from 12/15/2025 to 12/21/2025
38 Office 365 Message Center Items were changed and
24 Office 365 Message Center Items were added
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| MC1025217 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: In channels, the "Shared" tab (formerly the "Files" tab) will have new capabilities | 01/05/2026 08:00:00 | 2026-02-28T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1069563 | Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports to manage metered consumption costs for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (preview) | 11/17/2025 08:00:00 | 2026-04-30T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1092459 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: New prompt categories in the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard | 02/02/2026 08:00:00 | 2026-03-02T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1111778 | (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Sensitivity label grouping modernization | 02/02/2026 08:00:00 | 2026-03-02T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1122153 | (Updated) New Tools feature coming to the Microsoft Copilot Chat prompt box | 11/24/2025 08:00:00 | 2026-03-02T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1124564 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Copilot chat now available to summarize emails for more users | 12/29/2025 09:00:00 | 2026-03-02T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1127222 | (Updated) Please update Microsoft 365 Office apps to a version higher than 16.0.18827.20202 | 05/04/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-12-31T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1133508 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams Integration with Microsoft Defender for Office Tenant Allow/Block List for blocking domains | 03/02/2026 08:00:00 | 2026-01-30T08:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1139489 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: New ways to include files and emails in prompts | 12/22/2025 09:00:00 | 2026-03-02T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1146816 | (Updated) Microsoft Copilot dashboard (in Viva Insights): New benchmarks to compare Copilot usage across organizations | 11/25/2025 09:00:00 | 2026-03-02T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1148545 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center - Usage reports: Agent usage (preview) | 01/26/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-04-30T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1150671 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva : News AI audio briefing in Connections Mobile | 12/30/2025 09:00:00 | 2026-03-30T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1166877 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis in section names | 12/30/2025 09:00:00 | 2026-02-02T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1173931 | (Updated) Copilot Pages: New feature—M365 Copilot Chat can now answer questions about the currently open page | 12/04/2025 09:00:00 | 2026-03-10T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1178507 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams town halls: Full HD (1080p) video resolution coming to Teams Premium | 01/05/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-03-02T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1182004 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Chat with anyone with an email address | 02/28/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-03-31T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1182688 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android: Recording and transcription controls (Teams Rooms Pro required) | 02/28/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-03-30T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1182707 | (Updated) New Copilot button in file previewer for OneDrive and SharePoint | 12/31/2025 09:00:00 | 2026-03-31T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1183297 | (Updated) New toolbar customization for multi-select in Outlook Mobile | 03/02/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-03-23T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1184652 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Upcoming improvements to the jump list experience on Windows | 01/15/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-03-23T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1186361 | (Updated) Book a workspace when creating an event | 02/16/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-03-23T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1186367 | (Updated) Announcing the new pay-as-you-go experience in Microsoft 365 Admin Center | 01/19/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-02-16T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1187401 | (Updated) Microsoft dark themes for SharePoint sites | 03/04/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-03-30T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1189656 | (Updated) Upcoming Change to Teams Desktop Client on Windows | 02/23/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-02-02T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1191578 | (Updated) Update to EWS Access for Kiosk / Frontline Worker Licenses | 06/30/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-08-31T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1191921 | (Updated) New enrollment dashboard and data deletion controls in Teams Admin Center | 03/05/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-04-13T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC1192663 | (Updated) SharePoint: OneDrive and SharePoint – recognize text in PDFs | 02/26/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-03-10T09:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC846387 | Microsoft Outlook: Replace quick compose pop-up with inline appointment creation in new Outlook for Windows and web | 01/05/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-04-30T10:00:00Z | N/A |
| MC882252 | (Updated) New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Sharing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint local files through email | 12/15/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-12-19T09:00:00Z | N/A |
MC How Affect changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC1182004 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Chat with anyone with an email address | Who is affected: All Microsoft Teams users in your organization. What will happen: Users will be able to initiate chats with any external contact using their email address. External users will receive an email invitation and can join the chat as guests. The chat experience will be governed by your organization's Entra B2B Guest policy. Chats will remain within your organization's boundary. This feature will be enabled by default. |
Who is affected: This capability is currently available only to small and medium business customers enrolled in public preview with a Teams Essentials, Business Basic, Business Standard, or Business Premium license. It also only affects organizations with guest chat enabled and that do not limit guest collaboration to specific domains. Organizations without users enrolled in public preview or without users with these licenses may still see this post even if they are not affected. What will happen for those who are affected: After Teams users start a chat with someone who is not on Teams, the recipient will receive an email inviting them to join the chat as a guest. Only Teams users in your organization can start the chat, as users without Teams accounts cannot initiate chats. Chats will remain within your organization's boundary. This feature is enabled by default but will be governed by your organization's Entra B2B Guest policies and Teams Admin Center Guest Access policies. It will not override any existing policy configurations. |
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| MC1192252 | External authentication methods (EAM) – Public preview update | Who is affected: Tenants currently using External Authentication Methods (EAM) in Public Preview. What will happen: Registration enforcement: Users must have an external authentication method registered to use EAM. In-line registration for new users: Existing users have been registered by Microsoft - which means there's no action required. New users (any user joining your tenant after December 2, 2026) will be prompted during sign-in to complete in-line setup with your external provider. IT admins can register users on their behalf if needed. |
Who is affected: Tenants currently using External Authentication Methods (EAM) in Public Preview. What will happen: Registration enforcement: Users must have an external authentication method registered to use EAM. In-line registration for new users: Existing users have been registered by Microsoft - which means there's no action required. New users (any user joining your tenant after December 2, 2025) will be prompted during sign-in to complete in-line setup with your external provider. IT admins can register users on their behalf if needed. |
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| MC1193408 | (Update)Action Required: Trust DigiCert Global Root G2 Certificate Authority for using Entra services by January 7, 2026 | Who is affected: Organizations using Microsoft Entra ID services. What will happen: If DigiCert G2 certificates are not trusted, authentication failures will occur when accessing Microsoft Entra services. Impacted domains include: login.microsoftonline.com login.live.com login.windows.net autologon.microsoftazuread-sso.com graph.windows.net What you can do to prepare: Trust all Root and Subordinate CAs listed in the Azure Certificate Authority details documentation. Ensure you trust the "DigiCert Global Root G2" root and its subordinate CAs (documented since September 2025). Remove any client-side pinning to the DigiCert Global Root CA root certificate. Update your settings now to avoid service disruption. Help and support: For details about DigiCert certificates, refer to DigiCert documentation. For guidance on issuer/certificate pinning, see Azure documentation. Get answers from community experts in Microsoft Q&A. If you have a support plan and need technical help, create a support request. Compliance considerations: No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization. |
Who is affected: Organizations using Microsoft Entra ID services. What will happen: If DigiCert G2 certificates are not trusted, authentication failures will occur when accessing Microsoft Entra services. Impacted domains include: login.live.com login.windows.net autologon.microsoftazuread-sso.com graph.windows.net Note: The login.microsoftonline.com domain has already been migrated to the DigiCert G2 root in Feb 2025. Customers using this domain will not be impacted, as their client systems already trust DigiCert G2. What you can do to prepare: Trust all Root and Subordinate CAs listed in the Azure Certificate Authority details documentation. Ensure you trust the "DigiCert Global Root G2" root and its subordinate CAs (documented since September 2025). Remove any client-side pinning to the DigiCert Global Root CA root certificate. Update your settings now to avoid service disruption. Help and support: For details about DigiCert certificates, refer to DigiCert documentation. For guidance on issuer/certificate pinning, see Azure documentation. Get answers from community experts in Microsoft Q&A. If you have a support plan and need technical help, create a support request. Compliance considerations: No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization. |
01/07/2026 |
