Yammer Rebranding to Viva Engage Domain Migration Update

As previously communicated in MC561701 (May 2023), a key step in our rebranding from Yammer to Viva Engage is changing our web and email domains. These changes happen on different schedules and may impact you differently.

Changes to our web domain are currently not anticipated to impact our APIs. Should there be any changes in the future we will notify you.

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Microsoft Teams: Automatic Updates for the Teams app on Android-based Teams Devices

Android-based Teams devices will start receiving automatic updates for Teams app, in addition to firmware.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 163598

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Business Connectivity Services (BCS) retirement

SharePoint has a long history of helping users work with external data inside the SharePoint user experience. As SharePoint has evolved into a cloud-first service, so too have the options for customers that wish to integrate with external data sources. To simplify these options and provide the best experience for these scenarios going forward, Microsoft is announcing its plan to retire Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in Microsoft 365 and focus on Microsoft Power Apps as its replacement technology.

Key points:

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Microsoft Teams: Branded Meetings – Join Launcher Screen with Brand Image and Logo Support (Premium)

The Teams Join Launcher web page will now support the brand logo and brand image uploaded for branded meetings. This is a Teams Premium feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 164081

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Microsoft Purview: Audit Search Graph API (Preview)

Microsoft Graph offers a unified API endpoint for accessing data from multiple Microsoft cloud services in a single response. This feature provides a new Audit Log Query API that enables our customers to create applications to programmatically query and retrieve their organization’s Audit activity logs.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117587

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Microsoft Viva: Create Up To 50 Distinct Experiences in Viva Connections

Customers with Viva Suite or Viva Employee Communications & Communities licenses can currently create up to 10 Connections experiences. We will soon be enhancing that limit to 50 experiences. This will allow greater flexibility for large enterprise customers who are looking to create more than 10 (and up to 50) Connections experiences.

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Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows- All-in-one experience

With update 4.19 coming in November, Teams Rooms on Windows will support all-in-one and board device form factors, such as the Surface Hub 3.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 170740

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One Time Passcode (OTP) for simplified setup of Teams Rooms on Windows

With Teams Rooms on Windows update 4.19 coming in November, we are introducing a new and simplified way to setup Teams Room on Windows. During the first boot experience, the user will be presented with an option to enter a one-time passcode (OTP) to automatically fetch the resource account credentials and sign into Teams Rooms. The users will need a pro license to utilize this feature and provision the OTPs on the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 170745

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Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: Public preview of new attributes and features for alert and case

Coming soon, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management will be rolling out public preview of new attributes and features for alert and case.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 179385

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Domain/URL Update

To align the URL with the new Viva Engage branding and as part of the unified domain for Microsoft 365 initiative, Viva Engage’s URL schema is being updated. This change includes email sender and domains.

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