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In Development

Visio: New start page for Visio on Office.com

We’ve leveraged some of the powerful features of Office.com—like improved file discovery, enhanced collaboration features, and better template categorization—to provide Visio for the web users with a familiar start experience similar to other apps in the Office 365 ecosystem. By clicking on “More templates,” users will be directed to a new page complete with templates and sample diagrams and a new search experience to enable users to quickly find the right template based on relevant search terms.
ID: 55001 Tags: Visio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Release: May CY2021

Defender for Office 365: Updates to Management Activity API

We are introducing additional data within Email detection details like Authentication information, Override details, Additional Actions, Phish confidence level and other details for efficient investigation.
ID: 70744 Tags: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Forms: Auditing events in Gov environments

This update will enable Auditing for Forms events in Government environments.
ID: 80674 Tags: Forms – DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Direct guest join for Zoom and Webex meetings on video-enabled certified Teams Android devices

Direct guest join (aka Third-party meeting join) is an ability to join meetings of other meeting providers from Microsoft Teams. Third-party meetings will appear on the Teams calendar and users will be able to join them the same way they join any other Teams meeting. This functionality will be limited to video-enabled certified Teams Android devices and will support only Zoom and Webex meetings.
ID: 81482 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: September CY2021

Microsoft Forms: File upload question is available in GCC, GCC-High, and DoD

Form designers are able to add file upload questions in Microsoft Forms to collect respondents’ uploaded file in GCC, GCC-High, or DoD environment.
ID: 81837 Tags: Forms – DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: June CY2021

Microsoft 365 admin center: Allow Non-Admin User to Install Language Access Packs

This new group policy, AllowNonAdminUserInstallLAPs, setting controls whether users can install language accessory packs for Office even if they don’t have local administrator permissions on their devices. By default, Office users must have local administrator permissions on their devices to install language accessory packs.  This policy will be applicable to the following products: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
ID: 81957 Tags: Outlook, Excel, Microsoft 365 Admin Center, OneNote, PowerPoint, Word – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: July CY2021

Microsoft 365 admin center: Reports in the Admin Center – Project & Visio Usage Report

Two new reports will be made available to help customers understand how Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio are used within their organization.
ID: 81960 Tags: Microsoft 365 Admin Center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2021

Microsoft Forms: Shorten URL in response link

Enable Forms Short URL in Gov and DoD environment.
ID: 81984 Tags: Forms – DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: June CY2021

SharePoint: Integration of Power Automate and Power Apps for DoD tenants

Power Automate and Power Apps will be available for SharePoint DoD customers. Users can automate common tasks, customize forms, create apps from lists, and use the Power Apps web part.
ID: 81985 Tags: Power Automate, SharePoint, PowerApps – DoD Release: June CY2021

SharePoint: Display images from Microsoft Lists in Power Apps

Power Apps image controls will now display images that are stored in Microsoft Lists Image columns. They can be displayed in four sizes: small, medium, large, or full.
ID: 81986 Tags: SharePoint, PowerApps – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC, Germany, GCC High Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Information Protection: Exact Data Match to support Customer Managed Key

Customers will be able to encrypt Exact Data Match (EDM) data using their own Customer Managed Key (CMK), further enhancing EDM data security. EDM content that is encrypted using the CMK includes the data file schemas, rule packages, and the salts, which are used in hashing the sensitive data being protected.
ID: 81987 Tags: Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Information Protection: Exact Data Match to support Customer Managed Key

Customers will be able to encrypt Exact Data Match (EDM) data using their own Customer Managed Key (CMK), further enhancing EDM data security. EDM content that is encrypted using the CMK includes the data file schemas, rule packages, and the salts, which are used in hashing the sensitive data being protected.
ID: 81988 Tags: Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Compliance center – DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: July CY2021

Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Microsoft Browser Usage Action Flow

The Microsoft browser usage report shows which browsers people use to access Microsoft 365. New functionality is being added to enable global administrators to create messages to notify their users who are still using Microsoft 365 services on Internet Explorer, which will be unsupported from August 17, 2021. This targeted message is designed to help users learn more about Microsoft Edge and the provided link contain information on easy steps to follow to switch browsers. This is available for US tenants only.
ID: 81989 Tags: Microsoft 365 Admin Center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2021