| MC1193421 | (Updated) Retirement of several Microsoft Planner features in early 2026 as part of a Planner update | Who is affected: All users of Microsoft Planner in your organization, including those using Planner components in Loop, integrations with Viva Goals, and premium Planner plans. What will happen: In early 2026, we will begin rolling out a new major update of the Planner app in Teams desktop and web as well as Planner on the web. This update will come with several new enhancements, and we will also be retiring several features at this time. See each section below for more detail on the timing. New features in the upcoming Planner update: These changes will be available with the new update, which we expect to begin rolling out between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. Tasks chats in basic plans will allow team members to collaborate directly on tasks using rich text formatting and @mentions, making it easier to discuss work and notify teammates about what needs attention. Custom templates will allow you to create reusable, pre-designed plan layouts tailored to your organization's needs, ensuring consistency and saving time. They provide the ability to standardize content while allowing easy customization for specific scenarios. Project manager agent will now be available in all plans for M365 Copilot licensed users, including basic plans. Features in Planner that will be retired: We expect this rollout to begin between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. The following changes will take effect as this build rolls out to your organization: A new Task chat experience will replace the prior comments experience for basic plan tasks: As noted above, the previous task comments experience will be replaced by a new task chat feature that supports messages about the task that can include @mentions and rich text formatting, in response to a longstanding top customer request. Due to customer feedback on our notifications experience, the new chat feature only sends an email/Teams notification to a colleague that's been @mentioned in the message. The task chat experience will be available on Planner in Teams web/desktop and the Planner web experience, and the old experience for viewing comments will no longer be directly visible on a task. Instead, the task details pane will show a link to open a page in Outlook where task comments can be seen. Users can continue to use and see the previous task comments experience in the iOS Planner app, Android Planner app, and Planner in Teams mobile. New task chat messages will not be visible in the mobile experience at this time. There are no changes to email notifications for the existing task comments experience, meaning that an email notification will be sent to all group members associated with the plan when a task comment is added. There is no change to the premium plan conversations feature at this time. The whiteboard tab for premium plans will be retired. This feature automatically created a whiteboard for premium plans in Planner and allowed users to create tasks in Planner from that whiteboard's sticky notes. The whiteboard tab will be unavailable on the premium plan after retirement of this feature. Users will be unable to create tasks from a whiteboard as a result. Any existing whiteboard content will remain available via the Whiteboard app. There is no replacement for this feature at this time. Features in Planner that will be temporarily unavailable: We expect this rollout to begin between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. Convert a basic plan to a premium plan will be temporarily unavailable. The ability to convert an existing basic plan to a premium plan will be unavailable. We plan to make similar functionality available again in the future. In the meantime, users will need to create a new premium plan and manually copy the tasks into the new plan. Features outside of Planner that will be retired without replacement: Planner integration in Viva Goals. Viva Goals will be retired on December 31, 2025, as previously announced. Refer to Viva Goals retirement for more information. When Viva Goals is retired, the entry point in Viva Goals for use with Planner will no longer be available. iCalendar feed integration retirement. This feature will be retired between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. This feature allowed users to subscribe to their Planner tasks as an iCalendar feed that could be viewed in iCalendar-compatible applications like Outlook. After this feature is retired, users will not be able to create new iCalendar feeds for their tasks or plans, and they will stop seeing their tasks in the iCalendar feeds they previous created. There is no replacement for this feature at this time. Planner component retirement in Loop pages. This feature will be retired between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. Loop pages support various options for capturing task information. This control, which could previously be inserted by typing /planner in a Loop workspace, was one of the available options. We recommend the Task List Control in Loop to capture tasks. After the retirement of this control, which is expected to begin in January 2026 and will roll out independent of the Planner update rollout, it will no longer be possible to add a new component of this type in a Loop workspace. Workspaces where these components were already present will display the Planner plan URL where the component was previously located. Tasks previously entered in these components will remain available in Planner. |
Who is affected: All users of Microsoft Planner in your organization, including those using Planner components in Loop, integrations with Viva Goals, and premium Planner plans. What will happen: In early 2026, we will begin rolling out a new major update of the Planner app in Teams desktop and web as well as Planner on the web. This update will come with several new enhancements, and we will also be retiring several features at this time. See each section below for more detail on the timing. New features in the upcoming Planner update: These changes will be available with the new update, which we expect to begin rolling out between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. Tasks chats in basic plans will allow team members to collaborate directly on tasks using rich text formatting and @mentions, making it easier to discuss work and notify teammates about what needs attention. Custom templates will allow you to create reusable, pre-designed plan layouts tailored to your organization's needs, ensuring consistency and saving time. They provide the ability to standardize content while allowing easy customization for specific scenarios. Project manager agent will now be available in all plans for M365 Copilot licensed users, including basic plans. Features in Planner that will be retired: We expect this rollout to begin between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. The following changes will take effect as this build rolls out to your organization: A new Task chat experience will replace the prior comments experience for basic plan tasks: As noted above, the previous task comments experience will be replaced by a new task chat feature that supports messages about the task that can include @mentions and rich text formatting, in response to a longstanding top customer request. Due to customer feedback on our notifications experience, the new chat feature only sends an email/Teams notification to a colleague that's been @mentioned in the message. The task chat experience will be available on Planner in Teams web/desktop and the Planner web experience, and the old experience for viewing comments will no longer be directly visible on a task. Instead, the task details pane will show a link to open a page in Outlook where task comments can be seen. Users can continue to use and see the previous task comments experience in the iOS Planner app, Android Planner app, and Planner in Teams mobile. New task chat messages will not be visible in the mobile experience at this time. There are no changes to email notifications for the existing task comments experience, meaning that an email notification will be sent to all group members associated with the plan when a task comment is added. There is no change to the premium plan conversations feature at this time. The whiteboard tab for premium plans will be retired. This feature automatically created a whiteboard for premium plans in Planner and allowed users to create tasks in Planner from that whiteboard's sticky notes. The whiteboard tab will be unavailable on the premium plan after retirement of this feature. Users will be unable to create tasks from a whiteboard as a result. Any existing whiteboard content will remain available via the Whiteboard app. There is no replacement for this feature at this time. Features in Planner that will be temporarily unavailable: We expect this rollout to begin between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. Convert a basic plan to a premium plan will be temporarily unavailable. The ability to convert an existing basic plan to a premium plan will be unavailable. We plan to make similar functionality available again in the future. In the meantime, users will need to create a new premium plan and manually copy the tasks into the new plan. Features that will be retired as we pursue a long‑term plan to bring equivalent capabilities: Planner component in Loop pages. This control, which could previously be inserted by typing /planner in a Loop workspace or pasting the link to a Plan, was one of the available options. This control will be retired between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. Loop pages support various options for capturing task information. We recommend the Task List Control in Loop to capture tasks. After the retirement of this control, which is expected to begin in January 2026 and will roll out independent of the Planner update rollout, it will no longer be possible to add a new component of this type in a Loop workspace. Workspaces where these components were already present will display the Planner plan URL where the component was previously located. Tasks previously entered in these components will remain available in Planner. While the Planner component in Loop is being retired currently, we recognize the user need around a component like this for their planning needs. We have a longer-term goal to bring a similar Planner component across our M365 suite, including Loop. Considering these discussions are still in an early stage, we do not have an ETA to share currently. Features outside of Planner that will be retired without replacement: Planner integration in Viva Goals. Viva Goals will be retired on December 31, 2025, as previously announced. Refer to Viva Goals retirement for more information. When Viva Goals is retired, the entry point in Viva Goals for use with Planner will no longer be available. iCalendar feed integration retirement. This feature will be retired between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. This feature allowed users to subscribe to their Planner tasks as an iCalendar feed that could be viewed in iCalendar-compatible applications like Outlook. After this feature is retired, users will not be able to create new iCalendar feeds for their tasks or plans, and they will stop seeing their tasks in the iCalendar feeds they previous created. There is no replacement for this feature at this time. |
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| MC1189656 | (Updated) Upcoming Change to Teams Desktop Client on Windows | True | False | N/A |
MC Messages changes
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| MC1025217 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: In channels, the "Shared" tab (formerly the "Files" tab) will have new capabilities | Updated September 29, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: In channels, we will rename the Files tab as the Shared tab to enable users to view content shared in posts and content in the document library in one place. Note: The Shared tab in chats will not be affected by this change. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470597. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2025 and expect to complete by mid-November 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2025 and expect to complete by late November 2025. |
