MC800502 – M365 Change Digest

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SharePoint eSignature will be available in all European countries by late December 2024, enabling users to request and manage eSignatures directly in SharePoint Online.

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Microsoft SharePoint eSignature service is expanding to the UK, Canada, and all EU countries, with rollouts beginning in August 2024 for the UK and Canada, and December 2024 for EU countries. Users in these regions will be able to request and add eSignatures on documents directly via SharePoint online.

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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.

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