2025 CW 49 Microsoft 365 Roadmap changes

from 12/01/2025 to 12/07/2025

88 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were changed and
26 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were added

Changes

Changed Property: RM Cloud Instance Tags

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
422730 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - IRM alerts in XDR Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC High, GCC Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) 01/08/2025
506750 Microsoft Teams: Voice and Face Enrollment Dashboard for Admins Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC 01/01/2026
518286 Microsoft Teams: New SlimCore-based optimization for Microsoft Teams in VDI - support for Windows endpoints on Omnissa environments Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD 01/01/2026

Changed Property: RM Description

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
488801 Microsoft Teams: Notify collaborators in chat that are in the office using new mention type @nearby Enhance in-office collaboration with Microsoft Teams’ new @nearby mention type. Easily notify teammates who are physically present in the office, streamlining communication and fostering real-time connections. Perfect for quick discussions or impromptu meetings, @nearby keeps your team aligned and efficient. #MicrosoftPlaces We are not releasing this feature at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Enhance in-office collaboration with Microsoft Teams’ new @nearby mention type. Easily notify teammates who are physically present in the office, streamlining communication and fostering real-time connections. Perfect for quick discussions or impromptu meetings, @nearby keeps your team aligned and efficient. #MicrosoftPlaces 01/03/2026
491632 Microsoft Teams: New Workflows app experience in Teams and SharePoint The new Workflows app is to provide an experience that is both simpler and faster to enable everyday Teams and SharePoint users to create automations in three steps or less. The new Workflows app is to provide an experience that is both simpler and faster to enable everyday Teams and SharePoint users to create automations in three steps or less. This item is still In Development for production release; we apologize for any inconvenience. 01/01/2026
500392 Outlook: Custom search folders Users can create Custom Search Folders in Outlook to automatically surface emails that match specific criteria such as sender, subject keywords, categories, date ranges, among others. Search folders update in real time and give you a focused view of the messages that matter most, without moving them from their original location. #newoutlookforwindows Users can create Custom Search Folders in Outlook to automatically surface emails that match specific criteria such as sender, subject keywords, categories, date ranges, among others. Search folders update in real time and give you a focused view of the messages that matter most, without moving them from their original location. We will be pausing development of this feature for the time being. We apologize for any inconveniences. #newoutlookforwindows 01/11/2025
526777 Microsoft Teams: Interpreter in Microsoft Teams calls Interpreter, now available in Teams meetings, is expanding to Teams calls. Interpreter enables real-time speech-to-speech interpretation in up to nine languages, allowing participants to speak and listen in their preferred language. Interpreter helps eliminate language barriers and fosters seamless collaboration across global teams. For a more inclusive experience, users can also opt to have Interpreter simulate their personal voice. We’re expanding the Interpreter agent in Microsoft Teams to include real-time speech-to-speech interpretation for Teams calls. This brings the same functionality previously available in meetings to calls, enabling users to speak and listen in up to nine supported languages. Interpreter helps eliminate language barriers and fosters seamless collaboration across global teams. For a more inclusive experience, users can also opt to have Interpreter simulate their personal voice. 01/01/2026
529816 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Zero-hour auto-purge (ZAP) Teams protection capabilities to Defender for Office Plan 1 Security admins with Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 can enable Zero-hour auto purge (ZAP), End user reporting and admin quarantine for zapped Teams messages. Security admins with Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 can utilize Zero-hour auto purge (ZAP) and admin quarantine for zapped Teams messages. 01/01/2026
532736 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Model Selector in Microsoft 365 Copilot GPT-5 Model selector gives users more control over reasoning depth, enabling automatic reasoning for simple tasks and explicit control when desired. The three modes that are supported as part of GPT-5 are: Auto (default) - system decides how long to think, Instant (chat) - fast responses, thinking (reasoning) - longer thinking for better answers. The Model Selector in Microsoft 365 Copilot gives users more control over reasoning depth, enabling automatic reasoning for simple tasks and explicit control when desired. The three modes that are supported as part of GPT-5 are: Auto (default) - system decides how long to think, Quick response - answers right away, Think deeper - Thinks longer for better answers. 01/12/2025

Changed Property: RM Preview

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
392456 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Bulk replacement or removal of a retention label January CY2026 March CY2026 01/05/2026
523201 Microsoft Purview: Purview Information Protection | Classifier Simulation Mode (Health Monitoring) N/A January CY2026 01/02/2026
526793 Microsoft 365 admin center: Copilot settings – readiness November CY2025 December CY2025 01/01/2026
534487 Microsoft Teams: Autocorrect in Teams compose January CY2026 N/A 01/01/2026

