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Sunday, August 27, 2023

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 34 - 2023 (August 21 - August 27)

Hello Friend of Microsoft Teams,

Find below a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that have been published in Week 34 of 2023, August 21 – August 27.

Feel free to share with your partners, customers, colleagues, and peers.

What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):

Field Advisories:

Community:

M365 Message Center :

Teams :

(Updated) Near Real-Time Calendar Sync and Updates in Teams Mobile Calendar MC669743 · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Last updated Aug 26, 2023

Updated August 25, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams Mobile users will soon be able to see near real time updates of their calendar meeting invites when created, updated, forwarded or deleted.

This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 138326

We will begin rollout in in late August 2023 and expect to complete rollout by early September 2023.

(Updated) Teams Android Devices: Updates to the Report an Issue Feature MC670440 · Published Aug 24, 2023 · Last updated Aug 25, 2023

Updated August 25, 2023: We have identified that this did not go to the correct audience. We will be removing this message and posting a new message to the correct audience. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Report an issue on Teams Android devices will be temporarily unavailable while we improve the feedback workflow and deliver new feedback mechanisms that will give IT admins control and even better functionality to support their organizations in a future app update.

This feature will become temporarily unavailable starting late August 2023.

Microsoft Teams: Improved Shared Line Experience MC670443 · Published Aug 24, 2023

Teams calling allows users (delegators) to share lines with other users (delegates). Shared line appearance lets a user choose a delegate to answer or handle calls on their behalf.

We are launching a simplified experience for users who have set up call delegation which will be available on the Teams mobile app. Mobile users now have a Shared Line Appearance tab on the calls app. The new UI will allow delegates to easily view the different delegator lines they manage and their own delegates.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 123753

We will begin rolling out in late August 2023 and expect to complete rollout by early September 2023.

Teams Premium Trial MC670435 · Published Aug 24, 2023

Beginning rollout in late September, users in your organization will be able to initiate a self-service trial of Microsoft Teams Premium using their Azure Active Directory (AAD) credentials with no requirement to input payment information, while providing complete visibility and control to their Microsoft 365 admin. Self-servicing allows end users to start the 60-day trial and generate signals on utilization for IT to identify users that would benefit from a Teams Premium license. These trial licenses are separate from your existing Teams Premium licenses.

Note: These trial capabilities will be available worldwide. Trials are not available for Government customers.

Beginning late September 2023

(Updated) Admin Policy for Collaborative Annotations MC579612 · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Last updated Aug 24, 2023

Updated August 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

With privacy and security restrictions, we have implemented a user-level IT admin policy for admins to choose whether some or all users in the company can use Collaborative Annotations. Currently, there is a way to turn Annotations ON or OFF through cmdlet Set-SPOTenant-IsWBFluidEnabled, this will also influence Whiteboard.

This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 92502

We will begin rolling out in early December 2023 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete rollout by late December 2023 (previously late August).

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Attach Cloud Files in Chat and Channel from Teams Mobile MC579610 · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Last updated Aug 24, 2023

Updated August 24, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are introducing the capability to upload files from OneDrive from Teams Mobile chat and channel for iOS and Android. Additionally, users will be able to view Recent files and attach the most used files upfront from the Recent section.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 98321 and 98327

We will begin rolling out in late June 2023 and expect rollout to be complete by early September 2023 (previously mid-August).

Workflows replacing Connectors within Microsoft Teams channels menu MC670029 · Published Aug 23, 2023

Microsoft Teams will be bringing workflows powered by Power Automate into the overflow menu for channels and replacing the Connectors option within the menu.

To make sure Microsoft Teams provides the best workflow experience for our users we are making it easier to configure workflows for channels. From the list of channels users will be able to go into the overflow menu for a specific channel (...) and select "Workflows". Here they will see a list of workflow templates specific to channels within Teams. Users can then configure these templates to their needs and deploy them to the channel.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 131293

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late August and expect to complete by mid-September.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-September and expect to complete by late September.

