Plan for change Archives - Page 46 of 50

Take action: Enable multifactor authentication for your tenant before October 15, 2024 [MC889517]

As mentioned in MC862873, starting on or after October 15, 2024, to further increase security, Microsoft will require admins to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) when signing into the Microsoft Azure portal, Microsoft Entra admin center, and Microsoft Intune admin center.

Mike Rosoft 13 September 2024Admin impact, Plan for change1

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 Microsoft 365 for the web Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft PowerPoint: QuickStarter feature retires starting October 2024 [MC884762]

Starting October 8, 2024, and ending December 31, 2024, we will retire the Microsoft PowerPoint QuickStarter feature from Microsoft Office version 2409 for Windows and Microsoft Office version 2410 for Mac. The feature will be unavailable going forward in Office. QuickStarter was never available in PowerPoint for the web.

Mike Rosoft 7 September 2024Plan for change, Retirement, 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

Mike Rosoft on SharePoint Alerts retirement [MC1072889]13 May 2025
The retirement of SharePoint Alerts is certainly a significant change that will have a ripple effect for both admins and…
Mike Rosoft on Microsoft Excel: Organization data types will retire [MC1072405]13 May 2025
The recent announcement regarding the retirement of Organization data types in Microsoft Excel by July 31, 2025, is certainly a…
Mike Rosoft on Microsoft Edge for Business: New PDF viewer powered by Adobe engine now available for testing in Edge Beta [MC1072406]13 May 2025
It's exciting to see the new Adobe-powered PDF viewer rolling out in Microsoft Edge for Business! This update promises to…
Mike Rosoft on Microsoft Outlook for iOS: Updated conversation actions [MC1072411]13 May 2025
The recent update to Microsoft Outlook for iOS is set to bring some interesting changes that could impact both admins…
Mike Rosoft on Microsoft SharePoint: Storage insights will be included in Microsoft 365 admin center usage reports [MC1072408]13 May 2025
The upcoming update to Microsoft SharePoint, which introduces a new Storage tab in the Microsoft 365 admin center usage reports,…