In Development

OneDrive: Expiring access for external users

Admins and end users can expire shares to external users.

ID: 43797 Tags: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: April CY2021

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Increased set of first-party indicators for Insider Risk Management

The Microsoft 365 Insider Risk Management solution will now recognize an increase set of first party indicators, including Endpoint (Windows 10), Microsoft Teams, Azure Active Directory, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Cloud Access Security.

ID: 68924    Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Disable/Enable a Single Attendee’s Video

Ability to disable and enable a single attendee’s video in a Microsoft Teams meeting.

ID: 70620 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: April CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Disable/Enable all Attendee’s Video

Ability to disable and enable video for all attendee’s before, or during, a Microsoft Teams meeting.

ID: 70621 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: April CY2021

Syntex: Model usage analytics in content center

The SharePoint Syntex content center provides model usage analytics to provide more information about how your models published from the content center are being used. The “How your models are performing in the last 30 days” section of the content center includes a 30 day roll-up of usage analytics data provided in the following charts and lists: Classification by model, Classification by library and Model usage.

ID: 70626 Tags: – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Insider Risk Management recognizes sensitivity label downgrade

Insider Risk Management will now be able to identify documents where the user successfully downgrades the sensitivity label applied on it.

ID: 70630 Tags: – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2021

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Enhanced support for domains in Insider Risk Management

Insider Risk Management now support enhanced classification of unallowed, allowed, and third-party domains leveraging wildcards. This helps improve classification of detections.

ID: 70631    Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2021

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Content explorer enhancements for Insider Risk Management

The Microsoft 365 Insider Risk Management solution will have an improved performance and experience within the content explorer, including transparency of document loads and completeness.

ID: 70632 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2021

Microsoft Teams: PowerShell Support for Team Templates

PowerShell support for team templates operations including creating a new team template, viewing all available team templates,

ID: 70698 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

 Microsoft 365: Apps will require Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime

Microsoft 365 Apps is starting to provide new or improved features that rely on Microsoft Edge WebView2. WebView2 Runtime will be installed starting on March 8, 2021. Only devices that are running Windows and that have Version 2101 or later of Microsoft 365 Apps installed are affected.

ID: 70699 Tags: Office 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2021

Microsoft Search: Actionable items in search

A new action menu with search results will allow an item not only to be opened in the web experience, but directly opened in the client application, downloaded, shared or copy the link to the item.

ID: 70700 Tags: Microsoft Search – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Manage team templates with template policies

Choose which team templates are shown to your users by setting a policy.

ID: 70701 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)) Release: February CY2021

OneDrive: Dialog on First-Time deletion of File(s)

When a user deletes a file(s) for the first time, they will be shown a dialog to educate them that their file is in the OneDrive recycle bin where it can be restored. This will show up on subsequent deletes until the user checks the box stating they do wish to see it again. Admins can turn off this notification all together with a group policy setting.

ID: 70702 Tags: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

Microsoft Lists: Commenting (iOS)

Bringing web commenting experience to Lists iOS mobile app. Add/delete a comment on list items to collaborate and share better.

ID: 70705  Tags: SharePoint – GCC, Germany, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Release: April CY2021

Microsoft Lists: List Setting to disable/enable commenting

New list-level settings to disable/enable commenting

ID: 70706 Tags: SharePoint – GCC, Germany, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Release: March CY2021

Microsoft Lists: Enabling commenting to Lists app in Teams

Bringing web commenting experience to Lists app in Teams. Add/delete a comment on list items to collaborate and share better within the Teams canvas.

ID: 70707 Tags: SharePoint – GCC, Germany, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Release: May CY2021

Outlook for Windows: Every meeting online for Government Clouds

Update your settings to make every meeting you create a Teams Meeting by default so you no longer need to remember to click the Teams Meeting option.

ID: 80164 Tags: Outlook, Microsoft Teams – GCC Release: March CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Disable/Enable all Attendees’ Video

Ability in GCC-High and DoD to disable and enable video for all attendees before or during a Microsoft Teams meeting.

ID: 80221 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD Release: May CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Disable/Enable a Single Attendee’s Video

Ability to disable and enable a single attendee’s video in a Microsoft Teams meeting.

ID: 80224    Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD Release: May CY2021

Windows Virtual Desktop: choose the Japan geography to store the Windows Virtual Desktop service metadata

Windows Virtual Desktop allows customers to choose the region best suited to them for virtual machine deployment. They can now also choose to store service metadata in the geography best suited to their needs.

ID: 80247    Tags: Windows Virtual Desktop – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2021

Outlook for Windows: Every meeting online for Government Clouds

Update your settings to make every meeting you create a Teams Meeting by default so you no longer need to remember to click the Teams Meeting option.