Updated December 15, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: In channels, we will rename the Files tab as the Shared tab to enable users to view content shared in posts and content in the document library in one place. Note: The Shared tab in chats will not be affected by this change. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470597. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2025 and expect to complete by mid-November 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2026 (previously late November 2025). |
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| MC1069563 | Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports to manage metered consumption costs for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (preview) | Updated July 3, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. To help you manage metered consumption costs for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, we will introduce a new Message consumption usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The new report will give you visibility into billed messages associated with your Microsoft 365 Copilot pay-as-you-go billing policies and includes total messages consumed, cumulative and daily time series, and messages per user, per billing policy, per agent, and per agent-user pair. The new report will roll out in preview. During the preview stage, the report will display a maximum of 30 days of message consumption history. Usage information from prior to May 3, 2025, will not be available in the report. This message refers to Microsoft Copilot in a pay-as-you-go model. A Microsoft Copilot license is not required. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490738. [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late September 2025 (previously late July) and expect to complete by late September 2025 (previously late July). |
Updated December 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. To help you manage metered consumption costs for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, we will introduce a new Message consumption usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The new report will give you visibility into billed messages associated with your Microsoft 365 Copilot pay-as-you-go billing policies and includes total messages consumed, cumulative and daily time series, and messages per user, per billing policy, per agent, and per agent-user pair. The new report will roll out in preview. During the preview stage, the report will display a maximum of 30 days of message consumption history. Usage information from prior to May 3, 2025, will not be available in the report. This message refers to Microsoft Copilot in a pay-as-you-go model. A Microsoft Copilot license is not required. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490738. [When this will happen:] Public Preview: Available now. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in March 2026 (previously late September 2025) and expect to complete by end of March 2026 (previously late September 2025). |
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| MC1092458 | (Updated) Microsoft Exchange Online: New Message Trace will be GA; legacy Message Trace will retire | Updated November 21, 2025: The deprecation of the legacy Message Trace support on Reporting Webservice will be slightly delayed by two weeks from the original deprecation date of February 28th, 2026 to March 18th, 2026. The tentative timeline for Public Preview of the new Message Trace support on Graph API is now December 2025. This does not impact the deprecation timeline for the legacy Message Trace cmdlets. The legacy Message Trace cmdlets (Get-MessageTrace, Get-MessageTraceDetail) were deprecated starting back in September 1st 2025. We are excited to announce the General Availability of the new Message Trace in the Microsoft Exchange admin center (EAC) in Microsoft Exchange Online. This new experience, previously in Public Preview, offers improved performance, modern design, and enhanced feature parity. Admins can access it via Exchange admin center > Mail flow > Message Trace. The GA release is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 495489. [When this will happen:] Retirement of legacy Message Trace begins September 1, 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-June and expect to complete by late July. |
Updated December 19, 2025: The tentative timeline for Public Preview of the new Message Trace support on Graph API has been delayed from December 2025 to now January 2026. This does not impact the deprecation timeline for the legacy Message Trace cmdlets. The legacy Message Trace cmdlets (Get-MessageTrace, Get-MessageTraceDetail) were deprecated starting back in September 1st 2025. We are excited to announce the General Availability of the new Message Trace in the Microsoft Exchange admin center (EAC) in Microsoft Exchange Online. This new experience, previously in Public Preview, offers improved performance, modern design, and enhanced feature parity. Admins can access it via Exchange admin center > Mail flow > Message Trace. The GA release is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 495489. [When this will happen:] Retirement of legacy Message Trace begins September 1, 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-June and expect to complete by late July. |
08/31/2025 |
| MC1092459 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva Insights: New prompt categories in the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard | Updated December 1, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Prompt categories will be available in Microsoft Copilot Dashboard in Microsoft Viva Insights on the web to help you understand key Copilot use cases for your organization. In Microsoft Copilot Chat (work), which is grounded in work data, these prompt categories will include Ask and find, Catch up, Draft and brainstorm, and Other. These metrics will be added to the metrics library in the advanced insights app. Learn more about Copilot Dashboard licensing requirements in Connect to the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard for Microsoft 365 customers | Microsoft Learn This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486698. Public Preview: We will begin rolling out in early September 2025 (previously mid-September) and will complete by late September 2025 General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling mid-December 2025 (previously early December) and expect to complete by end of December 2025 (previously end of November). |
Updated December 15, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Prompt categories will be available in Microsoft Copilot Dashboard in Microsoft Viva Insights on the web to help you understand key Copilot use cases for your organization. In Microsoft Copilot Chat (work), which is grounded in work data, these prompt categories will include Ask and find, Catch up, Draft and brainstorm, and Other. These metrics will be added to the metrics library in the advanced insights app. Learn more about Copilot Dashboard licensing requirements in Connect to the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard for Microsoft 365 customers | Microsoft Learn This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486698. Public Preview: We will begin rolling out in early September 2025 (previously mid-September) and will complete by late September 2025 General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling mid-January 2026 (previously mid-December 2025) and expect to complete by end of January 2026 (previously end of December 2025). |
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| MC1111778 | (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Sensitivity label grouping modernization | Updated November 3, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). |
Updated December 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). |
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| MC1122153 | (Updated) New Tools feature coming to the Microsoft Copilot Chat prompt box | Updated November 6, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Beginning in October, we're introducing a new Tools feature in the Copilot Chat prompt box. Tools acts as a lightweight entry point into high-value, task-specific Copilot features and capabilities directly from the prompt box. By selecting Tools, users get a menu where they can easily discover and trigger the right Copilot feature or capability for their current task, while also providing consistent interactions across tools. Based on the user's license, Tools provides easy access to features and capabilities like Researcher, Analyst, Pages, and image generation. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap 497298. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rollout in October 2025 (previously late September 2025) and expect to complete by end of November 2025 (previously mid-October 2025). |
Updated December 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Beginning in October, we're introducing a new Tools feature in the Copilot Chat prompt box. Tools acts as a lightweight entry point into high-value, task-specific Copilot features and capabilities directly from the prompt box. By selecting Tools, users get a menu where they can easily discover and trigger the right Copilot feature or capability for their current task, while also providing consistent interactions across tools. Based on the user's license, Tools provides easy access to features and capabilities like Researcher, Analyst, Pages, and image generation. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap 497298. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rollout in October 2025 (previously late September 2025) and expect to complete by end of January 2026 (previously end of November 2025). |
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| MC1124564 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Copilot chat now available to summarize emails for more users | Updated August 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Introduction We're introducing a new way to quickly summarize email threads in Outlook using Copilot chat. With a single click, users can generate a summary of the current email conversation directly from the reading pane. This feature enhances productivity by helping users quickly understand long or complex threads. This capability will be available to users with Copilot chat enabled-even if they don't have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license-provided they have pinned Copilot chat to the navigation bar. It will be available in both Classic and New Outlook for Windows. When this will happen Targeted Release (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late August 2025 (previously early August) and expect to complete by mid-September 2025 (previously mid-August). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in mid-September 2025 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by mid-November 2025 (previously mid-October). |
Updated December 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Introduction We're introducing a new way to quickly summarize email threads in Outlook using Copilot chat. With a single click, users can generate a summary of the current email conversation directly from the reading pane. This feature enhances productivity by helping users quickly understand long or complex threads. This capability will be available to users with Copilot chat enabled-even if they don't have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license-provided they have pinned Copilot chat to the navigation bar. It will be available in both Classic and New Outlook for Windows. When this will happen Targeted Release (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late August 2025 (previously early August) and expect to complete by mid-September 2025 (previously mid-August). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in mid-September 2025 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by end of January 2026 (previously mid-November 2025). |
