| Enhanced EOP/ATP Email Quarantine Capabilities |
1. New UI enabling quick search for emails by sender/recipient/network message id, etc. 2. Email in Quarantine — ability for admin to download the email and/or release the email to other recipients (e.g. admin release). These are available via Powershell today and we will expose these in the UX |
O365 |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Microsoft To-Do steps |
Steps enable users to easily break down tasks into subtasks |
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Q2 CY2018 |
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| SharePoint: new Planner integration |
This is Planner for the team as a full-page app. Simply click New Plan, and start managing team tasks right inside the SharePoint user experience. Add a Planner Plan from within SharePoint in Office 365 (click New Plan). |
O365,SharePoint |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Office 365 security and compliance center available in DoD cloud |
The Office 365 Security and Compliance Center is going to be available for the Office 365 DoD environment. The Office 365 Security & Compliance Center is your one-stop portal for helping you to protect and manage compliance for your data in Office 365. Use the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center to manage compliance for all your organization’s data across Office 365. The following experiences will be available: • Unified Data Loss Prevention • Reporting • Data Governance (Excluding Supervision) • Threat Intelligence • Threat Management (including ATP) • Permissions. |
GCC High/DoD,Information Protection |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| SharePoint web part: Image (update) |
Enhance your images with hyperlinks and allow authors to overlay text on images. |
SharePoint,O365 |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Planner: SharePoint team site integration updates |
Planner can now be added to any group connected team site, right from the homepage of a site. This update include an integrated full page Planner experience, including boards and charts, and options to add Planner to site navigation. |
O365,Planner |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Flow trigger for item deletion |
Build a custom process anytime an item or document is deleted |
SharePoint |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Password protected links (consumer) |
End users will be able to implement passwords to protect the links shared. Receivers with the password will be allowed to access the file only. |
OneDrive for Business |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Updates to terminology used for Office 365 Groups, Distribution Lists, and Security Groups |
We’re updating terminology used across Office Admin Center, Exchange Admin Center, and Azure Admin Portal to provide a more consistent experience when interacting with groups and distribution lists. In the Office Admin Center and the Exchange Admin Center, the ‘Group Type’ column will now include values of ‘Office 365’, ‘Mail-enabled security’, ‘Distribution list’, and ‘Security’. The concept of ‘Distribution Group’ will now be referred to as ‘Distribution List’ throughout experiences such as group creation, edit, and upgrade. |
Exchange |
June CY2018 |
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| Planner: Task commenting updates |
Today, group members who follow the group in their inbox receive all group emails in their personal inbox, including all Planner task comments. With this change, Planner comments will no longer be delivered to a personal inbox, even when following group members are following the group. Group members will still receive tasks comments in their inbox for tasks that they have commented on. |
O365,Planner |
June CY2018 |
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| Outlook for Windows: Lift 500 folder limit for shared mailboxes |
Outlook has improved synchronization of folders by removing the 500 folder limit for shared mailboxes. |
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Q4 CY2018 |
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| Microsoft To-Do List Sharing |
Sharing enables users to easily collaborate on common lists and tasks while on the go. |
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Q2 CY2018 |
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| Customized Sharing Defaults per SharePoint Site Collection |
In SharePoint Online, Default sharing link types and Default sharing link permissions are now available to be customized per site collection. In SharePoint Online, Default sharing link types and Default sharing link permissions are now available to be customized per site collection. You can now configure the default link type and default link permission for your users in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. With this change, you may now further customize the default sharing settings on a per site collection basis. |
OneDrive for Business |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Request sign-off via Flow |
Use a prebuilt Flow to get signoffs on data and documents anywhere in SharePoint and OneDrive |
SharePoint |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Versioning settings in OneDrive for Business, Groups and team sites in SharePoint Online |
All SharePoint and OneDrive libraries will be set to retain a minimum of one hundred major versions. Existing libraries that have versioning enabled but are set to retain fewer than one hundred major versions will be updated to retain the new minimum. Libraries already set to retain one hundred or more major versions will not be affected, including those with the default setting of five hundred. With these changes, the Document Library Settings page will no longer support the ability to disable versioning or configure it to retain fewer than one hundred versions. |
OneDrive for Business |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Outlook for Android: Add Office Lens images |
With Office Lens technology embedded in Outlook, easily add an image of a whiteboard, document or photo when composing an email. |
Outlook,Android |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| SharePoint web parts: Document library and lists updates |
