Weekly digest: Microsoft service updates

Microsoft
Message center announcements,
August 15-21, 2022
COMPUTERS N’ STUFF
Major updates

office_96x1.png (Updated) New Location for Key Functions and Direct Access to Other Microsoft 365 Apps in Outlook
MC390407 | August 19 – Updated August 19, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The new experience for accessing Mail, Calendar, People, and other Outlook apps that is being previewed behind the Coming Soon option is becoming the default experience.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88848
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office_96x1.png Update to Defender for Cloud Apps IP addresses
Act by: September 18
MC415419 | August 18 – Defender for Cloud Apps is updating its IP addresses related to ‘App connectors’ and ‘Third-party DLP integration’.
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Additional updates

office_96x1.png New Required Diagnostic Data (RDD) for Viva Learning
MC415922 | August 20 – Viva Learning is introducing a separate toggle to allow Admins to better control the type of diagnostic data that is collected by Microsoft forOffice client software running on the user’s device in your organization.
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office_96x1.png What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for August 2022
MC415921 | August 19 – Your Microsoft Intune account has been updated to the latest service build. How does this affect me? You will see the service release number updated in the Tenant Status blade of the Intune console soon. We’ve introduced some changes that we’re excited for you to try out. What do I need to do to prepare for this change? Click additional information below to learn more about what’s new in this service release. We’ll continue to update the What’s new page with any features that are released…
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sharepoint_96x1.png SharePoint: Configure Navigation Links to Open in a New Tab
MC415902 | August 19 – With this update, users will be able to manage the experience for each navigation item to open in a new tab.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93318
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office_96x1.png (Updated) General Availability of Outlook Lite for Android
MC400566 | August 19 – Updated August 19, 2022: We have updated the content with additional details. Thank you for your patience.We will be releasing a new Android app for Outlook called Outlook Lite. Outlook Lite brings the main benefits of Outlook in a smaller-sized app with fast performance for lightweight devices on any network. The Outlook Lite app will support Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365, Outlook, Hotmail, Live, and MSN accounts. Support for third-party accounts and multi-account support will be enabled…
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teams_96x1.png Get Adobe PDF experience in Microsoft Teams
MC415187 | August 18 – Now you can set Adobe Acrobat as the default app to view and edit PDF files in the Microsoft Teams. Once done, all PDF files from the chat, channel, and files app will open directly in the Acrobat app within Teams. Your end-users don’t need an Adobe Acrobat subscription or an Adobe ID to view, search, comment and annotate PDF files. However, to Create, Organize, Combine, or Export a PDF, the tenant users will need an Adobe Acrobat subscription.This message is associated with Microsoft 365…
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exchange_96x1.png Microsoft Defender for Office 365:Enforce Authentication to Pass on AntiSpam Allowed Domains
MC415186 | August 18 – We are strengthening Spoofing protection within Exchange online protection and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Anti-Spam security policy. It will provide a way to secure your organization against spoofing attacks that may otherwise occur by allowing certain domains and senders.Applies to:Exchange Online ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 plan 1 and plan 2Microsoft 365 Defender This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93436
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teams_96x1.png Microsoft Teams: View meeting transcripts on Microsoft Teams for Android and iOS
MC415185 | August 18 – You can now configure the availability of meeting transcription on Teams Mobile for users in your tenant, who can start transcription during the meeting and view meeting transcripts after the meeting on Microsoft Teams for Android and iOS. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97693
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dynamics_96x1.png Announcement of automatic deletion of inactive Microsoft Dataverse for Teams environments
MC415083 | August 17 – The Microsoft Power Platform is introducing a cleanup mechanism that will automatically remove inactive Teams environments from your tenant. Teams environments that are considered inactive are first disabled for 30 days and then deleted if no action is taken by the administrators. The criteria we use to determine that the environment is inactive is as follows: No user logged into the instance No apps, bots, reports, or flows have accessed the data contained in the instance No new apps, bots,…
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Connected Templates
MC312070 | August 17 – Updated August 17, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are announcing the upcoming release of Connected Templates with Microsoft Teams and SharePoint. The connected templates will offer a new way of combining Microsoft Teams templates with SharePoint templates. Prior to this integration, clients needed to deploy Microsoft Teams or SharePoint-specific templates.Microsoft Team Templates allow administrators to easily deploy consistent teams across…
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admin_96x1.png New simplified flow for Graph connectors for Microsoft Search
MC414834 | August 17 – Microsoft Graph connectors have introduced a simplified setup process to configure the Enterprise Websites connector. Admins can now try out Graph connectors much more easily using this simplified flow. Some improvements made to the setup process include –Single step process to set up connector for Microsoft SearchAutomatic creation of search verticalAvailability of sample dataset for trial (as pre-filled website URL)Easily switch to advanced connector features if needed
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office_96x1.png Quiet Time Settings in Viva, Teams, and Outlook
MC414802 | August 16 – To help create better boundaries and protect personal time, Viva Insights will offer the ability to configure quiet time to silence notifications from Outlook and Teams mobile applications, outside of working hours. Users will receive personalized insights through the Viva Insights app in Teams and will be able to set quiet time directly from Teams mobile and Outlook mobile applications.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 85627
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office_96x1.png Updates coming to Daily Briefing Emails
MC414800 | August 16 – The Briefing email from Microsoft Viva helps users start their day on track by surfacing information to prepare for upcoming meetings, follow up on outstanding tasks as well as protect time for independent work. A few updates are coming to the daily briefing email to provide users with ways to fine-tune their email. Favorite & SnoozeCurrently, content in briefing email is delivered in a pre-configured order. Beginning in October 2022, the briefing email will add ‘favorite’ and ‘snooze’…
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sharepoint_96x1.png Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring – New and updated web parts
MC414799 | August 16 – These updates include our new Assignments web part for Education customers and changes to other web parts like Group calendar, Quick links, and Highlighted content. We’re also introducing a new SharePoint site theme.Note: Most of these changes are being released as part of Teams Class Home page release. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93479
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teams_96x1.png Microsoft Teams: View attendance report on Microsoft Teams for Android and iOS
MC414798 | August 16 – You can now configure the availability of attendance report on Teams Mobile for users in your tenant, who can check attendance information for regular meetings or webinars and also the registration information before webinars on Microsoft Teams for Android and iOS as they can do on desktop today. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97466
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office_96x1.png Incident & Alert determination – retirement of old values
MC414797 | August 16 – We recently changed the Incident and alert classification experience, including an updated classification and determination values list, previously supported values “Apt” and “SecurityPersonnel” will soon be retired.
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Ability to manage third-party app subscriptions from Teams Admin
MC402423 | August 16 – Updated August 16, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We will soon enable a centralized location in both Teams Admin Center and the Teams app store, where admins and end-users can view and manage all the third-party app subscriptions they’ve purchased. This update improves the existing subscription management flow and makes it easier and more intuitive.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 92484 and 95920.
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) 1:1 VOIP and PSTN call recording and transcription in Calls App V2
MC279469 | August 16 – Updated August 16, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams will now release ability to record and transcribe 1:1 VOIP and PSTN calls and show the recording and transcription in Call history in the calls details panel. This is a critical feature specifically for our Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) customers. In absence of chat, PSTN callees do not have a way to view call recordings and transcriptions. This message is associated with…
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Customizable dashboard in Teams admin center
MC406234 | August 16 – Updated August 16, 2022: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience.Teams admin center is adding support for customization of the widgets in the dashboard. Administrators can now personalize the dashboard widgets as per their preference. They can reorder the widgets and pin them at a position they would like to see. For widgets that are not being used frequently, Teams admin center now gives the flexibility to hide them from the dashboard.The widgets are now…
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yammer_96x1.png (Updated) Yammer Topics APIs changes with Viva Topics
MC286339 | August 16 – Updated August 16, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.NOTE: If your organization is not using the Yammer API, you may disregard the below message. Yammer is integrating with and adopting Viva Topics to make community-sourced knowledge easily accessible across an organization and support a consistent experience in Microsoft 365. This is a preview release of this feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72184
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teams_96x1.png Microsoft Teams Meeting Auto-Transcription
MC414474 | August 16 – In Microsoft Teams, we will be releasing a feature that allows meeting organizers to transcribe meetings automatically if the meeting has been set to be recorded.This will make the recording playback experience accessible. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 97842
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Major update from Message center