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| MC1127222 | (Updated) Please update Microsoft 365 Office apps to a version higher than 16.0.18827.20202 | To ensure continued high-quality performance of the Read Aloud, Transcription, and Dictation features in Microsoft 365 Office apps, we're upgrading the backend service that powers these capabilities. As a result, these features will no longer function on Office clients running versions earlier than 16.0.18827.20202 after January 2026. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide): End of January 2026 General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD) End of March 2026 |
Updated December 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. To ensure continued high-quality performance of the Read Aloud, Transcription, and Dictation features in Microsoft 365 Office apps, we're upgrading the backend service that powers these capabilities. As a result, these features will no longer function on Office clients running versions earlier than 16.0.18827.20202 after September 2026. We are extending the supporting period for customers to prepare and upgrade to the supported version. Here is the updated timeline: General Availability (Worldwide): End of September 2026 (previously end of January) General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): End of November 2026 (previously end of March) |
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| MC1133508 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams Integration with Microsoft Defender for Office Tenant Allow/Block List for blocking domains | Updated November 17, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Introduction We're introducing a new integration between Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 that enables security admins to manage blocked external domains in Teams using the Tenant Allow/Block List (TABL) in the Microsoft Defender portal. This feature enhances security by allowing organizations to centrally manage domain blocks across Microsoft 365 services. This capability is available to customers with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 or Plan 2 and Microsoft Teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 492985. When this will happen Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. |
Updated December 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Introduction We're introducing a new integration between Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 that enables security admins to manage blocked external domains in Teams using the Tenant Allow/Block List (TABL) in the Microsoft Defender portal. This feature enhances security by allowing organizations to centrally manage domain blocks across Microsoft 365 services. This capability is available to customers with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 or Plan 2 and Microsoft Teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 492985. When this will happen Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. |
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| MC1134737 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private channels increased limits and transition to group compliance | Updated December 8, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. In response to customer feedback, we are introducing enhanced flexibility, greater scalability, and streamlined compliance management for private channels in Microsoft Teams. Note: It is important for compliance managers to review and take appropriate action before migration starts for these changes to private channels. [What's changing?] Private channels will transition use a channel mailbox instead of individual user mailboxes. Organizations with compliance policies (retention, legal hold, data loss prevention, or eDiscovery) for private channels must review these policies and must apply policies to the Microsoft 365 group for the channel's team before migration begins to ensure continuity of the policy for a private channel. Existing policies will continue to apply to user mailboxes; post-migration, new data will be governed by policies on the group. Note that policies applied to the team's group can apply to all channels in the team. After the transition to updated private channels in your organization, private channels will be updated as follows. Private channels are no longer limited to 30 per team. Instead, private channels can be added up to the limit of 1000 total channels per team. Private channels can now have up to 5000 members, instead of 250. Meetings can now be scheduled in private channels. Compliance policies for private channels are part of the team's group policies instead of the individual user level. The migration of private channels to the updated capabilities will begin in early October 2025 and continue through January 2026 (previously December 2025). During this period, private channels will continue to operate normally. Admins and compliance managers should complete any required policy changes by October 2025 (previosly September), before the migration begins. Changes to private channel limits and meeting scheduling will follow in February 2026. Migration can start or end at different times for each tenant during the rollout period. To track progress, a new PowerShell command will be available for tenants to check whether their migration has started or is completed. This post will be updated soon with details on the PowerShell command. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out private channel migration early October 2025 (previously late September) and expect to complete by late January 2026 (previously mid-December 2025). Updated channel limits and meeting scheduling will begin rollout in early February 2026 and we expect to complete by end of February 2026. Message exceeds character limit for the request portal. Adding html below for reference: https://microsoft-my.sharepoint-df.com/:t:/p/brimcg/ERmYzK2UOKBBi9726qR52nEBGw-0sPPCEc1PfogoBOxb-A?e=mfTqqs |
Updated December 8, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. In response to customer feedback, we are introducing enhanced flexibility, greater scalability, and streamlined compliance management for private channels in Microsoft Teams. Note: It is important for compliance managers to review and take appropriate action before migration starts for these changes to private channels. [What's changing?] Private channels will transition use a channel mailbox instead of individual user mailboxes. Organizations with compliance policies (retention, legal hold, data loss prevention, or eDiscovery) for private channels must review these policies and must apply policies to the Microsoft 365 group for the channel's team before migration begins to ensure continuity of the policy for a private channel. Existing policies will continue to apply to user mailboxes; post-migration, new data will be governed by policies on the group. Note that policies applied to the team's group can apply to all channels in the team. After the transition to updated private channels in your organization, private channels will be updated as follows. Private channels are no longer limited to 30 per team. Instead, private channels can be added up to the limit of 1000 total channels per team. Private channels can now have up to 5000 members, instead of 250. Meetings can now be scheduled in private channels. Compliance policies for private channels are part of the team's group policies instead of the individual user level. The migration of private channels to the updated capabilities will begin in early October 2025 and continue through January 2026 (previously December 2025). During this period, private channels will continue to operate normally. Admins and compliance managers should complete any required policy changes by October 2025 (previosly September), before the migration begins. Changes to private channel limits and meeting scheduling will follow in February 2026. Migration can start or end at different times for each tenant during the rollout period. To track progress, a new PowerShell command will be available for tenants to check whether their migration has started or is completed. This post will be updated soon with details on the PowerShell command. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out private channel migration early October 2025 (previously late September) and expect to complete by late January 2026 (previously mid-December 2025). Updated channel limits and meeting scheduling will begin rollout in early February 2026 and we expect to complete by end of February 2026. [Action required by compliance managers and admins] Purview eDiscovery and Legal Hold With this change, private channel data will move from user mailboxes to the group mailbox, aligning with how shared channels data is stored. Previously, legal holds were applied to user mailboxes since private channel data resided in each member's mailbox. Post-migration, the latest version of private channel message data from each user's mailbox is moved to the private channel's group mailbox. Message edits and deleted messages will not be copied into the group mailbox. Note: For users on hold, copies of message edits and deleted messages will remain in the user's preserved library folder until the hold expires, while the latest version of private channel message data from each user's mailbox is copied to the private channel's group mailbox. Before migration If a legal hold exists for a private channel, admins must also apply the policy to the team's group, in addition to the policy already applied to users' mailboxes, in order for a hold to apply to new data generated and stored in the private channel's mailbox. Note that policies applied to the team's group can apply to all channels in the team. Screenshot 1: Setting up a new hold in Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Screenshot 2: Configuring an eDiscovery search in Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Screenshot 3: Configuring a data loss prevention policy in Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Screenshot 4: Configuring "Teams channel messages" for a retention policy in Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
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| MC1139489 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: New ways to include files and emails in prompts | Updated November 7, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Access to emails by typing '/' in the prompt box will only be available when using Copilot Chat in Outlook. This applies to both the full app and side pane experience. Thank you for your patience. We're enhancing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat with new capabilities that make it easier for users to include work content-such as files and emails-in their prompts. By typing '/' in the prompt box, users can quickly search and reference relevant files or emails, streamlining prompt creation and improving Copilot responses. Additionally, some suggested prompts beneath the input box will now include relevant files or emails to help users get started quickly.
Note: For users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, Copilot Chat is still grounded only in the web. Users can also choose to include additional content in the prompt for Copilot to reason over, such as with the methods described above. Chat is not automatically grounded in the organization's graph or the user's personal graph - this is only available for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license when using Chat in Work scope. |
Updated December 17, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Access to emails by typing '/' in the prompt box will only be available when using Copilot Chat in Outlook. This applies to both the full app and side pane experience. Thank you for your patience. We're enhancing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat with new capabilities that make it easier for users to include work content-such as files and emails-in their prompts. By typing '/' in the prompt box, users can quickly search and reference relevant files or emails, streamlining prompt creation and improving Copilot responses. Additionally, some suggested prompts beneath the input box will now include relevant files or emails to help users get started quickly.