(Updated) Deploy new Microsoft Teams with Microsoft 365 apps MC661241 · Published Jul 27, 2023

Updated August 23, 2023: The opt-out control is now available. Thank you for your patience.

Starting in September 2023, we will begin including new Microsoft Teams as part of the new and existing installations of Microsoft 365 apps for Windows depending on the schedule provided in this post. Currently, users can install the new Teams by using the Try the new Teams toggle switch in classic Teams or having administrators bulk deploy directly to the computers in their organization. Read MC533687 and MC617066 for details for earlier announcements for new Teams.

Administrators can exclude installing new Teams from their Microsoft 365 apps deployment if they don't wish to have new Teams included in the installation.

This announcement includes details about the upcoming changes for rolling out the new Teams desktop app with Microsoft 365 apps and details on managing opt-outs. This change is beginning currently for Microsoft 365 Apps for Windows.

We will begin by including the new Teams app as part of new and existing Microsoft 365 app installations on Windows depending on your office update channel and license Type. You will continue to have the classic Teams app included in the installation as well.

Administrators will be able to manage opt-out from this deployment if they do not wish to have new Teams included in the installation. More details in the section below.

Web links from Microsoft Teams chats to open in Microsoft Edge; Teams chat will open side-by-side with link MC669480 · Published Aug 21, 2023

The Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows will open web links from Teams chats in Microsoft Edge to enable a new web and chat side-by-side experience.

By opening web links in Edge, users will be able to see those links side-by-side with their Teams chats—web links will open as new browser tabs and the Teams chats will open next to them in the Edge sidebar. This new, single-view Teams experience in Edge is designed to minimize switching between windows and to help users stay in the flow of work while referencing web links.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 126334.

This change to use Edge to open web links from Teams chats follows a similar, previously announced change in the Outlook for Windows app. Customers impacted by this change in Outlook were notified via MC541626, MC545904, or MC548092.

Admin controls are available as detailed below.

Read more about how we’re optimizing the experience between Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Edge:

Notes:

This change does not affect a device’s default browser setting in Windows.
This only affects commercial users signed into Teams with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) accounts.
The policy described in the following section configures which browser is used to open web links for both Teams (chat) and the Outlook for Windows app (email), or, if you did not receive an Outlook for Windows app Message center notification, this policy will only apply to Teams (chat).

When will this affect your organization:

Timing:

Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows: This change will start rolling out late September.

Outlook for Windows: Roll out in progress. If this change affects your users, you will have received either MC541626, MC545904, or MC548092, and can refer to them for specific timing.

Note: Depending on your Outlook for Windows update channel, you may experience the change in Teams first.

Microsoft Teams: Proactive Monitoring of Meeting Quality Using Real-time Telemetry (Premium) MC669479 · Published Aug 21, 2023

The Real-Time Analytics feature in the Teams admin center allows admins to view their users' meetings and identify issues related to audio, video, content sharing, and network connectivity. As an admin, you can use this information to investigate and address any problems with the meeting experience while the meeting is ongoing. Currently, the troubleshooting process for admins is manual and requires continuous admin involvement. The admin or engineer must search for a user, access their call history, identify ongoing meetings or live events they are participating in, and then search for the specific information needed to troubleshoot issues. However, with the introduction of Proactive Monitoring Notifications for In-Progress meetings, admins can efficiently monitor multiple meetings simultaneously for important users in their organization. This functionality enables admins to monitor audio, video, and app-sharing experiences based on various parameters and receive alerts if there are any issues with a user's meeting experience.

This feature is part of the Teams premium add-on SKU. All admins will see the feature within the Teams admin center, but for users to be configured and enabled for monitoring notifications they are required to have a Teams Premium license assigned for this feature to work.

This message is associated with Microsoft Roadmap ID 135667

Rollout will begin in late August 2023 and is expected to be complete by early September 2023.