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Update to Defender for Cloud Apps IP addresses
MC415419 · COMPUTERS N’ STUFF
Defender for Cloud Apps is updating its IP addresses related to ‘App connectors’ and ‘Third-party DLP integration’.

When this will happen:

The new IP addresses will come into effect starting September 18, 2022

What you need to do to prepare:

Please update the IP addresses in the IP address filter of third-party applications and network appliance rules accordingly to ensure Defender for Cloud Apps can seamlessly extend its protection to these third-party apps.

For more information, see the Network requirements

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Classic Global term store retirement – update
MC412836 · COMPUTERS N’ STUFF
In mid-November 2021 (MC289683), we announced the rollout of the modern experience of the global term store for Syntex & SharePoint admin center. Aligning with our modernization efforts, we will start retiring the classic experience of the term store and recommend all our users to use the modern term store

When this will happen

Targeted release: This is expected to start in early September and continue till mid-September

Production Release: This is expected to start in mid-September and continue till early October.

How this will affect your organization:

You can learn more about where you can find all the features on the classic term store in the corresponding modern term store of the SharePoint admin center: Open the Term Store Management Tool.

Since there are no changes to our backend, this update will only enhance the user interface of managing and curating terms on the term store. All the enterprise taxonomy created by your organization will continue to exist and will be visible from the modern term store.

Admins will start to see a banner on the classic Term store page. The banner will display the date when the page will be retired and a link to documentation describing where to find all the features in the new admin center. Sample below:

Term store banner

After the retirement date, the classic Term store page will be replaced with a redirect page to the new SharePoint admin center so that any bookmarks continue working. Sample below:

Term store redirect

What you need to do to prepare:

You may want to update any internal documentation or user training and share this with users with relevant permission and who are familiar with managing terms in your organization if not already done. Ensure you also revisit any bookmarked links of the classic term store to update with the modern term store link.

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Weekly digest: Microsoft service updates

Microsoft
Message center announcements,
August 8-14, 2022
COMPUTERS N’ STUFF
Major updates

office_96x1.png Classic Global term store retirement – update
MC412836 | August 13 – In mid-November 2021 (MC289683), we announced the rollout of the modern experience of the global term store for Syntex & SharePoint admin center. Aligning with our modernization efforts, we will start retiring the classic experience of the term store and recommend all our users to use the modern term store
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Suspicious Connector Activity Alert
MC365410 | August 9 – Updated August 9, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.As a security platform, we strive to continuously improve and protect our customers. In May, we plan to start rolling out a new alert for suspicious activities in an inbound connector. For information on connectors, please visit Configure mail flow using connectors in Exchange Online | Microsoft Docs.
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teams_96x1.png Microsoft Teams user request configuration to external systems (URL redirect)
MC411463 | August 9 – Microsoft Teams apps help facilitate collaboration and enhance team productivity. Some organizations choose to control which apps their users can use, blocking apps from use until IT has reviewed and approved them. For these organizations, the recent app discovery update (MC350372) enables users to indicate which blocked apps they want to use, allowing IT to focus their attention on the apps their users want. As always, IT retains control over which apps their users can use. We heard from some…
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Additional updates

