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Microsoft Teams: Improvements to the “Manage what attendees see” feature [MC859870]

The Manage what attendees see feature in Microsoft Teams helps organizers to easily deliver polished events by simplifying the attendee view and keeping the focus on participants who have been brought onscreen. With this rollout, we are enhancing Manage what…

Mike Rosoft 13 August 2024Feature update, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

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New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and the web: Use the Ctrl Y shortcut to jump to a folder [MC859862]

Coming soon for new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and the web: When focused on the folder pane, users will be able to press Ctrl+Y and the first letter of the folder name to quickly navigate to a folder. If a…

Mike Rosoft 13 August 2024New feature, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft Outlook: Updated behavior for “OpenLinks” app configuration keys for Android/iOS [MC859848]

Microsoft Outlook for iOS/Android supports two app configuration keys for controlling hyperlink behavior:com.microsoft.outlook.Settings.OpenLinks.UseSystemDefaultBrowsercom.microsoft.outlook.Settings.OpenLinks.UserChangeAllowedThis message clarifies the intent and functionality of these configuration keys. Before rollout, we will update existing documentation to match this message. [When this will happen:] General Availability…

Mike Rosoft 13 August 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft Graph API is generally available in v1.0 to manage username, group names, and site names [MC859853]

Two new Microsoft Graph APIs will soon be generally available: update admin report settings get admin report settings [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We began rolling out early August 2024 and expect to complete by mid-August 2024.…

Mike Rosoft 13 August 2024Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Exchange Online

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Introducing Bulk Senders Insight to optimize bulk email management for enterprises [MC856754]

Bulk emails play a crucial role in modern enterprise communications. Determining the right balance of these messages—what should be allowed and what should be blocked—poses a significant challenge. Many organizations default to standard settings, often leading to issues like false…

Mike Rosoft 9 August 2024Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: New setting to auto-advance to the next message [MC856762]

Currently, after taking an action like delete or archive on a Microsoft Outlook email, users are returned to the message list. With this rollout, we are adding a setting that will allow users to choose to advance to the next…

Mike Rosoft 9 August 2024New feature, Stay informed, User impactNo 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

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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 Viva

Microsoft Viva: Updates to Connections on the web [MC855689]

Microsoft Viva Connections is already available in any browser, giving your employees easy access to Viva Connections outside of Teams. We are working on an additional entry point to access Viva Connections on web. This entry point will allow your…

Mike Rosoft 8 August 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Forms

Microsoft Forms | Data sync to Microsoft Excel: Support for migrating from the older solution to the new solution [MC855685]

As communicated in MC816207 Microsoft Forms now supports live data sync to Microsoft Excel with more functionality (July 2024), Microsoft Forms is introducing a new data sync solution with higher reliability to sync Forms response data to Microsoft Excel for…

Mike Rosoft 8 August 2024Feature update, Retirement, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments