(Updated) Upcoming API Retirements in Exchange Web Services for Exchange Online
	Act by: March 31
	MC296195 | March 4 – Updated March 04, 2022: We have updated the content below for clarity.Today we are announcing the retirement of support for the 25 least used APIs of EWS for Exchange Online (as determined by the call volume into the service).We are retiring support for these APIs as we begin the process of reducing the surface area of the EWS protocol for maintenance and security purposes.In the coming months we will send Message Center posts to tenants we can see are using these low volume APIs.Over the last…
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	REST API for On-Premises Mailboxes Preview Ending
	MC338988 | March 4 – Upcoming, we will be retiring the preview program enabling REST API access to on-premises mailboxes for Hybrid Exchange organizations.Note: This will impact those who write code against Exchange mailboxes.
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	Announcing account switching for Microsoft 365 web apps
	MC338712 | March 4 – In this age of hybrid work, where personal and work boundaries are collapsed, Microsoft 365 users wear multiple hats during their workday and need a way to quickly switch contexts in order to stay productive. With the multi-account and account switching feature support, users will be able to sign into multiple work (Azure Active Directory, or Azure AD) and personal (Microsoft Account, or MSA) accounts on Microsoft 365 web apps in the same browser. This will also allow them to seamlessly switch…
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	(Updated) Pairing naming convention between Teams channels and corresponding SharePoint folders
	MC306666 | March 3 – Updated March 03, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We apologize for not sending an earlier update regarding our delayed rollout. We delayed the feature release to ensure the best possible experience for our users, and it is now ready. As previously mentioned (MC280294 – August), this new release will update the channel rename experience in Teams to simultaneously rename the corresponding folder in SharePoint sites whenever a channel in Teams is…
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	Temporary Whiteboard collaboration for external and shared device accounts
	MC337624 | March 2 – Microsoft Whiteboard on OneDrive for Business (ODB) is leveraging a new capability that allows temporary collaboration during a Teams meeting. This applies to device accounts from Surface Hub and Teams Meeting Room devices, as well as any users who are not in your tenant.Note: This capability does not enable file-level sharing and does not grant access to the file. It provides temporary access only for the duration of the Teams meeting (similar to PowerPoint Live sharing during a meeting).This…
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	(Updated) Office.com updates
	MC295863 | March 2 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thanks for your patience.We’re updating the Office.com and Office app for Windows experiences. These updates make it even easier to find all the content associated with you, access your apps and templates in one place, take action quickly, and understand what work needs your attention. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85662
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Additional updates