teams_96x1.png (Updated) Speaker Coach in Microsoft Teams Meetings
MC394785 | August 12 – Updated August 12, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Speaker Coach provides private, personalized feedback on your speaking and presentation skills in both real-time as well as post-meeting in a summary. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88253
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admin_96x1.png (Updated) Updates to Minimum Supported Outlook Desktop Versions for Actionable Messages
MC411668 | August 12 – Updated August 12, 2022: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience.We are upgrading the underlying infrastructure for Outlook Actionable Messages (AM) to make them more performant and resilient. Note: If your organization is not using Outlook Actionable Messages you can safely disregard this message.
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Updates to the Zero-hour auto purge (ZAP) alerts
MC362283 | August 12 – Updated August 12, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We will be updating the current zero-hour auto purge (ZAP) alerts and introduce a new ZAP alert that will notify you if a message has not been removed by ZAP.Updates to the ZAP alerts will include:Scoping the success ZAP alerts for only ZAP related scenarios. You will no longer be alerted as part of the ZAP alert for Dynamic Delivery scenarios.A new failure ZAP alert is being introduced. You will…
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office_96x1.png Plan for Change: Intune moving to support macOS 11.6 and higher later this year
MC412383 | August 11 – Previously mentioned in MC394519, with Apple’s expected release of macOS 13 Ventura later this year, Microsoft Intune, the Company Portal app and the Intune MDM agent will be moving to support macOS 11.6 (Big Sur) and later. Since the Company Portal app for iOS and macOS are a unified app, this change will occur shortly after the release of iOS/iPadOS 16. This does not affect existing, enrolled devices.
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office_96x1.png Plan for Change: Intune moving to support iOS 14/iPadOS 14 and higher later this year
MC412381 | August 11 – As mentioned in MC390417, later this year, we expect iOS 16 to be released by Apple. Microsoft Intune, including the Intune Company Portal and Intune app protection policies (APP, also known as MAM), will require iOS 14/iPadOS 14 and higher shortly after iOS 16’s release.
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Modern Meetings and Calls on Teams Web Client
MC393821 | August 11 – Updated August 11, 2022: Based on learnings from our early rings, we have made the decision to make additional changes before we proceed with the rollout. We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The modern meeting/calling experience will be available for Teams on the Web in Chrome and Edge browsers – including improved pre-join, dynamic view, and updated control bar.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 92928
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatically end stale Teams meetings
MC399073 | August 10 – Updated August 10, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Teams is enabled with a new feature that will allow meetings to automatically end if they’re identified as stale. If a user is the sole participant in a meeting 10 minutes after the scheduled meeting end time has passed, then a dialog will appear in the call prompting them to end the call or dismiss the notification. If no action is taken on the dialog within 3 minutes, the meeting will…
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exchange_96x1.png (Updated) Microsoft Feed on the Outlook Mobile Search Page
MC389615 | August 10 – Updated August 10, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The Search Page in Outlook Mobile is being enhanced with a new feed that aims to help users stay on top of things. The feed looks at what is happening in Microsoft 365 and surfaces updates and insights about colleagues, documents, and other artifacts in a vertical feed view, ranked personally for each user.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93317
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onedrive_96x1.png (Updated) OneDrive: Sharing Experience – Share Menu Dropdown
MC403644 | August 10 – Updated August 10, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We’re updating the Share button in Microsoft OneDrive to provide easy access to additional sharing options. When you select Share in OneDrive for Business on Web, you’ll see a contextual menu with all choices available to you for sharing files or folders with your teammates.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83727
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office_96x1.png (Updated) OneDrive/SharePoint: Review mode for Word documents
MC402119 | August 10 – Updated August 10, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.What is Review mode?When you open a document that was shared with you for review, you are automatically placed in Review mode. In Review mode, you won’t have full edit control but instead are allowed to add suggestions to the document in the form of comments or tracked changes. Document owners or other collaborators who have full edit permissions will then need to approve the incorporation of any…
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exchange_96x1.png Outlook Mobile Now Supports Multiple S/MIME Certificates
MC411680 | August 10 – Outlook mobile (iOS and Android) will allow users to manually select their S/MIME signing /encryption certificates if there is more than one valid certificate available, and set them as active for signing and encryption.
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teams_96x1.png My Activity retirement in Teams mobile Activity
MC411679 | August 10 – We will be retiring the support for ‘My activity’ in Teams mobile Activity App. This will be retired from other clients in the future.Activity will now support only activities directed to you (the option to view activities initiated by you will be retired).
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forms_96x1.png Convert Word/Pdf form or quiz to Microsoft Forms
MC411678 | August 10 – This feature allows you convert you existing forms or quizzes into Microsoft Forms, making it much quicker to get started. After import, you can still edit as needed before collecting responses.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93411
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office_96x1.png Microsoft Information Protection: Maintain label and protection when creating PDF files from VBA in Office apps
MC411677 | August 10 – This feature is for VBA developers who use Office fixed format export functions to create PDFs from documents with sensitivity labels and encryption. By default, all PDFs created using Office’s fixed format export functions will automatically inherit the source document’s label or encryption. Some VBA add-ins may need to be updated to avoid issues when post-processing an encrypted PDF. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93406
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office_96x1.png Retiring Resume Assistant in Word
MC411669 | August 10 – Resume Assistant is being phased out, starting in September 2022. By the end of January 2023, it will be removed and no longer supported. Microsoft is committed to improving your Microsoft 365 subscription. As a result, we occasionally remove features and benefits that duplicate equivalent offerings that are available to subscribers. Timeline of removal from Word:September 2022 – Removed from the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) January 2023 – Removed across Windows (Current Channel,…
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office_96x1.png Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels
MC411653 | August 9 – We’ve released updates to the following update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel Monthly Enterprise Channel Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: Reports in the Admin Center – API available to manage user, group, and site names
MC394931 | August 9 – Updated August 9, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft is releasingan API that helps Global Administrators change how user, group, and site names are displayed in the Microsoft 365 admin center based on their organization’s privacy practices without having to manually change the setting in Org Settings -> Reports. User, group and site names are concealed by default. When this setting is changed, administrative roles and the report reader…
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exchange_96x1.png (Updated) Addition of Shared Mailboxes to the Mailbox Usage Report
MC405568 | August 9 – Updated August 9, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.In the coming weeks, the mailbox usage report will be expanded to include additional mailbox insights.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93398
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office_96x1.png Viva Topics expands language support to French, German and Spanish
MC411434 | August 8 – Viva Topics is expanding language support to French, German and Spanish in Q3CY2022, this will enable customers operating in content more than English benefit from Viva Topics and empower users to share more knowledge acrossorg! Main capabilities include:AI to process content written in not only English but also in French, German, and Spanish and extract topics from those content,Human to curate topics in French, German and Spanish to enrich topics content and improve topics qualityUsers to be…
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office_96x1.png We’ve changed the minimum iOS system requirements for Outlook for iOS and watchOS
MC411432 | August 8 – Outlook for iOS is supported on the two most recent versions of iOS. When a new version of iOS is released, Outlook’s Operating System requirement becomes the two most recent versions: the current version of iOS and watchOS and the previous version. With iOS 16 currently in beta, Outlook for iOS is preparing to drop support for iOS 14. In addition, once iOS 16 is released to GA, the system requirements for Outlook for iOS will be updated to reflect support for iOS 16. Microsoft will update the…
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exchange_96x1.png Outlook Cross Profile Calendar Sync for Android Managed Devices
MC411429 | August 8 – Cross Profile Calendar Sync for Outlook enables users with Android Work Profile configured to see a complete view of all account calendars in one place – making it easier for work profile users to manage their schedule from a mobile device.Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 92463Roll-out: Tenant Level – admins will enable Connected Apps for Outlook. Connected Apps is only applicable for Outlook Android users with Work Profile configured.Control type: BothAction: review and assess by August 15, 2022
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exchange_96x1.png Microsoft Exchange Online: Change to soft-deleted period for inactive mailboxes
MC411428 | August 8 – When all holds and retention policies are removed from an inactive mailbox, it becomes soft-deleted and remains in Exchange for a period of time to allow for recovery before permanent deletion. Based on customer feedback, and to maintain consistency with other solutions, we will be changing this period to 30 days (from current 183 days). Following this change, after 30 days, any inactive mailboxes which are in a soft-deleted state are permanently deleted and are no longer recoverable.
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Reminder: Removal of temporary mitigation in Windows updates requires compliant printing and scanning devices
MC411583 · COMPUTERS N’ STUFF
Firmware on smartcard authenticating printers and scanners must be compatible with section 3.2.1 of RFC 4556 in order to successfully authenticate with Active Directory domain controllers before installing the August 2022 security update.

Windows Updates released on July 13, 2021 introduced protections for CVE-2021-33764 which required all devices with a key exchange during the PKINIT Kerberos authentication, including smartcard authenticating printers, to either support:

  • Diffie-Hellman or,
  • advertise support for the des-ede3-cbc (“triple DES) e-type during the Kerberos AS request.

When will this happen:
August 9, 2022, or later.

How this will affect your organization:

Windows updates released between July 27, 2021, and July 26, 2022 supported temporary mitigation that allowed non-RFC compliant devices to authenticate with Active Directory. As of August 9, 2022, or later, Windows update removes all temporary mitigation released to Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 SP2.

