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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.

Modern Workspace Pro 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.

Modern Workspace Pro 6 September 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement1

Exchange Online

Exchange Properties Limits addition [MC884017]

We're making some changes to allowed size and count of values for various Exchange properties, here are the definition of the limits: Max length: Size of each value Max Count: Total count of values

Modern Workspace Pro 6 September 2024Admin impact, Plan for change3

Microsoft 365 apps Microsoft 365 for the web

Product transitions to the cloud.microsoft domain – August 2024 [MC878423]

A full list of product experiences already being delivered on this domain can be found here: Unified cloud.microsoft domain for Microsoft 365 apps - Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn.

Modern Workspace Pro 30 August 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, User impact

Microsoft Viva

Microsoft classic Viva Engage: Inline PDF viewing in external networks and non-connected communities retires Sept 30 [MC876292]

Starting September 30, 2024, classic Microsoft Viva Engage users in external networks and communities not connected to Microsoft 365 groups will need to download PDFs attached to Viva Engage threads to view them.

Modern Workspace Pro 29 August 2024Plan for change, Retirement, User impact

Exchange Online Microsoft 365 for the web

Microsoft Outlook for the web: Third-party cookie block causes users to sign in again on Chrome and Edge [MC871011]

Microsoft Outlook for the web is undergoing an authentication platform migration to a public client authentication model using MSAL (Microsoft Authentication Library). The change to client-side authentication will be subject to Google's third-party cookie block that may be active in Chrome and Edge.

Modern Workspace Pro 23 August 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impact

Nano Banana API on Dynamics 365 Project Operations – Use the new Calendar interface for time entry [MC1143696]29 August 2025
The faster, more accurate time entry sounds like it will save teams a lot of headaches. I’m excited to see…
AI Music Generator on (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft OneDrive: New PDF compression feature [MC1061109]15 August 2025
Reducing the size of PDFs in SharePoint and OneDrive is a huge win for organizations managing large document libraries. The…
Monthly SEO Backlinks on The Hidden User List in SharePoint Online10 August 2025
Fantastic website. Lots of helpful info here. I am sending it to some friends ans additionally sharing in delicious. And…
AI Music Generator on (Updated) Introduction of secure workflow to bypass retention/legal holds on OneDrive and SharePoint [MC1115304]7 August 2025
This update raises interesting questions about balancing compliance and operational flexibility. I’m curious how Microsoft plans to audit or track…
AI Music Generator on GCP Release Notes: August 04, 20256 August 2025
The ability to apply secure tags organization-wide is a huge win for consistent firewall policy enforcement. Glad to see this…