Mike Rosoft

Microsoft SharePoint Online: Re-imagined Hero with the new carousel layout in pages and news [MC974354]

Message ID: MC974354 We are introducing a new Carousel layout to make the Hero web part more attractive. This new layout will feature a slideshow and a selection of new styles with imagery, bold text, and a call to action,…

Mike Rosoft 8 January 2025Feature update, Stay informed, User impact1

Azure DevOps

Availability Degradation

Initial communicationAzure DevOps Incident Scout, 1/7/2025 12:12:43 PM Our engineers are currently investigating an event impacting Azure DevOps. The event is being triaged and we will post an update as soon as we know more.

Mike Rosoft 7 January 2025

Power Platform

Power Pages version 9.7.1.x Early Upgrade Build Release [MC973841]

Message ID: MC973841 Maintenance window start: January 11, 2025, at 2:00 AM UTCMaintenance window end: January 12, 2025, at 11:00 AM UTCThis is the early upgrade deployment of Power Pages version 9.7.1.x for Microsoft Dynamics 365. This deployment includes an…

Mike Rosoft 7 January 2025Stay informed1

Microsoft Teams

Simplify UX flow to enable Together Mode [MC973513]

Message ID: MC973513 Together mode will get a new simplified flow which will take the user from the beginning to the end through the steps of setting up the scene, assigning the seats and applying for everyone in the call…

Mike Rosoft 7 January 2025New feature, Stay informed, User impact1

Exchange Online

Microsoft defender for Office 365: Tool tips and pointers in the Quarantine portal [MC973515]

Message ID: MC973515 We are introducing tool tips and pointers in the Quarantine portal to help enlighten admins about the product.[When this will happen:]General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout completed in mid-December 2024.General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling…

Mike Rosoft 7 January 2025Admin impact, Feature update, Stay informed1

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Set up “Pay-as-you-go billing” in Microsoft 365 admin center [MC973501]

Message ID: MC973501 We will introduce pay-as-you-go (PayG) billing for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in the Microsoft 365 admin center. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 and expect to complete by…

Mike Rosoft 7 January 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: New “Tag mentions” filter for the Activity feed [MC973502]

Message ID: MC973502 Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Users will have a new Tag mentions filter in the Activity feed to see their tag mentions in their chat and channel messages. The existing @Mentions filter allows users to catch up…

Mike Rosoft 7 January 2025Feature update, Stay informed, User impact1

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: Enable transcription policy by default [MC973519]

Message ID: MC973519 Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: We are updating our default policy settings for transcription for new tenants. Before this rollout, the setting was off by default. After this rollout, the setting will be on by default. This…

Mike Rosoft 7 January 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

SharePoint Online

Microsoft SharePoint: New “Editorial card” web part for Pages and News [MC973498]

Message ID: MC973498 Coming soon to Microsoft SharePoint: a new web part for Pages and New posts called the Editorial card. Unlike automated web parts like News and Events, the new Editorial card allows SharePoint designers to manually tailor the…

Mike Rosoft 7 January 2025New feature, Stay informed, User impact1

Microsoft Viva SharePoint Online

SharePoint Pages Flexible Sections [MC973514]

Message ID: MC973514 Flexible sections are a new section type that allow authors to build pages without a strict column structure. Web parts can be dynamically resized and moved within flexible sections to create a fully customized section. Flexible sections…

Mike Rosoft 7 January 2025New feature, Stay informed, User impact2