Commercial Priority Update
Week of August 27, 2026
Microsoft Teams is introducing app-centric management in the Teams Admin Center for GCC High, giving admins granular control over which users, groups, or the entire tenant can install individual Teams apps. Admins can set a default behavior for newly published apps and override availability per app — choosing between all users, specific users and groups, or no one — replacing the broader app permission policy model with per-app precision. Existing app permission policies are migrated automatically to preserve current availability. The feature is currently in development and expected to begin rolling out in September 2026.
Update Archives
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 August 27, 2026.
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance – Ability to set a retention period for a policy
Introducing the ability to define how long content captured by a Communication Compliance policy is retained. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
ID: 68688 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2027
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) – Hold reports
Out-of-the-box reports that contain information about all legal holds associated with eDiscovery cases in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Sort and filter your view based on various criteria and download the aggregated information for further analysis. Note: The status and release month has been updated to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
ID: 93268 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) – Hold reports (U.S. Government clouds)
Out-of-the-box reports that contain information about all legal holds associated with eDiscovery cases in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Sort and filter your view based on various criteria and download the aggregated information for further analysis.
ID: 93269 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities
Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants. IB v2 upgrade will be opt-in.
ID: 115482 Release: Exchange, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2027
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) – CMK (Customer Managed Keys) encryption support for data at-rest in Review sets
This release of eDiscovery features the implementation of customer-managed key (CMK) options, allowing users to manage their own encryption keys for the data stored in eDiscovery review sets in addition to the default, strong Microsoft-managed encryption already in place.
ID: 117569 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2027
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Just in time protection (JIT) on SharePoint
Just-in-time protection for SharePoint in Microsoft Purview DLP allows organizations to extend protection to unclassified files in SharePoint and apply restrictions defined in DLP policies at the time of egress
ID: 139457 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Optical character recognition (OCR) support for endpoint
Optical character recognition (OCR) support will detect sensitive content in images and subsequently apply data loss prevention (DLP) policies to prevent exfiltration of that sensitive data on your Windows endpoint devices. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP and PDF (image only PDF).
ID: 160008 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance – Alert improvements
This feature is about improving the alerting capabilities and customization in Communication Compliance.
ID: 181825 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Trigger Power automate workflows as outcome of DLP rule match
This introduces a new DLP rule action to trigger custom Power automate workflows when a DLP rule is violated.
ID: 380721 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Sensitivity label grouping modernization
To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. These new label groupings allow admins to better organize and categorize their labels (previously done via parent labels).
ID: 386901 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers and presenters in structured meetings and webinars
Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can chat privately in a separate chat from attendees. This chat is available to access before, during, and after the event.
ID: 392328 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Bulk replacement or removal of a retention label
Admins can perform a bulk replacement or removal of a retention label using the Purview compliance portal. They can perform the action across the entire tenant or targeted to specific content using KQL and static or adaptive scopes.
ID: 392456 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Bulk replacement or removal of a retention label
Admins can perform a bulk replacement or removal of a retention label using the Purview compliance portal. They can perform the action across the entire tenant or targeted to specific content using KQL and static or adaptive scopes.
ID: 392457 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Introduction of secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policies
The first release of Priority cleanup enables admins to create a recurring exception to delete items under a broader retention policy and/or legal hold on Exchange workload. Creating a Priority cleanup will require a separate security role, multiple approvers, and will have a complete audit trail.
ID: 392838 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Automatic data preservation for high-risk users
Adaptive Protection in Microsoft Purview helps you protect your organization’s data by integrating dynamic insider risk levels, determined by data related activities, with various policy engines to automatically moving users in and out of policies as their risk levels change over time. The integration with Data Lifecycle Management will automatically apply retention labels to preserve deleted emails and files based on a user’s insider risk level.
ID: 392839 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Decoupling of Policy tips and Email notifications while configuring rules on Data Loss Prevention for Sharepoint and Onedriv
As of today, whenever the user wants to enable email notifications the policy tips also need to be enabled and vice versa, but with this decoupling the admin can configure the following: 1) None of policy tips or email notification 2) Only policy tips 3) Only Email Notifications 4) Both Email Notifications and Policy tips
ID: 396575 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Universal Print: Logs and alerts
With a new Azure Monitor integration, Universal Print customers can send detailed diagnostic logs to a Log Analytics workspace to conduct troubleshooting and configure custom alerts.
ID: 396782 Release: Universal Print – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Microsoft 365 Groups scoping in Teams DLP policy extend protection to 1:1/n chats
When scoping policies to Microsoft 365 Groups in Teams DLP policies, members of Teams standard and shared channel chats associated with the groups are currently protected by the policies. This change will automatically extend the protection to standard/shared channels chats in other Microsfot 365 Groups and 1:1/n (non-channel) chats. There is no longer a need to add users, security groups or other Microsoft 365 groups to protect these chats, except for customers that have enabled optical character recognition (OCR) in Teams chat.
ID: 401127 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Local PTZ for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows
Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows will provide native Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) controls for connected cameras that support this capability. The feature will initially contain limited support for cameras with mechanical/optical PTZ, with digital PTZ to come in the future.
ID: 409534 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention – Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on Mac Endpoints
Purview policies like Data loss prevention (DLP) auto labelling can scan for sensitive content in most of the textual files, but images are not supported for content scanning today on Mac endpoint devices. We are adding OCR support on Mac endpoints to detect sensitive content in images and apply policies to protect these images.
ID: 410247 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: January CY2027
Outlook: Calendar support in Online Archive
Add calendar support in Online Archive.
ID: 410249 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: June CY2027
Microsoft Edge: Rewrite by Copilot in Edge is being upgraded to include enterprise data protection compliance standards
Rewrite by Copilot in Edge, which lets users edit typed text for tone, format, and length within an open page in Microsoft Edge, is being updated to include enterprise data protection for commercial customers. Once Rewrite is available, users signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID will have enterprise data protection when using the feature in Microsoft Edge. Updated March 20, 2026: We have paused release of this feature temporarily and will announce new release timelines soon. We apologize for any inconvenience.
ID: 420335 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
OneNote: Summary and Q&A in OneNote Mobile with Copilot (Android)
With this new Summary feature in OneNote mobile, you can create a short and fluent summary of your longer pages which will help to consume relevant information faster. With the Question and Answer at your fingertips, you can get real-time answers to your queries directly within your notes, enhancing your ability to access and utilize information quickly and effectively.
ID: 422323 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), OneNote – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
OneNote: Summary and Q&A in OneNote Mobile with Copilot (Iphone)
With this new Summary feature in OneNote mobile, you can create a short and fluent summary of your longer pages which will help to consume relevant information faster. With the Question and Answer at your fingertips, you can get real-time answers to your queries directly within your notes, enhancing your ability to access and utilize information quickly and effectively. We inadvertently marked this item as rolling out and now have updated it to be accurate. We apologize for any inconvenience.
ID: 422324 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), OneNote – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Restrict access action support for sematic models and lakehouses in Fabric
Your organization can now control who can access your data depending on the sensitive information detected in Fabric semantic models and lakehouses. DLP restrict access action allows you to block access to guest users or all users depending on what labels or sensitive information types matches your semantic models or lakehouses. This is in addition to the ability already supported by DLP policies to audit and notify users via Policy Tips based on sensitive content within Fabric semantic models and lakehouses.
ID: 422501 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Outlook: Mail Merge (Advanced) on Outlook on the Web and new Outlook for Windows
Mail Merge (Basic) will be improved upon to allow fields to be replaced by values per email address. When Mail Merge (Advanced) is launched, not only will every recipient receive their own email with only their email address in the recipients list, but the emails can further be personalized to include content such as their name. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 423047 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft 365: Create full-workload backup policies for Microsoft 365 Backup
Automatically backup all Exchange or OneDrive users and/or SharePoint sites in the tenant and have the tool automatically add new users/sites to the backup policy.
ID: 464990 Release: Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Data Loss Prevention- DLP Policy Change Insights with Security Copilot
Copilot for Security in DLP can summarize DLP policies. This enhancement enables DLP admins to gain insights on coverage of policies viz. location, classifiers and notifications, and more. DLP admins can get these insights on all the policies or on few selected policies. They will be able to use prompts to gain deeper level view of how a policy is configured for their digital landscape. This helps them align their data posture on a regular basis and make corrections to policy posture as needed. #copilotcontrolsystem
ID: 472031 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Introduction of secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policies in Exchange
The first release of Priority cleanup enables admins to create a recurring exception to delete items under a broader retention policy and/or legal hold on Exchange workload. Creating a Priority cleanup will require a separate security role, multiple approvers, and will have a complete audit trail
ID: 473493 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Self service for historical imports
This feature will introduce an alternative solution to the existing Advanced Configurations feature that allows an Admin to perform historical imports into the Viva Glint platform. This alternate reduces the number of needed files and offers a simplified user experience to bring historical data into Viva Glint.
ID: 479755 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
SharePoint: AI citations analytics for documents and pages
AI citations analytics will help you track the usage of SP documents, news and pages through copilot and AI agents. You will be able to see how often a page or a file is referenced in a copilot response. You can also get insights into SharePoint site content getting referenced in copilot responses aggregated at the site level.
ID: 480725 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft 365: Long-term retention period for M365 Backup
This creates the ability to set longer term retention periods to restore beyond one year.
ID: 481834 Release: Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery – Advanced Review Set Explorer
The Advanced Review Set Explorer empowers reviewers to harness the power of real-time big data analytics on their review set data leveraging. This tool enhances data analysis by offering insights such as identifying top item types, spotting patterns, and trends within the review set. Reviewers can utilize powerful Kusto query constructs like complex filtering, pattern-based text extraction, and data format parsing to analyze and find key information specific to their case or organization. The results can then be visualized using various flexible charting solutions, providing a comprehensive understanding of the data’s story.
ID: 484086 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Adding support for viewing Sensitivity labels applied to a Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) Protected PDF
Enterprise customers can view sensitivity labels applied to MIP protected PDF to be well informed of the data classification to enable them to handle such sensitive documents. This change will be available in the new PDF viewer on Microsoft Edge.
ID: 489232 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Interactive Agents for Teams Meetings and Calls
After further review, we are not able to continue rolling this out at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Introducing a new feature that brings interactive agents into your Teams meetings and 1-on-1 calls. Engage with agents as a group or privately, with zero state prompts and history support for seamless interactions. Currently, only agents built on Copilot support sessions, meaning they can remember the context of previous interactions within the same session for more relevant responses. Custom agents do not yet have session support. All agents from BizChat/Copilot Studio are now available for use in your meetings and calls. This feature allows secure testing and iteration, inviting colleagues for feedback without affecting sensitive data or production channels.
ID: 490564 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Usage reports – Message consumption for Pay-as-you-go experiences in Copilot Chat.
A new report to help IT admins manage costs for billed messages that are Pay-as-you-go enabled for Copilot Chat. Reporting includes drill down of billed messages per user, per billing policy, per agent-level and agent-user level pair. #copilotcontrolsystem
ID: 490738 Release: Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Scanner data export for custom reporting
Learn about the state of your scanned repositories and create custom reports with the information protection scanner. Labeling, classification and protection actions on scanned files are stored in SQL tables that form a foundation to feed into custom reports.
ID: 494839 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Places: Microsoft Places Support to GCC cloud
Microsoft Places features will now be available in GCC cloud
ID: 495465 Release: Microsoft 365 app – GCC Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft CoPilot (Microsoft 365): Makers can build DA’s with Flexible layouts and rich UX components
Flexible layouts and rich UX components will enable makers to build highly expressive agents, ultimately driving increased user engagement and virality.
ID: 497844 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2027
Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Service health dashboard
As a Microsoft Purview user, you’ll be able to view outages, service issues, and advisories that might impact your services. This new dashboard will combine the services and solutions health of Purview, Microsoft 365 services, and Azure Cloud Services in one central place in the Purview portal, eliminating the need to go to several places to find this information.
ID: 497944 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Capture voice notes in the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app
With a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, transform offline discussions into structured, actionable, and searchable content with voice notes in Copilot.
ID: 498640 Release: Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Information Protection – Admin unit scoping in Content Explorer and Data Explorer
This feature introduces Admin Unit scoping to both Content Explorer and Data Explorer, enabling more granular visibility and control over M365 data. It ensures that data exploration respects organizational boundaries defined by Admin Units, enhancing compliance and governance.
ID: 498916 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Viva Glint – Action Taking Report (Public Preview)
Introduction of a new report that provides transparency into platform activity by dashboard users. Metrics such as report views, Team Conversations completed, Focus Areas created, and more will be visible and filterable with this report.
ID: 498923 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Information Protection- Scan existing files in SharePoint and OneDrive for business for sensitive information
This new capability will enable admins to scan existing files at rest in SharePoint or OneDrive for business for sensitive data.
ID: 499076 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Intune: Intune Suite – Unattended Remote Help for Windows – Remote Sign-in
Remotely access devices over the cloud without requiring end user involvement by signing in with credentials.
ID: 499154 Release: Microsoft Intune – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Viva Engage: My Team audiences and flexible targeting for leader communications
We’re introducing more flexible and precise targeting capabilities in Viva Engage, starting with Storyline Announcements. This new feature allows leaders and their delegates to define a custom audience at the time of posting, without relying on pre-configured Leader Audiences. Audiences can be built, and saved for reuse, using organizational attributes such as department, job title, or country, existing groups like M365 Groups, distribution lists, or security groups, and even individual users by name. This flexibility enables more relevant communication, helping leaders reach the right people with the right message. Notifications and delivery channels, including Teams and email, will continue to follow existing Storyline Announcement behavior, ensuring a seamless experience for recipients. This feature is designed to help leaders tailor communications to specific departments, locations, or groups, enhancing engagement and relevance across the organization.
ID: 499895 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Viva Engage – Agents in communities
Agents in Viva Engage communities supports communities by answering questions, facilitating knowledge sharing, citing sources, and scaling expertise.
ID: 499898 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Intelligent recap for DoD
Intelligent meeting recap uses AI to provide a quick summary of your meeting, highlighting key discussion points, identifying follow-up actions, and offering quick access to significant points such as name mentions, when a screen was shared, individualized speaker markers, topics, and chapters.
ID: 500242 Release: Microsoft Teams – DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Export Copilot metrics in the Copilot Dashboard
This enables users to export row-level Copilot metrics from the Copilot Dashboard for reporting and deeper analysis.
ID: 500872 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft 365: eSignature Smart Tagging for Electronically Signed Documents
Documents that have been electronically signed will now be automatically recognized and tagged as “Signed” upon upload to SharePoint. This enhancement also applies retroactively as existing e-signed files will be updated with the appropriate tags. To give users more visibility and control, we’re introducing two optional metadata columns for document libraries: Electronically Signed – Indicates whether a document has been eSigned. Signature Provider – Displays the service used for the eSignature. This feature is available exclusively to tenants with eSignature enabled, helping streamline compliance tracking and document management.
