14-March-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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Office 365 Roadmap Updated: 2025-03-13
Additions : 2
Updates : 0
More Details At: www.roadmapwatch.com
| New Features | Current Status | |||
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| Microsoft Viva: Detailed error description for LMS setup failures | In Development | |||
| Microsoft Viva: Engage – Create articles and questions more easily with the updated "Create new" button. | In Development | |||
Office 365 Roadmap Updated: 2025-03-14
Additions : 0
Updates : 1
More Details At: www.roadmapwatch.com
| Updated Features | Current Status | Update Type | ||
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| Outlook: Chat with Copilot in Outlook for Mac | Launched | Status |
Items from the MessageCenter in Microsoft 365
| (Updated) Microsoft Copilot: File summary in Microsoft Teams chatCategory:Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)Nummer:MC1003344Status:stayInformed | Updated March 12, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Users will be able to summarize files with Summarize for me using Microsoft Copilot within one-on-one or group Microsoft Teams chats. This feature will work on common file types like Word and PDF initially, and other file formats will be added over time. This summarization respects the file’s security policies, ensuring that only users with access to the file receive a summary, which will carry the same sensitivity label as the original file. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 418564. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. [How this will affect your organization:] Users will be able to summarize files with Summarize for me in Copilot within Teams chats. This feature will be available by default. [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. |
| Reminder: “Require approved client app” control in Microsoft Entra Conditional Access will be retired in March 2026Category:Microsoft IntuneNummer:MC1029989Status:planForChange | As mentioned in MC540749, in March 2026, Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory) and Microsoft Intune will retire the Conditional Access “Require approved client app” grant control. Instead we recommend utilizing the “Require application protection policy” grant control, which provides the same data loss and protection with additional benefits. [How this will affect your organization:] If you have a Conditional Access policy with “Require approved client app” grant control configured, after this change, you will no longer be able to enforce this control, it will be as if this grant is not selected. [What you need to do to prepare:] We recommend updating your Conditional Access policy to using the “Require application protection policy” grant control. For more information, see Migrate approved client app to application protection policy in Conditional Access. |
| Microsoft Outlook: Disable add-in user reporting buttons now that built-in Report button is GA for all platformsCategory:Exchange Online Microsoft 365 suite Microsoft 365 for the web Microsoft Defender XDRNummer:MC1030003Status:stayInformed | As communicated in four previously published posts for Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Exchange Online starting in 2022 and ending with MC960818 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS/Android: New reporting buttons integrated with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (February 2024), the built-in Report button is available for all Microsoft Outlook platforms. Learn more: Report phishing and suspicious emails in Outlook for admins – Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Microsoft Learn. This message announces the maintenance mode status of the Report Message add-in and Report Phishing add-in and explains how to disable all add-ins so users only see one reporting option in Outlook. This message applies to new Outlook for Windows desktop, Outlook for Mac desktop, Outlook for the web, and Outlook for iOS/Android. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Available now. [How this will affect your organization:] Before this change: The Report Message add-in and Report Phishing add-in were available for Outlook. After this change, the built-in Report button provides these advantages over the add-ins:
The Report Message add-in and Report Phishing add-in are now in maintenance mode, which means we will not make improvements to them. The add-ins will remain functional until we eventually retire them. Any new improvement requests for the add-ins will be rejected. Learn more: Transition from Report Message or the Report Phishing add-ins – Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Microsoft Learn (includes Frequently Asked Questions). If you have the Report Message add-in and Report Phishing add-in, users will see two reporting options in Outlook: The Report Message add-in and the built-in Report button. It is not possible to remove the built-in Report button and keep the Report Message add-in. Learn more about removing the add-in. If you are using a third-party add-in, end users might see two reporting options in Outlook. Follow these steps to remove the in-built report button:
[What you need to do to prepare:] 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 training materials. Learn more
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| Microsoft Purview: New Personalization settingsCategory:Microsoft PurviewNummer:MC1030008Status:stayInformed | Microsoft Purview is launching a new Personalization page that will help users personalize their individual experience on Purview. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 483884. [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 and expect to complete by early June 2025. [How this will affect your organization:] The following features will be included in this initial rollout:
The new Personalization page will be at Microsoft Purview > Settings (in top right corner) > Personalization:
On the new Personalization page, users will be able to hide or remove solution tiles and choose to show solution walk-throughs:
These changes will be available by default. [What you need to do to prepare:] This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. |
