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Microsoft Teams: We will retire SMS invitations from Teams to external partners [MC1057714]

Message ID: MC1057714 Effective May 17, 2025, we will retire the option for users to invite external partners to Microsoft Teams by sending an SMS to their phone number to join Teams and continue the conversation. We are retiring this…

Mike Rosoft 18 April 2025Plan for change, Retirement, User impact1

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: Use OS-level animation settings instead of Teams-level animation settings [MC1056991]

Message ID: MC1056991 We have removed the Animation setting in Microsoft Teams. Instead, users can configure animations at the operating system (OS) level. If users disable animations in Microsoft Windows or macOS, Teams will honor that preference. This means users…

Mike Rosoft 17 April 2025Feature update, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft 365 suite

Support for Office 2016, Office 2019, and additional apps will end on October 14, 2025 [MC1056260]

Message ID: MC1056260 As previously communicated, support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 will end on October 14, 2025. After that date, no further updates, security fixes, or technical support will be available for these versions of Office. While the…

Mike Rosoft 16 April 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams admin center: Improvements to controls for Microsoft 365 Copilot [MC1055552]

Message ID: MC1055552 Coming soon: Improvements to the controls for Microsoft 365 Copilot and transcripts in the Microsoft Teams admin center (TAC). This rollout aims to reduce complexity and prevent conflicting states for those controls, to help provide a smoother…

Mike Rosoft 15 April 2025Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impact1

SharePoint Online

Microsoft SharePoint Online: We will remove retired DISCO and WSDL web pages [MC1055555]

Message ID: MC1055555 ASP.NET DISCO and WSDL pages were the web service APIs for customers who wanted to create a proxy for their web services. The retirement of ASP.NET web services was announced in 2013 and should not be used.…

Mike Rosoft 15 April 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impact1

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: The “Code snippets” feature for chats and channels will retire [MC1055554]

Message ID: MC1055554 We will retire the code snippets feature for chats and channels from Microsoft Teams starting May 30, 2025 and ending June 16, 2025. We made this decision to streamline our development efforts and enhance the overall user…

Mike Rosoft 15 April 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Uncategorized

Microsoft Purview | Retiring Classic Content Search, Classic eDiscovery (Standard) Cases, Export PowerShell Parameters [MC1055528]

Message ID: MC1055528 We will be retiring the following features/ experiences from Microsoft Purview portal starting May 26, 2025. We recommend transitioning to the alternatives outlined below. 1. Content search in the classic eDiscovery section will be replaced by “Content…

Mike Rosoft 15 April 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft 365 apps: We will prompt users to back up their files in Microsoft OneDrive (new info) [MC1053121]

Message ID: MC1053121 This message replaces MC1024398 (Updated) Microsoft 365 apps: We will prompt users to back up their files in Microsoft OneDrive (published March 2025, updated March 2025) and includes additional details. Please refer to this new post going…

Mike Rosoft 11 April 2025New feature, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Uncategorized

Action Required – Microsoft Purview Audit Management Activity API service tag changes [MC1052910]

Message ID: MC1052910 Due to ongoing security hardening of Microsoft Purview services, the Microsoft Purview Audit Management Activity API will be hosted on a new set of IP addresses which will have a new service tag.[When this will happen:] This…

Mike Rosoft 11 April 2025Admin impact, Plan for change1

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams Premium: New Speaker Attribution setting for BYOD in CsTeamsAIPolicy (enabled ON by default) [MC1052162]

Message ID: MC1052162 NOTE: If you are a Microsoft Teams customer (not a Microsoft Teams Premium customer), we are sending this message to you because this new setting will take effect automatically for any user assigned a Microsoft Teams Premium…

Mike Rosoft 10 April 2025Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Mike Rosoft on Microsoft Viva Goals: Optional in-product retirement announcement banner [MC1062449]26 April 2025
The recent announcement regarding the optional in-product retirement banner for Microsoft Viva Goals is set to bring about some significant…
Mike Rosoft on Microsoft SharePoint: Customize your sites with multi-color themes [MC1062451]26 April 2025
The recent update to Microsoft SharePoint introducing multi-color themes is set to make waves for both admins and users alike.…
Mike Rosoft on Microsoft Fabric: Changes to delegation capabilities for Microsoft Azure OpenAI tenant settings [MC1062450]26 April 2025
The recent update to Microsoft Fabric regarding delegation capabilities for Microsoft Azure OpenAI tenant settings is set to create quite…
Mike Rosoft on SharePoint Online: New document library template type “Resume repository” for resume organization and hiring [MC1062455]26 April 2025
The introduction of the "Resume repository" library template in SharePoint Online is set to be a game-changer for both admins…
Mike Rosoft on Microsoft Teams: Join as attendees in Microsoft events from Teams Rooms on Windows [MC1062452]26 April 2025
The recent update allowing Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows to join events as attendees marks a significant shift in the…