Commercial Priority Update
Week of July 16, 2026
Microsoft Purview is expanding Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to Intune Mobile Application Management-protected apps, evaluating clipboard actions against DLP policies before sharing is allowed on managed mobile devices. When a user attempts to copy sensitive content from a managed app, Purview DLP assesses the action in real time, blocking or restricting sharing based on configured policies before the data can move. For organizations where mobile workflows are an active part of daily operations, this update closes a meaningful gap where sensitive data could leave managed apps through simple copy-and-paste actions without any policy enforcement in place. The feature is currently in development and expected to begin rolling out in November 2026.
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Commercial M365 Roadmap Updates
Find out what’s coming, what’s going, and what it means for you and your operations. View all Microsoft 365 roadmap updates for the week of July 16, 2026.
Thumbnail view for PDFs is available in OneDrive and SharePoint on the web
We are improving PDF navigation in OneDrive and SharePoint on the web by adding a thumbnail view in the PDF viewer. Users will be able to open a thumbnail panel to visually browse pages in a PDF and jump directly to a selected page.
This update helps users navigate long PDFs more quickly, especially when they need to find a visual section, page layout, chart, image, or form page without scrolling page by page.
ID: 566696 Release: OneDrive, SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
OneDrive: PDF annotation for sensitivity-label protected PDFs in the OneDrive apps (iOS and Android)
The Microsoft OneDrive apps for iOS and Android will let users annotate PDFs protected by a Microsoft Purview Information Protection sensitivity label that applies encryption — without removing or weakening the label. Users with edit/annotate rights can add a full set of annotations — including ink, highlight, free text, notes, signatures, image/shape/date stamps, bookmarks, and form fields — directly in the OneDrive mobile PDF viewer; the file’s encryption and usage rights are preserved end to end. This applies to the OneDrive apps for iOS and Android only (not OneDrive or SharePoint on the web). The feature is enabled by default for eligible users and requires no new admin action.
ID: 566697 Release: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft 365 app: New Copilot Notebooks design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App (Android)
Copilot Notebooks in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app (Android) now lets users organize related chats, output creations, and references into a persistent AI workspace. Copilot uses the Notebook’s accumulated context to ground responses, so work continues across sessions instead of starting over each time.
ID: 566704 Release: Microsoft 365 app, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Use SharePoint lists as a knowledge source
Unlock the full value of your structured data by bringing SharePoint lists directly into your Microsoft Copilot Studio agents. With native support, customers can ground AI responses in up-to-date, business-critical data—such as tasks, inventory, customers, or operations—without manual data movement or complex integrations. This enables more accurate, context-aware copilots that reflect how your business runs, helping teams make faster decisions, reduce errors, and automate workflows with confidence.
ID: 566859 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Copilot Studio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Enable express mode for flows invoked by an agent or app
Express mode ensures agents and apps receive timely and reliable responses by dramatically accelerating flow run times. This reduces flow failures, improves user experience, and eliminates costly interruptions caused by timeout issues. Organizations benefit from more dependable automations, higher adoption, and smoother operational workflows.
ID: 566999 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Copilot Studio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Engage prospects faster with Sales Agent-enriched leads
To reach their sales goals, sales teams need to constantly generate enough pipeline. They need to decide which inbound leads to engage. This decision takes a lot of time because sellers must sift through large amounts of data across tools and data sources. This data includes information from internal systems like their CRM and external resources like the web and third-party data services.
Sales Agent handles the work of reviewing every available data source to create a comprehensive summary for each lead. As a seller, you can quickly decide whether to engage with a prospect or pass on them. Sales Agent reviews every lead in your queue and gathers information. It synthesizes insights that are specific to your business. At a glance, you can see if a lead is worth reaching out to and what they’re interested in. Use this information to personalize your engagement with the prospect. With Sales Agent, you spend less time and get higher response rates, leading to a larger, more qualified pipeline.
ID: 567000 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Engage customers across multiple channels (web, voice, SMS & email)
A multi‑channel outreach capability, spanning web chat, voice, SMS, and email, is critical for meeting customers in the channel they naturally prefer and increasing the likelihood of timely engagement. By activating the agent across multiple surfaces, we ensure continuity of conversations, reduce drop‑off when a single channel fails, and support the FY27 goal of always‑on, end‑to‑end engagement from initial intent to close. This creates higher response rates, faster qualification, and a more seamless handoff to sales motions.
ID: 567001 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Add custom insights to record summaries in Sales agent
Sales agent gives you strong CRM-based account and opportunity summaries, but important context is often spread across non-CRM systems. With this capability, you can add insights from any application to enrich account and opportunity summaries in Sales agent, so sellers get a unified view of their accounts and deals in one place without switching applications.
ID: 567002 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2027
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Enrich Sales agent meeting prep with more data sources
Walking into a customer meeting with incomplete context can mean missed risks, overlooked issues, and conversations that fall flat. With access to richer data, like service tickets, directly in your meeting prep, you can spot open issues and opportunities before the conversation starts. This insight helps you engage more meaningfully, build stronger relationships, and drive better sales outcomes.