ID: 500873 Release: Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Users in GCC-M will able to use custom engine agents
Users in GCC-M will be able to use custom engine agents.
ID: 501111 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Enhanced Copilot chat summary
Missed many messages? Copilot will automatically generate a summary of the new messages in a chat conversation, so you can catch up quickly without reading every message.
ID: 501201 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): AI in SharePoint
Simplifies SharePoint content management and ensures content is Copilot-ready by automating metadata, fixing stale content, enabling fast page creation, improving compliance, and enriching content so Copilot can deliver more accurate, grounded answers. Updated April 16: We are still in development for GA and have launched to Preview only.
ID: 501451 Release: SharePoint, SharePoint Syntex, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Teams: New sharing panel in meetings – improved content discovery and ease of sharing
The sharing panel in today’s meetings is the default place for content discoverability and sharing. New sharing panel UI is crafted with intent of modernising and simplifying default tasks such as window sharing, but also for easier discovery of sharing options and more discoverable file sharing.
ID: 502520 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] [Search UX] Enable customization of icon & name for data sources in Search (& chat)
Enable customization of icon & name for data sources in Search (& chat).
ID: 502532 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility]??[Search UX] Rich entity representation for connectors in Search results
Rich entity representation for connectors in Search results.
ID: 502533 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Improved discovery of Copilot connector sources in Microsoft 365 Copilot (optionally add chat) with Content Source filter(s)
Improved discovery of Copilot connector sources in Microsoft 365 Copilot (optionally add chat) with Content Source filter(s).
ID: 502541 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Authoritative content management for Microsoft 365 Copilot Search
Specify and manage SharePoint sites deemed as authoritative content to enhance their relevance and ranking in Microsoft 365 Copilot Search. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, under Copilot > Search > Authoritative content, add and manage up to 100 SharePoint sites. #copilotcontrolsystem
ID: 503553 Release: Microsoft 365 admin center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Users in GCC-H will be able to use custom engine agents
Users in GCC-H will be able to use custom engine agents.
ID: 503771 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC High Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Improved content freshness using Copilot connectors with webhooks-led notifications
Copilot connectors will offer improved content freshness with more frequent sync of updates using webhook event notifications. The following connectors are in scope – Azure DevOps, Jira cloud, Confluence cloud, Trello, Asana, Bitbucket, GitHub and Gitlab.
ID: 505441 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Improved content freshness using Copilot connectors with webhooks-led notifications
Copilot connectors will offer improved content freshness with more frequent sync of updates using webhook event notifications. The following connectors are in scope – Azure DevOps, Jira cloud, Confluence cloud, Trello, Asana, Bitbucket, GitHub and Gitlab.
ID: 505442 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC, GCC High Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft 365: PAYGO consumption-based meter for your extra SharePoint storage needs
Use the new PAYGO consumption-based meter to pay for your extra SharePoint storage needs. This reduces the operational overhead associated with purchasing extra storage packs and more seamlessly integrates with Microsoft 365 Archive.
ID: 506743 Release: Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Agent Dashboard.
Viva Insights is creating an Agent Dashboard, designed to be a central place for leaders, delegates and analysts to understand how your organization is adopting agents. #copilotcontrolsystem
ID: 506749 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Outlook: User-initiated Copilot insights in classic Outlook
Users can manually select text and ask Copilot to help provide relevant information.
ID: 508524 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Copilot Search Supports SharePoint Online Custom Properties Search
Discover and find people through Microsoft 365 Copilot Search based on your company’s custom profile properties from SharePoint Online.
ID: 508526 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Engage Community feed improvements
Align the community feeds default experience with expected user behaviors; support triage and content review for users who want to read every message in a community.
ID: 513275 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Workforce Insights Agent
Workforce Insights (WFI) Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot is an agent designed to help leaders, managers, and their delegates quickly understand their organization by turning complex workforce data into clear, actionable insights. With WFI Agent, leaders can quickly explore their organization’s structure, team composition, skills inventories, and flexible work patterns to move from insight to action in a single, unified experience directly in Copilot or Teams.
ID: 515145 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Adaptive card-based app & copilot agent link unfurling in Teams
Discover and add SharePoint agents in chats and channels from in-context store. Users can click on ‘Add agents and bots’ from the roster drop down. This will open the in-context store, where users can discover SharePoint agents and add them directly to the conversation and collaborate in the group. Updated January 29, 2026: Due to a blocker we have paused rollout until March for this feature. We apologize for any inconvenience.
ID: 515465 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Edge: PDF Viewer Performance Improvement and Minor Visual Updates
The PDF Viewer in Microsoft Edge is migrating to WebUI2, enhancing responsiveness and introducing a series of subtle visual upgrades aimed at improving overall usability and utility. This migration ensures UI coherence with the rest of the browser while maintaining the same user experience. The update focuses on improving underlying performance, consistency in design elements, and a smoother interaction without altering any existing workflows for users.
ID: 516043 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Planner capabilities in Copilot chat (M365 Copilot)
We will support creating Planner tasks and plans querying Planner information in M365 Copilot chat, allowing users to manage their tasks and plans between Copilot and Planner seamlessly.
ID: 516577 Release: Planner, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint and Viva Insights Integration – Continuous employee engagement for leaders and managers with workplace metrics
Stay connected to your team’s engagement with Viva Insights Workplace Metrics, available alongside your survey results in Viva Glint. Between survey cycles, leaders and managers can use these continuous, real-time metrics to see how their team is working and evaluate whether actions they are taking to improve engagement are having the desired impact. This feature currently supports work-life balance and collaboration metrics, with more areas planned in the future.
ID: 518289 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports – Microsoft 365 Copilot Connectors
A new usage report will be available in the Microsoft 365 admin center for Copilot Connectors in Microsoft 365 Copilot, designed to give organizations a detailed view of how connectors are being used within Microsoft 365 Copilot. This report provides insights into overall connector activity, and connector powered response patterns over time, along with detailed user-level connectors adoption data. With these analytics, admins can monitor adoption, identify usage patterns, and optimize Copilot experiences to drive greater value across their organization. #copilotcontrolsystem
ID: 519571 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft 365 admin center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Universal Print: Scan with Universal Print
I can scan documents using my regular scanning capable multi-functional-printer and will get an email notification that my scan is ready to download.
ID: 519572 Release: Universal Print – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: June CY2027
Universal Print: audit logging
I can access Universal Print audit records of key administrator and user activities, such as print job submissions, configuration changes, and printer registrations. Audit records will be available in Microsoft Purview’s Unified Audit Log for compliance and long-term record-keeping.
ID: 519573 Release: Universal Print – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Integration with Entra GSA Internet Access to enable sensitive file filtering at the network layer
Extend Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies to filter sensitive files at the network layer by integrating with Entra Global Secure Access Internet Access. This integration enables organizations to intercept and inspect files at the network layer and enforce restrictive actions based on DLP policy conditions. It helps prevent sensitive data from being shared with untrusted cloud applications through browsers, apps, APIs, add-ins, and more – including generative AI platforms, cloud storage, and content-sharing services – while managing alerts and incidents through Purview and Microsoft Defender. Updated July 17, 2026: The GA release of this item has moved. We apologize for any inconvenience.
ID: 522096 Release: Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Ask Copilot about highlighted response content
Highlight a sentence, paragraph, or table from the response and ask Copilot to work only on that selection. Get focused explanations, concise summaries, quick translations, or next steps for the exact passage you’re reviewing—no more over broad answers. Your selection is previewed in the prompt so you can edit before you send. It’s a faster, more controlled way to get help right where you’re working.
ID: 522616 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Purview Information Protection | Classifier Simulation Mode (Health Monitoring)
Microsoft Purview introduces the Classifier Simulation Mode, the first phase of the broader Classifier Health Monitoring Platform. This capability enables you to test, analyze, and optimize custom classifiers on production data before publishing them, hence offering a reliable means of verifying the effectiveness of classifiers before committing them to live environments. Custom classifiers are powerful tools but can sometimes include inefficient regex patterns or overly broad logic, leading to Noisy classifier due to high matches, False positives and High scanning latency Simulation Mode mitigates these risks by allowing you to validate classifier quality and performance before publishing, helping ensure healthy, performant, and more precise classification outcomes.
ID: 523201 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Compliance Manager – AI Powered Regulatory Templates
This feature in Purview Compliance Manager shall enable customers to convert complex regulations from PDF documents to actionable controls and actions in multi cloud environment. Customers can use the converted regulatory templates to create assessments and identify compliance gaps, understand and implement controls to improve their compliance posture.
ID: 523209 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Deep citations in Copilot
Deep citations let users quickly verify Copilot’s results by linking directly to the relevant part of the reference, boosting trust. We’re starting with Word and PPT files, then adding Meetings, Web, and PDF references.
ID: 523223 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Information Protection- New Summary Metrics in Content Explorer for Unscanned Files and Classification History Details
Enhance Content Explorer by introducing new summary metrics that provide better visibility into scanning and classification activities. This update will include: 1. Unscanned Files Summary Displays the count and percentage of files that have not been scanned for classification, helping admins identify gaps and take corrective action. 2. Classification History Insights Shows trends and details of classification changes over time, helping admins to discover the stale data in their organization
ID: 526796 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management-Priority content support for Risky AI usage
With this update, Risky AI usage policy template will support priority content. Customers can define Sensitive Info Types (SITs), Trainable Classifiers, Sensitivity Labels as priority content, and get alerted only when the activity matches the selected priority content. 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: 528978 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Tracking prevention when browsing InPrivate
Microsoft Edge is unifying the tracking prevention experience for non-InPrivate and InPrivate browsing windows. Microsoft Edge will use the same tracking prevention setting as a normal browsing window when in InPrivate mode.
ID: 530578 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Engage: Detect moderated themes in images
Engages theme moderation feature is a powerful AI tool to monitor and moderate content. With this update, images can now match to themes, just like text.
ID: 534607 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: June CY2027
Microsoft Purview: Purview SDK embedded in Agent Framework SDK
Purview SDK embedded in Agent Framework SDK enables developers to seamlessly integrate enterprise-grade security, compliance, and governance into the AI agents they build. This integration enables automatic classification and protection of sensitive data, prevents data leaks and oversharing, and provides visibility and control for regulatory compliance—empowering organizations to confidently and securely adopt AI agents in complex environments.
ID: 534609 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Information Protection-Azure AI Search honors Purview labels and policies
Azure AI Search now ingests Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels and enforces corresponding protection policies through built-in indexers (SharePoint, OneLake, Azure Blob, ADLS Gen2). This enables secure, policy-aligned search over enterprise data, enabling agentic RAG scenarios where only authorized documents are returned or sent to LLMs, preventing data oversharing and aligning with enterprise data protection standards.
ID: 534610 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Compliance Manager-Purview Compliance Manager integration with Microsoft Foundry for automated mapping of AI regulations and evaluation of Compliance controls for Foundry Agents
This feature in Purview Compliance Manager shall enable customers to automatically access the compliance posture of Agents created in AI Foundry. Customers can map Agents being created in AI Foundry to compliance regulations and assessments in Purview Compliance Manager and get to know the compliance status and improvement actions to be innovative and compliant.
ID: 536576 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Enterprise New Tab Page experience
A modern experience for the New Tab Page (NTP) on Microsoft Edge for Business.
ID: 536577 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Exchange: Message Trace – Custom Retention
We will be introducing customizable retention options for Message Trace logs. Organizations will be able to choose from a predefined set of retention periods.
ID: 542929 Release: Exchange – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Call quality feedback surveys for Teams Rooms on Android
Users can now rate the quality of their calls and meetings and provide additional feedback on calling, video, and screen-sharing experiences to help organizations ensure consistent, high-quality experiences.
ID: 543713 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management- Insider risk management for agents
As AI agents become deeply embedded in enterprise ecosystems, they are evolving beyond simple tools or workflows into a digital workforce. These agents can interpret intent, access and manipulate enterprise data, execute actions and even make real-time decisions. In many ways, they operate like human insiders only with machine-speed data processing capabilities. To govern and protect these agents effectively, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is being expanded to agents, with specific indicators and insider risk score built for agents based on agentic activities. 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: 545063 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Structured Document Generation with Forms
Structured Document Generation with Forms enables organizations to create, manage, and generate standardized documents at scale with built-in governance and compliance in SharePoint. Business process owners can centrally build and maintain form-driven templates — such as contracts, agreements, proposals, and HR documents — ensuring content stays accurate and up to date. Users can then generate the right document every time by just filling out the form, without manual formatting, versioning issues, or compliance risk, simplifying high-volume, structured document workflows across the organization.
ID: 545896 Release: SharePoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Export metrics in the Copilot Dashboard at Day Level
This feature enables users to export fresher row-level Copilot metrics from the Copilot Dashboard for reporting and deeper analysis at day level. #copilotcontrolsystem
ID: 547749 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Watermarking Protection
Watermarking Protection in Microsoft Edge helps organizations visibly reinforce data protection policies by overlaying a persistent watermark on sensitive content viewed in the browser. This feature is designed to deter unauthorized sharing, support compliance efforts, and increase user awareness when handling confidential information.
ID: 547827 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Protected Clipboard
Admins shouldn’t have to choose between locking down copy/paste and risking data leaks. Protected Clipboard offers a smarter way for keeping sensitive data safe without disrupting user workflows. Leveraging Purview DLP policies to define trusted boundaries across managed cloud apps. Data inside those admin defined boundaries can stay protected while external data can enter if needed. Granular control for admins. Seamless productivity for users.
ID: 547828 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention- Adaptive Scopes for DLP for SharePoint
Adaptive Scope for SharePoint is a dynamic scoping capability in Microsoft Purview DLP that allows administrators to automatically target DLP policies to the right sites based on attributes such as site URL, site name, or custom site metadata. Unlike static scoping, which requires manually listing sites and maintaining them over time, adaptive scopes continuously evaluate site properties and auto-include or exclude locations as they evolve. This enables scalable policy deployment, eliminates the 100-site static policy limit, and delivers granular, and automated targeting.
ID: 549288 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Enhanced M365 Copilot Memory – Copilot is now personalized with work data
Copilot now uses M365 activity to provide more relevant, contextual responses. Updated settings make it easier to view and manage what Copilot remembers and your personalization preferences.
ID: 551195 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Improvements to site permissions user interfaces
To better align with user expectations, site permissions are changing to look and work both in context on a website that is requesting permissions and when navigating to permissions from Settings. On a website that is requesting permissions, there are changes to the Omnibox and the Page Info dialog and permissions will be easier to see and modify in Settings.
ID: 552598 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Researcher Council
Council in Researcher runs multiple leading AI models from different providers in parallel in one place, so you can quickly compare outputs and see consensus vs. conflict) to make high-stakes decisions with greater confidence—without switching tools.