Changed Property: RM Release

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
93268 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) – Hold reports November CY2025 June CY2026 01/06/2026
392328 Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers and presenters in structured meetings and webinars January CY2026 February CY2026 01/02/2026
392456 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Bulk replacement or removal of a retention label March CY2026 May CY2026 01/05/2026
415168 Outlook: Automatically display auto-mapped calendars December CY2025 February CY2026 01/02/2026
420335 Microsoft Edge: Rewrite by Copilot in Edge is being upgraded to include enterprise data protection compliance standards December CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
421616 Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Multi-geo support for shared Loop workspaces November CY2025 December CY2025 01/12/2025
422501 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Restrict access action support for sematic models and lakehouses in Fabric October CY2025 June CY2026 01/06/2026
422725 Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – Require Existing Microsoft 365 Group for New Loop workspaces January CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
485712 Microsoft Teams: Streamlined Microsoft 365 Certified App Management in Teams Admin Center January CY2026 February CY2026 01/02/2026
485739 Outlook: Import emails from PST file to mailbox in new Outlook for Windows December CY2025 February CY2026 01/02/2026
486828 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Apply a retention policy to Microsoft Planner content December CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
488800 Microsoft Teams: Automatically update your work location via your organization's Wi-Fi January CY2026 February CY2026 01/02/2026
491632 Microsoft Teams: New Workflows app experience in Teams and SharePoint November CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
495467 Outlook: Insert Graphic November CY2025 February CY2026 01/02/2026
495833 Microsoft Edge: A Refreshed Profile Flyout Experience for Better Clarity and Actionability October CY2025 January CY2026 01/02/2026
495833 Microsoft Edge: A Refreshed Profile Flyout Experience for Better Clarity and Actionability January CY2026 February CY2026 01/02/2026
496364 Microsoft Edge: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat access to page content will soon extend to work across multiple open tabs November CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
496596 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Content Sources in Copilot Chat November CY2025 December CY2025 01/12/2025
497135 Microsoft Edge: Summarization, Translation, and Citation will soon be supported by Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in our menus December CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
497546 Outlook: Account Manager December CY2025 February CY2026 01/02/2026
497909 Microsoft CoPilot (Microsoft 365): List email attachments in M365 Copilot December CY2025 March CY2026 01/03/2026
497999 Microsoft 365 admin center: Agents usage report September CY2025 December CY2025 01/12/2025
498494 Microsoft Teams: Share meeting recap to SharePoint January CY2026 February CY2026 01/02/2026
499423 Microsoft Edge: Ground Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Edge for Business in your open OneDrive and SharePoint documents November CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
499424 Microsoft Edge: Ground Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Edge for Business in your open YouTube videos November CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
500638 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat - Session Persistence Enhancement November CY2025 December CY2025 01/12/2025
501457 Microsoft Intune: Recovery Lock management for macOS January CY2025 February CY2026 01/02/2026
502875 Microsoft CoPilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft Graph APIs for App & Agent Inventory and Details. December CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
503144 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Domain exclusion for web grounding November CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
503593 Microsoft Edge: Adding protection against malicious sideloaded extensions December CY2025 February CY2026 01/02/2026
506752 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Data source specific filters November CY2025 December CY2025 01/12/2025
508530 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Quickly edit an image in PowerPoint November CY2025 December CY2025 01/12/2025
513272 Microsoft Teams: Live meetings indicator for channels January CY2026 February CY2026 01/02/2026
513274 Microsoft Viva: Engage Communities in Microsoft Teams February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
516040 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Web Link as a Reference in Copilot Notebooks December CY2025 November CY2025 01/11/2025
516568 Outlook: Prepare for your meeting with Copilot chat in Outlook mobile November CY2025 December CY2025 01/12/2025
518218 Microsoft Teams: Consult and merge a PSTN caller through DTMF January CY2026 February CY2026 01/02/2026
523201 Microsoft Purview: Purview Information Protection | Classifier Simulation Mode (Health Monitoring) December CY2025 February CY2026 01/02/2026
523204 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Voice chats can reference Memory December CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
523205 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use voice for Q&A during Read Aloud in Word November CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
523206 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Real-time voice interactions in a podcast in Word November CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
523211 Microsoft Teams: Simplified controls to manage external collaboration January CY2026 February CY2026 01/02/2026
526798 Microsoft Edge: Announcement page on update experience December CY2025 January CY2026 01/01/2026
527834 Microsoft Purview: Information Protection-Email attachment Preview in Activity Explorer February CY2026 January CY2026 01/01/2026
536573 Microsoft Teams: Report a Suspicious Call in Microsoft Teams March CY2026 February CY2026 01/02/2026

