Play of the Week
July 17, 2025
Introducing a new feature to help manage unwanted emails! Users can now report emails as junk and unsubscribe if possible, reducing the overload on block lists. If unsubscribing isn’t available, blocking the sender remains an option. This feature will be accessible in July 2025 via the Microsoft 365 Admin Center Worldwide Standard Multitenant.
Microsoft 365 Roadmap Updates for July 17, 2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Diagnostics in the new portal
After further review, this needs to roll back. We apologize for any inconvenience. We are building UX to surface the diagnostics that were previously available through cmdlet to be accessible through portal UX.
ID: 418566 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Admin control to disable file upload in Copilot Chat
Admins will now have more control to disable File upload for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.
ID: 485775 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat now supports more file types in search grounding.
We are expanding the file types supported in Copilot Chat to align with the Microsoft Search experience.
ID: 492268 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports – Copilot Chat – Usage intensity and new app coverage
The Copilot Chat usage report will include metrics on prompts submitted and expanded coverage across new host applications. Admins will now see total and average prompt counts at both tenant and user levels, along with user activity insights such as active days and last activity dates. Additionally, the report introduces visibility into Copilot Chat usage within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote—enabling better tracking of adoption and engagement across these core Microsoft 365 apps. All metrics focus on unlicensed users and support export functionality for further analysis. User-level information is anonymized by default.
ID: 495549 Release: Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Edit and manage Teams Town Hall instances in Outlook
Organizers and co-organizers can now easily edit the details of Teams Town Hall instances. A direct link to the Teams Town Hall edit page is now accessible from Outlook calendar. This enhancement brings the same seamless editing and registration management experience already available in webinar, bringing a consistent experience across all event types.
ID: 496986 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
SharePoint: Text Editor Copilot ‘Refine’ update
SharePoint is updating the capabilities of its text editor Copilot. Now, you can not only use copilot to rewrite your existing text but also use it to keep writing or add a grounding document. By answering the question “what do you want copilot to change”, you can perform any number of refinements to your existing content.
ID: 497132 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference an Excel file when creating a slide with Copilot for PowerPoint
You can now reference an Excel file when you create a slide with Copilot for PowerPoint.
ID: 497537 Release: PowerPoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Outlook: Account Manager
Users can use the new Account Manager feature to learn more about their Microsoft account, display their profile picture, and add new accounts (if permitted by their organization).
ID: 497546 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Say “Hey Copilot” to activate voice conversations with the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows
With the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows, say “Hey Copilot†to activate real-time voice conversations with Copilot. The wake word keeps you in flow, helping you draft content, analyze data, and get critical insights without having to navigate to a separate app or window. Built for enterprise, it respects your organization’s compliance and privacy settings, activating only when called.
ID: 497848 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Easier access to Researcher in Microsoft Word
The Researcher agent now has easier entry points on the Word canvas —making it faster to go from idea to polished research report without breaking your flow.
ID: 497913 Release: Word, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Easier access to Researcher in Microsoft Word
The Researcher agent now has easier entry points on the Word canvas —making it faster to go from idea to polished research report without breaking your flow.
ID: 497914 Release: Word, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Scope prompts to specific Channels in Teams in Copilot Chat
Users will be able to scope their prompts to specific Channels in Teams to get more focused responses when using Copilot Chat.
ID: 497915 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for EDU customers ages 13 and older
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is available at no additional cost for Microsoft 365 EDU users ages 13 and older who sign in with their Microsoft Entra account (no Microsoft 365 Copilot license required). Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat offers enterprise data protection (EDP), and secure AI chat, powered by the latest large language models with optional web grounding. Admins must take action to enable access.
ID: 497916 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Recent activity is part of Copilot’s dynamic document snapshot in Word
Select the Activity tab within the Copilot summary at the top of a document for a summary of recent comments and changes. Choose a time window of 3 days, 1 week, or 2 weeks.
ID: 497936 Release: Word, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Recent activity is part of Copilot’s dynamic document snapshot in Word
Select the Activity tab within the Copilot summary at the top of a document for a summary of recent comments and changes. Choose a time window of 3 days, 1 week, or 2 weeks.
ID: 497940 Release: Word, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
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 compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: September CY2025
Microsoft Entra: Improved Backup and Restore Experience for the Authenticator App on iOS
Users of the Microsoft Authenticator app on iOS will be able to back up account names including Microsoft work or school accounts, Microsoft personal accounts, and third-party accounts like Amazon or Google using iCloud and iCloud Keychain. This enables secure, end-to-end encrypted backup of account names and TOTP credentials. When setting up a new iOS device, account names will automatically appear in the app, and users can sign in to complete setup.
ID: 498158 Release: Microsoft Entra – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery – Microsoft Purview eDiscovery – Guest access for export downloads
This feature allows external guest users to securely access and download export packages from Purview eDiscovery cases, with administrators able to set restrictions such as allowed IP addresses and token expiration to support secure external collaboration.
ID: 498160 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2025
Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Setting to pin M365 Copilot app to Windows taskbar
This feature allows Global and Intune administrators to pin the M365 Copilot app to the Windows taskbar, providing users with easy access to M365 Copilot capabilities like Chat, Search, Agents, Notebooks and Create. This setting applies to all Intune-managed Windows 10 and 11 devices with the app installed.
ID: 498221 Release: Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Deploy Teams frontline worker pilot in Teams Admin Center
Deploy a frontline worker (FLW) pilot in Teams Admin Center
ID: 498226 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: [Data Loss Prevention] – [Admin units support for SharePoint Online]
Delegate management and remediation authority for different people in different regions or organization units with role-based access control (RBAC). For example, German investigators should be able to investigate alerts and audit events for only German users. This update extends support to SharePoint for Microsoft 365.
ID: 498230 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: September CY2025
SharePoint: Signed Adobe & Docusign documents saved to the originating folder
Documents signed via Adobe or DocuSign eSignature, when initiated through the SharePoint eSignature platform, will now be saved in the originating SharePoint folder instead of the default Apps folder. The originating folder is the folder where the starting document was located at the point of eSignature request initiation.
ID: 498232 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Viva: News AI audio briefing in Connections Mobile
This feature provides an AI generated audio overview of top 10 news items in the Viva Connections news reader experience. It plays the 10 audio clips sequentially to help users catch up on top news in a hands-free manner. This experience will be available in the Viva Connections App in Teams mobile on iOS and android.
ID: 498233 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2025
Immersive Search
After completing a search in Outlook, a user will see a Copilot entry point that will take them to an LLM generated summary of their search query (emails, Teams messages and documents) within their Copilot side pane. They will be able to interact further with Copilot to dig deeper into these results and take action items accordingly.
ID: 498319 Release: Outlook – GCC, GCC High Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Unread News Notifications in Connections
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), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: August CY2025
Microsoft 365: SMTP onboarding to App Role Based Access Control
We’re simplifying how organizations grant applications permission to send email on behalf of mailboxes. Today, customers must manually assign permissions to each individual mailbox using PowerShell, which is time-consuming and inefficient. With this new capability, admins can assign the SMTP.SendAsApp role to an app through App Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), enabling group-based or scoped access to mailboxes. This eliminates the need for per-mailbox configuration and streamlines onboarding for SMTP clients using OAuth. It’s a scalable, secure, and modern approach to managing mailbox access for applications.
ID: 498356 Release: Exchange, Microsoft 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: October CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery – Review set query report
Within a review set, generate and download a hit-by-term report on a KQL query. Quickly see the count and volume of the items hit on a particular keyword or a list of compound queries.
ID: 171751 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Apply partial settings for Android devices using configuration profiles in the Teams admin center
In the Teams admin center, admins can now modify, review, and apply configuration settings to Android devices without overriding other settings ensuring only the desired changes are made.
ID: 313800 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery – Review set query report
Within a review set, generate and download a hit-by-term report on a KQL query. Quickly see the count and volume of the items hit on a particular keyword or a list of compound queries.
ID: 384871 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Ground prompts using SharePoint and OneDrive Folders
Users will be able to select SharePoint and ODSP Folders from the new “Attach cloud files” experience in CIQ to scope their prompts to.
ID: 413109 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Ground prompts using SharePoint Sites
Users will be able to search for and select SharePoint Sites in CIQ to scope their prompts to.
ID: 413110 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Graph Connectors in CIQ
We mistakenly marked this roadmap as “launched.” We apologize for any inconvenience. When grounding your prompts in BizChat, you will be able to use CIQ to scope to your 3P data from your Graph Connectors.
ID: 413111 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Scan cold files in SharePoint and OneDrive for sensitive information
This new capability will enable admins to scan existing files at rest in SharePoint or OneDrive for Business for sensitive data and classify and/or label them accordingly. This includes files that have never been scanned or scanned in some time.
ID: 475062 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Department graph for Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management for AI
A new graph added to Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management for AI displays the departments of users interacting with M365 Copilot.
ID: 475377 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Copilot only during call
Copilot is only available during the live call session and will not be accessible after the call ends. No recording or transcription is required to use Copilot during the call.
ID: 482745 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Speaker attribution now “On†by default in BYOD rooms with enhanced admin controls
New PowerShell setting (SpeakerAttributionBYOD in csTeamsAIPolicy), enabled by default, gives IT admins more control over speaker attribution in BYOD (bring your own device) meeting rooms. This enhances the experience for users by enabling clear speaker labels and richer in-meeting and post-meeting insights with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Users just enroll profiles via Teams Settings to be recognized.
