Last updated: June 2023
Join us in this blog as we explore the dynamic world of Microsoft 365. 🌟 We’ll shed light on the features and products that are undergoing transformations or bidding farewell. Whether you’re a system administrator 🧑💻 managing the Microsoft 365 environment or an avid user 🙋♂️ staying ahead of the curve, this blog will provide invaluable insights and actionable recommendations.
🚀Discover the key changes, deprecations, and end-of-support scenarios that require your attention. From deprecated features to configuration modifications and essential upgrade plans, we’ve got you covered! Make informed decisions and ensure a smooth transition.⚡️
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Microsoft 365 Upcoming Changes and Deprecations List:
| Message | Type | Act By | Detailed Description | Solution | For More Info |
| Deprecation of Remote PowerShell (RPS) Protocol in Exchange Online PowerShell | Deprecation | June 01, 2023 | From June, Microsoft will start blocking RPS connections for tenants who haven’t opted out. MS will block RPS for all tenants no matter the tenant creation date, size, or opt-out status From Oct 2023. | You can use EXO V3 module | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/announcing-deprecation-of-remote-powershell-rps-protocol-in/ba-p/3695597 |
| Microsoft Authenticator Lite in Outlook: It allows users to complete MFA for their work or school account using Outlook on their iOS or Android device. | New feature/ Configuration change | June 09, 2023 | This feature will be enabled on June 9th for all tenants that have not disabled it. | To prevent its activation, set the state to ‘disabled’ or configure user include and exclude groups before June 9th. | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC532607 |
| Ending support for Microsoft Store for Business and Education apps | End of support | June 15, 2023 | Intune will stop enforcing online and offline Microsoft Store for Business and Education apps on devices. | Add your apps through the new Microsoft Store app experience in Intune. | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC553242 |
| Breakout rooms support in Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows | New feature | Mid-June 2023 | Participate in a breakout room and be moved in and out of the main meeting, depending on a meeting organizer’s control. | – | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC564198 |
| Select together mode for everyone in Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows | New feature | Mid-June 2023 | Meeting organizers and presenters can select Together Mode for all the participants and select a layout to fit the meeting type. | https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=126105 | |
| Quarantine Admin Role Required for Exchange Admins for Quarantine Operations | Functionality change | June 2023 | Tenant Exchange Administrators) need to be a Quarantine Administrator to perform Quarantine operations in the portal. | Admins should update their organization roles | https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC447339 |
| Microsoft Stream Migration Tool: Partial Migration and Orphan Video Support | New feature | June 2023 | Partial migration support enables selecting specific content for migration. Orphan video support facilitates migrating videos that have no assigned owner in Stream (Classic). | You can start migrating from classic Stream to Stram in SPO. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/streamnew/migration-process | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC553277 For detailed retirement timeline: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/streamnew/stream-classic-to-new-migration-overview#migration–retirement-timeline |
| New limits on number and size of group secrets | Plan for change | June 2023 | The secrets stored on a single group can’t exceed 48 individual secrets or have a total size greater than 10KB across all secrets on a single group. Else, group will stop working. | To reduce secrets assigned to a group, create additional groups and split up group assignments for your Password-based SSO applications among them. | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/whats-new#general-availability–new-limits-on-number-and-size-of-group-secrets-starting-june-2023 |
| Role Based Access Control (RBAC) in Microsoft Compliance Purview | New feature | June 2023 (Preview) | Audit will provide role-based information with Audit search results through the Microsoft Purview compliance portal user interface. | – | https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=98145 |
| Microsoft365 admin center: Group driven membership management | New feature | June 2023 (Preview) | Admins can add a Security Group or a Microsoft 365 Group as a member of a Dynamic Microsoft 365 Group by using the memberOf property. | – | https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=83113 |
| Collaborative Meeting Notes in Microsoft Teams | New feature | June 2023 | Collaborative notes allow meeting attendees to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items. | – | https://o365reports.com/2023/05/09/collaborative-meeting-notes-in-microsoft-teams/ |
