Admin impact Archives - Page 5 of 20

Microsoft Places app ON by default [MC922620]

The Microsoft Places app helps users coordinate their in-office days with colleagues. When work location is shared from OWA or the new Outlook Calendar, users will see others' work locations and can decide the best days to be in the office for in-person collaboration.

Mike Rosoft 31 October 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

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

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

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

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

Microsoft Viva

Microsoft Viva Engage: New features for Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption community [MC921115]

Coming soon to the Microsoft Viva Engage adoption community for Microsoft 365 Copilot, admins will have access to new suggested content covering timely Copilot updates and best practices and the ability to easily upload documents and leverage AI to generate Q&A pairs using Answers Intelligent Importer.

Mike Rosoft 29 October 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Stay informed, User impact1

Microsoft Entra

Microsoft Entra: Enablement of Passkeys in Authenticator for passkey (FIDO2) organizations with no key restrictions [MC920300]

Message ID: MC920300 Beginning mid-January 2025, after the General Availability of passkeys in the Microsoft Authenticator app, organizations with the passkey (FIDO2) authentication methods policy enabled with no key restrictions will be enabled for passkeys in the Microsoft Authenticator app…

Mike Rosoft 28 October 2024Admin impact, Plan for change1

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams admin center: Admins can disable the ability to send messages in meeting chat before and after a meeting [MC920298]

Message ID: MC920298 Coming soon for Microsoft Teams admin center: For the existing Meeting chat control, we will add two new options that allow admins to disable meeting chat before and after a meeting, In-meeting only for everyone and In-meeting…

Mike Rosoft 28 October 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1