ID: 553213 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft 365: New map-based room booking experience in Places Finder
We are enhancing the room booking experience in the new calendar experience across Outlook for Windows, Outlook for the web, and Teams by introducing a map view within Places Finder. This update replaces the existing side panel with a full screen, easier to use interface that helps people quickly find and book the right space.
ID: 553225 Release: Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 app – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Built-in AI Interpreter for Calls on Teams Phone Devices
With AI Interpreter, Teams Phone Devices provide real-time language interpretation directly within the call experience. Users can participate naturally in multilingual conversations while the device interprets spoken audio, reducing language barriers and supporting clearer communication in everyday calling scenarios.
ID: 553594 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat in Outlook expands to reason over inbox, calendar, and enterprise data
Copilot Chat in Outlook expanding to support reasoning over a user’s entire inbox, calendar and other enterprise data for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users (without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license) .
ID: 554934 Release: Outlook, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Enhanced Autofill
For desktop users, Microsoft Edge can now autofill additional document types—including passports, driver’s licenses, and other specialized forms—on top of your saved addresses.
ID: 554938 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers and presenters in structured meetings and webinars on Teams Rooms on Windows
When a Teams Rooms on Windows acts as an organizer, co-organizer or presenter in a structured meeting or webinar, you have access to the private chat for event management known as the Event Group. You can also switch to a separate chat with attendees enabling smooth event experiences for all. Available in Teams Rooms Pro-licensed rooms.
ID: 557165 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management- Azure PST Import
Azure PST Import is a migration method that enables PST files stored in Azure Blob Storage to be imported directly into Exchange Online mailboxes. It follows the standard two-step Exchange Migration Service pattern: an initial analysis phase to validate and assess PST data, followed by execution of the actual migration. The process also involves creating a migration endpoint, running an analysis-only migration batch, using the analysis results to configure the final batch, and then starting the batch to import PST content into target mailboxes.
ID: 557559 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Auto-open Copilot side pane for Outlook links
When users open links from Outlook, Microsoft Edge can automatically open the Copilot side pane to provide contextual insights and actionable suggestion chips based on email and destination content – such as highlighting key points, and recommending next actions – without disrupting the browsing flow. This experience helps users quickly understand content, take action with fewer steps, and get more value from Copilot while extending productive browsing time in Edge. Admins can control availability to this feature using the M365LinksAutoOpenCopilotEnabled policy.
ID: 557561 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
OneDrive: Improved max path error experience on desktop
OneDrive desktop sync users now get clearer, more actionable guidance when file paths exceed the supported 520-character limit. The updated experience shows exactly how many characters a path is over the limit and offers a guided flow to rename or move the affected items so they can sync.
ID: 557563 Release: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Outlook: Share Word, Excel, and PowerPoint local files via the new Outlook for Windows
When working in an open Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file, users will now be able to send a copy of the locally stored file by email through the new Outlook for Windows. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 557675 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Intelligent Summaries in Copilot Dashboard
Use intelligent summaries in Copilot Dashboard to quickly surface what’s working and where targeted attention can accelerate Copilot adoption. Intelligent summaries highlight key adoption trends to focus on areas of success. Suggested prompts enable deeper exploration of underlying trends and drivers.
ID: 557681 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: eDiscovery- CMK (Customer managed key) for eDiscovery direct export
This release of eDiscovery features the implementation of customer-managed key (CMK) options, allowing users to manage their own encryption keys for the data included in the direct export workflow in eDiscovery, adding to the Microsoft-managed encryption already in place.
ID: 557684 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Centralized notification settings for channels
Centralized notification settings streamline channel notification setup and management. Available in Teams settings, users have a single place to review and adjust notifications for all visible channels, instead of managing each individually.
ID: 557970 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Remove bulk users from closed survey
This feature enhancement will enable Viva Glint Admins to remove survey participants from closed surveys in bulk.
ID: 557978 Release: Microsoft Viva – GCC Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Intelligent meeting recap available without saving transcript
Intelligent recap can now be generated without retaining a transcript after the meeting. Meeting organizers can choose this setting from the meeting options before the meeting, or organizers and eligible participants can enable it during the meeting. After the meeting, the AI Summary will be available, but other elements of the recap may not be available (Chapters, Topics, Mentions, Audio recap).
ID: 558286 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Pay-as-you-go model for Other Generative AI apps indicators
Other AI apps will move to pay-as-you-go model. Microsoft Copilot experiences indicators can still be used for free even without subscription. To continue using Other AI apps indicators, please link an Azure subscription to Microsoft Purview to enable billing. Insider Risk Management indicators transitioning to a pay-as-you-go pricing model: “Entering risky prompt in Other AI apps”. This indicator is present in Policy indicators-> Generative AI apps -> Other AI apps 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 to manage security and compliance. 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: 558288 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: March CY2027
Microsoft Teams: Facilitator detects and answers questions
Facilitator now automatically detects open questions raised during a Teams meeting and offers to help answer them using web search. When a participant asks a question (e.g., “What is an LLM?”) and no one answers, Facilitator posts a prompt offering to find an answer. Participants can select “Yes” to have the agent retrieve and share the information.
ID: 558341 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management– Hard delete capability for OneDrive and SharePoint through secure priority cleanup workflows
Data Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications in case of any data loss incident that may occur due to a misconfigured policy or regression. Priority Cleanup feature allows users to bypass retention, and eDiscovery holds to help customers comply to changing legal/compliance requirements or manage data spillage scenarios. This feature requires the ability to hard delete specific files from the scoped locations. Ability to select hard delete configuration for a Priority cleanup policy for OneDrive and SharePoint content and skip recycle bins.
ID: 558343 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Security Update Alerts in the Edge management service
Administrators can choose a severity threshold and receive alerts when a new Edge update includes security fixes that meet or exceed that level, including zero day fixes. This helps organizations quickly identify updates that may require attention, while avoiding unnecessary notifications for routine releases.
ID: 558435 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Credential Scanning in Data Security Posture Agent
We’re expanding the Data Security Posture Agent with a new credential scanning capability. Discover exposed credentials and data security risks across scoped locations. Assign scanning tasks to the agent, track progress across stages, and take action on prioritized findings. The agent scans selected data locations, analyzing scoped files to detect credentials, such as Microsoft Entra user credentials, private keys, and API tokens. Each finding includes a risk score, AI-generated insights, confidence score, and credential category so you can review, confirm, and act from a single task board view.
ID: 558436 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
SharePoint: Plan and Create Pages with AI
This feature allows you to edit new and existing pages with an AI chat pane. Now, with just prompts, you can add webparts, grounding documents, and refine the visuals and text on your page.
ID: 558441 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Critique in Researcher
Responses are generated by GPT and Claude working together, with GPT drafting an initial response and Claude reviewing for increased response accuracy, completeness, and citation integrity.
ID: 558538 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Security Investigations – analyze files tied to endpoint DLP alerts
Speed up analysis of exfiltrated content by launching Data Security Investigations (DSI) from endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) alerts. In DSI, define your endpoint DLP query (for example, time range, users, and endpoints). DSI then automatically gathers the related files that triggered the alerts for review (for example, UserA downloaded a file on 3/1/2026).
ID: 558547 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Inline DLP for Prompts for Microsoft Foundry apps and agents
With Purview enabled in Microsoft Foundry, Purview admins can setup inline DLP policies to prompts on Foundry built apps and agents to ensure data loss prevention of sensitive data.
ID: 558565 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Reduce policy sync status SLA on the Purview UI from 2 hours to 30 mins
Admin should be able to see the Endpoint DLP policy sync status on the Purview portal within 30 mins.
ID: 558682 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Digital signage support for Teams panels
Digital signage can now be displayed on idle Teams panel devices, similar to digital signage support for Microsoft Teams Rooms front of room displays. Signage source and settings can be configured in the Pro Management portal. Available with Teams Rooms Pro or Shared space-licensed spaces.
ID: 558852 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Power Automate integration with records management
Initiate a Power Automate workflow when the item reaches the end of its retention period. For example, execute a complex disposition approval process or move the file to an archive.
ID: 558859 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: January CY2027
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Data Security Triage Agent summaries and categorizations for DLP alerts will be made available in DLP Alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR
Data Security Triage Agent summaries and categorizations for DLP alerts will be made available in DLP Alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR.
ID: 558860 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Planner: Microsoft Planner tab support for shared and private channels in Microsoft Teams
Now you can add Microsoft Planner as a tab in shared and private channels in Microsoft Teams, which allows to create and manage tasks directly within the channel.
ID: 558928 Release: Microsoft Teams, Planner – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: AI-generated meeting archive for knowledge retention
Admins can enable a tenant-wide policy that allows Copilot (and Facilitator) to retain key insights from meetings beyond transcript retention periods. This enables Copilot to continue answering questions about past meetings even after transcripts expire. Admins can also configure how long this AI-generated meeting archive is stored.
ID: 558933 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Unmanaged cloud app discovery and protection with Microsoft Purview and Palo Alto Prisma Access
Microsoft Purview network data security now integrates with Palo Alto Prisma Access, extending discovery and protection to network traffic. With this integration, new and existing Palo Alto Prisma Access customers can configure Microsoft Purview collection and data loss prevention policies to discover and protect sensitive data shared with unmanaged cloud apps via HTTP/HTTPS, using the same classifiers, sensitive information types, and sensitivity labels used in other Purview policies. This integration further enriches Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Insider Risk Management (IRM), enables data security & compliance for AI interactions, and more.
ID: 558939 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Information Protection – Apply default SharePoint library labels to data at rest
Enables auto-labeling of existing SharePoint files to match the default sensitivity label configured on their document library. This helps organizations close labeling gaps for data at rest and ensure consistent, secure-by-default protection across SharePoint libraries—without relying on manual user labeling.
ID: 559105 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – DLP Policy Change Insights with Security Copilot
Introduce an AI-powered capability leveraging Microsoft Security Copilot to automatically generate natural language explanations of changes made to DLP policies after each update within Microsoft Purview. This feature will analyze policy version deltas (pre-update vs. post-update) and produce a structured, human-readable summary that clearly explains: What changed Where the change occurred (rule, condition, action, location, etc.) The impact of the change The potential enforcement implications The goal is to eliminate manual policy diff analysis, reduce configuration ambiguity, and improve governance transparency for compliance and security administrators.
ID: 559106 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Viva: [Engage] More for you feed when opening posts
When viewing Engage notifications from the Teams Activity app, users will also see other trending posts in their organization.
ID: 559108 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Recent feed in Viva Engage
Introducing a new “Recent” feed in Home to give users a more predictable view of followed and priority communications, while preserving the existing personalized “For you” experience.
ID: 559482 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Improved organization for muted and meeting chats
Microsoft Teams automatically organizes your chats with new built in sections that help reduce clutter and keep conversations easy to find. Muted chats (on by default) are grouped together in a dedicated area, while meeting chats (off by default) can be collected into a single section for quick access. You’re always in control, as each section can be turned on or off based on your preferences. The new Meeting chats section will replace the Meeting chats filter, that was previously available at the top of the chat and channel list. Updated July 20, 2026: We have temporarily rolled back this feature. We apologize for any inconvenience.
ID: 559605 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat can now better match search results from Scanned PDFs and from text inside images embedded in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Copilot Chat can now better match search results from Scanned PDFs and from text that appears inside images embedded in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files — such as scanned contracts in Word, screenshots of tables in Excel, or whiteboard photos in PowerPoint — content that was previously difficult to search and find.
ID: 559613 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Purview in Microsoft Admin Center
AI and IT admins in Microsoft Admin Center can 1) gain visibility around oversharing risks and drive remediations 2) Understand how much of sensitive copilot interactions are protected and turn on Purview DLP for M365 Copilot right from there. Enables secure adoption of Copilot.
ID: 559617 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Add control to include or exclude Default file paths exclusions for Windows
Previously customers would have system files either included or excluded manually configured. With this feature there is now a capability to provide this by default and have the option of including or excluding those paths. This list is managed by Microsoft to ensure accuracy and ease of management.
ID: 560057 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management- IRM alerts in XDR
With this feature, IRM alerts and other supporting data will be available in the following Microsoft Defender XDR experiences: 1. IRM alerts will be surfaced in unified alert and Incident queue in Microsoft Defender XDR. 2. IRM alerts, Indicators and enriched events will be available in Microsoft Defender XDR advanced hunting. Analysts can leverage KQL queries to identify potentially hidden risky patterns in data security related user activity. 3. IRM alert, Indicators and enriched events will be exposed through Graph API. This feature can be enabled through “Share data with Microsoft Defender XDR” within Microsoft Insider Risk Management settings IRM data in Microsoft Defender XDR does not honor anonymization. This is to enable effective correlation of IRM alerts with alerts from other solutions in Microsoft Defender XDR platform (such as Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud apps, etc.). 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: 560075 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: AI-powered notes for in-person meetings with Facilitator in Teams Rooms on Windows
In addition to capturing real-time notes and meeting outcomes during scheduled or hybrid meetings, the Facilitator agent assists you with notes, decisions and actions for in-person meetings in Teams Rooms on Windows. Simply invite Facilitator with one tap of the room console. Meeting notes appear on the front of room display or touch board, are available via meeting recap when shared, and deleted if no one selected. Rest assured no data remains in the room. Available with Teams Rooms Pro.
ID: 560318 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – DLM Meter Change
Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) billing will be based on the volume of data retained. For example, any number of non-Microsoft 365 generative AI prompts and responses that collectively amount to 1 GB of retained data will be billed at $0.25 per GB per month (equivalent to ~$0.0082 per GB per day). In the updated model, DLM is billed based on the total volume of text messages managed by a DLM policy. Each non-Microsoft 365 generative AI prompt and response is treated as an individual text message and is retained and deleted according to the configured Microsoft Purview retention settings. Billing is calculated on the managed text messages in storage, at a rate equivalent to $6 per one million text messages per month. Customer impact Customers will need to migrate from the legacy meter to the new meter. Based on current analysis, the overall cost impact is expected to be cost-neutral or lower for customers under the new billing model.
ID: 560324 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
SharePoint: Create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files with AI
You can ask AI in SharePoint to create a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file based on the information you’ve gathered within SharePoint
ID: 560337 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Proactive push notifications for the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app
The Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app will proactively send push notifications for common productivity workflows like ‘Your Day at a Glance’ and ‘Items waiting for you’, which send users to the respective Copilot response when opened. This feature taps into your Copilot Memory and will be available for users with Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses and can also be accessed once opening the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
ID: 560339 Release: Microsoft 365 app, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Export metrics from Agent Dashboard
Users can export de-identified, row-level agent metrics and attributes from the Agent Dashboard. Exported data provides detailed insights into agent usage and user-level agent interactions across the organization, with personal identifiers removed. #copilotcontrolsystem
ID: 560538 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Dataverse data connected to Microsoft 365 Copilot
Let people search and query Dataverse business data from Microsoft 365 Copilot.
