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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

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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

SharePoint Online

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

Message ID: MC1094051 (Updated) Updated June 20, 2025: We will not be proceeding with this change at this time. Thank you for your patience. We will be retiring the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Field Customizers feature from SharePoint Lists and Document Libraries.…

Modern Workspace Pro 20 June 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft Outlook for Mac desktop: Retiring the admin preference to switch to legacy Outlook [MC1098932]

Message ID: MC1098932 Beginning mid-August 2025, the New Outlook for Mac will become the default experience for users in the Current Channel (version 16.100 and later). As part of this change, the admin preference key EnableNewOutlook—which previously allowed control over…

Modern Workspace Pro 20 June 2025Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

AI Music Generator on (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Automatically display automapped calendars [MC906502]25 June 2025
Automapping calendars is a small change, but it’s going to make a big difference in daily use. I’m curious to…
AI Music Generator on Updates to user and group assignment views on the Microsoft Admin Center [MC1102762]25 June 2025
The clearer distinction between direct and group-based license assignments is a small but meaningful update. Admins often spend unnecessary time…
AI Music Generator on (Updated) Microsoft Purview: New Purview Data Security Investigations (DSI) solution [MC1047912]25 June 2025
It’s great to see Microsoft continuing to innovate in the data security space. The unified approach for incident investigation could…
AI Logo Generator on Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Now Easily Accessible from the Teams Chat List [MC1098161]19 June 2025
This update seems subtle but strategic. Streamlining Copilot access in Teams could help organizations better evaluate its potential before committing…
Photo to Coloring on Updated: Microsoft Teams: Introducing the Network Strength Indicator [MC1077865]11 June 2025
A visual network strength indicator seems like a small tweak, but it could go a long way in reducing confusion…