Unofficial Microsoft 365 Changelog

• Microsoft Teams

M365 Changelog: Microsoft Teams admin center: App centric management for app installation and changes to app setup policies

MC795355 – Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: App centric management for admin app installation introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant has specific Teams apps preinstalled. Similar to app centric management for app availability, as communicated in MC688930 (Updated) Teams admin center: App centric management and changes to app permission policies (November 2023), admins...

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• SharePoint Online

M365 Changelog: Disabling IDCRL library based authentication for SharePoint Designer Online

MC793968 – Microsoft will be retiring the Identity Client Runtime Library (IDCRL) feature from SharePoint Online. Office Client applications, since 2013, default to modern authentication and have a seamless experience for the end user. SharePoint Designer however requires some additional steps to support modern authentication. Microsoft recommends that all users of SharePoint Designer follow the...

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• SharePoint Online

M365 Changelog: Retirement of Office 365 connectors from SharePoint Online Webparts

MC793656 – Due to limited usage, Office 365 connectors will be retired from SharePoint online webparts. When this will happen: June 15, 2024: unable to create new connections. August 1, 2024: unable to update or manage existing connections. How this will affect your organization: Users will not be able to create new connections in a...

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• Microsoft Entra

M365 Changelog: Disablement of Symmetric keys for Microsoft Entra first-party applications Service Principals

MC792991 – Symmetric keys authentication relies on a shared key being sent by the client in its request to security token service. In the event the key is intercepted, it is permanently compromised. To improve security posture of Microsoft first-party Applications and better protect customer data, client applications will no longer be able to use...

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• Sway

M365 Changelog: Sway: Changes in Video/Audio upload for new content.

MC791453 – Sway authors will not be able to upload new video and audio files into Sway. Authors are requested to embed video and audio files using the existing feature for embedding content in a Sway. Previously uploaded Video and audio files that have been linked inside a Sway will continue to operate. When this will happen: Microsoft...

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• Exchange Online

M365 Changelog: (Updated) Retirement of AdminAuditLog and MailboxAuditLog cmdlets

MC713038 – Updated May 8, 2024: Microsoft has made the decision to not move forward with the change at this time. Microsoft will communicate via Message center when it’s ready to move forward. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft would like to inform you about an upcoming change in the way you access and manage...

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• Exchange Online

M365 Changelog: Exchange Online to retire Basic Auth for Client Submission (SMTP AUTH)

MC786329 – Today, Microsoft is announcing that Exchange Online will permanently remove support for Basic authentication with Client Submission (SMTP AUTH) in September 2025. After this time, applications and devices will no longer be able to use Basic auth as an authentication method and must use OAuth when using SMTP AUTH to send email. Basic...

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• Power BI

M365 Changelog: Upcoming changes to tenant settings for Power BI Copilot features

MC785029 – The Microsoft Power BI setting, Users can use a preview of Copilot and other features powered by Azure OpenAI, will be enabled by default for all tenants. When this will happen: Worldwide: Microsoft will begin rolling out late May 2024 and expects to complete by mid-June 2024. How this will affect your organization: With the...

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• Microsoft 365 Apps

M365 Changelog: Classic Teams Timelines for end of support and end of availability

MC783985 – This post provides updates on our end of support and end of availability plans for classic Teams. Classic Teams will reach end of support on July 1, 2024, and end of availability on July 1, 2025. Note: End of availability for classic Teams clients on Win 7, 8, 8.1 and Mac OS 10.12...

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• Exchange Online

M365 Changelog: (Updated) ExchangePowerShell – retirement of tenant admin cmdlets to Get, Set, and Remove UserPhotos

MC678855 – Updated April 15, 2024: Microsoft has updated the timing of this change and apologizes for any confusion. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft is working to ensure a coherent user profile image experience by retiring legacy profile photo services. This announcement covers the retirement of the ExchangePowerShell UserPhoto cmdlets for tenant admins to...

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