Microsoft Roadmap, messagecenter en blogs updates van 16-07-2024

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16-July-2024 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: 2024-07-16

Items from the MessageCenter in Microsoft 365

(Updated) New Microsoft Outlook for Windows is GA on August 1, 2024
Category:Exchange Online Microsoft 365 apps
Nummer:MC810420
Status:planForChange

Updated July 15, 2024: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

On August 1, 2024, the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows will transition from the Preview phase to General Availability for commercial accounts. This milestone will not affect existing users who continue to use classic Outlook for Windows; however, GA status helps organizations move forward with their migration plans. A future announcement will cover General Availability for US Government clouds (GCC, GCC High, and DoD) and availability in other sovereign clouds.

The new Outlook continues to be an opt-in experience. Please note that this update does not change any settings for your organization, will not automatically switch users from the classic version of Outlook for Windows, and will not introduce any disruptive changes. We will provide a 12-month notice prior to initiating any Microsoft-driven migration steps in managed environments. Learn more about how we are approaching our migration timeline: New Outlook for Windows: A Guide to Product Availability

Key Updates starting August 2024

  • The new Outlook for Windows will receive full support from Microsoft’s support channels, including Assisted Support.
  • The app name for the classic Outlook for Windows will include “(classic)” starting from version 2407.

We understand some organizations may have specific requirements that prevent them from transitioning from the classic Outlook app at this time. The new Outlook team is eager to gather your feedback and to understand your requirements. You and your users can submit feedback through:

  • The Help tab in the new Outlook for Windows app
  • The dialog boxes that display when a user reverts to classic Outlook
  • Your account team (for larger organizations)

Learn more about the future features of Outlook on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap: Microsoft 365 roadmap

Side-by-side feature comparison of the classic and new Outlook: New and classic Outlook for Windows feature comparison

Resources to help with change management and enterprise adoption: New Microsoft Outlook for Windows

Recommended actions

  • Control availability: Organizations retain control over the new Outlook’s availability. Policies can be set to hide the toggle in classic Outlook for Windows, block new mailboxes from being added, or remove new Outlook from certain Windows builds. For detailed instructions, refer to Control the installation and use of new Outlook
  • Learn about policy management: The new Outlook’s policies are managed through mailbox policies on the primary account, as they are for Outlook on the web. IT admins may choose to preconfigure an organization account as the primary account. Learn more: Policy Management – Deploy Office
  • Prepare to manage updates: The new Outlook introduces features through service-based flighting, not through build updates. Features will be listed on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, and then released into the Targeted Release ring for 30 days before beginning generally available in Standard release. Learn how to set up release options.
  • Transition from COM to web add-ins: COM add-ins will not be supported in the new Outlook, and organizations need to transition to web add-ins instead. A variety of equivalent web add-ins are already available, and we offer assistance for organizations who rely on COM-only add-ins. Learn more about how to Migrate from COM to web add-ins and review a list of available web add-ins.
  • Plan for user migration: Microsoft will provide a 12-month advance notice before initiating Microsoft-driven migrations to the new experience in managed environments. We know organizations prefer to time and drive their own upgrades. Organizations are encouraged to review these resources to help get started. IT administrators can now review and share within their organizations:

90-Day Reminder: The second phase of Kerberos PAC signature validation vulnerability mitigation begins October 15, 2024
Category:Windows
Nummer:MC814189
Status:stayInformed
Starting October 15, 2024, the Enforced by Default phase of Kerberos PAC signature validation mitigation begins. Updates released on or after this date will move all Windows domain controllers and clients in the environment to Enforced mode, enforcing the secure behavior by default. The Enforced by Default settings can be overridden by an Administrator to revert to Compatibility mode.

When will this happen: 
  • October 15, 2024: The Enforced by Default phase starts where Windows domain controllers and clients will move to Enforced mode. Note that during this phase, the Enforced by Default settings can be overridden by an Administrator to revert to Compatibility mode.
  • April 8, 2025: Enforcement phase begins with no option to revert the new secure behavior.

How this will affect your organization: 
To mitigate vulnerabilities described in CVE-2024-26248 and CVE-2024-29056, you must make sure your entire Windows environment (including both domain controllers and clients) is updated. Environments that are not updated will not recognize this new request structure after Enforcement mode begins. This will cause the security check to fail.

What you need to do to prepare: 
To help protect your environment and prevent outages, we recommend the following steps:
  1. UPDATE: Windows domain controllers and Windows clients must be updated with a Windows security update released on or after April 9, 2024.
  2. MONITOR: Audit events will be visible in Compatibility mode to identify devices not updated.
  3. ENABLE: After Enforcement mode is fully enabled in your environment, the vulnerabilities described in CVE-2024-26248 and CVE-2024-29056 will be mitigated.

Additional information: 
Power Automate – Use credentials in desktop flow connections feature is now available
Category:Microsoft Power Automate
Nummer:MC814342
Status:stayInformed
We are announcing that the use credentials in desktop flow connections feature is now available.

How does this affect me?
Users will be able to utilize credentials from Azure Key Vault in desktop flow connections. This feature also supports the use of rotating passwords without having to update flow connections. This enables desktop flows to keep running successfully even when the administrator changes the password.

What do I need to do to prepare?
To utilize this feature, admins will need to configure Azure Key Vault first, by following the steps in this documentation: Manage Credentials Prerequisites.
Introducing Windows 11 checkpoint cumulative updates
Category:Windows
Nummer:MC814499
Status:stayInformed
In late 2024, checkpoint cumulative updates will be introduced for devices running Windows 11, version 24H2 or later and Windows Server 2025. This means that updating your Windows devices will involve smaller update files, resulting in a quicker and more efficient update experience. You will begin to receive checkpoint cumulative updates automatically, with no action required from you. Today, you can preview this experience in Windows Insider’s Preview Build 26120.1252 (Dev Channel). Read more in Introducing Windows 11 checkpoint cumulative updates
 
When will this happen: 
This optimization will become available in the second half of 2024. The preview of this experience is available today in Windows Insider’s Preview Build 26120.1252 (Dev Channel).
 
How this will affect your organization: 
This optimization will allow you to get features and security enhancements via the latest cumulative update through smaller, incremental differentials containing only the changes since the previous checkpoint cumulative update. This means that you can save time, bandwidth, and hard drive space. As Microsoft periodically releases cumulative updates as checkpoints, the subsequent updates will consist of:  
  • The update package files associated with the checkpoints  
  • New update package files that contain incremental binary differentials against the version of binaries in the last checkpoint 
 
What you need to do to prepare: 
You will need to download the Windows 11, version 24H2 update when it becomes available in late 2024. It will be available as a traditional feature update to all devices. After this, checkpoint cumulative updates will automatically become part of your usual update experience, with no action required from you. Learn more from the resources below. 
 
Additional information: 

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