Message center announcements
March 18, 2024 – March 24, 2024
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Announcing the retirement of legacy Power BI Apps (pre-audiences)
MC752517 | March 22 –
Legacy Power BI apps, the versions of apps before the release of apps with audiences, will no longer be supported. We encourage you to upgrade or rebuild your Power BI apps using Power BI apps with audiences.
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Out-of-band updates to address a Windows Server domain controller issue
MC752498 | March 22 –
Microsoft has identified an issue that affects Windows Server domain controllers (DCs), and has expedited a resolution that can be applied to affected devices. Out-of-band (OOB) updates have been released for some versions of Windows today, March 22, 2024, to addresses this issue related to a memory leak in the Local Security Authority Subsystem… View more
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Microsoft Copilot in Windows starts to roll out to more Windows 11 and 10 devices
MC750651 | March 21 –
Starting today, Copilot in Windows (in preview)* begins to roll out to more Windows 11 and Windows 10 devices. In addition, starting this week, people can access up to 10 Copilot requests in Windows before signing in with a Microsoft account or Microsoft Entra ID. After… View more
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Microsoft Teams: Meeting Chat shown by default in Gallery View with Teams Room
MC752516 | March 22 –
Meeting Chat is shown by default in Teams Room on Windows in Gallery view, making it easier to see incoming chat messages on the front-of-room display. IT admins can configure the default chat experience for a room, and users can make in-meeting changes to show or hide the chat using the touch console.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 332424.
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Microsoft Teams | Track usage of your frontline teams and apps in the Teams Admin Center
MC752515 | March 22 –
Admins will now be able to track usage across all their frontline locations on a usage dashboard in the Teams Admin Center located in the Manage Frontline Teams tab. Admins will see a table with usage data for each of their frontline locations on Microsoft Teams, and usage data will be shown for more frontline apps such as Walkie Talkie, Shifts, and Tasks. Admins can filter the table by the locations and date range they want to see usage data about. Admins can also export this data to a CSV… View more
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SharePoint Online: New heading level options for web parts
MC752513 | March 22 –
Coming soon: When authoring pages in Microsoft SharePoint, authors will be able to choose the heading level for titles in web parts to help define the hierarchy of information on a page. As we’re introducing this new capability, we’re also using it as an opportunity to align the default heading font size in the Text web part. New heading default font sizes:
- Heading 2 will now be 24, previously was 28
- Heading 3 will now be 20, previously was 24
- Heading 4 will now…
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Microsoft Teams: Access Workflows from the three-dot menu on shared file
MC750668 | March 21 –
Coming soon: Microsoft Teams will be bringing Workflows powered by Microsoft Power Automate to the three-dot menu for files shared in Teams chat or channels.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381643.
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Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Improvements to SharePoint files/folders deletion indicators
MC750667 | March 21 –
Coming soon, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out improvements to “Deleting of SharePoint files/ folders” indicators.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 388734.
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eDiscovery – Graph API for purge enhancements to include Exchange items and expand purge limit from 10 to 100
MC750663 | March 21 –
The Microsoft Graph eDiscovery premium API that supports Purge for Teams messages will now expand to support items stored in Microsoft Exchange including emails, calendar invitations, and more. In addition to expanding to support Exchange email items and Microsoft Teams, the limit for each purge action per unique location will expand from 10 items per location to 100 items per location. This limit will now enable administrators who are responding to a data spill or need to remediate data… View more
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Teams Mobile: New citations for Copilot in Teams responses in meetings and calls
MC750662 | March 21 –
For Copilot in Microsoft Teams Mobile meetings and calls, each Copilot response will include a citation number that users can select to see the content source for the response. For example, if the content source is the meeting transcript, users can select the citation number to open a transcript viewer that displays the exact quote in the transcript, the speaker’s name, and the transcript time stamp for the quote.
