2025 CW 40 Microsoft 365 Roadmap changes

from 09/29/2025 to 10/05/2025

79 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were changed and
20 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were added

Changes

Changed Property: RM Cloud Instance Tags

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
502842 Microsoft Teams: Permission and Privilege level of Apps and Agents Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 01/10/2025
503100 Microsoft Teams: Speed Up App Reviews with Trust-Based Filters Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 01/10/2025
503104 Microsoft Teams: Camera view switching in multi-camera Teams Rooms on Windows Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC 01/11/2025
503295 Microsoft Teams: New Policy Setting to Require Explicit Consent for Recording and Transcription in Teams 1:1 Calls Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD 01/11/2025

Changed Property: RM Description

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
117546 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - New cmdlet for Content Explorer After further review, we need to roll this back. We apologize for any inconvenience. The Content Explorer Export feature has a limitation of exporting data only after drill down to specific location. This update will allow admins to use a new cmdlet within Security & Compliance PowerShell, Export-ContentExplorerData, to export all rows of data for the content that are scanned and shown on the Content Explorer. The Content Explorer Export feature has a limitation of exporting data only after drill down to specific location. This update will allow admins to use a new cmdlet within Security & Compliance PowerShell, Export-ContentExplorerData, to export all rows of data for the content that are scanned and shown on the Content Explorer. 01/07/2025
412616 Microsoft Teams: Real-time notifications (Live Activities) for Teams meetings on iOS lock screen iOS Live Activities integration for Teams meetings on mobile allows users to view the live progress of a meeting at-a-glance from their lock screen. Real-time notifications with Live Activities automatically update in real-time so users can see when the meeting has started, when it’s in progress, whether recording is on, when someone needs to be admitted from the lobby, and when the meeting has ended. Live Activities is for iPhones only (iOS16.1). We are not releasing this feature at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. iOS Live Activities integration for Teams meetings on mobile allows users to view the live progress of a meeting at-a-glance from their lock screen. Real-time notifications with Live Activities automatically update in real-time so users can see when the meeting has started, when it’s in progress, whether recording is on, when someone needs to be admitted from the lobby, and when the meeting has ended. Live Activities is for iPhones only (iOS16.1). 01/11/2025
412621 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Viva Connections cards in Microsoft 365 Copilots Microsoft 365 Copilot brings Viva Connections cards to conversations. When a card is relevant for a specific topic, the card will surface in the conversation chat and users will be able to interact with it directly from Microsoft 365 Copilot without interrupting the user's flow. After further review we have decided not to proceed with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Copilot brings Viva Connections cards to conversations. When a card is relevant for a specific topic, the card will surface in the conversation chat and users will be able to interact with it directly from Microsoft 365 Copilot without interrupting the user's flow. 01/09/2025
496146 Outlook: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Policy Tips & Override for Outlook Mobile Outlook Mobile now supports Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy tips, helping users avoid accidental data leaks. When sensitive content is detected, users are alerted with inline tips or pop-ups, based on admin-configured rules. This update aligns DLP behavior across all Outlook clients for consistent compliance enforcement. After further review, we need to roll this back. We apologize for any inconvenience. Outlook Mobile now supports Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy tips, helping users avoid accidental data leaks. When sensitive content is detected, users are alerted with inline tips or pop-ups, based on admin-configured rules. This update aligns DLP behavior across all Outlook clients for consistent compliance enforcement. 01/07/2025
499428 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in Word for Enhanced document editing Copilot supports document editing in Word through chat-based interactions. Users can initiate edits, share clarifying directions, and review a summary of changes within the document. Copilot supports document editing in Word through chat-based interactions with Agent Mode. Users can initiate edits, share clarifying directions, and review a summary of changes within the document. 01/10/2025
500378 Microsoft Teams: Simultaneous role-specific Town Hall and Webinar views in Teams Rooms on Android With a Teams Room on Windows system, both attendees and presenters for Teams Town Hall and Webinars can now simultaneously enjoy unique experiences in the same room. This new feature sets the in-room viewing experience on the front of room display to attendee view by default so presenter-specific features, such as the green room and backroom chat, or off-stage presenters are hidden. Presenters in the room can still see their view on the console and manage everything smoothly without distracting the audience. With a Teams Room on Android system, both attendees and presenters for Teams Town Hall and Webinars can now simultaneously enjoy unique experiences in the same room. This new feature sets the in-room viewing experience on the front of room display to attendee view by default so presenter-specific features, such as the green room and backroom chat, or off-stage presenters are hidden. Presenters in the room can still see their view on the console and manage everything smoothly without distracting the audience. 01/11/2025
503316 Outlook: Summarize email with Copilot chat in Outlook Easily summarize your email with Copilot chat in a single click. This will be available to users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license who have pinning enabled. This change is coming to both Classic and New Outlook for Windows #newoutlookforwindows Easily summarize your email and attachments with Copilot chat in a single click. This will be available to users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license who have pinning enabled. This change is coming to both Classic and New Outlook for Windows #newoutlookforwindows 01/10/2025

