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Microsoft Word: Loop components released to Targeted Release customers have retired [MC893617]

We have rolled back the Microsoft Loop component feature in Microsoft Word for the web introduced in December 2022 to users in the Targeted release track, as communicated in MC478687 Loop components in Word for the web in Targeted release (December 2022).

Mike Rosoft 20 September 2024Plan for change, Retirement, User impact1

Microsoft 365 apps Microsoft 365 for the web Microsoft 365 suite

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.

Mike Rosoft 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.

Mike Rosoft 6 September 2024Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement1

Microsoft 365 suite

(Reminder) Microsoft 365 admin center: Admins can no longer receive user passwords in email as of August 30, 2024 [MC884005]

retiring the Send password in email feature from Microsoft 365 admin center starting August 30, 2024. Instead, we recommend using the new Print option in the Microsoft admin center to save the user account details and share them in a secure manner with your users.

Mike Rosoft 6 September 2024Admin impact, Retirement, Stay informed, User impact1

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.

Mike Rosoft 29 August 2024Plan for change, Retirement, User impact

Microsoft 365 apps

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 impact

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 impact

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, Retirement

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, Retirement

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 impact