from 01/12/2026 to 01/18/2026
76 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were changed and
16 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were added
Changes
Changed Property: RM Cloud Instance Tags
| RM ID | RM Title | Old Value | New Value | check before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 516571 | Microsoft Teams: Interpreter agent support in Teams rooms on Windows | Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD | Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) | 01/01/2026 |
| 537279 | Microsoft Teams: Choose Your Enter Key Behavior in Teams Chat | Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) | Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD | 01/02/2026 |
| 541831 | Microsoft Teams: Meeting Notes now available for instant meetings | Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) | Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD | 01/02/2026 |
| 542795 | Microsoft Teams: Automatic removal of EXIF data from shared images | Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) | Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD | 01/02/2026 |
Changed Property: RM Description
| RM ID | RM Title | Old Value | New Value | check before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 497915 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Scope prompts to specific Channels in Teams in Copilot Chat | Users will be able to scope their prompts to specific Channels in Teams to get more focused responses when using Copilot Chat. | Users will be able to scope their prompts to specific Channels in Teams to get more focused responses when using Copilot Chat. Cancelling this, as there is another roadmap tracking the release:https://cch.core.microsoft/feature/82094/release/93157 | 01/12/2025 |
| 500378 | Microsoft Teams: Front-of-room view control for Town Hall in Teams Rooms on Android | When a Teams Rooms on Android is invited as a meeting presenter, the front-of-room display defaults to the attendee view. Presenters always have full control from the console, including green room and off-stage management, and can switch the front-of-room display to presenter view without impacting attendees. Available in Teams Rooms Pro. | When a Teams Rooms on Android is invited as a meeting presenter, the front-of-room display defaults to the attendee view. Presenters always have full control from the console, including green room and off-stage management, and can switch the front-of-room display to presenter view without impacting attendees. Available in Teams Rooms Pro. Note: An earlier listing incorrectly stated this feature applied to webinars as well. That experience is still in development and will be released later in 2026. | 01/12/2025 |
| 501581 | Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard - Broader access to M365 Copilot Chat insights | Microsoft Viva is expanding access to M365 Copilot Chat Insights in Microsoft Copilot Dashboard by removing the requirement for 50 M365 Copilot licenses, allowing more tenants, including those with fewer licenses, to track adoption trends. Insights will include usage over time, group level adoption, retention, app-level breakdowns, retention, and more. Users can filter by organizational attributes to uncover usage patterns. | Microsoft Viva is expanding access to M365 Copilot Chat Insights in Microsoft Copilot Dashboard by enabling tenants with 1-49 M365 Copilot licenses- allowing more tenants, including those with fewer licenses, to track adoption trends. Insights will include usage over time, group level adoption, retention, app-level breakdowns, retention, and more. Users can filter by organizational attributes to uncover usage patterns. | 01/02/2026 |
| 503571 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Support for refining query filters for Confluence Copilot connectors | Support for refining query filters for Confluence Copilot connectors. | This feature enhances and standardizes query filtering across both Confluence Cloud and Confluence On-premises connectors. For Confluence Cloud connector, it introduces simplified options to filter pages by page id, creation date/time and last update date/time, helping improve productivity and reduce human errors. For Confluence On-premises connector, it adds support for advanced CQL-based filtering, enabling more complex and flexible filtering scenarios. | 01/05/2026 |
| 511793 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Video Overview in Copilot Notebooks | Video overviews in Copilot Notebook generate concise, Copilot-powered videos with narration, visuals, diagrams, and text overlays—making it easy to summarize the content of your Notebook. | Video overviews in Copilot Notebook generate concise, Copilot-powered videos with narration, visuals, diagrams, and text overlays—making it easy to summarize the content of your Notebook. Updated January 12, 2026: We are pausing release to GA at this time and will instead keep this feature in Public Preview. We apologize for any inconvenience. | 01/11/2025 |