Changed Property: RM Preview

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
394279 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Decoupling of Policy tips and Email notifications while configuring rules on Data Loss Prevention for Sharepoint and Onedrive March CY2026 January CY2026 01/03/2026
423047 Outlook: Mail Merge (Advanced) on Outlook on the Web and new Outlook for Windows August CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
480736 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): People connectors for Microsoft 365 Copilot July CY2025 May CY2025 01/11/2025
492618 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Copilot Prompt Gallery in Data Security Posture Management July CY2025 October CY2025 01/08/2025
502519 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Expand protection to Copilot + PC devices for Recall snapshots through custom policies October CY2025 November CY2025 01/02/2026

Changed Property: RM Product Tags

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
141443 Microsoft Loop: Copilot-assisted Loop Page Creation Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Loop Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) 01/07/2024
369865 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Recap changes over more time Microsoft Loop, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) 01/03/2025
393539 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Loop available in Loop components in Teams and Outlook Microsoft Loop, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) 01/05/2024
422725 Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – Require Existing Microsoft 365 Group for New Loop workspaces Microsoft 365 app, Microsoft Loop Microsoft 365 app 01/11/2025
422727 Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – New personal Loop workspace Microsoft 365 app, Microsoft Loop Microsoft 365 app 01/02/2025
422729 Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – Ideas Workspace Functions as a Shared Loop workspace Microsoft 365 app, Microsoft Loop Microsoft 365 app 01/02/2025
473447 Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Copilot): Copilot Chat - Loop Notebooks in ContextIQ Microsoft Loop Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) 01/10/2025
478647 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): In Copilot Pages, the Chat can now be used to modify the Page Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Loop Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) 01/10/2025
481134 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Rich artifacts in Copilot Pages Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Loop Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) 01/04/2025
487848 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot can now answer questions about opened Copilot Pages in chat Microsoft Loop, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) 01/09/2025
490550 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Open Copilot Pages as a Word document Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Loop Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) 01/05/2025
499426 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Dashboard: Copilot Chat (Web) in Teams & Outlook metrics Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) 01/09/2025
499426 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Dashboard: Copilot Chat (Web) in Teams & Outlook metrics Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Viva 01/09/2025

