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Updated Jul 16, 2018
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Daniel WesterdaleI very much agree with you. In addition I think the community communication overall (all products/services) needs to be tightened up a bit as well. This are better than the past, however when authoritative "posts" state dates, then have no updates when those stated dates pass people assume things should be done. For example, on this page:
Q: How can I expect the new page metadata features to roll out to Office 365 customers?
A: These page metadata features will begin to roll out to all https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.office.com%2Farticle%2Fset-up-the-standard-or-targeted-release-options-in-office-365-3b3adfa4-1777-4ff0-b606-fb8732101f47&data=02%7C01%7CMark.Kashman%40microsoft.com%7C564a8e8f1d2e4d30057108d5e2b64346%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636664194807059981&sdata=ye%2FRu0%2BRG2O2BFTzRXPgtSbd%2FzvhEiU6DbDmWBT38H8%3D&reserved=0 customers this week, and will be completed within 2–3 weeks. We then are targeting end of July 2018 for complete worldwide roll out into production.
I understand dates are missed, but we are a quarter on and I have not seen any update stating this was not fully rolled out. Consultants and Enterprise IT alike are making business impacting decisions on this information and if it is not actually fully rolled out as expected, we need to know. it is getting harder and harder to make sound decisions.
To be fair the https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=O365&searchterms=page%2Cmetadat shows the status as rolling out (with a target of Q3, which is past), however the "More info" link, links to this post which as I have mentioned, implies it should already be rolled out.
I apricate the work the teams are doing (and am admittedly venting a bit), but do really believe these are issues that are avoidable and could not only help consultants and IT, but also will make end-users happier and more accepting of the products and solutions we are building.