Changed Property: RM Release Phase

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
500378 Microsoft Teams: Front-of-room view control for Town Hall and Webinar in Teams Rooms on Android General Availability General Availability, Targeted Release 01/12/2025
526777 Microsoft Teams: Interpreter in Microsoft Teams calls General Availability General Availability, Targeted Release 01/01/2026
532720 Microsoft Teams: Organization Trust Score for Apps and Agents General Availability General Availability, Targeted Release 01/02/2026
536573 Microsoft Teams: Report a Suspicious Call in Microsoft Teams General Availability General Availability, Targeted Release 01/02/2026

Changed Property: RM Status

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
396562 Microsoft Graph: Graph API - Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage In development Rolling out 01/11/2025
410211 SharePoint: New Content AI Rules in SharePoint to set sensitivity labels and retention policy In development Cancelled 01/08/2025
422730 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - IRM alerts in XDR Rolling out Launched 01/08/2025
467254 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - SharePoint Online extends library permissions to downloaded files. In development Launched 01/09/2025
481156 Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Audience breakdown tooltip In development Launched 01/04/2025
482193 SharePoint: OneDrive and SharePoint – Protect PDF with password In development Launched 01/07/2025
488801 Microsoft Teams: Notify collaborators in chat that are in the office using new mention type @nearby In development Cancelled 01/03/2026
491632 Microsoft Teams: New Workflows app experience in Teams and SharePoint Rolling out In development 01/01/2026
494510 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Continue editing in Outlook from Copilot Chat Rolling out Launched 01/10/2025
496373 Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Support for click through rate metric in Amplify reporting In development Launched 01/07/2025
496654 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics - Copilot Employee Experience Outcomes Report with Viva Glint In development Rolling out 01/11/2025
497638 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Import Non-M365 data into review set for modern eDiscovery In development Rolling out 01/12/2025
499893 Microsoft Teams: Malicious URL Protection for Teams Chat and Channels Rolling out Launched 01/09/2025
499899 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard - M365 Copilot Chat adoption metrics Rolling out Launched 01/11/2025
500378 Microsoft Teams: Front-of-room view control for Town Hall and Webinar in Teams Rooms on Android In development Rolling out 01/12/2025
500392 Outlook: Custom search folders In development Cancelled 01/11/2025
500634 Microsoft Teams: Collaborate using Pages in Channels Rolling out Launched 01/09/2025
500638 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat - Session Persistence Enhancement In development Rolling out 01/12/2025
500869 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Graph APIs for Standard eDiscovery Cases Rolling out Launched 01/11/2025
501202 Microsoft Teams: User reporting for incorrectly identified security concerns Rolling out Launched 01/09/2025
501546 Microsoft Teams: Recommended actions page in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal Rolling out Launched 01/10/2025
501783 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Library in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app Rolling out Launched 01/10/2025
502523 Microsoft Teams: Screen & Window Sharing on Mac via macOS native experience In development Rolling out 01/12/2025
502552 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): GPT-5 in Agent Builder inside Microsoft 365 Copilot In development Launched 01/11/2025
503764 Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management-Data Security Alert Triage Agent in Insider Risk Management In development Rolling out 01/11/2025
506220 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - Metadata Field Enhancements in Process Reporting Rolling out Launched 01/10/2025
508520 Microsoft Edge: v.142 - Tab Search In development Launched 01/12/2025
509110 Microsoft Teams: Open channels in a new window In development Rolling out 01/12/2025
511795 Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Data Loss Prevention-Alert Classification Property for DLP Alerts on Purview Portal In development Rolling out 01/11/2025
520386 Outlook: Outlook for Android supports PDF attachment preview In development Rolling out 01/11/2025
520389 Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Interpreter and multilingual meeting experience In development Rolling out 01/12/2025
523207 Outlook: Collapsible Automatic Replies on Outlook for Android In development Rolling out 01/12/2025
526780 Microsoft Teams: Tenant-Owned Domain Impersonation Protection for Teams Messaging In development Rolling out 01/12/2025
526783 Microsoft Viva: Update storyline cover photos in Teams for iOS. In development Rolling out 01/12/2025
527835 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in Excel In development Rolling out 01/12/2025
533043 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Updated UI for Copilot Chat entry point in Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps In development Rolling out 01/12/2025