It’s even easier to engage with documents and lists on a modern page with tile view and drag and drop upload. Now with custom views, grouping, sorting, filtering, column formatting, and drag & drop upload. |
SharePoint,O365 |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Mail Flow Insights in Security & Compliance Center |
With this update admins can use the new mail flow dashboard in the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center to discover trends, insights and take actions to fix issues related to mail flow in Office 365. |
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Q2 CY2018 |
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| Outlook for Mac: Create an Office 365 Group in Outlook |
Create an Office 365 Group in Outlook for Mac. |
Outlook,Mac |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Transfer ownership for deleted users |
Currently when a user leaves the ownership of their OneDrive rolls up to the manager. With this roll out, the admin will have the rights to transfer the ownership to the individual seen fit by the manager |
OneDrive for Business |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Security & Compliance Center Message Trace |
This is a new message trace interface appearing in the Security and Compliance center, in addition to the message trace capability currently available in the Exchange Admin Center. This new interface provides a tool for admins to troubleshoot and track the health of their organization’s mail flow. |
All environments |
Q1 CY2018 |
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| Enhanced list-library view web part |
The updated list-library view web parts allow full fidelity to the immersive full page experience, with support for sorting, command bar actions, and column formatting. |
SharePoint |
June CY2018 |
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| Data Privacy tab in the Security & Compliance Center |
With the new Data Privacy tab in the Office 365 Security and Compliance Center you now have a home for privacy and GDPR related tasks in Office 365. the Data privacy tab provides access to the GDPR dashboard with tools, resources and insights available as well as the Data Subject Request experience for Office 365 content. Create a DSR, execute your search, refine your search with conditions and labels, and export the results. |
O365 |
June CY2018 |
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| Page management |
Build pages and news with templates, classifications, targeting and workflow |
SharePoint |
June CY2018 |
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| Index large lists and complex field types |
Index and optimize large lists and complex field types like lookup, people and taxonomy |
SharePoint |
June CY2018 |
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| Known Folder Move for ODB |
Known Folder Move helps you move your Documents, Desktop, and Pictures folders to OneDrive, enabling you to access your stuff from anywhere while protecting all your content. |
OneDrive for Business |
July CY2018 |
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| Outlook Calendar: Option to block forwarding of meeting invites |
Meeting organizers will have the option to prevent attendees from forwarding a meeting invitation. This option will be available only for users in Office 365. In the first release, the option to prevent forwarding will only be available when creating or editing meetings in Outlook on the web, but the option will become available in Outlook for Windows shortly after. |
Outlook,O365 |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| Outlook for Mac: Teams Integration |
Schedule a Teams meeting and enable one click join for attendees. |
Mac,Outlook |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| Camera Upload for ODB |
Automatically upload the photos you take on your Android or iOS device to OneDrive. |
OneDrive for Business |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| External Sharing Reports |
Organization admins will be able to see all the files in a site that are shared externally. |
OneDrive for Business |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| Admin tool :TeamSite auto-mount |
Admins can specify TeamSite Libraries they want their users to sync |
OneDrive for Business |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| Files On-Demand for SharePoint Server 2019 |
Modern sync with SharePoint Server 2019. For users that have already migrated to the Windows 10 Fall Creators update or newer, they will be able to leverage Files On-Demand functionality on their Windows devices |
OneDrive for Business |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| Block Download in OneDrive |
Users will be able to share a link to a file that prevents the recipient from downloading it (they can only view on the web). |
OneDrive for Business |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| Exchange online PowerShell cmdlet to edit an Office 365 Group’s email addresses |
This feature will let you update the email addresses (SMTP addresses and more) of an Office 365 Group that has already been created. This functionality is only available for admins and will be performed through an Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlet. The changes made to the email addresses will sync into Azure Active Directory as well. |
Exchange |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| Microsoft Secure Score support for new controls |
Secure Score will add new controls to support Microsoft Teams, Azure Information Protection, SharePoint Tags, and Microsoft Dynamics |
O365 |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| Advanced eDiscovery: Search & Tagging |
Now you can use the new Search and Tagging capability in Advanced eDiscovery to search content within your existing Advanced eDiscovery case, including keywords, metadata and or additional Advanced eDiscovery analytics such as Themes, Relevance score and tag them for organization. At export, you can then decide to export only content that has been tagged in a certain way. |
O365 |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| Advanced Data Governance: API for Event Based Retention |