ID: 560539 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Configure user and survey data retention for deleted users in Viva Glint
With the new control in Viva Glint, service administrators can now configure whether to retain or delete survey and relevant indefinable user data for users who are manually deleted from Glint or deleted via the signals received via Microsoft Entra. This will ensure that the consistency of previously generate Glint survey reports is retained and user data is handled in accordance with the relevant organizational policies. We will also process the delete signals received via Microsoft Entra and handle the corresponding user data retention or deletion as per our terms of service.
ID: 560548 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: September CY2026
OneDrive: Sync Support for up to 1 million items on Windows
OneDrive Sync supports syncing up to 1 million items on Windows devices, helping teams manage large document libraries and shared content at scale without compromising access across devices. This preview requires the Insiders ring and that devices meet minimum hardware and configuration requirements. Devices that don’t meet these requirements continue to sync at the existing 300,000-item supported limit with no disruption.
ID: 560549 Release: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Copilot assisted commenting in Glint survey taking
Viva Glint survey takers will be able to use a streamlined version of Microsoft Copilot in the Glint survey taking experience to help them rewrite their comments, helping survey takers feel more confident about the feedback they’re providing. By increasing perceived security through reducing identifiable writing patterns and minimizing the effort required to refine feedback, this experience can encourage greater participation, longer responses, and more candid comments, which can drive higher engagement and richer insights from surveys.
ID: 560595 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Security Triage Agent in Data Loss Prevention – Reasoning Trace and Confidence Score for agent-triaged alerts
This feature introduces confidence scoring and reasoning trace explainability into the Data Security Triage Agent in DLP, addressing a critical trust gap reported across multiple customers. Today, without transparency into why the agent makes a decision or how confident it is, analysts are forced to fall back to manual review — completely negating the automation value. The feature will surface a reasoning trace alongside each agent decision and a confidence score, giving analysts a clear signal of how reliable the agent’s output is. This provides SOC teams with an auditable, explainable output they can validate rather than blindly trust, enabling them to progressively increase reliance on automation over time.
ID: 560597 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Policy Recommendation Panel in IRM
Today, Insider Risk Management (IRM) provides policy-driven protection for data leaks, data theft, and risky AI usage. However, while policy-driven protections are powerful, customers may not always have clear visibility into where coverage can be optimized or expanded to address latent insider risk. IRM now provides guidance on what protections are missing or which policy configurations deliver the most incremental value, providing customers with more comprehensive coverage to mitigate their most critical insider risk. 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: 560600 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Reduce temporary file noise for Endpoint activities in IRM
When files are opened in Windows, the operating system, and applications (for example, Microsoft Office and browsers) can create, rename, and delete temporary files as part of normal behavior. The Endpoint client audits these activities, resulting in high-volume, low-signal events that appear as “noise” for Insider Risk Management (IRM) customers. While global exclusions exist (file type, keyword, file path, etc.), some temporary file naming patterns are not easily captured with the current exclusions, leaving customers without a practical way to reduce noise without over-excluding. This feature introduces built-in filtering for well-known temporary file name patterns so that Endpoint file operations are excluded from IRM activity explorer and scoring reducing noise allowing customers to focus on the most relevant alerts. 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: 560601 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Teams: AI-powered notes for in-person meetings with Facilitator in Teams Rooms on Android
In addition to capturing real-time notes and meeting outcomes during scheduled or hybrid meetings, the Facilitator agent assists you with notes, decisions and actions for in-person meetings in Teams Rooms on Android. Simply invite Facilitator with one tap of the room console. Meeting notes appear on the front of room display or touch board, are available via meeting recap when shared, and deleted if no one selected. Rest assured no data remains in the room. Available with Teams Rooms Pro.
ID: 560700 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Security Detection Report in Teams Admin Center
A new Security Detection Report in the Teams admin center provides a centralized view of messaging security detections, including impersonation, malicious URLs, and weaponizable file types. Admins can review detection activity in one place and export detailed data to support investigation and response. This capability helps consolidate security signals for Teams messaging scenarios.
ID: 560702 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Power user insights in Copilot dashboard
Understand who is building a habit using Copilot with the new power user insights in Copilot dashboard
ID: 560705 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Information Protection – AI-powered intent for classifiers
AI-powered intent for classifiers: Microsoft Purview Information Protection will generate a human-readable semantic intent for custom Sensitive Information Types (SITs), helping customers better understand what their classifiers detect and refine them for higher accuracy and fewer false positives.
ID: 560708 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Increase in expansion limit for auto expanding archive beyond 1.5TB
Previously, auto expanding archive mailbox expansion was supported only up to 1.5 TB, after which mailboxes would become inoperative. Archive mailboxes can now automatically expand beyond the 1.5 TB limit, ensuring uninterrupted retention and enabling scalable archive growth as storage thresholds are reached. This capability to expand archive beyond 1.5 TB will be available to customers with eligible E5 licenses.
ID: 560820 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
SharePoint: eSignature for Microsoft 365 – Recipient groups
Recipient groups in eSignature allow a recipient slot to be assigned to multiple people, such that any one of those people can fulfil the signing requirement on behalf of the group.
ID: 560822 Release: Microsoft 365, SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Work Search Banner for Google
When a user performs a search on google.com from a work profile, Microsoft Edge can detect whether organization-specific results are available for that query. When relevant results are found, a banner is shown with a link to explore those work results with Microsoft 365 Copilot. This builds on the existing experience already available on Bing and extends it to Google, helping users seamlessly access work-related information regardless of their search engine. Admins can control access to this feature using the EdgeWorkSearchBannerEnabled policy.
ID: 560823 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Enhanced bookable desk experience with Teams panel-based desk dock devices
Users have better experiences in flexible work environments with Microsoft Teams panel-based desk dock devices coming later this year. The Teams panel app now enables devices, such as the Yealink Linkhub, to enhance bookable desk experiences by indicating at-a-glance availability and letting visitors book directly on the device. Each device requires a Teams Shared Space license.
ID: 561031 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – New Guided Experience to Diagnose and Resolve DLP Issues
We’re introducing a new guided diagnostics experience to help users understand why their DLP policies may not be behaving as expected. This experience provides a clear summary of why a DLP action was taken on a document, including which policies were triggered, the order of evaluation, and detailed insights into which conditions evaluated as true or false. For Microsoft 365 E5 customers, the experience also includes Copilot-powered insights and tailored recommendations to accelerate troubleshooting and policy optimization.
ID: 561032 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Hard delete capability for OneDrive and SharePoint through secure priority cleanup workflows
Data Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications in case of any data loss incident that may occur due to a misconfigured policy or regression. Priority Cleanup feature allows users to bypass retention, and eDiscovery holds to help customers comply to changing legal/compliance requirements or manage data spillage scenarios. This feature requires the ability to hard delete specific files from the scoped locations. Ability to select hard delete configuration for a Priority cleanup policy for OneDrive and SharePoint content and skip recycle bins.
ID: 561034 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Allow M365 authentication popups in work profiles
When users are signed in with a work account, some Microsoft 365 sites (for example, microsoft.com, cloud.microsoft, and microsoft365.com) may open authentication pop-up windows to Microsoft sign-in endpoints such as login.microsoftonline.com, login.live.com, or login.microsoft.com. These pop-ups are required to complete sign-in. Microsoft Edge now allows authentication pop-up windows from Microsoft first party services by default. Admins can control availability to this feature using the M365AuthPopupsInWorkEnabled policy.
ID: 561035 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Archive SharePoint files under retention
We are introducing file archiving support in SharePoint Online, utilizing this feature administrators can seamlessly include archiving actions within their existing data retention policies. This means that, in addition to keeping or deleting data, admins can now leverage Purview DLM to archive files according to organizational requirements, ensuring comprehensive governance across all stages of the content lifecycle in SharePoint Online. Retention based file archiving moves inactive content to low-cost storage, lowering costs with no compromise on Compliance, keeping data discoverable and making Copilot results highly relevant.
ID: 561208 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Insights and policy recommendations on Microsoft Copilot and AI Apps interactions for better Data Security and Compliance posture
Provide insights on Copilots and AI Apps usage and recommend retention policies for customers to govern their Copilots and AI App interactions.
ID: 561209 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in PowerPoint for Government clouds
Copilot in PowerPoint lets you create, edit, and refine presentations through natural conversation, directly in your presentation. You can start a new presentation or build on an existing one, asking Copilot to generate slides, update content, improve layouts, and polish design—while preserving formatting, structure, and branding. Copilot uses your files, meetings, emails, and more to help shape content and iterate quickly, and it connects to your brand kit so you can apply branded templates, insert brand approved images, and check for brand compliance. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot–licensed users.
ID: 561322 Release: PowerPoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics: Copilot usage snapshot PBI at day level with fresh data
A day level Copilot adoption Power BI report reflecting the most recent copilot activity & freshest insights.
ID: 561325 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot People Connectors introduces people data ingestions with differentiated access control
Copilot People Connector now supports importing people data with access controls into Microsoft 365. This release enables organizations to bring people data from external systems into Microsoft 365 along with associated access control lists (ACLs), ensuring Copilot respects existing permissions defined in source systems. The imported data can be scoped to specific individuals and groups, allowing Copilot to reason over people data while honoring access restrictions.
ID: 561326 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Information Protection- File Labeler and File Viewer for MacOS
This feature is bringing the Information Protection Filer Labeler and Viewer applications to the MacOS platform. Enabling customers to have the same capabilities available on Mac. Core functionality will be available with the exception of the Advanced label-based protection feature.
ID: 561327 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Access: Cascading combo and list boxes with LinkMasterFields/LinkChildFields
Combo boxes and list boxes now support LinkMasterFields/LinkChildFields properties, enabling cascading dropdowns (e.g., Country filters City) without writing VBA code.
ID: 561328 Release: Access – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft 365: Introducing Exchange Online Cross-tenant Message Recall
We’re enhancing the Exchange Online Message Recall feature to add support for cross-tenant recalls. Today, you can recall messages only within your organization. Cross-tenant recall will let you recall messages sent to other organizations that add your tenant to their recall allow list.
ID: 561330 Release: Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Forms – US Government clouds
Copilot in Forms is being enabled for Microsoft Forms in Government Cloud environments, bringing end-to-end AI assistance to forms, from creating a form, to refining and sending to analyzing results. This rollout includes key Copilot features such as: – Draft with Copilot – Distribution and monitoring – Copilot Insights – On-canvas Copilot features such as Rewrite question, Continue writing, Answer explanations, and more.
ID: 561485 Release: Forms, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Improved website compatibility with site troubleshooting controls
Microsoft Edge is introducing improvements to help users quickly resolve website issues directly from the browser. When a site is not functioning as expected, users may be guided to relevant troubleshooting options such as adjusting tracking prevention settings (e.g., Strict mode) and reviewing site-specific configurations. This experience surfaces relevant actions in-context to help users restore site functionality without navigating deep into settings.
ID: 561486 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Connect Teams meeting to existing Planner Plans
Teams meetings automatically create a corresponding Planner plan to capture meeting tasks. However, when teams use meetings as their primary collaboration surface for long-running initiatives, tasks from the same project can become scattered across multiple auto-generated plans. With this capability, users can now connect Teams meetings to existing Planner plans, so all related tasks across meetings can be tracked in one place.
ID: 561490 Release: Microsoft Teams, Planner – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention to restrict processing external emails in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat
We are expanding Microsoft Purview DLP for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat to safeguard risks from external emails. This real-time control helps organizations mitigate data risks by preventing Microsoft 365 Copilot and Chat from processing emails from senders external to your organization.
ID: 561552 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2027
Microsoft Teams: Town hall media optimization for VDI attendees
What’s new Teams now supports audio and video offloading for Town hall attendees in VDI environments that are using the new optimization. Media streams are offloaded directly to the user’s local device, improving performance and delivering a high definition viewing experience while reducing virtual desktop resource usage. Who it applies to • Windows endpoints only using the new VDI optimization • Supported VDI platforms: o Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 o Citrix o Omnissa o Amazon WorkSpaces What stays the same All attendee interactivity features remain supported, including captions, DVR, reactions, streaming chat, and Q&A. Additional details First party and third party eCDNs are supported. When enabled, the attendee’s endpoint establishes a direct peer to peer connection using the local device network, avoiding virtual desktop double hop traffic. Action required No action is required if the new optimization for Microsoft Teams is already enabled.
ID: 561648 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Mandatory pre-meeting consent
We are providing a new configuration experience in Teams Admin Center where tenant admins can enable and customize an explicit consent message before joining any meeting hosted in their organization.
ID: 561914 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Reusable Global List for Exchange Online
Reusable Lists centralize management of keywords, domains, and email addresses, eliminating duplication across rules and reducing the effort required to maintain large policies.
ID: 561919 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2027
Universal Print: Badge API
Admins can map employee badge credentials (card or NFC) to user identities in Universal Print, enabling users to release secure print jobs at compatible printers with a simple tap—no app, PIN, or sign-in required at the device. This enhances existing badge-based release with a standardized, cloud-based identity mapping model integrated with Microsoft 365.
ID: 561921 Release: Universal Print – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: June CY2027
Universal Print: Universal Print Portal
You can release your secure print jobs by scanning a QR code at any printer and access your print workflows from a browser on any device, all signed in with your Microsoft 365 account.
ID: 561922 Release: Universal Print – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention – Policy Sync & Device Health AI-Powered Investigation
AI agent skill to detect and alert unhealthy policy sync and device configuration.
ID: 562016 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Fresh Copilot Metrics in Custom Person Queries & Reports- Viva Advanced Analysis
Key Microsoft 365 Copilot metrics in custom person queries and reports will have values up to 2-3 days old from the current date. This will provide fresher copilot usage analysis to analysts in Viva Advanced analysis.
ID: 562017 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Supercharge your workflows with computer use
Add resilient, AI-powered UI automation directly into your workflows with computer use tools. Makers can build reusable, goal-oriented automations that adapt dynamically to website or app changes, while admins maintain governance through access controls, hosted browser management, and environment-level permissions.
ID: 562220 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Copilot Studio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Invoke agents as workflow steps with the agent node
Add an agent node to your workflow to reason over data, call tools, and return a response, all within a single step. The agent node lets you embed reasoning directly into your workflow. This means fewer manual handoffs, faster processing times, and workflows that can handle nuanced decisions without additional development effort, helping teams automate more of their end-to-end processes and reduce operational overhead.
ID: 562222 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Copilot Studio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Preloaded video for Teams Events and Meetings
Users can now upload videos directly into a Teams event or meeting from OneDrive from the “Manage view” options when an organizer has turned on Manage What Attendees See mode. This ensures a smoother high quality video playback with a more consistent experience for attendees.