Note: For users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, Copilot Chat is still grounded only in the web. Users can also choose to include additional content in the prompt for Copilot to reason over, such as with the methods described above. Chat is not automatically grounded in the organization's graph or the user's personal graph - this is only available for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license when using Chat in Work scope. |
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| MC1146816 | (Updated) Microsoft Copilot dashboard (in Viva Insights): New benchmarks to compare Copilot usage across organizations | Updated October 1, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. We're introducing Benchmarks in the Microsoft Copilot dashboard (in Viva Insights). This new feature enables organizations to compare Copilot usage internally across cohorts and externally against similar companies. These insights help identify adoption trends and opportunities to improve Copilot engagement. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 495464. When this will happen Targeted Release (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in mid-October 2025 (previously late September) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously early October). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late October 2025 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by late November 2025 (previously late October). |
Updated December 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. We're introducing Benchmarks in the Microsoft Copilot dashboard (in Viva Insights). This new feature enables organizations to compare Copilot usage internally across cohorts and externally against similar companies. These insights help identify adoption trends and opportunities to improve Copilot engagement. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 495464. When this will happen Targeted Release (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in mid-October 2025 (previously late September) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously early October). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late October 2025 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by end of January 2026 (previously late November 2025). |
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| MC1148545 | (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center - Usage reports: Agent usage (preview) | Updated December 3, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. To help you manage agent adoption for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, we are introducing a new usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The report provides visibility into how users in your organization are actively using agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and includes metrics such as: Total number of active agent users and active agents Usage breakdown per user, per agent, and per user-agent pair Segmentation by license state (licensed vs. unlicensed Microsoft 365 Copilot users) Segmentation by agent creator type (i.e. agents built by your organization, Microsoft, or Microsoft partners) The new report is rolling out in preview and will be available under Reporting > Usage > Microsoft 365 Copilot > Agent. During the preview stage, the report will display a maximum of 30 days of history. In addition, usage information from prior to August 19 2025 will not be available in the report. This report only includes declarative agents. Usage data for SharePoint agents and Custom engine agents will be available in a future update. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 497999 [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): Available now. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in mid-December 2025 (previously late September) and expect to complete by late December 2025 (previously late September). |
Updated December 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. To help you manage agent adoption for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, we are introducing a new usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The report provides visibility into how users in your organization are actively using agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and includes metrics such as: Total number of active agent users and active agents Usage breakdown per user, per agent, and per user-agent pair Segmentation by license state (licensed vs. unlicensed Microsoft 365 Copilot users) Segmentation by agent creator type (i.e. agents built by your organization, Microsoft, or Microsoft partners) The new report is rolling out in preview and will be available under Reporting > Usage > Microsoft 365 Copilot > Agent. During the preview stage, the report will display a maximum of 30 days of history. In addition, usage information from prior to August 19 2025 will not be available in the report. This report only includes declarative agents. Usage data for SharePoint agents and Custom engine agents will be available in a future update. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 497999 [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): Available now. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in March 2026 (previously mid-December 2025) and expect to complete by end of March 2026 (previously late December 2025). |
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| MC1150671 | (Updated) Microsoft Viva : News AI audio briefing in Connections Mobile | Updated September 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Introduction We're introducing a new AI audio briefing feature in Viva Connections for Teams mobile (iOS and Android). This feature provides users with a quick, AI-generated summary of top news items in their news feed, with playback controls such as play, pause, and speed adjustment. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to access this feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 498233. When this will happen General Availability: We will begin rolling out late September 2025 (previously mid-September) and complete by end-November 2025. |
Updated December 17, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Introduction We're introducing a new AI audio briefing feature in Viva Connections for Teams mobile (iOS and Android). This feature provides users with a quick, AI-generated summary of top news items in their news feed, with playback controls such as play, pause, and speed adjustment. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to access this feature. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 498233. When this will happen General Availability: We will begin rolling out late September 2025 (previously mid-September) and complete by mid-February 2026 (previously end-November 2025). |
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| MC1158902 | (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: New third-party enriched properties available for customizing profile cards | Updated December 5, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] Microsoft is introducing new customization options for Microsoft 365 profile cards to help organizations enrich user profiles with relevant business information. This update enables the addition of properties such as Role, Division, Employee ID, Employee Number, and Cost Center, sourced from Microsoft Entra ID or external HR systems via Microsoft Graph connectors. This update is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 503111. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin mid-December 2025 (previously early December) and is expected to complete by end of January 2026 (previously end of December 2025). |
Updated December 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] Microsoft is introducing new customization options for Microsoft 365 profile cards to help organizations enrich user profiles with relevant business information. This update enables the addition of properties such as Role, Division, Employee ID, Employee Number, and Cost Center, sourced from Microsoft Entra ID or external HR systems via Microsoft Graph connectors. This update is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 503111. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin mid-January 2026 (previously mid-December 2025) and is expected to complete by end of January 2026 (previously end of December 2025). |
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| MC1162964 | (Updated) New in Teams – open channels in dedicated windows | Updated October 17, 2025: We have updated the message to reference the corresponding Roadmap item. [Introduction] We're introducing a new productivity feature in Microsoft Teams: Open Channels in a New Window. This enhancement allows users to detach any channel from the main Teams client and view it in a separate window-supporting better multitasking and focus, especially in high-traffic or cross-functional collaboration scenarios. This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 509110 [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in late October 2025 and is expected to complete by late November 2025. |
Updated December 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We're introducing a new productivity feature in Microsoft Teams: Open Channels in a New Window. This enhancement allows users to detach any channel from the main Teams client and view it in a separate window-supporting better multitasking and focus, especially in high-traffic or cross-functional collaboration scenarios. This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 509110 [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in late October 2025 and is expected to complete by late January 2026 (previously late November 2025). |
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| MC1166877 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis in section names | [Introduction:] We're introducing support for emojis in custom section names in Microsoft Teams. This update allows users to personalize and visually organize their workspace more expressively, aligning with familiar experiences from other collaboration platforms like Slack. Initially, this feature will be available on Teams for Desktop and Web, with support for Teams on Mobile coming next semester. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 503300. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rolling out early November 2025; expected completion by mid-November 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): Rolling out late November 2025; expected completion by end of November 2025. |
Updated December 17, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction:] We're introducing support for emojis in custom section names in Microsoft Teams. This update allows users to personalize and visually organize their workspace more expressively, aligning with familiar experiences from other collaboration platforms like Slack. Initially, this feature will be available on Teams for Desktop and Web, with support for Teams on Mobile coming next semester. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 503300. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rolling out early November 2025; expected completion by mid-November 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): Rolling out late November 2025; expected completion by end of December 2025 (previously end of November). |
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| MC1173931 | (Updated) Copilot Pages: New feature—M365 Copilot Chat can now answer questions about the currently open page | [Introduction] We're introducing a new capability in Copilot Pages that allows Copilot Chat to answer questions based on the contents of the currently open page. This enhancement supports more efficient workflows by enabling users to get contextual answers directly within the side-by-side Chat experience, without needing to switch views or search manually. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in early October 2025 and expect to complete by early November 2025. |
Updated December 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We're introducing a new capability in Copilot Pages that allows Copilot Chat to answer questions based on the contents of the currently open page. This enhancement supports more efficient workflows by enabling users to get contextual answers directly within the side-by-side Chat experience, without needing to switch views or search manually. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in early October 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2026 (previously early November 2025). |
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| MC1178507 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams town halls: Full HD (1080p) video resolution coming to Teams Premium | [Introduction] We're enabling 1080p resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) for Microsoft Teams town halls, delivering a significant upgrade in video quality for your online events. This enhancement allows for sharper, more professional-looking broadcasts-making speaker video and shared content more visually engaging and easier to follow. The feature is available to Teams Premium customers and can be enabled by IT admins via policy. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android and is associated with Roadmap ID 513270. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Begins early November 2025; expected completion by mid-November 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): Begins mid-December 2025; expected completion by late December 2025. |
