Unofficial Microsoft 365 Changelog

• Azure Information Protection

M365 Changelog: Microsoft Threat Protection and Advanced Threat Protection product name changes

MC223358 – We are making the following product name changes to bring Microsoft Threat Protection and the products formerly known as Advanced Threat Protection together under the Microsoft Defender brand: Microsoft 365 Defender (previously Microsoft Threat Protection) Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (previously Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection) Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (previously Office 365...

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• SharePoint Online

M365 Changelog: SharePoint modern pages make adding text easier (Targeted release)

MC223191 – Modern SharePoint page authors will find that adding text is easier when they have added new sections. This announcement applies only to customers in our Targeted Release program. If you are not participating in Targeted Release, you may safely ignore this message. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 67146. When this will...

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• Microsoft 365 Apps

M365 Changelog: Microsoft 365 admin center Network connectivity preview

MC222869 – The Network connectivity category within the Microsoft 365 admin center allows you to see a network assessment that evaluates the impact of your network design on Microsoft 365 user experience in a 0 – 100 scale. This is calculated based on network attributes which have been proven through support cases to affect user...

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• Microsoft Teams

M365 Changelog: Hide notification previews on Microsoft Teams mobile apps to protect sensitive data

MC223019 – You can now keep organizational data confidential on Teams iOS and Android apps lock screens by blocking data from appearing in notification previews.  This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 66744. When this will happen This feature is available on Teams iOS (v. 2.0.22) and Android (v. 1.0.0.2020091301) apps. How this will affect...

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• Microsoft PowerPoint

M365 Changelog: Retirement of IDCRL based sign-in in Office Win32 clients

MC222132 – Updated September 22, 2020: We have updated this post to ensure it is displaying as intended. Office has introduced a modern and OAuth based authentication mechanism in Office 2016 and Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Win32 clients. Modern auth has been the default way of authentication in Office apps since the release of...

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• Microsoft 365 Apps

M365 Changelog: Announcements for Microsoft Edge Legacy and for using Microsoft 365 apps and services on Internet Explorer 11

MC220490 – In order to provide the best experience for our customers, we will be focusing our efforts on modern browser support over the coming year. As a result, Microsoft 365 services and applications will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11); Microsoft 365 apps and services will be unable to connect, or have...

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• Microsoft 365 Apps

M365 Changelog: Service reminder: Skype for Business Online is retiring in 12 months

MC219641 – As Microsoft Teams has become the core communications client for Microsoft 365, this is a reminder the Skype for Business Online service will retire July 31, 2021.At that point, access to the service will end. Note: Neither the Skype consumer service nor Skype for Business Server deployments will be affected by the retirement of...

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• Microsoft Office

M365 Changelog: TLS 1.0 and 1.1 retirement date in Office 365 to be October 15, 2020

MC218794 – We originally paused the retirement of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in Office 365 (MC186218 June ’20) due to these unprecedented times. As companies have pivoted their supply chains and countries have started to re-open, we have re-established a retirement date for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in Office 365 to be October 15, 2020....

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• Exchange Online

M365 Changelog: Public preview: modern authentication unattended scripting option for Exchange Online PowerShell V2

MC217815 – We are happy to announce the public preview of a modern authentication unattended scripting option for use with Exchange Online PowerShell V2, which provides customers with the ability to run non-interactive scripts.  This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 60528. When this will happen This feature is currently available in all environments. How this...

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• SharePoint Online

M365 Changelog: Basic Authentication and Exchange Online – April 2020 Update

MC208814 – In response to the unprecedented situation we are in and knowing that priorities have changed for many of our customers we have decided to postpone retiring Basic Authentication in Exchange Online (MC204828) for those tenants still actively using it until the second half of 2021. We will provide a more precise date when...

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• Microsoft 365 suite

M365 Changelog: New Feature: Advanced eDiscovery tenant reports in preview

MC202831 – Updated May 7, 2020: Based on learnings from our early rings, we have made the decision to make additional changes to the code before we proceed with the roll-out. We will provide an update in this Message center post once we re-start the roll-out. Thank you for your patience. We have begun rolling...

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