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Microsoft SharePoint eSignature: Coming soon to Canada, UK, and selected European countries

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  • Seen 21 Nov 2024 early December 2024 → late December 2024
  • Seen 21 Nov 2024 early November 2024 → early December 2024
  • Seen 17 Oct 2024 early October 2024 → early November 2024
  • Seen 2 Aug 2024 mid-August 2024, end of September 2024 → August 2024, early October 2024

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Updated November 21, 2024: The rollout to the UK & Canada has completed. The rollout to the selected European countries has been delayed. However, all of Europe will be supported by December. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft SharePoint eSignature allows users to easily request eSignatures on a PDF document via SharePoint online. Signers can easily add their electronic signature. Signed documents are saved securely back to SharePoint. As communicated in MC690925 (Updated) SharePoint eSignature electronic signature service (November 2023), SharePoint eSignature is currently available in the United States. With this rollout, eSignature is coming soon to the United Kingdom, Canada, and these European countries: Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Ireland  Italy  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden When this will happen: We will begin rolling out to the UK, Canada in August 2024, and the European countries in this message in late December 2024 (previously early November).  How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout: Users only had third-party (non-Microsoft) plugin options for eSignatures in SharePoint. After the rollout: If your region is now supported, you will be able to configure and use SharePoint eSignature in SharePoint. If you have SharePoint Premium configured before this rollout, you will need to turn on this feature. If you sign up for SharePoint Premium after the rollout, the feature will be on by default, but you can turn it off. What you need to do to prepare: References Set up SharePoint eSignature | Microsoft Learn SharePoint eSignature – Microsoft Adoption (adoption-dev.azurewebsites.net) Overview of SharePoint eSignature | Microsoft Learn

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  2. … Canada in August 2024, and the European countries in this message in earlylate December 2024 (previously early November).  How this will affect your organization: Before …

  3. Updated October 17,November 21, 2024: We have updatedThe rollout to the UK & Canada has completed. The rollout to the list ofselected European countries below to includehas been delayed. However, all EU countries.of Europe will be supported by December. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft SharePoint eSignature allows users to easily … in August 2024, and the European countries in this message in early NovemberDecember 2024 (previously early October).November).  How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout: Users only had …

  4. Updated September 26,October 17, 2024: We have updated the list of countries below to include all … in August 2024, and the European countries in this message in early OctoberNovember 2024 (previously late September).early October).  How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout: Users only had …

  5. Updated August 2,September 26, 2024: We have updated the timing below.list of countries below to include all EU countries. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft SharePoint eSignature allows users to easily … United Kingdom, Canada, and these European countries: Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus CzechiaCzech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Ireland  Italy  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg Malta  Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden When this will happen: We will begin rolling out to the …

    • Tags Feature update, User impact, Admin impact → Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact

    Updated August 2, 2024: We have updated the timing below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft SharePoint eSignature allows users to easily request eSignatures on a PDF … When this will happen: We will begin rolling out to the UK, Canada,Canada in August 2024, and the European countries in this message in mid-Augustearly October 2024 and expect to complete by end of September 2024. (previously late September).  How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout: Users only had …

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