Now automate Event Based Retention using the Advanced Data Governance API to connect to other line of business applications and trigger retention and deletion policies based on certain events. |
O365 |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| Privileged access management in Office 365 |
New privileged access management capabilities in Office 365 provides an approval workflow that’s scoped to your high-risk tasks within Office 365. Requests for access can be automatically or manually approved. Either way, all the activity is logged and auditable, so that both privileged access requests and approvals can be reviewed and seamlessly provided for internal reviews and auditor requests. |
O365,Exchange |
Q4 CY2018 |
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| Microsoft Cloud App Security – Conditional Access App Control |
A unique integration with Azure AD Conditional Access to enable real-time control of risky user sessions based on preset conditions, when they are accessing your organization’s SaaS apps. This functionality utilizes a reverse proxy architecture. |
Microsoft Cloud App Security, Microsoft 365 |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Full Microsoft AutoPilot/Intune support |
Deploy and manage OneDrive sync using the Modern Deployment technologies from Microsoft |
OneDrive for Business |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Malware Detect |
The sync client helps to keep your data safe by taking signals from the service and from Windows Defender and pausing sync automatically to stop the damage and then help with the recovery once it is safe to sync. |
OneDrive for Business |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Outlook calendar – automatic processing of small changes in meeting details |
When a meeting organizer updates a meeting details that do not affect the date/time/recurrence pattern (I.e. add Skype for Business meeting link), Office 365 will automatically process and add the changes to the invitees’ calendars without requiring the invitees receiving a meeting update in their inbox and having to respond again to the meeting invite. You will be able to customize the logic for what details should be auto-processed for your organization, and which ones should continue to be shown as a meeting update in the invitees’ inboxes. At this time, we are not going to provide an option in Outlook for the organizer to choose how updates go out. |
Exchange |
Q2 CY2018 |
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| Outlook for Windows: Option to change the default end time for meetings and appointments |
Change the default end time for meetings and appointments by selecting an option to reduce the duration of your events. Reducing the meeting time can give attendees scheduled time to get to their next meeting. Calendar options included for meetings of less than and more than one hour. |
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Q1 CY2019 |
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| Microsoft Bookings – online payments for E3, E5, A3, and A5 subscriptions |
Bookings will now allow users to request an online payment in order for a customer to complete booking an appointment. Feature will be off-by-default and payment/banking information can only be set-up or modified by an Office 365 admin. |
O365 |
June CY2018 |
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| Tenant branding of sharing emails |
Tenant admins will be able to add branding to sharing emails so they look more trustworthy to recipients. |
OneDrive for Business |
June CY2018 |
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| Password protected links (ODB) |
Users will be able to set a custom password when sharing a link, to make sure that only people who know the password can open it. |
OneDrive for Business |
June CY2018 |
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| New Scan Experience(ODB+ODC) |
We will make the built-in scan functionality in OneDrive Mobile even easier to use by moving the feature from the +menu to its own standalone icon on the bottom of the OneDrive menu |
OneDrive for Business |
June CY2018 |
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| Better manage permissions UI |
Making it easy for the users to understand who has access to the content and manage it appropriately |
OneDrive for Business |
June CY2018 |
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| Smart people picker(Web only) |
Users sharing OneDrive and SharePoint files and folders will get intelligent graph-based suggestions when entering recipients in the To line. |
OneDrive for Business |
June CY2018 |
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| Desktop Notifications for sharing |
With the new desktop notifications users will be allowed to quickly see when files that have been shared by them were opened or changed by the team |
OneDrive for Business |
June CY2018 |
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| SharePoint and Teams: pick news articles and lists as tabs in teams |
When you add a tab in Teams, you can tab between available lists, pages and news items to quickly bring them into your hub for teamwork. They’re your tabs, use them. |
O365,SharePoint |
July CY2018 |
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| SharePoint and Teams: folder in site visibly connected to channel |
Now it’s easy to tell which folders within your library have an associated Teams channel & chat associated to it – right from within the SharePoint user interface. |
SharePoint,O365 |
July CY2018 |
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| SharePoint and Teams: connect site to a Team in one click |
If you’re group-connected team site is not connected to a chat-based hub for teamwork, then it’s just one click of the new Connect to Teams button in bottom-left corner of your site that gets you one. |
O365,SharePoint |
July CY2018 |
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| SharePoint hub sites: site scripting during site association |
