(Updated) Microsoft Viva Amplify and SharePoint News: Videos will play in Microsoft Outlook instead of web browser

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Summary

Starting early July 2025 through late November 2025, videos embedded via Stream in Microsoft Viva Amplify and SharePoint News will play inline within Microsoft Outlook (Windows and web), eliminating the need to open a browser. This feature is enabled by default with no admin action required.

Details

Updated September 19, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon: Videos embedded using the Stream webpart in Microsoft Viva Amplify publications and Microsoft SharePoint News pages will play inline in emails in new Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop and Microsoft Outlook for the web. Users will be able to watch videos in Outlook without leaving Outlook to watch videos that open in a web browser.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late November 2025 (previously early September).

[How this will affect your organization:]

This feature will be on by default.

Learn more about admin controls for this feature in the Limiting who can use the feature section of Embed and play back videos in Outlook and Loop | Microsoft Learn

[What you need to do to prepare:]

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update your relevant documentation.

Learn more

#newoutlookforwindows

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September 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM Updated
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Microsoft Viva Amplify and SharePoint News: Videos will play in Microsoft Outlook instead of web browser
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(Updated) Microsoft Viva Amplify and SharePoint News: Videos will play in Microsoft Outlook instead of web browser
Summary
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Videos embedded in Microsoft Viva Amplify and SharePoint News will play directly in Microsoft Outlook emails instead of opening in a web browser. This feature will roll out from July to September 2025 and will be enabled by default. No admin action is required before the rollout.
New
Starting early July 2025 through late November 2025, videos embedded via Stream in Microsoft Viva Amplify and SharePoint News will play inline within Microsoft Outlook (Windows and web), eliminating the need to open a browser. This feature is enabled by default with no admin action required.
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2025-06-25T00:16:44.307Z
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2025-09-19T20:20:34.193Z
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Coming soon: Videos embedded using the Stream webpart in Microsoft Viva Amplify publications and Microsoft SharePoint News pages will play inline in emails in new Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop and Microsoft Outlook for the web. Users will be able to watch videos in Outlook without leaving Outlook to watch videos that open in a web browser.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025.

[How this will affect your organization:]

This feature will be on by default.

Learn more about admin controls for this feature in the Limiting who can use the feature section of Embed and play back videos in Outlook and Loop | Microsoft Learn

[What you need to do to prepare:]

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update your relevant documentation.

Learn more

#newoutlookforwindows

New

Updated September 19, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon: Videos embedded using the Stream webpart in Microsoft Viva Amplify publications and Microsoft SharePoint News pages will play inline in emails in new Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop and Microsoft Outlook for the web. Users will be able to watch videos in Outlook without leaving Outlook to watch videos that open in a web browser.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late November 2025 (previously early September).

[How this will affect your organization:]

This feature will be on by default.

Learn more about admin controls for this feature in the Limiting who can use the feature section of Embed and play back videos in Outlook and Loop | Microsoft Learn

[What you need to do to prepare:]

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update your relevant documentation.

Learn more

#newoutlookforwindows

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