| Microsoft retiring the ‘SharedWith’ and ‘SharedWithDetails’ columns from OneDrive and SharePoint | Retirement | June 2023 | Microsoft retiring the ‘SharedWith’ and ‘SharedWithDetails’ columns, as they do not accurately reflect the permissions and people who have access to an item. | “Microsoft 365 audit logs” or the “Manage Access” to understand which users have permission to an item. | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC545906 |
| New Look of Office for the Web | Enhancement | June 2023 | Excel, PowerPoint, and Word web have refreshed visuals to give you a clean modern look and help you focus on your work. | https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home?#/MessageCenter/:/messages/MC452253 | |
| REST API for On-Premises Mailboxes Preview Ending | Retirement | June 2023 | The ability to use these REST APIs in hybrid deployments will no longer be available. | You can use Microsoft Graph to work with Exchange Online mailboxes and use EWS to work with Exchange Server (on-premises) mailboxes. | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/the-end-of-the-rest-api-for-on-premises-mailboxes-preview/ba-p/3221219 |
| Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Hourly option for notifications | Enhancement | June 2023 | Using the quarantine policy, Admins can configure an hourly notification frequency for users in their organization. | – | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC383901 |
| AntiMalware Default policy: common attachment filter settings changes | Configuration Change | June 2023 | The earlier default selection value of the ‘Quarantine the message’ is changed to ‘Reject the message with NDR’. | Create a new policy with ‘Quarantine the message’ selected or, you can revert the selection to ‘Quarantine the message’ after this change is rolled out. | https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC544793 |
| Microsoft Teams: Set your work hours and location | New feature | June 2023 | Set your work location for the day in Microsoft Teams so your team can know your availability for in-office and remote collaboration. | https://blog.admindroid.com/work-hours-and-location-in-outlook-for-efficient-collaboration/ | |
| Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New filter option for messages blocked due to file type block | Enhancement | June 2023 | Microsoft is introducing the Admin Action – File type block filter to the Quarantine reason filter. It allows easy review of email messages blocked solely due to file type block. | – | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC528356 |
| Microsoft Secure Score is retiring the option to share recommended action details through Microsoft Planner | Retirement | June 2023 | Sharing recommendation details through Microsoft Planner will be no longer supported. | You can share recommended action details through a link, email or Microsoft Teams. | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC551024 |
| Microsoft Teams: Customize and edit emails for webinars | New feature | June 2023 | Customize and edit content for webinar emails including registration confirmation, reminder emails, cancellation notices, and more. | – | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC549348 |
| GradeSync for Teams Assignments retirement | Retirement | June 30, 2023 | Grade Sync will no longer sync Assignments and grades from Microsoft Teams Assignments and the student information system (SIS). | Teachers can manually create assignments and update the grades from Teams Assignments into the SIS. | https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC550584 |
| Azure AD, Azure AD Preview, and MS Online PowerShell modules deprecation. | Retirement | June 30, 2023 | These modules will work with minimal investment, except for security updates. Some cmdlets may stop functioning after June 30, 2023, based on the Azure AD API status. | You can use Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/microsoftgraph/migration-steps?view=graph-powershell-1.0 |
| Retirement of Dynamic Ordering feature in classic search | Retirement | June 30, 2023 | Microsoft disabled Dynamic Ordering for classic search experiences in SharePoint, rendering all associated configurations ineffective. | You can use the modern search | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC544789 |
| Retirement of OMEv1 (Office 365 Message Encryption) | Retirement | June 30, 2023 | on June 30th OMEv1 mail flow rules become read-only or delete-only. No new rules or rule modifications will be allowed. On Dec 31 the OME v1 mail flow rules will be fully retired. | If you don’t do anything, Microsoft will process all mail flow rules that currently applies OME protection to Microsoft Purview Message Encryption protection. | https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC455516 |
| Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Graph is deprecation | Retirement | June 30, 2023 | Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Graph is deprecated and will be retired at any time after June 30, 2023, without advance notice. | Switch to Microsoft Graph which is more secure and resilient than Azure AD Graph. | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/migrate-azure-ad-graph-overview |
