October 2024 - Page 2 of 13 - Modern Workspace Pro

Power Pages – Use contextual copilot to add a page to your Power Pages site [MC921934]

We are announcing the use contextual copilot to add a page to your Power Pages site feature for Power Pages. This feature will enable makers to describe the page they want using natural language directly in their workflow and Copilot will generate the page. This feature will reach general availability on November 30, 2024.

Mike Rosoft 31 October 2024New feature, Stay informed1

OneDrive for Business

Microsoft OneDrive: The Enable OCSI for Tenants group policy is being removed [MC921916]

We're removing the EnableAllOcsiClients OneDrive group policy in the Microsoft 365 admin center.

Mike Rosoft 30 October 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, User impact1

Dynamics 365 Apps

Dynamics 365 Field Service – Summarize work orders with Copilot in Outlook [MC921924]

We are announcing the Summarize work orders with Copilot in Outlook feature for Dynamics 365 Field Service. This feature allows you to get a summary of a work order without having to leave Outlook and open the Field service web or mobile apps. This feature will reach general availability on November 18, 2024.

Mike Rosoft 30 October 2024New feature, Stay informed1

Microsoft Power Automate Microsoft Power Automate in Microsoft 365 Power Apps

Retirement of the SharePoint SendEmail API [MC921752]

We will be retiring the Utility.SendEmail API from SharePoint. The SP.Utilities.Utility.SendEmail could be used to send emails from custom applications or processes within SharePoint Online, including Power Automate, and custom workflows.

Mike Rosoft 30 October 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impact1

Power Platform

Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales – Post meeting AI-generated thank you emails for customer follow up [MC921442]

We are announcing the post meeting AI-generated thank you emails for customer follow up feature for Microsoft Copilot for Sales. This feature enables you to send a follow-up email with a single click, leveraging high quality AI-generated post meeting notes. This feature will reach general availability on November 30, 2024.

Mike Rosoft 30 October 2024New feature, Stay informed1

Microsoft 365 for the web Microsoft 365 suite

Product transitions to the cloud.microsoft domain – October 2024 [MC921105]

The cloud.microsoft domain was provisioned in early 2023 to provide a unified, trusted, and dedicated DNS domain space to host Microsoft’s first party authenticated SaaS products and experiences. This post is to inform admins that the following Microsoft products and scenarios are now available at the cloud.microsoft domain, in parallel with the previous domains.

Mike Rosoft 29 October 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps Microsoft 365 for the web

Microsoft PowerPoint: Web viewer add-in retires December 2024 [MC921112]

We will retire the Web Viewer add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint and remove it from Microsoft App Source on December 2, 2024. After this date, the add-in will be unavailable for download or use. Existing files will not be affected, although the add-in's functionality in existing slides will end.

Mike Rosoft 29 October 2024Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

Support for the Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile UWP applications will end on October 14, 2025 [MC921113]

Message ID: MC921113 Support for the Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications will end on October 14, 2025. After that date, no further updates, security fixes, or technical support will be available for these…

Mike Rosoft 29 October 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 suite

End of Microsoft Places Preview Program [MC921110]

Message ID: MC921110 As we approach General Availability for Microsoft Places, we’re winding down the Preview program and sharing more information about the Places mobile app. Preview program: We will stop accepting new sign-ups for the Preview program when we…

Mike Rosoft 29 October 2024Admin impact, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: Automatic location updates with building details for BYOD rooms and bookable desks [MC921116]

Message ID: MC921116 With this rollout, we are delivering automatic location updates with building details on bookable desks and bring your own device (BYOD) rooms to make it easier for users to keep their workplace presence up to date and…

Mike Rosoft 29 October 2024Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impact1