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Microsoft PowerPoint: Web viewer add-in retires December 2024 [MC921112]

Message ID: MC921112 We will retire the Web Viewer add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint and remove it from Microsoft App Source on December 2, 2024. After this date, the add-in will be unavailable for download or use. Existing files will not…

Mike Rosoft 29 October 2024Plan 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 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

SharePoint Online

Microsoft Purview | Audit: Enable audit log search for content searches that target Microsoft SharePoint Online [MC920299]

Message ID: MC920299 By default, searches conducted from various Microsoft 365 entry points into Microsoft SharePoint Online are not collected in the Microsoft Purview audit log search. You may enable these searches to be collected by following these instructions: Step…

Mike Rosoft 28 October 2024Feature update, Plan for change, User impact1

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

Microsoft 365 suite

Copilot Pages coming to Microsoft Copilot [MC920307]

Message ID: MC920307 As communicated in MC862983, Microsoft Copilot with enterprise data protection is available to users who sign in with an Entra account. Starting early November 2024, Copilot Pages will become available for Microsoft Copilot users when signed in…

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

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: The new streamlined Chat and Channels experience [MC920179]

Message ID: MC920179 We’ve been listening to user feedback on the pace of work and the challenges of keeping up with conversations, managing messages scattered across different locations, and triaging quickly. To address this, we’ve streamlined the chats, teams, and…

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

Dynamics 365 Apps

Upcoming changes to email service notification recipients [MC920104]

Message ID: MC920104 Message Center is the primary channel to receive updates about your Microsoft services. Occasionally, we will send email service notifications regarding upcoming changes that require customer action, planned maintenance, or other important announcements. To expand access and…

Mike Rosoft 28 October 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, Updated message1

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: Stream Custom Agent and Bot Responses [MC918562]

Custom engine agents and Teams bots can now stream responses like Microsoft Copilot. They can provide real-time updates on their actions while delivering parts of the response as they generate it, making interactions feel faster and more engaging.

Mike Rosoft 26 October 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

Exchange Online

Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (Defender for Office 365): Monitor action in Safe attachments policy will retire [MC918563]

We will retire the Monitor action in the Safe attachments policy in Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (Microsoft Defender for Office 365) starting late February 2025 and ending by late May 2025.

Mike Rosoft 26 October 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement1