Microsoft News - June 2023

by Maybelline Middleton

Welcome to your monthly roundup of all the latest updates in the world of Microsoft. We’ll run through everything you need to know from critical dates to be aware of, to new product announcements. Check in on our blog every month to ensure you stay up to date.

REMINDER: Important Changes to Microsoft Cloud and OnPrem Pricing.

Microsoft announced in October 2022 that they are in the process of aligning Cloud and OnPrem pricing with US dollar exchange rate levels.

The first price adjustment is coming 1^st September, with the second following on 1^st February 2024 – and is set to repeat on those dates going forward until further notice.

REMINDER: Microsoft Defender gets App Governance Included for FREE.

From 1^st June App Governance add-on feature for Microsoft Defender for Cloud apps will be included in Defender for Cloud Apps at no additional cost.

Organisations licensed with:

Microsoft 365 F5
Microsoft 365 E5
Microsoft 365 E5 Security/Compliance
EMS E5

Will now gain free access to what is currently a paid for license.

Immediate action required for Microsoft Teams Rooms licensing enforcement.

Starting 1^st July 2023, Teams Rooms devices, including those using Personal Mode and the Teams application on Surface Hub and Teams Panels will be blocked from signing in without a valid Teams Rooms license. To prevent imminent service disruption, provision and activate either a Teams Rooms Pro, Teams Rooms Basic (max 25 devices), Teams Rooms Premium, Teams Rooms Standard, or Teams Rooms Shared Device license (panels only) before the deadline.

For Teams Panels, customers need to provision a Teams Shared Device license for those accounts where a Teams Panel is deployed to a space where there's no Teams Room or Surface Hub in the room. Further to this, from 1^st July 2023, access to the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal will be restricted to those customers holding an active Teams Rooms Pro or a legacy Teams Rooms Premium license.

New Business Central Premium Attach Licenses.

Dynamics 365 Sales and Dynamics 365 Customer Service are now available.