If you’ve been relying on the handy standalone SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business plans, I’m about to make you a little sad. 🙂 Microsoft is going to officially retire SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Plans 1 and 2. For years, these standalone plans did exactly what we needed for about $5 or $10/user per month. That…
Summary Microsoft Teams now offers centralized Protection reports in the Teams admin center, giving admins a single view of user-reported security issues across calls, chats, and channels. With phased rollout starting mid-April 2026, admins can filter reports by 1-day, 7-day, or 30-day windows and export data for analysis. Microsoft Teams has become…
Summary Microsoft is introducing a new Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlet that allows admins to change meeting organizers without recreating meetings or losing history. The cmdlet will roll out starting mid-May 2026. User-driven organizer changes are planned for Outlook and Teams in a future release. When users switch roles or leave…
Summary Beginning March 2026, Microsoft will retire OneView and TrueTime in Outlook Web App, removing support for personal accounts and calendars. Users needing multi-account support should move to the Outlook desktop app. For years, users have relied on Outlook web to manage both their work mailbox and personal accounts in one place. Features like OneView and TrueTime made it possible to manage meetings, appointments, and…
Summary: Microsoft Teams has enabled messaging safety protections, automatically turning on features such as weaponizable file type blocking, malicious URL detection, and user reporting for false positives. This change applies only to tenants that were using default settings, while existing custom configurations remain unaffected. Some Microsoft Teams users in your organization may start complaining that certain file uploads are blocked or links flagged as…
Summary Viva Engage communities will be integrated into Microsoft Teams, allowing users to access community discussions, announcements, and events directly within Teams. The integration is enabled by default for users with Viva Engage access. Microsoft has started rolling out Viva Engage communities into Microsoft Teams as part of a public preview. Starting in April 2026,…
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