Once a site gets associated to a hub site, it not only inherits the theme of the hub site, it can now be further configured using powerful site scripting methods to enforce permissions, shared metadata, preferred content management, brand elements and policies. Program site scripts to run automatically when a site is associated to a hub site to adhere to preferences for that family of sites. |
SharePoint,O365 |
July CY2018 |
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| SharePoint hub sites: approvals for site association |
A flexible approval process further empowers hub site owners and site owners to make requests and programmatically adapt to changes within their growing, dynamic intranet. |
O365,SharePoint |
July CY2018 |
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| SharePoint hub sites: add rich color to header |
You will now have choices beyond the color white. It’ll be easier and more flexible to adhere to your preferred company theme and brand colors across more aspects of the sites and pages. |
SharePoint,O365 |
July CY2018 |
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| SharePoint news: save for later (Web) |
You can now save news articles to catch up on later, right from the Web interface of your intranet – as you can today on mobile. Simply click Save for later from the bottom of the news article and it gets added to your saved list, accessible from the Me tab in the SharePoint mobile app. You will also be able to access your saved list from SharePoint home. |
SharePoint,O365 |
July CY2018 |
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| SharePoint organizational news: hub site news web part update |
The unique ‘hub layout’ in the news web part for SharePoint hub sites will provide additional capabilities like pinning news articles, a new compact layout, and carousel support. Choose from a new variety of news layouts to best promote your news on your pages. |
O365,SharePoint |
July CY2018 |
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| SharePoint mobile: notifications on page likes |
You’ll receive a notification when someone clicks the Like button on a news article you published. How do you like that? If you do like it, you’ll be notified. |
O365,SharePoint |
July CY2018 |
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| Office 365 Data Governance: Deletion Report |
Now you will have access the data deletion report for manually disposed records from EXO and SPO in the Reports tab of the Security and Compliance Center. |
O365 |
August CY2018 |
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| Office 365 Data Governance: File Plan Builder |
Now use the file plan builder to set hierarchy for departments, locations and categories for records retention schedules. |
O365 |
August CY2018 |
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| Microsoft Secure Score localization |
Secure Score will be localized in additional languages. |
O365 |
August CY2018 |
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| Microsoft Secure Score support for new controls |
Secure Score will add new controls to support Microsoft Cloud App Security, Azure Active Directory, Windows, and Office 365 Threat Intelligence. |
O365 |
August CY2018 |
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| Microsoft Secure Score support for delegated administrators |
Secure Score will allow users with delegated administrator rights to access score data. |
O365 |
August CY2018 |
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| Microsoft Secure Score API Update |
Secure Score will update its API to support new fields and provide more granular information. |
O365 |
August CY2018 |
|
| Intelligent Discovery for Windows Phone |
From the OneDrive app, Discover view uses the Office Graph to suggest relevant and trending files from Office 365. The Discover view suggests content that is most relevant for each person based on the work they are doing and the people with whom they engage. |
OneDrive for Business |
Q4 CY2017 |
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| Microsoft Invoicing |
Getting estimates and invoices out on time, tracking pending payments and processing payments quickly are critical to keep things running smoothly. But it can tedious and confusing to keep track of information in different systems of record or even on paper. Microsoft Invoicing helps you quickly create professional-looking estimates and invoices, so you get paid quickly. Microsoft Invoicing works with PayPal, so you can accept credit and debit cards online. A connector to QuickBooks lets you sync customer and catalogue data, and transfer invoicing information to your accountant. Microsoft Invoicing is available on the web, and on mobile apps for iOS and Android. It is rolling out in preview over the next few weeks to Office 365 Business Premium subscribers in the U.S., U.K. and Canada, starting with those in the First Release program. |
O365 |
Q3 CY2017 |
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| Exchange Online Protection phishing protection |
Admins will be able to add phishing levels similar to how they set up their spam levels |
Information Protection |
Q3 CY2017 |
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| Microsoft Connections |
Microsoft Connections is an email and referral marketing tool that helps companies drive new and repeat business |
O365 |
Q3 CY2017 |
|
| Microsoft Listings |
Getting your business listed online is a great way to be discovered by prospective customers, but it can be time consuming to set up your online presence, keep information like business hours up-to-date and monitor performance across sites. Microsoft Listings makes it easy to publish and manage your business listing on Facebook, Google, Bing and Yelp. When you update your business profile in Microsoft Listings, the changes automatically populate across Facebook, Google and Bing. And what’s more, you can monitor online views and reviews of your listings across sites from a single dashboard. This makes it easier to understand feedback from your customers and strengthen your online reputation. Microsoft Listings is available on the web. It is rolling out in preview over the next few weeks to Office 365 Business Premium subscribers in the U.S., U.K. and Canada, starting with those in the First Release program. |
O365 |
Q3 CY2017 |
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