UPDATE 10/2: Office 2016 and Office 365 Monthly Channel v1708 build 8431.2094 Office - Windows 10 Forums

Monthly Channel

September 18, 2017
Version 1708 (Build 8431.2079)

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Note: "Current Channel" is now named "Monthly Channel".

Access: Feature updates

This channel release contains the following feature updates:

• Dynamics connector: Import data from or link to data stored in Microsoft Dynamics. More information
• Salesforce connector: Import data from or link to data stored in Salesforce. More information

Excel: Feature updates

This channel release contains the following feature updates:

• 3D models: Use 3D to increase the visual and creative impact of your workbooks. Easily insert a 3D model, then you can rotate it through 360 degrees. More information
• New ink effects: Express your ideas with flair using metallic pens and ink effects like rainbow, galaxy, lava, ocean, gold, silver and more.
• “Add Column from Examples” enhancements: Supports more Date/Time, Math, and Index Column transformations.
• Performance improvements: Excel opens complex workbooks with multiple sheets faster, so you can crunch formulas with large ranges, filter lots of rows, or copy and paste quicker.

Excel: Non-security updates

This channel release contains the following non-security updates:

• Fix an issue where tabs are ignored when copying and pasting tab delimited text from Word, resulting in the text not being parsed into columns

Outlook: Feature updates

This channel release contains the following feature updates:

• 3D models: Use 3D to increase the visual and creative impact of your email. Easily insert a 3D model, then you can rotate it through 360 degrees. More information
• Profile card: Shows you the most relevant details about people and groups, whether you’re on the desktop, the web, or using a mobile app.
• Accessibility improvements: We've made it easier to read and edit text, tables, lists, and images in email when you're using a screen reader.

PowerPoint: Feature updates

This channel release contains the following feature updates:

• 3D models: Use 3D to increase the visual and creative impact of your presentations. Bring 3D models to life in your presentations with transitions like Morph that create cinematic animations between slides. More information
• New ink effects: Express your ideas with flair using metallic pens and ink effects like rainbow, galaxy, lava, ocean, gold, silver and more.

Project: Feature updates

This channel release contains the following feature updates:

• Manage a task in Planner: Link a Project task to Planner and create a plan for it. Break the task into subtasks, add a team, assign tasks, and manage the work on a task board

Project: Non-security updates

This channel release contains the following non-security updates:

• Fix an issue where Actual Start may be wrongly cleared when you set remaining work.
• Fix an issue where Assignment Actual Start Date may show different data than was reported by the resource through statusing in Project Web App.
• Fix an issue where actual work may be rescheduled if the task's finish date is changed.
• Fix an issue where if you copy and paste cost fields, the pasted values might not exactly match the copied values due to a rounding issue.
• Fix an issue where timephased data for Budget resources isn't copied when you save from one baseline into another one.
• Fix an issue where the status field doesn't always calculate correctly for summary tasks.

Skype for Business: Non-security updates

This channel release contains the following non-security updates:

• Add dialog explaining why a user is unable to join a meeting when certain ports are blocked or IPs are not whitelisted.
• Fix an issue where unread messages in persistent chat rooms are marked as read when you click IM conversation tabs.
• Fix an issue where incoming IM toasts experience a several second delay.
• Fix an issue where an AD contact is displayed as a phone number instead of contact name when sync with Exchange is disabled.
• Fix an issue where anonymous join users are blocked from joining when federation is disabled and anonymous join is not explicitly blocked by meeting organizer.
• Fix an issue where the number of invitees is incorrectly displayed to meeting organizer for meetings that exceed the limit.
• Fix an issue where phone number is not displayed in toast on inbound PSTN calls.
• Fix an issue where, when using the Delete key while renaming a contact list group, the entire group is deleted.
• Fix an issue where the sharing notification in an IM conversation is dismissed before sharing stops.

Word: Feature updates

This channel release contains the following feature updates:

• 3D models: Use 3D to increase the visual and creative impact of your documents. Easily insert a 3D model, then you can rotate it through 360 degrees. More information
• New ink effects: Express your ideas with flair using metallic pens and ink effects like rainbow, galaxy, lava, ocean, gold, silver and more.

Office suite: Non-security updates

This channel release contains the following non-security updates:

• Fix an issue that prevents the What’s New dialog from appearing.

Source: Office 365 client update channel releases

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