Updated December 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We're enabling 1080p resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) for Microsoft Teams town halls, delivering a significant upgrade in video quality for your online events. This enhancement allows for sharper, more professional-looking broadcasts-making speaker video and shared content more visually engaging and easier to follow. The feature is available to Teams Premium customers and can be enabled by IT admins via policy. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android and is associated with Roadmap ID 513270. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Begins early November 2025; expected completion by mid-November 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): Begins mid-January 2026 (previously mid-December 2025); expected completion by end of January 2026 (previously late December 2025). |
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| MC1182004 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Chat with anyone with an email address | Updated November 12, 2025: We have added clarification for customers impacted by this feature and updated the content. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We're introducing a new capability in Microsoft Teams that allows users to start a chat with anyone who has an email address-even if they're not currently using Teams. The recipient will receive an email invitation to join the chat session as a guest, enabling seamless communication and collaboration. This update simplifies external engagement and supports flexible work scenarios. This capability will be available to small and medium business customers with a Teams Essentials, Business Basic, Business Standard, or Business Premium license. This feature will be available across Android, Desktop, iOS, Linux, and Mac platforms. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 513271. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout will begin in early November 2025 and is expected to complete by mid-November 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in January 2026. |
Updated December 12, 2025: We have added additional content clarifying who is impacted by this feature. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] Teams users in tenants with open collaboration policies have long been able to start a chat with anyone who has an email address. However, recipients without a Teams account were previously asked to sign up for one before being able to collaborate. We're introducing a new capability in Microsoft Teams for certain tenants (see 'Who is affected' below) that allows these recipients to join the chat as a guest- no account needed, and as long as it is allowed by the tenant's existing policy configuration. This feature will be available across Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, and Android platforms. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 513271. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: Rollout for users with the aforementioned licenses begun in early November 2025 and was completed in mid-November 2025 General Availability (Worldwide): February 2026 |
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| MC1182688 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android: Recording and transcription controls (Teams Rooms Pro required) | Updated November 25, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft is introducing the ability to start, stop, and restart meeting recording and transcription directly from Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android devices. This enhancement supports a more seamless meeting experience by removing the need for a companion device to initiate these actions. Spoken language for the meeting can also be changed during the session. This functionality is available with Teams Rooms Pro licensing. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide and GCC): We will begin rolling out in mid-December 2025 (previously early December) and expect to complete by late December 2025. General Availability (GCCH and DoD): We will begin rolling out in early January 2026 and expect to complete by the end of January 2026. |
Updated December 15, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft is introducing the ability to start, stop, and restart meeting recording and transcription directly from Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android devices. This enhancement supports a more seamless meeting experience by removing the need for a companion device to initiate these actions. Spoken language for the meeting can also be changed during the session. This functionality is available with Teams Rooms Pro licensing. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide and GCC): We will begin rolling out in mid-January 2026 (previously mid-December 2025) and expect to complete by late January 2026 (previously late December 2025). General Availability (GCCH and DoD): We will begin rolling out in early February 2026 (previously early January) and expect to complete by mid-February 2026 (previously end of January). |
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| MC1182707 | (Updated) New Copilot button in file previewer for OneDrive and SharePoint | Updated November 21, 2025: We will not be rolling out this feature to GCC, GCCH and DoD customers at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. [Introduction] We've added a new Copilot button that gives users a quick and visible entry point to Copilot directly within the file previewer in OneDrive and SharePoint. This button appears near the bottom-right corner of the file previewer (instead of in the command bar) and surfaces contextual prompts for Copilot-supported file types. It also provides access to the Copilot chat. This feature will be available to users with a paid Copilot license This message is associated with Roadmap ID 513432. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2025 and expect to complete by December 2025. |
Updated December 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. We will not be rolling out this feature to GCC, GCCH and DoD customers at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. [Introduction] We've added a new Copilot button that gives users a quick and visible entry point to Copilot directly within the file previewer in OneDrive and SharePoint. This button appears near the bottom-right corner of the file previewer (instead of in the command bar) and surfaces contextual prompts for Copilot-supported file types. It also provides access to the Copilot chat. This feature will be available to users with a paid Copilot license This message is associated with Roadmap ID 513432. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2025 and expect to complete by end of February 2026 (previously December 2025). |
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| MC1183297 | (Updated) New toolbar customization for multi-select in Outlook Mobile | Updated December 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We are updating the multi-select toolbar in Outlook Mobile. This change will allow users to customize the order and placement of toolbar actions when selecting multiple emails. Users can now Move to Other, Report Junk, Ignore, Pin, and Snooze multiple messages at once. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout will begin in mid-December 2025 (previously early December) and is expected to complete by late January 2026. |
Updated December 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We are updating the multi-select toolbar in Outlook Mobile. This change will allow users to customize the order and placement of toolbar actions when selecting multiple emails. Users can now Move to Other, Report Junk, Ignore, Pin, and Snooze multiple messages at once. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout will begin in mid-January 2026 (previously mid-December 2025) and is expected to complete by mid-February 2026 (previously late January). |
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| MC1184652 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Upcoming improvements to the jump list experience on Windows | [Introduction:] We're updating the Microsoft Teams jump list experience on Windows to streamline access to key actions directly from the desktop. These enhancements are designed to reduce clicks and improve user efficiency, based on feedback and alignment with other Microsoft 365 applications. [When this will happen:] General Availability: Worldwide: We will begin rolling out in mid-November 2025 and expect to complete by late November 2025. GCC, GCCH, and DoD: We will begin rolling out in late November 2025 and expect to complete in late November 2025. |
Updated December 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction:] We're updating the Microsoft Teams jump list experience on Windows to streamline access to key actions directly from the desktop. These enhancements are designed to reduce clicks and improve user efficiency, based on feedback and alignment with other Microsoft 365 applications. [When this will happen:] General Availability: Worldwide: We will begin rolling out in mid-November 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2026 (previously late November 2025). GCC, GCCH, and DoD: We will begin rolling out in late November 2025 and expect to complete in mid-February 2026 (previously late November 2025). |
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| MC1185445 | Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Purview Information Protection | Classifier Simulation Mode (Health Monitoring) | [Introduction] Microsoft Purview is introducing Classifier Simulation Mode, the first phase of the broader Classifier Health Monitoring Platform. This new capability allows admins to test and validate custom classifiers on production data before publishing. Simulation Mode enables admins to optimize classifier logic before deployment, helping in reducing false positives, scanning latency, and noisy matches. Admins will access simulation controls and classifier health insights directly in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal, making it easier to monitor and improve classifier performance in one centralized location. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 523201. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release (Worldwide): Rollout begins early November 2025, completes by early December 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout begins late February 2025, completes by late March 2026. |
Updated December 16, 2025: We have made a minor correction. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] Microsoft Purview is introducing Classifier Simulation Mode, the first phase of the broader Classifier Health Monitoring Platform. This new capability allows admins to test and validate custom classifiers on production data before publishing. Simulation Mode enables admins to optimize classifier logic before deployment, helping in reducing false positives, scanning latency, and noisy matches. Admins will access simulation controls and classifier health insights directly in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal, making it easier to monitor and improve classifier performance in one centralized location. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 523201. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release (Worldwide): Rollout begins early November 2025, completes by early December 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout begins late February 2026, completes by late March 2026. |
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| MC1186361 | (Updated) Book a workspace when creating an event | Updated December 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] To streamline workspace scheduling, users can now book a workspace directly from the location field when creating a calendar event. This enhancement simplifies the booking experience and aligns with user feedback requesting more intuitive workspace reservation options. Screenshot: Open the location field to book a workspace through search or by selecting Browse workspaces [When this will happen:] |
Updated December 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] To streamline workspace scheduling, users can now book a workspace directly from the location field when creating a calendar event. This enhancement simplifies the booking experience and aligns with user feedback requesting more intuitive workspace reservation options. Screenshot: Open the location field to book a workspace through search or by selecting Browse workspaces [When this will happen:] |
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| MC1186367 | (Updated) Announcing the new pay-as-you-go experience in Microsoft 365 Admin Center | Updated December 10, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We're introducing a new pay-as-you-go (PAYG) experience in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center (MAC). This update provides a centralized way to manage metered services such as Microsoft 365 Backup and Copilot under the Billing node. [When this will happen:] General Availability: Available to new Microsoft 365 Backup and all Copilot customers starting December 15, 2025 (previously early December). Migration path for existing Backup customers will be announced later. |
Updated December 17, 2025: We have updated the document link. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We're introducing a new pay-as-you-go (PAYG) experience in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center (MAC). This update provides a centralized way to manage metered services such as Microsoft 365 Backup and Copilot under the Billing node. [When this will happen:] General Availability: Available to new Microsoft 365 Backup and all Copilot customers starting January 15, 2026 (previously December 15, 2025). Migration path for existing Backup customers will be announced later. |