Changed Property: RM Release

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
117546 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - New cmdlet for Content Explorer December CY2025 July CY2025 01/07/2025
382633 Exchange: High Volume Email for Microsoft 365 September CY2025 March CY2026 01/03/2026
392328 Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers and presenters in webinars November CY2025 December CY2025 01/12/2025
394279 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Decoupling of Policy tips and Email notifications while configuring rules on Data Loss Prevention for Sharepoint and Onedrive January CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
470597 Microsoft Teams: Shared tab in channel October CY2025 November CY2025 01/11/2025
478647 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): In Copilot Pages, the Chat can now be used to modify the Page August CY2025 October CY2025 01/10/2025
480736 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): People connectors for Microsoft 365 Copilot September CY2025 November CY2025 01/11/2025
481136 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): The chat experience now offers better search refinement on CIQ menu Files tab September CY2025 October CY2025 01/10/2025
483355 Microsoft Teams: Share apps from app bar via right click October CY2025 November CY2025 01/11/2025
493946 OneDrive: Transfer ownership of departing employees’ files with ease September CY2025 October CY2025 01/10/2025
494687 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard - Updated meeting metrics for Intelligent Recap October CY2025 November CY2025 01/11/2025
495463 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard - Enhanced scope drilldown September CY2025 March CY2026 01/03/2026
495464 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard - Benchmarks September CY2025 October CY2025 01/10/2025
497161 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Increased efficiency with auto-generated Copilot Pages September CY2025 October CY2025 01/10/2025
498641 Microsoft Edge: Add “Summarize” and “Explain” Copilot actions in PDF reader September CY2025 December CY2025 01/12/2025
498899 Microsoft Intune: Additional granular RBAC controls to manage Antivirus, Firewall, BitLocker, and Endpoint Detection and Response endpoint security workloads October CY2025 November CY2025 01/11/2025
499156 Microsoft Intune: Intune Suite - Support approvals can now be requested by non-primary users of a device. October CY2025 November CY2025 01/11/2025
499899 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard - M365 Copilot Chat adoption metrics March CY2026 November CY2026 01/11/2026
500161 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics - Unified Exclusion list September CY2025 October CY2025 01/10/2025
500378 Microsoft Teams: Simultaneous role-specific Town Hall and Webinar views in Teams Rooms on Android December CY2025 November CY2025 01/11/2025
501456 Microsoft Intune: Intune settings available in Catalog and Account Protection template for Adminless feature October CY2025 November CY2025 01/11/2025
502519 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Expand protection to Copilot + PC devices for Recall snapshots through custom policies November CY2025 February CY2026 01/02/2026

Changed Property: RM Release Phase

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
503295 Microsoft Teams: New Policy Setting to Require Explicit Consent for Recording and Transcription in Teams 1:1 Calls General Availability General Availability, Targeted Release 01/11/2025

Changed Property: RM Status

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
117546 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - New cmdlet for Content Explorer In development Launched 01/07/2025
412616 Microsoft Teams: Real-time notifications (Live Activities) for Teams meetings on iOS lock screen In development Cancelled 01/11/2025
412621 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Viva Connections cards in Microsoft 365 Copilots In development Cancelled 01/09/2025
416062 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Scope delegated mailbox access for emails in Business Chat In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
420332 Microsoft Purview compliance portal - Data Loss Prevention: DLP support for Fabric Lakehouse, KQL, SQL, and Mirrored databases In development Launched 01/09/2025
472020 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Studio agents report in Viva Insights analyst workbench In development Launched 01/07/2025
484082 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Collection policies impact on IRM In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
484126 Microsoft Teams: Teams Town hall Organizer/Co-Organizer/Presenter Join as Attendee Rolling out Launched 01/05/2025
485749 Outlook: Forward as attachment emails in a PST file in new Outlook for Windows In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
487852 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Realtime voice interactions in Word and PowerPoint In development Rolling out 01/05/2025
488297 SharePoint: Copilot actions in SharePoint document libraries In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
488797 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Shared mailbox access for emails in Copilot Chat In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
489823 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Skills agent In development Launched 01/09/2025
490213 Outlook: Account Switcher for Copilot Tab In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
490778 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Copilot Search Rolling out Launched 01/07/2025
491026 Microsoft Intune: Intune Suite - Websocket Support for Tunnel MAM (iOS) In development Launched 01/10/2025
491028 Microsoft Intune: Customization of app installs with Enterprise Application Management In development Launched 01/09/2025
493948 Viva Engage - Export event posts In development Launched 01/09/2025
494148 Microsoft Teams: Browser support on Teams Rooms on Windows touch boards In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
496139 Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Prepurchase Capacity Packs for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat In development Launched 01/09/2025
496146 Outlook: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Policy Tips & Override for Outlook Mobile Rolling out In development 01/07/2025
496148 Microsoft Teams: Preview of multiple camera view in Teams Rooms on Windows In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
497142 Microsoft Viva: News AI audio briefing Rolling out Launched 01/08/2025
497299 Microsoft 365: New Trust Center settings to block file opens using insecure protocols In development Rolling out 01/08/2025
498159 Microsoft Teams: Chat Notes In development Rolling out 01/10/2025
498493 Microsoft Viva: View and moderate private community content without being a member In development Launched 01/09/2025
498913 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard - Copilot Chat in Word, Excel, PowerPoint Metrics In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
499150 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Audio Overview customization in Copilot Notebooks In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
499421 Microsoft Viva: Enhancement to Copilot studio agents report In development Launched 01/09/2025
499657 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Chat] Email attachment summarization (Modern Attachments) In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
499809 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Harmful Content Protection Controls in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat In development Launched 01/09/2025
499891 Microsoft Teams: Facilitator agent for scheduled meetings in Teams Rooms In development Rolling out 01/10/2025
499896 Microsoft Viva: Live event using Teams Town hall in Viva Engage Rolling out Launched 01/09/2025
500018 Microsoft Viva: Storyline & Post Enhancements, Cover Photos, Drafts, AMAs, and More In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
500866 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Chat] Launch the full Microsoft 365 Copilot app when using Copilot Chat in the Microsoft 365 apps In development Rolling out 01/09/2025
501458 Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Move conversation feature toggle In development Rolling out 01/10/2025
503109 Microsoft Teams: iPad Multi-tasking for Meetings In development Rolling out 01/10/2025
503301 Microsoft Edge: v.141 - Real-time video translation In development Launched 01/10/2025

