Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – New personal Loop workspace

The Microsoft Loop app is introducing a personal workspace for users, akin to a user-owned SharePoint container, with governance and compliance similar to OneDrive. The Ideas workspace will become a shared Loop workspace. Rollout begins mid-December 2024 and ends late January 2025. No action is required for preparation, but workspace creation can be disabled via admin policies.

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Microsoft Loop – Promote Members to Owners in Loop workspaces

Loop workspaces will soon allow multiple owners, enabling users to promote members to owners. This feature will start rolling out in mid-December 2024 and is expected to be fully available by late January 2025. No action is required to prepare for this update.

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Microsoft Loop – Multi-Geo Support for Shared Loop workspaces

Microsoft Loop will support Multi-Geo for shared workspaces, with data storage located in the expected geo. Rollout starts late March 2024 and completes by late April 2024. No action is needed for preparation as changes will occur automatically for multi-geo tenants.

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Microsoft Loop – Microsoft 365 Groups for Managing New Loop workspaces

New Loop workspaces can be managed using existing Microsoft 365 Groups, ensuring governance and compliance akin to SharePoint Team sites. This feature, corresponding to Roadmap ID 422728, will roll out from late January to late February 2025, with no preparatory action required from users.

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Microsoft Loop – Require Existing Microsoft 365 Group for New Loop workspaces

New Loop workspaces in Microsoft 365 will require connection and management by an existing Microsoft 365 Group, aligning with SharePoint Team sites management. This feature will roll out from late January to late February 2025, with no preparation needed from admins. Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422725 details this update.

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Microsoft Loop – Admin Usage Reports

Microsoft Loop Admin Usage Reports will be available in existing Microsoft 365 admin dashboards for monitoring Loop usage, starting mid-March 2025 and completing by late March 2025. No preparation is needed as the update will be automatic. This is related to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421611.

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Microsoft Loop – User Accessible Recycle Bin for Loop workspaces

Microsoft Loop will introduce a Recycle Bin for Loop workspaces, allowing owners to restore deleted workspaces. This feature, part of Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421615, will roll out worldwide starting mid-March 2025 and complete by late March 2025. No preparation is needed from users.

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Microsoft Loop – Departed User Content Workflows for User-Owned Loop workspaces

Microsoft Loop will introduce retention and deletion workflows for user-owned workspaces when users leave an organization. This feature, part of Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421612, will roll out in April 2025, allowing admins to manage content and provide temporary access to save important data. No preparation is needed as changes will occur automatically.

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Power Platform – [Updated] Prevent data exfiltration by securing app access feature – public preview

We are announcing that the prevent data exfiltration by securing app accessDecember 13, 2024 feature will be available for public preview starting on December 13, 2024.

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Microsoft Outlook: Sync folder order

The order of folders in Microsoft Outlook mobile will now sync to match the folder order on Outlook web, Mac, and Windows platforms. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422816.

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