 |
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… |
|
View more |
|
(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. |
|
View more |
 |
(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. |
|
View more |
 |
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. |
|
View more |
|
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. |
|
View more |
 |
(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. |
|
View more |
 |
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… |
|
View more |
 |
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. |
|
View more |
|
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. |
|
View more |
 |
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 |
|
View more |
|
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 |
|
View more |
|
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 |
|
View more |
|
(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 |
|
View more |
|
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. |
|
View more |
|
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… |
|
View more |
|
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 |
|
View more |
|
(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. |
|
View more |
|
(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… |
|
View more |
|
(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. |
|
View more |
|
(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… |
|
View more |
|
(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… |
|
View more |
|
(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… |
|
View more |
