Plan for change Archives - Page 5 of 10

Support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 will end October 14, 2025: Upgrade recommended [MC910978]

Support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 will end one year from today, on October 14, 2025. After that date, no further updates, security fixes, or technical support will be available for these versions of Office.

Mike Rosoft 14 October 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impact1

Exchange Online

Microsoft Exchange Online: New fields for Exchange mailbox schema [MC909164]

Coming soon to Microsoft Exchange Online: A significant rollout that introduces two new subfields under AppAccessContext for improved field consistency and enhanced telemetry in other Exchange APIs: ClientAppId APIId

Mike Rosoft 12 October 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change1

Exchange Online Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft Outlook for Mac: New reporting buttons integrated with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 [MC909163]

n September 2024, we added new built-in reporting buttons in new Microsoft Outlook for Mac desktops that allow users to report emails as phishing / junk / not junk. Admins can control the appearance and behavior of these buttons from the User reported settings page in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal (security.microsoft.com).

Mike Rosoft 11 October 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impact1

Project for the web

Project for the Web Email Notification Update [MC908110]

Our team has made an update to the behavior of email notifications in Project for the web. When a project or roadmap is shared with a Microsoft 365 group, only if the group has 50 or less members will an email notification be sent to each member of the group notifying them a plan or roadmap has been shared with them.

Mike Rosoft 10 October 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft Edge Mobile: Updated Weather and Wallpaper on the New tab page (Microsoft Entra ID users) [MC907533]

Two new features are coming soon for Microsoft Entra ID users on the New tab page in Microsoft Edge for Android and iOS devices:

Mike Rosoft 10 October 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft Viva

Microsoft Viva Pulse: New Pulse tenant admin dashboard for users with Pulse admin access [MC907535]

Human Resources and IT departments need a way to track user telemetry and usage to ensure that Microsoft Viva Pulse is being used effectively and has a strong return on investment. They also want to identify any issues related to user adoption that hinder the rollout of Pulse in an organization.

Mike Rosoft 10 October 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft 365 (Office) apps: The Feed feature will retire starting November 1, 2024 [MC907532]

As part of our ongoing efforts to streamline and enhance user experiences, we will retire the Feed feature from the Microsoft 365 app, which affects www.microsoft365.com and www.office.com, as well as the Windows app (Microsoft 365 (Office).

Mike Rosoft 10 October 2024Plan for change, Retirement, User impact1

Exchange Online

Microsoft Exchange admin center: New URL [MC907101]

a new URL for the Microsoft Exchange admin center (EAC): https://admin.cloud.microsoft/exchange. The existing URL (https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com) will remain active, allowing you to use either URL for accessing the EAC.

Mike Rosoft 9 October 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change1

OneDrive for Business SharePoint Online

Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint: New setting to disable presence in the file viewer [MC906496]

Administrators can now use the Microsoft SharePoint Online Management Shell to disable the user presence feature in the Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint file viewer on a per-site collection basis.

Mike Rosoft 8 October 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact1

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft 365 admin center: New Microsoft Search analytics for queries and Microsoft Graph connections [MC906492]

Coming soon: New pages in the Microsoft admin center for Microsoft Search analytics: A new Query analytics page will display how queries are distributed, how frequently users interact with various kinds of entities in search outcomes, and the 10 most common search terms that need intervention.

Mike Rosoft 8 October 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change1