What you need to do to prepare:

Firmware on Smartcard-authenticating printers and scanners must be compatible with section 3.2.1 of the RFC 4556 specification required for CVE-2021-33764 prior to installing Windows updates released on August 9, 2022 or later on Active Directory domain controllers.

Additional information:

Review the below documentation

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Weekly digest: Microsoft service updates

Microsoft
Message center announcements,
August 1-7, 2022
COMPUTERS N’ STUFF
Updates

admin_96x1.png Microsoft Hardware Support New Self-Serve Feature
MC409000 | August 3 – We are happy to announce the release of our new Self-Serve feature, currently to our customers in the United States. We encourage everyone to use this option to best fit their needs.
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teams_96x1.png Link Unfurling in Share to Teams
MC408995 | August 3 – Share to Teams now supports App based Link Unfurling. Now if a user uses ‘Share to Teams’ module to share a link which supports App based Link Unfurling,1) the link will unfurl into an Adaptive Card if the App is already installed for the user.2) the user will be prompted to install the App if not already installed for the user.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91118
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sharepoint_96x1.png Private drafts for SharePoint pages and news
MC408994 | August 3 – We’re adding the ability to create private drafts for pages and news posts. A private draft is visible only to the page author, the people the author chooses to share it with, and site admins. It’s great for creating and editing content that’s not ready for others to see except the people you want to collaborate with.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85629
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Shared focus plan in Viva Insights
MC313659 | August 3 – Updated August 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Viva insights is releasing new capabilities to help teams protect time for focused work. The shared focus plan will enable managers and team leads with a Microsoft Viva Insights license to foster mutual productivity norms and drive a positive team culture by inviting teams to coordinate focus time for uninterrupted work. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88839.
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forms_96x1.png (Updated) Forms: Brand new first-run experiences for Forms new users
MC376250 | August 3 – Updated August 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.For those newly coming to Forms, the brand-new product landing experience will help users understand through immersive first-touch experience about Forms capability, such as where they can use Forms and how. Users can navigate through the Forms templates categories and select pre-populated grab-and-go solutions to directly start a survey. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88947
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forms_96x1.png (Updated) Forms: Enable templates for commercial users
MC358532 | August 3 – Updated August 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Forms will soon be able to provide high quality templates that can be used for a variety of business goals. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88946.
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forms_96x1.png (Updated) Forms distribution and email notification feature
MC320691 | August 3 – Updated August 3, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Forms will soon enable a feature that will allow users to share a Form/survey directly with other users and distribution lists within the organization which will also include automated follow up emails and updates. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88886.
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office_96x1.png In Development for Microsoft Intune is now available
MC408692 | August 2 – The In development for Microsoft Intunepage 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 month or in a subsequent release.What do I need to prepare for this change?You can inform your IT staff and helpdesk of the upcoming changes listed on this page. Plan to update your…
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onedrive_96x1.png New ‘Activity’ Column in OneDrive ‘My Files’ list view
MC408694 | August 2 – We are introducing a new Activity column in OneDrive My Files list view. The goal of this feature is to help users stay up-to-date on the files that they are working on with others by surfacing relevant activity information. We will show file activity related to actions, such as, user comments, edits, share, and @mentions. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88913
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office_96x1.png View Video Recordings and Attendance Reports Inside LMS
MC408689 | August 2 – The Microsoft Teams Meeting LTI app has now enabled users the access to meeting video recordings and attendance reports directly inside their LMS. The feature will be available to use in all of the LMS’ that are incorporating the Teams Meeting LTI app. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96402
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teams_96x1.png Pre-assign Channel members to Breakout Rooms
MC408687 | August 2 – This Breakout Rooms for Channel Meetings feature enables meeting organizers to efficiently pre-assignchannel members to Breakout Rooms (both auto and manual) ahead of a channel meeting start.Please note, that Meetings with Breakout Rooms are limited to 300 participants. If the channel contains more than 300 members, pre-assignment will not be available. Meeting organizers will have the ability to assign participants to Breakout Rooms during the meeting.This message is associated with Microsoft…
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exchange_96x1.png (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: updates to quarantine folder storage
MC383875 | August 2 – Updated August 2, 2022: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your feedback.Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is making some changes to quarantine folder storage. The experience for users will remain the same and users can leverage the delete action to maintain the storage folder for their quarantined messages.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93302.
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Dynamic Caller ID in Calls app for Call Queue Agents
MC387640 | August 2 – Updated August 2, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Call queue agents can now place calls from the Calls app using a call queue phone number, defined in resource account, as their caller ID. This ensures the call is properly identified by the recipient and that the call back number is the call queue number rather than the agent’s personal line. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86992
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exchange_96x1.png (Updated) Addition of Shared Mailboxes to the Mailbox Usage Report
MC405568 | August 2 – Updated August 2, 2022: We have updated the content to show as intended. Thank you for your feedback.In the coming weeks, the mailbox usage report will be expanded to include additional mailbox insights.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93398
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Stream on SharePoint: Inline playback of videos in Hero web part
MC394844 | August 2 – Updated August 2, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.When users click to play a video in the Hero web part section of a SharePoint site, the video will play inline. This feature allows users to watch a video without being taken off the SharePoint page and allows users to browse or scroll through the other contents of the page while the video plays. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93351
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Stream on SharePoint: Video Collections Page
MC397430 | August 2 – Updated August 2, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.SharePoint video collections pages make it easy to gather and display all videos from a SharePoint site collection in one place. This feature is particularly helpful for schools, universities and other organizations that tend to share videos in Teams channels.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93352
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office_96x1.png Microsoft Secure Score is updating recommended action for Exchange Online
MC408439 | August 1 – We’re updating Microsoft Secure Score recommended actions to ensure a more accurate representation of your organization’s security posture. This update will include updated logic to improve the accuracy of the following recommended action related to Exchange Online: Turn on customer lockbox feature In most cases, the impact on the overall score will be negligible.
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office_96x1.png Microsoft Secure Score is adding new improvement actions for Information Protection and anti-spam policies
MC408438 | August 1 – We’re updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of your organization’s security posture. This update will include these new recommendations as Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions: Information Protection Extend M365 sensitivity labeling to assets in Azure Purview data map Ensure Auto-labeling data classification policies are setup and used Publish M365 sensitivity label data classification policies Create Data Loss Prevention (DLP)…
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office_96x1.png Microsoft Viva: Recommendations to Send Praise in Viva Insights
MC408437 | August 1 – Praise in Microsoft Teams is designed to appreciate the effort that goes into the wide-ranging, collaborative work that Teams users do. Users can send praise to their colleagues through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar or through the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams. For both, admins can use the Microsoft Teams admin center to enable/disable Praise. Praise Recommendations is an enhancement coming to the Praise page in the Viva Insights app in Teams for all users…
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teams_96x1.png Microsoft Teams: Start a Teams Chat with Distribution Groups, Mail-Enabled Security Groups, and O365 Groups
MC408435 | August 1 – You will now be able to start a Teams Chat with Distribution Groups, Mail-enabled Security Groups, and O365 Groups. This feature will respect the limits on members in a group chat, currently set to 250 members.Organizations rely on Distribution Lists (DLs) as a tool to create groups of users that mirror organizational knowledge and workflows. Bringing this awareness to target audiences for specific content will enhance the core Teams experience. Allowing our customers to leverage DLs can…
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Outlook Mac now supports retention Policy
MC397458 | August 1 – Updated August 1, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Use retention policies in Outlook for Mac to apply a policy to your messages in your mailbox. Retention policies define how long your messages will be saved. This update will only work in the new Outlook for Mac.Note: If your organization is not using Mac OS,you can safely disregard this message. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88849
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Immersive Reader for Outlook Desktop
MC346254 | August 1 – Updated August 1, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Immersive Reader in Outlook Desktop includes all capabilities available in Immersive Reader Microsoft Word. It allows you to adjust the text of an email to read in the way that works best for you. Use Read Aloud to hear emails read to you as each word is highlighted, or modify spacing, color and more for a comfortable and easy to process email experience.
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exchange_96x1.png (Updated) Custom organization branding for quarantine notification (custom sender address and Custom subject)
MC382821 | August 1 – Updated August 1, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We will be adding capabilities to making it possible for Security Operations (SecOps) to customize end user quarantine notifications with their respective organization sender address and custom subject. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93301.
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Weekly digest: Microsoft service updates