| Azure Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) Retirement | End of life | June 30, 2023 | While ADAL apps may continue to work, no support or security fixes will be provided past the end of life. | Update your applications to use Microsoft Authentication Library and Microsoft Graph API | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-azure-ad-blog/update-your-applications-to-use-microsoft-authentication-library/ba-p/1257363 |
| Microsoft 365 E5/A5/G5/F5 (or equivalent) licenses required to use Teams DLP. | License plan change | June 30, 2023 | Currently, users with E3/G3/A3/F3 license can create Teams DLP policies. But it won’t work after June. | Assign the appropriate Microsoft 365 E5/G5/A5/F5 licenses to users within the scope of the Teams DLP policies. | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC546441 |
| Retirement of Remote PowerShell (RPS) protocol in Exchange Online PowerShell | Retirement | July 01,2023 | If you are using RPS to establish an Exchange Online connection, you will not be able to do so after July 1, 2023. | You can use the EXO V3 module. | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/announcing-deprecation-of-remote-powershell-rps-protocol-in/ba-p/3695597 |
| Collaborative Meeting Notes in Microsoft Teams | New feature | July 2023 | Users will see a Notes button during meetings. Participants can collaborate in real time, create an agenda, take notes and add tasks. | – | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC538385 |
| Unsupported browsers will no longer be able to connect to the Microsoft 365 web applications | Update | July 2023 | Changes are coming to the Minimum Supported Browsers & versions for Microsoft 365 web apps | Ensure all devices in the organization are using a Microsoft 365 supported browser, and that browsers have been updated to the latest version. | https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC518729 |
| Azure Information Protection Add-in will be disabled by default for Office apps | Configuration change | July 11, 2023 | Azure Information Protection Add-in will be disabled by default for Office Apps for the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel. | You will need to configure the policy setting “Use the Azure Information Protection add-in for sensitivity labeling” to keep using the Add-in. | https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC500902 |
| RPS retirement in SCC | Retirement | July 15, 2023 | Microsoft is deprecating the legacy RPS protocol in the Security and Compliance PowerShell module. | Use EXO PowerShell module version 3.2.0-Preview3 to ensure REST is used. Use Connect-IPPSSession -UseRPSSession:$false to establish the connection. | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/deprecation-of-remote-powershell-rps-protocol-in-security-and/ba-p/3815432 |
| Stream (Classic) retirement | Retirement | Aug 15, 2023 | As part of Classic Stream retirement, you can’t upload video to Stream (Classic) | You can start to use Stream in SharePoint | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/streamnew/stream-classic-to-new-migration-overview#migration–retirement-timeline |
| Ending support for Microsoft Store for Business and Education apps | End of support | Sep 15, 2023 | Microsoft Store for Business and Education apps will be removed from the Intune admin center. | Add your apps through the new Microsoft Store app experience in Intune. | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC553242 |
| Microsoft Graph to Support HTTP/2 | New feature | Sep 15, 2023 | Microsoft Graph service (graph.microsoft.com) will enable HTTP version 2 (HTTP/2) in addition to HTTP/1.1. for API requests. | – | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC447341 |
| Microsoft will retire the Stream live events | Retirement | Sep 15, 2023 | This affects customers who use Stream (Classic) or Yammer to create and host Stream live events. | Microsoft Teams live events will become a new platform to host and run live events. | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC513601 |
| Azure Automation Run As accounts retirement | Retirement | Sep 30, 2023 | All runbook executions using Run As accounts, including Classic Run As accounts would not be supported after this date. | If you have existing Azure Automation runbooks using Run As accounts, migrate them to Managed identities. | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-governance-and-management/azure-automation-run-as-accounts-retiring-on-30-september-2023/ba-p/3744308 |
| Deprecation of Client Access Rules (CAR) in Exchange Online | Retirement | Sep 2023 | Microsoft retiring CARs that provide granular access control based on client properties such as IP addresses, protocol, or application. | Migrate CARs to Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/update-deprecation-of-client-access-rules-in-exchange-online/ba-p/3790165 |
| Deprecation of Remote PowerShell (RPS) Protocol in Exchange Online PowerShell | Deprecation | Oct 2023 | MS will block RPS for all tenants irrespective of the tenant creation date, size, or opt-out status | You can use Exchange Online PowerShellV3 module | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/deprecation-of-remote-powershell-in-exchange-online-re-enabling/ba-p/3779692 |
