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[Action Required] Transition to Bing Chat Enterprise service plan by late November 2023
Overview: As referenced in MC665935 (September 2023), the Bing Chat Enterprise (BCE) service plan has been added to Bing Chat Enterprise-eligible Microsoft 365 licenses. The Bing Chat Enterprise service plan provides more granular management controls to turn Bing Chat...
Outlook Web: Ability to Hide Favorites From Folder List
Overview: The Hide Favorites feature in Outlook for the web allows users to personalize their folder pane by hiding the Favorites section. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 167071 When this will happen: Rollout will begin in late October 2023...
Microsoft Teams: Choose Which Users to Notify When Publishing a Task List
Overview: The task publishing experience in Microsoft Teams will soon allow you to choose which users to notify when you publish or unpublish a task list. You'll soon have the ability to choose which members of teams receiving the tasks should get a notification in...
Animated Backgrounds in Teams Meetings
Overview: The animated background feature in Teams Meetings allows users to replace their existing background with a dynamic animation for a more immersive virtual environment. It offers various options to enhance meeting experience with creativity and personalization...
Expanding our AI capabilities to meet the everyday needs of people and business
Overview: We are bringing Copilot and new Microsoft AI experiences to the Windows PC. Today, Microsoft took the first step to unify our AI capabilities as Microsoft Copilot, providing a consistent look and feel across our products. Available as a side pane in...
‘Forms’ app polling features for Teams meeting will be replaced by ‘Polls’ app
Overview: Originally communicated in MC284259 (Sept '21), we will be retiring the polling feature in the 'Forms' app in Microsoft Teams, however the timeline has been extended from the originally stated date. Instead, we recommend utilization of the 'Polls' app, which...
Microsoft Teams: Set your Work Hours and Location
Overview: Set your work location for the day in Microsoft Teams so your team can learn about your availability for in-office and remote collaboration. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 125375 When this will happen: Targeted Release and Preview:...
OneDrive users will soon be able to access their files offline
Overview: An upcoming change to OneDrive will let you view, rename, move, copy, and delete files without internet access. Stay connected and productive even without an internet connection. With Microsoft 365 OneDrive, you can soon access, manage, and edit your files...
https://endpoint.microsoft.com will soon redirect to https://intune.microsoft.com
Overview: Earlier this year, we announced a new URL location for the Microsoft Intune admin center: https://intune.microsoft.com. As mentioned previously in MC524215 and What’s new, we will begin redirecting https://endpoint.microsoft.com in early October 2023. How...