Microsoft 365 Updates: Intune will support iOS 14 and MacOS 10.13+, SharePoint Templates and Digest Messages, Updates to Microsoft To-Do
Key Updates and Announcements
Slight change this week with the formatting of these updates, the majority of the content will focus on new feature announcements, with updates to previous announcements contained to their own section with reference URLs for more information. This streamlines the information contained here as there is no need to repeat the full update in subsequent weeks when the only change is the deployment timeline.
When Microsoft announced their intention to allow self service licensing for the Power Platform there was plenty of push back from administrators who were concerned with lack of control of Microsoft 365 licensing components. This update is no longer going to proceed in it’s current format, additional work will be completed to update how this process will work, no doubt they shall consult with organisations to better understand their requirements. Further announcements will be made public when more details are known.
Microsoft Teams meeting lobby rollout is delayed, if you’re organisation doesn’t have this feature yet then you may need to wait until end of July for this to be enabled. I’m a fan of enabling this feature as it assists to control external meeting participants joining a meeting.
Microsoft To-Do is a great application for keeping yourself organised, if you haven’t seen it yet then you should go to Microsoft To Do and have a look. A new feature dropping by mid-July allows sharing of personal to-do lists with enterprise accounts.
Changes Brought Forward:
- (Updated) Feature Update: Microsoft Secure Score improvement action updates : To be completed by End Mid June (previously End June)
Delayed Rollout Announcements:
- (Updated) New Feature: Take control of self-service purchases : To be completed by End August
- (Updated) New Teams meeting setting - require meeting participants to use the lobby : To be completed by End July (previously June)
- (Updated) New Feature: Self service purchase user request workflow : Delayed release due to customer concerns regarding non administrators requesting license purchases.
- (Updated) New Feature: Outlook on the web, new editor capabilities : To be completed by End July (previously May)
- (Updated) New Feature: Change in OneDrive and SharePoint files links created in Outlook for Windows : To be completed by End July (previously June)
- (Updated) New Feature: New Authentication method for OneDrive on MacOS : To be completed by End June (previously Mid-May)
- (Updated) New feature: Review mode in Word for the web prevents unintended edits : To be completed by End July (previously May)
- (Updated) New Feature: Make All Company feed a connected community : To be completed by End June (previously April)
- (Updated) Feature Update: Office.com home page layout and navigation : To be completed by End Late July (previously Mid July)
New Microsoft 365 Features
Note: Please ensure you’re signed into your Office 365 Administration portal to access the links referenced below. Also note, some tenants may not have all the below updates currently published to them
New Feature: Cumulative analytics for SharePoint hubs
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MC216129, Stay Informed, Published date: Jun 12, 2020
We are adding new reports on the SharePoint site usage page to provide cumulative usage analytics for SharePoint hubs.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 57160.
When this will happen
- We’ll be gradually rolling this out late June 2020.
- The rollout will be completed by the end of July 2020.
We’re improving Bookmarks in Microsoft Search
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MC216108, Stay Informed, Published date: Jun 12, 2020
We’re improving bookmarks administration in Microsoft Search.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 64686.
When this will happen
- We’ll begin rolling out this out to Targeted Release customers in mid-June 2020, Standard Release customers in early July.
- We anticipate that the rollout will be complete the end of July.
Updates Available for Microsoft 365 Apps on all Channels
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MC216107, Stay Informed, Published date: Jun 12, 2020
We’ve released updates to the Microsoft 365 Apps on all Channels
When this will happen
We’ll be gradually rolling out these updates of Microsoft 365 Apps to users starting June 9, 2020.
How this will affect your organization
If your Microsoft 365 Apps clients are configured to automatically update from the Office CDN no action is required.
If you manage updates directly you can now download these latest updates and begin deployment.
Feature: Actionable Messages Support in Outlook for Mac
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MC215870, Stay Informed, Published date: Jun 10, 2020
Actionable Messages will now be supported in Microsoft Outlook for Mac.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 45556.
When this will happen
Microsoft Outlook for Mac version 16.37 will be available for download from the App Store in mid-June.
Plan for Change: Intune moving to support iOS 12 and higher in September
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MC215703, Plan For Change, Published date: Jun 9, 2020
In September, we expect iOS 14 to be released by Apple. Intune enrollment and the Company Portal will move to support iOS 12 and higher shortly after iOS 14’s release.
How this will affect your organization
This will only affect you if you currently manage, or plan to manage iOS devices. This may not impact you because your end users have likely already upgraded their OS devices. However, starting in July, MDM enrolled devices with iOS 11 and the Company Portal will receive a prompt to upgrade their OS. If you use Application Protection Policies (APP) you can also set the “Require minimum iOS operating system (Warning only)” access setting.
SharePoint default page templates
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MC215704, Stay Informed, Published date: Jun 9, 2020
Default page templates allow site owners to set a default template for all editors who are creating pages and news on their site.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 64529.
When this will happen
- We will begin rolling this out to Targeted Release customers in mid-June.
- We will begin rolling this out to Standard Release customers in late June.
- We expect the rollout to be complete by mid-July.
Plan for Change: Intune moving to support macOS 10.13 and higher in September
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MC215696, Plan For Change, Published date: Jun 9, 2020
In September, we expect macOS 10.16 to be released by Apple. Intune enrollment and the Company Portal will move to support macOS 10.13 and higher shortly after macOS 10.16’s release.
How this will affect your organization
This will only affect you if you currently manage, or plan to manage macOS devices with Intune. This may not impact you because your end users have likely already upgraded their macOS devices. However, starting in July, MDM enrolled devices with macOS 10.12 and the Company Portal will receive a prompt to upgrade their OS.
New Feature: Seamlessly Share Personal Lists in To Do
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MC215678, Plan For Change, Published date: Jun 9, 2020
Major update: Announcement Applies To: All
Microsoft To Do will support list sharing between personal and work accounts. This lets users in your organization join, view, modify, and add data to lists owned by personal Microsoft accounts.
This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 63052
When this will happen
We will begin rolling out to Targeted release in mid-June and expect to be complete for all customers in mid-July.
New Feature: SharePoint Auto Digest Email
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MC215356, Plan For Change, Published date: Jun 5, 2020
Major update: Announcement Applies To: All
SharePoint Auto-News Digest sends automated email to users in your company about the latest News posts that they have not yet read. Using Microsoft intelligence, a curated selection of News posts are shared with users through an email that comes from SharePoint. This is a great way for users to catch up on News that they may have otherwise missed. Only published news posts are sent in the digest, and users will have access to all the news posts that they are sent so rest assured that users won’t see news that they don’t have permission to see. If users want to opt-out of receiving the Auto-News Digest, they can click the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the email.
Key Points:
- Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 64685
- Timing: Targeted release customers in mid-June and complete for all customers by early August.
- Roll-out: User level roll-out
- Control Type: User control
Public preview of Language
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MC215586, Stay Informed, Published date: Jun 8, 2020
Your users will soon be able to access their Language & Region settings in Azure Active Directory My Account (My Account); this is a public preview. For some users, the My Account location is in addition to access in Office 365 web application settings.
- Please note that the Language & Region settings currently accessible in Office web applications are only available to all-cloud (non-hybrid) tenants.
- The settings in Azure AD My Account will be available to users in both all-cloud and hybrid tenants.
When this will happen
- The public preview of the new setting will be available in My Account in late June.
- In late July, we will begin changing the interface in the Office application settings.
- Beginning in mid-August, the user Language & Region settings will be accessible only in My Account.