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Message center announcements,
July 25-31, 2022
COMPUTERS N’ STUFF
Major updates

exchange_96x1.png Retirement of Exchange Online PowerShell with MFA
Act by: December 31
MC407050 | July 29 – We will be retiring “the Exchange Online PowerShell module with MFA” on December 31, 2022.Support for the Module will end on August 31, 2022. We recommend using the Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module (EXO V2 module), which uses modern authentication, and supports accounts with or without MFA.
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Display a message to Stream (Classic) end users
MC362277 | July 29 – Updated July 29, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Upcoming, we will be introducing a couple of features that will help you display a message to your Stream (Classic) end users and in addition, will allow them to see options to upload on either classic or new Stream (on SharePoint).
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office_96x1.png AAD Security Reader Role in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps – Alignment with Microsoft 365 Defender
Act by: August 28
MC406649 | July 28 – Currently the AAD “Security Reader” role can manage Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps alerts, however, it can only view alerts from all other security workloads. The AAD “Security Reader” role update will now be aligned with AAD role definition to provide clarity and prevent confusion of the same role use.
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Introducing Built-In-Protection
MC296611 | July 28 – Updated July 28, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Note: this has begun being enforced for organizations where it is already available.We are introducing a powerful new default security preset called Built-in-Protection in Defender for Office 365. Built-in-Protection is a third preset security policy (like the Standard and Strict preset policies), and is enabled by default for all new and existing customers. It will implement a version of Safe Links…
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Additional updates

