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Microsoft 365 Message Center, Roadmap and Azure Updates Archive

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MC1506318
Copilot Studio - Information regarding the end of support for selected AI models
MC1536158
Limits in Copilot Chat
MC1536163
Limits in Copilot Chat
MC1530611
Office in Copilot brings the full power of Office into the Microsoft Copilot app
MC1536101
Power Platform - Newer GPT models replace Anthropic, Grok, and earlier GPT models
MC1536065
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Suggestions to continue in another Copilot experience
RM578898
Dynamics 365 Sales: Autonomously generate quotes and drive sales with Sales Development Agent
RM578871
Microsoft Teams: Intelligent call recap for call queue calls on Mobile
RM578867
Microsoft Teams: Automatic recording indicator for call queue calls on Mobile
RM578860
Microsoft Teams: Manage call groups on Mobile
RM578856
OneDrive: Respond to access requests directly in the Share dialog
RM577872
Dynamics 365 Project Operations: Support What-If Analysis for multiple budget versions
RM573693
Dynamics 365 Project Operations: Enable multiple baselines for a project
RM573624
Dynamics 365 Business Central: USA - Manually upload 1099 forms to the IRIS
RM573243
Dynamics 365 Field Service: Use AI recommendations for mobile offline profile configuration
RM573170
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): New Microsoft 365 Copilot usage reports for Copilot Search, Connectors, and Agents for US Government customers
RM577901
Microsoft Teams: Activity in other accounts and orgs improvements
RM576605
Dynamics 365 Contact Center: Boost contact center efficiency with real-time streaming analytics
RM576609
Microsoft Teams: Default meeting templates
RM573447
Microsoft Purview: Permissions audit log improvements
RM571298
Microsoft Teams: Customize blocked file extensions for Weaponizable File Protection
RM570641
Dynamics 365 Field Service: Streamline mobile work with an optimized Subgrid control
RM570962
Microsoft Teams: Multi-line call history tabs in the Calls app
RM570843
Microsoft Teams: Upgraded call history in Teams Calls app
RM569612
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Retention for Copilot Memory
RM569434
Microsoft Teams: App centric management in Teams Admin Center to manage the Apps access for tenants, end-users, and groups in DoD
RM569433
Microsoft Teams: App centric management in Teams Admin Center to manage the Apps access for tenants, end-users, and groups in GCC High
RM568075
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention - Data Security for non-Microsoft connected apps
RM567314
Microsoft Teams: SharePoint app in Teams
RM567315
Planner: Capabilities in Microsoft Cowork
RM566314
Planner: Save AI-generated filters in Planner Agent chat
RM566702
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Edit your document with Copilot in PowerPoint in Government Clouds
RM558933
Microsoft Teams: AI-generated meeting memory for knowledge retention (formerly AI-generated meeting archive)
RM558939
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention - Unmanaged cloud app discovery and protection with Microsoft Purview and Palo Alto Prisma Access
RM558935
Microsoft Viva: New Post Creation Experience in Viva Enage
RM542181
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Edit with Copilot in Excel (Web, Win32, Mac) - GCC
RM526796
Microsoft Purview: Information Protection- New Summary Metrics in Content Explorer for Unscanned Files and Classification History Details
RM499895
Viva Engage: My Team audiences and flexible targeting for leader communications
MC1536062
Changes to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents in Microsoft Copilot
MC1536059
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Conversation orchestration expands routing and overflow capabilities
MC1536058
Microsoft Teams: What's happening across your organization in Activity notifications
MC1536057
Increasing user exception limit to 10,000 for Standard-Deferred release preferences
MC1536056
Microsoft Teams: Facilitator Protection skill helps identify suspected social-engineering attempts
MC1536053
Microsoft 365 Copilot: New accounting capabilities in Excel and Cowork
MC1536049
Microsoft Entra ID: Microsoft-provided SMS and voice authentication to retire for self-service password reset (SSPR)
MC1536045
Microsoft Defender: Expanded URBAC permission support for email content access
MC1474458
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Power BI reports as references in Copilot Notebooks
MC1183013
Microsoft Viva Engage: Flexible targeting of Storyline Announcements
MC1257999
Microsoft Purview DLP: Unmanaged cloud app discovery and protection with Microsoft Purview and Palo Alto Prisma Access
MC1217640
Microsoft Purview | Information Protection - Content Explorer: Unscanned data and Classification History summary metrics
AZ577975
Public Preview: On-prem NAS share discovery and assessment are now available using Azure Migrate
AZ576255
Retirement: OT security in Microsoft Defender for IoT
AZ574541
Generally Available: Change from virtual network integration to a private endpoint capable network configuration in Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server
AZ570498
Retirement: Azure Fluid Relay
MC1488847
Microsoft Teams: Breakout room support for Teams Rooms on Android
AZ578628
Generally Available: Azure Storage Actions adds automatic task updates, execution controls, and case-sensitive matching
AZ576382
Public Preview: JWT validation for Application Gateway for Containers
AZ576388
Public Preview: MCP gateway for Application Gateway for Containers
AZ576393
Public Preview: Private ingress for Application Gateway for Containers
AZ577992
Generally Available: Restart databases in Azure SQL DB via the Azure portal
MC1535667
Building a risk-based patching response for Windows Server
MC1535666
Introducing restore summary in Windows settings backup and restore
AZ579021
Generally Available: Geo-Replication on partitioned namespaces for Azure Service Bus Premium
AZ579111
Generally Available: Azure Site Recovery for Azure Local
MC1454113
Microsoft Copilot Word: Document summarization experience moving
MC1535647
Microsoft Copilot app: Updates to Home and navigation
MC1509801
Microsoft Teams: Customize file extensions blocked by Weaponizable File Protection
MC1526697
