Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals

Planned Maintenance: Viva Goals

We have maintenance planned for Viva Goals:

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Information Protection – Keyword highlight support for document trainable classifiers

The keyword highlight for Trainable Classifiers aims to enable highlighting the top 10 unique keywords/phrases contributing to the classification of the selected document.

The feature is being enabled through:

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Default admin password for Android devices in Teams admin center

We are introducing a change in the way default admin passwords are managed in the configuration profiles for Android based Teams devices in Teams admin center.

Starting mid-September, 2023, we will no longer display the value of the default admin password set in the configuration profiles. This change is designed to further enhance the device security.

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Outlook on the web: Replacing “Activity-Based Authentication Timeout” with “Idle Session Timeout for Microsoft 365”

The Activity-Based Authentication Timeout for Outlook on the web will be replaced by Idle Session Timeout for Microsoft 365.

When this will happen:

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Native mode migration update

Eligible Viva Engage (Yammer) networks are being automatically upgraded to native mode. If you have already received an approved exemption, that exemption is still valid for the approved date. No further exemptions are being granted.

Due to the high volume of migrations, the completion time for some automatic and self-service migrations may be longer than expected. Once notified about automatic migration, no action is required.

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Required Configuration for Phishing Simulation emails

Exchange online protection (EOP)/ Defender for Office 365 (MDO) customers who want to send phishing simulation emails, need to configure advance delivery policy for optimal behavior. This policy will ensure that emails that match your conditions are delivered unfiltered to the Inbox and that safe links time of click protection and post-delivery actions are disabled. Previously, EOP supported this scenario for some phishing simulation vendors by honoring admin configured Exchange transport rules stamping SCL -1 or the header (X-MS-ExchangeOrganizationPhishTraining). But this was a temporary solution and will be discontinued soon. We advise all customers who use phishing simulation products to configure advance delivery policy for a smooth product experience.

How this will affect your organization:

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New servicing profiles and Inventory experience in Microsoft 365 Apps admin center

New improvements are coming to Microsoft 365 Apps admin center’s servicing profile and inventory to reduce admin burden and help build confidence to move to Monthly Updates. This will include changes to some of your Settings, and retirement of some device selection criteria. Below is an overview of changes and potential actions you can do to prepare for change.

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Microsoft Secure Score – Changes in SSPM support

We’re updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of security posture. The improvement actions listed below will be added to Microsoft Secure Score. Your score will be updated accordingly.

When this will happen:

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Reminder: Private Unlisted Groups retired in Viva Engage

As part of the effort to upgrade non-native and hybrid Viva Engage/Yammer Networks, private unlisted (“secret”) groups in Yammer were made inaccessible on September 1, 2023. The retirement of this feature was first announced via the Message center on September 1, 2022 (MC424414), then postponed on May 24, 2023 (MC560717). You can read more about the retirement of unlisted groups in this blog post which covers the announcement of three features due for retirement beginning December 1, 2022.

If you have already received an approved exception from Microsoft support delaying your migration to Native Mode, your private unlisted groups will not be affected by this change.

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Microsoft Graph APIs for Delete Thread

We are pleased to announce the release of the Delete Thread API. This release will allow Tenant Admins to delete 1:1 chat threads, meeting chat threads, and group chat threads as well as restore them via PowerShell scripts. 

When this will happen:

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