M365 Roundup, December 2022: Winget Lands in Intune and Legacy CSP Rebates End
TL;DR
- Effective January 1, 2023, all CSP incentives move to New Commerce Experience, and partners with customers on legacy licensing stop receiving monthly rebates.
- Intune now connects to the Windows Package Manager (Winget), letting admins browse, deploy, monitor, and automatically update Microsoft Store apps from inside Intune.
- A free Virtual Appointment meeting template comes to the Teams calendar in February 2023 for business-to-consumer meetings.
- Teams group chats gain Everyone mentions and the ability to add participants directly with an @mention, with control over how much history to share.
- OneDrive sync health reports are generally available in the Apps Admin Center, covering sync status, app versions, and Known Folder Move rollout.
December 2022 carries one hard deadline and one genuinely useful new capability. The deadline: legacy CSP seat-based incentives ended December 31, 2022, so any customer still on legacy licensing stopped earning you rebates on January 1, 2023. The capability: Intune now plugs into the Windows Package Manager, which finally makes Microsoft Store app deployment, and automatic updates, a native Intune workflow. Around those two, Teams picks up three quality-of-life features, Viva Insights reaches into Outlook, and the admin center gains OneDrive sync health reporting. Everything MSP-relevant from December, grouped by product.
Action required: legacy CSP incentives ended December 31, 2022
An older announcement worth repeating for anyone enrolled in the CSP program: effective January 1, 2023, all incentives move to New Commerce Experience. CSP partners with customers on legacy licensing no longer receive monthly rebates.
Full Partner Center announcement: December 2022 announcements - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn (opens in new tab)
Intune: store apps via Winget, with automatic updates
Microsoft is connecting the Windows Package Manager framework into the Intune app service. The combined workflow lets you add apps from the Microsoft Store for Business to Microsoft Intune, then browse, deploy, and monitor them inside Intune, with full control to curate what your users can install.
Once apps are deployed, Intune applies updates automatically when new versions ship, which keeps the app estate current and more secure. Supported app types include UWP apps, desktop apps packaged in .msix, and Win32 apps packaged in .exe or .msi installers. The standout capability is browsing and searching store apps directly from Intune, and admins can monitor installation progress for store apps as well.
Full announcement: What's new in Microsoft Intune, 2212 (December) edition | Microsoft Community Hub (opens in new tab)
Timing: generally available.
Teams: a free virtual appointment template and faster group chats
Virtual Appointment joins the meeting templates
A new Teams Meeting Template, Virtual Appointment, is being added as a template type in the New meeting dropdown in the Teams Calendar. It is a free experience that brings enhanced business-to-consumer meeting features into the familiar, lightweight Teams scheduling flow. When meeting with someone outside your organization, the Virtual Appointment template gives that person a polished experience from start to finish without learning new tools and without the organizer leaving the standard scheduling flow.
Timing: early February 2023, completing by late February 2023.
Mention Everyone in chat
Just as users mention individuals today, group chats gain an "Everyone" option. After typing @, the usual people results appear plus the new Everyone choice; selecting it notifies all users in the group chat according to each person's notification settings, which users can adjust in their Teams notification settings.
Timing: late January 2023, completing rollout to desktop, iOS, and Android by late February 2023.
Add people to a group chat with @mention
New participants can be added to a chat directly with an @mention, skipping the add dialog entirely. When adding new participants, you still control how much of the chat history to share.
Timing: generally available.
Viva Insights: meeting prep suggestions inside Outlook
Requires a Viva Insights subscription.
A new inline suggestion in Outlook ships with Microsoft Viva Insights to support booking meeting preparation time. The book-prep-time suggestion lets Viva Insights users set time aside to review related documents, complete tasks, or handle any other preparation before the meeting.
Tenant-level configuration for the Viva Insights Outlook add-in and inline suggestions: see Personal insights configuration for Microsoft 365 administrators in Microsoft Docs.
Timing: early January 2023, completing rollout by late January 2023.
Admin center: OneDrive sync reports and the new Microsoft Feed
OneDrive sync reports reach general availability
Proactively keeping OneDrive healthy protects your organization's information. The new dashboard in the Apps Admin Center provides sync health reports for tracking relevant health issues and advisories, checking the sync status and app version of individual devices, and monitoring Known Folder Move rollout.
Setup guide: OneDrive sync reports in the Apps Admin Center | Microsoft Learn (opens in new tab)
Microsoft Feed arrives in the left navigation
Microsoft Feed becomes accessible from the left navigation of Microsoft 365. It shows users a mix of relevant content from across Microsoft 365, helping them discover and learn about people and interests relevant at work. The feed is personal to each user and surfaces content based on what is likely most relevant to them at any given time.
Timing: mid-February 2023, completing by early March 2023.
Frequently asked questions
Do legacy CSP subscriptions stop working after January 1, 2023?
The change is to incentives, not service. All incentives move to New Commerce Experience, so CSP partners with customers still on legacy licensing no longer receive monthly rebates for those seats. Migrating customers to NCE restores incentive eligibility.
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Nick Ross
CEO · Microsoft MVP · Founder, T-Minus 365
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Nick joined Pax8 in 2017, where he would ultimately oversee product management for PSA and Microsoft integrations. Following his tenure at Pax8, Nick has continued to demonstrate his leadership prowess as an executive at various MSPs, culminating in his most recent role at Sourcepass.
Nick holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Florida State University, as well as a Minor Degree in Entrepreneurship. In his free time, Nick is an avid hiker, reader, and fitness-junkie.