admin_96x1.png Migration of compliance management features from Classic EAC to Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management
MC407051 | July 29 – To create a consistent experience for our customers to manage compliance across all applications, we are announcing the migration of three legacy Exchange features – retention tags, retention policies, and journal rules. These features were previously available in the ‘Classic Exchange admin center’ under ‘compliance management’, and are moving to the Microsoft Purview compliance portal, under the ‘Data lifecycle management’ solution. These features will be available in a new drop-down menu…
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Customizable dashboard in Teams admin center
MC406234 | July 29 – Updated July 29, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Teams admin center is adding support for customization of the widgets in the dashboard. Administrators can now personalize the dashboard widgets as per their preference. They can reorder the widgets and pin them at a position they would like to see. For widgets that are not being used frequently, Teams admin center now gives the flexibility to hide them from the dashboard.The widgets are now optimized…
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office_96x1.png Viva Engage, replacing Yammer Communities app for Teams
MC402427 | July 29 – At Microsoft Inspire, Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, announced Microsoft Viva Engage, the newest app in Microsoft Viva, designed to help people and teams to be their best, have a voice, and feel included in the workplace. Viva Engage brings people together across the organization to connect with leaders and coworkers, find answers to questions, share their unique story, and find belonging at work. Viva Engage builds on Yammer, and brings together Yammer’s experiences—communities, open…
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exchange_96x1.png Addition of Shared Mailboxes to the Mailbox Usage Report
MC405568 | July 29 – In the coming weeks, the mailbox usage report will be expanded to include additional mailbox insights.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93398
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onedrive_96x1.png (Updated) OneDrive iOS: New information architecture
MC357317 | July 29 – Updated July 29, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This feature has started rolling out and we ask you to pardon that we did not provide adequate advance notice as is our customer commitment to you. This release adds a new bottom sheet menu to OneDrive for iOS to make options like share, annotations, delete, and bookmark easier to find.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85571
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office_96x1.png What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for July 2022
MC406657 | July 28 – Your Microsoft Intune account has been updated to the latest service build. How does this affect me? You will see the service release number updated in the Tenant Status blade of the Intune console soon. We’ve introduced some changes that we’re excited for you to try out. What do I need to do to prepare for this change? Click additional information below to learn more about what’s new in this service release. We’ll continue to update the What’s new page with any features that are released…
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office_96x1.png Microsoft Teams Integration in Open LMS
MC406648 | July 28 – Microsoft has now partnered with Open LMS to deliver more seamless integrated learning experiences. Microsoft Teams Meeting LTI and Classes LTI apps are now available within Open LMS. Teams Classes LTI enables Educators to create a Team for their Open LMS course using the roster information of the course. Teams Meeting LTI empowers educators and students to access, schedule, and manage Teams Meetings within the Brightspace LMS.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96666
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office_96x1.png Return of key functionality for Windows Autopilot sign-in and deployment experience
MC406642 | July 28 – Last year, we made some changes to the Windows Autopilot sign-in experience (MC288489/MC289488) that impacted how you deploy Autopilot devices. With the historic reuse of hardware components, we had to remove existing functionality and re-engineer the experience to ensure the security of the Windows Autopilot platform.
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows store application 4.13 update
MC400951 | July 28 – Updated July 28, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The below message is for organizations using Microsoft Teams Rooms for Windows. If you are not using Teams Rooms for Windows, you can disregard the below message. Teams Rooms on Windows application version 4.13 includes key new features and improvements to existing functionality as follows: Join Teams meeting using meeting code/ ID End-to-End encryption for one-to-one Teams call Noise suppression in…
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Select Lists templates include Power Automate flows
MC394930 | July 28 – Updated July 28, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Lists ready-made templates are getting a boost. As part of our efforts to evolve Lists and enable more users to take advantage of automations, you now have the option to install pre-created Power Automate flows whenever you create a list from select list templates. The following templates will have reminder flows available to provision after you create your list: Work progress tracker, Content…
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Usability Improvements to In-Meeting Notifications
MC400206 | July 28 – Updated July 28, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Teams is updating the user experience for how in-meeting notifications are displayed. With this update, there will be less distractions during meetings and it will be easier to understand important information (e.g. a meeting being recorded).This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96283.
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office_96x1.png Dynamics 365 and Power Platform 2022 release wave 2 early access
MC406436 | July 28 – We are excited to announce that early access updates for the 2022 release wave 2 for Dynamics 365 and industry clouds and Microsoft Power Platform will be available starting on August 1st, 2022. How does this affect me? This release wave is a compilation of new features that will be released between October 1st, 2022, and March 31, 2023. Customers and partners can opt-in to receive early access updates to validate the latest features in a non-production environment starting on August 1, 2022,…
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forms_96x1.png Forms: Distribute your forms by using Teams as a new channel
MC406259 | July 28 – Users in Forms for the web can now directly share their survey or quiz to their Teams chat and channels directly from the Forms web application (or From Forms for the web) This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93394
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teams_96x1.png Share to Teams from a Teams Personal App or Tab
MC406239 | July 27 – Share to Teams allows users to share the content from a personal app or tab to other users, groups or channels within Teams. Teams App developers will need to enable the feature within the individual Teams App.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91117
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office_96x1.png Microsoft Secure Score is Updating an improvement action for Microsoft Defender for Identity
MC406235 | July 27 – We’ve updated Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of your security posture.This update will include this new Microsoft Defender for Identity recommendations as part of Microsoft Secure Score “Unsecure domain configurations” improvement action: Enforce LDAP Signing policy to “Require signing”
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office_96x1.png Microsoft Office Translator Add-in retiring in September 2022
MC406232 | July 27 – With the inclusion of the Translate feature in Office applications, we will be retiring the Translator add-in for Office.
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office_96x1.png Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Update to Quarantine retention period for Malware detections
MC406230 | July 27 – Given feedback from our customer on the need for an additional time to triage the emails or files that were quarantined as result of potential malware we are increasing the retention period from 15 days to 30 days.
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office_96x1.png Plan for Change: Significant changes coming to the Windows Diagnostic data processor configuration
MC406226 | July 27 – As Microsoft shared through the M365 admin center in MC394781 andWindows message center MC391866, to enable efficiencies and help us implement our plan to store and process EU Data for European enterprise customers in the EU, we will be introducing a significant change for enterprise Windows devices that have diagnostic data turned on. We’ll stop using policies, such as the “Allow commercial data pipeline” policy, to configure the processor option. Instead, we’ll be introducing an…
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office_96x1.png (Updated) MailTips will recommend addressing accessibility issues before sending email messages
MC345824 | July 27 – Updated July 27, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The accessibility MailTip will soon appear when users compose an email with a potential accessibility issues. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93191
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Teams Meeting Poll New Question Type – Rating
MC387036 | July 27 – Updated July 27, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The Rating question type is being added to the Polls app within Microsoft Teams. Meeting owners can easily create and launch Rating polls to increase engagement and collect input from their meeting attendees, as well as share the results live. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93991
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Unassign Policies in Bulk in Microsoft Teams Admin Center
MC397476 | July 27 – Updated July 27, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Using the newUnassign policies in bulk feature, you will be able to fetch all users associated with a policy individually, before removing the assignment so that users can get the correct policy. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90705
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Connected Templates
MC312070 | July 27 – Updated July 27, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are announcing the upcoming release of Connected Templates with Microsoft Teams and SharePoint. The connected templates will offer a new way of combining Microsoft Teams templates with SharePoint templates. Prior to this integration, clients needed to deploy Microsoft Teams or SharePoint-specific templates.Microsoft Team Templates allow administrators to easily deploy consistent teams across their…
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teams_96x1.png Microsoft Teams Real-Time Analytics – Extended Telemetry Preview
MC405987 | July 26 – IT admins may notice that Microsoft Teams Real-Time Analytics history is currently available for 7 days instead of the usual 24 hours. This is part of an ongoing public preview of this functionality before release as part of the Microsoft TeamsAdvanced Communications add-on license.
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office_96x1.png Site Limits for SharePoint Lists, Libraries, and Subsites
MC405984 | July 26 – SharePoint recommends a maximum of 2,000 lists and libraries per site, and 2,000 subsites per site. These have been long standing limits for SharePoint but have not been formally enforced.There have been cases where some sites exceeded these limits, resulting in poor site performance and low-quality viewing experience. One of the most impacted areas is the API performance that degrades significantly when users access data on the sites that exceed their recommended limits. The API calls may time…
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Assign Seats in Together Mode
MC402122 | July 26 – Updated July 26, 2022: We have updated this message to show as intended. Thank you for your feedback.Microsoft Teams users in a meeting will soon have the option to assign seats in Together Mode for all participants in a meeting.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83648
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onedrive_96x1.png (Updated) OneDrive: Sharing Experience – Share Menu Dropdown
MC403644 | July 26 – Updated July 26, 2022: We have updated this message to show as intended. We apologize for any confusion.We’re updating the Share button in Microsoft OneDrive to provide easy access to additional sharing options. When you select Share in OneDrive for Business on Web, you’ll see a contextual menu with all choices available to you for sharing files or folders with your teammates.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83727
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office_96x1.png (Updated) General Availability of Outlook Lite for Android
MC400566 | July 26 – Updated July 26, 2022: We have updated the content below for clarification. Thank you for your patience.We will be releasing a new Android app for Outlook called Outlook Lite. Outlook Lite brings the main benefits of Outlook in a smaller-sized app with fast performance for lightweight devices on any network. The Outlook Lite app will support Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365, Outlook, Hotmail, Live, and MSN accounts. Support for third-party accounts and multi-account support will be enabled in…
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onedrive_96x1.png (Updated) OneDrive sync app will automatically configure accounts
MC362284 | July 25 – Updated July 25, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This release will enable the OneDrive sync app to sign into an account even quicker. Users will experience an improved single sign-on experience by automatically being able to see their OneDrive files within their file browser upon sign in or OneDrive app update.On Windows, users who are signed into the device with an Azure Active Directory (AAD) account will see their OneDrive folder start syncing…
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office_96x1.png Incident & Alert determination – retirement of old values
MC405569 | July 25 – We recently changed the Incident and alert classification experience, including an updated classification and determination values list, previously supported values “Apt” and “SecurityPersonnel” will soon be retired.
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admin_96x1.png Net Promoter Score Survey for Whiteboard
MC405567 | July 25 – The ability to provide feedback using Net Promoter Score (NPS) is coming soon to Whiteboard web, Teams and the Windows app. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93393
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office_96x1.png Multiple-Linked Entity Support in Microsoft To Do
MC405566 | July 25 – In Microsoft To Do, we surface tasks from different sources to provide users with a single place for all of their tasks.One aspect we want to ensure is that tasks that are captured will always be linked back to the source of where they were created.We currently have the provision to support a single link. For tasks created in Planner, To Do provides the link to the Tasks app in Teams.As part of this feature, we will now support multiple links, so users can open Planner supported tasks in…
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AAD Security Reader Role in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps – Alignment with Microsoft 365 Defender
MC406649 · COMPUTERS N’ STUFF
Currently the AAD “Security Reader” role can manage Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps alerts, however, it can only view alerts from all other security workloads. The AAD “Security Reader” role update will now be aligned with AAD role definition to provide clarity and prevent confusion of the same role use.

