Microsoft Roadmap, messagecenter en blogs updates van 23-10-2024

In late October 2024, the Any app active users in the Adoption by app section of the Microsoft 365 Copilot usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center will include Business Chat (web) users, causing a slight increase since August 20, 2024. Overall, you can expect an increase in active users of less than 2% on average. However, please note that your tenant may experience a higher increase depending on specific usage patterns and needs. The specific usage data for Business Chat (web) is expected to be available by November 2024. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 415468.

[When this will happen:

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024.

[How this will affect your organization:]

You might see a slight increase of the Any app active users in the Adoption by app section of the Microsoft 365 Copilot usage report:

[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 admins about this change and update any relevant documentation.

If you use Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage report as the basis for your own custom report (for example, by exporting information and incorporating it into a Power BI report), consider revising historical information in that report to account for potential increases to usage of Any app.

Learn more: Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft 365 Copilot usage – Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn (will be updated before rollout)

We are introducing updates that provide capabilities for managing custom fonts for Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Viva Connections. This includes the ability to hide the From Microsoft font packages from Change the look, the ability to apply a font package in your site templates, and updated availability for the From Microsoft font packages.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420933.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 and expect to complete by early November 2024

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early November 2024 and expect to complete by early December 2024.

[How this will affect your organization:]

This rollout will include new Microsoft PowerShell commands that will allow you to get information about the From Microsoft font packages and the ability to hide these font packages if desired. More details for these commands will be available in our PowerShell documentation. We will also provide an update to add an additional site script action that will allow developers and administrators to include and apply font packages as a part of a site template.

Sample action details:

{

"verb": "applyFontPackage",

"fontPackageTitle": "Amasis MT",

"fontPackageId": "1e7a7803-045d-44df-9c7a-d2f2f8562e51",

"fontPackageStore": "OutOfBox"

}

This rollout will also include a change to allow tenants that meet the requirements for custom fonts to discover the feature without needing to activate the SharePoint brand center. For tenants that are currently using the Organization Assets Library functionality with Public content delivery network (CDN), these organizations will see Fonts and the From Microsoft font packages in Change the look without any additional actions.

[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.

Get started with the SharePoint Online Management Shell | Microsoft Learn (will be updated)

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams on the web: Users will be able to use the Take control feature during screensharing on the web, like they can in Teams for Windows desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420327.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by mid-December 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

[How this will affect your organization:]

Before this rollout, users are not able to use the Take control feature in Teams on the web.

After this rollout, users can use the feature:

This feature will be available to Teams on the web users.

[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 Teams Exploratory Trial will be available to eligible users on mobile devices 

The Teams Exploratory trial license allows users in your organization to explore the full features of Microsoft Teams for free for up to [6 months], if they are eligible. This update brings mobile experience at par with Desktop wherein users trying to sign up for Exploratory on mobile devices will not receive errors. 

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early/mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by mid/late November 2024. 

[How this will affect your organization:]

With this change, users on mobile devices can sign-up for the Microsoft Teams Exploratory trial license. Once the eligible users sign into Teams on the iOS or Android app, we will prompt them to try out Teams for free. Users will be presented with the terms and conditions. Upon accepting, they will be assigned a trial license. 

Who’s eligible? 

• Users must have a managed Microsoft Entra domain email address and belong to a tenant with a paid subscription but without an active Teams license. More information on eligibility can be found here: Manage the Microsoft Teams Exploratory experience – Microsoft Teams

What features are included? 

• The trial includes access to Teams chat and channels for 1:1 and group conversations, video calls/meetings with people in your org and any external partners or customers, file storage (OneDrive for Business by default), Power Automate, Microsoft Viva Insights, Microsoft Forms, Planner, Stream, SharePoint Online, and more. 

What happens when a user’s trial license expires? 

• Users will have a 30-day grace period after the trial end date to still access Teams. After that, their access to Teams will be revoked and users will not be able to sign in or access chats. You can find more information here on how to upgrade users: Upgrade from the Teams Exploratory trial – Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn 

[What you need to do to prepare:] 

If your organization has already taken steps to disable self-service trials those setting will be honored.

