Plan for change Archives - Page 9 of 10

URLs for deployment configurations will be retired [MC867651]

f you use the deployment configuration service from the Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center (config.office.com) to create deployment configurations for Microsoft 365 apps, get ready for a change.

Mike Rosoft 20 August 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Viva

Microsoft Viva Engage: Private unlisted groups in external networks will retire and be deleted in January 2025 [MC867664]

To enhance the security and compliance of Viva Engage, we will be retiring all private unlisted groups (also known as "Secret Groups") on January 13, 2025. These groups and all associated data will be deleted on February 10, 2025

Mike Rosoft 20 August 2024Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 suite

Backfilling Microsoft Graph Connector Entitlement to 50M items [MC865187]

We want to inform you that certain Microsoft 365 and Office 365 subscriptions will soon feature a new service plan called Graph Connectors Search with Index.

Mike Rosoft 18 August 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for changeNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft Word: Certain Dynamic Data Exchange features will be removed in April 2025 [MC863140]

You may be affected by this change if you currently depend on the HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Security\AllowDDE registry key being set to a value other than 0. If you do not have that key set or if it is currently set to 0, this change will have no effect.

Mike Rosoft 15 August 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, RetirementNo Comments

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft Copilot to update to enterprise data protection [MC862983]

Microsoft Copilot will offer enterprise data protection and redirect users to a new simplified, ad-free user interface designed for work and education when they are signed in with an Entra account.

Mike Rosoft 15 August 2024Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Entra

Take action: Enable multifactor authentication for your tenant before October 15, 2024 [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 15 August 2024Admin impact, Plan for changeNo Comments

Exchange Online

Reminder: Two Admin Audit Log cmdlets retire in September 2024 [MC856760]

We will be retiring the two Admin Audit Log cmdlets Search-AdminAuditLog and New-AdminAuditLog from the Microsoft Exchange Online version 3 module on September 15, 2024. Instead, we recommend using the Search-UnifiedAuditLog cmdlet for auditing, where we will continue to invest…

Mike Rosoft 9 August 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, RetirementNo Comments

SharePoint Online

Microsoft SharePoint: document processing models will no longer process files if the service is not enabled for the site [MC856748]

Coming soon to Microsoft Syntex (Microsoft SharePoint Premium) pay-as-you-go services: We will update the service setting to only process files where you have applied a model to a library on an enabled site. Before this rollout, if you make a…

Mike Rosoft 9 August 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft Word: The Acronyms feature will retire September 2024 [MC855682]

The Acronyms feature in Microsoft Word will retire on September 11, 2024. After that date, users will not be able to access the feature from the References tab on the ribbon or from the Acronyms section in the Editor pane…

Mike Rosoft 8 August 2024Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 suite

(Updated) Compose in the Microsoft Edge sidebar is being retired [MC851615]

Updated August 6, 2024: We have updated the timing of this change to show as originally intended. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.Starting in late August 2024, the Compose feature in the Microsoft Edge for Business sidebar…

Mike Rosoft 8 August 2024Plan for change, Retirement, Updated message, User impactNo Comments