| Announcement ID | MC714181 | Published Date | 02-09-2024 | |
| Service | General | Last Updated | 05-17-2024 | |
| Category | Plan for change | Expiration Date | 07-01-2024 | |
| Roadmap ID | Action Required by Date | |||
| Tags | Admin impact, Feature update, User impact | |||
| Summary |
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| Outlook Mobile will remove the Sections view in the Feed tab, with a rollout starting mid-March 2024. Users who do not have the vertical feed enabled will no longer see the old Sections view but can find information in other modules. Admins who have turned off the feed using Mobile Device Management will now turn it off completely. To prepare for this update, admins may want to notify their users about this change and update their training and documentation accordingly. |
| More Information |
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In the Feed tab of Outlook Mobile, we will remove the Sections view in the Feed tab, whose functionality and content can now be found in the vertical feed and elsewhere in the Outlook Mobile app. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC and GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2024 (previously early March) and expect to complete by late May 2024 (previously mid-May). How this will affect your organization: For users: The Feed tab in Outlook mobile helps you discover and learn about people and interests relevant at work. The feed shows you a mix of content and activity from across Microsoft 365 to help you stay connected to your colleagues and informed about what's happening around you. For users who do not have the vertical feed enabled for various reasons, such as users in sovereign clouds (GCC and GCC High) and users in tenants where admins have turned off the feed, we will remove the Feed icon from the Outlook Mobile tab bar at the bottom of the screen. These users will stop seeing the old Sections view but can still find information as follows:
For admins: If admins have turned off the feed using Mobile Device Management (MDM), users will not see the Feed icon in the tab bar of Outlook Mobile. With this release, if admins turn off the feed, they will now turn it off completely and users will no longer see the old Sections view of the feed. If an admin turns on the feed again, the Feed icon will reappear in the Outlook Mobile tab bar and users will be able to see the Vertical feed. What you need to do to prepare: Admins may want to notify their users about this change and update their training and documentation accordingly. Screenshot: Section view on the left, vertical feed on the right: |