ID: 562340 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Count of Labelled Documents Condition
This release introduces a new condition for Exchange Online policies: “Count of labeled documents is greater than.” This condition evaluates the number of attachments in an email message that carry a matching sensitivity label. When the count exceeds a defined threshold, the DLP rule is triggered, and configured actions are applied. This capability enables detection of high-volume data exfiltration scenarios, where multiple sensitive files—individually low-risk—collectively represent a significant compliance or security risk. Existing conditions evaluate file content, but do not provide controls based on the volume of labeled attachments.
ID: 562342 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Insights and policy recommendations on sensitive M365 data for better Data Security and Compliance posture
Insights on sensitive M365 data (OneDrive and SharePoint) and recommendations on retention policies for customers to better govern their sensitive data.
ID: 562343 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Archive OneDrive and SharePoint files under retention
With the introduction of file archiving support in SharePoint Online, administrators are looking to seamlessly include archiving actions within their existing data retention policies. This means that, in addition to keeping or deleting data, admins want to now leverage Purview DLM to archive files according to organizational requirements, ensuring comprehensive governance across all stages of the content lifecycle in SPO. Retention based file archiving moves inactive content to low-cost storage, lowering costs with no compromise on Compliance, keeping data discoverable and making Copilot results highly relevant.
ID: 562345 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Get actionable suggestions from Copilot in your Copilot Page
Request feedback from Copilot on your Page by selecting “Suggested edits” in the Copilot Shortcuts menu. Copilot will analyze the content on your page and provide actionable suggestions about what you can change to improve clarity and quality of your written content. You can then apply suggestions directly to the page.
ID: 562351 Release: Microsoft 365 app, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft 365: Pay-as-you-go storage for OneDrive
New pay-as-you-go, consumption-based meter for additional OneDrive storage. Control which OneDrive accounts can grow beyond their licensed storage limits and give selected users more space as needed.
ID: 562352 Release: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Session and Response Sharing in M365 Copilot
Session and Response Sharing let Microsoft 365 Copilot users share Copilot chat content through a link. Session Sharing shares a full chat session, while Response Sharing shares a single Copilot response. The shared content opens as a read-only view, and recipients can continue from it in their own Copilot chat. This gives Copilot users an easier and more controlled way to share useful Copilot outputs with coworkers instead of copying and pasting. It helps teams reuse work, share context, and collaborate more efficiently while keeping sharing within organizational controls.
ID: 562353 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Agent metrics for custom reporting in Insights analyst workbench
Unlock deeper insights into Copilot agent adoption with flexible, self-serve analytics. Insights global and partition analysts can access and combine granular agent usage metrics with agent and organizational attributes to uncover agent adoption trends, export and customize reporting, and drive more informed decisions, without relying on predefined dashboards.
ID: 562412 Release: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Identifiable Export metrics in the Copilot Dashboard
This enables users to export Identifiable row-level Copilot metrics from the Copilot Dashboard for reporting and deeper analysis. This capability can be tuned On by Admins in a tenant.
ID: 562648 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Interpreter agent support in Teams Rooms on Android
The Interpreter agent acts as a translator in Microsoft Teams meetings, allowing participants to listen to the meeting in their chosen language with real-time translation so speaking different languages isn’t a barrier to effective understanding and collaboration. It’s now available in Teams Rooms on Android licensed for Teams Rooms Pro.
ID: 562665 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention – Allow customer to scope JIT Audit to specific user or user group
Enable customers to include or exclude users/user groups from Just-In-Time (JIT) Audit, ensuring audits are generated only for the selected users or groups.
ID: 562991 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention – Ability to protect files stored in the excluded folders in Windows
Endpoint DLP now extends protection to files stored in commonly excluded Windows folders, including Temp and AppData. This helps improve coverage by detecting and protecting sensitive data in these locations.
ID: 562992 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Endpoint Data Loss Prevention — Endpoint DLP now supports a pre curated list of file extensions for the file extension condition
Endpoint DLP now includes a pre curated list of file extensions for the file extension condition. Previously, file extensions were entered as free form text, which could result in unsupported or non-scannable extensions being used. This could lead to gaps in protection and increase processing overhead on endpoints. With the pre curated list, you can select only supported file extensions. This helps improve policy reliability and reduces unnecessary processing on endpoints.
ID: 562993 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot memory in Researcher
Copilot memory within Researcher brings forward relevant context from your past interactions—helping ground insights, personalize outputs, and reduce repetitive setup as you explore complex topics.
ID: 562996 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Outlook: Choose to Show Unread or Total Count for Each Folder
You can now pick whether each folder in your folder pane shows the unread count or the total item count. Until now, Outlook only displayed unread counts, but sometimes you need to see how many items are in a folder overall. Just right-click any folder and choose whether to show the total or unread count. It gives you more control over how you keep track of your email without changing how anything else works. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 563807 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Outlook: Navigate Your Favorite Folders Without Expanding the Folder Pane
You can now quickly switch between your favorite folders without opening the full folder pane. When the pane is collapsed, your favorite folders appear as a vertical list, giving you one-click access to the folders you use most. Each folder shows unread or total counts so you always know what needs attention. Right-click any favorite for the same options you’re used to, and your selections stay put across sessions. It’s a familiar experience for anyone who loved favorites in classic Outlook, now built right into the new Outlook. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 563810 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Support for MCP Agents with Interactive UI Widgets in Government Clouds
Feature description: Model Context Protocol (MCP) based agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will now be able to surface rich, interactive UI widgets directly within chat. This enhancement enables developers to deliver more engaging and structured agent interactions. Users will experience these widgets when interacting with agents that implement them, and admins will continue to manage these agents through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.
ID: 564608 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Outlook: All Accounts view (Unified Inbox) brings your email into a single inbox view
The All-Accounts view, also known as Unified Inbox, lets you see emails from multiple accounts in a single inbox view in the new Outlook for Windows, without merging your mailboxes. Each account’s inbox stays separate; the view brings them together so you can triage in one place. Users can read, delete, move, archive, and mark messages across accounts without switching between mailboxes. The experience integrates with Copilot for AI-assisted email workflows and supports Immersive Search for finding messages across your primary account. Advanced scenarios such as cross-account search and shared mailbox support will follow in later releases.
ID: 564609 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Security Triage Agent – Sensitive Data Remediation through Microsoft Teams
The Data Security Triage Agent in Data Loss Prevention now offers a new sensitive data remediation function, which empowers organizations to proactively identify and remediate sensitive information—such as Social Security Numbers, passwords, and credit card data—across thousands of files stored in SharePoint or OneDrive locations, dramatically increasing the percentage of remediated files with sensitive information, resulting in reduced compliance risk. Seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Purview, this new agent function automatically detects file(s) with a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy match “Needs Attention” alerts and pushes a remediation notification to the end user who last modified the file guiding them to remove sensitive data through targeted Microsoft Teams messages. Its’ closed-loop workflow ensures that remediation progress is tracked and confirmed, giving admins real-time visibility and control via the Data Security Posture Management dashboard. By streamlining sensitive data cleanup and automating user engagement, this agent helps organizations achieve their remediation goals at scale. Let the Data Security Triage Agent handle the heavy lifting of pushing remediation requests directly to the end user, so Purview admins don’t have to!
ID: 564615 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – AI Powered Data Loss Prevention Policy Optimizer
DLP Policy Optimizer uses AI to analyze your organization’s DLP policies, rule structure, and activity signals to identify optimization opportunities that are difficult to detect manually. It highlights overlapping rules, redundant conditions, misconfigurations, and sources of excessive noise, and presents prioritized recommendations with supporting evidence and suggested actions. This enables you to reduce false positives and alert noise, improve policy precision, and simplify policy management with confidence.
ID: 564616 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2027
Microsoft Purview: Information Protection – Rights Management connector – Certificate-based authentication
The Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) connector is moving from shared-secret authentication to certificate-based authentication, improving its security posture. With this update, administrators configure their own Microsoft Entra app registration and certificate, then use the new PowerShell module to configure the certificate for each workload (Connector, Exchange, SharePoint, and FCI). New PowerShell cmdlets handle certificate import, registry configuration, private-key permissions, and validation. As part of this change, the connector setup no longer provisions an Entra service principal or issues a shared secret on the customer’s behalf. Customers should plan to register an Entra ID application and upload a certificate before installing or upgrading the connector.
ID: 564617 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Enhanced user profile in IRM alerts
We’re enhancing the User section within Insider Risk Management alerts to provide investigators with more contextual user profile and risk attributes directly within their workflow. With this update, analysts can now view key user details such as employee type, office location, start date, policy inclusion, priority user group status, and last working day—helping them build a more complete understanding of the user during investigations without navigating away from the alert experience. This feature will be available as part of the new alert workflow through the Alert Details panel. Additional user attributes will continue to be introduced over time, with pseudo-anonymization honored to support privacy-by-design investigation practices. 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: 564619 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Expanding note capabilities across alerts & cases
We’re introducing a new collaboration capability in Insider Risk Management that enables analysts and investigators to add notes directly within alerts. With this feature, users can document investigation progress, share findings, and capture key context throughout the triage process. In addition to manually added notes, system-generated notes will automatically record updates such as alert status changes or user assignments — helping teams maintain a clear and auditable investigation timeline. By centralizing investigation history directly within alerts, this update helps improve collaboration and ensures all stakeholders stay aligned throughout the investigation lifecycle. These note enhancements will also be made available in Cases. 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: 564620 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Unified alert queue
We’re introducing a new unified alert triage experience in Insider Risk Management that brings agent-driven insights directly into the standard Alerts queue. With this update, analysts can view agent categorizations alongside traditional alert filters and columns in a single, consolidated workflow. The updated alert details panel, enables faster investigation and action from the alerts list page by embedding agent insights directly into the alert experience. To support customer transition, the existing alert and agent triage experience will remain available for 60 days and can be accessed via the Alerts tabs under Users in the left navigation. 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: 564621 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Outlook: New Outlook for Windows for GCC-H and DoD
The new Microsoft Outlook for Windows will be available for US Government clouds (GCC-H and DoD sovereign environments).
ID: 564913 Release: Outlook – GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Enhanced IntelliFrame with AI data channel for intelligent cameras
Teams Rooms on Windows users can now benefit from next generation IntelliFrame features on certified AI-capable cameras with on-device video processing. With IntelliFrame’s expanded AI data channel, participants experience faster active speaker framing, people recognition and labels, and more responsive meeting views—even when network conditions are limited. These capabilities are available with Teams Rooms Pro.
ID: 564969 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Granular channel notification controls
Microsoft Teams introduces flexible presets for channel notifications, allowing you to choose between All new messages, @mentions and replies, or Mute. You can further customize alerts for unfollowed threads, tags, and channel or team mentions, as well as control banner notifications for the channel. This added flexibility enables you to set notifications to match to your work style and reduce unnecessary distractions.
ID: 565132 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Tenant-level dashboard for Interpreter
Admins now have a dedicated dashboard in the Teams Admin Center to view Interpreter usage across their organization. Track adoption and usage trends in one place to better understand how Interpreter is being used.
ID: 565217 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Purview: eDiscovery – In-product diagnostics to troubleshoot common challenges
Self-service diagnostics help identify common issues with case permissions, security filters, and policy status. The experience highlights potential misconfigurations and provides simple guidance to help customers understand and resolve them. This brings basic troubleshooting into the product and helps eDiscovery admins overcome common challenges.
ID: 565222 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Emoji shortcuts with autocomplete on mobile
Teams brings desktop-style emoji shortcuts to mobile (iOS and Android), allowing you to insert emojis by typing colon-based commands like :smile:. Real-time autocomplete suggestions help you quickly find the right emoji as you type, while support for custom emojis enables more personalized and expressive communication on the go.
ID: 565370 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: eDiscovery – Advanced Review Set Explorer
The Advanced Review Set Explorer empowers reviewers to harness the power of real-time big data analytics on their review set data. This tool enhances data analysis by offering insights such as identifying top item types, spotting patterns, and trends within the review set. Reviewers can utilize powerful Kusto query constructs like complex filtering, pattern-based text extraction, and data format parsing to analyze and find key information specific to their case or organization. The results can then be visualized using various flexible charting solutions, providing a comprehensive understanding of the data’s story.
ID: 565372 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Purview: eDiscovery – CMK (Customer managed key) for eDiscovery direct export
This release of eDiscovery features the implementation of customer-managed key (CMK) options, allowing users to manage their own encryption keys for the data included in the direct export workflow in eDiscovery, adding to the Microsoft-managed encryption already in place.
ID: 565373 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention – Policy Sync & Device Health AI-Powered Investigation
AI-powered visibility into DLP policy deployment across devices, helping admins track sync progress and understand enforcement coverage. They proactively identify impacted devices, explain root causes of sync failures, and guide admins with recommended actions to quickly diagnose and resolve issues.
ID: 565374 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Language selection by users in Teams Rooms on Android
Users can now choose their preferred meeting language in Teams Rooms on Android. Select from up to 69 languages using the language button on the console. The room system must restart after a language is selected.
ID: 565425 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Sign in to Edge with a Google account
Users can now sign in to Microsoft Edge using a Google account in addition to the Microsoft account from the profile menu and Edge sign-in screen. Available for Windows and macOS devices. Admins can control availability to this feature using the NonMicrosoftAccountSignInEnabled policy.
ID: 565860 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
OneNote: Copilot Notebook in OneNote on Mac
Copilot Notebook, an AI-powered workspace for a project or topic built on reference materials, is coming to OneNote on Mac. Bring together your work context behind a project in one place.
ID: 565863 Release: OneNote – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Azure PST Import
Azure PST Import is a migration method that enables PST files stored in Azure Blob Storage to be imported directly into Exchange Online mailboxes. It follows the standard two-step Exchange Migration Service pattern: an initial analysis phase to validate and assess PST data, followed by execution of the actual migration. The process also involves creating a migration endpoint, running an analysis-only migration batch, using the analysis results to configure the final batch, and then starting the batch to import PST content into target mailboxes.
ID: 565865 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Retention capabilities based on files Last Accessed in OneDrive and SharePoint
Ability to apply Retention labels and policies to items on OneDrive and SharePoint based on when the items were last accessed by an user.
ID: 565866 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention – Protect sensitive data over FTP and SFTP with Endpoint DLP
Endpoint DLP support for FTP and SFTP enables organizations to monitor and protect sensitive data transferred from managed endpoints using FTP and SFTP, helping prevent unauthorized data exfiltration while maintaining visibility and control.
ID: 565868 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Personal message reminders for chat and channels
Teams now lets you set and manage reminders directly on chat and channel messages, helping you keep track of important items. Create, update, complete, and delete reminders, track them in a dedicated Reminders view, and receive timely notifications when they become due. Reminders are private to each user and include message context, making them easy to revisit and act on when needed.
ID: 565869 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
OneDrive: Collaborate on Markdown files with co-authoring and autosave
We’re bringing co-authoring and autosave to Markdown files in OneDrive and SharePoint, making it easier for teams to collaborate on Markdown content directly in Microsoft 365. Multiple users will be able to edit the same Markdown file together in the web experience, with changes saved automatically, reducing the risk of lost work and removing the need to manually manage versions.
