08-February-2025 Below you will find a collection of news published yesterday. This news consists of Microsoft’s Roadmap when it is updated it will be below with items. Then there will be a section with the message center, if there is anything new there, this will be automatically included. And it contains a piece from blogs that I follow myself and would like to share with you. If I miss something in the blogs that do have an RSS feed, please let me know.
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The blogs of this day are:
Office 365 Roadmap Updated: 2025-02-08
Additions : 4
Updates : 13
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Items from the MessageCenter in Microsoft 365
| Power Automate – View progressive logging for desktop flowsCategory:Microsoft Power AutomateNummer:MC1000182Status:stayInformed | The View progressive logging feature for desktop flows is now fully available. It improves troubleshooting efficiency with near real-time logging, allowing you to track desktop automation progress in detail without waiting for completion. How does this affect me? With this feature logs will be sent to the cloud progressively, without waiting for the entire automation process to be completed. This capability will enable quicker troubleshooting by determining why automation is taking longer than expected. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness and no action is required. For more information, please visit View progressive logging for desktop flows. |
| (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Chat: Prompt autosuggestions rollout will start soonCategory:Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)Nummer:MC950896Status:planForChange |
Updated February 7, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon in Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Chat (BizChat): A new prompt autosuggestion feature that helps Work tab users discover and recall useful prompts from Microsoft’s curated prompt library (Copilot Lab) and the user’s prompt history. This message applies to BizChat for Windows desktops, Mac desktops, and on the web. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to access this feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 409962.
[When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January). [How this will affect your organization:] Before this rollout, suggestions appear in other places on the BizChat page, such as on as these cards. These suggestions will continue after the rollout:
In the early phases of this rollout, some users in an organization will not receive the prompt autosuggestion feature, and some organization accounts may not receive the feature. We plan to gather feedback through the early phases of this rollout to improve and create a best-in-class experience when we roll out the feature to all Copilot users. After the feature rolls out to your tenant, this change will be available by default. Chat box when users open the Copilot BizChat Work tab:
Prompt autosuggestions appear when users start typing. Users can select an autosuggestion:
A selected autosuggestion is added to the input box that users can edit and execute:
[What you need to do to prepare:]
This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. |
| Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management: New secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policiesCategory:Microsoft PurviewNummer:MC971035Status:planForChange | Updated February 7, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. This new feature enables data governance administrators to expedite the permanent deletion of sensitive content from Microsoft Exchange mailboxes, overriding any existing retention settings or eDiscovery holds. This process may be required for security or privacy, such as after a data spillage incident or for compliance and regulatory requirements. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 392838. [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously early February) and expect to complete by mid-March 2025 (previously mid-February). Worldwide: We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025. [How this will affect your organization:] Priority Cleanup administrators can now set up a Priority Cleanup policy for Exchange to create exceptions to retention principles and e-Discovery holds for specific scenarios. Once administrators are within the Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) Solution on Microsoft Purview, they can visit the Priority Cleanup tab and follow the wizard to set-up this policy. Like auto-apply retention labels, Priority Cleanup supports policy simulation mode, so administrators can check the returned samples in case the policy configuration needs any fine-tuning before enabling the policy. Once set-up, because the deletion by a priority cleanup policy is irreversible and can override existing holds, the process requires multiple approvals, specific roles, and is audited. Thus, respective reviewers must be mandatorily added during policy creation to allow for disposition of items under a retention or e-Discovery hold. [What you need to do to prepare:] Because of the built-in safeguards, the feature itself is enabled by default at the tenant level. However, Priority Cleanup can be turned off on the Priority Cleanup settings page. If you can’t create new Priority Cleanup policies, refer to your Data Lifecycle Management documentation for necessary roles and permissions requirements. A new role permission “Priority cleanup administrator” is now added to Purview role permissions to enable data governance administrators to use this feature. |
| (Updated) Updates to AI assistance category in Adoption ScoreCategory:Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)Nummer:MC981467Status:stayInformed | Updated February 7, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The AI assistance category page in Adoption Score helps adoption specialists measure progress towards making Microsoft 365 Copilot a daily habit. We are updating this page with an enhanced score, new Microsoft 365 Copilot usage metrics, time trends, and peer benchmarking. The page remains in public preview for this update.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 185700
[When this will happen:] We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously late January). [How this will affect your organization:] The updated AI Assistance score (preview) introduces:
These insights provide Adoption Specialists and IT admins with a more comprehensive view of Copilot engagement, helping them drive adoption and measure success. [What you need to do to prepare:] Ensure that any admin that currently uses the report is aware of this update. |