| Microsoft Bookings: New Queue functionality to manage appointments for Teams Premium usersCategory:Microsoft BookingsNummer:MC1030013Status:stayInformed | Microsoft Bookings is an online scheduling tool (included in your Microsoft 365 subscription) that enables businesses to manage their appointments seamlessly. Bookings allows users to create customizable booking pages where customers, clients, or colleagues can easily schedule time with them or their team without the usual back-and-forth communication. Coming soon: We will launch Queue as a new functionality in Bookings. Queue will be available in Bookings for users with a Microsoft Teams Premium license. Queue is a powerful feature that provides real-time visibility and control over incoming appointments. Queue provides schedulers and admins with a consolidated view of each day’s appointments in chronological order for the booking pages they manage, so they can better manage the load of incoming appointments and reassign delayed appointments to available staff. Staff can also self-serve on busy days by assigning the unassigned appointments to themselves, helping to balance workloads across teams or specific services. Users can send SMS and email reminders from the queue view and keep customers informed, helping to enhance overall transparency and ensure a smooth appointment experience for everyone involved. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470136. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. [How this will affect your organization:] The Queue functionality in Bookings will be available by default for Teams Premium users. Watch a short view about Queue (00:09 min) NOTE: Microsoft Bookings users without Teams Premium license will have access to the Queue tab with this banner: “This feature requires a Teams Premium license. Contact your administrator to request one”:
[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, share details about Microsoft Bookings, and update any relevant documentation. If you want Queue functionality in Bookings to be available in your organization, ensure your users have a Teams Premium license. No action is required if you do not wish to provide access to this functionality to your users. Learn more
Before rollout, we will update this post with additional documentation. |
| Microsoft Dataverse – Service Update 9.2.25032.00000 for EURCategory:Microsoft DataverseNummer:MC1030662Status:stayInformed | We have a minor service update planned for your Microsoft Dataverse environment hosted in EUR. This service update will occur within your region’s scheduled maintenance timeline, on the scheduled date listed for Microsoft Dataverse. How does this affect me? The version number for your Microsoft Dataverse environment will update to version 9.2.25032.00000 or higher. There is no expected degradation to service performance or availability, however, during this maintenance window users may see short, intermittent impact such as transient SQL errors or a redirect to the login screen. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness and no action is required. |
| Windows Office Hours: March 20, 2025Category:WindowsNummer:MC1030897Status:stayInformed | If you are an IT admin with questions about managing and updating Windows, we want to help. Every third Thursday of the month, we host a live chat-based event on the Tech Community called Windows Office Hours. Members of the Windows, Intune, Windows Autopilot, Windows Autopatch, and Windows 365 engineering teams will be standing by to answer your questions. We also have experts from FastTrack, the Customer Acceleration Team, and Microsoft public sector teams. Want to attend the March 20 session of Office Hours? Add it to your calendar and select Attend on the event page to let us know you’re coming. There is no video or live meeting component. Simply visit the event page, log in to the Tech Community, and leave your questions in the Comments section. You can also bookmark https://aka.ms/Windows/OfficeHours for upcoming dates (and the ability to add this event to your calendar). We look forward to helping you. |
| Power Platform – Upcoming enforcement of tenant isolationCategory:Power PlatformNummer:MC1031090Status:stayInformed | As part of our Secure by Default initiative, the tenant isolation feature will be enabled by default for all Power Platform tenants as the new default behavior. The enforcement is scheduled to begin in May 2025. This feature applies only to Power Platform policies and is separate from guest access policies and Azure tenant restriction features. How does this affect me? Tenant isolation only applies to connectors running within a tenant. The default tenant isolation behavior will block all connection attempts from one tenant to another; inbound (connections to the tenant from external tenants), outbound (connections from the tenant to external tenants), or both (inbound – outbound) will be blocked by Power Platform. Communications within the same tenant will not be affected. In addition, users logging in as guests (guest user access) will remain unaffected. To prevent any disruptions, if our traffic monitoring logs indicate cross-tenant connections involving your tenant, we will proactively set up the necessary policies for you before the enforcement. What do I need to do to prepare? This message is for awareness and no action is required. |
| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: File open preferences will extend to more Microsoft 365 appsCategory:Microsoft TeamsNummer:MC967240Status:stayInformed | Updated March 12, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Users will be able to set their preference for how their cloud-hosted Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files should open when they select links for these files from Teams. The new setting (open in a browser, desktop app, or directly in Teams) will extend to links selected in other Microsoft365 apps, starting with classic Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, for greater consistency across apps. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 471000. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. [How this will affect your organization:] After this rollout, user can set the file open preference in Teams by following instructions in Open file links directly in Microsoft 365 desktop apps from Teams and classic Outlook – Microsoft Support. Users will be still able to set separate file open preferences for Teams only. File open preference will apply to Word, Excel and PowerPoint links selected from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams for Windows desktop, and classic Outlook. This change will be available by default. [What you need to do to prepare:] This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. |