	Public Preview – Enabling customization capabilities for SSPR, footer hyperlinks and favicon in Company Branding.
	MC339117 | March 5 – We’re updating the Company Branding component of the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) sign-in page to enable customization capabilities for Self Service Password Reset (SSPR), footer hyperlinks and favicon. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88928.
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	Microsoft 365 compliance center: Compliance Manager – Alerts and notifications for score changes
	MC339116 | March 5 – We’re rolling out a new capability to enable monitoring and alerting related to Compliance Manager activities in the Microsoft 365 compliance center. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88964.
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	Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Update to Quarantine notification default logo
	MC339114 | March 5 – We are updating the default logo within the Quarantine notification email that is sent to users.
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	Microsoft 365 Information Governance – Announcing General Availability of retention policies for Yammer messages
	MC339113 | March 5 – We are excited to announce that that ability to apply retention policies for Yammer user chats and Yammer communities is now Generally Available. Previously, retention policies for Yammer were not available. Note: The preview of this feature was originally announced in MC222893. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82055.
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	(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Front row layout for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows
	MC307657 | March 4 – Updated March 04, 2022: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are updating a new Microsoft Teams Rooms meeting layout, designed to enhance hybrid meetings and provide in-room participants with greater context of what is happening across various aspects of the meeting. With front row, remote attendees are seen in the room at eye level and additional meeting experiences including chat, and a rostered view of participants with raised hands, are brought to the front of…
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	(Updated) Microsoft Editor Spellcheck and Grammar in SharePoint Pages
	MC308286 | March 4 – Updated March 04, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.This update will add the Microsoft Editor service to SharePoint Pages and News and enabling their spellcheck and grammar capabilities. This will allow proofreading to take place in SharePoint without relying on the Editor browser extension. This feature changes the suggestion’s colors to monochrome when they’re shown on a themed background to increase visibility. This message is…
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	(Updated) OneDrive: Move your shortcuts in OneDrive
	MC316147 | March 4 – Updated March 04, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.You can now move the shortcuts you’ve added using “Add shortcut to OneDrive” into any folders in your OneDrive. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82166.
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	(Updated) Send As Group by Default
	MC302487 | March 4 – Updated March 04, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft 365 Groups in Outlook currently supports “Send As” functionality which enables group members to Send As a group (“From” address has group id) rather than as an individual. Group members should have this permission configured for the specific Groups by admins to make use of Send As capability. For the groups where user has Send As permissions enabled, user has the option to pick the groups…
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	(Updated) Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring
	MC299404 | March 4 – Updated March 04, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We’re making changes to the editing experience for SharePoint pages to make it easier for users to understand where they are by adding labels, reducing clutter by consolidating actions into a single web part toolbar, and putting authors into focus mode by default to remove visual distractions. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82177.
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	(Updated) Create Videos on Office Mobile
	MC305100 | March 4 – Updated March 04, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Office Mobile is a content hub which houses a bunch of content types – from your favorite Word, Excel, PowerPoint to Lens, Forms, PDFs, and now very recently, Videos. In CY21Q3, we announced an update which saw Stream video player integrated inside Office Mobile. This allowed users to access and play videos on their professional network with ease, be it Teams Meetings Recordings, demos or tutorials…
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	In Development for Microsoft Intune is now available
	MC338710 | March 4 – 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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	Microsoft 365 support integration with ServiceNow
	MC338709 | March 4 – The Microsoft support integration app for ServiceNow introduces key features, such as viewing service health incidents, access to recommended solutions, and the ability to escalate directly to Microsoft support all from within your ServiceNow environment. This allows you to integrate Microsoft help, support, and service health with your ServiceNow instances.
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	(Updated) Real-time messaging protocol (RTMP) Streaming Support to Custom Endpoints
	MC268726 | March 3 – Updated March 03, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams will support the ability for your users to stream their Teams meetings and webinars to large audiences through real-time messaging protocol (RTMP) including endpoints outside your organization.This feature will rollout on desktop and Mac. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83562.
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	(Updated) New Experience updates and Microsoft 365 app access
	MC294739 | March 3 – Updated March 03, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are bringing back the Coming Soon option to preview the new location for the Mail, Calendar, People, Tasks, and other modules in Outlook for Windows. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68205.
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	(Updated) Mirror my video
	MC298410 | March 3 – Updated March 03, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Now you will no longer have to see the text flipped. Imagine a scenario in which a primary school teacher has a small whiteboard in hand and is trying to teach school kids basic alphabets. Or imagine you have a virtual background with text in it. While the user on the other end of the meeting can see the text correctly, you see the text flipped. By providing you the option to un-mirror, you will be…
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	(Updated) Enable management of Content types from modern library views
	MC335275 | March 3 – Updated March 03, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We will be gradually adding the option to easily enable the management of custom content types to SharePoint lists & libraries. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88948
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	Microsoft defender for office 365: Quarantine support for shared mailboxes
	MC337957 | March 3 – To make managing the quarantine for shared mailboxes easier for users, this update will enable users who have been granted delegate access to shared mailbox, either through direct access or security group access, to triage the quarantine folder items of those mailboxes.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88931.
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	Microsoft Stream: Improve audio quality with Noise suppression for Stream (on SharePoint)
	MC337955 | March 3 – Get your message across more clearly with Noise suppression for Stream (on SharePoint and OneDrive). Noise suppression helps both creators and viewers isolate speech from ambient noise, music, and other sounds, making voice more intelligible. Noise suppression significantly reduces ambient noise, bringing more clarity to speech in videos. Noise suppression will be available for all Stream Classic content migrated to Stream (on SharePoint and OneDrive) as well as new content including…
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	Workflows in Teams app store for messaging
	MC337954 | March 3 – Workflows let you automate repetitive tasks or processes that connect one or more apps to Teams. In short, they can save you time and effort. Teams users will be able to browse, add, and manage this unified platform capability from the Teams store and from several other contexts within Teams. Many workflows run automatically without further user action once they’ve been set up; others can be run manually from the messaging area in Teams or from individual messages. Find more information…