ID: 488301 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: July CY2025
SharePoint: Improved processing status experience for Content AI models in SharePoint Online
We’re introducing a new activity pane in SharePoint Online to help users track and troubleshoot Content AI model processing. Starting with document translation and autofill, users will be able to view real-time status (in progress, completed, failed) for individual files, bulk selections, or the full library. Completed status will include enriched details like language codes, glossary usage, and column extraction counts. This new pane will eventually replace the current processing status column, providing a more consistent and actionable experience.
ID: 489453 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Copilot Search
Simple to use AI-powered enterprise search experience that quickly surfaces relevant information using work data you have access to.
ID: 490778 Release: Microsoft 365 app, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Office 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Default Teams Calling global policy to enable users to transcribe or record calls
We’re updating the default global calling policy for new tenants to allow users to transcribe or record calls. Previously, these settings were turned off by default in the host global policy. With this update, recording and transcription will be enabled by default in the global calling policy for new tenants and existing tenants who have not modified the host global policy. This change will not impact existing custom policies or modified global policies. After this rollout, recording and transcription services will be more accessible to users, allowing them to turn on and use recording and transcription as needed during Teams calls. Neither recording nor transcription will be automatically enabled in Teams calls. This update is designed to broaden access to AI-powered features like Calls Recap and Calling Copilot, enhancing the overall calling experience. It also brings calling policy defaults in line with Teams meetings policies, where recording and transcription are already enabled by default.
ID: 494151 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Copilot to rephrase text as desired through custom prompt in PowerPoint
Now you will be able to rewrite text using Copilot through natural language prompting in PowerPoint.
ID: 494831 Release: PowerPoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Copilot to rephrase text as desired through custom prompt in PowerPoint
Now you will be able to rewrite text using Copilot through natural language prompting in PowerPoint.
ID: 494833 Release: PowerPoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Usability and privacy improvements for live captions and live transcript in meetings
Introducing enhancements to live captions and live transcripts in Microsoft Teams to make meetings more intuitive, accessible, and privacy-focused. Live captions are now scrollable, allowing users to review past conversation with more flexibility and over a larger surface area. Next, copying captions is disabled by default to protect sensitive information and support compliance. Additionally, the live transcript panel won’t open automatically with features that trigger transcription like recording, giving users greater control over their layout. Lastly, If transcription is enabled, users who attempt to open the live transcript panel will see a banner suggesting they switch to live captions for real-time comprehension. These updates streamline the experience while supporting accessibility and privacy.
ID: 495454 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2025
Outlook: Report junk + block or unsubscribe in one same action
We’re making it easier to keep your inbox clean and under control. Now, when you report an email as junk, you’ll also have the option to unsubscribe if that’s available. This helps stop unwanted messages at the source and keeps your blocked list from getting overloaded. If unsubscribing isn’t possible, you’ll still be able to block the sender to prevent future emails. This update gives you more control and a simpler way to manage unwanted messages.
ID: 495469 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention- Separate role added for downloading the original file evidence for Endpoint
Microsoft Purview has introduced a new separate role for downloading the original evidence for endpoint. It is applicable when you try to download the evidence using Purview or XDR portal.
ID: 495831 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft 365 admin center: new scenarios enabling in Microsoft 365 Monitoring
Microsoft Entra monitoring in Microsoft 365 admin center’s Service Health Dashboard is updated with additional organization level monitoring.
ID: 496176 Release: Microsoft 365 admin center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Data Lifecycle Management – Separation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot retention policy location from Microsoft Teams chats
Today, admins must manage retention and deletion for Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions using a retention policy location that also includes Microsoft Teams chats. This feature will provide a new location option to manage only Copilot interactions, separate from Microsoft Teams chats.
ID: 407897 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle separate retention policies for Copilots and AI Apps
Enable admins to configure retention policies for various Copilots and AI Apps.
ID: 470025 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Outlook: FSLogix support for the new Outlook for Windows
FSLogix support for the new Outlook for Windows includes registering the new Outlook for Windows package by family name and persisting the user data in LocalAppData. It will allow the roaming of user data in new Outlook for non-persistent VDI. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 473803 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Custom Dictionary
Tenant administrators can now upload a Custom Dictionary through the M365 Admin Portal’s Copilot Settings page to include tenant-specific terminologies. This enhancement improves entity recognition in Teams meeting transcripts, benefiting both Recap and Copilot’s understanding of the content.
ID: 487428 Release: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: July CY2025
SharePoint: Pages – Author inline comments
Author inline comments enables users to collaborate, provide feedback, and track issues within a page or news post.
ID: 394691 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: July CY2025