IBM BigFix Patch will be making changes to Office 365 content. This is in alignment with Microsoft Office 365 changes that include a change of channel names, as indicated in the following table.
Microsoft announced that the name change begins on September 12, 2017.
BigFix will be updating existing tasks for users to set endpoints to the new channel. The Fixlet IDs of existing content will remain unchanged. Moving forward, users will receive updates as per usual and the change is in name only.
What actions should I take?
You can use the tasks that BigFix Patch will be releasing to set your endpoints to the new channel.
Other changes for Office 365
Aside from the name change, Microsoft is also reducing the update cadence of Semi-annual Channel (Targeted) from 2-3 times a year to twice a year, in March and September.
The support duration for the semi-annual feature update releases of Office 365 ProPlus will now be longer, at 18 months instead of 12 months, starting from the initial release.
For more information about these changes, see Overview of update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps - Deploy Office | Microsoft Learn.
Reference:
To refer to the Microsoft article Overview of the upcoming changes to Office 365 ProPlus update management , see, Overview of update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps - Deploy Office | Microsoft Learn.
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