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Latest news & alerts

Microsoft Teams: Shared call history in Queues app
When:
Rolling out early January 2026, expected completion by mid-January 2026.
What:

• Queue members will be able to view shared call history for all missed, incoming, and outgoing calls.
• Feature is disabled by default; admins must enable it in Teams Admin Center (TAC).
• Admins can grant shared call history access to all queue members or restrict access to authorized users only.

Attacks Confirmed—Google Issues Emergency Update For 2 Billion Chrome Users
11/18/2025

This “Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.175 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.” The vulnerability has been issued a high-severity rating. As such, all Chrome users should update their browsers now. The update should download automatically, but you will need to restart your browser to ensure it installs and takes effect.

Source: Forbes Cybersecurity News

Microsoft is updating how they bill for mid-term subscription changes
When:
Starting January 6th, 2025
What:

• Existing subscriptions—such as adding or removing licenses, cancellations, and upgrades—will be billed the next day instead of at the beginning of the following month.
• This change ensures more timely and transparent billing, helping you better track and manage your subscription costs.

Introducing Image Search in Microsoft Teams
When:
Targeted release: Rollout begins early November 2025 and completes by mid-November 2025.
Worldwide and GCC: Rollout begins mid-November 2025 and completes by early December 2025.
GCC-H and DoD: Rollout begins early December 2025 and completes by mid-December 2025.
What:

• Teams users can now search for images shared in chats and channels directly from the search bar.
• Image results are powered by message content, people involved, and on the Search Results Page, chat or channel location for added context.

Update to inline image representation in Outlook on the web and new Outlook for Windows
When:
This change will begin rolling out on November 15, 2025, to Production users.
Rollouts to other environments will begin after Production rollouts are 100% complete.
What:

• Extract the ID from the URL and match it with the attachment ID they already had.
• Use the entire URL in the src attribute to get the Base64 value of the inline image.

Retirement of “When Sending a Message” Group Policy in Classic Outlook for Windows
When:
New individual Group Policies will be introduced starting October 14, 2025.
The legacy When Sending a Message policy will be removed on January 13, 2026.
What:

• New individual Group Policies will be added to the Office admin templates (ADMX/ADML).
• These policies will coexist with the legacy policy until January 2026.
• After January 13, 2026, the legacy When Sending a Message policy will be removed.
• Admins will need to configure the new policies individually.
• No changes will occur automatically; migration is required.

Outlook on the web activity-based timeout is retiring
When:
Early January 2026 to late January 2026; GCC, GCCHigh, and DoD: Early February 2026 to late February 2026
What:

• The ABT setting for Outlook on the web will be retired.
• If Microsoft 365 idle session timeout is not enabled, users will no longer be automatically signed out of Outlook on the web due to inactivity.
• Microsoft 365 idle session timeout applies across supported Microsoft 365 web apps.

New support for HR and employee profile data in Microsoft 365 Copilot connectors
When:
Begins mid-November 2025 and completes by mid-December 2025.
What:

Upcoming Secure by Default Settings Changes for Exchange and Teams APIs
When:
These changes will begin rolling out by end of October 2025 and are expected to be completed by late-November 2025
What:
For customers using the Microsoft-managed default consent policy, admin approval will be required for third-party apps accessing Exchange and Teams content via Microsoft Graph, Exchange Web Services (EWS), Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), POP3, and IMAP4.

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