| 542794 | Microsoft Teams: Create custom templates for immersive events in Microsoft Teams | This release brings the next evolution in immersive collaboration in Teams. Designed for creators and event organizers, these new capabilities empower users to create, manage, and use immersive templates for immersive events in Teams and save those templates to collections to use in future events—directly within the Teams Meet app. Users can save customized immersive events as reusable templates to an immersive collection, and share them with others by adding co-owners and managers to collections. | This release brings the next evolution in immersive collaboration in Teams. Designed for creators and event organizers, these new capabilities empower users to create, manage, and use immersive templates for immersive events in Teams and save those templates to collections to use in future events—directly within the Teams Meet app. Users can save customized immersive events as reusable templates to an immersive collection, and share them with others by adding co-owners and members to collections. | 01/02/2026 |
Changed Property: RM Platform Tags
| RM ID | RM Title | Old Value | New Value | check before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 541831 | Microsoft Teams: Meeting Notes now available for instant meetings | Desktop, Mac | Desktop, Mac, Web | 01/02/2026 |
Changed Property: RM Preview
| RM ID | RM Title | Old Value | New Value | check before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 405754 | Outlook: Import support for data files in Outlook | October CY2025 | April CY2026 | 01/06/2026 |
| 506749 | Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics - Agent Dashboard. | January CY2026 | February CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 516571 | Microsoft Teams: Interpreter agent support in Teams rooms on Windows | N/A | January CY2026 | 01/01/2026 |
Changed Property: RM Product Tags
| RM ID | RM Title | Old Value | New Value | check before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 468888 | Microsoft Purview: Apply sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions in Office for the web in Microsoft 365 | PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Purview compliance portal | Excel, Microsoft Purview compliance portal, PowerPoint, Word | 01/02/2026 |
Changed Property: RM Release
| RM ID | RM Title | Old Value | New Value | check before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 405754 | Outlook: Import support for data files in Outlook | November CY2025 | June CY2026 | 01/06/2026 |
| 420335 | Microsoft Edge: Rewrite by Copilot in Edge is being upgraded to include enterprise data protection compliance standards | January CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 421612 | Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Departed user content workflows for user-owned Loop workspaces | January CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 422308 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Lists in Context IQ | February CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 422323 | OneNote: Summary and Q&A in OneNote Mobile with Copilot (Android) | September CY2025 | February CY2026 | 01/02/2026 |
| 422324 | OneNote: Summary and Q&A in OneNote Mobile with Copilot (Iphone) | September CY2025 | February CY2026 | 01/02/2026 |
| 485712 | Microsoft Teams: Streamlined Microsoft 365 Certified App Management in Teams Admin Center | February CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 490738 | Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Usage reports - Message consumption for Pay-as-you-go experiences in Copilot Chat. | March CY2026 | June CY2026 | 01/06/2026 |
| 493319 | Microsoft Teams: BYOD space peripheral health signals and reports in the Pro Management portal | February CY2026 | April CY2026 | 01/04/2026 |
| 494515 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Catchup on important emails in Copilot Chat | November CY2025 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 496364 | Microsoft Edge: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat access to page content will soon extend to work across multiple open tabs | January CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 496596 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Content Sources in Copilot Chat | January CY2026 | February CY2026 | 01/02/2026 |
| 498494 | Microsoft Teams: Share meeting recap to SharePoint | February CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 498922 | Microsoft Viva: Focus Area simplification and enhancements | January CY2026 | February CY2026 | 01/02/2026 |
| 499423 | Microsoft Edge: Ground Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Edge for Business in your open OneDrive and SharePoint documents | January CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 499424 | Microsoft Edge: Ground Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Edge for Business in your open YouTube videos | January CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 500873 | Microsoft 365: eSignature Smart Tagging for Electronically Signed Documents | September CY2025 | December CY2026 | 01/12/2026 |
| 501581 | Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard - Broader access to M365 Copilot Chat insights | January CY2026 | February CY2026 | 01/02/2026 |
| 502875 | Microsoft CoPilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft Graph APIs for App & Agent Inventory and Details. | January CY2026 | February CY2026 | 01/02/2026 |
| 506750 | Microsoft Teams: Voice and Face Enrollment Dashboard for Admins | February CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 516040 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Web Link as a Reference in Copilot Notebooks | November CY2025 | February CY2026 | 01/02/2026 |
| 518218 | Microsoft Teams: Consult and merge a PSTN caller through DTMF | February CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 522616 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Ask Copilot about highlighted response content | November CY2025 | February CY2025 | 01/02/2025 |