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	Important Information about your Microsoft Power Automate service
	MC333954 | March 2 – We have identified an issue that may impact your environment’s usage of some Power Automate connectors. Following a recent deployment, some documented IP addresses that were previously inactive within the connector infrastructure were activated recently and are being used for outbound traffic to backend services. This was done in accordance with our documented IPs listed for your region. How does this affect me? Our telemetry has detected your environment has Power Automate connectors that are…
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	(Updated) New Share to Stage APIs in Teams SDK
	MC324203 | March 2 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Shared meeting stage allows meeting participants to interact with and collaborate on app content in real time. Until now, it was possible to share an entire app to the meeting stage using the Share to Stage button in Teams client.With this update, we are releasing new APIs in the Teams Client SDK that will provide developers with the ability to share specific parts of their app to the meeting stage…
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	(Updated) Changes to Microsoft Teams apps’ native permissions in the browser
	MC305426 | March 2 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.In order to better secure Microsoft Teams third-party applications that request native device permissions – such as camera, microphone or location access – we will be requiring users to manually opt-in for these permissions per app in the Microsoft Teams web browser experience. We are already doing this on the Teams desktop and mobile clients. Previously, Microsoft Teams app permissions were handled…
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	(Updated) Groups icon change in Outlook on web
	MC303512 | March 2 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The Microsoft 365 Groups icon seen under the Groups section in left navigation pane will be changed. This change is applicable only to Outlook on Web application. Currently it is represented by a folder icon. It will be replaced by the Groups icon. This icon change will bring visual coherence between Outlook on Web and Outlook Desktop application. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap…
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	(Updated) Transcription in 1:1 VOIP Calls
	MC298824 | March 2 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Transcription in 1:1 VOIP Calls will soon be available. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68774.
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	(Updated) Manage apps using the new Apps site (SharePoint Online)
	MC329484 | March 2 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.The new Apps site (previously known as the App Catalog) will help you as a SharePoint or global admin to quickly get started distributing custom apps or acquiring independent software vendor (ISV) apps in your tenant to extend functionalities of SharePoint, Teams, and Viva Connections. You can use the new Apps site to store and distribute solutions in a streamlined and modernized experience. This…
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	(Updated) Editor for Outlook iOS
	MC294741 | March 1 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This new feature leverages the technology used in Microsoft Word to surface spelling, grammar and refinement suggestions to users as they compose emails in Outlook on iOS. Users can then tap the marked word/phrase to quickly replace their error with the correction.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 79326.
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	OneDrive and SharePoint: Access your Teams standard and private channel files
	MC336858 | March 1 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional details.With this new feature, users that navigate to a site in SharePoint or OneDrive will be able to access the files stored in the Teams standard and private channels associated with that site. Users will see an “In channels” section when you navigate to the default document library of a Teams-connected site. This functionality will be available in OneDrive & SharePoint web, including experiences like the Move/Copy…
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	(Updated) OneDrive: Easily navigate to all your Teams files
	MC336857 | March 1 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional details.In OneDrive, we are adding a “Your Teams” section to the “More Places” page to allow you to easily find and work with all your files in Teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88912.
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	(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Chat density
	MC320165 | March 1 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Customize the number of chat messages you see on the screen. Use the compact setting to fit 50 percent more messages on the screen. Comfortable setting keeps the chat display as it is in Teams today.This will be rolling out on Teams desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 88064.
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	(Updated) People-centric search in Microsoft Search
	MC320462 | March 1 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This new feature, People-centric search (MC275345 – August) will soon roll out to Microsoft Search. This update will allow people in your organization to find content through people and understand people through their content.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68783.
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	(Updated) Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving
	MC295024 | March 1 – Updated March 01, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Microsoft Teams tab actions are moving out of the tab header bar and into the tab dropdown to help declutter the user experience. This impacts all first-party and third-party application tabs in chats, channels and meetings, such as Assignments, Grades, Planner or the Website tab. These tab actions will be found by clicking on the tab name to show a dropdown menu. These actions include: Reload tab Go…
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	Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel
	MC337352 | March 1 – We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel
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	Export feature in Teams Admin Center
	MC337332 | February 28 – Teams admin center is adding support for downloading the data from the list pages like teams list page, members list page, channels list page and users list page. The downloaded data will be in the form of a CSV file. Admins can click on the “Export” icon placed on the table headers in these pages to generate the data and download the CSV from the downloads section in the header of the Teams admin center. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 85704
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	Briefing Email – 16 additional languages supported
	MC337331 | February 28 – The Briefing email from Microsoft Vivahelps 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. Currently, the Briefing email is available for Microsoft 365 Enterprise users with Exchange Online mailboxes in English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, German, Chinese Simplified and Japanese. Starting in March 2022, we are expanding to support Exchange Online mailboxes in the…
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	Co-authoring on Microsoft Information Protection encrypted documents is in public preview on mobile devices
	MC337330 | February 28 – With hybrid work here to stay, organizations are increasingly looking for ways to facilitate seamless collaboration among workgroups and across organizations while keeping their data secure and compliant. At Microsoft, we have been working hard to introduce product innovations to help organizations achieve this. Today – we are excited to announce that co-authoring on Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) encrypted documents is now coming to mobile for both Android and iOS. Customers will no…
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	Microsoft 365 admin center: Prepare your users for Internet Explorer retirement with “Reload in IE mode” instructions
	Act by: June 15
	MC337246 | February 28 – With the upcoming Internet Explorer 11 desktop application retirement (June 15th), for certain versions of Windows 10, we recommend that you move users to Microsoft Edge and explain how to access legacy websites by reloading those sites in Internet Explorer (IE) mode.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88905.
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Note: This capability does not enable file-level sharing and does not grant access to the file. It provides temporary access only for the duration of the Teams meeting (similar to PowerPoint Live sharing during a meeting).

