Admin impact Archives - Modern Workspace Pro

Feature retirement: deploy Shifts to your frontline teams at scale in Teams Admin Center [MC1127233]

Message ID: MC1127233 Introduction We’re retiring the Deploy Shifts to your frontline teams at scale feature in Microsoft Teams Admin Center. Starting September 5, 2025, this functionality will no longer be available. We recommend using the Teams web or desktop…

Modern Workspace Pro 2 August 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, RetirementNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

Please update Microsoft 365 Office apps to a version higher than 16.0.18827.20202 [MC1127222]

Message ID: MC1127222 To ensure continued high-quality performance of the Read Aloud, Transcription, and Dictation features in Microsoft 365 Office apps, we’re upgrading the backend service that powers these capabilities. As a result, these features will no longer function on…

Modern Workspace Pro 2 August 2025Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

SharePoint Online

SharePoint eSignature now globally available (excluding China, Indonesia, and Türkiye) [MC1127224]

Message ID: MC1127224 Introduction Microsoft’s native eSignature service for SharePoint enables users to request simple electronic signatures directly from Word and PDF documents stored in SharePoint. This feature ensures documents remain within Microsoft’s trusted boundaries, enhancing security and compliance. This…

Modern Workspace Pro 2 August 2025Admin impact, Plan for changeNo Comments

Exchange Online Microsoft 365 apps Microsoft 365 for the web

(Updated) Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook: Name pronunciation on the profile card [MC917748]

Message ID: MC917748 (Updated) Updated July 31, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.Updated June 24, 2025: The phased roll out to GA began last week at 10%. If enabled on admin center, the name pronunciation…

Modern Workspace Pro 1 August 2025Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 suite

(Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Extending Copilot Chat to Microsoft 365 apps [MC1096218]

Message ID: MC1096218 (Updated) Updated July 29, 2025, Update: The rollout for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote has been delayed to mid-August. The original timing has been updated in the original message. Additionally, Copilot Chat in the apps will respect…

Modern Workspace Pro 31 July 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

Exchange Online

(Updated) Microsoft Exchange Online | Releasing Multi-Geo In-Region Routing [MC1113112]

Message ID: MC1113112 (Updated) Updated July 31, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction]We’re introducing Multi-Geo In-Region Routing (IRR) for Exchange Online, a new capability that helps organizations meet regional data residency requirements by allowing inbound…

Modern Workspace Pro 31 July 2025Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

kawaii coloring on GCP Release Notes: July 28, 20254 August 2025
The cross-region BigQuery materialized views are a game-changer—cut our nightly pipeline costs by 40%. Critical catch: Schema auto-detection still fails…
kawaii coloring on Important Update: Teams Meeting Join URL Validation [MC1120871]4 August 2025
This validation change is overdue—we’ve seen a 300% spike in phishing via fake ‘rescheduled meeting’ links. For hybrid teams, ensure…
AI Music Generator on Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports R6in and M6in instances1 August 2025
The increased network bandwidth in R6in and M6in instances is a great move, especially for businesses that rely on write-heavy…
Cyber Wpg on Important Update: Teams Meeting Join URL Validation [MC1120871]29 July 2025
It would be nice it the post included the teams join URLs.
Dave on GCP Release Notes: July 28, 202529 July 2025
Great roundup of the latest GCP updates—thanks for keeping the community informed! The enhancements to Cloud Run and the new…