The monthly what’s-new digest: every Microsoft 365 change that matters to MSPs, in one place, every month.
May 2022 for MSPs: personal Bookings pages land in Outlook, quarantine notifications get custom branding, Teams ships four features, and Defender for Business standalone gets an upgrade path.
April 2022 for MSPs: Defender for Business standalone arrives at $3 per user, legacy CSP renewals get until July 11, Azure subscriptions transfer between partners, and Windows 365 goes annual.
March 2022 for MSPs: combined MFA and SSPR registration becomes the default, NCE cancellations stretch to 7 days, nonprofit SKUs get a price bump, and dynamic distribution groups go modern.
February 2022 for MSPs: internet VBA macros get blocked by default, Teams previews shared channels on B2B direct connect, coterminosity heads to the NCE sandbox, and AAD Connect versions retire.
January 2022 for MSPs: New Commerce goes live for M365 and D365, Teams Phone with Calling Plan replaces Business Voice, Defender for Business heads into Business Premium, and Walkie Talkie hits iOS.
December 2021 for MSPs: DAP monitoring and self-service removal go live, GDAP hits technical preview for January 2022, SMTP DANE comes to Exchange Online, and Teams quiets its activity feed.
November 2021 for MSPs: Defender for Business lands in Business Premium at no extra cost, NCE promos slip to January 2022, GDAP is announced, and CSP partners get Azure AD P2 free.
October 2021 for MSPs: tenants get 30-day notices before basic auth and SMTP AUTH shut off, Message Trace leaves the SCC, DKIM setup gets simpler, and Authenticator adds number matching.
September 2021 for MSPs: NCE brings a 20% monthly premium to seat-based CSP, basic auth gets an October 2022 kill date with surprise shutoffs sooner, and the classic EAC starts winding down.
August 2021 for MSPs: Azure AD Graph and MSOnline license cmdlets retire June 30, 2022, Teams recordings start auto-expiring at 60 days, and channel renames finally sync to SharePoint.
July 2021 for MSPs: Microsoft 365 Lighthouse enters free public preview, Outlook meetings go online by default, Teams adds Fluid components, and Secure Score gets five Teams checks.
June 2021 for MSPs: E2EE arrives for 1:1 Teams calls, meetings can auto-record, recordings become searchable by transcript, and the first contact safety tip moves into anti-phishing policy.
