Retirement of health status feature in the Office cloud policy service

Upcoming, we will be retiring the health status feature in the Office cloud policy service.

Note: If you don’t use the Office cloud policy service in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center, you can disregard this message.

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Enable management of Content types from modern library views

We will be gradually adding the option to easily enable the management of custom content types to SharePoint lists & libraries.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88948

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LinkedIn Integration coming to Teams

For those tenants that have LinkedIn integration available to their members, we are expanding its availability to Teams as a panel in one on one conversations. This is the first part of a series of updates which will also bring LinkedIn to the contact card in the coming months.  Initially this is limited to contacts within the tenant, but as the contact card updates are released, then this will be available for all contacts within and outside the tenant.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 89132

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SharePoint: Updates to channel site layouts and parent team site settings

Every team in Microsoft Teams is connected to a team site in SharePoint. This is also true for private channels in Teams. Private channels are connected to their own unique team site. This update includes improvements to the private channel site home page layout and the way site settings apply to the parent site and associated channel sites.

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Search history suggestions for Bing AAD users

We are currently bringing search history suggestions to Bing for AAD users. Users who are signed in with their AAD account will be able to select suggestions from their search history in search box in Bing homepage, all vertical, and work vertical. This will help users to quickly access previous searches and save them time by only needing to enter a partial search term. We store up to 1000 suggestions for every user. Users have full control over their search history. They can delete the search history or download them at any time. The search management page is easily accessible from the “Manage your search history” link at the bottom of the suggestions list. Their search history isn’t shared with any third parties.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82147

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Reminder: IE11 desktop application retires in 4 months on June 15, 2022 – Set up IE mode today (non-LTSC, non-Server)

As previously announced, the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge. Internet Explorer mode (IE mode) provides legacy browser support within Microsoft Edge. Because of this, the IE11 desktop application will be retired on June 15, 2022. This means that the IE11 desktop application will no longer be supported and afterwards will redirect to Microsoft Edge if a user tries to access it.

With 4 months left before retirement, we highly recommend you begin testing your sites in IE mode, followed by disabling the IE11 application completely via policy to ensure readiness.

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Microsoft Teams: Virtual Visits usage report in Teams Admin Center

The Virtual Visits usage report in the Microsoft Teams admin center gives you an overview of Teams Virtual Visits activity in your organization for Global Admins and Teams Admin. Customer can view detailed activity for virtual appointments scheduled through the Bookings app and the Microsoft Teams Electronic Health Records (EHR) connector.

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Microsoft Viva: Enroll in Focus plan from the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams

Viva Insights is introducing updates to better enable users to protect time for focus from the Viva Insights Teams app. These updates to the protect time page will allow users to enroll in a focus plan and adjust preferences to auto book focus time on one’s calendar from within the Insights app in Teams. Users enrolled in a focus plan will also see insights about their progress towards their focus time goals.

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Third party Teams apps designed for Outlook and Office.com will now be available for users in Outlook and Office.com

To get more done without constantly changing apps, we’re making new Teams third party apps also available for users in Outlook and Office.com. Users in Targeted Release will be able to acquire and use these apps in Teams, Outlook, or Office.com.  

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88942 and 88909

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Questions & Answers in Yammer – Upvoting Answers

Questions & Answers (Q&A) in Yammer will soon include the ability for users to upvote answers that they find helpful and appropriate. Upvoting answers helps crowdsource useful answers and rank them higher in the thread.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 65760.

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