When this will happen:

As of August 28, 2022, this update will take effect.

How this will affect your organization:

Any users who were assigned an AAD “Security Reader” role will not be able to manage the Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps alerts after August 28, 2022.

What you need to do to prepare:

To continue to manage alerts, the users’ role should be updated to an AAD “Security Operator”. You may want to notify your users about this change and update your training and documentation as appropriate. To learn more about admin permissions, please visit this page.

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Retirement of Exchange Online PowerShell with MFA
MC407050 · COMPUTERS N’ STUFF
We will be retiring “the Exchange Online PowerShell module with MFA” on December 31, 2022.

Support for the Module will end on August 31, 2022.

We recommend using the Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module (EXO V2 module), which uses modern authentication, and supports accounts with or without MFA.

Key points:

  • Timing:
    • End of support: August 31, 2022
    • Retirement: December 31, 2022
  • Action: Update to the latest version of V2 Module

How this will affect your organization:

If you are still using the “the Exchange Online PowerShell module with MFA”, (described in this document – V1 module – Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell using MFA we recommend that you move to the latest GA version of V2 Module (v2.0.5) to avoid a situation where you need service or support that is no longer available after 31 Aug 2022.

What you need to do to prepare:

We recommend using the Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module (EXO V2 module), which uses modern authentication, and supports accounts with or without MFA.

For installation and connection instructions, see Install and maintain the EXO V2 module and Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell.

For more information about the different versions of Exchange Online PowerShell modules, see Understanding the Different Versions of Exchange Online PowerShell Modules and Basic Auth.

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Weekly digest: Microsoft service updates

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Message center announcements,
July 18-24, 2022
COMPUTERS N’ STUFF
Major updates

office_96x1.png (Updated) Microsoft Office default change – Blocking VBA macros in files from the internet
MC322553 | July 21 – Updated July 20, 2022: We’re resuming the rollout of this change in Current Channel. Based on our review of customer feedback, we’ve made updates to both our end user and our admin documentation to make clearer what options you have for different scenarios. For example, what to do if your users have files on SharePoint or files on a network share. Please refer to the following documentation: For end users, A potentially dangerous macro has been blocked For IT admins, Macros from the internet…
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office_96x1.png (Updated) New Location for Key Functions and Direct Access to Other Microsoft 365 Apps in Outlook
MC390407 | July 19 – Updated July 19, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The new experience for accessing Mail, Calendar, People, and other Outlook apps that is being previewed behind the Coming Soon option is becoming the default experience.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88848
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exchange_96x1.png (Updated) Upcoming behavior change to the “DoNotRewrite” List
MC373889 | July 18 – Updated July 18, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.With the deployment of the Tenant Allow/Block List, as being the single source of truth for Tenant Allows, other mechanisms for Tenant Allows are being removed. This will give SecOps teams one place to manage all Tenant Allows.Today, “DoNotRewrite” list is used to Skipwrapping URLs Detonation(SONAR) Verdicts. The intended purpose of “DoNotRewrite” is to give tenants the ability to skip the wrapping of…
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Additional updates