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| MC1187401 | (Updated) Microsoft dark themes for SharePoint sites | [Introduction] Coming soon to SharePoint: Site owners and admins will be able to apply two new Microsoft-designed multi-color dark themes. These official themes offer modern dark color palettes with multiple colors combinations, enabling richer visual experiences and consistent branding across sites. Both themes are available out-of-the-box and can be configured via site settings. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 526788. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release (Worldwide): Rollout begins mid-December 2025, completes early January 2026 General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout begins mid-January 2026, completes early February 2026 |
Updated December 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] Coming soon to SharePoint: Site owners and admins will be able to apply two new Microsoft-designed multi-color dark themes. These official themes offer modern dark color palettes with multiple colors combinations, enabling richer visual experiences and consistent branding across sites. Both themes are available out-of-the-box and can be configured via site settings. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 526788. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release (Worldwide): Rollout begins early January 2026 (previously mid-December 2025), completes January 2026 (previously early January) General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout begins early February 2026 (previously mid-January), completes February 2026 (previously early February) |
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| MC1188227 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Interpreter and multilingual meeting experience | [Introduction:] We've improved the multilingual meeting experience in Microsoft Teams, focusing on the Interpreter agent to make it more seamless and intuitive. These updates help participants communicate more effectively in multilingual meetings. Automatic spoken language detection - Teams now automatically detects and updates the spoken language across Interpreter, live captions, and transcription-no manual setup required: "Preparing" status indicator - A new visual cue shows when the Interpreter is initializing, helping users know when it's ready: Simplified settings - Interpreter settings now include clear explanations for each option, making setup easier and reducing confusion: Note: When Interpreter is turned off, live captions and transcription still work, but automatic language updates won't apply-so captions may become inaccurate if participants switch languages mid-meeting. |
Updated December 16, 2025: We have updated the content for clarity. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction:] We've improved the multilingual meeting experience in Microsoft Teams, focusing on the Interpreter agent to make it more seamless and intuitive. These updates help participants communicate more effectively in multilingual meetings. Automatic spoken language detection when Interpreter agent is enabled - Teams now automatically detects and updates the spoken language across Interpreter, live captions, and transcription-no manual setup required: "Preparing" status indicator - A new visual cue shows when the Interpreter is initializing, helping users know when it's ready: Simplified settings - Interpreter settings now include clear explanations for each option, making setup easier and reducing confusion: Note: When Interpreter is turned off, live captions and transcription still work, but automatic language updates won't apply-so captions may become inaccurate if participants switch languages mid-meeting. |
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| MC1189656 | (Updated) Upcoming Change to Teams Desktop Client on Windows | Updated November 26, 2025: We have updated the content below to provide additional information. Thank you for your feedback. [Introduction] We're improving the performance and startup time of calling features in the Microsoft Teams Desktop Client for Windows. To achieve this, we're introducing a new child process named ms-teams_modulehost.exe that will handle the calling stack separately from the main application process (ms-teams.exe). This change optimizes resource usage and enhances meeting experiences. [When this will happen:] Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD: Rollout will begin early January 2026 and complete by late January 2026. Note: Timelines may shift due to year-end feature flag rollout freeze. |
Updated December 17, 2025: We understand that implementing the current guidance involves considerable effort for administrators, and we are actively working to reduce this impact. We are exploring ways to make policy changes as seamless as possible, in close partnership with the Windows team. Given this ongoing work, we recommend pausing any testing or configuration updates related to this feature. Updated instructions and revised guidance will be shared as part of the formal communication planned for January 2026. Thank you for the valuable feedback we've received. We are currently reassessing the rollout timelines to ensure alignment with your needs and operational requirements. You can expect a formal update from us by mid to late January 2026. [Introduction] We're improving the performance and startup time of calling features in the Microsoft Teams Desktop Client for Windows. To achieve this, we're introducing a new child process named ms-teams_modulehost.exe that will handle the calling stack separately from the main application process (ms-teams.exe). This change optimizes resource usage and enhances meeting experiences. [When this will happen:] Updated rollout timing will be announced in January 2026 Note: Timelines may shift due to year-end feature flag rollout freeze. |
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| MC1191578 | (Updated) Update to EWS Access for Kiosk / Frontline Worker Licenses | We're making some changes to Exchange Web Services (EWS). Starting March 1, 2026, we will start to block EWS access for all mailboxes without license rights to EWS. This is another step in our ongoing commitment to enhance the security and control mechanisms of EWS. |
Updated December 15, 2025: We have updated the timing of this change to provide additional time for customers to take action as appropriate. Thank you for your feedback. We're making some changes to Exchange Web Services (EWS). Starting June 30, 2026, we will start to block EWS access for all mailboxes without license rights to EWS. This is another step in our ongoing commitment to enhance the security and control mechanisms of EWS. |
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| MC1191921 | (Updated) New enrollment dashboard and data deletion controls in Teams Admin Center | [Introduction] We are introducing a new dashboard in Teams Admin Center (TAC) that gives admins new visibility into user voice and face enrollment data to help organizations better understand usage of AI-dependent capabilities such as speaker attribution, voice isolation, and face-based room experiences. Dashboard data includes enrollment status, counts, and aggregate metrics This update also adds the ability for admins to view and delete end-user voice and face enrollment data directly from TAC. These controls strengthen compliance posture and provide more direct management of sensitive data. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 506750. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2026 and expect to complete by end of January 2026. |
Updated December 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We are introducing a new dashboard in Teams Admin Center (TAC) that gives admins new visibility into user voice and face enrollment data to help organizations better understand usage of AI-dependent capabilities such as speaker attribution, voice isolation, and face-based room experiences. Dashboard data includes enrollment status, counts, and aggregate metrics This update also adds the ability for admins to view and delete end-user voice and face enrollment data directly from TAC. These controls strengthen compliance posture and provide more direct management of sensitive data. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 506750. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early February 2026 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by early March 2026 (previously end of January). |
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| MC1192663 | (Updated) SharePoint: OneDrive and SharePoint – recognize text in PDFs | [Introduction] Turn scanned PDF files into editable, searchable text using built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in the OneDrive mobile app. This feature helps users reuse information, speed up document workflows, and make content easier to find. [When this will happen:] General Availability for Worldwide, GCC, and GCCH: Rollout begins mid-December 2025 and is expected to complete by late January 2026. |
Updated December 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] Turn scanned PDF files into editable, searchable text using built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in the OneDrive mobile app. This feature helps users reuse information, speed up document workflows, and make content easier to find. [When this will happen:] General Availability for Worldwide, GCC, and GCCH: Rollout begins early January 2026 (previously mid-December 2025) and is expected to complete by early February 2026 (previously late January). |
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| MC1193408 | (Update)Action Required: Trust DigiCert Global Root G2 Certificate Authority for using Entra services by January 7, 2026 | Updated December 9, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Action Required: Trust the new DigiCert Certificate Authorities (CAs) for Microsoft Entra Starting January 7, 2026, Microsoft Entra will migrate its DigiCert certificates from the G1 root CA to the G2 root CA. Clients that pin to the DigiCert G1 root or do not trust the DigiCert G2 root may experience authentication failures. What are G1 and G2 root CAs? Certificate Authorities (CAs) issue digital certificates that establish trust for secure communications. A root CA is the top-level certificate in a trust chain. DigiCert Global Root G1 is the current root CA used by Microsoft Entra services. DigiCert Global Root G2 is the newer root CA that Microsoft is migrating to for improved security and compliance. If your systems do not trust the G2 root, authentication and secure connections to Microsoft Entra services will fail. Why you're receiving this message: Our reporting indicates that one or more users in your organization may be using Microsoft Entra ID. When this will happen: January 7, 2026. |
Updated December 12, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Action Required: Trust the new DigiCert Certificate Authorities (CAs) for Microsoft Entra Starting January 7, 2026, Microsoft Entra will migrate its DigiCert certificates from the G1 root CA to the G2 root CA. Clients that pin to the DigiCert G1 root or do not trust the DigiCert G2 root may experience authentication failures. What are G1 and G2 root CAs? Certificate Authorities (CAs) issue digital certificates that establish trust for secure communications. A root CA is the top-level certificate in a trust chain. DigiCert Global Root G1 is the current root CA used by Microsoft Entra services. DigiCert Global Root G2 is the newer root CA that Microsoft is migrating to for improved security and compliance. If your systems do not trust the G2 root, authentication and secure connections to Microsoft Entra services will fail. Why you're receiving this message: Our reporting indicates that one or more users in your organization may be using Microsoft Entra ID. When this will happen: January 7, 2026. |
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| MC1193421 | (Updated) Retirement of several Microsoft Planner features in early 2026 as part of a Planner update | [Introduction] In early 2026, a major update of Planner will begin rolling out. This update will introduce several new capabilities. In addition, several features will be retired from Microsoft Planner. These changes will begin rolling out between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. [When this will happen:] Refer to the sections below for details on timing. |
Updated December 19, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] In early 2026, a major update of Planner will begin rolling out. This update will introduce several new capabilities. In addition, several features will be retired from Microsoft Planner. These changes will begin rolling out between mid-January 2026 and mid-February 2026. [When this will happen:] Refer to the sections below for details on timing. |
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| MC846387 | Microsoft Outlook: Replace quick compose pop-up with inline appointment creation in new Outlook for Windows and web | Updated September 5, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. In new Outlook for Windows and web, when single-clicking on an empty time slot on the calendar surface, the quick compose pop-up will no longer appear. Instead, you will be able to create an appointment by typing directly in the time slot on the calendar grid, just as you can in classic Outlook for Windows. There will be no change to double-click behavior; the full compose form will still open as it does today. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 406948. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early October 2025 (previously early April) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously late April). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early November 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by late November 2025 (previously late August). |