ID: 80365 Tags: Outlook, Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD Release: April CY2021

Microsoft Information Protection: Data loss prevention for Microsoft Teams in GCC-High

Data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities in Microsoft 365 government clouds will be extended to include Microsoft Teams chat and channel messages, including private channel messages. If your organization has DLP, you can now define policies that prevent people from sharing sensitive information in a Microsoft Teams channel or chat session.

ID: 80374 Tags: Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Teams – GCC High Release: March CY2021

Microsoft Information Protection: Data loss prevention for Microsoft Teams for DoD

Data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities in Microsoft 365 government clouds will be extended to include Microsoft Teams chat and channel messages, including private channel messages. If your organization has DLP, you can now define policies that prevent people from sharing sensitive information in a Microsoft Teams channel or chat session.

ID: 80375    Tags: Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Teams – DoD Release: May CY2021

Rolling Out

Microsoft Lists: rules – built on SharePoint

Create simple if/then rules based on changes to list information to set reminders and send notifications.

ID: 64163  Tags: SharePoint – Germany, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC Release: February CY2021

SharePoint: Portal Launch Scheduler in SharePoint PowerShell

The Portal Launch wizard available via SharePoint PowerShell is designed to configure the deployment waves when launching a new site. It also provides an automatic redirect for users dependent on which redirect option is selected.

ID: 66162 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)  Release: February CY2021

Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Improving the Message Center user experience

We are enhancing filter and search to improve discovery of relevant messages. The list view will also be more customizable and interactive, and the message detail panel will be cleaned up for a better reading experience.

ID: 67102  Tags: Microsoft 365 Admin Center – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Release: February CY2021

SharePoint: new experience to add content types to lists and libraries

Custom content types that are available to your SharePoint sites can easily be added to lists & libraries that allow multiple content types. In those SharePoint lists & libraries that allow multiple content types, a new ‘Content type’ option will be available in the ‘Add column’ menu.

ID: 67164   Tags: SharePoint – GCC, Germany, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD  Release: February CY2021

Microsoft Teams: 25K person teams

Support for up to 25,000 members per individual team.

ID: 68723   Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Productivity and wellbeing insights for managers and leaders

Wellbeing and productivity insights – powered by Workplace Analytics – are coming to Microsoft Teams. Group managers and business leaders will get insights personalized to their role with recommended actions to make changing habits and improving productivity and wellbeing easier.

ID: 68746   Tags: Workplace Analytics, Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Personal productivity insights in Teams

Personal productivity insights – powered by MyAnalytics – are coming to Microsoft Teams. Users will get intelligent reminders to catch up with key people, follow up on to-dos, and protect time to work uninterrupted.

ID: 68747   Tags: MyAnalytics, Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Meet Now from Outlook

You can now start an instant Teams meeting from the Calendar tab in Outlook Windows.

ID: 68838 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Additional settings for multiple Accounts and Organizations

Microsoft Teams: Additional settings for multiple Accounts and Organizations. We’re adding support within Teams desktop to be able to add one personal account, along with one work/school account, change their profile picture, and switch between accounts and orgs through Settings.

ID: 68845  Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

Microsoft Compliance center: Compliance capabilities for card content generated through apps in Teams messages

We are extending Microsoft 365 compliance capabilities to content generated through Teams apps.

ID: 68875 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center, Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

Microsoft 365 admin center: Aggregated views of Service Health across partner-managed tenants

Partner admins with delegated administration privileges relationships for managing multiple tenants can see aggregated views of service health incidents and advisories affecting all managed tenants. The new views are targeted at admins to draw actionable insights and proactively support their customers. The multi-tenant Service Health view pulls together all incidents and advisories affecting your managed tenants so you can constantly monitor the health of your services.

ID: 68900   Tags: Microsoft 365 Admin Center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

Microsoft Teams: New file sharing experience

Streamline sharing with Microsoft Teams. You can now create a shareable link for any file stored in Teams and directly set the appropriate permissions. Additionally, you can also set permissions for files stored in SharePoint or OneDrive while composing a private chat or starting a channel conversation.

ID: 70629 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

Word: Better collaboration with modern comments for Mac

Share your comments with co-authors only once they’re complete, enjoy improved @mention notifications, and be more productive with a consistent commenting experience between Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

ID: 76166   Tags: Word – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2021

Word: Better collaboration with modern comments

Share your comments with co-authors only once they’re complete, enjoy improved @mention notifications, and be more productive with a consistent commenting experience between Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

ID: 76186 Tags: Word – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Release: April CY2021

Launched

Exchange Online: Monitoring preview update

The Exchange monitoring experience is being integrated into Service health in Microsoft 365 admin center center as Exchange Online monitoring. Exchange Online monitoring in the Microsoft 365 admin center is a single place to monitor the health of the Exchange service with a richer monitoring experience. During the preview period, you can access Exchange Online monitoring via the existing left navigation link as well as its new navigation path. After the rollout is complete, we will remove the dedicated link.

