Commercial Priority Update
Week of April 9, 2026
Microsoft Teams is expanding Meeting Notes availability to instant meetings started via “Meet Now” from the calendar. Powered by Loop, Meeting Notes allow participants to co-create agendas, capture decisions, and track action items in real time — with changes staying in sync across every location where the notes have been shared. Notes can also be accessed and edited in the Loop app in a web browser, keeping teams aligned on outcomes well after the meeting ends. This feature is currently rolling out and expected to complete in April 2026.
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 April 9, 2026.
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: July CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Block External Domain/User action in DLP for SharePoint/OneDrive
Block External Domain/User action in Microsoft Purview DLP for SharePoint and OneDrive, gives organizations stronger control over who can access sensitive files. With this enhancement, admins can configure DLP policies that block file access for specific external domains or individual users. This capability helps prevent unintended exposure by external users and supports enterprise compliance requirements.
ID: 557191 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2026
Outlook: Multiple Intune Accounts for Outlook on iOS
Multiple MAM (Mobile Application Management) Intune Accounts will now be supported in Outlook for iOS. Only one MDM (mobile device management) account will be supported at a time per device.
ID: 558252 Release: Microsoft 365 app, Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: May CY2026
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: June 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: July 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: June CY2026
Microsoft 365: Companion apps – Copilot prompts in the Files app now available for Copilot Chat users
The Files companion app, part of the Microsoft 365 companion apps suite on the Windows taskbar, now surfaces AI-powered Copilot file prompts for Copilot Chat users. Previously available only to Microsoft 365 Copilot licensees, this update extends contextual file prompts to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users, enabling them to discover and interact with relevant files through intelligent suggestions. Users can find their most relevant files faster and take action on them directly from the Files app.
ID: 558595 Release: Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Catalog – Migration tool in Unified Catalog to migrate classic glossary terms to Unified Catalog
Use the in-product migration tool in Unified Catalog to migrate classic glossary terms, associated term templates, and asset and column relationships to Unified Catalog
ID: 558683 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2026
Outlook: Shareable links now show as the document name in meeting descriptions
In Outlook for Android, shareable links now automatically show as the document name in meeting descriptions. Additionally, users can manage the link permissions on the shareable links directly from the meeting description, ensuring a more secure file sharing process.
ID: 559023 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April 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: May CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Apply default SharePoint library labels to data at rest
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: August CY2026
Microsoft Viva: [Engage] Pinned resources & related communities in Teams for iOS
Users will be able to see a community’s pinned resources and related communities in Teams for iOS.
ID: 559107 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint and Viva Insights Integration – Exclusion List for data sharing
Viva Glint admins will be able to manage an exclusion list in Viva Feature Access Management that prevents selected people and groups from being included in Viva Insights data shared with Viva Glint. This simplifies configuration and helps organizations apply consistent, privacy-conscious controls for the integration.
ID: 559266 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2026
Outlook: Copilot provides coaching feedback in chat as you draft, edit and format emails
Copilot now provides coaching feedback on email drafts via chat and can apply suggestions directly to your message in Outlook. Users have the option to choose which suggestions are applied, and Copilot updates your email in place.
ID: 559418 Release: Outlook, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Create Excel spreadsheets from Copilot Notebooks
Copilot Notebooks allows users to generate Excel spreadsheets using the content and references gathered in a notebook. Copilot drafts a structured spreadsheet grounded in the notebook’s context, which can be opened and edited in Excel, helping users move from ideas and source material to a ready‑to‑use spreadsheet with fewer manual steps.
ID: 559480 Release: OneNote, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Following feed in Viva Engage
A new feed type available to users to catch up on posts from people and communities they follow with featured, leadership, and corporate updates.
ID: 559482 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: June 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.
ID: 559605 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: May CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Sharing recap access
Recording and transcript owners can now grant recording and transcript access to specified people when copying or sharing recap link, and the specified people can access the recap without having to request access.
ID: 559606 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: May CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Quick access to read items from unread-only view
Teams chat and channel lists can be filtered to show unread items only. When this filter is applied, hovering over a section reveals an eye icon next to the section name. Selecting the eye icon opens a list of read chats or channels within that section, allowing you to open them without leaving the unread-only view.
ID: 559608 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Annotations on Teams Single Window Sharing on macOS
Presenters can now share a single application window and enable participants to annotate directly on top of that content, without exposing their entire desktop. This means cleaner presentations, protected privacy, and more engaging discussions across training sessions, workshops, and client meetings.
ID: 559611 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Badging updates help find messages that count in the chat list
Microsoft Teams displays a badge on the app bar that reflects activity across chats and channels. Now, it’s easier to find and clear the messages behind that badge. Unmuted chats show a purple indicator when they affect the badge, while mentions, followed threads, and tag mentions display a purple number indicating how many items within are unread and part of the count.
ID: 559612 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May 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: September CY2026
SharePoint: Extending AI in SharePoint using custom skills
Skills allow extensibility of the SharePoint AI Agent, enabling customizable solutions that adapt to unique business needs. They address gaps in out-of-the-box functionality for unique business processes and enable reusable multi-step workflows.
ID: 559800 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2026
Exchange: High Volume Email for Microsoft 365
High Volume Email is a new service for line of business applications and other high-volume SMTP scenarios that enables you to send internal messages beyond the current limits of Exchange Online.
ID: 382633 Release: Exchange – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Apply sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions in Office for the web in Microsoft 365
Office for the web in Microsoft 365 supports the application of sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions.
