Microsoft has announced significant changes to Microsoft Teams (hereinafter referred to as “Teams”).
This implies that users will need to switch to the new Teams app.
The existing app (hereinafter referred to as the “old app”) is scheduled to be unavailable after March 2024.

[Summary]

• Microsoft is making changes to Teams.
• The old app will no longer be available after March 2024.
• Users will be able to switch between the old and new apps starting in January 2024.
• The new app is already available (However, the Web browser version is not yet available).
• Please research the features of the new app individually if necessary.

Our university plans to allow users to choose and implement the transition from the old app to the new Teams in response to these changes (scheduled for January 2024).

Those currently using the old app will be able to introduce the new Teams through its features.

※　Please note that the old app distribution has already ended, so this announcement does not apply to those who have already adopted the new app.

For reference information on the new Teams, please visit the following site: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software/

[Note]
The Academic Computing & Communications Center does not provide support for using the app.
However, we do address account-related issues. Please research the specific usage of the app on your own.

The utwlan-pub service, which was used to obtain the passphrase for utwlan-w in the On-Campus Wi-Fi System, will be terminated at the end of November.

To new students enrolled in September or October

The initial password for the Unified Authentication System notified to you by card or other means will expire if you do not change it within the specified period.

If you have not changed it yet, please do so immediately from the Unified Authentication System page.

(We have also announced this to the relevant persons by e-mail.)

As announced before, Microsoft Stream (classic) is replaced by Stream (on SharePoint) in a certain term so please move your videos accordingly.

In this case, the following problems may occur.

• Videos on Stream (classic) owned by users who have quit (retired, graduated, etc.) our University will be deleted according to the replacement.
• Only the owners of the videos on Stream (classic) can operate, including downloading.
  Therefore, other users cannot access these videos if the owners have quit.

Due to copyright issues, ACCC cannot change the ownership of such videos without the owners’ consent.

Owners who plan to leave please transfer the ownership to other members beforehand.

See also:
Migration to Stream (on SharePoint) following the Discontinuation of Stream (Classic)
https://www.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp/wp_e/stream-classic-discontinuation/

This maintenance was performed on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
Due to some errors, some users could not be removed from the team.
This will be addressed in the future.

From the end of last academical year (this March), graduates can use their  @u.tsukuba.ac.jp mail address even after graduation.

However, because they are no longer the licensees of other Microsoft (MS) products such as MS Teams, confusions may rise like the following.

• In a Team which the graduated member belongs to, other members can send he/she messages.
• The graduated member who can no longer access MS Teams , cannot read the message, neither know that he/she has been sent a message.

To avoid such unnecessary confusions, graduate accounts will be removed from any teams by the system administrator on July 18 or 19, 2023.

It may take some time before the removed accounts disappear from the teams.

Remarks : Please be assured that in the teams, chat logs and/or files uploaded/created by the removed users will not be deleted.

From Aug. 15, 2023, you will not be able to upload your video to Stream (Classic) because it will be replaced by Stream (on SharePoint). Please find details from the following web.

Migration to Stream (on SharePoint) following the Discontinuation of Stream (Classic)
https://www.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp/wp_e/stream-classic-discontinuation/

We have changed the default selection for the SharePoint and OneDrive sharing range when you “Copy Link” in Microsoft 365 from “All users (anyone who knows the link can edit it)” to “Users with existing access rights”.

Please refer to the screenshots below and change the selection according to the scope you wish to share.

*The default value when “copying a link” has been changed, and the default value when sharing a file on a chat between individuals in Teams may also change as a result.
In addition, the default values for other Microsoft 365 applications and functions may also change in the future, so please be careful when changing the public range settings when sharing files again.

*Please note that changing the default values will not change the accessibility of items that have already been shared.

(SharePoint)

(★ Clicking on “Users with existing access rights use the link >” will allow you to select the scope of other sharing.)

(OneDrive)

(★ Clicking on “Users with existing access rights use the link >” will allow you to select the scope of other sharing.)