Microsoft PowerPoint: Temporary removal of the Brand pane

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft has temporarily removed the Brand pane from PowerPoint across all platforms for improvements. This feature allowed users to access brand-approved assets like logos and fonts, and its removal is based on customer feedback to refine the experience.

The Impact

Users who relied on the Brand pane for brand asset access are affected, with no direct security risk.

• End users: Cannot access brand assets directly in PowerPoint.
• Content creators: May need to use alternative methods for brand asset insertion.
• Brand managers: No direct impact on brand kit definitions.

The Action

1. Inform users that the Brand pane is temporarily unavailable in PowerPoint.
2. Advise users to use existing methods for inserting brand assets (e.g., local files, shared libraries).

Domain: M365-Apps · Impact: low · Workload: M365 Apps