18-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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The blogs of this day are:
Office 365 Roadmap Updated: 2025-03-17
Additions : 3
Updates : 4
More Details At: www.roadmapwatch.com
| New Features | Current Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Teams: Room recommender | In Development | |||
| Microsoft Teams: Pop-out live captions and Real-time-Text (RTT) in meetings | In Development | |||
| Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Pages in Government Clouds | In Development | |||
| Updated Features | Current Status | Update Type | ||
| Microsoft Search: Answer insights and enhanced user adoption analytics | Cancelled | Status, Description | ||
| Microsoft Teams: Custom Meeting Branding – Support multiple meeting themes per customization policy | Rolling Out | Status | ||
| Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel with Python for Web | Launched | Status | ||
| Outlook: Group messages as conversation for PST files in new Outlook for Windows | Rolling Out | Status |
Items from the MessageCenter in Microsoft 365
| (Updated) Microsoft OneNote Windows app: New “OneNote (Desktop) – Protected” virtual printerCategory:Microsoft 365 appsNummer:MC1020207Status:planForChange | Updated March 17, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft OneNote: The new OneNote (Desktop) – Protected virtual printer will roll out to all OneNote Windows desktop app users on x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) devices. We will automatically install the protected printer on all eligible devices (starting with Current Channel) with OneNote Windows app versions 2410 and later and devices running Windows 11 versions 26100 or higher. As a tenant admin, to ensure the successful installation of this printer on your organization’s devices, you must configure specific group policies. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 402540. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. [How this will affect your organization:] Why is Microsoft introducing this new printer when we already have a OneNote (Desktop) printer for the OneNote Windows app?
Our organization has many regular users of the Print to OneNote capability using the existing OneNote (Desktop) printer. Should they expect any changes to their workflow?
What happens to the old OneNote (Desktop) printer already installed on user’s devices?
Can users of the OneNote app turn off or uninstall the new printer?
[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. As an admin, how can you ensure all eligible devices in your organization get the new printer installed without issues?
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| (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot Actions in Targeted ReleaseCategory:Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)Nummer:MC1020217Status:planForChange | Updated March 17, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With Copilot we are bringing the power of next generation AI to the tools millions of people use every day. Another step on that journey is automating time-consuming tasks to enhance employee productivity. Copilot Actions provides a user-friendly way to automate and delegate common IW tasks within Microsoft 365 to Copilot. Actions combine Copilot prompts and conversations, triggers (events like file modifications or schedules like daily reminders), and user defined rules to generate artifacts. To make getting started easy, Copilot Actions offer categorized Templates such as Catch up and Gather, etc., that are tailored for common personal productivity scenarios. Actions is a Copilot feature which delivers immediate value without the need for any setup. This out-of-the-box functionality ensures that even users with minimal technical expertise can benefit from the powerful async capabilities of Copilot. Copilot Actions is accessed via the Microsoft 365 app for the Web.
This is an English only release for the UX language.
[When this will happen:] We will begin rolling out to Targeted Release in early March 2025. [How this affects your organization:] Customers, with a Copilot license, will have the ability to create automated tasks from a list of available Actions, with some of those actions backed by Copilot. Copilot Actions will have limited individual actions per user. [What you can do to prepare:] Educate your organization on the availability of Copilot Actions and the help article: Set up actions in Copilot to automate daily tasks – Microsoft Support We will update this message when online documentation is available. |
| (Updated) Reminder: Automated removal of classic Microsoft Teams on Mac after support ends July 1, 2024Category:Microsoft TeamsNummer:MC807466Status:planForChange | Updated March 17, 2025: Please note – The T1 removal will happen in Worldwide only. In MC718748 New Teams rollout schedule for Commercial and EDU customers (February 28, 2024), we informed customers about the new Microsoft Teams rollout schedule with updated timelines. This is a reminder that classic Teams reaches the end of support on July 1, 2024, and end of availability on July 1, 2025, and to confirm our plans to automatically uninstall classic Teams for Mac. Learn more: End of availability for classic Teams client – Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn [How this will affect your organization:] As Microsoft transitions users to new Teams on Mac, we will also attempt to uninstall classic Teams starting from early August 2024 to end of August 2024. The uninstall will be attempted after users update to the latest version of new Teams (24193.1704.3003.3641). The uninstall attempt will happen immediately after the Mac users have updated to new Teams. If this uninstallation is blocked for any reason (for example, by machine configuration, etc.), we will not attempt uninstallation again, and admins will be expected to manually remove classic Teams. The uninstallation guide can be found here: How to uninstall the classic Teams client – Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn [What you need to do to prepare:] The uninstall of classic Teams will be automatic when users receive an update to the specific build with this functionality—no admin action is required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. |
| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: BYOD mode will activate cameras on meeting room audio devicesCategory:Microsoft TeamsNummer:MC952881Status:stayInformed | Updated March 17, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The room audio auto-detect and pre-select feature for Microsoft Teams BYOD rooms (released October 2024) will soon activate the video component of composite audio-video peripherals as the selected camera in Teams. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktops and Teams for Mac desktops. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469496. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously late March). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in mid-April 2025 (previously late March) and expect to complete by late April 2025 (previously early April). [How this will affect your organization:] When a user selects an audio peripheral in the Room Audio option on the meeting prejoin screen, if that peripheral has a video component, that video component will be used as the video device for the Teams meeting. This change will be available by default. [What you need to do to prepare:] Inform your users that this new behavior will be coming so they are aware that the room’s camera will be used if there is one. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your room peripheral inventory to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. |
| Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management: New secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policiesCategory:Microsoft PurviewNummer:MC971035Status:planForChange | Updated March 17, 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 September 2025 (previously late March) and expect to complete by mid-October 2025 (previously mid-April). [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. |
| Microsoft Outlook for iOS: Open the previous email with email auto-advanceCategory:Exchange Online Microsoft 365 appsNummer:MC997576Status:stayInformed | Note: If your organization does not support iOS users, you can ignore this message. Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook for iOS: A new Open the Email Above setting to automatically open the message above the current one in the message list after performing actions like moving or deleting the current message. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 477362. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025 . [How this will affect your organization:] After this rollout, users can find the new setting in Outlook at Settings > Mail > Email Auto-advance > Open the Email Above. We will also remove the Move to the Next Email setting. Before the rollout:
After the rollout:
[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. Learn more: Email Auto-Advance Setting – Microsoft Support |