OneDrive and SharePoint for Business: Library Dropdown

We’re adding a dropdown that allows you to easily switch between multiple document libraries associated with a Team or Site.
ID: 81990 Tags: OneDrive, SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC, Germany, GCC High Release: July CY2021

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Detonation Details for GCC and DoD environments

Detonation details will be exposed within the email entity page for malicious URLs and files which got detonated. These detonation details will contain detonation chain, summary, indicators of compromise, screenshots, and behavior details. Customers can now go through the detonation details and expand their scope of investigation.
ID: 81991 Tags: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 – DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Email entity page for GCC and DoD environments

The email entity page will contain information in parity with existing email details flyout in protection.offfice.com from Threat Explorer, along with new information regarding authentication and detections, a revamped email preview capability for cloud mailbox emails, and detonation details for related files or URLs.? These updates eliminate the need to traverse multiple experiences to view email details.  The Email entity page brings a new look to your email investigations, designed to provide a 360-degree view of an email.
ID: 81992 Tags: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 – DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: May CY2021

Outlook: New languages for suggested replies in web and mobile

We are adding support for suggested replies in Czech, Swedish, and Chinese (traditional) in Outlook on the web and mobile.
ID: 81996 Tags: Outlook, Exchange – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2021

Yammer and Microsoft Teams for Business: Customize branding & link previews.

Microsoft Teams admins can customize the branding for the Yammer Communities app for Microsoft Teams to suit their Yammer network with their preferred app logos, naming, accent color, and more. with this Communities app for Microsoft Teams, users see a rich Yammer preview in chats and channel conversations when the user pastes a URL of a conversation from a public Yammer community.
ID: 82243 Tags: Yammer, Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Lower all raised hands.

Meeting organizers and presenters will see an option to lower all raised hands from the participant pane.
ID: 82643 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Video Streams Out via AJA or Blackmagic Design Hardware.

Isolated video streams can be sent out of Teams meetings via AJA and Blackmagic Design hardware devices.
ID: 82812 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Large gallery layout update on Teams mobile

To provide a better experience for our Large Gallery for meetings on Teams mobile, we are introducing a mobile-optimized layout that let you swipe through all the participants in a meeting.
ID: 82959 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: June CY2021

SharePoint: Editing Modern Pages in Teams Experience

Edit Modern SharePoint Pages that are pinned to Teams channels & conversations.
ID: 82969 Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Large Gallery for VDI

Large Gallery feature will enable a Teams meeting participant to see an expanded view of the meetings gallery with 7×7 = 49 simultaneous user video streams in a Teams meeting.
ID: 83013 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Dual-tone multi-frequency support for VDI (Citrix only)

Dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) for Teams on Citrix dial an outside number via dialer. Call is connected but DTMF is not sent. For example, if user is trying to use Teams to join a Teams meeting by dialing the PSTN number, the conference ID cannot be entered.
ID: 83014 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: June CY2021

Outlook: Pin emails on Android and iOS

Do you pin emails in Outlook on the Web? We’ve got your back. You can now find your pinned emails using the filter button at the top of the message list. You can pin new emails by setting up a Pin swipe action in settings, or by tapping the … in the top right corner of the reading pane.
ID: 83043 Tags: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC, Germany, GCC High Release: May CY2021

Microsoft 365 admin center: M365 Groups – Group Driven Membership Management

With this in-product feature support, end users and admins will be able to add a Security Group or an M365 Group as a member of an M365 Group. The release will be made in phases – one O365 app at a time will start supporting the nesting ability and eventually be expanded to all Office workloads.
ID: 83113 Tags: Microsoft 365 Admin Center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: December CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Video Streams Out via AJA or Blackmagic Design Hardware for GCC-High and DoD

Isolated video streams can be sent out of Teams meetings via AJA and Blackmagic Design hardware devices.
ID: 83486 Tags: Microsoft Teams – DoD, GCC High Release: July CY2021

Rolling Out

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Information governance – Multi-stage disposition review

This update allows organizations to use a multi-stage disposition process, including multiple stakeholders and reviews before deleting the content.
ID: 70579 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2021

Microsoft Project: Import Project desktop files to Project for the web

Use a button on the Project Home to import your .mpp files into Project for the web
ID: 72195 Tags: Microsoft Project – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Separate Window Teams Live Events Producer Experience

With this new feature, you are now able to produce your Teams Live Events as a Producer in a separate window, allowing you to effectively manage your event.
ID: 81804 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Release: May CY2021

