New Teams client health dashboard for Teams administrators
Teams is introducing a ‘Teams client health’ dashboard, allowing IT admins to monitor client health metrics.
14. June 2025
Tagged: Administration
New admin role in Microsoft Entra ID: Organizational Data Source Administrator
Microsoft has added a new built-in admin role in Entra ID: Organizational Data Source Administrator
1. June 2025
Intune policies for Microsoft Edge in the Edge Management Service
Admins now can set Intune policies via the Edge management service, alongside the existing cloud policies. This enables admins to deploy both browser policies in the cloud and Intune policies from a single pane.
26. May 2025
How to delete a Loop Workspace connected to a Teams channel?
Teams owners cannot delete the new (Teams) channel-connected Loop Workspaces. I describe how an admin can delete such Loop containers.
24. May 2025
New admin role in Microsoft Entra ID: Teams Reader
Microsoft Entra ID provides a new admin role: Teams Reader
22. May 2025
Billing policies for Microsoft 365 Pay-as-you-go services in the admin center
Admins can now configure billing policies for Microsoft 365 PAYG services. Copilot Chat is the first service, but still with no control about monthly costs.
4. May 2025
New admin role in Microsoft Entra ID: Microsoft Graph Data Connect Administrator
Microsoft has added a new admin role to Entra ID: Microsoft Graph Data Connect Administrator
3. May 2025
Configure the name pronunciation feature in the Microsoft 365 admin center
The configuration for the name pronunciation feature in Teams and Outlook is now available in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
25. April 2025
New Microsoft Edge Sync type: Feature Usage Data Sync
With the stable release of Microsoft Edge 135, Microsoft added a new Feature Usage sync type to Edge enterprise sync.
19. April 2025
Disable the ability to send messages in Teams meeting chat before and after a meeting
Microsoft Teams introduced new meeting chat options, allowing admins to disable chat before and after meetings. Participants can only send messages during the meeting with these settings.
15. April 2025
New transcription and recording policies for Town halls and Webinars in Teams
Teams is introducing new transcription and recording policies for Town halls and Webinars, allowing more control over transcription and recording settings.
9. March 2025
Reconfiguration of Cloud Policy “Get Diagnostics feature’s visibility…” is required
Microsoft informs about a misconfiguration in the “Get Diagnostics feature’s visibility…” Cloud Policy. If it has already been configured, reconfiguration is required.
2. March 2025
Email verification for anonymous participants in Teams Meetings
Microsoft is introducing an optional email OTP verification for anonymous participants in Teams Meetings. Organizations that do not allow anonymous users must take note of this change.
11. February 2025
Missing permissions to validate a dynamic Entra ID group
Accounts with the required admin role cannot validate a dynamic Entra ID group. The cause is how the role is assigned to the account.
29. December 2024
Enhanced functionality to manage SharePoint Embedded containers in the SharePoint admin center
SharePoint Embedded administrators can now change owners for Loop Workspace containers, and Microsoft enables additional permission roles for SharePoint Embedded containers.
2. December 2024
New admin role in Microsoft Entra: AI Administrator
“AI Administrator” has been added as a new admin role in Microsoft Entra for all configurations related to Microsoft Copilot.
2. November 2024
New URL for Exchange Online Admin Center
Microsoft has activated the new URL admin.cloud.microsoft/exchange for the Exchange Admin Center.
13. October 2024
Configuring Organization Branding in Edge for Business
Edge for Business supports user-defined branding for the organization since March.
3. June 2024
New admin role in Microsoft Entra: Organizational Messages Approver
A new admin role was added to Microsoft Entra: Organizational Messages Approver
4. May 2024
New admin role in Microsoft Entra: Teams Telephony Administrator
A new admin role for Teams has been added in Microsoft Entra: Teams Telephony Administrator
6. April 2024