Changed Property: RM Title

RM ID RM Title Old Value New Value check before
508520 Microsoft Edge: v.142 - Tab Search Microsoft Edge: Tab Search Microsoft Edge: v.142 - Tab Search 01/12/2025
523209 Microsoft Purview: Compliance Manager - AI Powered Regulatory Templates Microsoft Purview: Compliance Manager - Regulatory Navigator Microsoft Purview: Compliance Manager - AI Powered Regulatory Templates 01/01/2026
526784 Microsoft Teams: Troubleshoot meetings and calls with automatic issue identification and recommendations Microsoft Teams: Teams Admin Agent Microsoft Teams: Troubleshoot meetings and calls with automatic issue identification and recommendations 01/01/2026
529816 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Zero-hour auto-purge (ZAP) Teams protection capabilities to Defender for Office Plan 1 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Teams protection capabilities to Defender for Office Plan 1 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Zero-hour auto-purge (ZAP) Teams protection capabilities to Defender for Office Plan 1 01/01/2026
532736 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Model Selector in Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): GPT-5 Model Selector Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Model Selector in Microsoft 365 Copilot 01/12/2025

CW49 New Roadmap Items

RM ID RM Title RM Status RM Release RM Tags check before
529858 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Shortcuts for Pages on Mobile In development General Availability 02/01/2026
536580 Microsoft Edge: Tenant Restrictions v2 (TRv2) In development General Availability Preview 01/01/2026
534490 Microsoft Teams: Activity in other accounts and organizations In development General Availability 02/01/2026
534487 Microsoft Teams: Autocorrect in Teams compose In development General Availability Targeted Release 01/01/2026
530578 Microsoft Edge: Tracking prevention when browsing InPrivate In development General Availability 03/01/2026
536579 Microsoft Edge: Copilot icon visibility In development General Availability 01/01/2026
536576 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 In development General Availability Preview 01/01/2026
536573 Microsoft Teams: Report a Suspicious Call in Microsoft Teams In development General Availability 02/01/2026
536570 Microsoft Teams: Title: Ability for IT admins to customize the user notification strings for recording and transcription In development General Availability 01/01/2026
536569 Microsoft Viva: Update Engage community cover photos in Teams for iOS In development General Availability 12/01/2025
535423 Microsoft Viva: AI audio overview support for pages and additional languages In development General Availability Targeted Release 12/01/2025
531760 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: User Report capabilities to Defender for Office Plan 1 In development General Availability 01/01/2026
503587 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Admins can manage access more precisely with support for nested permissions in Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow In development General Availability 04/01/2026
503570 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Support permission sync missed in incremental crawl In development General Availability 06/01/2026
537204 Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management-New cmdlet to remove retention from inactive mailboxes In development General Availability 12/01/2025
536578 Microsoft Entra: Microsoft Security Copilot App Lifecycle Management Agent in Microsoft Entra In development General Availability Preview 01/01/2026
534606 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): SharePoint list agent In development General Availability Preview 01/01/2026
532733 Outlook: Draft emails using saved email snippets with Quick Parts for Outlook for Windows and web In development General Availability 01/01/2026
532724 Microsoft Teams: Automatic installation and update of Network Device Interface (NDI) in Teams (MAC) In development General Availability 01/01/2026
537286 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Relight images in Microsoft 365 Copilot In development General Availability 01/01/2026
537271 Microsoft Purview: Azure AI Foundry integration with Microsoft Purview for AI In development General Availability Preview 03/01/2026
536997 Microsoft Teams: Select multiple messages to forward In development General Availability Targeted Release 01/01/2026
536577 Microsoft Edge: Enterprise New Tab Page experience In development General Availability 01/01/2026
536575 Microsoft Intune: Assignment filters support for Apple declarative device management (DDM) In development General Availability 01/01/2026
536574 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft M365): Review PDFs using Copilot context menu and AI actions In development General Availability 01/01/2026
529859 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Edit a Page using Copilot Chat on Mobile In development General Availability 02/01/2026

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