Avatars: Hardware Requirements and Service Plan Update MC669477 · Published Aug 21, 2023

You will soon see a new service plan associated with your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 license: Avatars for Teams (MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS).

Avatars for Teams app is also updating the minimum hardware requirements to access this feature. The new minimum specified hardware requirement is a two core CPU with 6gb RAM. Users will not be able to utilize this feature if it does not meet the minimum hardware spec. This change is due to be able to provide users with a better Avatars for Teams experience.

Rollout for the service plan will begin in late August and is expected to be complete by September. Rollout for the hardware requirements is expected to be complete by end of September.

Microsoft 365/Viva :

Viva Goals: Roll-Up Expected Progress From Child Key Results to Parent MC669742 · Published Aug 22, 2023

Currently in Viva Goals, while you can set up phased targets (ability to shape the expected progress curve) at the level of the child key result, the targets do not roll up to the parent key result or objective. This has caused confusion to both the child and the parent objective owners resulting in incorrect progress and status calculations and incorrect depictions of the expected progress values in the progress graphs.

With this release, if the child key result has phased targets, then the targets are rolled up from the children to the parent. If there is more than one key result, then the expected progress is rolled up based on the contribution of the key result to the parent.

If in case, the parent objective owner decides to set up targets at the level of the parent, then those targets override the rolled-up targets.

Rollout will begin in late August 2023 and is expected to be complete by early September 2023.

(Updated) Viva Goals: Export OKRs to Powerpoint MC668254 · Published Aug 16, 2023 · Last updated Aug 22, 2023

Updated August 22, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Viva Goals is introducing the option to export OKRs to PowerPoint in various templates.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117483

We will begin rolling out in early September 2023 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete rollout by mid-September 2023 (previously late August).

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: Use of Viva Topics in Viva Engage Grants Visibility of Topic Names MC661222 · Published Jul 26, 2023 · Last updated Aug 22, 2023

Updated August 22, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

In January, we announced the General Availability of Viva Topics in Viva Engage (Yammer) to customers. As part of the Viva Engage topics transition to Viva Topics, posts in Viva Engage (conversations, questions, polls, announcements, storyline posts) will be considered as Viva Topic resources. As a result, all users with access to posts in Viva Engage will be able to see the topic names applied to those posts in Engage as well as in other Viva Topics experiences in Microsoft 365 (e.g., Topic cards and pages).

Migrating Viva Engage to use Viva Topics supports a consistent topics experience in Microsoft 365 and allows for community-sourced knowledge to be accessible across an organization. For organizations not using premium Viva Topics experiences, the use of topics in Viva Engage will appear the same before and after topic migration. For organizations using Viva Topics, you will gain the premium benefits, such as topic cards in Yammer (Viva Engage), Viva topic pages, and centralized topic management.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 148465

Rollout will begin in mid-September 2023 (previously late August) and will continue to roll out to all Viva Engage networks by late September 2023.

Viva Pulse Admin Experience: Add a Link to Internal Policies MC669478 · Published Aug 21, 2023
The Viva Pulse Admin experience will soon have a new admin capability called, ‘Add a link to internal policies’. Currently in the customization set up, survey authors will see a general disclaimer message saying, “Important. Your organization may have policies governing appropriate survey questions for employees. Please ensure you have consulted any such policies before proceeding.” With the new ‘Add a link to internal policies’ feature, you can add a link to your organization’s internal policies in the policy reminder messaging in the Viva Pulse Customization set up.
Rollout will begin in early September 2023 and is expected to be complete by late September 2023.

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Sunday, August 20, 2023

Friends of Microsoft Teams - Week 33 - 2023 (August 14 - August 20)

Hello Friend of Microsoft Teams,

Find below a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that have been published in Week 33 of 2023, August 14 – August 20.

Feel free to share with your partners, customers, colleagues, and peers.

