In Microsoft 365 news this week, the supplier announced plans to enhance the Teams admin center, specifically the manage apps and app detail pages. Keep reading for details about those updates and other news and announcements related to the Microsoft 365 suite.
New Features
- New Graph connectors for Jira and Atlassian Confluence
- What’s happening: Microsoft has announced the upcoming release of new Graph connectors for Confluence cloud and Jira cloud. With these cloud connectors, end users will have the ability to index and search for Confluence pages and blogs and Jira issues and tickets from any Microsoft Search endpoint.
- Rollout start: Early February 2022
- Rollout finish: Mid-February 2022
- What’s happening: Microsoft has announced the upcoming release of new Graph connectors for Confluence cloud and Jira cloud. With these cloud connectors, end users will have the ability to index and search for Confluence pages and blogs and Jira issues and tickets from any Microsoft Search endpoint.
- New Graph connectors for Jira and Atlassian Confluence
- Ability to move shortcuts in OneDrive
- What’s happening: OneDrive end users now have the option to move shortcuts they’ve added via “Add shortcut to OneDrive.”
- Ability to move shortcuts in OneDrive
Updated Features
- Certificate-based authentication enablement for Security and Compliance Center PowerShell
- What’s happening: Microsoft plans to enhance security by enabling the configuration of certificate-based authentication to facilitate app-only access.
- Certificate-based authentication enablement for Security and Compliance Center PowerShell
- New Outlook for Mac experience to become default for the Current Channel
- What’s happening: The new Outlook for Mac experience – which improves reliability and performance – will soon be the default for the Current Channel.
- Rollout start: Mid-February 2022
- Rollout finish: Late February 2022
- What’s happening: The new Outlook for Mac experience – which improves reliability and performance – will soon be the default for the Current Channel.
- New Outlook for Mac experience to become default for the Current Channel
- Privacy Management for Microsoft 365 rebrand
- What’s happening: Microsoft announced at Ignite in November 2021 that Microsoft Priva will soon be the supplier’s privacy solution brand. Privacy Management for Microsoft 365 will rebrand as Microsoft Priva. Updates to web pages, documentation and product UI will start in late January 2022, and Microsoft will change license and service plan names later in 2022.
- Privacy Management for Microsoft 365 rebrand
- Teams DLP policies to add automatic file protection capability
- What’s happening: Microsoft is enabling the configuration of Teams DLP policies to automatically safeguard files shared via channel messages and private chats.
- Rollout start: Early February 2022
- Rollout finish: Late February 2022
- What’s happening: Microsoft is enabling the configuration of Teams DLP policies to automatically safeguard files shared via channel messages and private chats.
- Teams DLP policies to add automatic file protection capability
- Teams Rooms Cortana Voice Activation enablement
- What’s happening: Microsoft is updating the out-of-the-box experience for Teams Rooms and enabling Cortana Voice Activation by default. IT admins will still have the option to turn the feature off.
- Rollout start: Late January 2022
- Rollout finish: Early February 2022
- What’s happening: Microsoft is updating the out-of-the-box experience for Teams Rooms and enabling Cortana Voice Activation by default. IT admins will still have the option to turn the feature off.
- Teams Rooms Cortana Voice Activation enablement
- Expanded Cortana language support for Teams Rooms
- What’s happening: Teams Rooms will soon allow end users to join meetings by saying “Hey Cortana” if their rooms utilize the languages en-us, en-au, en-ca, en-gb or en-in.
- Expanded Cortana language support for Teams Rooms
- Updated copy link command in OneDrive and SharePoint Web
- What’s happening: Microsoft is updating the copy link command so that customers have the option to alter the permissions and link type before creating a sharing link.
- Rollout start: Mid-January 2022 for targeted release; early February 2022 for standard release
- Rollout finish: End of January 2022 for targeted release; mid-February 2022 for standard release
- What’s happening: Microsoft is updating the copy link command so that customers have the option to alter the permissions and link type before creating a sharing link.
- Updated copy link command in OneDrive and SharePoint Web
- Exchange auto-labeling policies add support for encryption of mail from external senders
- What’s happening: Microsoft is making it possible to configure policies to encrypt mail received from outside of your organization as well as replace manual labels on mail.
- Exchange auto-labeling policies add support for encryption of mail from external senders
- Updated Microsoft Search filters
- What’s happening: Microsoft plans to carry out a UI upgrade for the out-of-box filters “File Type” and “Last Modified.”
- Updated Microsoft Search filters
- Microsoft Teams admin center to add apps list and banners
- What’s happening: The manage apps page in the Teams admin center will soon include a list of applications and editorial banners to assist admins in identifying relevant apps for their tenants.
- Rollout start: Late January 2022
- Rollout finish: Late April 2022
- What’s happening: The manage apps page in the Teams admin center will soon include a list of applications and editorial banners to assist admins in identifying relevant apps for their tenants.