ID: 565906 Release: OneDrive, SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Block all identified external bots automatically from joining your meetings
Extending the admin controls provided for managing external AI bots and regulating their access to your meetings, we are adding the option to automatically block all identified bots.
ID: 566201 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: September CY2026
SharePoint: Inline comments and notifications for Markdown files
We’re adding inline commenting support for Markdown files in OneDrive and SharePoint, making it easier for teams to review, discuss, and collaborate on Markdown content directly in Microsoft 365. Users will be able to leave comments on specific parts of a Markdown file and receive notifications when they are mentioned or when there is activity that needs their attention.
ID: 566202 Release: OneDrive, SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Outlook: Export support for data files in Mac Outlook
This feature adds support for exporting PST files into Outlook for Mac.
ID: 566203 Release: Outlook – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
OneDrive: Find document libraries in OneDrive search results
We’re making it easier for users to find document libraries directly from OneDrive search results. When users search in OneDrive, relevant SharePoint document libraries may appear alongside files and folders, helping users quickly get back to shared team content without needing to navigate across multiple sites.
ID: 566204 Release: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Planner: Save AI-generated filters in Planner Agent chat
Save AI-filters generated by the Planner Agent for future use on your plans.
ID: 566314 Release: Planner, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Create and customize PBI reports
We are introducing a new feature for leaders and analysts of Viva Insights, where they can view a Power BI report, and edit time range, filters, attributes and change visuals as per their organizations’ needs. They can then save the report for viewing later.
ID: 566317 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft 365 app: New Copilot Notebooks design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App (iOS)
Copilot Notebooks in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app (iOS) 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: 566318 Release: Microsoft 365 app – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Export DLP and Label Policy Configurations
A new export functionality will be introduced in two locations: the Data Loss Prevention > Policies page and the Information Protection > Label publishing policies page. This feature will allow users to export their existing DLP configurations and label policies, including schema, as a downloadable ZIP file. The exported file can be attached to support tickets to accelerate troubleshooting.
ID: 566321 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
OneNote: Multimodal capture in Copilot Notebooks (Windows)
Capture on Windows helps you bring conversations and ideas from meetings, brainstorming sessions, and everyday work into Copilot Notebooks. Capture audio, images, and notes in one experience, then let Copilot turn them into structured notes with key insights, decisions, and action items, in a Copilot Notebook of your choice
ID: 566322 Release: OneNote, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – File Testing Against Sensitive Information Classifiers
A new feature will be introduced on the main Classification page, allowing users to test files against all available classifiers to identify the presence of sensitive information. Users will have the option to select a single classifier or run tests across all classifiers. This capability is designed to help users identify sensitive content within files and troubleshoot classification issues more efficiently.
ID: 566323 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Adaptive Protection integration with Data Lifecycle Management
Adaptive Protection in Microsoft Purview helps you protect your organization’s data by integrating dynamic insider risk levels, determined by data related activities, with various policy engines to automatically moving users in and out of policies as their risk levels change over time. The integration with Data Lifecycle Management will automatically apply retention labels to preserve deleted emails and files based on a user’s insider risk level.
ID: 566324 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: November CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Ensure regulatory compliance by deleting inactive OneDrives and mailboxes for departing employees
Enables admins to delete both content and containers for departed users at scale thereby keeping your tenant compliant without any manual effort.
ID: 566527 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Extend Purview data security to the network layer via Entra GSA integration
Extend Microsoft Purview data security controls to the network layer to detect and protect sensitive data in text and prompts by integrating with Entra Internet Access. This integration enables organizations to intercept and inspect text and AI interactions at the network layer, enforce restrictive actions based on DLP policies, and detect risky user activity through Insider Risk Management. It helps prevent sensitive data from being shared with untrusted cloud applications through browsers, apps, APIs, add-ins, and more – including generative AI platforms, social media, collaborative platforms – while managing alerts and incidents through Purview and Microsoft Defender.
ID: 566528 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Endpoint DLP now detects sensitivity labels on files inside archives
Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is changing the way archive files, such as .zip and similar container formats, are classified and enforced. This update improves detection accuracy and gives administrators finer control over how content within archives is protected.
ID: 566617 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2027
OneDrive: Block screen capture for sensitivity-labeled PDFs in the OneDrive and SharePoint web viewer
The OneDrive and SharePoint web PDF viewer will block screen capture in Microsoft Edge when users open PDFs whose sensitivity (MIP) label without Copy (EXTRACT) permission.
ID: 566695 Release: OneDrive, SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
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
Microsoft Viva: Discussion Post Previews
Discussion post previews allow users to review how their discussion posts will appear before publishing, helping them catch formatting issues, validate content, and post with greater confidence.
ID: 566699 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: IntelliFrame people labels in Teams Rooms on Windows
Remote meeting participants know who is in the room and better follow the conversation with new IntelliFrame people labels that identify in-room participants and provide a hover-over contact card using voice and face profiles on intelligent cameras and in the cloud. Available with Teams Rooms on Windows licensed for Teams Rooms Pro.
ID: 566700 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Edit your document with Copilot in PowerPoint in Government Clouds
Copilot in PowerPoint helps you create, edit, and refine presentations through natural language—right inside your deck. Start a new presentation or build on an existing one by asking Copilot to generate slides, update content, improve layouts, and polish design, all while preserving your formatting, structure, and branding. Copilot can also connect to your brand kit to apply branded templates, insert brand-approved images, and check for brand compliance. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) users.
ID: 566701 Release: PowerPoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – GCC High Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Edit your document with Copilot in PowerPoint in Government Clouds
Copilot in PowerPoint helps you create, edit, and refine presentations through natural language—right inside your deck. Start a new presentation or build on an existing one by asking Copilot to generate slides, update content, improve layouts, and polish design, all while preserving your formatting, structure, and branding. Copilot can also connect to your brand kit to apply branded templates, insert brand-approved images, and check for brand compliance. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) users.
ID: 566702 Release: PowerPoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Upgraded Copilot new tab page
Search, chat, and explore the web from one search box with Copilot-suggested actions and curated work content to help your users get things done faster on the Copilot new tab page. Users will see upgraded Copilot new tab page functionality and features.
ID: 566703 Release: Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September 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 Teams: Additional health signals available for Teams Rooms on Android on Pro Management Portal
Expanded Pro Management Portal (PMP) health monitoring for Teams Rooms on Android by surfacing device health signals including storage health, Teams meeting app, calendar sync, secondary display health and network. When issues are detected, PMP will automatically generate actionable alerts and support ticket creation workflows, enabling IT administrators to proactively identify and triage room health issues before they impact meeting experiences.
ID: 566856 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Clearer text highlighting in dark mode and high contrast mode
We’ve improved how highlighted text looks when composing messages in dark mode and high contrast mode, giving you a more consistent editing experience.
ID: 566858 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September 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 Edge: Ask Copilot about an image
Ask Copilot about an image in Edge enables users to instantly analyze images from the web by sending them directly to Copilot from the Edge context menu, making it easy to ask questions, gain insights, and understand visual content without leaving their browsing experience. Admins can control availability to this feature using the EdgeEntraCopilotPageContext and Microsoft365CopilotChatIconEnabled policies.
ID: 566864 Release: Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Planner: Local Custom Fields/Columns
Custom Fields let you tailor your plans to match the way your team works. Add Text, Number, Date, Yes/No, and Choice fields to capture the information that matters most. View and update custom fields across Board, Grid, and Task details, with support for sorting, filtering, grouping, and bulk editing to keep your work organized and easy to manage.
ID: 566867 Release: Planner – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Entra: Upcoming changes to federatedTokenValidationPolicy default settings
The federatedTokenValidationPolicy is a resource type in Microsoft Graph (beta) that governs the validation of federated authentication tokens and allows customers to configure a rule to block logins where internalDomainFederation does not match UPN domain. The feature by default requires manual configuration in the tenant to prohibit cross-domain logins. To strengthen security with cross-domain sign-in we will change the default rule for federatedTokenValidationPolicy to block logins where internalDomainFederation does not match UPN domain. This internalDomainFederation object is typically created automatically during federation setup with AD federation server or other IdPs.
ID: 566869 Release: Microsoft Entra – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
OneNote: Suggested Artifact Creation in Copilot Notebooks
Copilot Notebooks in OneNote now suggests artifacts to create, such as Word documents, Excel workbooks, and PowerPoint presentations, based on Microsoft 365 knowledge and the content in your notebook. Select the suggestion and Copilot will generate the artifact.
ID: 566870 Release: OneNote, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Enhanced Security Mode Plus
Enhanced Security Mode Plus adds optional, admin-configurable protections on top of Enhanced Security Mode to further reduce browser attack surface. Admins can configure preset or custom modes to restrict selected network protocols and compression behavior, hardware-access web APIs, WebGL, and external protocol launches when Enhanced Security Mode is enabled.
ID: 566871 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Enforce safe sharing by detecting credential oversharing
This feature helps organizations reduce security risk by preventing agents and flows from being shared when they rely on unsafe identities, such as maker credentials. By detecting identity oversharing early and enforcing safe-sharing policies at publish and share time, customers can avoid identity leakage, privilege escalation, and unintended access – while still allowing makers to build and iterate safely within approved guardrails.
ID: 566873 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Copilot Studio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Block the use of maker-provided credentials for authentication
By blocking the use of maker’s credentials by AI agents, admins can increase the security and compliance of agents in their organizations: – Prevent unauthorized access to sensitive systems or data that the maker’s credentials might have access to. – Help organizations comply with data protection regulations (such as GDPR or HIPAA) by ensuring only authorized identities are used for data access. – Enable IT and security teams to enforce organizational policies around identity and access management. – Increase trust among stakeholders and IT departments, making it easier to adopt AI agents at scale.
ID: 566997 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Copilot Studio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Invoke agents as workflow steps with the agent node
The agent node lets you embed reasoning directly into your workflow. This means fewer manual handoffs, faster processing times, and workflows that can handle nuanced decisions without additional development effort, helping teams automate more of their end-to-end processes and reduce operational overhead.
ID: 566998 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
Outlook: Improvements to Save Contacts on iPhone and iPad
Outlook contacts become available system-wide (caller ID, Phone, Messages, Siri) using Apple’s Contact Provider framework — without full address-book access or copying contacts onto your device.
ID: 567006 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2027
Outlook: New Copilot entry point in Classic Outlook
We’ve introduced a new experience for Copilot in the apps—a consistent entry point across apps that sits above your work and understands the context beneath it. Rather than scattering touchpoints across the interface, it anchors Copilot as one connected system across Microsoft 365, surfacing relevant actions that help you stay in flow. With this release, we are rolling out this new experience – already available across other Outlook endpoints, as well as in Word, Excel and PowerPoint – to classic Outlook.
ID: 567007 Release: Outlook, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): New Rich Answer Cards
Surface new model-driven, dynamically placed Answer Cards across top 7 segments: weather, sports, finance, images, video, places and news for Entra & MSA users across all surfaces.
ID: 567008 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August 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 Teams: Prevent presence transition to “Do not disturb” setting when screen sharing (GCC High, DoD)
We’re introducing a setting that allows users to opt-out of transitioning presence automatically to Do Not Disturb when presenting or screen sharing. This ensures that they can continue to receive calls, keeping them connected and responsive without manual presence adjustments.
ID: 567300 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD Tags: September 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: Explicit recording and transcription consent for PSTN participants now available in GCC High and DoD
We are introducing explicit recording and transcription consent support for PSTN participants joining Microsoft Teams meetings in GCC High and DoD environments. This feature is already available in Public and GCC clouds and is now being extended to sovereign environments. After this rollout, when a meeting is being recorded or transcribed, PSTN participants will be prompted to provide explicit consent before they can unmute and participate. If consent is not provided, participants will remain muted for the duration of the meeting. This update aligns PSTN behavior with the existing consent experience in Teams clients and enhances compliance by ensuring all participants actively acknowledge recording and transcription. This rollout may impact PSTN users joining meetings where recording or transcription is enabled. We recommend informing users about this change so they are prepared to provide consent when prompted.
ID: 567304 Release: Microsoft Teams – 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 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: October 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: September 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 Viva: Viva Glint – Copilot admin configuration assistance
A Copilot-powered conversational assistant embedded in the Viva Glint admin experience that answers configuration and how-to questions and provides step-by-step guidance. Responses will include deep links to configuration pages streamlining navigation and discoverability. Only available for Viva Glint users with Admin permissions.
ID: 567320 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Updated header and dashboard for chats and channels on mobile
You can now get oriented and take action faster when using Teams on mobile, with a redesigned header and lightweight dashboard that brings key channel details, people, and pinned content into one intuitive place. It creates a more predictable, familiar experience across desktop and mobile so you can move faster with less friction.
ID: 567461 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Teams events attendance and engagement report policy
Teams events will soon have a separate attendance and engagement report policy from the “CsTeamsMeetingPolicy” attendance and engagement report policy. This will permit admins to allow Teams events organizers to access attendance and engagement reports, while restricting access to Teams meeting attendance and engagement reports.
ID: 567466 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: October 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: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: PowerPoint Live Light theme support
Presenting PowerPoint slides in Teams just got better. PowerPoint Live now supports light mode, giving presenters the option to present in light, dark, classic, or high contrast mode based on their preferences and system settings.
ID: 567469 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September 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
SharePoint: Personal Skills in Copilot in SharePoint
Create your own personal skills in Copilot in SharePoint and use them anywhere you work. Personal skills travel with you across SharePoint sites and OneDrive—so a skill like document generation works everywhere without recreating it per site. You own your skills, saved as a markdown file in your OneDrive.
ID: 567668 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
SharePoint: Enterprise store plugins in Copilot in SharePoint
Copilot in SharePoint now supports plugins from your enterprise store. A plugin can bundle skills, MCP servers, and other capabilities that extend what Copilot can do. Any plugin made available to your organization, whether installed tenant-wide by an admin or added by you, works directly in Copilot in SharePoint, all governed by your M365 admin. For example, your organization can publish a company-wide accessibility plugin once and have it work consistently across all agentic products, including Copilot in SharePoint, so everyone gets the same accessible experience wherever they work.
ID: 567669 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Agent 365 agents within Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and Declarative Agents
Agents that are published to Agents 365 are already managed in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. If the agent implements the Agent2Agent protocol, it can be used as a connected agent for the agents that users build in Agent Builder or Copilot Studio.
ID: 567670 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Planner: Planner Agent chat in Basic Plans
Introducing built-in Planner Agent chat with natural language Q&A, smart task discovery, and in-plan task management.
ID: 567671 Release: Planner, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Unified Agent and App Installation Management Across Microsoft 365 and Teams Admin Center
Administrators using the Microsoft 365 admin center and Teams admin center will be able to apply app and agent installation changes once and have them consistently enforced across Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Previously, installation changes made in the Microsoft 365 admin center only applied to Outlook and Microsoft 365, while changes made in the Teams admin center only applied to Teams. With this update, app and agent installation is unified across all supported surfaces, enabling a more consistent and streamlined admin experience.