office_96x1.png Turned-Off Basic Authentication – Exchange ActiveSync
MC405080 | July 24 – We are making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols and in early 2021 we announced we would begin to retire Basic Authentication for protocols not being used in tenants. You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here . Today we turned off Basic Authentication for the Exchange ActiveSync protocol in your tenant. Based on our telemetry, no-one is…
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office_96x1.png Plan for Change: Ending support for Windows 8.1
Act by: October 21
MC403922 | July 23 – As Windows 8.1 reaches end of extended support in January 2023, the majority of Intune customers have already updated their Windows devices so, we will be ending support for devices running Windows 8.1 on October 21, 2022. Additionally, the sideloading key scenario for line-of-business apps will stop being supported since it is only applicable to Windows 8.1 devices.Microsoft strongly recommends that you move to a supported version of Windows 10 or Windows 11, to avoid a scenario where you need…
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office_96x1.png Microsoft Viva: Meeting Category Insights Coming to the Viva Insights App in Teams
MC403916 | July 23 – Meeting categories in Outlook allow users to easily tag, label, and group calendar events. Meeting category insights is a new feature coming in theViva Insights app in Teams that will help users understand how they are allocating their time across these meeting categories. Users can view data for the last 3 months, the last 4 weeks, and the next 4 weeks. The feature will be available in an Effective meetings tab being introduced in the app. With future updates, users will see more personalized…
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onedrive_96x1.png (Updated) OneDrive: Sharing Experience – Share Menu Dropdown
MC403644 | July 22 – Updated July 22, 2022: We have updated this message to show as intended. We apologize for any confusion.We’re updating the Share button in Microsoft OneDrive to provide easy access to additional sharing options. When you select Share in OneDrive for Business on Web, you’ll see a contextual menu with all choices available to you for sharing files or folders with your teammates.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83727
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office_96x1.png Turned-Off Basic Authentication – RPC, MAPI, OAB and EWS (Outlook All Up)
MC403728 | July 22 – We are making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols and in early 2021 we announced we would begin to retire Basic Authentication for protocols not being used in tenants. You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here . Today we turned off Basic Authentication for Outlook in your tenant. Based on our telemetry, no-one is currently using Basic…
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office_96x1.png Turned-Off Basic Authentication – POP3
MC403684 | July 22 – We are making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols and in early 2021 we announced we would begin to retire Basic Authentication for protocols not being used in tenants. You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here . Today we turned off Basic Authentication for the POP3 protocol in your tenant. Based on our telemetry, no-one is currently using…
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office_96x1.png Microsoft Viva Insights App in Teams: UI Updates, Insights Web App Updates, and End-User Opt Out
MC403645 | July 22 – The Viva Insights app in Microsoft Teams is being updated to deliver a simplified user experience. The Viva Insights web Home page, discoverable via insights.viva.office.com and the Microsoft 365 app launcher on Office.com, is being updated to match the Viva Insights app in Teams.Additionally, the MyAnalytics web dashboard will be updated to reflect the Viva Insights brand and be accessible via a link from the Viva Insights app in Teams. A new privacy setting will allow end users to opt out of…
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Reminder: Microsoft Office default change – Blocking VBA macros in files from the internet
MC393185 | July 21 – Updated July 20, 2022: We’re resuming the rollout of this change in Current Channel. Based on our review of customer feedback, we’ve made updates to both our end user and our admin documentation to make clearer what options you have for different scenarios. For example, what to do if your users have files on SharePoint or files on a network share. Please refer to the following documentation: For end users, A potentially dangerous macro has been blocked For IT admins, Macros from the internet…
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teams_96x1.png Language Interpretation in Microsoft Teams
MC402940 | July 21 – Language interpretation will allow professional language interpreters to translate what the speaker says into another language in real time without disrupting the original flow of delivery of the speaker. This will allow more inclusive and efficient meetings, where participants who may not speak the same language can fully collaborate with each other without waiting for an interpreter to repeat what was said after the fact. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 87547
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office_96x1.png Turned-Off Basic Authentication – Remote PowerShell
MC402751 | July 21 – We are making some changes to improve the security of your tenant. We announced in 2019 we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols and in early 2021 we announced we would begin to retire Basic Authentication for protocols not being used in tenants. You can always read the latest information about our plans to turn off Basic Authentication here . Today we turned off Basic Authentication for the Exchange Online Remote PowerShell protocol in your tenant. Based on our telemetry,…
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office_96x1.png (Updated) A new, improved user experience for sharing cloud file links in Outlook Web
MC397994 | July 20 – Updated July 20, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are updating the experience for attachments associated to files from cloud locations connected to Outlook Web App (OneDrive, SharePoint, or third-party file storage providers). In the new experience, links to files from cloud locations will be added as link in the body of the message
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teams_96x1.png (Update) Teams Chat with self
MC390416 | July 20 – Updated July 20, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Users will now be able to chat with themselves. All the same chat functionality that works for chatting with others will work for the individual chatting with themselves. They will be able to start a chat with themselves by typing their full name in the To: field when creating a new chat. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88066
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office_96x1.png Viva Engage, replacing Yammer Communities app for Teams
MC402427 | July 20 – At Microsoft Inspire, Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, announced Microsoft Viva Engage, the newest app in Microsoft Viva, designed to help people and teams to be their best, have a voice, and feel included in the workplace. Viva Engage brings people together across the organization to connect with leaders and coworkers, find answers to questions, share their unique story, and find belonging at work. Viva Engage builds on Yammer, and brings together Yammer’s experiences—communities, open…
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yammer_96x1.png Storyline available for public preview in Yammer and Microsoft Viva Engage beginning late August
MC402424 | July 20 – Beginning in late August, Yammer Network and Verified Admins will be able to opt into the public preview of storyline for Microsoft Viva Engage and Yammer, via a toggle control in Yammer.Storyline empowers leaders to reach and engage people and enables everyone to connect and contribute while building their personal networks and amplifying their impact. Users share updates, experiences, and perspectives to their storyline to reach followers and colleagues. Through storyline, users can find…
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teams_96x1.png Ability to manage third-party app subscriptions from Teams Admin
MC402423 | July 19 – We will soon enable a centralized location in both Teams Admin Center and the Teams app store, where admins and end-users can view and manage all the third-party app subscriptions they’ve purchased. This update improves the existing subscription management flow and makes it easier and more intuitive.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 92484 and 95920.
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Cameo in PowerPoint Live
MC395422 | July 19 – Updated July 19, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.With Cameo in PowerPoint Live, users will be able to integrate Teams camera feed into PowerPoint presentation and customize how and where they want to appear on slides.⁠Cameo supports all personalization properties like any other Office graphical object such as those offered by Pictures, Gifs and Shapes. This includes layering Cameo between content, adding motion effects such as…
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teams_96x1.png (Updated) Collaborative Annotations on Presenter Shared Screen
MC383876 | July 19 – Updated July 19, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Collaborative Annotation helps you collaborate with others while screen sharing in Teams meetings. For example, if you want to ask for feedback on a design or if you’re working with a group on a project, Collaborative Annotation helps you get work done faster and with more voices included. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 86732
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Recipient Block Using Tenant Allow/Block List Senders
MC395210 | July 19 – Updated July 19, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Today, the Tenant Allow/block List is used to prevent users from receiving email from selected senders using the sender block. However, users are still able to send email to that email address or domain as recipient. With this update, the Tenant Allow/block List will be extended to prevent users from sending emails to these email addresses and domains that are added or part of the sender block…
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office_96x1.png (Updated) Updates to the Zero-hour auto purge (ZAP) alerts
MC362283 | July 19 – Updated July 19, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We will be updating the current zero-hour auto purge (ZAP) alerts and introduce a new ZAP alert that will notify you if a message has not been removed by ZAP.Updates to the ZAP alerts will include:Scoping the success ZAP alerts for only ZAP related scenarios. You will no longer be alerted as part of the ZAP alert for Dynamic Delivery scenarios.A new failure ZAP alert is being introduced. You will…
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teams_96x1.png Teams on Mac Universal Binary PKG and Native Apple Silicon Support
MC402124 | July 19 – Note: If your organization does not use macOS you can safely disregard this message. We are happy to inform you that the Teams macOS desktop client is set to support Apple Silicon chips natively in the 3rd quarter of the calendar year 2022. This support will be delivered seamlessly to existing users via the usual update process. For new users and installation, the Teams macOS desktop client will come in a Universal Binary PKG which will automatically install natively for Mac devices that run on…
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teams_96x1.png Assign Seats in Together Mode
MC402122 | July 19 – Microsoft Teams users in a meeting will soon have the option to assign seats in Together Mode for all participants in a meeting.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83648
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teams_96x1.png Dynamically applied media logs settings in Teams
MC402121 | July 19 – This update is aimed to improve your experience when updating the “Enable logging for meeting diagnostic” Teams settings. Either turned on or turned off, the preference will be dynamically applied right away and will not require a client restart, as it used to.
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teams_96x1.png Enable media logs remotely with PowerShell cmdlets
MC402120 | July 19 – Teams Media Logging policy can be applied to users and groups and allows IT admin to enable user’s client settings “Enable logging for meeting diagnostic”. Applied via PowerShell cmdlets, the policy overrides client settings and sets Settings > General> Enable logging for meeting diagnostic to “On”. When applied, the setting is displayed as greyed out and can’t be updated via the client.
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office_96x1.png OneDrive/SharePoint: Review mode for Word documents
MC402119 | July 19 – What is Review mode?When you open a document that was shared with you for review, you are automatically placed in Review mode. In Review mode, you won’t have full edit control but instead are allowed to add suggestions to the document in the form of comments or tracked changes. Document owners or other collaborators who have full edit permissions will then need to approve the incorporation of any suggested changes to the document. What’s new?We have changed the UI for Review Mode in the Share…
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office_96x1.png Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel
MC402114 | July 18 – We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel
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exchange_96x1.png (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Password protected download of quarantined messages
MC384330 | July 18 – Updated July 18,, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.With this change we are giving the ability to password protects items they download from quarantine. We want users to be confident that the items they are downloading to their systems will not execute involuntarily without their consent, and this capability will allow them to safely transport the items to external analysis tools. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID93305
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