| 523213 | Microsoft Teams: Teams frontline BYOD onboarding wizard | February CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 526788 | SharePoint: Microsoft designed dark themes for SharePoint Sites | February CY2026 | January CY2026 | 01/01/2026 |
| 526798 | Microsoft Edge: Announcement page on update experience | January CY2026 | February CY2026 | 01/02/2026 |
| 531759 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Scheduled prompts for Agents | December CY2025 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 531761 | Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Admins can hunt on calls in Microsoft Teams | January CY2026 | February CY2026 | 01/02/2026 |
| 531911 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Scheduled prompts for Web tab | December CY2025 | January CY2026 | 01/01/2026 |
| 531912 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Edit Scheduled prompts | December CY2025 | January CY2026 | 01/01/2026 |
| 537283 | Microsoft Edge: Microsoft Edge can now send work related browsing history to Copilot for more relevant work results when searching on M365 Copilot search | February CY2026 | April CY2026 | 01/04/2026 |
| 537284 | Microsoft Edge: Adding contextual nudges to the Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat icon | February CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
| 537285 | SharePoint: OneNote usage inclusion in SharePoint site analytics | January CY2026 | February CY2026 | 01/02/2026 |
| 543242 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Chat] Agent Mode in Excel | February CY2026 | January CY2026 | 01/01/2026 |
| 547825 | Microsoft Teams: Queues app historical reporting supports 45 days of data | February CY2026 | March CY2026 | 01/03/2026 |
Changed Property: RM Status
| RM ID | RM Title | Old Value | New Value | check before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65632 | Excel: Refresh queries from Authenticated Data Sources in Excel for the Web | In development | Launched | 01/05/2025 |
| 410245 | Microsoft 365: Multi-Geo In-Region Routing | Rolling out | Launched | 01/10/2025 |
| 482189 | Microsoft Teams: Local PTZ camera controls for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android | Rolling out | Launched | 01/05/2025 |
| 483355 | Microsoft Teams: Share apps from app bar via right click | Rolling out | Launched | 01/11/2025 |
| 489822 | Microsoft Edge: v.144 - Contextual nudges on address bar offering help summarizing webpages. | In development | Launched | 01/01/2026 |
| 490055 | Microsoft Teams: Silent test call | Rolling out | Launched | 01/09/2025 |
| 497915 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Scope prompts to specific Channels in Teams in Copilot Chat | In development | Cancelled | 01/12/2025 |
| 498920 | Outlook: Wait on Send for oversharing dialog in New Outlook | In development | Rolling out | 01/12/2025 |
| 498921 | Outlook: Customizable Oversharing dialog for DLP in New Outlook | In development | Rolling out | 01/01/2026 |
| 499024 | SharePoint: eSignature - Free Text Field Support | Rolling out | Launched | 01/10/2025 |
| 499421 | Microsoft Viva: Enhancement to Copilot studio agents report | Rolling out | Launched | 01/11/2025 |
| 501585 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Admins can create and deploy custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectors across Microsoft 365. | In development | Rolling out | 01/01/2026 |
| 502864 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Generate icons for your agents using AI in Microsoft 365 Copilot | In development | Launched | 01/11/2025 |
| 503295 | Microsoft Teams: New Policy Setting to Require Explicit Consent for Recording and Transcription in Teams 1:1 Calls | In development | Rolling out | 01/01/2026 |
| 505436 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Knowledge templates support for ServiceNow Knowledge Connector | In development | Launched | 01/12/2025 |
| 511793 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Video Overview in Copilot Notebooks | In development | Cancelled | 01/11/2025 |
| 511817 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Delegate Scheduling via Copilot chat | In development | Cancelled | 01/01/2026 |
| 511818 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Delegate Meeting Search via Copilot chat | In development | Cancelled | 01/01/2026 |
| 511819 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Delegate Meeting Triage via Copilot chat | In development | Cancelled | 01/01/2026 |
| 513282 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Dropbox to access and manage cloud files with Copilot Connector | In development | Rolling out | 01/12/2025 |
| 515465 | Microsoft Teams: Adaptive card-based app & copilot agent link unfurling in Teams | In development | Rolling out | 01/01/2026 |
| 518224 | Microsoft Purview: Information Protection-Content Explorer – Enhanced Tag (SIT, Labels) Filter at UI Layer | In development | Rolling out | 01/01/2026 |
| 523207 | Outlook: Collapsible Automatic Replies on Outlook for Android | Rolling out | Launched | 01/12/2025 |
| 523208 | Outlook: Collapsible Automatic Replies on Outlook for iOS | Rolling out | Launched | 01/12/2025 |
| 523212 | Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Purview in Microsoft Admin Center | In development | Rolling out | 01/01/2026 |
| 526781 | Microsoft Teams: VDI optimization monitoring in Best practice configurations dashboard | In development | Rolling out | 01/01/2026 |
| 527839 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Copilot with OneDrive files in Finder | In development | Rolling out | 01/12/2025 |