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OneDrive: Media node in OneDrive for web
MC748381 | March 20 –
We’re adding a Media node to the left nav of Microsoft OneDrive for web that will allow commercial customers to easily find all the photo and video content stored in their OneDrive in a single view.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 382105
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Microsoft Teams: Pre-pin meeting apps for users
MC748380 | March 20 –
Microsoft Teams is now enhancing app setup policies, allowing admins to pre-pin and pre-install meeting apps for users. Earlier, the pre-pinning and pre-installation were limited to personal apps and message extensions. This update extends the functionality to meeting apps. Admins can set up policies to install and pin meeting apps to provide users quick and easy access to their necessary meeting tools within Microsoft Teams.
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Microsoft Teams: Intelligent message translation in chats on desktop
MC748379 | March 20 –
In Microsoft Teams, when you get a message in a different language, you will see translation suggestions to help you understand the message. In settings, you can select which languages you do not want to translate and whether to translate messages automatically.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 99841.
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(Updated) Collaborative Notes in Channel Meetings
MC690924 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
In parallel to legacy Wiki-based Meeting Notes in channel meetings, Teams across Microsoft are coming together to provide tools that help make meetings more effective. More specifically, we’re improving how you track what you want to discuss (Agenda), what you discussed/decided (Notes) and what you need to follow up on (Follow-up Tasks) in channel meetings. These… View more
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(Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows
MC709270 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 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
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(Updated) Microsoft Entra ID: New Microsoft teams-specific consent settings
MC712143 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Adoption Score AI assistance category
MC694129 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
We are introducing a new people experiences category in Adoption Score in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The new category helps organizations understand the adoption of Microsoft Copilot features in Microsoft 365. This AI assistance category includes a score on a 100-point scale to help track the overall adoption of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365. This score for the AI assistance… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams | new Teams is now part of Teams Rooms on Microsoft Windows
MC738647 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have updated the content below to provide more information regarding the potential impact to your organization. Thank you for your patience.
The new Microsoft Teams available on Teams Desktop is also coming to Microsoft Teams Rooms on Microsoft Windows. With the new Teams app, all Teams Rooms devices can now use the performance gains and optimize available resources for room experience and rendering intelligent audio and video more reliably.
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(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updated labels for external participants in meetings
MC716008 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have completed the rollout for Worldwide. We will not be rolling out to GCC, GCC High or DoD organizations at this time and will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. We apologize for any inconvenience.
In our continuous drive to increase the security of Microsoft Teams meetings, we are updating the labels for the participants’ names. To bring in consistency and accuracy to the user labels, we are introducing the term Unverified, which… View more
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(Updated) Local Contacts Search
MC666613 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Users will now have access to a quicker and easier method to search their Outlook Mobile contact list within the app. We are adding a search bar at the top of a user’s in app contact list that will allow users to type the name of a contact to easily find a contact. This search is limited only to the contacts within the Outlook Mobile app, and this feature does not search… View more
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(Updated) Optimize for Video setting for screensharing
MC715695 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
In Microsoft Teams, we are providing manual settings to optimize screen sharing for video clips by reducing lag and improving the quality of video playback when sharing video clips in Teams meetings.
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(Updated) Announcing Updated Settings in Microsoft Outlook for Android
MC709662 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
The Outlook for Android Settings page is being updated so that you can find the settings you need more efficiently.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 185387
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(Updated) Microsoft Outlook mobile for iOS and Android toolbar updates
MC708338 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
The Compose toolbar in Microsoft Outlook mobile for iOS and Android will be updated to allow for more user customization.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 100696 (iOS) and View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Edge for Business: Customize organizational branding using the Microsoft Edge management service
MC720776 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
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… View more
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(Updated) Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Copilot for Sales plugin in Microsoft Teams meetings
MC718263 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
In Microsoft Teams meetings, admins can enable the Copilot for Sales plugin in the Preview menu. All plugins are toggled off by default, and users can toggle them on from the plugin menu. When the Copilot for Sales plugin is set to on, Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Microsoft Teams meetings will be able to access Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales data to get a summary… View more
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(Updated) Outlook Folder Recursive Search
MC690179 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have rolled this feature back to development stage in order to address some gaps based on feedback received and make the experience better. Additionally, we have updated the rollout timeline below. We apologize for any inconveniences.
This new feature will allow users to search within Outlook for sub-folders within specific folders.
