2026 CW 09 Microsoft 365 Roadmap changes

from 02/23/2026 to 03/01/2026

86 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were changed and
24 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Items were added

Changes

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482198 Microsoft SharePoint: New web part for FAQs After further review, we mistakenly marked the roadmap as "launched." The correct status is In Development. We apologize the inconvenience. SharePoint FAQ web part help assist content owners keep their content fresh and relevant. Powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot, this new web part can help content owner easily curate FAQ by working with agents and connected grounding data. With a Human-in-the-Loop approach, it ensures high-quality, trustworthy FAQs—without the hassle. The result? A living FAQ that evolves with your organization's needs. After further review, we mistakenly marked the roadmap as "launched." The correct status is In Development. We apologize the inconvenience. SharePoint FAQ web part help assist content owners keep their content fresh and relevant. Powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot, this new web part can help content owner easily curate FAQ by working with agents and connected grounding data. With a Human-in-the-Loop approach, it ensures high-quality, trustworthy FAQs—without the hassle. The result? A living FAQ that evolves with your organization's needs. Updated February 24, 2026: We previously marked this item as launched when it is still in Preview. We expect to move to GA later this year. We apologize for this inconvenience. 01/05/2026
532720 Microsoft Teams: Organization Evaluation Score for Apps and Agents Today, IT admins manually review trust data for Teams apps and agents in the Teams admin center to ensure they meet organizational security, privacy, and compliance standards. This feature introduces a scalable, automated evaluation process. Admins can define their organization’s trust requirements once, and the system will automatically assess each app and agent—generating a Trust Score and detailed evaluation report tailored to those requirements. This enables faster, more consistent decision-making by clearly identifying which apps and agents meet the organization’s standards and where further review is needed. Today, IT admins manually review trust data for Teams apps and agents in the Teams admin center to ensure they meet organizational security, privacy, and compliance standards. This feature introduces a scalable, automated evaluation process. Admins can define their organization’s trust requirements once, and the system will automatically assess each app and agent—generating an evaluation score and detailed evaluation report tailored to those requirements. This enables faster, more consistent decision-making by clearly identifying which apps and agents meet the organization’s standards and where further review is needed. 01/02/2026
547824 Microsoft Teams: Attend Microsoft webinars and structured meetings from Teams Rooms on Android You can join a Microsoft webinar from a Teams Room on Android and interact seamlessly during the event. Available for Teams Rooms Pro. You can join a Microsoft webinar and structured meeting from a Teams Room on Android and interact seamlessly during the event. Available for Teams Rooms Pro. 01/06/2026
557555 Microsoft Teams: Channel Agent Updates Updates include dynamic welcome messages based on channel information, the ability to create channels without adding an agent to them, the ability to cancel status reports, channel files as grounding information, and ongoing quality improvements. Updates include dynamic, channel‑aware welcome messages, greater flexibility in channel creation (with or without an agent), expanded agent permissions for member management, scheduling enhancements, and overall quality improvements. 01/03/2026

Changed Property: RM Platform Tags

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557178 Microsoft Teams: Sensitivity label inheritance for meeting recordings Android, Desktop, iOS, Linux, Mac Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac 01/04/2026

Changed Property: RM Preview

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490565 SharePoint: Modern SharePoint Page Templates N/A March CY2026 01/03/2026
494839 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Scanner data export for custom reporting July CY2025 February CY2025 01/03/2025
498491 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Tip Support in Outlook for Mac October CY2025 February CY2026 01/06/2026

Changed Property: RM Product Tags

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502528 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Auto-Remediation of Malicious Similarity Clusters in AIR Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 01/12/2025
503108 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Automated Investigation & Response (AIR) Platform Modernization – User Submission Playbook Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 01/10/2025
503112 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Agentic AI Phish Submission Analysis & Response Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 01/11/2025

