This Message center post outlines some of the reasons why users may remain on classic Teams and what steps the administrators need to take to transition users to new Teams or address existing problems. This applies to Commercial, EDU, Government cloud customers as well as VDI environment users. Reference to our last MC post regarding End of Support and End of availability (MC783985 April ’24)
How this will affect your organization
Coming soon in Viva Engage Premium: We will add a new 1-2 Benchmarks feature to the Analytics dashboard to show how your metrics perform in comparison to other customers that use Viva Engage. These benchmarks will be found on two new cards: Network activity and Audience activity.
In Microsoft Outlook for the Web and new Outlook for Windows, when viewing multiple calendars in Month view, users will be able to select Split view to see the calendars displayed side by side.
Admin will be able to edit learning paths metadata and content. Latest updates will be shown to learner after the LP is edited.
Make Outlook yours with themes generated by Copilot. You will be able to find these themes in Settings.
Enable managers and leaders to gather additional information and check in on team progress after an org-wide Glint survey.
By leveraging a Pulse survey that recommends questions based on the top strengths and opportunities identified in the org-wide Glint survey, managers and leaders can gather a timely understanding of the team’s progress to-date in addressing key focus areas, make mid-point adjustments if needed, and maintain momentum in their efforts to improve engagement and employee experience.
The Microsoft Graph meeting registration beta APIs will be retired, and data will stop returning on September 30th, 2024. Organizations using these APIs must update to the new Microsoft Graph webinar APIs and webhooks by May 2024. New webinar APIs will be available in beta to assist with the transition.
OneDrive Sync on macOS will discontinue the ‘Save screenshots to OneDrive’ feature in favor of Known Folder Move (KFM), which backs up the Desktop folder including screenshots. This rollout starts mid-June 2024 and ends late July 2024. Organizations should enable KFM to prevent service disruption.
The Shifts plugin is now available in Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 within Teams, allowing users to inquire about team shifts and time off. Rollout starts early June 2024, completing by late June. To prepare, admins must deploy the plugin and users need to authenticate it.
Symmetric keys for Microsoft Entra first-party applications’ Service Principals will be disabled to enhance security. Organizations must switch to Asymmetric keys by June 15, 2024, to avoid authentication failures. Preparation involves replacing Symmetric with Asymmetric keys as detailed in the provided link.
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