- Microsoft Teams admin center to add apps list and banners
- Teams admin center app detail page enhancements
- What’s happening: The app detail page in the Teams admin center will soon include improved descriptions, including product videos and images.
- Rollout start: Late January 2022
- Rollout finish: Late April 2022
- What’s happening: The app detail page in the Teams admin center will soon include improved descriptions, including product videos and images.
- Teams admin center app detail page enhancements
- Microsoft 365 service change messages to include monthly active user counts
- What’s happening: Message center posts for Microsoft 365 service changes will soon detail monthly active users based on the previous 28 days. This will allow admins and change coordinators to prioritize necessary alterations.
- Rollout start: Late January 2022 for targeted release
- Rollout finish: Mid-February 2022
- What’s happening: Message center posts for Microsoft 365 service changes will soon detail monthly active users based on the previous 28 days. This will allow admins and change coordinators to prioritize necessary alterations.
- Microsoft 365 service change messages to include monthly active user counts
Announcements
- Reminder: Internet Explorer (IE) desktop app to retire in June 2022
- What’s happening: Microsoft previously announced the upcoming retirement of the IE11 desktop application on June 15, 2022. The supplier recommends utilizing Microsoft Edge instead.
- Reminder: Internet Explorer (IE) desktop app to retire in June 2022
- Delayed rollout of Office.com updates
- What’s happening: Microsoft previously announced plans to update the Office.com and Office app for Windows experiences. To ensure the best possible user experience, the supplier has delayed the implementation of these enhancements.
- Rollout start: Early February 2022 (previously early January 2022) for standard release
- Rollout finish: End of February 2022 for standard release
- What’s happening: Microsoft previously announced plans to update the Office.com and Office app for Windows experiences. To ensure the best possible user experience, the supplier has delayed the implementation of these enhancements.
- Delayed rollout of Office.com updates
- Delayed rollout of dropdown menu for SharePoint and OneDrive
- What’s happening: Microsoft previously announced plans to introduce a new dropdown menu allowing end users to navigate between various document libraries connected to a site or team. To ensure the best possible user experience, the supplier is delaying the rollout of this feature.
- Rollout start: Late January 2022 (previously early January 2022) for targeted release; mid-February 2022 (previously mid-January 2022) for standard release
- Rollout finish: Mid-February 2022 (previously mid-January 2022) for targeted release; early March 2022 (previously early February 2022) for standard release
- What’s happening: Microsoft previously announced plans to introduce a new dropdown menu allowing end users to navigate between various document libraries connected to a site or team. To ensure the best possible user experience, the supplier is delaying the rollout of this feature.
- Delayed rollout of dropdown menu for SharePoint and OneDrive
- Retirement of Exchange Transport Rule (ETR) report from Security and Compliance Center
- What’s happening: Beginning at the end of March 2022, Microsoft plans to retire the ETR report from the Security and Compliance Center. The supplier recommends utilizing the replacement of the ETR report accessible in the new Exchange Admin Center (EAC).
- Retirement of Exchange Transport Rule (ETR) report from Security and Compliance Center
- Delayed rollout of dynamic e911 for WFH users for DoD
- What’s happening: Microsoft previously announced plans to deploy dynamic e911 for Teams end users work remotely from dynamic locations other than configured locations on enterprise networks. The supplier has delayed the rollout for DoD and will update clients when the deployment is ready to move forward.
- Delayed rollout of dynamic e911 for WFH users for DoD
- Delayed rollout of ability to send feedback on image tags
- What’s happening: Microsoft previously announced plans to give users the ability to provide feedback on image tags via the details pane of the document library. To ensure the best possible user experience, the supplier has altered the rollout timeline for this feature.
- Rollout start: Late January 2022 (previously early January 2022)
- Rollout finish: Late February 2022 (previously late January 2022)
- What’s happening: Microsoft previously announced plans to give users the ability to provide feedback on image tags via the details pane of the document library. To ensure the best possible user experience, the supplier has altered the rollout timeline for this feature.
- Delayed rollout of ability to send feedback on image tags
- Delayed rollout of expanded reactions in Teams
- What’s happening: Microsoft previously announced plans to allow end users to react to chat messages with any emoji. To ensure the best possible user experience, the supplier has delayed the deployment of this feature.
- Rollout start: Early March 2022 (previously mid-January 2022) for standard release and GCC; early April 2022 (previously mid-February 2022) for GCC-H and DoD
- Rollout finish: Late March 2022 (previously late January 2022) for standard release and GCC; late April 2022 (previously late February 2022) for GCC-H and DoD
- What’s happening: Microsoft previously announced plans to allow end users to react to chat messages with any emoji. To ensure the best possible user experience, the supplier has delayed the deployment of this feature.
- Delayed rollout of expanded reactions in Teams
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