check before: 2025-09-01
Product:
Microsoft 365 admin center, SharePoint
Platform:
Online, World tenant
Status:
Change type:
New feature, Admin impact
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Details:
Summary:
SharePoint Embedded will allow admins to update the principal owner of user-owned containers via the SharePoint Admin Center or PowerShell starting late September 2025. This helps manage ownership during user or team changes, requires no opt-in on SPAC, and needs PowerShell updates. No compliance issues noted.
Details:
[Introduction]
To improve administrative control and support organizational transitions, SharePoint Embedded now allows administrators to update the principal owner of user-owned containers directly through the SharePoint Admin Center (SPAC) or via SharePoint PowerShell cmdlets. This update addresses common scenarios such as user departures or team restructuring.
[When this will happen:]
General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in late September 2025 and is expected to complete by late October 2025.
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Created:
2025-09-13
updated:
2025-09-13
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Direct effects for Operations**
Inadequate User Ownership Management
If the change is implemented without proper preparation, there may be confusion regarding ownership of user-owned containers, leading to potential access issues and mismanagement of resources.
- roles: SharePoint Administrator, Helpdesk Support
- references: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sharepoint-developer/best-practices-for-managing-sharepoint-user-owned-containers/ba-p/123456
PowerShell Update Oversight
Failure to update PowerShell to the latest version before the rollout may result in administrators being unable to utilize the new feature, causing delays in ownership updates and potential service disruptions.
- roles: SharePoint Administrator, IT Operations Manager
- references: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sharepoint/sharepoint-pnp/pnp-powershell-installation?view=sharepoint-ps
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