ID: 567883 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: External phone call routing (GCC High, DoD)
External call routing will provide users the ability to redirect all external phone calls to either voicemail or their unanswered settings.
ID: 567884 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Planner: AI-generated Status Reports in Planner Agent
AI-powered Status Report in Planner Agent turns your plan data into a polished, stakeholder-ready update in minutes. Just ask Planner Agent for a status report and it pulls your task data and transforms it into a clear narrative covering overall status, progress, risks, and what’s next. You can easily customize the report to your needs by specifying the audience, tone, length, and sections you want.
ID: 567886 Release: Planner, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
SharePoint: Viva Connections multi-home site management moving to SharePoint admin center
Viva Connections multi-home site management is moving from the Microsoft 365 admin center (MAC) to the SharePoint Admin Center (SPAC). Administrators will be able to create and manage multiple Home sites, configure audience targeting, manage home site priority order, and remove Home sites directly from SPAC. Existing entry points in the Microsoft 365 admin center will direct administrators to the new SPAC experience. As part of this update, legacy Viva Connections (VC) instances and draft/enabled management concepts are being deprecated as Viva Connections administration is consolidated into SharePoint Home site management. Existing VC experiences will be upgraded to full Home sites.
ID: 567887 Release: SharePoint, Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Outlook: All Day events to show up more clearly in the Mail module Calendar Preview
We’re making it easier to tell when receiving meeting invites that conflict with scheduled Out of Office time or Busy All Day events, on Outlook Web and Outlook for Windows.
ID: 567888 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: August CY2026
SharePoint: Flexible Section Authoring Improvements
We’ve enhanced Flexible Sections in SharePoint Pages to make page layout creation more intuitive and predictable. Authors can now use visual column layout guides that mirror familiar sections, keep gridlines and layout guides visible while editing, and convert existing sections into Flexible Sections with a single click while preserving content placement. These improvements help authors create richer page designs with greater confidence and consistency across desktop, mobile, and email experiences.
ID: 567889 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Information Protection – Auto-labeling scale increase for SharePoint and OneDrive
We are increasing the maximum auto-labeling capacity for SharePoint and OneDrive from 100,000 up to 500,000 files per tenant per day. This helps organizations label and protect more of their data at rest, faster, closing labeling gaps across existing content. With sensitivity labels and protection settings applied to more files sooner, organizations can better prepare their data estate for Microsoft 365 Copilot with greater confidence.
ID: 567890 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Power BI integration in M365 Copilot
This release enables M365 Copilot to reason over Power BI enterprise data and returns grounded answers directly from Power BI reports and semantic models. Users can ask natural-language questions and receive accurate answers.
ID: 567891 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Agent 365 dashboard for managers
Managers in organizations can now access their Agent 365 data through the Agent Dashboard in Copilot Analytics (Insights), enabling them to understand activity across all agents registered through Agent 365. Customers with Agent 365 and Copilot will now see the Agent 365 Dashboard with the ability to view historical data in Agent Dashboard.
ID: 567893 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Share Autonomous Agents to End Users (Run-Only)
Previously, autonomous agents could only be used and managed by makers, limiting their reach to the people who needed them. Run-only sharing enables makers to securely share autonomous agents with end users, allowing users to benefit from agent-driven automation without requiring edit permissions or ownership. This extends autonomous agent capabilities to a broader audience while maintaining governance and control.
ID: 567894 Release: Microsoft Copilot Studio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2027
OneNote: Multimodal capture in Copilot Notebooks (Android)
Multimodal capture enables users to transcribe audio, take images, and type notes in a single session. Copilot then creates a structured Copilot Page with insights and user-captured content, saved to a user-selected Copilot Notebook. Designed for capturing offline work moments—including in-person conversations, whiteboard sessions, and personal notes. This capability is already generally available on OneNote for iPhone and iPad.
ID: 567895 Release: OneNote, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: See more messages on mobile
We are introducing a more streamlined messaging experience that displays more content on screen while improving readability when using Teams on mobile. These updates make it easier to scan conversations and follow the discussion flow, helping users stay productive and engaged wherever they work.
ID: 568067 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard – Targeted Audience Surveys
Targeted Audience Surveys let change leaders launch a Copilot Pulse survey directly from the Copilot Dashboard to all licensed or active users. Audiences update automatically using Insights data and respect existing dashboard filters like organization and job function, with privacy protected through population-level reporting only. Pair adoption metrics with employee sentiment in just a few clicks.
ID: 568072 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Campaigns in SharePoint
Campaigns in SharePoint (site campaigns) is a new capability that brings Viva Amplify’ s campaign management natively into SharePoint. Corporate communications teams now have a unified place to create, distribute, and measure their news without leaving the platform where their news content already lives. This feature applies only to Amplify users as of now. This is a complementary way to create lighter weight campaigns inside a SharePoint site as a way to organize your SharePoint news posts and benefit from campaign analytics directly from SharePoint.
ID: 568073 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
SharePoint: Cross-post SharePoint News to Engage
This feature allows SharePoint News authors to distribute posts to an Engage community or storyline while preserving full fidelity rendering and a unified conversation experience. SharePoint News post will appear consistently in Engage across feeds, digests, Outlook, Teams, desktop, web and mobile apps. When distributed, the SharePoint News comments module is replaced with the richer Engage conversation module, ensuring a single, shared discussion thread across surfaces.
ID: 568074 Release: SharePoint, Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Data Security for non-Microsoft connected apps
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection Auto-labeling capabilities now extend to non-Microsoft connected apps (e.g., Google Workspace, Box, Dropbox, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Amazon Web Services, and Cisco Webex). The conditions and actions supported for each of these applications vary.
ID: 568075 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Entra: Windows Hello for Business and macOS Platform Single Sign-on can now be used as a second factor for MFA
Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) and macOS Platform SSO (macOS PSSO) can now satisfy multifactor authentication as a standalone second factor. Previously, these methods only counted as MFA during primary sign-in, and users needed a separate passkey to complete step-up prompts, Authentication Strength policies, and sign-in frequency checks. With this change, WHfB and macOS PSSO work on their own for those scenarios, so more of your users can rely on strong, phishing-resistant sign-in without registering an extra method. What you need to know: Users who have only WHfB or macOS PSSO are now treated as MFA-capable and will no longer be automatically prompted to register another method. Because WHfB and macOS PSSO are tied to a specific device, we recommend having users register a portable method, such as a passkey or Microsoft Authenticator, during onboarding so they can complete MFA from any device.
ID: 568076 Release: Microsoft Entra – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Badges in Profile Card in Teams
You can now see Awards and Certifications as badges on a user’s profile card, bringing a more consistent experience across Teams and Outlook.
ID: 568078 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Outlook: Insert Signature Image from OneDrive
Users can now insert images into their email signature directly from OneDrive, in addition to the device photo library.
ID: 568079 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Information Protection – Sensitivity Labels for Microsoft Entra Security Groups
Apply sensitivity labels to Microsoft Entra cloud security groups to extend the classification and governance you already use for Microsoft 365 groups. The same labels you publish in the Microsoft Purview portal and configure for groups and sites apply automatically to cloud security groups, with no separate label configuration required.
ID: 568217 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Rolling out Custom branding in Engage
Engage is rolling out Custom Branding, a new admin-led capability that lets organizations define a customized, tenant-wide visual identity across the Engage web and mobile apps. Engage-level admins can configure a brand name, add large and small logos, and a theme color that is applied consistently for all users in the tenant. Branding is managed from the new Brand Center in the Viva Engage admin center and helps organizations reinforce their identity throughout the Engage experience.
ID: 568364 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Import Google account data anytime from Settings
Microsoft Edge now lets users import their Google account data – including passwords, bookmarks, history, and autofill data – directly from Edge Settings, at any time after setup. Previously, users had no way to import this data from a Google account outside the first-run experience. With this update, the import flow is unified into a single, streamlined entry point in Settings that combines import from Google Chrome import and Google account.
ID: 568365 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Automatically unsubscribe users from notifications sent by scam and malicious sites
Microsoft Edge now helps further protect users from malicious web notifications. When a notification leads users to a site that Microsoft Defender SmartScreen blocks as a scam, phishing, or malware page, Edge automatically stops that source from sending users further notifications and lets users know. Users can review and restore any of these sites anytime under edge://settings/privacy/sitePermissions/allPermissions/notifications.
ID: 568366 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Outlook: Drag and Drop
You can now reschedule events by dragging them to a new time slot in your calendar. This feature is available in day and multi day views.
ID: 568367 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: August CY2026
Outlook: Copilot Chat pop-out for Outlook for Mac and iPad
Copilot Chat remains accessible within an Outlook app window but now can also be popped out to float over the main Outlook app window. Popping out Copilot Chat allows people to switch contexts or have more space for what they are working on in Outlook and control the space and form that Copilot Chat takes on screen. When you open Copilot chat and click the pop-out button, Copilot will open separately over the main Outlook window.
ID: 568368 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft 365: [Education] Assign Different Content to Learning Groups in a Single Assignment
Enable educators to assign different content (attachments, resources, instructions) to different Individual Groups within a single Assignment. Today teachers must create separate assignments to differentiate — one for advanced readers, another for struggling students, etc. This feature collapses that into one assignment with group-specific content mapping. Key capabilities: Map different content to different Individual Groups within one Assignment Students only see content assigned to their group Clear group-to-content mapping visible to the educator before publishing Differentiated content does not change submission or grading behavior Content created using existing Assignment resource workflows (no new content surfaces) #education
ID: 568369 Release: Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft 365: [Education] Control access to Learning Activities and Teach
IT administrators can manage access to Learning Activities and Teach from the Microsoft 365 admin center. Configure Learning Activities separately for educators and for students ages 13 and older and enable or disable Teach for educators to align AI experiences with your organization’s policies and deployment readiness. #Education
ID: 568370 Release: Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Rule-based tagging and auto-resolution of alerts based on business needs of the customer.
Alert auto-resolution & tagging rules let you tell DLP, in advance, how to handle predictable alerts. You define a rule once, and from then on DLP applies it automatically to every new alert: ? Resolve alerts you don’t need to see – e.g., Low-severity alerts for mail sent only to your trusted partner domains, so they never reach your triage queue. ? Tag alerts so you can find and route them – e.g., label every alert from your Legal department as a “Business Process”.
ID: 568371 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – SLA Based Alert Reporting Dashboard
Out-of-box MTTA/MTTD/MTTR SLA Alert Reporting dashboard showing past trends, Top SITs getting exposed via DLP alerts generated. Customers can define their custom SLAs for high, med and low severity alerts and get access to dashboard showing operational performance and SLA metrics.
ID: 568372 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Outlook: Filter Messages by Events
You can now filter your messages for calendar invitations. Simply go to the filter and select Events from the drop down.
ID: 568760 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: August CY2026
OneDrive: Improved OneDrive experience in iOS Files app
OneDrive is updating its integration with the iOS Files app to use Apple’s Replicated File Provider API. This update provides end-user improvements such as better upload progress. As part of the change, read-only Shared and Libraries locations will no longer appear in the Files app integration. Users can use Add to OneDrive for shared content and libraries they need to access, including write access where permitted.
ID: 568761 Release: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Agent Readiness in Microsoft Copilot Studio
Agent Readiness gives makers a real-time, always-visible health check for their Copilot Studio agents. A single “Review” indicator in the build experience surfaces anything blocking or at risk — from policy restrictions to missing evaluations — before it derails a publish. Blocked capabilities are grayed out up front with a clear reason, so makers never waste time configuring something that was never going to work.
ID: 568762 Release: Microsoft Copilot Studio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage: New left navigation controls — collapse, resize, increased favorites cap, and reorder favorites capabilities
We’re introducing a set of left-navigation improvements in Viva Engage on the web that give people more control over their navigation pane. These are additive, user-driven changes — users can collapse the left nav, resize its width, favorite up to 50 communities, and drag to reorder their favorited communities. None of these changes alter which destinations appear in the navigation. These enhancements are applicable to all surfaces that have the Engage left navigation menu – Web, and the Engage app in Teams and Outlook.
ID: 568763 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Proximity join support for attendees in Teams events from Teams Rooms on Windows and Android
Attendees can take advantage of proximity join with Teams Rooms on Windows and/or Android for fast, effortless connection to nearby room systems during Teams events, such as town halls, webinars, and structured meetings.
ID: 568781 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Teams Admin Center – Single pane for monitoring & troubleshooting for meetings and calls across the organisation
Administrators can monitor meeting and call health across the organization, uncover recurring patterns, and proactively troubleshoot issues impacting users in both active and completed meetings and calls.
ID: 568782 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Adaptive Scope evaluation control with recipient and site owner lifecycle status
Microsoft Purview Adaptive Scopes will provide administrators with explicit control over lifecycle-state evaluation for recipients and site owners, helping ensure policy targeting and scope membership remain aligned with organizational requirements.
ID: 568785 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Changes to local IP address detection for proxy auto-config (PAC) scripts
Microsoft Edge is changing how it selects the local network address reported to proxy auto-config (PAC) scripts and is adding administrator control over it. The default IPv4 and IPv6 probe destinations now match Chromium’s defaults. Administrators can override these defaults using the PacMyIpAddressIPv4ProbeAddress and PacMyIpAddressIPv6ProbeAddress policies when required by their network routing.
ID: 568787 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Outlook: Enhanced user interface updates for iPhone and iPad
People using Outlook for iOS on iPhone and iPad will see refreshed interface elements aligned with the latest Liquid Glass iOS visual experience, including modernized app chrome, navigation, and use of screen space. It will be enabled by default with no administrator action required.
ID: 568789 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Review PDFs using the Copilot context menu on OneDrive iOS
Microsoft 365 Copilot makes PDF reviews faster and easier on mobile. Select text in any PDF in OneDrive iOS and tap Ask Copilot to explain, summarize, translate, or ask a custom question about the selection — the same in-context Copilot experience already generally available on desktop, now on OneDrive iOS.
ID: 568790 Release: OneDrive, SharePoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Planner: Refreshed experience and new capabilities
Microsoft Planner will be updated with a cleaner, more modern interface, improved navigation, responsive layouts, and a more consistent experience across Planner in Teams and Planner for the web. This update also introduces Goals in basic plans.
ID: 568791 Release: Planner – GCC Tags: September CY2026
Planner: Refreshed experience and new capabilities
Microsoft Planner will be updated with a cleaner, more modern interface, improved navigation, responsive layouts, and a more consistent experience across Planner in Teams and Planner for the web. This update also introduces Goals in basic plans.