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 66759

When this will happen:

After Whiteboard’s move to ODB storage (starting in mid-March and completing in mid-April), this capability will be utilized by Whiteboard.

How this will affect your organization:

This capability is enabled by default. If you choose to disable it, users will have the following experience:

• External users in your organization will continue to see a message in Teams meetings that they cannot see the whiteboard.
• Users in a Teams meeting on a Surface Hub or Teams Meeting Room will not be able to join an ODB-based whiteboard shared during a meeting. These users should join the meeting from another device to view and collaborate on the whiteboard.

Note: OneDriveLoopSharingCapability and CoreLoopSharingCapability are currently only used by Whiteboard on ODB, but in future, other Fluid-based content such as Loops in Teams chat will be covered by these settings.

What you need to do to prepare:

If you have the external sharing for ODB allowed, no further action is required. If you have external sharing disabled, you can leave it disabled but you must enable this new setting.

1. Connect to SharePoint Online PowerShell and enable this using the Set-SPOTenant cmdlet.
2. Set-SPOTenant -OneDriveLoopSharingCapability ExternalUserAndGuestSharing

These changes should take approximately 60 minutes to apply across your tenancy. If you do not see these options, please update the PowerShell module.

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	Retirement of Get/Set-PhishFilterPolicy PowerShell (legacy) to manage spoofed senders using new Tenant Allow Block list
	MC335609 | February 23 – We will be retiring the “Get-/Set-PhishFilterPolicy” PowerShell cmdlets. Instead, we recommend the utilization of the updated feature called “Spoof intelligence insight” in order to view spoofing activity and the new feature called “Tenant allow block lists-Spoofing” in order to manage spoofing activity respectively, which is where we will continue to invest our development resources.
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	Virtual Visits – Analytics (GA)
	MC335278 | February 23 – Virtual Visit Analytics provides IT Admins and authorized business users to view Virtual Visit (VV) usage across Bookings and Microsoft Teams EHR Connector. Customers will now be able to understand key metrics like lobby wait time and meeting duration and optimize their Virtual Visits to deliver better business outcomes.
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	LinkedIn Integration coming to Teams
	MC335277 | February 23 – For those tenants that have LinkedIn integration available to their members, we are expanding its availability to Teams as a panel in one on one conversations. This is the first part of a series of updates which will also bring LinkedIn to the contact card in the coming months. Initially this is limited to contacts within the tenant, but as the contact card updates are released, then this will be available for all contacts within and outside the tenant.This message is associated with Microsoft…
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	(Updated) Quick Create – Easily Create Power BI Reports from Lists
	MC248201 | February 22 – Updated February 22, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below for Government organizations. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce the arrival of a new guided authoring experience in Lists that will make it easy to quickly create business intelligence reports in Power BI using your list schema and data.
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	(Updated) Records Management, Information Governance & eDiscovery– Optimized behavior of file versions preserved
	MC288633 | February 22 – Updated February 22, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. To improve performance, any file with multiple versions that is deleted from SharePoint or OneDrive which is preserved to the Preservation Hold Library (due to its applicable retention label, retention policies or eDiscovery holds) will now be retained as a single file containing its full version history, rather than each version being retained as individual files as has been the case until now….
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	Search history suggestions for Bing AAD users
	MC335111 | February 22 – We are currently bringing search history suggestions to Bing for AAD users. Users who are signed in with their AAD account will be able to select suggestions from their search history in search box in Bing homepage, all vertical, and work vertical. This will help users to quickly access previous searches and save them time by only needing to enter a partial search term. We store up to 1000 suggestions for every user. Users have full control over their search history. They can delete the search…
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Additional updates

