In Development

Outlook for Windows: Text Predictions

Outlook will provide you with suggested ways to complete the text in your email messages. Just tab to accept and finish emails faster, with less typing.

ID:60340    Tags: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Education   Release: September CY2020

Yammer: New reactions for post

Users will be able to react to posts in Yammer. New reactions include Like, Love, Laugh, Sad, Celebrate, and Thanks.

ID:64931    Tags: Yammer – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)    Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Teams: New File Viewer released for GCC- High

GCCH will have a new file viewer – OneUp

ID:67087     Tags: Microsoft Teams – GCC High   Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Teams: Templates for creation of a new Team

With Templates in Teams, users can choose from a variety of customizable templates when creating a new team, helping them get started quickly. IT professionals can also create new custom templates for their organization, allowing them to standardize team structures, surface relevant apps, and scale best practices.

ID:67110   Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: October CY2020

Microsoft Edge v.87: Anchored text notes support for PDF files.

Starting with Microsoft Edge v. 87, users can add typed text notes on any piece of text on PDF files.

ID:69098   Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: October CY2020

Microsoft Edge v.87: Automatically switch users to their WIP enabled profile for work sites that authenticate with their work account.

You have always been able to have Edge switch users automatically into their WIP enabled work profile for work sites by defining a site list. Starting with Microsoft Edge version 87, we provide the ability to switch sites that authenticate with your IDP without any site list configuration.

ID:69103    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: October CY2020

Microsoft Edge v. 86: Version Rollback

Rollback lets administrators quicker revert to a known working version of Microsoft Edge if there’s an issue in the latest version of Microsoft Edge.

ID:69104    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Edge v. 87: Open Digitally Signed PDF files

Digital Signatures are used extensively to validate the authenticity of and changes made in a document. Users will be able to validate the signatures on PDF files, directly from the browser, without the need for any add-ins.

ID:69105    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: October CY2020

Microsoft Edge v. 86: Policy for enterprises to enforce enabling Sync by default

Administrators can enable synchronization for Azure Active Directory (AAD) accounts by default with this new policy.

ID:69106    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Edge v. 86: New group policy to replace existing diagnostic data policies MetricsReportingEnabled and SendSiteInformation in downlevel Windows and MacOS

Control Microsoft Edge diagnostic data that gets sent to Microsoft on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and macOS. We are deprecating MetricsReportingEnabled and SendSiteInformation policies. They are being replaced by Allow Telemetry on Windows 10 and then the new DiagnosticData policy on all other platforms. The current plan is for this to mark MetricsReportingEnabled and SendSiteInformation as deprecated in Microsoft Edge 86 and become obsolete in Microsoft Edge 89. The new DiagnosticData policy will release in Microsoft Edge 86.

ID:69132    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: September CY2020

Outlook for iOS: Sync contact sub folders as category labels

Your Outlook contacts and subfolders in Outlook for Windows or on the web will labeled with a contact category based on the name of your contact sub folder and synced to Outlook for iOS.

ID:69139  Tags: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD, Education, GCC   Release: October CY2020

Outlook for Windows: intelligent based translations

Select all or part of your message or opt into automatic translation to help you read the text from your emails received in a foreign language.

ID:69305    Tags: Outlook – Education, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: October CY2020

Rolling Out

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: 51230    Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: August CY2020

Word: New Feature – Designer in Word for Word for the web

Designer in Word for the web helps you make your document look and feel consistent by understanding different document constructs and intents. In addition, by providing a variety of document styles you can quickly change the look and feel of your document.

ID: 63455    Tags: Word – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC   Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Lists – Lists app in Microsoft Teams- built on SharePoint

Team members will be able to both create new lists and add existing ones as tabs in Teams’ channels. The new Lists app in Microsoft Teams can be accessed by clicking “+” to add a new tab, and then select “Lists” to get started.

ID: 64162    Tags: SharePoint, Microsoft Teams – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: September CY2020

Outlook on the web – New tasks experience

Outlook on the web will update the classic Tasks experience with a new experience powered by To Do.

ID: 64940    Tags: Outlook, Microsoft To Do – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Education Release: June CY2020

Microsoft Teams – Suggested replies for Android

Suggested replies in Teams chat uses assistive AI to create short responses based on the context of the previous message.

ID: 65954    Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Edge v.86: Group policy to enable Microsoft Edge UI to test sites in Internet Explorer mode

Starting with Microsoft Edge 86, administrators can enable a UI option for their users to load a tab in Internet Explorer mode for testing purposes or as a stopgap for users until sites are added to the site list XML through group policy.

ID: 66333    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Edge v.86: Remove HTML5 Application Cache API

The legacy Application Cache API enabling offline use of web pages is being removed from Microsoft Edge. Web Developers should review the Web.Dev documentation for information on replacing use of the Application Cache API with Service Workers. Requesting an AppCache OriginTrial Token allows sites to continue to use the deprecated Application Cache API until Microsoft Edge v90.

