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Microsoft 365 Copilot: People Skills will be available starting in May [MC1060842]

Message ID: MC1060842 People Skills is an intelligent data layer in Microsoft 365 Copilot that infers skills derived from user activity mapped to a customizable built-in skill taxonomy, enhancing Copilot Chat, Microsoft 365, and Viva experiences with contextualized information about…

Mike Rosoft 23 April 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft 365 suite

(Highlight) Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Updates for unlicensed Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users (Wave 2 Spring release) [MC1060783]

Message ID: MC1060783 We are excited to introduce Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring release updates to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app—the starting place for AI at work. Designed for the new AI-first way of working, these updates for Copilot…

Mike Rosoft 23 April 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: Expanded and enhanced peripheral auto-association support for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) spaces [MC1059673]

Message ID: MC1059673 Additional room and desk peripherals, including docking stations and webcams, are supported in BYOD spaces (including bookable desks), enabling users to seamlessly connect and utilize audio and video peripherals for a better experience. If the space is…

Mike Rosoft 22 April 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: Real-Time Text (RTT) in Teams meetings and calls [MC1059674]

Message ID: MC1059674 We’re introducing Real-Time Text (RTT) support in Microsoft Teams meetings and calls, available on both desktop and mobile platforms. RTT is an accessible communication method that transmits text character by character as it is typed, enabling more…

Mike Rosoft 22 April 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft Viva

Microsoft Viva Engage: Analytics data retention will be 18 months instead of 24 months [MC1059672]

Message ID: MC1059672 Before this rollout, Microsoft Viva Engage customers had access to 24 months of data, which displayed as year-over-year deltas in Engage analytics dashboards. To strengthen privacy posture and data minimization, Viva Engage will no longer retain personal…

Mike Rosoft 22 April 2025Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change1

Microsoft Teams

Action required: Classic Microsoft Teams end of availability starts July 1, 2025 [MC1059667]

Message ID: MC1059667 Starting July 1, 2025, classic Microsoft Teams on Mac and Windows desktops will be unavailable to use as mentioned in End of availability for classic Teams client - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn. To avoid any business…

Mike Rosoft 22 April 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: Real-Time Text (RTT) in Teams meetings and calls for Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet [MC1059664]

Message ID: MC1059664 We’re introducing Real-Time Text (RTT) support in Microsoft Teams meetings and calls, available on both desktop and mobile platforms for Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet. RTT is an accessible communication method that transmits text character by character…

Mike Rosoft 22 April 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

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Microsoft 365 apps

Reminder: Support for the Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile UWP applications will end on October 14, 2025 [MC1058303]

Message ID: MC1058303 Reminder: Support for the mobile Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint) will end on October 14, 2025. After that date, no further updates, security fixes, or technical support will be available…

Mike Rosoft 19 April 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

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Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft 365 admin center: Allow usage for custom apps to show in the Developer Portal for Microsoft Teams [MC1058267]

Message ID: MC1058267 In the Microsoft 365 admin center, we will soon introduce a new organizational setting called App usage for custom apps to allow enterprise app developers to view and use app analytics for company apps in the Developer…

Mike Rosoft 19 April 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft Teams

Classic Microsoft Teams: The option to open files in Teams will retire [MC1058266]

Message ID: MC1058266 We will retire the option to open a file in classic Microsoft Teams starting April 15, 2025, and ending April 30, 2025. Instead, we recommend opening the file in the appropriate app (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or…

Mike Rosoft 19 April 2025Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Mike Rosoft on Microsoft Teams: New DVR (digital video recording) capabilities for town halls on iOS and Android [MC1061725]25 April 2025
The upcoming addition of DVR capabilities for town halls in Microsoft Teams on iOS and Android is sure to make…
Mike Rosoft on OneDrive: ask Copilot questions on meeting recordings [MC1061719]25 April 2025
The upcoming update to OneDrive, which allows users to ask Copilot questions about meeting recordings, is set to be a…
Mike Rosoft on Microsoft Viva Engage: Report conversations feature in new admin center [MC1061721]25 April 2025
The upcoming rollout of the "Report conversations" feature in the new Microsoft Viva Engage admin center is set to make…
Mike Rosoft on Power Platform admin center – New and coming soon page announcement [MC1061691]25 April 2025
The announcement of the new "New and coming soon" page in the Copilot hub of the Power Platform admin center…
Mike Rosoft on Copilot Studio – Connect your data to Azure OpenAI for generative answers [MC1061648]24 April 2025
The recent announcement regarding the integration of Azure OpenAI into Copilot Studio is set to create quite a buzz among…