	OneDrive and SharePoint: Access your Teams standard and private channel files
	MC336858 | February 26 – With this new feature, users that navigate to a site in SharePoint or OneDrive will be able to access the files stored in the Teams standard and private channels associated with that site. Users will see an “In channels” section when you navigate to the default document library of a Teams-connected site. This functionality will be available in OneDrive & SharePoint web, including experiences like the Move/Copy Picker. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88911.
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	OneDrive: Easily navigate to all your Teams files
	MC336857 | February 26 – In OneDrive, we are adding a “Your Teams” section to the “More Places” page to allow you to easily find and work with all your files in Teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88912.
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	Microsoft Viva Insights: Enroll in Focus plan from the Insights app in Teams
	MC336856 | February 26 – Viva Insights is introducing updates to better enable users to protect time for focus from the Viva Insights Teams app. These updates to the protect time page will allow users to enroll in a focus plan and adjust preferences to auto book focus time on one’s calendar from within the Insights app in Teams. Users enrolled in a focus plan will also see insights about their progress towards their focus time goals. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88957.
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	Teams Device Management Graph APIs available in Preview version
	MC336852 | February 26 – Teams Device management Graph APIs are now available in preview. These APIs provide access to information about the Teams devices, options to manage them, and enable easy integration with other workflows.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 90173.
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	(Updated) New Fluent Emoji style coming to Teams emojis and reactions
	MC333941 | February 25 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This update will have Teams joining Microsoft 365 and Windows in updating all emojis and reactions to the new Microsoft Fluent emoji style, bringing users a more vibrant and expressive emoji experience.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88277
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	Admin Pinning for Message Extensions
	MC336253 | February 25 – Admin pinning for apps will allow admins to pre-pin and surface applications, specifically message extensions, relevant for their tenant. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 87506.
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	What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for February 2022
	MC336250 | February 25 – Your Microsoft Intune account has been updated to the latest service build.
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	Important Information about your Microsoft Power Automate service
	MC333954 | February 25 – We have identified an issue that may impact your environment’s usage of some Power Automate connectors. Following a recent deployment, some documented IP addresses that were previously inactive within the connector infrastructure were activated recently and are being used for outbound traffic to backend services. This was done in accordance with our documented IPs listed for your region. How does this affect me? Our telemetry has detected your environment has Power Automate connectors that are…
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	(Updated) Updated timing changes: Whiteboard on OneDrive for Business
	MC282992 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: As previously announced, the update to OneDrive for Business (ODB) storage for Whiteboard will begin in mid-March and complete in mid-April. Whiteboard on ODB requires Fluid Framework to be enabled for your tenant. Please note that there are some cases that may still create new boards in Azure. When a whiteboard is initiated from a Surface Hub during a Teams meeting, the whiteboard will be created in Azure. This will be switched to use ODB later this year. When older…
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	Enhancements to Yammer’s interactive email notifications
	MC336223 | February 24 – Based on customer feedback, we will soon be releasing enhancements to Yammer’s existing interactive email notifications across all Outlook clients to provide further value to the users. The enhancements would include user experience changes to help with information density of the content for ease of consumption and engagement within Yammer’s the interactive emails as well as enable users to discover recommended conversations within these emails. This message is associated with Microsoft 365…
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	(Updated) Account Switching in Office mobile apps
	MC332871 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This feature update to Account switching, will enable users to switch from one account to another through the Profile icon that helps them access the account selection interface.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88930
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	(Updated) Rich text and images in Planner task notes
	MC295027 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are adding support for rich text (bold, italics, underline, etc.) and images in the Planner task notes field. NOTE: We will update this post once we have Microsoft Graph documentation for the new rich text task notes field available.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85688.
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	(Updated) Planner tasks storage location update
	MC289682 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are pleased to roll this out after the delay (MC229058 – May ’21). Starting in mid-October 2021, a copy of some Planner tasks will be stored in a user’s Exchange mailbox. All Planner tasks will continue to be stored in the Planner Service.
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	(Updated) OneDrive: New Command Bar
	MC285602 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.With this update users will be able to easily identify the right file and access primary commands. The new simplified view will permit users to focus on the content while at the same time being visually pleasing.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85602.
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	(Updated) Introducing monthly active users for the Microsoft 365 service change
	MC315739 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the content below for accuracy. Thank you for your patience.Message center posts will include monthly active users (based off the past 30 days) specific to the Microsoft 365 service change being communicated.This will help change coordinators and IT admins make a decision on which change they should address first vs deprioritize, based on the potential number of end users who could be impacted by a change eg: If the change is about a service which has…
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	Microsoft Teams: Front row layout for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows
	MC307657 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional details.We are updating a new Microsoft Teams Rooms meeting layout, designed to enhance hybrid meetings and provide in-room participants with greater context of what is happening across various aspects of the meeting. With front row, remote attendees are seen in the room at eye level and additional meeting experiences including chat, and a rostered view of participants with raised hands, are brought to the front of…
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	(Updated) Announcing continuous compliance assessments in the Microsoft 365 compliance center
	MC296437 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We’re enhancing Compliance Manager’s automated testing and evidence generation functionality and enabling additional improvement actions and solutions for automated testing. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 72222.
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	(Updated) Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists
	MC257468 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Power Apps image controls can now display images that are stored in image columns in Microsoft Lists. Images can be displayed in four sizes: small, medium, large, or full.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81986
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	(Updated) Improvements to SharePoint pages authoring
	MC299404 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We’re making changes to the editing experience for SharePoint pages to make it easier for users to understand where they are by adding labels, reducing clutter by consolidating actions into a single web part toolbar, and putting authors into focus mode by default to remove visual distractions. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82177.
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	(Updated) Revamped user profile page in Yammer
	MC314015 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We are launching the revamped user profile page in Yammer to align with the new user experience framework that is followed in Yammer, and also introducing some new functionalities such as a cover photo, list of people who follow the user, list of communities the user is a part of, among other improvements. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68066.
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	(Updated) Live Captions in all available languages and CART Captions on Teams Meetings on Web
	MC317766 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Live Captions in all available languages will now be available on Teams Meetings on web browsers. CART Captioning support will also be available on web browsers. Chrome/Edge/Safari on Win/Mac/Linux platforms will be supported. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84906, 84001.
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	Reminder: IE11 desktop application retires in 4 months on June 15, 2022 – Set up IE mode today (non-LTSC, non-Server)
	Act by: June 15
	MC335110 | February 24 – Updated February 24, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.As previously announced, the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge. Internet Explorer mode (IE mode) provides legacy browser support within Microsoft Edge. Because of this, the IE11 desktop application will be retired on June 15, 2022. This means that the IE11 desktop application will no longer be supported and afterwards will redirect to Microsoft Edge if a…
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	Forms: Split sending and sharing entry point
	MC335638 | February 24 – We are making it easier to share a Form with a collaborator or with respondents by clearly separating out the sharing process. This is a follow up to MC24233. Based on feedback, we made the decision to make additional changes before we proceeded with the full rollout. We are now ready to move forward and apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your feedback and patience.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 79450.
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	Teams Desktop Client Cross Cloud Anonymous Meeting Join
	MC335634 | February 24 – This feature update to Cross Cloud Anonymous (CCA) Meeting Join in Microsoft Teams will allow users to join meetings as unauthenticated (anonymous) users.This release expands the current unauthenticated (anonymous) meeting experience available for different tenants within a single cloud to all remaining Microsoft clouds (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High and DOD).Note: This new functionality will only affect the Teams desktop client. Teams web client meeting join experiences will remain unchanged as…
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	Site owners can manage requests for third-party apps on their sites (SharePoint Online)
	MC335624 | February 24 – The upcoming My requests page feature update (previously known as Your requests under Site Contents) will help SharePoint site owners quickly manage app requests that are sent to tenant admins. Site owners will be able to view requests and track status in a modern view and withdraw or delete a request in a new streamlined experience.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 88950
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	Microsoft 365 admin center: Creating more granular email notifications for Service issues
	MC335614 | February 24 – We are adding the ability to subscribe to separate email notifications for the different types of service issues that show up on the Service Health dashboard. Currently admins can enroll in email notifications for incidents and advisories, we are adding additional granularity for admins to subscribe to Microsoft service issues and issues occurring within your organization that require admin action. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 91627.
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	Viva Topics: Use Syntex taxonomy to generate topics
	MC335608 | February 23 – Microsoft Viva Topics and SharePoint Syntex customers can build on their existing investments in classifying & organizing content with the ability to use the taxonomy service in Syntex and SharePoint to generate topics. This new integration uses the term names, including those you are already using with SharePoint Syntex, descriptions, synonyms & tagged files to create topics that the AI can use as a seed to discover additional connections with people & files.Note: You will need to…
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	(Updated) Refreshed Microsoft Whiteboard client experience coming soon
	MC279627 | February 23 – Updated February 23, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below to show correctly. We apologize for any confusion.Whiteboard is creating a unified experience across devices. Soon, you’ll have the same experience no matter which device you are using Whiteboard on, and all whiteboards will be created in OneDrive for Business.When are these changes happening?: The automatic store rollout will begin in mid-February, completing by mid-March. The switch to ODB as the default for new content…
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	Retirement of health status feature in the Office cloud policy service
	MC335282 | February 23 – Upcoming, we will be retiring the health status feature in the Office cloud policy service.Note: If you don’t use the Office cloud policy service in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center, you can disregard this message.
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	Enable management of Content types from modern library views
	MC335275 | February 23 – We will be gradually adding the option to easily enable the management of custom content types to SharePoint lists & libraries. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88948
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	(Updated) Improved Teams Guest User Usability (previously posted as MC300029)
	MC302456 | February 22 – Updated February 22, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Note: This is a re-post of MC300029 as it expired prematurely on the incorrect date and may not be visible to admins anymore.We will be updating guest user functionality within the Microsoft Teams app. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88430.
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Key points:

• Timing:
  • Standard: late March through end of September
  • GCC, GCC-High and DoD: late April through end of September
• Action: review and assess impact on your organization

How this will affect your organization:

Once this change is implemented Security Administrators will no longer be able to invoke these cmdlets (Get-PhishFilterPolicy / Set-PhishFilterPolicy).

What you need to do to prepare:

Instead of using “Get-PhishFilterPolicy” or “Set-PhishFilterPolicy” PowerShell cmdlets, we recommend using “Spoof intelligence insight” in order to view and “Tenant allow block lists-Spoofing” in order to manage spoofing activity respectively. Note that the new functionality has been fully available and functional in your tenant organization since it was launched in 2021(Refer to MC248392 and Roadmap: 70590) and will continue to the serve the purpose for Anti-Spoofing management within the tenant. Details are listed as below:

• The rule called “Tenant Allow/Block Lists” in the list of Threat policies page, which will provide a page for “Spoofing” from where a Security Administrator can manage spoofed domains/users (i.e. email addresses) and allow or block them for the tenant.
• As a Security Administrator, you can view, add, update, delete spoofed domain pairs using this policy or optionally using the below PowerShell cmdlets (Entries here will never expire, unless deleted by the Security Administrator):
  • Get-TenantAllowBlockListSpoofItems
  • New-TenantAllowBlockListSpoofItems
  • Set-TenantAllowBlockListSpoofItems
  • Remove-TenantAllowBlockListSpoofItems
• Spoof intelligence insight will continue to provide the Spoofing activity automatically detected and marked as “Allowed” / “Blocked” by Spoof intelligence system. This can be viewed by clicking on the link “View spoofing activity” from Tenant Allow/Block Lists page-Spoofing tab. Optionally, ‘Get-SpoofIntelligenceInsight’ PowerShell cmdlet can be used to view this activity. Security Administrator can also override the Action (i.e. Allow/Block) using Spoof intelligence insight available on the Security Center. Once Action is changed (e.g. Block to Allow), the selected Spoof domain pair will appear on the “Tenant Allow/Block lists-Spoofing” page as this is now considered tenant specific spoof domain pair.
• Spoof detections report (i.e. Spoof Mail report) and PowerShell cmdlet ‘Get-SpoofMailReport’ will continue to provide the detailed mail flow information about the spoofing activity along with the authentication results such as SPF, DKIM, DMARC (up to last 90 days).

Please review to learn more.

• Learn more about the functionality being retired here: Manage spoofed senders using the spoof intelligence policy and spoof intelligence insight in EOP
• To learn more about the new functionality already available in your tenant, please refer to the following articles:
  • Spoof intelligence insight in EOP
  • Manage the Tenant Allow/Block List: View spoofed sender entries

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Key points

• Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88792
• Timing: We will begin rolling this out in early March and expect to complete rollout late March.
• Action: review and assess for your organization.
• Roll-out: tenant level

How this will affect your organization:

The IT Admin for a tenant will be able to see the new Virtual Visits analytics reports in the Teams Admin Center. They can select the report and the data range for which they want to view the analytics. Here they will be able to visualize their Virtual Visit trends as well as see aggregated summaries to understand the impact of Virtual Visits for their organization. They can see the data breakdown for individual features like Bookings and EHR Connector. They can also better understand the average duration and lobby wait time for their customers. The detail report can be exported and easily shared with other stakeholders in the organization. The virtual visits report helps to track both points in time and historical trends (current +4 months) related to virtual visits.

Additional toggles to visualize key metrics within the Virtual Visits Detail Report page for EHR usage, Booking’s usage, No-shows, and Meeting duration.

Toggle on/off for tenants to opt-in for Virtual Visits analytics.

Prompt to turn on Virtual Visits.

Note: We will be collecting meeting participation data including Start Time, Number of Attendees, Provider’s Names, Duration and Meeting Status for analytics purposes. You consent to this data being collected and by enabling the Virtual Visits Analytics setting you give Microsoft permission to collect data about Virtual Visits in your organization. For information on our Data Retention Policy please visit: Data retention, deletion, and destruction in Microsoft 365 – Microsoft Service Assurance | Microsoft Docs.

IT Admins will have the option in Teams Admin Center to turn-on/off Analytics for their organization. The toggle will be on by default and can be turned off.

What you need to do to prepare:

You might want to update your documentation as appropriate.

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This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 89132

When this will happen:

We will begin rolling this out in mid-March and expect to complete by early April.

