Plan for change Archives - Page 8 of 76

Retirement of Loop Component Rendering in Word for the Web [MC1107493]

Message ID: MC1107493 We’re retiring support for rendering Loop components in Word for the web, effective September 1, 2025.This change aligns the Word web experience with Word desktop, where Loop components are already displayed as read-only placeholders. [When this will…

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Microsoft 365 apps Microsoft 365 for the web

Microsoft Excel: Organization Data Types retire starting July 31, 2025 [MC1107494]

Message ID: MC1107494 As announced in MC1072405 (May '25), we're retiring Organization Data Types in Microsoft Excel for Microsoft 365. This change simplifies the data types experience and encourages use of more robust, supported solutions like Power BI and custom…

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Exchange Online

Mail Bombing Detection technology in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 [MC1096885]

Message ID: MC1096885 (Updated) Updated July 1, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.We’re introducing a new detection capability in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 to help protect your organization from a growing threat known…

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Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: First run experience and prompting users to release previous reservations [MC1106876]

Message ID: MC1106876 Prior to this rollout, if a user plugged into a different desk than their existing desk reservation, they would be automatically reserved at the desk, provided there was capacity. This could lead to them having multiple desk…

Modern Workspace Pro 1 July 2025Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

OneDrive for Business

(Updated) OneDrive: Prompt for permitted users to sign in to OneDrive app with personal Microsoft account [MC1075910]

Message ID: MC1075910 (Updated) Updated June 27, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Users have long been able to use personal Microsoft accounts with the OneDrive app on corporate Windows devices—unless restricted by admin…

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Microsoft Viva

New feature in Microsoft Viva Pulse to enable delegation [MC1104314]

Message ID: MC1104314 We're introducing a new delegation capability in Microsoft Viva Pulse to support executive assistants, chiefs of staff, and other designated roles who act on behalf of organizational leaders. Starting mid-July 2025, users will be able to assign…

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AI Music Generator on (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Users can set custom account descriptions [MC981635]25 July 2025
This feels like a small update, but it’s going to make a big difference for users managing multiple inboxes—especially those…
AI Music Generator on Important Update: Teams Meeting Join URL Validation [MC1120871]24 July 2025
Good to know Microsoft is addressing the problem of broken meeting links due to URL rewriting. We’ve run into this…
AI Music Generator on (Updated) New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Drag and drop files between accounts as attachments [MC1104315]24 July 2025
It’s great that Microsoft is continuously improving Outlook’s functionality. Being able to transfer files between different accounts so seamlessly will…
AI Music Generator on Amazon EC2 now supports skipping the operating system shutdown when stopping or terminating instances24 July 2025
I’ve run into delays during EC2 terminations due to the OS shutdown process, so this change feels long overdue. Interested…
AI Music Generator on (Updated) Microsoft Copilot: Access SharePoint agents in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app [MC1099692]23 July 2025
Glad to see Microsoft reducing context switching—it's one of the biggest drains on productivity. Curious if this feature will eventually…