What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):

Field Advisories:

Safeguarding Collaboration: The Role of Safe Links and Teams message Entity Panel in Microsoft Teams

Community:

M365 Message Center :

Teams :

Microsoft Teams: Remove Call/Meeting Details From iOS Device Call Logs MC668796 · Published Aug 18, 2023

Teams users can soon choose if they want to have their Teams calls/meetings displayed in their device’s call logs on iOS. They can enable or disable this option from their calling settings. When this setting is turned OFF, Teams calls/meetings will not be added to the users' iOS Recents list. All calls/meetings prior to disabling will still be shown in the Recents list.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 152469

Rollout will begin in early September 2023 and is expected to be complete by early October 2023.

(Updated) Introducing Dark Mode in Teams Admin Center MC567496 · Published Jun 2, 2023 · Last updated Aug 17, 2023

Updated August 17, 2023: We have made the decision not to proceed with this feature at this time. We will evaluate next steps and communicate via Message center when appropriate. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We're excited to announce the addition of Dark Mode for Teams Admin Center. This highly anticipated feature will offer a visually appealing interface while reducing eye strain.

We have made the decision not to proceed with this feature at this time.

(Updated) Deploy new Microsoft Teams with Microsoft 365 apps MC661241 · Published Jul 27, 2023

Updated August 17, 2023: The opt-out control is now available. Thank you for your patience.

Administrators can exclude installing new Teams from their Microsoft 365 apps deployment if they don't wish to have new Teams included in the installation.

Administrators will be able to manage opt-out from this deployment if they do not wish to have new Teams included in the installation. More details in the section below.

(Updated) Microsoft EHR Connector: Auto updating public keys for EHR connector enabled virtual visits MC574383 · Published Jun 6, 2023 · Last updated Aug 17, 2023

Updated August 17, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This feature update will allow Microsoft Teams EHR Connector to automatically supply Epic EHR systems with customer specific public keys for OAuth2 authentication during EHR Connector meeting launches. This differs from the pre-existing workflow where public keys were manually uploaded into Epic. By automating this process, the feature provides reliability and security improvements by allowing more frequent automated rotation of certificates by avoiding manual steps in the rotation process.

Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-June and expect to complete in late June. The preview period will be until late July.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late July (previously early July) and expect to complete by late August 2023 (previously early August).

Microsoft Default for Tag Management to include Team Members MC668258 · Published Aug 16, 2023

We are updating Microsoft Default setting to Team Owners and Members for Teams Tag Management settings in Teams Admin Center.

If you have already explicitly made a selection to your Tag Management settings your tenant will not be affected by this change.

If you have not made changes to Tag Management settings, Microsoft Default settings will apply for your tenant. Microsoft Default settings currently map to "Team Owners" value but this update will change it to "Team Owners and Members".

As Admin, please set tag management settings to reflect tenant-level preference. Select “Team Owners” to keep tag management limited to Team Owners, or select “Team owners and members” to allow all team members to create and edit tags.

In Teams client, users will still see the same options as they do today: "Team Owners" and "Team owners and members".

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88318

Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-August 2023 and expect to complete by late August 2023.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late August 2023 and expect to complete by early September 2023.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out late August 2023 and expect to complete by early September 2023.

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro and Basic service plans backfill. MC668247 · Published Aug 16, 2023

This change was originally announced in MC540241 (April '23), we apologize for the delay in providing the new timeline.

Teams Rooms provide rooms specific functionality through room specific licenses and underlying products (Service plans) included in these licenses. To ensure consistency of experiences across current and future room licenses, all Teams Rooms Pro licenses will be backfilled with Microsoft_Teams_Rooms_Pro service plan while all Teams Rooms Basic licenses will be backfilled with Microsoft_Teams_Rooms_Basic service plan.

The backfill is planned for late August 2023 and will complete early September 2023.

