22-January-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: 2025-01-22
Additions : 4
Updates : 5
More Details At: www.roadmapwatch.com
| New Features | Current Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel with Python for Mac | In Development | |||
| Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- DLP alerts as indicators | In Development | |||
| Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Dictate your prompts in Copilot Chat | In Development | |||
| Microsoft Intune: Support for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) attach for synthetic devices for GCC and GCCH environments | In Development | |||
| Updated Features | Current Status | Update Type | ||
| Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Whiteboard Copilot – First run experience | Launched | Status | ||
| Microsoft Teams: Multiple camera view for Teams Room on Windows | Rolling Out | Status | ||
| Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Designated experts in communities | Rolling Out | Status | ||
| SharePoint: Microsoft Syntex – simple document processing model | Launched | Status | ||
| Microsoft Viva: Ability to request delegate access in Viva Insights | Rolling Out | Status |
Items from the MessageCenter in Microsoft 365
| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phoneCategory:Microsoft TeamsNummer:MC718553Status:stayInformed | Updated January 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Users can now record themselves anywhere and share it with coworkers in the Microsoft Teams chat or channel without worrying about the background. Users can now change their background to any image they want or make the background blurry while recording using their Microsoft Teams camera on iOS devices. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380852 [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High and DoD): We will begin rolling out early May 2024 (previously late March) and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously late December). [How this will affect your organization:] Users will get an option to change their background to any image they want or make the background blurry while recording using their Microsoft Teams camera on an iOS device. To use this feature:
[What you need to do to prepare:] No action is needed to prepare for this change. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. |
| (Updated) New Service in your Microsoft 365 subscription: Org ExplorerCategory:Microsoft 365 for the web Microsoft VivaNummer:MC939925Status:planForChange | Updated January 21, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Your Microsoft 365 subscription is being updated with a new service in your Outlook: Org Explorer. This organization chart helps your visualize your company’s internal structure and discover connections, roles, and responsibilities among you and other people across teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421191. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide) for new Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Web, and Outlook for Mac: We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously mid-January 2025) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously late February). General Availability (Worldwide) for classic Outlook: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. Note: The access to Org Explorer will depend on which Outlook service platform the user is using. Therefore, we recommend you switch to the new Outlook for Windows or Outlook for web to have early access to this new feature. [How this will affect your organization] Once the new service is available for your organization, you can access the Org Explorer app via Outlook as below: Is a Viva license still required to access Org Explorer? After the rollout in January 2025, Org Explorer will not require a Viva premium license. [What you need to do to prepare] There is no action required now. The documentation of Introducing Org Explorer is going to be updated soon for additional information regarding Org Explorer. |
| (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Edit your display name in meetingsCategory:Microsoft TeamsNummer:MC974361Status:planForChange | Updated January 21, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In Microsoft Teams, while in a live meeting, participants will soon be able to edit their display name for the duration of the meeting. This name change is for the meeting duration only and does not affect a participant’s original name on their People card. This feature is available for participants using the Teams desktop and web apps for both Windows and Mac. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122934. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early March 2025 (previously February) and expect to complete by mid-March 2025 (previously mid-February). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously early April). General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 (previously early April) and expect to complete by mid-May 2025 (previously mid-April). [How this will affect your organization:] The feature is off by default for all tenants. Admins can turn it on for their organization in the Teams admin center for all or selected tenant members. These members can then enable the feature in their private scheduled meetings. If turned on for the tenant, a meeting organizer can turn the feature on for their meeting in Meeting options > Let people edit their display name. The feature is OFF by default in Meeting options and has to be enabled by meeting organizer. If turned on for a meeting, participants can join the meeting and then select People at the top of the screen to edit their own display names in the Participants panel. Example: Daniela Mandera can change her name in a meeting to Daniela M. (Before rollout, we will update this post with revised user documentation for changing the name.) Participants who have edited their names will have an (edited) label next to their name in the meeting screens. *Original People card names will display in some meeting features such as calendar invites, the list of people invited to meetings, group chat rosters, and so on. Permanent meeting artifacts (such as the attendance report and transcriptions) will not reflect name changes.
[What you need to do to prepare:] You can turn this feature on for your tenant users to allow the capability in the meetings they organize. You might want to notify your users about this new feature and update your training and documentation as appropriate. |
| Power Apps – Work with existing tables when visualizing complex dataCategory:Power AppsNummer:MC985155Status:stayInformed | We are announcing the work with existing tables when visualizing complex data feature for Power Apps. This feature allows for leveraging your existing tables to build more robust data models and help prevent the creation of duplicate pre-existing tables for an optimized experience. This feature will reach general availability on February 20, 2025. How does this affect me? Supporting existing tables when visualizing a complex data model, the ERD data experience will allow makers to build meaningful business solutions on top of their existing data assets. With Copilot assistance, makers can easily find existing tables relevant to their data modeling requirements and build more robust business applications. With the ERD visualization of tables and relationships, makers can review new and existing tables side-by-side and define meaningful connections between them with a simple drag and drop interaction. What do I need to do to prepare? This message is for awareness and no action is required. If you would like more information on this feature, please visit Work with existing tables when visualizing complex data. |
| A new Outlook experience for Windows 10 devicesCategory:WindowsNummer:MC985334Status:stayInformed | To help plan for Windows 10 end of support on October 14, 2025 and simplify the transition to Windows 11, the new Outlook for Windows will be automatically installed on Windows 10 devices as part of the optional January 2025 non-security preview update and the February 2025 security update. The new icon will appear in the Apps section on the Start menu, alongside classic Outlook, without changing any settings or defaults. When will this happen: The new Outlook for Windows app will be installed as part of the optional January 2025 non-security preview update and the February 2025 security update. How this will affect your organization: There are several measures in place to help IT administrators manage the migration to new Outlook. For instance, you can remove new Outlook from your organization’s devices, block users from connecting to new Outlook, and/or control other capabilities like the connection of personal accounts to new Outlook. Detailed documentation can be found at Control the installation and use of new Outlook. What you need to do to prepare: To prevent the install of new Outlook on your organization’s devices as part of this Windows 10 update, add this reg value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\Orchestrator\UScheduler_Oobe Then add a REGSZ registry setting, named BlockedOobeUpdaters, with a value of \[“MS_Outlook”\]. Additional information: |