| Older Office versions not supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 services | Retirement | Oct 10, 2023 | Older Office versions (Office 2016 & 2019) might still be able to connect to Microsoft 365 services, but that connectivity isn’t supported. | You can use Microsoft 365 apps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/endofsupport/microsoft-365-services-connectivity |
| Retirement of OMEv1 (Office 365 Message Encryption) | Retirement | Dec 31, 2023 | OME v1 mail flow rules will be fully retired. | If you don’t do anything, Microsoft will process all mail flow rules that currently applies OME protection to Microsoft Purview Message Encryption protection. | https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC455516 |
| Wiki retirement in Teams Channels | Retirement | Jan 2024 | Wikis tab and wiki App wouldn’t be able to accessible in Teams and users wouldn’t be able to export. | Your data is accessible from SharePoint as per retention policy even after Wiki is deprecated. You can download wiki content from SharePoint. | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC496248 |
| Classic Stream retirement | Retirement | Feb 15, 2024 | Microsoft will retire Stream (Classic) in February 2024. Certain parts of the service will be retired sooner unless you take action. | You can use Stream on SharePoint | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-stream-blog/update-on-stream-classic-retirement-last-day-of-service-set-for/ba-p/3712075 |
| SharePoint 2013 workflow retirement | Retirement | Apr 02, 2024 | Starting April 2nd, 2024, SharePoint 2013 workflows will be turned off for newly created tenants. Starting April 2nd, 2026, SharePoint 2013 workflows will no longer be supported for existing tenants. | You can move to Power Automate or other supported solutions. | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC542767 |
| Retirement for the Azure Information Protection Unified Labeling add-in for Office | Retirement | Apr 11, 2024 | The AIP Unified Labeling add-in for Office will reach end of availability and support of the service. | You can use sensitivity labeling directly into Office apps | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/retirement-notification-for-the-azure-information-protection/ba-p/3791908 |
| Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server | End of Life | Sep 30, 2024 | Azure MFA Server deployments will no longer service MFA requests, which could cause authentications to fail for your organization | Organizations should migrate their users’ authentication data to the cloud-based Azure MFA service | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-azure-ad-blog/microsoft-entra-change-announcements-september-2022-train/ba-p/2967454 |
| Retirement of managing authentication methods in legacy MFA & SSPR policy | Retirement | Sep 30, 2024 | Starting Oct 2024, Microsoft no longer allow authentication methods to be managed in the legacy MFA and SSPR policies. | Organizations should use the converged authentication methods policy where methods can be managed centrally for all authentication scenarios including passwordless, MFA and SSPR. | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-azure-ad-blog/microsoft-entra-change-announcements-march-2023-train/ba-p/2967448 |
| Azure Key vault: Soft-delete will be enabled on all key vaults | Major change | Feb 1, 2025 | Soft Delete preserves deleted key vaults and secrets for up to 90 days, enabling customers to restore them through a self-serve process. | – | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/general/soft-delete-change |
| Office 2016 & Office 2019 | End of extended support | Oct 14, 2025 | Office 2016 and Office 2019 extended support ends in 2025 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-office-2016 | |
| Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics 1.x | End of extended support | Jan 13, 2026 | Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) extended support will be ended on January 13, 2026. | Updates for Microsoft ATA are available from Microsoft Update or by manual download. | https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/description-of-update-3-for-microsoft-advanced-threat-analytics-1-9-954cb9b7-9646-78ce-2000-2a257b64df7c |
| Deprecation of ‘Require approved client app’ Conditional Access Grant | Retirement | Mar 31, 2026 | The Require approved client app control in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Conditional Access will be retired and no longer enforced. | You can make use of the “Require app protection policy” control, which has all the same capabilities | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-azure-ad-blog/microsoft-entra-change-announcements-march-2023-train/ba-p/2967448 |
| SharePoint 2013 workflow retirement | Retirement | Apr 02, 2026 | SharePoint 2013 workflows will no longer be supported. | You can move to Power Automate or other supported solutions. | https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC542767 |
In conclusion, navigating the ever-evolving landscape of Microsoft 365 requires staying informed about the changes🔍. By proactively adapting to these changes, you can optimize your Microsoft 365 experience, maximize productivity, and effectively plan for the future. 💪
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