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a list of public posts and updates on Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365) that
have been published in Week 34 of 2024, August 19 – August 25.
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What's New in Microsoft Teams (and Microsoft 365):
Field Advisories:
Community:
M365 Message Center :
- Microsoft
Teams – new message center posts:
[Reminder] Microsoft Teams: Review and update Tenant Federation
setting to block external access with trial-only tenants MC870997
Published Aug 23, 2024
As communicated in MC805200 Microsoft Teams:
Tenant Federation setting to control external access with trial-only tenants
(June 2024), we introduced a new admin control to enable you to block external
access (federation) with Teams trial-only tenants. Some malicious actors have
used free Teams trials to launch phishing or abuse attacks against Teams users.
With this setting you can add another layer of protection for users against
some of these attacks.
Between June 2024 and August 2024, we provided
a 45-day window to allow you to review and update the setting before
enforcement began. Now, by default, this new setting will block external access
with trial-only tenants and requires explicit action from you to continue to
federate with trial tenants.
General Availability (Worldwide): Available
now. Blocking or allowing external access with trial-only tenants with this
setting was enabled August 15, 2024. If you missed MC805200, you can still
manage the setting for your organization at any time.
Microsoft Teams | Shifts app: Users must
enable reminders for upcoming shifts and clocking in/out (Android users) MC868914
Published Aug 22, 2024
This message applies to frontline workers and
managers using Android devices. if you are not using Android devices and
frontline worker functionality, you can ignore this message.
Effective immediately for the Microsoft Teams Shifts app
on Android devices: To continue receiving reminders for upcoming shifts and
clock in/clock out, all Android users (managers and workers) must enable
reminders in their device's operating system. This change is due to Google's
changes to Android's API 34.
- Microsoft
Teams – updated message center posts:
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Digital signage on
Teams Rooms on Windows MC862235
Published Aug 14, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Expanded search
options for 1:1 chats MC853236
Published Aug 6, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows:
Native PTZ controls MC856756
Published Aug 9, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Cross-location
shifts in the Shifts app MC800503
Published Jun 10, 2024
(Updated) Teams admin center: App centric
management and changes to app permission policies MC688930
Published Nov 11, 2023
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat
notification with Meeting RSVP status MC704035
Published Jan 5, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New skin tone
settings and reactions MC809602
Published Jul 8, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Changes to in-app
feedback experience and feedback policy (Teams Desktop and Teams for web) MC790791
Published May 6, 2024
Planned Maintenance: Automatic updates for
Teams Rooms on Android and Teams Phones impacted by retirement of CNS Service MC810172
Published Jul 10, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Access Workflows
from the three-dot menu on shared file MC750668
Published Mar 21, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: New file image
previews in messages MC790792
Published May 6, 2024
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Office 365
Connectors feature retires starting August 15, 2024 MC808160
Published Jul 3, 2024
- Microsoft
Viva – new message center posts:
Microsoft Viva: Stream Playlist card on Viva
Connections Dashboard MC869937
Published Aug 22, 2024
This feature update helps organizations add a
Stream Playlist card on Viva Connections Dashboard. The card will show the
videos from a playlist that the end user can quickly view from the dashboard.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 402190.
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High,
DoD): We begin rolling out mid-August 2024 and expect to complete by
late-August 2024.
Microsoft Viva Engage: Mute user for network MC869926
Published Aug 22, 2024
Starting in early September 2024, customers
will see a new setting in the Microsoft Viva Engage admin center to mute users
across their networks. Muting a user removes new posts from that user from the
Home feed, Storylines feed, and all email digests.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 396168.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out early September 2024 and expect to complete by late October
2024.
Update to Viva Learning - SAP SuccessFactors
integration configuration process MC868915
Published Aug 22, 2024
We are updating the Admin experience for our
new Viva Learning – SuccessFactors integration set-up experience. We are
planning to upgrade all existing customers to the new experience by September
2024,
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out in late August 2024 and expect to complete by mid-September
2024.
Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a
publication within a campaign MC868912
Published Aug 22, 2024
Currently, Viva Amplify users have no easy way
to reuse content that has previously been published in a campaign and often
must copy and paste content from one publication to the next manually. Coming
soon, a Viva Amplify user will be able to reuse content by copying an existing
publication using a centralized ‘Save copy’ button available on any given
campaign publication. This new feature streamlines the content creation process
and maximizes efficiency for all communicators.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 409234
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by early October
2024.