Dynamics 365 apps and Dataverse – Information about the 2026 time zone changes in Canada
MC1532426
Power Apps - Information regarding the retirement for the Proactive control rename feature in canvas apps
MC1532421
Power Apps - Formula assistance features in canvas apps are being retired
MC1282568
General Availability: Microsoft Entra passkeys on Windows
MC1221452
(Update)Microsoft Entra ID: General Availability of passkey profiles and migration for existing Passkeys (FIDO2) tenants
MC1532256
Microsoft Teams: Granular Conditional Access for Teams meetings
RM578225
Microsoft 365: Frontier expands to public previews in Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint
RM577392
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Education] Create multi-week unit plans with Teach
RM573251
Dynamics 365 Business Central: Sustainability Management - Add EUDR certification information
RM570662
Microsoft Edge: Select Password from the context menu
RM576711
Microsoft Teams: AI Interpreter for Teams Events
RM573625
Microsoft Teams: Event Chat now available for Events optimized for a large audience in GCC, GCC High and DoD
RM570964
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Federated Copilot Connectors will support write, update and delete actions
RM571307
Microsoft Edge: Autolaunch opt-in experience for managed devices
RM570844
Microsoft Purview: Unified Classification Management Experience
RM552598
Microsoft Edge: v.156 - Improvements to site permissions user interfaces
RM554938
Microsoft Edge: v.156 - Enhanced Autofill
RM516577
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Planner capabilities in Copilot chat (M365 Copilot)
RM513275
Microsoft Viva: Engage Community feed improvements
RM499423
Microsoft Edge: Ground Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Edge for Business
MC1532253
Enhanced Copilot and AI controls for meetings
MC1532248
Activity in other accounts and orgs panel improvements
MC1532242
Microsoft Teams: Pinch to zoom in on shared screens
MC1532241
Microsoft Defender XDR: Investigate suspicious Microsoft Teams calls and meetings with advanced hunting
MC1449180
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention and auto-labeling support for non-Microsoft applications
MC1532182
Power Apps - Information regarding the end of support for record-level copresence in model-driven apps
MC1187682
Microsoft Edge: Microsoft 365 Copilot will support summarization and contextual grounding
MC1519855
Microsoft Entra: Choose your own telephony provider now generally available
MC1429018
Microsoft Teams: Meeting memory file generation
MC1481315
Microsoft Purview: Retirement of Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) classic and DSPM for AI classic experiences
MC1532073
Microsoft Copilot Studio - Evaluation Viewer role
MC1532071
Copilot Studio - Agent status evaluation warnings announcement
AZ577491
Public Preview: Support database-level managed identity (including FIC) in Create Database Scoped Credential T-SQL
MC1531932
Copilot Studio - Custom Graders Library and Ready-to-Use Microsoft Graders
MC1531924
Copilot Studio - Generated custom grader
MC1302906
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Schedule prompts in Agent Builder
MC1531903
Copilot Studio - Evaluation for automation flows
MC1446796
Migrate Free/Busy, MailTips, and Calendar Sharing before EWS deprecation
MC1531085
Interim guidance for Cuba’s 2026 daylight saving time change
MC1531060
An updated version of the October 2026 Scan Cab is available
MC1530959
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: View memory sources used to personalize responses
MC1530957
Microsoft Teams: Threads will become the default layout for new channels created with Microsoft Graph
MC1187781
Viva Engage: Community feeds improvements
MC1530954
Microsoft 365 apps: Draft mode for official Brand Kits
MC1530951
Microsoft PowerPoint: Assess templates for use with Copilot in Brand Kits
MC1530950
Microsoft Teams: Explicit consent for PSTN participants in one-to-one calls
MC1530948
Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Auto-labeling support for legacy Microsoft Office file formats
RM577894
Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management: Enable fulfillment optimization in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management
RM577867
Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management: Check margins when overriding prices in Unified pricing management
RM577858
Dynamics 365 Finance: Enhance positive pay file generation through batch processing
RM577834
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Copilot studio cost controls in MAC
RM577744
Dynamics 365 Sustainability: Enhance external sustainability reporting
RM576274
Microsoft Viva: Network analytics enhancements
RM575280
Microsoft Contact Center Intelligence: Biometric authentication
RM574114
Dynamics 365 Customer Service: Shared analytics foundation for historical reporting
RM573256
Dynamics 365 Business Central: Expense Agent - Create expenses from credit card feeds
RM577176
Microsoft Teams: Decline a call with a message on Mobile
RM573706
Microsoft Teams: External presenter support for event group chat
RM573156
Microsoft Teams: Start side conversations during meetings
RM80239
Microsoft Teams: Two presenters can share their screens or windows simultaneously in meetings
RM567888
Outlook: All Day events to show up more clearly in the Mail module Calendar Preview
RM564803
Outlook: Sort improvements to the message list
RM564610
Outlook: Variable number of message preview lines
RM564609
Outlook: All Accounts view (Unified Inbox) brings your email into a single inbox view
RM554934
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat in Outlook expands to reason over inbox, calendar, and enterprise data
RM502520
Microsoft Teams: New sharing panel in meetings - improved content discovery and ease of sharing
RM494839
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Scanner data export for custom reporting
AZ578850
Generally Available: Large OS Disk Encryption for Azure Confidential VM migrations
MC1521604
Microsoft Authenticator: Usability improvements for iOS and Android
MC1523090
Microsoft Teams: Initiate side conversations within the meeting chat window
MC1530748
Copilot Studio - Tool accuracy grader
MC1530742
Copilot Studio - Task completion grader
MC1530697
Power Apps - Information regarding the end of availability for copresence in Plan Designer
MC1450127