ID: 468888 Release: Excel, Microsoft Purview, PowerPoint, Word – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: April CY2026
Microsoft SharePoint: New web part for FAQs
After further review, we mistakenly marked the roadmap as “launched.” The correct status is In Development. We apologize the inconvenience. SharePoint FAQ web part help assist content owners keep their content fresh and relevant. Powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot, this new web part can help content owner easily curate FAQ by working with agents and connected grounding data. With a Human-in-the-Loop approach, it ensures high-quality, trustworthy FAQs—without the hassle. The result? A living FAQ that evolves with your organization’s needs. Updated February 24, 2026: We previously marked this item as launched when it is still in Preview. We expect to move to GA later this year. We apologize for this inconvenience.
ID: 482198 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: April CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Unread News Notifications in Connections
After further review, this has been delayed to a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience. Users will receive a weekly notification in the Connections apps in Microsoft Teams on mobile and desktop linking them to relevant SharePoint news that they might have missed in the preceding week. This unread news will be available in the “News” tab in the Connections app under the “unread” pill.
ID: 498323 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention for Microsoft 365 Copilot to safeguard prompts
We are expanding Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention for Microsoft 365 Copilot to safeguard prompts containing sensitive data. This real-time control helps organizations mitigate data leakage and oversharing risks by preventing Microsoft 365 Copilot, including pre-built agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot, from returning a response when prompts contain sensitive data or using that sensitive data for grounding in Microsoft 365 or the web.
ID: 515945 Release: Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Consult and merge a PSTN caller through DTMF
Users have always been able to dial a phone number and add someone to a meeting. Now, meeting organizers can seamlessly consult and merge PSTN callers to active Teams meetings even if they are behind auto-attendants that require Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency, or DTMF, navigation. For example, you can connect with and consult a subject matter expert through an audio conference dial-in before adding them to the group discussion.
ID: 518218 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: April CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Engage community membership management in Teams for iOS & Android
Community admins will be able to add and remove members from their communities.
ID: 532722 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2026
Microsoft Viva: Experts & verified answers in communities in Engage and Teams for iOS & Android
In the Engage app for Android and Engage app in Teams for iOS and Android, we are introducing the Community Expert. Experts will be able to endorse accurate and credible answers and be recognized as community experts with a special label next to their name. As well, experts & community admins will be able to mark answers to questions as verified answers to signal a credible and accurate answer. Verified answers will receive its own special label.
ID: 537270 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Meeting Notes now available for instant meetings
Teams meeting Notes, powered by Loop, are now available for instant meetings that started via ‘Meet now’ from the calendar. Notes are Loop components in Teams meetings and chats that allow end users to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items that can be co-authored and edited by everyone. Since Notes are Loop components, they stay in sync across all the places they have been shared. Once added, meeting notes can also be shared and edited in the Loop app in your web browser.
ID: 541831 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: April CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention-Endpoint DLP Device Status API
Provides access to the same device health details currently available through the export function on the device onboarding page. With the new device status API, customers can pull device-level information directly into their own BI tools, dashboards, and workflows, eliminating manual exports and making it easier to automate reporting at scale.
ID: 542792 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot can edit your document in PowerPoint
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 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: 557177 Release: PowerPoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Context preservation in Teams
When you return to a conversation within a short duration of time, your selected tab, opened side panel, and layout are restored automatically, so you can keep working without resetting your workspace. In addition, returning to a Quick View within a short duration will restore your previously selected message.
ID: 557184 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April 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: 557554 Release: Microsoft Purview – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Teams Phone user multi-line
Teams Phone user multi‑line gives callers more flexibility and control by allowing administrators to assign up to 10 phone numbers to a single user. With full support across Teams desktop, Teams mobile, and Teams devices, users can seamlessly make and receive calls from multiple numbers without switching accounts or hardware. This makes it easy to manage different roles, departments, or regional identities – all from one unified Teams experience. The result is a familiar, localized calling experience for users who work across diverse markets or with global customers.
ID: 557716 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2026
Outlook: Import emails from PST file to mailbox in new Outlook for Windows
With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to import emails from .pst file to mailbox. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport.
ID: 485739 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2026
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Project Manager Agent in M365 Copilot
The new Project Manager agent in Microsoft 365 will help you plan, organize, and manage work more efficiently. We’re starting with core task and plan management features to simplify project tracking and will introduce additional advanced project management capabilities over time.
ID: 516576 Release: Planner, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2026
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention– Enhanced content extraction and file type coverage for DLP on Mac devices
With this release, the file type coverage to scan, classify and protect sensitive content on Mac devices with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention policies will increase from current ~40 file types to 100+ file types. This release will make the coverage of file types on endpoint consistent with other locations such as Exchange, SharePoint and OneDrive. This will also include other enhancements like detecting label from pfile, detecting sensitive content in metadata, and detecting sensitive content in PDF forms.
ID: 558289 Release: Microsoft Purview – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: March CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Hide meetings toolbar
We are not releasing this feature at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Users can now hide their entire meeting controls toolbar during meetings to create more space or simply clean up their workspace. The setting will persist across their meetings, and the toolbar can be accessed through hover or tab functionality even when in hidden mode. Keyboard shortcuts will still remain active as they are today.
ID: 532734 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2026
Microsoft Teams: Book future meetings directly from Teams panels
This item is cancelled as a duplicate of 557168. We are sorry for any inconvenience it may cause. You can now make an upcoming meeting reservation from a Teams panel by browsing the calendar on the device and choosing any open time slot through midnight the next day. Add a guest during booking, streamlining ad-hoc scheduling and coordination. Available with Teams Rooms Pro and Shared Device licenses.
ID: 558287 Release: Microsoft Teams – GCC High Tags: May CY2026
Microsoft Teams: AI Interpreter on Teams Phone Devices
This item is cancelled as a duplicate of 553594. We are sorry for any inconvenience it may cause. 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: 559268 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: May CY2026