ID: 567003 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2027
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Link meetings to CRM records automatically with AI
This feature saves you time by automatically connecting your meetings to the correct CRM records. You have the right deal insights at your fingertips when preparing for customer conversations, so you can focus less on updating records and more on selling with confidence and context.
ID: 567004 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
SharePoint: Create new workflows with Copilot in SharePoint
Describe a workflow intent such as “when files are set to status = Complete, post a message in my Teams chat” and Copilot in SharePoint will assemble the necessary triggers, conditions, and actions to setup your workflow. You can come back to Copilot in SharePoint at any time to make changes or click “Workflows” from the command bar to see your live workflow.
ID: 567009 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – User Based Aggregation of DLP Alerts
Enable aggregation of DLP alerts based on common entities user even when multiple rules are matched. This feature should consolidate related alert events into a single alert object to: Reduce alert noise, simplify investigation workflows, enhance contextual understanding of violations.
ID: 567010 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 admin center – New Microsoft 365 Copilot usage report for GCC High & DoD
We will be introducing a new Usage report covering Microsoft 365 Copilot. This report will include total enabled and active users, Copilot usage with a breakout per Microsoft 365 app, and user-level activity insights (anonymized by default). #copilotcontrolsystem
ID: 567120 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 admin center – Usage reports – Copilot Chat for GCC, GCC High and DoD
We will be introducing a new Usage report covering Copilot Chat. This report will include total active users, Copilot Chat usage with a breakout per Microsoft 365 app, and user-level activity insights (anonymized by default). #copilotcontrolsystem
ID: 567121 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2026
Microsoft Teams: New controls for quick views in the chat list
The new chats and channels experience introduced quick views at the top of the chat and channels list. These are views into mentions, followed threads and more. This update allows users to choose when and how these quick views are shown. Users will have options such as always show, always hide and show only when unread. Users will also be able to collapse the quick views section.
ID: 567301 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Ability for IT admins to customize the user notification messages for recording and transcription in calls
This feature enables IT admins to customize a portion of the user notification messages for recording and transcription during Teams calls.
ID: 567302 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Specify who has control of production tools in Teams meetings and events
A new meeting option for Teams meetings with presenters and events that enables organizers to designate ‘Who has control of production tools’ during the event. Users defined here will have access to the controls in ‘Manage What Attendees See’ and the ‘Green Room’.
ID: 567305 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Enhanced delegated calling with delegate call access restrictions and join notifications
Call delegation in Teams now includes new controls that give delegators greater privacy and control during active calls. Delegators can lock an ongoing call to prevent delegates from joining or resuming the call and can optionally enable warning tones that notify participants when a delegate joins or resumes a call.
ID: 567306 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Collection and DLP Policies for Intune-Policy Managed Apps
We are introducing a new integrated Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capability for Intune Mobile Application Management (MAM)-protected mobile apps, enabling organizations to apply content‑aware protection policies to sensitive data on mobile devices. This integration ensures that clipboard actions in managed mobile apps are evaluated against Purview DLP policies before sharing is allowed, helping reduce data leakage, insider risk, and exposure to advanced threats across mobile workflows. Additionally, Microsoft Purview Collection policies can be used to govern how sensitive data is being handled in mobile apps.
ID: 567311 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Graph API Support for Archive Mailboxes
Access to Archive mailboxes (Main + Auxiliary) through Microsoft Graph. The goal is to give users a single, seamless Archive view, even though Archive data may physically reside across multiple auxiliary mailboxes with EWS Graph APIs getting deprecated by OCT 2026.
ID: 567313 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: SharePoint app in Teams
When a user who has access to the SharePoint app in Teams clicks a SharePoint page or news link in Teams chat or channels, the link will open inside the SharePoint app in Teams (if available) instead of the mobile browser
ID: 567314 Release: Microsoft Teams, SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Planner: Capabilities in Microsoft Cowork
You’ll soon be able to bring your Microsoft Planner into Microsoft Cowork. In Cowork, you can view, create, and update your plans, buckets, goals, and tasks without switching apps. Cowork goes a step further by helping you execute your Planner tasks across Microsoft 365, such as drafting and sending emails, scheduling meetings, posting updates to Teams, and working with files. It can then write progress back to Planner with your approval. You can move from planning your work to getting it done in one place.
ID: 567315 Release: Planner, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Outlook: Notification when not responding to most recent message of email thread
When replying to an email conversation and the message being replied to is not the latest in the conversation, Outlook for Windows and web will now display a notification indicating this. With this change, users can now be more confident that they are responding to the right message in an email conversation. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 567316 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Minecraft Education: Learning Cubed Update with Cross-Tenant Multiplayer and Latest Bedrock Features
The Learning Cubed Update introduces cross-tenant multiplayer for dedicated servers and key features from the latest Bedrock updates.