Seen in EDU tenants

We've only seen this message in Education (EDU) tenants. That usually means it's just for education, but it could also come down to licensing, or a rollout that hasn't reached our other tenants yet.

End-of-support Android devices may not be manageable through the Pro Management Portal
MC1227622
Transitioning Teams Android Device Management from Teams admin Center to the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal
MC1450126

Seen in EDU tenants

We've only seen this message in Education (EDU) tenants. That usually means it's just for education, but it could also come down to licensing, or a rollout that hasn't reached our other tenants yet.

Migrate your offline or signed-out devices to the Pro Management Portal for administration
MC1530615
Microsoft Teams: Report guest invitations for security concerns
MC1530613
Microsoft Teams: Impersonation protection for Teams meetings
MC1519843
New Outlook for Windows: All Accounts view brings email into a single inbox view
MC1530612
Microsoft 365 admin center: Pin Microsoft Copilot app setting for users with a paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license
MC1530610
SharePoint Lists: Refreshed user experience
MC1526712
Power Platform – Information about the 2026 time zone changes in Canada
MC1530609
Engage plugin for Copilot Cowork and Autopilot: General availability
MC1448373

Seen in EDU tenants

We've only seen this message in Education (EDU) tenants. That usually means it's just for education, but it could also come down to licensing, or a rollout that hasn't reached our other tenants yet.