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Set your Work Hours and Location MC561188 · Published May 26, 2023 · Last updated Aug 16, 2023

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Set your work location for the day in Microsoft Teams so your team can learn about your availability for in-office and remote collaboration.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 125375

Targeted Release and Preview: We have begun rollout and expect to complete rollout by late May.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in early June 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late August 2023 (previously early August).

(Updated) New Microsoft Teams rollout schedule, new controls, and direct deployment MC617066 · Published Jun 30, 2023 · Last updated Aug 16, 2023

Updated August 16, 2023: The new Teams default app has started rolling out, and for more information, please visit https://aka.ms/newTeamsPolicy.

Since March 2023, we have continued to add features such as third-party, line-of-business (LOB) applications, breakout rooms, and new scenarios such as multi-tenant organization (MTO) to the new Teams experience. Read MC533687 for details for our March announcement. Check The new Microsoft Teams (Preview) for details on upcoming features and support for Government Clouds and platforms such as Mac, VDI, and Web.

This announcement includes three upcoming changes for rolling out the new Microsoft Teams app:

Note: We will continue to honor the admin setting for UseNewTeamsClient under Teams update policies, where admins have already deployed the policy. This is to ensure administrators are fully empowered to manage the rollout of new Teams in a manner that’s right for them.

We will begin displaying Try the new Teams toggle within the classic Microsoft Teams client where the admin policy setting of UseNewTeamsClient is set to Microsoft default value (Microsoft controlled in the Teams Admin Center (TAC) or Microsoft choice in PowerShell) based on our schedule details below.
Administrators will be able to directly deploy the new Teams client to PCs in their organization.
We will begin making new Teams as the default app for classic Teams users where the admin policy is set to Microsoft default (Microsoft controlled in TAC or Microsoft choice in PowerShell) based on our schedule details below. Administrators will be able to manage setting new Teams as the default app for their users.

Starting mid-to late July 2023:

Microsoft will begin displaying the Try the new Teams toggle within the classic Microsoft Teams client starting in late July 2023. The planned rollout will be:

Business plans (for example, Business Basic, Business Standard, Business Premium, and Teams Essentials (AAD), etc.): late July-early August 2023

Enterprise plans (for example, E3, E5, F3, etc.): The new Microsoft Teams desktop client

Note: Admins who have already deployed the policy to display the toggle or hide the toggle for their organizations will not see any change.

Administrators can deploy the new Teams client directly to PCs in their organization starting mid-July 2023.

Administrators can deploy a new setting value to make new Teams the default app for their users starting late July 2023

Starting September 2023:

Microsoft will start making the new Teams the default app starting in late September 2023. The planned rollout will be:

Business plans (for example, Business Basic, Business Standard, Business Premium, and Teams Essentials (AAD), etc.): late September 2023

Enterprise plans (for example, E3, E5, F3, etc.): The new Microsoft Teams desktop client

(Updated) Channel meeting invitation | Allow organizer to send a channel meeting invite to everyone in team MC661224 · Published Jul 26, 2023 · Last updated Aug 16, 2023

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Channel meeting invitations will now allow channel meeting organizers the ability to share invites on personal calendars of all channel members.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 142405

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in late August 2023 (previously early August) and expect completion by mid-September 2023 (previously mid-August).

(Updated) Introducing "Microsoft Default" setting to Teams Tag Management Settings MC591878 · Published Jun 16, 2023 · Last updated Aug 16, 2023

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

We are introducing a Microsoft Default setting to Teams Tag Management settings in Teams Admin Center.

If you have already explicitly made a selection to your Tag Management settings your tenant will not be affected by this change.
If you have not made changes to Tag Management settings, Microsoft Default settings will apply for your tenant. Microsoft Default settings currently map to "Team Owners" value but is subject to change in the future.
As Admin, please set tag management settings to reflect tenant-level preference. Select “Team Owners” to keep tag management limited to Team Owners or select “Team owners and members” to allow all team members to create and edit tags.

In Teams client, users will still see the same options as they do today: "Team Owners" and "Team owners and members".