ID: 62555  Tags: Exchange, Microsoft 365 Admin Center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: February CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Templates in Teams

When creating a new team, users can now choose from a variety of customizable templates including event management, crisis response, as well as industry-specific templates like hospital ward and bank branch. Microsoft will publish a set of first-party templates and customers can also create new templates for their own organization.

ID: 63175  Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)  Release: October CY2020

Azure Active Directory: Connect cloud provisioning

As a complement to Azure AD Connect sync, seamlessly provision identities from multiple disconnected on-premises AD forest to Azure AD with Azure AD Connect cloud provisioning. Lightweight agents move the heavy lifting for provisioning to the cloud, granting high availability in your hybrid identity environment and ensuring you can manage identities across all of your organizations from a single cloud control plane.

ID: 63538   Tags: Azure Active Directory – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC  Release: February CY2021

SharePoint: Updates to site header options

Custom SharePoint branding options are expanding to include new header configurations for modern sites in addition to the header options you are familiar with today. In the Change the look panel, new minimal and extended header layouts will become available along with the option to toggle site title visibility and select an additional square site logo thumbnail image that displays in search results. Additionally, the default site header for new SharePoint sites will be updated to the compact header instead of the standard header for all sites created after the updates launch.

ID: 63776   Tags: SharePoint – Germany, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, GCC  Release: December CY2020

Microsoft Teams: Dual front-of-room screens support on collaboration bar

Support for dual screens

ID: 66351 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: November CY2021

Microsoft Information Protection: UI for configuring Exact Data Match

Admins will be able to configure and edit Exact Data Match (EDM) from within the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center, providing an alternative to configuring EDM from PowerShell.

ID: 67100   Tags: Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Compliance center – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD  Release: December CY2020

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Communication Compliance availability for government clouds

Communication Compliance is an insider risk solution in Microsoft 365 that helps minimize communication risks by helping you detect, capture, and act on inappropriate messages in your organization.

ID: 67112 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – GCC, GCC High  Release: February CY2021

Microsoft 365 Compliance Center: Translate content during investigation

Leverage Microsoft translator in Communication Compliance to automatically translate messages that are not in the investigator’s preferred language.

ID: 68130   Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)  Release: February CY2021

Microsoft 365 Compliance Center: Conflict of interest template

Introducing a new policy template for Communication Compliance that will monitor communications between two groups of users which can be used for collusion or conflict of interest detection.

ID: 68132 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)  Release: February CY2021

Microsoft 365 Admin Center: New simplified view for very small businesses

We are developing a new landing experience in the Microsoft 365 admin center that replaces the existing dashboard and provides a simplified admin experience for customers with 10 or fewer licenses of any Microsoft 365 Business subscription.

ID: 68722   Tags: Microsoft 365 Admin Center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: January CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Large gallery view and Together Mode on Surface Hub

Large gallery view (view up to 49 meeting participants at a time) and Together Mode on the Surface Hub.

ID: 68734    Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)  Release: February CY2021

 

 

Outlook for Mac: S/MIME

Support for S/MIME – S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a widely accepted method (or more precisely, a protocol) for sending digitally signed and encrypted messages. S/MIME allows you to encrypt emails and digitally sign them.

ID: 68817 Tags: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD  Release: February CY2021

Outlook for Mac: Support for favorite contacts

Stay connected to those that matter most with the ability to favorite specific contacts within Outlook.

ID: 68822 Tags: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Release: February CY2021

Microsoft To Do: iOS 14 Widgets

Now you can seamlessly interact with Microsoft To Do from your iOS 14 home screens.

ID: 68883 Tags: Microsoft To Do – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)  Release: February CY2021

Microsoft Compliance center: Information barriers for GCC

Information barriers is a compliance feature to restrict communication and collaboration between two groups to avoid a conflict of interest from occurring in your organization.

ID: 68898 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – GCC  Release: February CY2021

Microsoft Viva: Topics – General Availability

General availability of Microsoft Viva Topics.

ID: 72069   Tags: – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)  Release: February CY2021

Yammer Cross-geo external collaboration support on External Networks for the EU

With this release, guests from Yammer networks associated located in the  European Union, can be invited to Yammer External Networks hosted by a Yammer network located in the United States.

ID: 76676 Tags: Yammer – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2021

Canceled

Security and Compliance Center: Advanced eDiscovery delegated access

{This feature has been postponed indefinitely and will be removed.} Now add external counsel to a specific case within Advanced eDiscovery. This feature will help organizations ensure their partners of choice are able to execute eDiscovery related tasks within Microsoft 365 directly.

ID: 50754  Tags: Security and Compliance center, Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2021

Outlook for Windows: Make all meetings online by default

Item is being removed as a duplicate of 66021. Turn on the option to make every meeting an online meeting by default when the event is created in Outlook for Windows.

ID: 71010  Tags: Outlook – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD  Release: February CY2021