M365 Changelog: Support for tenant background images in the navigation bar is being retired

MC259297 – Updated June 02, 2021: Microsoft has updated this post to provide more clarity on the change. Thank you for your feedback.

Note: organization branding applied to Azure Active Directory sign-in pages are NOT impacted by this change.

As outlined in MC243041 (March ’21) Microsoft will be retiring support for navigation bar tenant background image. Instead Microsoft recommends the utilization of the improvements they have made to Organizational Theming. This change is strictly for the navigation bar.

Note: If you organization is not using navigation bar tenant background images you can safely disregard this message.

Key points:

• Timing: end of June 2021
• Action: assess impact and transition to Organizational Theming

How this affects your organization:

Once this change is implemented navigation bar tenant background images will no longer be supported.

What you need to do to prepare:

There is no action required for this change.