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Microsoft Edge Mobile: Updated Weather and Wallpaper on the New tab page (Microsoft Entra ID users) [MC907533]

Two new features are coming soon for Microsoft Entra ID users on the New tab page in Microsoft Edge for Android and iOS devices:

Mike Rosoft 10 October 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft 365 suite

We’re making some changes to our billing periods for products purchased per seat [MC907107]

We're making some changes to our billing periods for products purchased per seat. This will only impact you if you are a new customer or an existing customer whose invoices begin with “G”.

Mike Rosoft 9 October 2024Admin impact, Stay informed1

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft 365 admin center: New Microsoft Search analytics for queries and Microsoft Graph connections [MC906492]

Coming soon: New pages in the Microsoft admin center for Microsoft Search analytics: A new Query analytics page will display how queries are distributed, how frequently users interact with various kinds of entities in search outcomes, and the 10 most common search terms that need intervention.

Mike Rosoft 8 October 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change1

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Self-service purchase settings in Microsoft 365 admin center (E3, E5) [MC899941]

In MC853238 Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings (August 2024), we communicated the new self-service purchase and trial settings in the Microsoft admin center. In October 2024, self-service purchase settings for Microsoft 365 Copilot will be generally available for global admins or billing admins. If you have an E3 or E5 license, you can set your preferences now for Microsoft 365 Copilot self-service purchases that will go live at a future date. We will update this message when we know that date.

Mike Rosoft 28 September 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft 365 suite

Changes coming to the Copilot experience for Windows [MC890889]

The Copilot experience on Windows is changing in response to your feedback. Moving forward, users with work or school accounts will access Microsoft Copilot through the Microsoft 365 app. In addition, Microsoft Copilot will offer enterprise data protection (EDP) at no additional cost for all users signed in with an Entra account. This means that security, privacy, and compliance controls and commitments available for Microsoft 365 Copilot will extend to Microsoft Copilot prompts and responses.

Mike Rosoft 16 September 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impact1

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Microsoft Teams apps and Microsoft Copilot extensions: New security and certification information [MC889528]

By consolidating information from multiple sources in one place, this feature will provide admins responsible for the Microsoft Teams app and Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 extension deployment with comprehensive security and certification information for faster assessment of compliance with tenant security standards.

Mike Rosoft 13 September 2024Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impact1

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft Edge: Sidebar visibility changes [MC888041]

For non-active sidebar users and new Microsoft Edge users, the sidebar will be turned OFF. Users can go to Settings > Sidebar to turn the sidebar ON again at any time. For active sidebar users, the current sidebar state will remain the same.

Mike Rosoft 11 September 2024Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impact1

Microsoft 365 suite

Copilot for Microsoft 365 available for self-service purchase [MC886385]

Self Service purchases are a great way for IT to accelerate and streamline productivity tools for their organization by providing a way for end users to purchase products with their own payment instrument, allowing end users to bring their own products to their company to help enhance their productivity with AI.

Mike Rosoft 9 September 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

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Microsoft PowerPoint: QuickStarter feature retires starting October 2024 [MC884762]

Starting October 8, 2024, and ending December 31, 2024, we will retire the Microsoft PowerPoint QuickStarter feature from Microsoft Office version 2409 for Windows and Microsoft Office version 2410 for Mac. The feature will be unavailable going forward in Office. QuickStarter was never available in PowerPoint for the web.

Mike Rosoft 7 September 2024Plan for change, Retirement, User impact1

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft 365 admin center will support continuous access evaluation (CAE) [MC884015]

We will enable continuous access evaluation (CAE) of tokens in the Microsoft 365 admin center in September 2024. This feature will proactively terminate active user or admin sessions, or require reauthentication, and enforce tenant policy changes in near real time instead of waiting for an access token to expire.

Mike Rosoft 6 September 2024Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impact1