check before: 2025-09-01
Product:
Copilot, Entra, Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft 365 Copilot, SharePoint
Platform:
Online, Web, World tenant
Status:
In development
Change type:
Admin impact, New feature, Updated message
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Summary:
The updated SharePoint Content Management Assessment (CMA) launches October 2025, offering admins a unified dashboard to evaluate site health, permissions, and lifecycle readiness. It automates governance tasks, enhances Copilot preparation, requires specific licenses, and stores data per SharePoint residency rules.
Details:
Updated September 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Introduction
We're introducing the Content Management Assessment (CMA) in SharePoint Advanced Management to help tenant admins evaluate site health, permissions, and lifecycle readiness-all in a single, actionable dashboard. CMA consolidates multiple reports, including Site Lifecycle Management (SLM) and Data Access Governance (DAG), and provides tailored recommendations to strengthen governance and accelerate Copilot onboarding.
This message is associated with Roadmap ID 501427.
When this will happen
General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout begins early October 2025 (previously early September) and is expected to complete by early November 2025 (previously early October).
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Created:
2025-09-06
updated:
2025-09-13
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Direct effects for Operations**
CMA Implementation Without Preparation
If the Content Management Assessment (CMA) is implemented without proper preparation, it may lead to confusion among admins regarding the new dashboard and its functionalities, resulting in inefficient site governance and potential oversharing of sensitive information.
- roles: Tenant Admin, Compliance Officer
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=501427
Licensing Issues
Without prior preparation, admins may not have the required SharePoint Advanced Management or Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses, leading to inability to access the CMA features and hindering governance tasks.
- roles: Tenant Admin, IT Manager
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=501427
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change history
| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2025-09-13 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, Admin impact |
| 2025-09-13 | MC Summary | The new SharePoint Content Management Assessment (CMA) dashboard, launching September–October 2025, helps admins evaluate site health, permissions, and lifecycle readiness. It automates governance tasks, strengthens security, and prepares sites for Copilot. CMA requires a SharePoint Advanced Management or Microsoft 365 Copilot license and is initiated manually by admins. | The updated SharePoint Content Management Assessment (CMA) launches October 2025, offering admins a unified dashboard to evaluate site health, permissions, and lifecycle readiness. It automates governance tasks, enhances Copilot preparation, requires specific licenses, and stores data per SharePoint residency rules. |
| 2025-09-13 | MC Last Updated | 09/06/2025 00:02:28 | 2025-09-12T21:20:01Z |
| 2025-09-13 | MC Messages | Introduction
We're introducing the Content Management Assessment (CMA) in SharePoint Advanced Management to help tenant admins evaluate site health, permissions, and lifecycle readiness-all in a single, actionable dashboard. CMA consolidates multiple reports, including Site Lifecycle Management (SLM) and Data Access Governance (DAG), and provides tailored recommendations to strengthen governance and accelerate Copilot onboarding. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 501427. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout begins early September 2025 and is expected to complete by early October 2025. | Updated September 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Introduction We're introducing the Content Management Assessment (CMA) in SharePoint Advanced Management to help tenant admins evaluate site health, permissions, and lifecycle readiness-all in a single, actionable dashboard. CMA consolidates multiple reports, including Site Lifecycle Management (SLM) and Data Access Governance (DAG), and provides tailored recommendations to strengthen governance and accelerate Copilot onboarding. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 501427. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout begins early October 2025 (previously early September) and is expected to complete by early November 2025 (previously early October). |
| 2025-09-13 | MC Title | New SharePoint assessment and dashboard to streamline site governance and Copilot readiness | (Updated) New SharePoint assessment and dashboard to streamline site governance and Copilot readiness |
| 2025-09-13 | MC End Time | 11/07/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-12-08T09:00:00Z |
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