Plan for change Archives - Page 9 of 86

Please update Microsoft 365 Office apps to a version higher than 16.0.18827.20202 [MC1127222]

Message ID: MC1127222 To ensure continued high-quality performance of the Read Aloud, Transcription, and Dictation features in Microsoft 365 Office apps, we’re upgrading the backend service that powers these capabilities. As a result, these features will no longer function on…

Modern Workspace Pro 2 August 2025Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

SharePoint Online

SharePoint eSignature now globally available (excluding China, Indonesia, and Türkiye) [MC1127224]

Message ID: MC1127224 Introduction Microsoft’s native eSignature service for SharePoint enables users to request simple electronic signatures directly from Word and PDF documents stored in SharePoint. This feature ensures documents remain within Microsoft’s trusted boundaries, enhancing security and compliance. This…

Modern Workspace Pro 2 August 2025Admin impact, Plan for changeNo Comments

Exchange Online

Retirement of Search-MailboxAuditLog and New-MailboxAuditLogSearch Cmdlets by End of 2025 [MC1126353]

Message ID: MC1126353 Introduction As part of our ongoing efforts to modernize and streamline audit logging in Exchange Online, we are retiring the Search-MailboxAuditLog and New-MailboxAuditLogSearch cmdlet. Organizations should transition to the Search-UnifiedAuditLogcmdlet for long-term audit log access and compliance.…

Modern Workspace Pro 1 August 2025Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 suite

(Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Extending Copilot Chat to Microsoft 365 apps [MC1096218]

Message ID: MC1096218 (Updated) Updated July 29, 2025, Update: The rollout for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote has been delayed to mid-August. The original timing has been updated in the original message. Additionally, Copilot Chat in the apps will respect…

Modern Workspace Pro 31 July 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

External workbook links to blocked file types will be disabled by default [MC1125497]

Message ID: MC1125497 Introduction To enhance workbook security, a new group policy is being introduced to expand File Block Settings to external workbook links. This policy allows administrators to control whether links to blocked file types can be refreshed. If…

Modern Workspace Pro 31 July 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 suite

New Tools feature coming to the Microsoft Copilot Chat prompt box [MC1122153]

Message ID: MC1122153 (Updated) Beginning mid-August 2025, we're introducing a new Tools feature in the Copilot Chat prompt box. Tools acts as a lightweight entry point into high-value, task-specific Copilot features and capabilities directly from the prompt box. By selecting…

Modern Workspace Pro 30 July 2025New feature, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

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…
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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…
Audio to Text on GCP Release Notes: August 02, 20256 August 2025
Great to see the continued rollout of Google SecOps SOAR updates—version 6.3.55 landing across all regions is a solid step…