Updated December 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. In new Outlook for Windows and web, when single-clicking on an empty time slot on the calendar surface, the quick compose pop-up will no longer appear. Instead, you will be able to create an appointment by typing directly in the time slot on the calendar grid, just as you can in classic Outlook for Windows. There will be no change to double-click behavior; the full compose form will still open as it does today. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 406948. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early October 2025 (previously early April) and expect to complete by end of February 2026 (previously late October 2025). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early November 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by end of March 2026 (previously late November 2025). |
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| MC882252 | (Updated) New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Sharing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint local files through email | Updated July 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to new Microsoft Outlook: Users will be able to share Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files stored on their device (not stored in a cloud like Microsoft OneDrive) from new Outlook for Windows. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397094. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2025 (previously early July 2025) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously late August). |
Updated December 17, 2025: After further review we have decided not to proceed with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Coming soon to new Microsoft Outlook: Users will be able to share Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files stored on their device (not stored in a cloud like Microsoft OneDrive) from new Outlook for Windows. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397094. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2025 (previously early July 2025) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously late August). |
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MC MessageTagNames changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC1127222 | (Updated) Please update Microsoft 365 Office apps to a version higher than 16.0.18827.20202 | Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC1146816 | (Updated) Microsoft Copilot dashboard (in Viva Insights): New benchmarks to compare Copilot usage across organizations | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC1166877 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis in section names | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC1173931 | (Updated) Copilot Pages: New feature—M365 Copilot Chat can now answer questions about the currently open page | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
| MC1178507 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams town halls: Full HD (1080p) video resolution coming to Teams Premium | New feature, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC1184652 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Upcoming improvements to the jump list experience on Windows | Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC1187401 | (Updated) Microsoft dark themes for SharePoint sites | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
| MC1188227 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Interpreter and multilingual meeting experience | Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC1191578 | (Updated) Update to EWS Access for Kiosk / Frontline Worker Licenses | User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, User impact, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC1191921 | (Updated) New enrollment dashboard and data deletion controls in Teams Admin Center | New feature, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, Admin impact | N/A |
| MC1192663 | (Updated) SharePoint: OneDrive and SharePoint – recognize text in PDFs | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact | N/A |
| MC1193421 | (Updated) Retirement of several Microsoft Planner features in early 2026 as part of a Planner update | User impact, Retirement | Updated message, User impact, Retirement | N/A |
MC prepare changes
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC1134737 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private channels increased limits and transition to group compliance | https://microsoft-my.sharepoint-df.com/:t:/p/brimcg/ERmYzK2UOKBBi9726qR52nEBGw-0sPPCEc1PfogoBOxb-A?e=mfTqqs | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftteamsblog/unlocking-the-full-potential-of-private-channels-in-microsoft-teams/4438767 | N/A |
| MC1186367 | (Updated) Announcing the new pay-as-you-go experience in Microsoft 365 Admin Center | No action is required. Admins may decide to: Review the new PAYG page under Billing in MAC. Monitor announcements for migration timelines for existing Backup customers. Refer to Microsoft documentation for guidance on billing policies and budget notifications. Learn more: Microsoft 365 pay-as-you-go services documentation | Microsoft Learn (will be updated before rollout) [Compliance considerations:] No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization. https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/services/?view=o365-worldwide |
No action is required. Admins may decide to: Review the new PAYG page under Billing in MAC. Monitor announcements for migration timelines for existing Backup customers. Refer to Microsoft documentation for guidance on billing policies and budget notifications. Learn more: Set up or disconnect pay-as-you-go billing for services in new billing node | Microsoft Learn (will be updated before rollout) [Compliance considerations:] No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization. https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/services/update-pay-as-you-go-setup-billing-node?view=o365-worldwide |
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| MC1191578 | (Updated) Update to EWS Access for Kiosk / Frontline Worker Licenses | If you wish these users to continue to use EWS, and your users are licensed with one of these noted above, you'll need to assign a new license, one containing EWS access rights. For example, you could assign an Exchange Online Plan 1 or 2 license, or a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 E3 or E5 license. Starting March 1, 2026, requests to use EWS without a suitable license will result in a HTTP 403 response. Learn more: Update to EWS Access for Kiosk / Frontline Worker Licensed Users https://aka.ms/EWSLicenseChanges |
If you wish these users to continue to use EWS, and your users are licensed with one of these noted above, you'll need to assign a new license, one containing EWS access rights. For example, you could assign an Exchange Online Plan 1 or 2 license, or a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 E3 or E5 license. Starting June 30, 2026, requests to use EWS without a suitable license will result in a HTTP 403 response. Learn more: Update to EWS Access for Kiosk / Frontline Worker Licensed Users https://aka.ms/EWSLicenseChanges |
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MC Title changes
| MC ID | MC Title | Old Value | New Value | MC Action required by |
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| MC1127222 | (Updated) Please update Microsoft 365 Office apps to a version higher than 16.0.18827.20202 | Please update Microsoft 365 Office apps to a version higher than 16.0.18827.20202 | (Updated) Please update Microsoft 365 Office apps to a version higher than 16.0.18827.20202 | N/A |
| MC1166877 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis in section names | Microsoft Teams: Emojis in section names | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Emojis in section names | N/A |
| MC1173931 | (Updated) Copilot Pages: New feature—M365 Copilot Chat can now answer questions about the currently open page | Copilot Pages: New feature—M365 Copilot Chat can now answer questions about the currently open page | (Updated) Copilot Pages: New feature—M365 Copilot Chat can now answer questions about the currently open page | N/A |
| MC1178507 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams town halls: Full HD (1080p) video resolution coming to Teams Premium | Microsoft Teams town halls: Full HD (1080p) video resolution coming to Teams Premium | (Updated) Microsoft Teams town halls: Full HD (1080p) video resolution coming to Teams Premium | N/A |
| MC1184652 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Upcoming improvements to the jump list experience on Windows | Microsoft Teams: Upcoming improvements to the jump list experience on Windows | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Upcoming improvements to the jump list experience on Windows | N/A |
| MC1187401 | (Updated) Microsoft dark themes for SharePoint sites | Microsoft dark themes for SharePoint sites | (Updated) Microsoft dark themes for SharePoint sites | N/A |
| MC1188227 | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Interpreter and multilingual meeting experience | Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Interpreter and multilingual meeting experience | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Interpreter and multilingual meeting experience | N/A |
| MC1191578 | (Updated) Update to EWS Access for Kiosk / Frontline Worker Licenses | Update to EWS Access for Kiosk / Frontline Worker Licenses | (Updated) Update to EWS Access for Kiosk / Frontline Worker Licenses | N/A |
| MC1191921 | (Updated) New enrollment dashboard and data deletion controls in Teams Admin Center | New enrollment dashboard and data deletion controls in Teams Admin Center | (Updated) New enrollment dashboard and data deletion controls in Teams Admin Center | N/A |
| MC1192663 | (Updated) SharePoint: OneDrive and SharePoint – recognize text in PDFs | SharePoint: OneDrive and SharePoint – recognize text in PDFs | (Updated) SharePoint: OneDrive and SharePoint – recognize text in PDFs | N/A |
| MC1193421 | (Updated) Retirement of several Microsoft Planner features in early 2026 as part of a Planner update | Retirement of several Microsoft Planner features in early 2026 as part of a Planner update | (Updated) Retirement of several Microsoft Planner features in early 2026 as part of a Planner update | N/A |
CW51 New Office 365 Message Center items
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| MC1198705 | Microsoft 365 Copilot: Nine new connectors now generally available | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | False | N/A |
| MC1198704 | Microsoft SharePoint Online: Email customization for site access review from Data Access Governance reports | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | False | N/A |
| MC1198702 | Microsoft Outlook: Wait on Send for Data loss Prevention | Stay Informed | Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
| MC1198079 | Migrate User Data Across Tenants: Mailboxes, OneDrives, and Teams Chats | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite | False | N/A |
| MC1198077 | Microsoft Entra: Cross-tenant security group synchronization | Stay Informed | Microsoft Entra | False | N/A |
| MC1198075 | Site attestation policy is now generally available | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
| MC1198067 | Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 apps | False | N/A |
| MC1197154 | Chat visibility in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | False | N/A |
| MC1197146 | Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams | Plan For Change | Microsoft Teams | True | N/A |
| MC1197145 | Microsoft Teams: Apps now supported in Private Channels | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC1197131 | Retirement of featured links on SharePoint Start Page | Plan For Change | SharePoint Online | True | N/A |
| MC1197128 | New permissions report available in SharePoint admin center | Stay Informed | SharePoint Online | False | N/A |
| MC1197104 | Deprecation of Designer bot and Designer banners in Teams | Plan For Change | Microsoft Teams | True | N/A |
| MC1197103 | (Updated) Exchange Online ActiveSync device support update | Plan For Change | Exchange Online | True | 02/28/2026 |
| MC1199768 | Outlook: New and improved People Hub on Web | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 for the web | True | N/A |
| MC1199767 | Microsoft Teams: Select multiple messages to forward | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC1199766 | Learning Activities now available in Microsoft 365 Education and Copilot | Plan For Change | Microsoft 365 suite | True | N/A |
| MC1199765 | Microsoft Purview: Role management update | Stay Informed | Microsoft Purview | False | N/A |
| MC1199763 | Microsoft Purview | Data Security Investigations – Introducing new purge mitigation action | Stay Informed | Microsoft Purview | False | N/A |
| MC1200058 | Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Admins can block external users in Microsoft Teams from Defender Portal | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC1200581 | Teams admin center: Auto‑updates for Teams Android device firmware and apps will be paused during year‑end holidays | Stay Informed | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC1200577 | OpenAI's GPT-Image-1.5 model is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot | Stay Informed | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | False | N/A |
| MC1200576 | Teams admin center: Messaging safety defaults changing to "On" by default | Plan For Change | Microsoft Teams | False | N/A |
| MC1200572 | Chat history landing page: Filtering UI refresh | Stay Informed | Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | False | N/A |
