Play of the Week
March 13, 2025
The secure password deployment feature in the Edge management service will enable admins to send encrypted shared passwords to certain users, allowing them to log in to websites without ever seeing the actual passwords. This secure deployment reduces the risk of unauthorized access and enhances the organization’s overall security posture. The new feature will be available worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) in April 2025.
Microsoft 365 Roadmap Updates for March 13, 2025
Microsoft Teams: Meeting transcription supports multiple spoken languages
Meeting participants can now set their own spoken language during meetings, allowing each participant to communicate in their preferred language. Previously, Teams meetings required a common spoken language to generate a transcript. With this update, a meeting transcript can be accurately generated reflecting each participant’s language of choice.
ID: 473434 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: April CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot uses enterprise assets hosted on SharePoint OAL when creating presentations with Copilot
Once you integrate your organization’s assets into a SharePoint OAL (Organization Asset Library), you will be able to create presentations with your organization’s images.
ID: 475064 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), PowerPoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Copilot generated summaries for call transfers on Teams phone devices
Copilot generated summary provides an overview of the details and outcomes of transferred calls. It includes information such as the caller’s details, the reason for the transfer, and the final resolution.
ID: 475855 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot uses Enterprise assets hosted on Templafy when creating presentations with Copilot
Once you connect your asset library hosted with Templafy to Microsoft 365 and Copilot, you will be able to create presentations with your organization’s images.
ID: 478644 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), PowerPoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Support for summarization of very long documents
Copilot in Word can summarize documents up to about 1,500,000 words or 3,000 pages. This summary will be available on top of the document.
ID: 478645 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Word – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Support for summarization of very long documents
Copilot in Word can summarize documents up to about 1,500,000 words or 3,000 pages. This summary will be available on top of the document.
ID: 478646 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Word – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2025
Outlook: Support Import and Export of S/MIME digital certificates in New Outlook for Windows
Users who do not have S/MIME digital certificates installed now can use Import functionality to install S/MIME certificate files into their Windows machine. Similarly, Export functionality can be used to export S/MIME certificates with a new password. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 479748 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: March CY2025
OneDrive: OneDrive files as knowledge sources for agents
Allow files from OneDrive to be added as a grounding source in the Sources tab when creating a custom agent. This would apply to agents created from both OneDrive and SharePoint.
ID: 480728 Release: OneDrive, SharePoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection: SharePoint Online extends library permissions to downloaded files
This new capability ties together SharePoint Online library permissions with Purview sensitivity labeling and protection. SharePoint Online document library owners can set a label on the library, automatically applying that label to all unprotected and unlabeled Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files in the target library. This not only simplifies labeling in bulk across document libraries in an organization but enriches DLP and Copilot with signal to allow admins to monitor and restrict access to this content.
ID: 480735 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: June CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Translated Intelligent meeting recap
Intelligent meeting recap supports meetings where multiple languages were spoken, making it easy for you to catch up quickly on the key points discussed. After a meeting where participants spoke different languages, your intelligent meeting recap will automatically be generated in the language you chose during the meeting. After your recap is generated, you can still change the translation language to the language of your choice from the translation drop-down menu on the recap page.
ID: 481144 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, DoD Tags: April CY2025
Windows 365: Available from New Zealand North
Windows 365 will be available in New Zealand North.
ID: 481149 Release: Windows 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: June CY2025
Windows 365: Users can authenticate to Windows 365 using passkeys (FIDO2) on Android
This allows Windows 365 users to use passkeys (FIDO2) on Android. This feature will align with Windows App on Android GA.
ID: 481153 Release: Windows 365 – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Enhancing usability for the frontline
We are enhancing the default experience for Frontline Workers by making it easier to connect with their organization and introducing more intuitive app names. These updates include adding the Communities experience into the Tailored Frontline App Experience and renaming apps for greater clarity.
ID: 481280 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Copilot in Teams meetings responses can be exported to Word and Excel
Now, certain responses from Copilot in Teams meetings will have an option to edit Word or Excel. The edit option for Word will be available for Copilot responses that are long (more than 1300 characters) and will automatically open a Word document with the response written. The ‘edit in’ option for Excel will be available for Copilot responses that are formatted in a table, and will automatically open an Excel file with the formatted response added.
ID: 481352 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2025
Outlook: Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Outlook on the Web and the new Outlook for Windows
Declarative Agents have already rolled out to Microsoft 365 Copilot chat, with this update we will be adding support for the same set of agents in Copilot chat in Outlook too. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 481558 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Extensibility – Admins can manage Copilot extensibility under Copilot tab in Microsoft 365 admin center
Admins have options to manage Copilot extensibility under the Copilot tab including agent management for IT published agents and shared agents.
ID: 481829 Release: Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: May CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Local PTZ camera controls for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android
If the camera is not currently auto-framing the room, in-room users can now control the Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) of the active camera to keep the focus where they want it.