Unlock success with our New Campaign Goals
Feature: Set, Track, Achieve! MC868909
Published Aug 22, 2024
The campaign goals feature allows you to set
specific goals for your campaigns and track progress towards completion. With
campaign goals, you can now easily monitor how well your campaign is performing
and make data-driven decisions to achieve your desired outcomes.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 409233
General Availability: We will begin rolling out
late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.
Microsoft Viva Engage: Private unlisted groups
in external networks will retire and be deleted in January 2025 MC867664
Published Aug 20, 2024
To enhance the security and compliance of Viva
Engage, we will be retiring all private unlisted groups (also known as
"Secret Groups") on January 13, 2025. These groups and all associated
data will be deleted on February 10, 2025.
Microsoft Viva Amplify: New banner web part and
updated title area MC867653
Published Aug 20, 2024
Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Amplify:
Improvements to the title area at the top of a publication.
The title area is now a full-width section
containing the new Banner web part with new layouts.
The first banner at the top of the publication
(in the full-width section) acts as a title and is automatically synchronized
to the publication Title on the command bar at the top of the screen.
Additional banners can be added to the publication content in the available
columns.
Users will be able to remove the title area,
which is no longer mandatory on a publication.
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out
mid-August 2024 and expect to complete by early September 2024.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out late August 2024 mid-September 2024.
Viva Amplify: Reports displaying count and
percentage MC866446
Published Aug 19, 2024
The default calculation of the audience size,
both in the aggregate campaign report and for individual publication reports,
has been updated to account for scenarios in which a publication has been sent
to an endpoint that is open to all members of an organization. Such publishing
scenarios often result in very large audiences, which in turn may cause the
denominator in the percentage of Unique Viewers calculation to be confusing to
users, even though correct.
In cases where an audience is not explicitly defined
and is simply “open to all”, the new Amplify reports will show the count rather
than the percentage to provide the user a more comprehensible data point at
first glance.
Example: The total audience is calculated by
summing up the members of the groups with rights to see the published item. The
user count is obtained by adding the Microsoft Entra ID users with permissions
to the published item. This can result in a very large audience which in turn
may cause the percentage of unique viewers to appear a very small tenth or
hundredth of a percentage point. If 2.4K or 7.3K people of the impacted
organization have viewed the publication, a campaign owner or author might
naturally expect to see a report indicating they have reached ~30% of their
audience. But because the publication was shared beyond the impacted business
group, as a general interest story to the company’s intranet, the actual
potential audience (everyone with permission to see the publication) is now
521,000 employees worldwide, resulting in the report displaying 0.5% unique
viewers. This is not incorrect, but also not particularly
meaningful.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 407862
General Availability (Worldwide): Gradually
rolling out to everyone from 8/28.
Viva Amplify: Reactions card MC866444
Published Aug 19, 2024
Readers' reactions to publication are tracked
and presented in a new visual card, that provides the campaign members to
select a time horizon in order to get a more detailed view into how readers are
reacting to the content.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 407862
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.
Viva Amplify: UTC toggle MC866443
Published Aug 19, 2024
Often the time zone where a publication is sent
from and those of the target audience don’t match. And in many cases different
audiences each reside in different time zones, making the data a bit
complicated for campaign members to digest.
The ability to toggle between the user’s local
time and a standardized time zone, UTC, helps the user ensure they are
comparing and understanding things in the same way as their colleagues.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 407862
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.
Viva Amplify: User signals Graphs MC866441
Published Aug 19, 2024
Amplify Reports and Analytics has introduced
new data visualizations in the form of line graphs for both unique viewers and
promotions.
Both the Unique Viewer count, and the
Promotions count now provide historical data that can look back up to 12 months.
Furthermore, the graphs allow for further
breakdown of the information by publishing endpoint and allow the user to
include or exclude endpoints from the graph
The new “Copy as image” functionality allows
the user to easily copy the card, and it graph to reuse in a document or
email.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 407862
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.
Viva Amplify: Export report data MC866440
Published Aug 19, 2024
Exporting data from Viva Amplify reports is
available in three different ways.
- Copy as image allows for a single card and its graphical content to
be copied to the local clipboard.
- Export to CSV provides a complete export of all the data in the
form of a .CSV file downloaded to the local machine.
- Export to PowerPoint generates a PowerPoint document containing a
slide for each card in the report and downloaded to the local machine.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365
Roadmap ID 407862
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin
rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by late September 2024.
- Microsoft
Viva – updated message center posts:
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