Microsoft 365 Announcements
Microsoft StaffHub to be retired on June 30th, 2020
June 5, 2020
This is the final reminder that Microsoft StaffHub will be retired on June 30th, 2020. Microsoft Teams is evolving to include a new set of capabilities that will simplify schedule …
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Microsoft releases new features to improve your Teams video conferencing experience
June 4, 2020
This May, Microsoft launched several new important features to the University of Toronto’s Teams environment. These updates cover new features such as background effects, downloadable attendance lists and a larger nine-person video grid. Providing value to …
Teams meeting call and meeting chat size to increase to 300
May 28, 2020
Microsoft is increasing the maximum Teams meeting call and meeting chat size from 250 to 300 in response to customer requests. When this will happen Microsoft will begin rolling this …
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What’s new in Microsoft Teams for May 2020
May 21, 2020
Please read the following announcement from Microsoft regarding new Teams features. What’s New: Meetings & Calling Increase in the number of simultaneous videos in Teams meetings Virtual face to face …
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Outlook for iOS – Retiring support for 27 languages
May 20, 2020
In order to maintain consistency across the Microsoft 365 apps for iOS, Microsoft is retiring support for 27 languages in the Outlook for iOS app at the end of June …
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Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows and Office 2016 for Mac End of Support
May 13, 2020
As of October 13, 2020, Office 2016 for Mac and Office 2010 for Windows will reach their end of support. After that date, Microsoft will no longer provide technical support, …
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Microsoft Stream people timeline retirement
May 5, 2020
In response to low feature usage during a time of unprecedented growth in Microsoft Stream, Microsoft is retiring the people timeline feature in Microsoft Stream. They will begin feature retirement …
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Chat with co-editor feature being retired on Word, Excel and PowerPoint
The ability to initiate a Chat directly with a co-editor of a Word, Excel, PowerPoint document will be retired by Microsoft over several weeks beginning mid-April (across web, Windows and …
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SharePoint designer feature deprecation impacting custom form creation
Microsoft has identified an issue affecting SharePoint Designer functionality for creating custom Forms within SharePoint Online. After careful examination, Microsoft has determined that there is no known fix for this issue …
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OneDrive for Business activity column is being retired
May 1, 2020
Microsoft is retiring the Activity column in OneDrive and Shared Libraries. The feature, in its current state, is not providing the intended value and experience. When the feature is removed, …
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