Changed Property: RM Release

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89975 Microsoft Teams: Ability for all participants to start collaborative annotations March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
480725 SharePoint: AI citations analytics for documents and pages May CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
481825 SharePoint: Chat one-on-one with SharePoint agents in Teams February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
482198 Microsoft SharePoint: New web part for FAQs February CY2026 May CY2026 01/05/2026
484086 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - Advanced Review Set Explorer July CY2026 August CY2026 01/08/2026
486698 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics - Prompt category metrics for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat February CY2026 June CY2026 01/06/2026
488800 Microsoft Teams: Automatically update your work location via your organization's Wi-Fi March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
490565 SharePoint: Modern SharePoint Page Templates June CY2025 March CY2026 01/03/2026
492625 Microsoft Teams: share file in chat with external users November CY2026 November CY2025 01/11/2025
492743 Exchange: Exchange Online Moderation approval requests via Actionable Messages February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
494839 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Scanner data export for custom reporting August CY2025 March CY2025 01/03/2025
496596 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Content Sources in Copilot Chat February CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
498491 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Tip Support in Outlook for Mac December CY2025 June CY2026 01/06/2026
499658 Excel: =COPILOT Function March CY2026 December CY2026 01/12/2026
499659 Excel: =COPILOT Function March CY2026 December CY2026 01/12/2026
499660 Excel: =COPILOT Function March CY2026 December CY2026 01/12/2026
502519 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Expand protection to Copilot + PC devices for Recall snapshots through custom policies February CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
506748 Microsoft Teams: Miracast support for Teams Rooms on Windows devices March CY2026 May CY2026 01/05/2026
506749 Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics - Agent Dashboard. March CY2026 June CY2026 01/06/2026
513427 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Generate text for a PowerPoint slide using slide context February CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
513428 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Generate text for a PowerPoint slide using slide context February CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
513429 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Generate text for a PowerPoint slide using slide context February CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
516037 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot uses enterprise assets hosted on Adobe Experience Manager when creating presentations February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
516038 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot uses enterprise assets hosted on Adobe Experience Manager when creating presentations February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
516039 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot uses enterprise assets hosted on Adobe Experience Manager when creating presentations February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
516040 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Web Link as a Reference in Copilot Notebooks February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
516578 Microsoft Purview: eDiscovery - Add Sample to Review Set February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
518286 Microsoft Teams: New SlimCore-based optimization for Microsoft Teams in VDI - support for Windows endpoints on Omnissa environments February CY2026 March CY2026 01/02/2026
518286 Microsoft Teams: New SlimCore-based optimization for Microsoft Teams in VDI - support for Windows endpoints on Omnissa environments March CY2026 February CY2026 01/02/2026
523202 Microsoft Purview: DSPM data risk assessments: item-level investigation & remediation February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
531761 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Admins can hunt on calls in Microsoft Teams February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
534609 Microsoft Purview: Purview SDK embedded in Agent Framework SDK March CY2026 May CY2026 01/05/2026
536572 Microsoft Teams: External Domains Anomalies Report March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
537282 Outlook: New and Improved People Hub on Web February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
541831 Microsoft Teams: Meeting Notes now available for instant meetings March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
543239 Microsoft Teams: Brand Impersonation Protection for Teams Calling March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
551195 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Enhanced M365 Copilot Memory - Copilot is now personalized with work data March CY2026 June CY2026 01/06/2026
553214 Microsoft 365: Modernized Access Denied Web Experience February CY2026 March CY2026 01/03/2026
553594 Built‑in AI Interpreter for Calls on Teams Phone Devices April CY2026 May CY2026 01/05/2026
554927 Microsoft Teams: Recently used emojis sync across devices March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
554931 Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams: Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) Support for Teams town halls March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
554932 Microsoft Teams: Backup RTMP Support for Teams town halls March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
554933 Microsoft Teams: Improved keyboard navigation and default line numbers in code blocks March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
555858 Microsoft Teams: Admin setting for simpler meeting passcodes (numeric‑only) March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
557184 Microsoft Teams: Context preservation in Teams March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026
557548 Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Pay-as-you-go model for Other Generative AI apps indicators March CY2026 April CY2026 01/04/2026

Changed Property: RM Release Phase

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480725 SharePoint: AI citations analytics for documents and pages General Availability, Preview General Availability 01/04/2026
496655 Microsoft Viva: Satisfaction Rate Metric for Microsoft 365 Copilot in Copilot Dashboard General Availability, Preview General Availability 01/03/2026

