ID | Category | Action? | Description | Published | Expires |
MC41847 | plan for change | none | New feature: Managing Yammer licenses in Office 365
Details
Managing Yammer licenses is a new Office 365 feature. This is available today for business subscriptions, and will be available to education subscriptions soon. [How does this affect me?]
As Yammer integrates more closely with Office 365, you will have the option to manage Yammer licenses in Office 365 and control who sees the Yammer tile in the Office 365 app launcher. Previously, Yammer licenses could not be individually assigned to users. You can assign Yammer licenses in the Office 365 admin center or by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets for Office 365.
If you purchased Yammer as part of a bundled subscription plan (such as Office 365 Enterprise E3), and had assigned the bundled subscription plan to a user, then after per-user licenses are available, the Yammer license will be automatically assigned to the user.
[What do I need to do to prepare for this change?]
Please click additional information to learn more.
https://support.office.com/article/Manage-Yammer-user-licenses-in-Office-365-34a67e3a-3fd8-4e54-bffb-dd5ad0e48590 | 1/15/2016 | 2/29/2016 |
MC41827 | stay informed | none | Updated feature: SharePoint Online sites page
Details
We are updating the SharePoint Online sites page. You will see these updates over the coming weeks.
[How does this affect me?]
You will see changes when you click on the "Sites" tile in the app
launcher. On the sites page, there will be a new section called "Recent sites," showing you a list of Office 365 sites you've recently visited. We have also improved the query driving the "Suggested sites"
section of the page. This now leverages the Office Graph to provide a greater level of relevancy to the sites being suggested to you.
[What do I need to do to prepare for this change?]
There is nothing you need to do to prepare for this change. Please click Additional Information to learn more.
https://support.office.com/article/6b85097a-87e0-4611-a29a-dfd49b1a1220 | 1/14/2016 | 2/15/2016 |
MC41713 | stay informed | none | Updated feature: Mail sent from SharePoint Online is changing
Details
Starting in January 2016, there will be a change in the FROM address used in notification mails sent by SharePoint Online. These changes are scheduled to be completed by the end of January.
[How does this affect me?]
With this update, recipients will be much less likely to have notification emails blocked by spam filters or delivered to a Junk Email folder.
[What do I need to do to prepare for this change?]
There is no action you need to take, but you may consider removing SPF records or rules from your spam filter. Please click Additional Information to learn more.
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3134824 | 1/12/2016 | 2/11/2016 |
MC41744 | stay informed | none | New feature: Mandatory Anonymous Link Expiration is now available
Details
Mandatory Anonymous Link Expiration is a new feature for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. This feature will start rolling out today and is scheduled to complete in the coming weeks.
[What does this feature do?]
With this feature, administrators can now set a mandatory expiration length for all anonymous links created in their company to help promote security and link hygiene. End users will be required to create links that match or are shorter than the stated value.
[What do I need to do to prepare for this change?]
There is no default value for anonymous link expiration. To begin using this feature, use the SharePoint Online Management Shell using the “RequireAnonymousLinksExpireInDays” parameter.
As an example, this will set expiry for 30 days:
Set-SPOTenant –RequireAnonymousLinksExpireInDays 30
Click Additional Information below to learn more.
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/fp161390.aspx | 1/12/2016 | 2/16/2016 |
MC41719 | stay informed | none | What's New: December 2015
Details
Improvements to Office 365 kept flowing through the holiday season, bringing even more value to Office 365. The new Skype for Business for Android is here! The Power Pivot data model in Excel 2016 got smart rename support and Access 2016 Runtime became available. For business, the popular First Release program added more services, the Office 365 Compliance Center became the Office 365 Protection Center, Office 365 Advanced eDiscovery arrived and the Office 365 Planner preview started rolling out. To help you schedule meetings
faster, there’s a new Outlook add-in called FindTime. The big news for developers is the availability on GitHub of Matter Center, an Office 365 Add-in and SharePoint-based document collaboration solution designed to increase productivity for legal professionals.
Click Additional Information below to learn more about the new features and improvements released for Office 365 during December.
https://blogs.office.com/2016/01/11/whats-new-december-2015/ | 1/11/2016 | 2/1/2016 |
MC34970 | stay informed | none | Office 365 Groups now supports eDiscovery, litigation hold, dynamic membership, and more.
Details
Office 365 Groups is adding multiple new features, such as eDiscovery, litigation hold, and dynamic membership, as well as other administrative enhancements. These new features will be rolling out over the coming months and are expected to complete by February, 2016.
How does this affect me?
Using these new features in Office 365 Groups, your end users will be able to create a Group and start collaborating with others within minutes, but gives administrators the ability to easily manage and receive insight from these groups.
What do I need to do to prepare for this change?
You don’t need to do anything. Please click Additional Information to learn more.
http://blogs.office.com/2015/12/09/office-365-groups-now-supports-ediscovery-litigation-hold-dynamic-membership-and-more | 12/9/2015 | 2/29/2016 |
MC34251 | prevent or fix issues | none | Ensure your device has the latest upgrade to prevent issues with the Office 365 service
Details
As part of our ongoing commitment to keep the Office 365 service secure, Microsoft recently completed deployment of a new certificate that leverages SHA2 encryption.
As a result, any device or client that does not support SHA2 may be affected by this change. For customers that use Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 or Windows Mobile 6.5, please click Additional information below to learn more.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2986556 | 12/3/2015 | 1/30/2016 |
MC9254 | plan for change | none | Stay up-to-date with Internet Explorer
Details
Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most recent version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical support and security updates.
We will work to update and clarify our Office 365 system requirements (http://technet.microsoft.com/library/office-365-system-requirements.aspx) soon, and communicate this to you via Message Center.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/08/07/stay-up-to-date-with-internet-explorer.aspx | 9/8/2014 | 1/31/2016 |