How this will affect your organization:

Once available, the new LinkedIn tab will appear at the top of the 1:1 conversation in Teams alongside the existing tabs for Chat, Files, Organization and Activity, and will work just like the contact card in Outlook does today.

You continue to have the same controls as before over the integration availability. This is just making the experience available in more places for your members.

What you need to do to prepare:

Review your current configuration to ensure the appropriate experience for your organization.

To learn about existing controls, review: Integrate LinkedIn account connections in Azure Active Directory

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Key Points

• Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 87607
• Timing: We expect this rollout to begin in mid-March and expect the rollout to be completed by late March.
• Roll-out: Tenant level
• Control type: Admin Control within the Bookings app in Teams
• Action: Review and assess

How this will affect your organization:

This new feature will let Admins and schedulers enable pre-visit data collection workflows for virtual visits by linking Microsoft 365 Forms to appointments in the Bookings app in Teams.

• Admins can now link Forms to a Bookings service type through the Bookings app in Teams.
• When creating a new appointment from Bookings app in Teams, Forms associated to the booking Service will automatically be added to the appointment.
• Forms added to an appointment will be included in the email confirmation which goes out to the attendee.
• When Form responses are submitted by the attendee, staff can view the status of submission in the appointment details form within Bookings Teams app.
• This feature is not supported through Bookings web app. We are working on bringing this capability to web app in our future releases.

Linking a Form to your service type

Forms included in an e-mail confirmation to the attendee

Once an attendee submits a response, staff can view the status of the submission in the appointment details form within the Bookings app in Teams

What you need to do to prepare:

No action required although you might want to notify your users about this change and update your training and documentation as appropriate.

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	Message Center Email Notification Changes
	Act by: April 1
	MC329435 | February 11 – Beginning in early April 2022, admins within your tenant will no longer receive the Message center weekly digest and major update email notifications by default. Any existing admins who have customized their Message center email preferences will continue to receive these emails, based on their customized preferences, and this update will have no impact. This change will also not affect the opt-in state for email notification of Data Privacy related messages.New admins, specifically those with…
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	(Updated) Certificate based Authentication for Security and Compliance Center PowerShell
	Act by: February 20
	MC316448 | February 11 – Updated February 11, 2022: We have updated the content below for clarity. Thank you for your patience.With this update, which will improve the security of your tenant, Security & Compliance PowerShell will enable configuration of certificate-based authentication to allow unattended App-only access.
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	(Updated) New Microsoft 365 Lists entry point in the SharePoint app bar
	MC295021 | February 8 – Updated February 08, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Resources in the SharePoint app bar will be expanding to include an entry point toMicrosoft 365 Lists.Microsoft 365 Lists content is personalized to the individual userNote: The new Microsoft 365 Lists entry point cannot be disabled or customized.
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	Microsoft Office default change – Blocking VBA macros in files from the internet
	MC322553 | February 8 – VBA macros are a common way for malicious actors to gain access to deploy malware and ransomware. To help improve security, we are changing the behavior of Office applications to now block macros in files from the internet. Learn more in this blog post. This change only affects Office on devices running Windows and only affects the following applications: Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word.
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Additional updates

