions to help you understand the capabilities that each control provides. Try it out in the Microsoft Edge management service now.

The Microsoft Edge management service is a new, dedicated, and simplified management experience for Microsoft Edge…View more

(Updated) Email notifications for “Issues in your environment that require action”

MC470137 | February 26 –

Updated February 25, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In December 2021, a new section was added to the service health page in the Microsoft 365 admin center, featuring “Issues in your environment that require action.” These types of issues are not caused by Microsoft services being unhealthy, but by something specific to your organization that require an admin to take action.

To ensure that these notifications…View more

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