ID: 66334    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Edge v.86: Automatic profile switching on Windows 7, 8, 8.1

Extend the automatic profile switching currently available in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 to down-level Windows (Windows 7, 8, 8.1).

ID: 66335    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: September CY2020

Visio: Copy diagrams across Visio files in Visio for the web and Microsoft Teams

Copy your shapes and diagrams across Visio files opened in Visio for the web or Microsoft Teams to extend, merge, or modify the diagram, and to create new ones.

ID: 67116    Tags: Visio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Edge v.86: Table of Content for PDF Documents

Microsoft Edge has added support for table of contents which enables users to easily navigate through PDF documents beginning with Microsoft Edge v.86.

ID: 69099    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Edge v.86: Add custom image to the NTP, and control ability via GPO

Beginning with Microsoft Edge v.86 the New Tab Page has an option to replace the default image with a custom user supplied image. The ability to control this feature using group policy has also been added.

ID: 69100    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Edge v.86: Secure DNS (DNS-over-HTTPS) Support

Starting in Microsoft Edge v.86, settings to control Secure DNS on unmanaged devices has been added. These settings are not accessible to users on managed devices, but IT admins can enable or disable Secure DNS using Group Policy.

ID: 69102    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Teams – Suggested replies for iOS

Suggested replies in Teams chat uses assistive AI to create short responses based on the context of the previous message.

ID: 69740    Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: September CY2020

Launched

SharePoint: Cumulative analytics for Hubs in SharePoint

Hub owners can now analyze aggregate usage analytics for their SharePoint hub sites, including all associated sites. Going to the site usage page for a hub site will automatically display usage data (including total visits, unique viewers, top sites, popular content) for all associated sites in the hub.

ID: 57160   Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: June CY2020

Custom Mailbox Submissions and improvements to the Admin Submissions

We’re adding some enhancements to the admin submissions functionality of Office 365. You’ll now be able to submit .msg files, plus view more details about submitted content and policies or settings that may have allowed the message to bypass our filters. A new User Submission Policy will enable you to customize the message displayed to users before and after a submission, as well as choose the destination of a reported message. You can choose to send the message to your security team, a Microsoft expert, a custom mailbox of your choice, or a combination of these. The custom mailbox you choose will now be viewable in the Security center, and you’ll be able to trigger admin submissions from the custom mailbox as well.

ID: 60407   Tags: Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection – GCC, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High, DoD Release: June CY2020

Communication Compliance now supports more granular permissions

We are introducing new Communication Compliance roles to help you better manage roles & responsibilities across the different solution stakeholders (IT, legal, compliance, etc.).

ID: 61068   Tags: Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)  Release: September CY2020

Excel: Tasks in Excel

Create and assign tasks to collaborators in an Excel workbook to track ownership and get work done

ID: 61111    Tags: Excel – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)  Release: June CY2020

Microsoft Edge v.85: Storage Access API is now available

The Storage Access API allows access to first-party storage in a third-party context when a user has provided a direct intent to allow storage that would otherwise be blocked by the browser’s current configuration.

ID: 64301   Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: September CY2020

Advanced eDiscovery: Direct download export

We’re updating the experience of downloading content from a review set in Advanced eDiscovery. Instead of using Azure Storage Explorer, we’re moving to a model where content is downloaded directly through a web browser. After an export is completed, an eDiscovery manager can download a single zip file from the Exports tab in the review set. With this experience, we are also adding a new export format that places email messages in a PST and all other files in their original directory structure.

ID: 65004    Tags: Microsoft Information Protection – GCC, DoD, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC High Release: August CY2020

Exchange online: Client Access rules support for OAuth POP and IMAP

We are adding Client Access Rules Support to OAuth POP and IMAP in Exchange Online.

ID: 65417    Tags: Exchange – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, Germany  Release: September CY2020

Microsoft Edge v.85: Preview version of Enterprise Site List Manager for Internet Explorer mode

Starting with Microsoft Edge 85, a preview version of the Enterprise Mode Site List Manager will be available through edge:// compat/sitelistmanager . You can use this page to create, edit and export your site list XML for Internet Explorer Mode on Edge. Administrators can choose to make this available as needed through policy.

ID: 66330    Tags: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Release: September CY2020

SharePoint: Download SharePoint site usage data in Excel

SharePoint site owners and members will be able to download their site’s 90-day usage data in an excel report, directly from the Site Usage page.

ID: 66395    Tags: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)   Release: August CY2020

Microsoft Teams: Device tagging functionality

As part of enhanced manageability, we are releasing Device Tagging functionality. It will enable IT admins to group specific set of devices with user generated Tags and perform actions on the same.

ID: 66922   Tags: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Education   Release: September CY2020

Canceled

No cancellations to announce in this week’s update.