Retirement Archives - Modern Workspace Pro

(Updated) Important Notice: TLS Deprecation for Fabric Platform [MC1085131]

Message ID: MC1085131 (Updated) Updated July 17, 2025: We are updating this message as a reminder of the upcoming end of support for TLS 1.1 on July 31, 2025. Please review and take action as appropriate to mitigate potential service…

Modern Workspace Pro 17 July 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

PowerPoint: Deprecation of Reuse Slides Button in Ribbon [MC1111178]

Message ID: MC1111178 We’re retiring the Reuse Slide feature from the PowerPoint Ribbon to streamline the user experience and reduce redundancy. Users can continue to reuse content by copying and pasting slides between presentations or duplicating existing presentations. [When this…

Modern Workspace Pro 8 July 2025Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 for the web

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…

Modern Workspace Pro 2 July 2025Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

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…

Modern Workspace Pro 2 July 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

SharePoint Online

(Updated) Support Update for SharePoint Framework Field Customizers in Lists and Document Libraries [MC1094051]

Message ID: MC1094051 (Updated) Updated June 24, 2025: We will not be proceeding with this change at this time. Thank you for your patience.We are evaluating the retirement of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Field Customizers feature from SharePoint Lists and Document Libraries.…

Modern Workspace Pro 25 June 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: Speaker Coach (Preview) will retire [MC1101903]

Message ID: MC1101903 We will be retiring the Speaker Coach feature in Microsoft Teams, which was previously available as a Preview. After evaluating feedback and usage during the Preview phase, we have decided not to move this feature to general…

Modern Workspace Pro 24 June 2025Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

AI Music Generator on Take actions with Viva Pulse after Viva Glint engagement surveys is now GA! [MC1115311]15 July 2025
Using survey data to drive actionable follow-up questions is a great way to keep momentum going after engagement surveys. I’m…
AI Music Generator on Microsoft Copilot Studio – Use hold and resume settings to enable smooth transitions for time-sensitive voice prompts. [MC1115185]15 July 2025
The addition of hold and resume settings in Microsoft Copilot Studio is a smart move for improving the flow of…
AI Music Generator on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod introduces CLI and SDK for AI Workflows11 July 2025
The new CLI and SDK for SageMaker HyperPod seem like great additions for AI workflows. I'm especially interested in how…
AI Music Generator on Updates to user and group assignment views on the Microsoft Admin Center [MC1102762]9 July 2025
This update to the licensing view is a small but meaningful change—being able to clearly differentiate between direct and group-based…
Audio to Text on AWS Network Firewall: Native AWS Transit Gateway support in all regions9 July 2025
This native integration between AWS Network Firewall and Transit Gateway is a big step forward for simplifying traffic inspection across…