Scheduler for Microsoft 365 retirement

We will be retiring Scheduler for Microsoft 365 on September 1, 2023. We may bundle some of these features with another offering in the future and will communicate via Message center as we move forward.

Note: If your organization is not using Scheduler for Microsoft 365 you can safely disregard this message.

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Microsoft 365 admin center: New format for service health notification emails

We’re updating the subject line and body of service health notification emails to make it easier for you to grasp key information quickly.

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Microsoft Purview | Records Management: Trigger a Power Automate flow at the end of retention period (preview)

To provide greater process flexibility, we have integrated Microsoft Purview Records Management with Power Automate. Compliance administrators will now be able to create retention labels and choose a Power Automate flow to run when an item labeled with it expires in SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88816.

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Visio: Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) shapes in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 2]

Create BPMN-compliant processes with BPMN 2.0 shapes in Visio for the web. This feature will be available for users with a Visio Plan 2 license.
More info: https://support.microsoft.com/office/create-bpmn-compliant-processes-fff03563-1df0-4586-b753-2970b1f81bfa

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Microsoft Viva: Connections News Notifications

Mobile users of Viva Connections will receive a push notification from Teams when SharePoint news is published from sites they follow or visit frequently. They’ll also receive notification if they are @ mentioned in a comment on a news post, or if someone likes or comments on news they have published. These notifications will honor Teams notification settings including fully disabling them and quiet hours.

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Visio: Icons stencils in Visio for the web

Create engaging visuals with 30 new Icons stencils and more than 1,000 new icons for various categories like Accessibility, Analytics, Commerce, Education, Interface, Medical, and more in Visio for the web.

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SharePoint on Stream: Inline playback of videos in SharePoint Highlighted content web parts for carousel and filmstrip layouts

When users click to play a video in a Highlighted content web part (Carousel or filmstrip layouts) section of a SharePoint site, the video will play inline. This feature allows users to watch a video without being taken off the SharePoint page and keeps the video playing while users to browse/scroll through the other contents of the page.

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SharePoint on Stream: Inline playback of videos in SharePoint Highlighted content web parts for Grid, list and Compact layouts

When users click to play a video in a Highlighted content web part (grid, list or compact layouts) section of a SharePoint site, the video will play inline. This feature allows users to watch a video without being taken off the SharePoint page and keeps the video playing while users to browse/scroll through the other contents of the page.

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Microsoft Teams: Activate team from inside the Microsoft Teams Classes LTI app within your Learning Management System (LMS)

Now educators can activate a class from the Microsoft Teams Classes LTI app within a LMS and no longer need to leave the LMS to activate a class. The new activation option is intuitive and easy
to discover, with a notification banner for classes that need to be activated.

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Microsoft Teams: Activate team from inside the LTI app within LMS itself

Now teachers will be able to activate a class from the Class LTI app within LMS itself. They need not go outside LMS anymore to activate a class. The new activation option is quite intuitive and easy to discover. A notification banner is shown for all the classes that need to be activated.

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