M365 Changelog: Microsoft SharePoint: New card animation feature for Pages, News, and Microsoft Viva Amplify – Mar 5, 2025

MC1024394 – Coming soon for Microsoft SharePoint: Cards can be animated for some web parts (Editorial cards, Images, and People) in SharePoint Pages, News, and Microsoft Viva Amplify.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 481510.

When this will happen:

Targeted Release: Microsoft will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expects to complete by early April 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Microsoft will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expects to complete by late April 2025.

How this will affect your organization:

This feature will be enabled by default for new cards created after the feature is released. Users can disable card animation in the web part property pane. To add animation to existing web parts, users can enable the setting in the web part property pane. To preview the card animation, view the published page or use Preview mode.

Pages and web parts created before this rollout are not impacted by this change.

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, Microsoft will update this post with new documentation.