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(Updated) Stream videos can now be watched inline in Outlook
MC692026 | March 20 –
Updated March 20, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
We’re introducing the ability to watch Stream videos inline in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 185389
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Public preview announcement – support all Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps users by Microsoft Defender XDR portal
MC711666 | March 20 –
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.
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Reminder: Classic to new Teams update, new Teams rollout, and new Teams only availability
MC746660 | March 20 –
What is being announced?
- With MC718748 on Feb 28, 2024 (New Teams rollout schedule for Commercial and EDU customers), we informed customers about the new Microsoft Teams rollout schedule with updated timelines. We encourage you to update users in your organization to new Teams as quickly as you can, because all new feature development will only be available in new Teams. Comprehensive documentation on new Teams rollout and experience: View more
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Microsoft Teams: New Admin control for setting default storage app for file uploads
MC746332 | March 19 –
We continue to enhance the Microsoft Teams platform with deeply integrated experiences and greater admin controls to enable a seamless collaborative experience for content stored on third-party cloud platforms. Teams admins will soon be able to change the default storage app for file uploads in Teams from Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint Online to a third-party provider of the admin’s choice. This setting will only apply when local files are uploaded using drag-and-drop in Teams chat and… View more
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Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: Copying rules
MC746328 | March 19 –
This rollout provides Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) admins with the ability to copy existing rules and edit them instead of creating all-new rules.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 384872.
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Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Public preview of Global exclusions
MC746324 | March 19 –
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out public preview of Global exclusions in the in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 185687.
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Microsoft Teams: Meeting details displayed on pre-join screen
MC746322 | March 19 –
Available in Microsoft Teams for Windows and Mac for in-tenant participants, the meeting pre-join screen will now include meeting details like the meeting title, scheduled start time, scheduled end time, and number of participants who have joined the call.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 387789.
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Outlook Mobile: New in-app Contact editor
MC746321 | March 19 –
Note: If your organization does not support iOS and/or Android mobile devices, you can skip this message.
We are rolling out a new Contact editor for Outlook Mobile, which replaces the use of the device’s native contact editor.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 384869.
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Microsoft Clipchamp desktop app: Work account support
MC744123 | March 18 –
The Microsoft Clipchamp desktop app from app version 3.x for Windows 10 and Windows 11 is introducing support for logins with Azure Active Directory/Entra ID accounts. This means that your users can access Clipchamp’s work version through the desktop app in addition to accessing Clipchamp in Microsoft Edge or Chrome. Until this rollout, users could not access Clipchamp through its desktop app for Windows because the desktop app only supported personal Microsoft accounts, not work accounts…. View more
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Microsoft Outlook Mobile: To Do integration
MC744122 | March 18 –
Note: If your organization does not support mobile devices, you can ignore this message.
We are rolling out To Do app integration in Outlook Mobile for Android and iOS for all commercial users. Once available, users need to update Outlook app to the latest version, tap the Apps tab in the navigation bar, and then go to All Apps and tap To Do. To pin the To Do app to the navigation bar, users can reorder the app and move it to the Pinned section.
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Reminder: Stream (Classic) retires on April 15, 2024, and all unmigrated videos will be deleted
MC744121 | March 18 –
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 Viva: Viva Insights leader deep-dive reports focus on customer, business operations, and agility
MC744117 | March 18 –
We will be releasing two Out of Box Experience (OOBE) reports for leaders in the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Microsoft Teams with the following themes:
- New hire onboarding and integration
- External focus for leaders
Note that leaders are defined as users who have been assigned the group manager role in Viva Insights and have a span of control of at least 9 licensed users.
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Microsoft Outlook Mobile: Open a Teams Meeting chat from the calendar
MC744115 | March 18 –
Note: If your organization does not support iOS and/or Android mobile devices, you can skip this message.
For meetings that are created as Microsoft Teams Meetings, users now have the option to open the Teams Meeting chat directly from the meeting event on their Outlook mobile calendar.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 387501.
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New Quarantine release details
MC744113 | March 18 –
In Microsoft Defender for Office 365, we are rolling out new details on who or what is responsible for releasing a message from quarantine.
These details will now be included in the email summary flyout panel accessible from the Quarantine page.
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