ID: 567317 Release: Minecraft Education – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Outlook: Reply with a Template in Rules
You can now create a rule that automatically replies to incoming messages with a template you’ve set up. Set the conditions you care about and pick the template, and Outlook handles the response for you. It’s a simple way to send consistent replies without typing the same thing over and over. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 567318 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Outlook: Categorize Emails by Dragging Them onto a Favorite Category
You can now add a category to your Favorites and then drag emails right onto it to apply that category. No need to open menus or right-click each message. Just pin the category you use most to Favorites, then drop your emails on it to tag them in one quick motion. It’s a faster, more visual way to keep your inbox sorted the way you like. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 567319 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Modernized Gallery view in Teams Rooms on Android
The updated Gallery view in Teams Rooms on Android prioritizes video on the meeting stage, arranges participants in consistent aspect ratios, and minimizes movement of participant tiles on stage. Users can hide the room self-preview video and choose to see audio and video participants equally on stage, instead of prioritizing video participants. Admins can choose the default behavior using local device settings and the Pro Management portal.
ID: 567468 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2026
OneDrive: Exclude specific folders from syncing
OneDrive for Windows and Mac will let users exclude specific folders from syncing, so folders that do not belong in the cloud, such as developer tooling folders like PowerShell modules, Visual Studio configuration, and node modules, stay local on the device instead of uploading to OneDrive. Administrators can define folder exclusion rules for their organization.
ID: 567470 Release: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – DS Triage Agent for IRM available in Defender
We’re introducing support for Insider Risk Management (IRM) alert agent summaries within Microsoft Defender, enabling investigators to access key triage insights directly in the Defender alert queue.
When the IRM Triage Agent is active, IRM alerts surfaced in Microsoft Defender will now include the agent summary—such as agent categorization, investigation summary, identified risk patterns, and relevant user details—helping analysts quickly assess alert severity without leaving their existing Defender workflows.
For deeper analysis, investigators can access the full IRM investigation experience within the Microsoft Purview portal.
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
ID: 567472 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Ability to preview content in Insider Risk Management Alerts
Insider Risk Management is excited to announce the ability to preview content directly within an IRM alert without having to create a case. Users with appropriate permissions will be able to preview relevant files referenced directly within activity explorer in each alert.
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
ID: 557189 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2026
Outlook: Copilot Settings in classic Outlook for Windows
You will now be able to access different Copilot settings directly in classic Outlook for Windows.
ID: 561491 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Interpreter – Simultaneous mode enhancements
We’re raising the bar on clarity and control with Interpreter. Admins can fully disable voice simulation via PowerShell when needed. Each speaker is automatically assigned a distinct voice, making multi-speaker conversations easier to follow. We’re reducing distractions by showing shimmer effects only to Interpreter users. We’ve added audio notifications to confirm activation, and we’ve introduced in-product feedback mechanisms so users can easily share their input.
ID: 562035 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2026
Outlook: Co-Authoring Highlight and Rewrite
Users can now collaborate with Copilot to make improvements to email drafts. Select a section of the draft and ask Copilot to make changes, like changing its length, tone, or structure.
ID: 564605 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2026
Outlook: Variable number of message preview lines
Outlook for Windows and Outlook for Web will now allow users to modify how the preview text for emails show in the message list. The preview text can now take up 2 lines, 1 whole line, or 0 additional lines.
ID: 564610 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2026
Outlook: Improved PDF Preview on iOS
MIP-label protected PDFs are now supported in the PDF previewer along with a built-in control’s toolbar for easier navigation.
ID: 564970 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Open message links in new window
Teams now enables links within chat and channel messages to open in a new window, so you can compare information side by side without losing the context of your ongoing conversation. Access this capability through the More options menu or by using Ctrl/Cmd + click.
ID: 565220 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2026
Outlook: Import calendars and contacts from PST file to mailbox in new Outlook for Windows
With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to import calendars and contacts from .pst file to mailbox. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport.
ID: 486840 Release: Outlook – GCC Tags: July CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Frontier and Microsoft agent user request approval flow in Microsoft 365 admin center
For Admins, agents in the Frontier program can be managed through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. They are listed under the agents & connectors tab in Copilot Control System, where you can view all agent inventory for your organization. Agents built by Microsoft and available in the Frontier program will be displayed in the Agent Store. This feature will support users to request these agents if blocked by organizational policies. Admins will have the opportunity to further approve and reject these user request. #copilotcontrolsystem
ID: 494809 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft 365 admin center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Microsoft Fabric, Cloud storage, cloud service activities as triggers
With this update, the indicators belonging to cloud storage apps (Box, Dropbox, Google Drive), cloud services (Azure, Amazon Web Services) and Microsoft Fabric (Power BI, Lakehouse) will be supported as triggers in Data leaks policy. With triggers, customers can define the conditions for bringing the user into the scope of a policy while the respective indicators are used to determine risk score.
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
ID: 560399 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Intune MAM Protected Downloads
The protected downloads feature for Intune MAM will now save downloaded files to the Documents > Microsoft Edge > Downloads folder in OneDrive.
ID: 561551 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2026