Changed Property: RM Status

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409965 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- Adaptive scopes Rolling out Launched 01/04/2025
473439 Outlook: Online archive for shared mailboxes in the new Outlook for Windows Rolling out Launched 01/09/2025
473447 Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Copilot): Copilot Chat - Loop Notebooks in ContextIQ Rolling out Launched 01/12/2025
481559 Outlook: Agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot available in Copilot Chat in classic Outlook for Windows Rolling out Launched 01/01/2026
482198 Microsoft SharePoint: New web part for FAQs Launched In development 01/05/2026
496141 Outlook: Rule to display desktop alert In development Rolling out 01/01/2026
497836 Outlook: Play a Sound Rule In development Rolling out 01/01/2026
498159 Microsoft Teams: Chat Notes Rolling out Launched 01/10/2025
499654 SharePoint: Updates to News page in SharePoint sites In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
502524 Microsoft Teams: New SlimCore-based optimization for Microsoft Teams in VDI - support for MacOS on Citrix and Azure Virtual Desktops/Windows 365 In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
503551 Outlook: Expanded Conditions for Conditional Formatting in the New Outlook for Web and Windows In development Rolling out 01/01/2026
505791 Microsoft Teams: Apps in Shared Channels for Microsoft Teams Rolling out Launched 01/10/2025
511816 Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Introduction of pay-as-you-go feature usage report In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
513276 Microsoft Viva: Hide a user's messages in Viva Engage In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
516044 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Metadata understanding support for queries scoped to SharePoint document libraries or folders In development Rolling out 01/11/2025
518286 Microsoft Teams: New SlimCore-based optimization for Microsoft Teams in VDI - support for Windows endpoints on Omnissa environments In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
523204 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Voice chats can reference Memory In development Rolling out 01/01/2026
523211 Microsoft Teams: Simplified controls to manage external collaboration In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
523215 Outlook: Run rule over a specific folder In development Launched 01/01/2026
526794 SharePoint: Site Branding Governance via PowerShell In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
529854 Microsoft Teams: Network Device Interface (NDI) bandwidth increase Rolling out Launched 01/01/2026
532720 Microsoft Teams: Organization Evaluation Score for Apps and Agents In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
536574 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft M365): Review PDFs using Copilot context menu and AI actions In development Launched 01/01/2026
537279 Microsoft Teams: Choose Your Enter Key Behavior in Teams Chat In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
537285 SharePoint: OneNote usage inclusion in SharePoint site analytics In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
542189 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Admins can block external users in Microsoft Teams from Defender Portal Rolling out Launched 01/02/2026
542194 Minecraft Education: Update v1.21.13 In development Launched 01/02/2026
542789 Microsoft Teams: Easily find unsent drafts In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
543243 Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management-New Microsoft Fabric lakehouse risk indicators In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
543244 Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management-New quick policies to detect data theft from Microsoft Fabric & non-Microsoft 365 data sources In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
543425 Outlook: Clear & Flag Actions in New Outlook In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
547831 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Enable watermarks for AI-generated content for M365 Copilot In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
547834 Microsoft Teams: Events in Meet app in Teams In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
548520 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in PowerPoint In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
549286 Outlook: New search folder types In development Launched 01/02/2026
551147 Microsoft Purview: Role Group changes in Purview In development Rolling out 01/02/2026
551195 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Enhanced M365 Copilot Memory - Copilot is now personalized with work data In development Rolling out 01/06/2026

Changed Property: RM Title

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532720 Microsoft Teams: Organization Evaluation Score for Apps and Agents Microsoft Teams: Organization Trust Score for Apps and Agents Microsoft Teams: Organization Evaluation Score for Apps and Agents 01/02/2026
547824 Microsoft Teams: Attend Microsoft webinars and structured meetings from Teams Rooms on Android Microsoft Teams: Attend Microsoft webinars from Teams Rooms on Android Microsoft Teams: Attend Microsoft webinars and structured meetings from Teams Rooms on Android 01/06/2026

CW09 New Roadmap Items

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557683 Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management- Data Security Triage Agent in IRM Enhancements In development General Availability Preview 07/01/2026
557676 Outlook: Delimiter setting admin policy In development General Availability 04/01/2026
557555 Microsoft Teams: Channel Agent Updates In development General Availability Targeted Release 03/01/2026
555852 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Branded footer in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app In development General Availability Targeted Release 03/01/2026
553591 Microsoft Teams: Building level insights on the Pro Management portal recommended actions page In development General Availability 04/01/2026
557684 Microsoft Purview: eDiscovery- CMK (Customer managed key) for eDiscovery direct export In development General Availability Preview 05/01/2026
557673 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot can edit your document by default in Word In development General Availability 03/01/2026
557561 Microsoft Edge: Auto-open Copilot side pane for Outlook links In development General Availability 05/01/2026
557558 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Localized Default Mark and Notify Email Template In development General Availability 04/01/2026
557549 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Introducing a new URL click alert in Teams via Microsoft Defender for Office 365 In development General Availability Preview 03/01/2026
557548 Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Pay-as-you-go model for Other Generative AI apps indicators In development General Availability 04/01/2026
555234 Microsoft Teams: Live transcription in Teams Rooms on Android In development General Availability 04/01/2026
548671 Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention- Data Loss Prevention to safeguard sensitive web search in Microsoft 356 Copilot and Copilot Chat In development General Availability Preview 06/01/2026
557983 SharePoint: New SharePoint Home site experience In development General Availability Targeted Release 04/01/2026
557980 Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Capture targeted Copilot sentiment from power and novice users In development General Availability Preview 07/01/2026
557979 Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Measure Copilot sentiment to change manage and scale Copilot adoption In development General Availability Preview 04/01/2026
557277 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in PowerPoint In development General Availability 03/01/2026
557276 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in PowerPoint In development General Availability 03/01/2026
557977 Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention- Security Store now available within Purview DLP to browse, purchase, and enable partner integrations In development General Availability 03/01/2026
557976 Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention- New policy configuration options available for inline network and Edge for Business policies In development General Availability Preview 05/01/2026
557970 Microsoft Teams: Centralized notification settings for channels In development General Availability 04/01/2026
557947 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Share agents to Teams In development General Availability 03/01/2026
557716 Microsoft Teams: Multiple phone number assignment to a single user In development General Availability 04/01/2026
553215 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Create Videos in the Clipchamp Start Page In development General Availability 04/01/2026

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