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Microsoft SharePoint: Header and Footer enhancements

Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando · Microsoft may not have sent this notice to your tenant.
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  • Seen 28 Aug 2025 mid-August 2025 → late September 2025
  • Seen 16 Jul 2025 mid-July 2025, late July 2025 → early September 2025, mid-September 2025
  • Seen 8 Jul 2025 early July 2025

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Updated August 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. We’re updating the Microsoft SharePoint site header and footer to deliver a more modern, customizable, and brand-aligned experience. This visual enhancement introduces new options for customizing the header, footer, and navigation links—empowering site owners to better reflect their organization’s identity and create more engaging, connected SharePoint sites. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489225. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late August 2025 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by early September 2025 (previously late August). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 (previously late August) and expect to complete by mid-September 2025 (previously early September). General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will start rolling out mid-September 2025 (previously early September) and expect to complete by late September 2025. How this will affect your organization: These updates will enhance the visual consistency and usability of SharePoint sites, making it easier to deliver visually compelling, on-brand experiences across your organization. For site viewers: The command bar will be hidden in View mode for a cleaner, more immersive experience. Teaching tips will help users locate previously available command bar buttons in the header. For site owners: New design flexibility will include: Set an image as the header or footer background and customize the overlay color. Change fonts for the site title, navigation links, footer name, and footer links using a set of predefined font families. Adjust footer alignment, including support for left alignment. This change will be on by default. After this rollout, site admins can customize the header background under the new Design tab in the Header configuration panel: Site viewers will have a cleaner, more immersive experience with the command bar hidden in View mode. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation.

What changed

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  1. Updated July 16,August 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. timeline. Thank you for your patience. We’re updating the Microsoft SharePoint site header … 489225. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-Augustlate August 2025 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by early September 2025 (previously late August 2025. August). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late Augustearly September 2025 (previously late August) and expect to complete by mid-September 2025 (previously early September 2025. September). General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will start rolling out mid-September 2025 (previously early September 2025 September) and expect to complete by mid-Septemberlate September 2025. How this will affect your organization: These updates will enhance the …

  2. Updated July 8,16, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. … 489225. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-Julymid-August 2025 (previously early July) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously mid-July). August 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late JulyAugust 2025 and expect to complete by mid-Augustearly September 2025. General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will start rolling out mid-Augustearly September 2025 and expect to complete by late Augustmid-September 2025. How this will affect your organization: These updates will enhance the …

    • Tags New feature, User impact → Updated message, New feature, User impact

    Updated July 8, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We’re updating the Microsoft SharePoint site header and footer to deliver a … 489225. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 (previously early July 2025 July) and expect to complete by mid-July 2025.late July 2025 (previously mid-July). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 …

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