Microsoft Teams: AI-based noise suppression for MAC users

When your mic is turned on in a Teams meeting or call, background noise around you—shuffling papers, slamming doors, barking dogs, and so on—can distract others. Teams offers four levels of noise suppression (auto, low, high, and off) to help keep meeting participants focused.  This feature is now available for all MAC users except for those with new MACs that have the M1 ARM processor.
ID: 82826 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: May CY2021

Launched

Microsoft Teams: View all upcoming assignments in the Teams calendar

Keep tabs on all of your student’s responsibilities and due dates by visualizing their upcoming assignments across classes alongside student meetings and other calendar events.
ID: 66562 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Search: Connector results on All vertical

Results from Microsoft Graph connectors will be available through the All vertical as a results cluster in Microsoft Search.
ID: 68784 Tags: Microsoft Search – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: April CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Presenter View in Teams Meetings

Presenters can view slide notes and upcoming slides helping the presenters keep the meeting on track, discuss meeting notes as needed and navigate to meeting slides quickly.
ID: 68903 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC, GCC High Release: March CY2021

Microsoft compliance center: Advanced eDiscovery Search tab is evolving to Collections tab

Now eDiscovery managers will see Collections in the top navigation of the Advanced eDiscovery solution in place of Search. Collections will provide an enhanced experience for collecting content for the case, including generating preview estimates and options for quickly collecting content directly into a new or existing review set.
ID: 68914 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: March CY2021

Microsoft Teams: App customization and branding

Now you  can customize app properties like app name, description, icons, and more to deliver a branded app experience right within Teams.
ID: 70769 Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2021

Microsoft 365 compliance center: New Advanced eDiscovery solution for DoD

The Advanced eDiscovery solution in Microsoft 365 builds on the existing eDiscovery and analytics capabilities in Office 365. This new solution, called Advanced eDiscovery, provides a workflow to identify, preserve, collect, review, analyze, and export content that’s responsive to your organization’s internal and external investigations. It also lets legal teams manage the entire legal hold notification workflow to communicate with custodians involved in a case.
ID: 70807 Tags: Microsoft Compliance center – DoD Release: May CY2021

Outlook for Windows: Share to Teams

Share an email or a conversation from Outlook to a person or channel in Teams. The option to Share to Teams will be available in the Simplified Ribbon as well as part of the options behind the ellipses when reading emails.
ID: 71265 Tags: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2021

Microsoft 365 admin center: New guide with scripts and tools for Microsoft Edge IE mode and site discovery

Enterprise Site Discovery provides a way for you to detect which of your users’ frequently visited sites need to use Internet Explorer mode (IE mode) in Microsoft Edge. In this step-by-step guide, you’ll get scripts to automate configuration of Enterprise Site Discovery, get IE mode recommendations from a cloud-based tool, and create an Enterprise Mode Site List that you’ll deploy to your users.
ID: 72236 Tags: Microsoft Edge, Microsoft 365 Admin Center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2021

Word: Dictation in Word for iOS and Word for Android now available for GCC and GCC-High Tenants

Dictation is now available in Word for Android and Word for iOS in GCC and GCC-High Tenants.
ID: 79606 Tags: Word – GCC, GCC High Release: May CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Distribute Assignments to more students: from 200 to 300

With this update educators will be able to distribute assignments to up to 300 students.
ID: 82021 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Release: June CY2021

Microsoft Teams: Lens integration with Assignments

With the Lens integration into Assignments, students will be able to directly include images of their physical work as part of submitting their assignment. In addition, students will be able to crop and rotate their work to help with educator readability.
ID: 82022 Tags: Microsoft Teams – Release: May CY2021

Canceled

Outlook on the Web: Option to show declined events

Update 3/17: We’ve paused development on this feature until the summer. Outlook is adding an option to allow the user to show in their calendars the events they have declined.
ID: 30676 Tags: Exchange, Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: May CY2021

Microsoft Search: Microsoft Search in GCC

This is a duplicate of 72216 and will be removed from the roadmap in the near future.  Microsoft Search: Organization-wide Search via Search Box in SharePoint, Office.com, and on Microsoft Search in Bing. Customizable Bookmarks, Acronyms, and QnA Answers.
ID: 81929 Tags: Microsoft Search – GCC Release: September CY2021