| 528930 | Microsoft Teams: Resizable Gallery in Teams Meetings | In development | Rolling out | 01/01/2026 |
| 529816 | Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Zero-hour auto-purge (ZAP) Teams protection capabilities to Defender for Office Plan 1 | Rolling out | Launched | 01/01/2026 |
| 531912 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Edit Scheduled prompts | In development | Rolling out | 01/01/2026 |
| 534608 | Microsoft Edge: v.144 - Performance settings update and feature name changes | In development | Launched | 01/01/2026 |
| 536579 | Microsoft Edge: v.144 - Copilot icon visibility | In development | Launched | 01/01/2026 |
| 542182 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in Excel for desktop apps | In development | Rolling out | 01/01/2026 |
| 543242 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Chat] Agent Mode in Excel | In development | Rolling out | 01/01/2026 |
Changed Property: RM Title
| RM ID | RM Title | Old Value | New Value | check before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 405754 | Outlook: Import support for data files in Outlook | Import support for data files in Outlook | Outlook: Import support for data files in Outlook | 01/06/2026 |
| 468888 | Microsoft Purview: Apply sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions in Office for the web in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Apply sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions in Office for the web in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Purview: Apply sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions in Office for the web in Microsoft 365 | 01/02/2026 |
| 489822 | Microsoft Edge: v.144 - Contextual nudges on address bar offering help summarizing webpages. | Microsoft Edge: Microsoft Edge for Business will soon integrate an entry point into Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat from the address bar | Microsoft Edge: v.144 - Contextual nudges on address bar offering help summarizing webpages. | 01/01/2026 |
| 500378 | Microsoft Teams: Front-of-room view control for Town Hall in Teams Rooms on Android | Microsoft Teams: Front-of-room view control for Town Hall and Webinar in Teams Rooms on Android | Microsoft Teams: Front-of-room view control for Town Hall in Teams Rooms on Android | 01/12/2025 |
| 534608 | Microsoft Edge: v.144 - Performance settings update and feature name changes | Microsoft Edge: Performance settings update and feature name changes | Microsoft Edge: v.144 - Performance settings update and feature name changes | 01/01/2026 |
| 536579 | Microsoft Edge: v.144 - Copilot icon visibility | Microsoft Edge: Copilot icon visibility | Microsoft Edge: v.144 - Copilot icon visibility | 01/01/2026 |
| 542794 | Microsoft Teams: Create custom templates for immersive events in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams: Create custom environments and templates for immersive events in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams: Create custom templates for immersive events in Microsoft Teams | 01/02/2026 |
CW03 New Roadmap Items
| RM ID | RM Title | RM Status | RM Release | RM Tags | check before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 546246 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Researcher Output Formats | In development | General Availability | 02/01/2026 | |
| 545895 | Outlook: Save an Event as a Draft on iOS | In development | General Availability | 01/01/2026 | |
| 545894 | Microsoft Entra: App Deactivation | In development | General Availability Preview | 03/01/2026 | |
| 545012 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): When using Agent Mode in Word, you will be able to manually select which model to use | In development | General Availability | 02/01/2026 | |
| 547837 | Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - New Permissions | In development | General Availability | 02/01/2026 | |
| 547749 | Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics - Export metrics in the Copilot Dashboard at Day Level | In development | General Availability Preview | 04/01/2026 | |
| 548520 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in PowerPoint | In development | General Availability | 02/01/2026 | |
| 547833 | Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention- Additional Diagnostics for Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection | In development | General Availability Preview | 02/01/2026 | |
| 547825 | Microsoft Teams: Queues app historical reporting supports 45 days of data | In development | General Availability | 03/01/2026 | |
| 548670 | Microsoft 365: Drawn electronic signatures with eSignature for Microsoft 365 | In development | General Availability | 03/01/2026 | |
| 548646 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in PowerPoint | In development | General Availability | 02/01/2026 | |
| 548643 | Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): People Skills - Expanded AI inferencing for E3/E5 users | In development | General Availability | 02/01/2026 | |
| 548642 | Outlook: Open and Send Outlook File Templates | In development | General Availability | 02/01/2026 | |
| 547836 | Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Navigation improvements in Reporting | In development | General Availability | 02/01/2026 | |
| 547828 | Microsoft Edge: Protected Clipboard | In development | General Availability Targeted Release | 12/01/2026 | |
| 547827 | Microsoft Edge: Watermarking Protection | In development | General Availability Targeted Release | 12/01/2026 |
