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Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Mesh app on PC supports guest access for events [MC888047]

You can now collaborate better by having Microsoft Mesh event attendees join on a PC as a guest user. Event organizers can invite guest users outside their organization, providing an opportunity for broader collaboration and networking in Mesh events.

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

Microsoft Viva

Microsoft Viva: Moving file and conversation settings to the Viva Engage admin center [MC888046]

Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Engage: We are moving settings file and conversation settings from the older Yammer admin center to the Tenant Settings page in the Engage admin center, a new, more efficient platform.

Mike Rosoft 11 September 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview: Message Encryption portal transitioning to the “.microsoft” domain by the end of 2024 [MC887373]

The Microsoft Purview Message Encryption portal provides access to encrypted messages sent from your organization's users to external recipients.

Mike Rosoft 11 September 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impact1

Exchange Online

Reject multiple From addresses (P2 From headers) without a Sender header [MC886603]

Starting October 15th, we're going to start gradually dropping messages that have multiple From addresses (also known as P2 From headers) without a Sender header from being sent via Exchange Online.

Mike Rosoft 10 September 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, 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

Microsoft 365 apps

ActiveX will be disabled by default in Microsoft Office 2024 [MC884011]

Starting in new Office 2024, the default configuration setting for ActiveX objects will change from Prompt me before enabling all controls with minimal restrictions to Disable all controls without notification. This change applies to the Win32 desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.

Mike Rosoft 6 September 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement1

Exchange Online

Exchange Properties Limits addition [MC884017]

We're making some changes to allowed size and count of values for various Exchange properties, here are the definition of the limits: Max length: Size of each value Max Count: Total count of values

Mike Rosoft 6 September 2024Admin impact, Plan for change3

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

Microsoft 365 suite

(Reminder) Microsoft 365 admin center: Admins can no longer receive user passwords in email as of August 30, 2024 [MC884005]

retiring the Send password in email feature from Microsoft 365 admin center starting August 30, 2024. Instead, we recommend using the new Print option in the Microsoft admin center to save the user account details and share them in a secure manner with your users.