Teams device management transition from Teams admin center to Teams Rooms Pro management portal
MC1530595
Microsoft Copilot Feedback UX update
MC1528011
Microsoft Teams: External presenter support for event group chat
MC1530443
Policy-based in-box app removal extended to multi-session environments
AZ578681
Generally Available: HTTP DDoS ruleset for Azure Front Door Premium WAF
AZ578662
Generally Available: Azure MCP Server 3.0
MC1518029
Microsoft Entra ID: Risk-based anti-bot verification (CAPTCHA) for SMS and voice authentication
MC1530368
Microsoft Copilot Studio cost controls are expanding to Cost Management in the Microsoft 365 admin center
MC1529501
Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel
MC1484009
Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New email submissions data in Advanced Hunting
MC1529481
Microsoft PowerPoint: Summarize sales for leaders Copilot skill
MC1529480
Microsoft PowerPoint: Prepare customer review deck Copilot skill
RM577864
Dynamics 365 Project Operations: Analyze project plans with what-if scenarios
RM576606
Dynamics 365 Contact Center: Use bullseye routing with user groups to orchestrate conversations
RM575290
Microsoft Contact Center AI: Insights and quality
RM575278
Microsoft Contact Center Intelligence: Universal connector for self-service omnichannel agents
RM575274
Microsoft Contact Center Intelligence: Tools
RM575272
Dynamics 365 Contact Center: Reroute conversations to the right queue automatically
RM574113
Dynamics 365 Contact Center: Historical analytics
RM574112
Dynamics 365 Customer Service: Shared analytics for historical reporting
RM573265
Dynamics 365 Business Central: Expense Agent mobile app
RM573239
Dynamics 365 Field Service: Preserve actual booking End Time when completion is recorded later
RM572683
OneDrive: Updated placement of the Create or upload button for Web
RM571306
Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management-Legacy Teams retention policies covering Copilot will be treated as Teams-only
RM570648
Microsoft Teams: Analytics for desk utilization on Teams Pro Management portal
RM569475
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Agent Sharing amongst makers
RM566864
Microsoft Edge: Ask Copilot about an image
RM562992
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention – Ability to protect files stored in the excluded folders in Windows
RM490738
Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Usage reports - Message consumption for Pay-as-you-go experiences in Copilot Chat.
RM336046
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Enhanced Policy Conditions
MC1529476
Microsoft PowerPoint: Draft proposal response Copilot skill
MC1529477
Microsoft PowerPoint: Review sales pipeline Copilot skill
MC1529472
Frontier expands to include public previews in Microsoft Teams, new Outlook for Windows, OneDrive, and SharePoint
MC1529467
Microsoft Windows: Updates to address compromised eMudhra certificate authority keys
MC1529463
Microsoft Entra ID: Final reminder to replace MemberOf rule operator configurations by November 3, 2026
MC1519871
Copilot Code is rolling out in Frontier
RM576272
Copilot Studio: Computer Use for web browsing on Microsoft Copilot Harness
MC1069563
Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports to manage metered consumption costs for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (preview)
AZ577689
Announcing: Migrate Azure Container Apps logging destination from Log Analytics to Azure Monitor
MC1384420
Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Ability to protect files stored in the excluded folders in Windows
AZ577117
Public Preview: Cross Tenant Restore with Azure Backup
MC1529014
The October 2026 Windows non-security preview update is now available
MC1446805
Microsoft Viva: Targeted audience surveys in the Copilot dashboard
MC1465763

Seen in EDU tenants

We've only seen this message in Education (EDU) tenants. That usually means it's just for education, but it could also come down to licensing, or a rollout that hasn't reached our other tenants yet.

Microsoft Entra: Prepare for Microsoft to disable unused or unsuccessful SMS first-factor sign-in
MC1490906
Microsoft Teams: Analytics for desk utilization in Teams Pro Management portal
MC1481313
Microsoft Purview | DLM: Legacy Teams retention policies that cover Copilot will be treated as Teams-only
AZ576547
Generally Available: Marketplace private offer enhancements
MC1528937
Dynamics 365 Contact Center – Boost contact center efficiency with Real Time Streaming Analytics
MC1528014
Microsoft Teams: Two presenters can share their screens or windows simultaneously in meetings
MC1528013
Microsoft SharePoint: SharePoint Server access through the mobile apps will be retired
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