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88318

Preview: We will begin rolling out late June 2023 and expect to complete by late July 2023 (previously mid-July).

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2023 and expect to complete by early August 2023 (previously mid-July).

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-July 2023 (previously early July) and expect to complete by mid-August 2023 (previously early August).

(Updated) Teams update: Expanded view of the profile card in Teams MC494734 · Published Jan 5, 2023 · Last updated Aug 16, 2023

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Beginning in March, users in your organization will be able to use expanded views of the profile card in Teams. The expanded view is already available in Outlook and includes more information, like an overview of the profile, contact information, organizational chart, and LinkedIn tab.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109526.

We will begin rolling out this feature in late May (previously late April) and expect to complete the rollout in early November 2023 (previously late June).

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Pin / Favorite Channels on Teams Walkie Talkie MC638138 · Published Jul 12, 2023 · Last updated Aug 16, 2023

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Teams Walkie is enabling users to pin/favorite up to five channels on the Microsoft Teams Walkie Talkie Home Page. Users can easily switch in between the favorited channels with a single tap going forward.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 99943

Preview: We will begin rolling out in mid-July and expect to complete rollout by early August.

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in mid-July and expect to complete rollout by early August.

Standard release: We will begin rolling out in early September 2023 (previously early August) and expect to complete rollout by late September 2023 (previously late August).

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Shared Device License on Mobile App for Android MC662254 · Published Jul 28, 2023 · Last updated Aug 16, 2023

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

We are pleased to announce that we will soon support the Microsoft Teams Shared Device license on the Teams Android mobile application. The Teams Shared Device license offers a shared identity-based , common area phone experience, including basic and advanced calling, people search, voicemail and walkie talkie.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 126706

Standard Release: Rollout will begin in late August 2023 and is expected to be complete by early September 2023.

GCC: Rollout will begin in late August 2023 and is expected to be complete by early September 2023.

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Capture Request to Use Shared Channels for External Collaboration MC635987 · Published Jul 11, 2023 · Last updated Aug 16, 2023

Updated August 16, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Teams admins will soon be able to capture and redirect requests for external collaboration in shared channels. This update of Microsoft Teams will be rolling out on Teams admin center, Microsoft Teams Desktop and Web, and will provide a way for organizations to capture and redirect requests for external collaboration when users attempt to add an external member to a shared channel where B2B direct connect cross-tenant trust has not been mutually configured between the two organizations.

We will begin rollout to commercial tenants in early October 2023 (previously early August) and expect to complete rollout by mid-October 2023 (previously mid-August).

Microsoft 365/Viva :

Quick View of Dashboard Cards in Dark Mode for Viva Connections Mobile MC668800 · Published Aug 18, 2023

We have been actively working on enriching our Viva Connections platform and are pleased to announce that we will soon introduce Dark Mode support for Quick Views on both iOS and Android devices.

Rollout will begin in early November 2023 and is expected to be complete by mid-November 2023.

Viva Goals: Export OKRs to Powerpoint MC668254 · Published Aug 16, 2023

Viva Goals is introducing the option to export OKRs to PowerPoint in various templates.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117483

We will begin rolling out in mid-August 2023 and expect to complete rollout by late August 2023.

Changes to Customization Controls in Viva Pulse In-App Experience MC667665 · Published Aug 14, 2023

Currently, there are two customization controls in the Viva Pulse In-App Admin Experience. The ‘Stock Questions’ control allows employees to edit stock questions. The ‘New questions’ control allows employees to create and edit their own questions. We will soon be merging the two controls into one customization control. This one control, when turned ON, will allow employees to edit stock questions and add their own questions in the Pulse survey. All customization capabilities will be turned on when this control is ON, and all customization capabilities will be turned off when this control is OFF.

Rollout will begin in early September 2023 and is expected to be complete by late September 2023.

For the latest information/updates you can always check these resources :

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