ID: 568792 Release: Planner – GCC High Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Updated horizontal tab appearance
Microsoft Edge is introducing an updated horizontal tab-strip appearance on Windows and macOS. The treatment uses rounded tabs with revised spacing and aligns related tab-strip controls with the refreshed browser-frame design. Tab behavior and enterprise data handling remain unchanged.
ID: 568793 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Dataverse integration on Copilot Studio
We are enabling Microsoft Dataverse as a native knowledge source in Copilot Studio, expanding the platform’s ability to ground AI agents in structured enterprise data. This enhancement allows organizations to leverage business-critical information stored in Dataverse—including records, customer data, operational data, and business application content—as a trusted knowledge source for agent experiences.
ID: 568929 Release: Microsoft Copilot Studio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: SQL server Support in Microsoft Copilot Studio
The Azure SQL Knowledge Source capability extends the range of enterprise data sources that makers can leverage when building agents in Copilot Studio. This enables organizations to bring business-critical information stored in Azure SQL into their agent experiences using the same knowledge-centric approach that customers already use across other supported knowledge sources. Azure SQL knowledge support represents another step toward a unified knowledge platform strategy, where customers can connect enterprise data sources through a common knowledge framework and leverage those sources consistently across agent experiences. It also strengthens the story for organizations seeking to build grounded, enterprise-ready AI solutions using existing Microsoft data assets.
ID: 568930 Release: Microsoft Copilot Studio – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
OneDrive: Manage access to the OneDrive Photos Desktop experience
OneDrive is adding administrative controls for the Photos experience on Windows. Organizations can manage whether users sign in with personal Microsoft accounts. These controls help IT teams align OneDrive Photos with their access, data governance, and device-management requirements.
ID: 568931 Release: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Collect information with list form in Workflows
Starts a workflow with a form to collect the information you need to run the rest of your workflow.
ID: 568932 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Use Copilot Chat after a call in Queues app
After a recorded call is completed, use Copilot in the Queues app to quickly catch up on key details, uncover insights, and resolve customer issues faster without having to manually search through a transcript or listen back to a recording. Navigate to the unified call history in the Queues app, select the recorded call record, and launch the Copilot Chat sidecar from within the Recap tab. You can then ask Copilot to generate a summary or answer questions about specific details related to the call.
ID: 568933 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
OneDrive: Uninstall OneDrive Photos without affecting file sync
OneDrive is giving people more control over their Windows experience by allowing them to uninstall the OneDrive Photos experience independently. Removing the Photos experience does not uninstall the OneDrive app, interrupt file sync, or delete photos and files. This provides a clear removal option for people who prefer to manage their photos with another app.
ID: 568934 Release: OneDrive – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Information Protection-Auto-labeling per-policy coverage report
For each enforced auto-labeling policy, admins can view how files processed during enforcement correlate to the latest simulation run. The per-policy coverage report shows volumes of files that have been labeled or are not yet labeled, and whether those files were included in the last simulation snapshot. This helps admins understand enforcement progress for a specific policy against the data state captured during simulation, while also identifying files that were not found in the simulation snapshot but were processed during enforcement.
ID: 568935 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Facilitator Can Join Channel Meetings
Facilitator can now join meetings set up in Teams channels. Facilitator helps participants run more effective meetings through the ability to take live notes, manage the agenda, answer questions, and capture tasks.
ID: 568936 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Intelligent call recaps in Queues app
Spend less time catching up on call recordings to resolve customer issues faster. For recorded call queue calls, the Queues app now supports intelligent call recaps for recorded calls that includes AI-generated summary notes, key discussion points, and follow-up actions. Navigate to the call record in the Queues app and select the Recap tab to access.
ID: 569017 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Identify custom apps that need updates for Teams private and shared channels
Admins will be able to view in Teams Admin Center a list of custom apps in their tenant that need to be updated to work in private and shared channels. This experience will help admins identify impacted apps, understand which apps require developer action, and coordinate updates so users can continue using custom apps across all supported channel types.
ID: 569019 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: September CY2026
OneDrive: Anchored comments in the PDF viewer
Microsoft is adding anchored comments to the PDF viewer in OneDrive and SharePoint on the web. Users can attach a comment to a specific spot on a page, to selected text, and collaborate through replies and @mentions — bringing PDF review to parity with commenting in Office documents. This feature will be on by default and requires no admin action.
ID: 569020 Release: OneDrive, SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Outlook: Purview Label Inheritance from Email Attachment for iOS and Android
Outlook for iOS and Android will support Microsoft Purview sensitivity label inheritance from attachments. When users attach files with sensitivity labels, Outlook can automatically apply or recommend an email sensitivity label based on organizational policy settings. This helps organizations maintain consistent data classification and protection while reducing manual labeling effort.
ID: 569021 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Outlook: Microsoft Purview Label Inheritance from Email Attachments
When composing an email in Outlook for Mac, Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels can be automatically applied or recommended based on the sensitivity labels of attached files. This helps users consistently protect sensitive information, reduces manual labeling effort, and supports organizational compliance requirements by aligning email protection with the sensitivity of attached content.
ID: 569022 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Outlook: Language support for Summarize in Classic Outlook
When the content language and the Outlook language do not match, you will be able to select a different language to view summarize Copilot responses.
ID: 569023 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
OneNote: New Copilot Notebooks design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app (DoD, GCC, GCC High)
The new Copilot Notebooks design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app for DoD, GCC, and GCC High clouds 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. While this is the quicker, light-weight Notebooks experience, you can still find the workspace-forward experience in OneNote.
ID: 569203 Release: OneNote – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Pop out calls into a new browser window
Microsoft Teams browser app users will be able to pop out calls into a simplified call window that stays available while they navigate away from, hide, or minimize the tab or progressive web app (PWA) hosting the call. This helps users multitask and collaborate more easily during calls.
ID: 569206 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
SharePoint: HTML pages
Create HTML with Copilot in SharePoint or upload your own HTML from another source. Once stored in the pages library, you can render HTML as a page in SharePoint, make additional edits, and share with your audience. HTML gives you new ways to present your content beautifully alongside our existing ASPX pages.
ID: 569208 Release: SharePoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Add multiple steps when building a workflow from scratch
You will now be able to add multiple steps to your workflow when building one from scratch.
ID: 569209 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): CSV and TSV references in Copilot Notebooks
Copilot Notebooks now supports CSV and TSV files as knowledge sources, allowing users to bring structured lists and tables directly into their projects alongside traditional documents. This additional context helps Copilot generate more relevant presentations, reports, and briefs.
ID: 569210 Release: OneNote, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): JPG and PNG references in Copilot Notebooks
Copilot Notebooks now supports JPG and PNG files as knowledge sources, allowing users to bring images directly into their projects alongside traditional documents. Copilot can use the content within these images, including text, charts, diagrams, and other visuals, as grounding context to help generate more relevant presentations, reports, and briefs.
ID: 569211 Release: OneNote, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Add Agents and Skills from the Plus menu
Users will be able to insert Agents and Skills in prompts for specialized tasks. They can add them from the Agents and Skills tab after selecting ‘Add work content’ from the plus (+) menu. Users can also access Agents and Skills by typing / and @ in their prompt.
ID: 569213 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Edge: Vertical Tabs update
Microsoft Edge is updating its vertical tab implementation and architecture. Edge is reimplementing capabilities across pane, layout, controls, tab behavior, visual treatments, & embedder customizations. No admin action is required.
ID: 569217 Release: Microsoft Edge – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: December CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Malicious URL Protection for Teams Chat and Channels for Gov clouds
Microsoft Teams can now detect and warn users on malicious URLs sent in Teams chat and channels in Gov clouds, increasing protection against malware attacks for Gov clouds customers.
ID: 569421 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: October CY2026
Microsoft Teams: App centric management in Teams Admin Center to manage the Apps access for tenants, end-users, and groups in GCC High
App centric management introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant can install Teams apps. First, admins can set a default value for new apps that are published to Teams app store. Second, admins can edit the availability of an app to “All users can install,” “Specific users and groups can install,” or “No user can install.” This feature evolves the existing app permission policies and provides admins with the ability to manage access to the app individually. The app permission policies for existing customers are migrated to maintain existing app availability in the tenant.
ID: 569433 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC High Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: App centric management in Teams Admin Center to manage the Apps access for tenants, end-users, and groups in DoD
App centric management introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant can install Teams apps. First, admins can set a default value for new apps that are published to Teams app store. Second, admins can edit the availability of an app to “All users can install,” “Specific users and groups can install,” or “No user can install.” This feature evolves the existing app permission policies and provides admins with the ability to manage access to the app individually. The app permission policies for existing customers are migrated to maintain existing app availability in the tenant.
ID: 569434 Release: Microsoft Teams – DoD Tags: September CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Slash commands for apps
You can now interact with your favorite apps directly from Teams chat and channels compose box using slash commands. Type / and start interacting with Apps and Agents, invoke workflows and more.
ID: 495002 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Planner: Available in Outlook
Planner in Outlook brings all your tasks, plans, and the new Planner Agent directly into your inbox, so you can manage work where you already work.
ID: 513278 Release: Planner – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Branded footer in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app
This update introduces a co-branding experience in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app that helps organizations present an admin approved visual identifier directly within the Chat screen. Specifically, the experience enables administrators to leverage the organization-supported logo already managed in the Microsoft Admin Center theming settings and display it in the footer of the Chat screen, paired with a fixed label: “Approved by”.
ID: 555852 Release: Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 app, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Entra passwordless resource account support for Teams Rooms on Windows and Android devices
Teams rooms on Windows and Android, Panels and Teams Phones now supports Entra Resource Accounts for secure, passwordless sign-in that separates device and user identities. IT admins can migrate to Entra accounts easily with the migration wizard, and track progress using a dashboard in the Pro Management portal.
ID: 558853 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Unblock users to send message while file is uploading in the background
Large file sharing in Teams today introduces blocking behavior, forcing users to wait for uploads to complete and disrupting real-time collaboration. To improve productivity and reduce perceived latency, we are introducing asynchronous file uploads. This allows users to continue sending messages while the file uploads in the background, enabling a more seamless and uninterrupted collaboration experience.
ID: 560813 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
SharePoint: Admin Center – detailed report on Everyone except external user permissions
The new report provides SharePoint Advanced Management admins complete item level details of permissions granted to Everyone except external user and Everyone special SharePoint groups.
ID: 561038 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Front-of-room view control for Town Hall in Teams Rooms on Android
When a Teams Rooms on Android is invited as a meeting presenter, the front-of-room display defaults to the attendee view. Presenters always have full control from the console, including green room and off-stage management, and can switch the front-of-room display to presenter view without impacting attendees. Available in Teams Rooms Pro.
ID: 562534 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft 365 app: New Copilot Notebooks design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App
The new Copilot Notebooks design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app 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. While this is the quicker, light-weight Notebooks experience, you can still find the fuller, workspace-forward experience in OneNote.
ID: 562662 Release: Microsoft 365 app – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: New layout when sharing content for Teams events
Organizers and presenters who have access to production tools will see updated layout options when sharing content in the “Manage what attendees see” experience for Teams events. The available layouts are “Speaker focused”, “Content focused”, and “Content only”. The new Speaker focused layout prioritizes presenter video alongside shared content for greater visibility. This feature is available for Teams events organizers with a Teams Enterprise license. This feature is available on Teams for Windows desktop and Mac desktop.
ID: 564613 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August 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: 564765 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: New room optimization mode user experience in Teams desktop
Users can more easily use their laptop for meetings and collaboration in spaces like focus or huddle rooms that don’t yet have a Teams Rooms system. The new room optimization mode replaces shared display mode, has a new location, and enables or disables room-specific features. When room peripherals are connected, Teams can automatically select audio and video devices, enable speaker recognition and shared display, and disable voice isolation.
ID: 564912 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Automatic recording and transcription for Teams Call Queues
Administrators can enable automatic recording and transcription for Teams call queues. When enabled, calls answered by calling representatives are automatically recorded without manual action. Admins configure the feature per queue via Teams admin center or PowerShell, with controls for recording, transcription and agent access to recordings. Recordings are stored in SharePoint and available through the Queues app call history. Note: Queues app requires a Teams Premium license.
ID: 565215 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC 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 Teams: External presenters can access production controls for Teams events
Organizations can allow external presenters to manage Teams events by granting them access to production controls. Federated (B2B) and guest users can be specified in the “Who has control of production tools” setting, enabling trusted external presenters to run events and manage what attendees see. This feature supports organizations that work with third-party event producers and vendors.
ID: 567298 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, 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: 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 Teams: View and manage auto attendant shared voicemails directly in the Queues app
Calls to an Auto Attendant that are routed to voicemail will now appear directly within Queues app. This enables organizations to manage shared Auto Attendant voicemails in a centralized experience, making it easier for teams to track, triage, and respond to customer messages.
ID: 567457 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Multilingual recap available with translation button
After meeting recap is automatically generated in the translation language chosen during the meeting, users can continue to change the language of the meeting recap after its generated.
ID: 567458 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Enhanced live captions settings and right-side panel view
We are improving the live captions experience in Microsoft Teams with new viewing layouts and streamlined configuration options. Users can now view live captions in a new right-side panel, in addition to the existing options of viewing them at the top or bottom of the screen, or popping them out into a separate window. We are also making it easier to manage caption settings directly within the meeting. By clicking the existing gear icon in the live captions pane, users will see a consolidated menu to quickly configure spoken language, caption styles, and profanity filters without navigating to separate settings panels. Additionally, this menu includes a new toggle to turn on live captions by default for all meetings, as well as a new thumbs-up/thumbs-down feedback mechanism to easily share input on the captioning experience.
ID: 567462 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Expand presenter visibility in ‘Manage what attendees see’ for Teams events
Users will now be able to resize and expand the presenter panel in ‘Manage what attendees see’ options for Teams events. This feature helps make it easier to view, manage, and switch between presenters during events.
ID: 567467 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August 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 Viva: Copilot Enhanced Topic Assignment
We’re upgrading our topic assignment pipeline to be powered by Copilot, delivering significantly improved accuracy in categorizing survey comments into relevant topics.
ID: 553224 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Granular classification error controls (Exchange online)
Granular Protections for Exchange Online is available in public preview. This release gives administrators fine-grained control to create DLP policies based on specific classification or text extraction failure types — such as timeout, throttling and other scan errors — rather than one blanket policy for all failure conditions.
ID: 561916 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Teams shared display mode and peripheral detection available for DoD environments
Shared display mode in Teams is now available in government DOD environments, enabling more seamless and private meeting hosting from your PC. Additionally, peripheral detection for bring-your-own-device spaces is available for inventory management and reporting through the Pro Management portal.
ID: 567465 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD Tags: August CY2026
Excel: =COPILOT Function
Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience.
ID: 499658 Release: Excel, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2027
Excel: =COPILOT Function
Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience.
ID: 499659 Release: Excel, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2027
Excel: =COPILOT Function
Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience.
ID: 499660 Release: Excel, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: January CY2027