ID: 482189 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: April CY2025
Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports – SharePoint Quota Consumption and recommendations
This feature allows organizations to monitor Microsoft 365 SharePoint Quota Consumption and their usage growth over time. It enhances the report by providing single pane access to the above metrics along with recommendations for storage decluttering and optimization.
ID: 482200 Release: Microsoft 365 Admin Center – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Outlook: MIP sensitivity label support S/MIME in new Outlook for Windows
New Outlook for Windows will support S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) signing and encryption as an outcome of sensitivity labels. Admins can use set label advanced setting to define the label to have S/MIME sign or encryption or both, and emails with those labels applied will enforce S/MIME sign and encrypt accordingly. #newoutlookforwindows
ID: 482201 Release: Outlook – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Simplified Notes pane in meetings
We’re updating the Notes pane in meetings to streamline the design and make key controls more clear. First, we’re renaming the header from ‘Meeting notes’ to ‘Notes’ to match the pane’s name in the meeting toolbar. Second, the file-level controls like ‘Open in new window’ and ‘Copy component’ are combined into a single header at the top for simplicity. As part of the single header, the control to open the component in the Loop web app will be found in the ellipses menu in the top header and no longer in the Pages icon.
ID: 482398 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Tags: April CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Standard and Basic licensed Teams rooms in the Pro Management portal
The Teams Rooms Pro Management portal now supports and enforces licenses for devices in rooms using Standard and Basic licenses. IT now has a unified admin experience and can manage these devices with functions similar to those of the Teams admin center through the Pro Management portal.
ID: 482539 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High Tags: May CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Modern eDiscovery enhancements
We are introducing several enhancements to the eDiscovery modernized user interface. These updates include a comprehensive case-level data source view, the ability to retry failed locations for a more complete search statistics estimate, and the capability to view process reports across all cases. Users will also be able to duplicate search and copy search from hold or hold from search within the same case, reusing the data sources and queries. Additionally, customers will be able to access more comprehensive reporting in all process reports, including information like compliance boundary, encryption settings, and more.
ID: 482558 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: March 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 Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Opening Calls in a small window in Teams
Allowing users to open calls in a small window to reduce disruptions in Teams.
ID: 482747 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: April CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Ask Copilot to rewrite text as a list
Copilot in PowerPoint will rewrite paragraphs into bullet points or lists.
ID: 483002 Release: PowerPoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: March CY2025
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Policy deletion enhancement
With this update, admins with appropriate permissions can delete all associated alerts, cases, and users in scope when deleting a policy to help quickly reset and remove inactive policies.
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: 171601 Release: Microsoft Purview compliance portal – GCC, GCC High, DoD Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – Promote members to owners in Loop workspaces
Loop workspaces support multiple owners, allowing end users to promote members to owners.
ID: 362124 Release: Microsoft 365 app – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Rooms Windows Devices support for presenters in town halls
Presenters can join and present from a Microsoft Teams Room (MTR) Windows device in a town hall.
ID: 381425 Release: Microsoft Teams – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
SharePoint: SharePoint Advanced Management – Restricted content discoverability
This is part of SharePoint Advanced Management capabilities which allows SharePoint admins to restrict content discoverability in organization-wide search and Copilot experiences.
ID: 416065 Release: SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Connections insights and recommendations digest
This creates a periodic digest email to editors of Viva Connections, informing them of the analytics summary of their Connections experience and recommendations to improve engagement.
ID: 466739 Release: Microsoft Viva, SharePoint – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Edit and schedule polls
Users can schedule a poll for publication in Engage. Users can also edit a poll prior to publication, though once published, a poll is not editable.
This change brings the edit and schedule capability to polls, like all other post types in Engage (discussion, question, praise, and article).
ID: 467251 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Video creation in Copilot Visual Creator powered by Clipchamp
Clipchamp brings video creation skills to Visual Creator in Copilot. Type your prompt and Clipchamp will write a bespoke script, source high-quality stock footage, and assemble a video project with music, voiceover, text overlays, and transitions. Open your video project draft in the Clipchamp app to continue editing, export, and share. Great for informational videos, video messaging, how-to, demo, and video presentations.
ID: 402192 Release: Microsoft Clipchamp, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning – AI & Copilot Resources provider
The AI & Copilot Resources provider will power the OOB Microsoft Copilot Academy and will be visible by default to users who have Copilot licenses. Admins will be able to enable, disable, and apply permissions on the content of this provider.
ID: 412064 Release: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Custom question benchmark mapping
Enables survey creators to associate custom questions with Glint standard questions to leverage benchmark comparisons in the reporting UI. This customization ensures that survey creators can tailor Glint standard questions to their specific needs while gaining valuable insights from benchmark data.
ID: 418130 Release: Microsoft Viva – Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Tags: February CY2025
No Microsoft 365 roadmap cancelled updates this week