How can you disable Exploratory self-service trial for your organization? 

• You can enable or disable Exploratory from self-service purchases and trials for users in your organization. The MSCommerce PowerShell module includes a PolicyID parameter value for AllowSelfServicePurchase that lets you control whether users in your organization can make purchases or start trials for Exploratory (ProductId: CFQ7TTC0J1FV). More information can be found here: Manage self-service purchases and trials (for admins) | Microsoft Learn; Use AllowSelfServicePurchase for the MSCommerce PowerShell module | Microsoft Learn 

Your Microsoft Intune account has been updated to the latest service build.

How does this affect me?

You will see the service release number updated in the Tenant Status blade of the Intune console soon. We’ve introduced some changes that we’re excited for you to try out.

What do I need to do to prepare for this change?

Click additional information below to learn more about what’s new in this service release. We’ll continue to update the What’s new page with any features that are released between now and the next monthly service update. Learn more by reviewing features highlighted in the latest Intune What’s new 2410 (October) Blog and how the Intune service updates each month is described in the Microsoft Intune Service Updates Blog. 

Additional information:

Intune What’s new

Intune What’s new 2410 (October) blog

Staying up to date on Intune new features, service changes, and service health

Coming soon: Support for users to add a new personal Microsoft account type in new Microsoft Outlook for Windows. Adding a personal Microsoft account to Outlook is useful if that personal Microsoft account is linked to Microsoft subscriptions such as Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Copilot Pro. For instance, a user might purchase a subscription for Microsoft 365 Personal with a Microsoft account such as [email protected]. Before this rollout, new Outlook for Windows would not support adding this personal Microsoft account to Outlook and the user could not access any subscriptions linked to those accounts. After this rollout, users will be able to enjoy the benefits of their personal Microsoft 365 or Copilot Pro subscription in Outlook.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release for new Outlook for Windows users with a primary work or school account: We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete in mid-December 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide) for new Outlook for Windows users with a primary work or school account: We will begin rolling out mid-December 2024 and expect to complete in mid-January 2025.

A primary email account is the first account listed at Accounts > Your accounts settings page.

[How this will affect your organization:]

Before this rollout: Outlook supports connecting to personal email accounts like Outlook.com, Gmail, Yahoo and more, so users can access email from those accounts in Outlook .

After this rollout, users will be able to add a new personal Microsoft account that does not use a Microsoft email address (such as outlook.com, hotmail.com, or live.com) at Settings > Accounts > Your accounts > Additional Microsoft accounts for the purpose of accessing any subscriptions linked to that personal Microsoft account.

The Accounts > Your accounts settings page with the new Additional Microsoft accounts section at the bottom:

This change is on by default.

This rollout does not change the benefits or features users receive as part of your organization’s Microsoft 365 subscription.

[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.

We’re making a change to how emails are sent for customers that use list or document library rules, which can be created from the Automate dropdown. Users can specify an automated email based on when a change occurs, a new file or item is added, a file or item is deleted, and file or item metadata conditions. To align system generated emails with best practices, these emails will now come from the [email protected] email address with the display name “SharePoint Online”.

Previously, these emails would be sent on behalf of the user that made a file or item update.

[When will this happen:]

Available now

[How this will affect your organization:]

Your users may notice the change in email address and display name for certain business processes and workflows that rely on automated emails from SharePoint list or document libraries.

[What you need to do to prepare:]

No action is required, existing rules will continue to operate. If you have any email policies or workflows based on a specific sender, those will need to include the [email protected] address.

For additional information review: Create a rule to automate a list or library – Microsoft Support

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This update starts the rollout of a new Gamepad keyboard layout for the on-screen keyboard. With it, you can use your Xbox controller to move around the screen and type.
• You can now stop the suggestions to turn off notifications from certain apps.
• In the Start menu, “All apps” has a new name, “All.”
• You can configure the Copilot key on the keyboard.
• This update addresses an issue that may cause a device to use too much battery power while the device is in Modern Standby.

• Windows 11, versions 23H2 and 22H2: KB5044380
• Windows 10, version 22H2: KB5045594