Changed Property: RM Title

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
496368 Microsoft Teams: Simultaneous role-specific Teams Town hall and Webinar views in Teams Rooms on Windows Microsoft Teams: Simultaneous role-specific Teams Town hall and Webinar views in Teams Rooms Microsoft Teams: Simultaneous role-specific Teams Town hall and Webinar views in Teams Rooms on Windows 01/10/2025
499428 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in Word for Enhanced document editing Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Enhanced document editing support in Word Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in Word for Enhanced document editing 01/10/2025
500378 Microsoft Teams: Simultaneous role-specific Town Hall and Webinar views in Teams Rooms on Android Microsoft Teams: Simultaneous role-specific Town Hall and Webinar views in Teams Rooms Microsoft Teams: Simultaneous role-specific Town Hall and Webinar views in Teams Rooms on Android 01/11/2025
503301 Microsoft Edge: v.141 - Real-time video translation Microsoft Edge: Real-time video translation Microsoft Edge: v.141 - Real-time video translation 01/10/2025

CW40 New Roadmap Items

RM ID RM Title RM Status RM Release RM Tags check before
506851 Microsoft 365 app: Sharing Copilot Notebooks In development General Availability 10/01/2025
500896 Microsoft 365 admin center: New Support for Historical Data Uploads in Organizational Data in Microsoft 365 In development General Availability 09/01/2025
502858 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Live subtitles on voice chat in Copilot when using the quick composer In development General Availability 10/01/2025
509111 PowerPoint: Find and add company approved images in PowerPoint with Organization Images. In development General Availability 10/01/2025
508519 Microsoft Edge: Desktop Visual Search In development General Availability 10/01/2025
506750 Microsoft Teams: Voice and Face Enrollment Dashboard for Admins In development General Availability 12/01/2025
506749 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics - Agent Dashboard. In development General Availability Preview 02/01/2026
505443 Microsoft Teams: Search for images In development General Availability Targeted Release 11/01/2025
502537 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Graph API enhancements for better Relevance & UX In development General Availability 12/01/2025
500395 Outlook: See progress when running rules manually in the new Outlook for Windows and Web In development General Availability 12/01/2025
500378 Microsoft Teams: Simultaneous role-specific Town Hall and Webinar views in Teams Rooms on Android In development General Availability 11/01/2025
499660 Excel: =COPILOT Function In development General Availability 11/01/2025
508521 Microsoft Teams: Room health signals and notifications in Teams Rooms on Windows In development General Availability 11/01/2025
508520 Microsoft Edge: Tab Search In development General Availability 10/01/2025
503551 Outlook: Expanded Conditions for Conditional Formatting in the New Outlook for Web and Windows In development General Availability 11/01/2025
496655 Microsoft Viva: Thumbs Up Rate Metric for Microsoft 365 Copilot in Copilot Dashboard In development General Availability Preview 01/01/2026
510100 Microsoft 365 app: Add Search results as references to your Copilot Notebooks in the M365 Copilot app In development General Availability 11/01/2025
509110 Microsoft Teams: Open channels in a new window In development General Availability 11/01/2025
509109 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Start writing, coding, and creating with Copilot in Pages In development General Availability 10/01/2025
503860 Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports - Microsoft 365 Copilot - usage intensity In development General Availability 10/01/2025

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