	Manage apps using the new Apps site (SharePoint Online)
	MC329484 | February 11 – The new Apps site (previously known as the App Catalog) will help you as a SharePoint or global admin to quickly get started distributing custom apps or acquiring independent software vendor (ISV) apps in your tenant to extend functionalities of SharePoint, Teams, and Viva Connections. You can use the new Apps site to store and distribute solutions in a streamlined and modernized experience. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88844.
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	(Updated) Improved Teams Guest User Usability (previously posted as MC300029)
	MC302456 | February 11 – Updated February 11, 2022: We have updated the content below with additional resources..Note: This is a re-post of MC300029 as it expired prematurely on the incorrect date and may not be visible to admins anymore.We will be updating guest user functionality within the Microsoft Teams app. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88430.
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	Announcing public preview of Tenant-level analytics for Power Automate (cloud flows)
	MC326911 | February 10 – Power Platform admins require intelligent tooling to monitor the distribution of cloud flow events by environment and keep track of key consumption metrics. With this public preview, admins can use out-of-box solutions to monitor usage, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) operations, and track inventory of cloud flows used to automate procedures across the organization. These out-of-box reports greatly improve the Microsoft Power Platform service admin’s ability to keep track of key metrics…
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	Configuration Change – Microsoft Bookings service plan will be available for E1 and Business Basic licenses
	MC324464 | February 10 – Upcoming, theMicrosoft Bookings service plan will be available for E1 and Business Basic (BB) customers. You will have the option to turn OFF Microsoft Bookings for your entire organization or for specific users if you do not want to use the app.
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	Updated feedback experience in Message center posts
	MC324461 | February 10 – We are updating the feedback experience in Message center posts so that admins can easily give more granular feedback on the posts.
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	Admin enhancements for the new Yammer
	MC324460 | February 10 – Yammer admins can enable the new Yammer experience for all users while being provided an opt-out option solely for admins. Admins will have the ability to toggle the classic Yammer experience if they need to validate user feedback or access features only available in classic Yammer.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88885
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	Yammer Administrator Role in Azure Active Directory
	MC324459 | February 10 – A new role is being added to Azure Active Directory titled, “Yammer Administrator”. Users who are assigned the Yammer Administrator role will be allowed to manage all aspects of the Yammer service. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82187
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	Yammer support for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
	MC324458 | February 10 – Yammer will begin supporting Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (formerly Microsoft Cloud App Security). Users will be properly routed to their intended target destination after authentication via Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88889
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	(Updated) Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels
	MC324150 | February 9 – Updated February 09, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. 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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	Admin notifications for Custom app submissions
	MC324204 | February 9 – We ask that you pardon our delay of this earlier planned feature release. As previously messaged (MC260561 – June 2021), this feature update makes it so that when a developer submits a custom app through the Teams App Submission API for IT admin approval, you will receive a notification in a dedicated Teams channel. You’ll then be able to review and take the necessary steps to publish the app.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID:82512.
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	New Share to Stage APIs in Teams SDK
	MC324203 | February 9 – Shared meeting stage allows meeting participants to interact with and collaborate on app content in real time. Until now, it was possible to share an entire app to the meeting stage using the Share to Stage button in Teams client.With this update, we are releasing new APIs in the Teams Client SDK that will provide developers with the ability to share specific parts of their app to the meeting stage from the app side panel experience.Note: If you aren’t using the Teams Client SDK, you can safely…
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	Yammer Communities Expiry Autorenewal
	MC324202 | February 9 – We apologize for not communicating about this release in a timely manner and any inconvenience it may have caused. With this feature update, Yammer activity is included in activity-based automatic renewal of Microsoft 365 Groups. When a user has viewed a post within a Yammer community or within an interactive email in Outlook, the community will automatically renew group expiration.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82186
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	(Updated) Expanded reactions in Microsoft Teams
	MC296204 | February 8 – Updated February 08, 2022: We have updated the rollout timelines below. Thank you for your patience.This update will expand available reactions by allowing users to apply any emoji as a reaction to chat messages. Users will be able to pick from >800 Teams emojis to express themselves the way they want.This will be available for Teams desktop apps (Windows and Mac), Teams mobile (Android and iOS), and Teams on the web. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88080.
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	(Updated) New Content Scenarios for My Feed Web Part on SharePoint
	MC311846 | February 8 – Updated February 08, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We will be adding new content scenarios to the My Feed Web Part on SharePoint. The update will come with the following features. Suggested Task These are tasks or actions you have requested by or of you. They also may be tasks or actions you promise to do. These tasks are pulled from your email conversations. People Highlights These comprise of Birthdays, Work Anniversaries and Change of roles for…
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	(Updated) Microsoft Lists: Custom list templates
	MC267581 | February 8 – Updated February 08, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This new feature will support the addition of custom list templates from your organization alongside the ready-made templates Microsoft provides to make it easy to get started tracking and managing information.
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	(Updated) Microsoft Editor Spellcheck and Grammar in SharePoint Pages
	MC308286 | February 8 – Updated February 08, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.This update will add the Microsoft Editor service to SharePoint Pages and News and enabling their spellcheck and grammar capabilities. This will allow proofreading to take place in SharePoint without relying on the Editor browser extension. This feature changes the suggestion’s colors to monochrome when they’re shown on a themed background to increase visibility. This message is associated with…
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	(Updated) Updated companion mode for iOS users
	MC314286 | February 8 – Updated February 08, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.For a better hybrid meeting experience, Teams users on their iPhone can use a single tap to join a meeting on both their device and Microsoft Teams Room. Audio on their device will be automatically turned off to ensure echo doesn’t happen. Furthermore, the landing experience on the iPhone will be optimized for engagement activities to make it easier to raise hand or react, chat, and see all…
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	(Updated) Connected Templates
	MC312070 | February 8 – Updated February 08, 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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New admins, specifically those with the roles of Global Admin, Message Center Reader or Message Center Privacy Reader, will be subscribed to a 4-week trial period for the Message center weekly digest and can choose to stay subscribed once the trial has concluded by using the Message center preferences menu.

We are making this change based on customer feedback, where the overall consensus was to allow admins to opt in to receive these emails.

When this will happen:

This change is expected to roll out in early April 2022.

How this will affect your organization:

Any admins who have not customized their preferences or taken action to stay subscribed to Message center email notifications will need to do so by April 1st, 2022, if they would like to continue to receive these notifications.

What you need to do to prepare:

Admins who would like to stay subscribed to the Message Center weekly digest and major update email notifications will need to visit the Message Center Preferences menu, confirm the email address to subscribe and save their preferences.

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This change only affects Office on devices running Windows and only affects the following applications: Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word.

Key points:

• Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88883
• Timing: The change will begin rolling out in Version 2203, starting with Current Channel (Preview) in early April 2022. Later, the change will be available in the other update channels, such as Current Channel, Monthly Enterprise Channel, and Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel.
  • At a future date to be determined, we also plan to make this change to Office LTSC, Office 2021, Office 2019, Office 2016, and Office 2013.
• Action: Review and assess impact

How this will affect your organization:

Previously, it was possible for end users to enable these macros by simply clicking a button on the Trust bar.

Now, with this change, once a user opens an attachment or downloads from the internet an untrusted Office file containing macros, a message bar displays a Security Risk that the file contains VBA macros obtained from the internet with a Learn More button.

The Learn More button goes to an article for end users and information workers that contains information about the security risk of bad actors using macros, safe practices to prevent phishing and malware, and instructions on how to enable these macros (if absolutely needed).

What you need to do to prepare:

Enterprises should evaluate their use of macros in files obtained from the internet to determine how this new default behavior will affect their users.

To learn more about how to get ready for this change and recommendations for managing VBA macros in Office files, read this article for Office admins.

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