| New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Group messages as a conversation for emails within Outlook Data FileCategory:Microsoft 365 appsNummer:MC999441Status:stayInformed | New Outlook for Windows users will be able to group messages as a conversation for emails within Outlook Data File (.pst or Personal Storage Table file). Future releases of new Outlook for Windows will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 479412. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by early May 2025 [How this will affect your organization:] Outlook Data File (.pst) support is enabled by default in new Outlook for Windows. If you organization wants to block or limit Outlook Data File support, set the [What you need to do to prepare:] This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. #newoutlookforwindows |
| Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management: Retention based on “last accessed” for OneDrive and SharePoint filesCategory:Microsoft PurviewNummer:MC999442Status:planForChange | Coming soon for Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management: Admins will be able to apply a retention policy or retention label in Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint for files that have not been accessed by anyone in your organization for a specified period of time. This message applies to retention for Microsoft 365 file types. We will support other file types (non-Microsoft 365) in a future rollout. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472030. [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025. [How this will affect your organization:] This feature will help delete obsolete data, which will improve the quality and relevance of Microsoft 365 Copilot responses. This feature will be available by default. After the rollout, admins can use the retention control When items were last accessed when configuring labels and policies. Retention settings page in Purview with the new “last accessed” option for retention policies:
[What you need to do to prepare:] This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. |
| Microsoft Teams: Queues app to add Monitor, Whisper, Barge, and TakeoverCategory:Microsoft TeamsNummer:MC999443Status:stayInformed | For Microsoft Teams, in the Queues app, authorized users will be able to enter into a monitoring session for private coaching. They can listen to customer calls, whisper to the agents for private messages, and barge into or takeover the call. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473884. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 for and expect to complete by early April 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 and expect to complete by early May 2025. [How this will affect your organization:] In the Teams Queues app, authorized users will now have access to selected capabilities for private coaching.
[What you need to do to prepare:] This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. |
| Microsoft Teams Events: Attendees and presenters no longer receive an email when an attendee list is updatedCategory:Microsoft TeamsNummer:MC999446Status:stayInformed | For Microsoft Teams town halls and webinars, presenters and attendees will no longer receive an updated email every time a presenter is added or removed or when incremental changes are made to the participants list for the event.
[When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025. [How this will affect your organization:]
Teams attendees and event participants no longer receive an email when the attendee list is updated. [What you need to do to prepare:] This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.
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| Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Copilot in meetings will suggest follow-up questionsCategory:Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)Nummer:MC999448Status:planForChange | Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When Microsoft Copilot in Teams meetings responds to a prompt, Copilot will also suggest follow-up questions to keep the conversation going. The follow-up questions will typically be based on Copilot’s prior responses, such as asking for more details or asking what a specific person said about the topic in the meeting. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 325858. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out by early March 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025. [How this will affect your organization:] Users will be able to see follow-up questions right above the Copilot chat box. When a user selects a follow-up question, the question is sent to Copilot, like any other prompt:
This change will be on by default. [What you need to do to prepare:] This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Use Copilot in Microsoft Teams meetings – Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) |
| Reminder: Hotpatch eligibility and prerequisitesCategory:WindowsNummer:MC999973Status:stayInformed | (Updated 2/7 12:00pm to call out additional prerequisite related to Arm64 devices) Hotpatch is an extension of Windows Update, designed to reduce downtime and disruptions by allowing the installation of Monthly B release security updates without requiring a device restart. We encourage users to test and use Hotpatch. However, it’s important to note that not all devices are eligible for Hotpatch updates. We want to remind you of the prerequisites necessary to ensure a successful Hotpatch deployment across your environment. For complete details, see Windows Autopatch Hotpatch Updates. When will this happen: The Hotpatch feature is currently in public preview. We welcome users to test and use Hotpatch in production environments, as well as provide us their feedback. Enrollment to Hotpatch updates begins at the Intune admin center. See the resources at the Additional Information section, below. How this will affect your organization: If you’ve recently added devices to your Hotpatch policy as part of Windows Autopatch, please note the below prerequisites to ensure successful Hotpatch deployment. All devices must meet the following prerequisites:
What you need to do to prepare: In order to take advantage of the benefits of Hotpatch, devices must meet the necessary prerequisites. Review devices in your environment and see the resources at the Additional Information section below if deployment is not occurring as expected. Devices that don’t meet one or more prerequisites automatically receive the Latest Cumulative Update (LCU) instead. LCUs contain monthly updates that supersede the previous month’s updates containing both security and non-security releases. While LCUs require a system restart, they ensure that the device remains fully secure and compliant. Additional information:
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