https://mc.merill.net/ Latest Microsoft 365 Roadmap posts. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT 60 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577897 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577897 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Native connectors support through Power Pages will allow organizations to securely connect their websites/portals directly to enterprise systems such as SQL, SAP, and Oracle, without building or maintaining custom integration layers. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM410396 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM410396 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Customers will be able to use various connectors to HRIS tools to import HRIS data into Viva Glint from Microsoft Admin Center. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM545896 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM545896 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Structured Document Generation with Forms enables organizations to create, manage, and generate standardized documents at scale with built-in governance and compliance in SharePoint. Business process owners can centrally build and maintain form-driven templates -- such as contracts, agreements, proposals, and HR documents -- ensuring content stays accurate and up to date. Users can then generate the right document every time by just filling out the form, without manual formatting, versioning iss... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558343 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558343 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Data Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558595 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558595 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT The Files companion app, part of the Microsoft 365 companion apps suite on the Windows taskbar, now surfaces AI-powered Copilot file prompts for Copilot Chat users. Previously available only to Microsoft 365 Copilot licensees, this update extends contextual file prompts to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users, enabling them to discover and interact with relevant files through intelligent suggestions. Users can find their most relevant files faster and take action on them directly from the Files app.... Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562220 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562220 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Add resilient, AI-powered UI automation directly into your workflows with computer use tools. Makers can build reusable, goal-oriented automations that adapt dynamically to website or app changes, while admins maintain governance through access controls, hosted browser management, and environment-level permissions. Update: This roadmap item is no longer accurate and will be removed from the roadmap. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562648 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562648 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT This enables users to export Identifiable row-level Copilot metrics from the Copilot Dashboard for reporting and deeper analysis. This capability can be tuned On by Admins in a tenant. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566317 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566317 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT We are introducing a new feature for leaders and analysts of Viva Insights, where they can view a Power BI report, and edit time range, filters, attributes and change visuals as per their organizations' needs. They can then save the report for viewing later. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566998 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566998 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT The agent node lets you embed reasoning directly into your workflow. This means fewer manual handoffs, faster processing times, and workflows that can handle nuanced decisions without additional development effort, helping teams automate more of their end-to-end processes and reduce operational overhead. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567318 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567318 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT You can now create a rule that automatically replies to incoming messages with a template you've set up. Set the conditions you care about and pick the template, and Outlook handles the response for you. It's a simple way to send consistent replies without typing the same thing over and over. #newoutlookforwindows Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562353 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562353 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Session and Response Sharing let Microsoft 365 Copilot users share Copilot chat content through a link. Session Sharing shares a full chat session, while Response Sharing shares a single Copilot response. The shared content opens as a read-only view, and recipients can continue from it in their own Copilot chat. This gives Copilot users an easier and more controlled way to share useful Copilot outputs with coworkers instead of copying and pasting. It helps teams reuse work, share context, and co... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569733 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569733 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Capacity view shows a timeline of who's working on what, so you can see how work is distributed across your team and spot overload or open capacity at a glance. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569423 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569423 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Admins can now choose whether the organizer name will show up in the Calendar View on Teams panels. Admins can toggle the "Show organizer name" setting ON or OFF in the Pro Management portal or on the panel device. Based on the selection, the organizer name will or will not be shown in the calendar view on the panel device. Available with Teams Rooms Pro and Teams Shared Space licenses. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569476 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569476 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Conditional Coloring highlight tasks based on selected criteria, making priorities, status, and important task details easier to spot. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569933 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569933 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Task History helps keep teams up to date on changes made to a task. View recent activity to see what changed, when it changed, and track progress over time. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM420335 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM420335 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Rewrite by Copilot in Edge, which lets users edit typed text for tone, format, and length within an open page in Microsoft Edge, is being updated to include enterprise data protection for commercial customers. Once Rewrite is available, users signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID will have enterprise data protection when using the feature in Microsoft Edge. Updated March 20, 2026: We have paused release of this feature temporarily and will announce new release timelines soon. We apologize for any... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571198 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571198 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT When you open a presentation you don't have permission to edit, PowerPoint now shows a clear "Viewing Only" message bar. It explains that the file is view-only, shows who created it, and tells you to contact the owner if you need more access. Microsoft 365 Roadmap PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576199 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576199 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Microsoft Teams is expanding Markdown support in the compose box, giving you more ways to structure and format messages using familiar Markdown syntax. Create richer, more readable messages while staying in the Markdown authoring experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577891 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577891 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT With the release of Argentina, we are finalizing the LATAM expansion. Out-of-the-box localization is now available for 14 countries in the region through the cross-LATAM localization framework, in addition to Brazil and Mexico. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577890 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577890 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Organizations can recalculate previously calculated emissions using a new restatement capability in Dynamics 365 Sustainability. Users can create a new calculation result while preserving the original result, helping maintain traceability between the original and restated emissions. Dynamics 365 Sustainability Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577865 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577865 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Dynamics 365 Finance introduces a set of optimized customer data entities that provide more focused options for integrating customer information. Instead of relying on a single broad customer entity, organizations can work with purpose-specific entities for core customer information, extended customer attributes, postal addresses, electronic contact information, and customer associations. Dynamics 365 Finance Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations cross-app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577745 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577745 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Get your data ready, just by asking. Describe the data you need and how you want it prepared, and the new get data skill handles the rest. It can connect and transform your data, then load the results into your workbook using Power Query, giving you a query you can inspect, edit, and refresh without having to build it yourself. Depending on the data source, authentication may be required. Excel Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577743 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577743 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT App Blocks enables M365 Copilot Chat users to turn their requests and data into rich, interactive experiences directly within the conversation, including calculators, dashboards, forms, planners, visualizations, simulations, comparison tools, and other interactive apps. It helps users move beyond static responses to explore data, adjust inputs, visualize outcomes, and simulate workflows in place, while supporting grounded scenarios where current information can be retrieved and then rendered int... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577866 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577866 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT This feature extends Task Grid View Templates so administrators can configure both task columns and the visibility of supported task-grid actions in one place. Administrators can show or hide individual actions across task-grid views, the toolbar, row-level controls, and the task context menu. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577177 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577177 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Edit with Copilot makes it easier to edit and transform your Excel workbooks on your phone using natural language. Copilot can continue working on your task even when you move away from the app, so you can come back when the work is ready. Chat mode also remains available when you want to ask questions and get insights without making changes to your workbook. Excel Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577174 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577174 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Associate channels with a tag so members are automatically added to those channels when they join the tag. This helps teams keep channel membership in sync with evolving groups, reduces manual management, and ensures members have access to the conversations and content most relevant to their role. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams Mobile https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576708 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576708 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT This feature enables users to easily create new SharePoint sites with Copilot. Users can review and confirm a clear site plan before Copilot builds the site. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576605 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576605 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Real-time streaming analytics is built into the new supervisor application. An advanced streaming engine keeps metrics up to date with near-instant updates, allowing supervisors to view the latest data without refreshing the dashboard. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576270 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576270 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Multiple MAM (Mobile Application Management) Intune Accounts will now be supported in Outlook for Android. Only one MDM (Mobile Device Management) account will be supported at a time per device. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577404 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577404 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:50 GMT Trade Counter POS is a collection of capabilities for Dynamics 365 Commerce Point of Sale. Businesses can adopt the capabilities individually to support their trade counter operations rather than enable a single, all-or-nothing experience. Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576279 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576279 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:10:38 GMT Row summaries are expanding to supported US Government clouds, giving users in regulated environments access to AI-generated insights that help them understand model-driven app records at a glance. This release brings the row summary experience available to commercial customers to supported government environments while meeting their applicable compliance and data-boundary requirements. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576607 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576607 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:10:36 GMT Overflow for direct inward dialing leverages conversation orchestration to detect key direct inward dialing-related events—such as the representative being busy, offline, rejecting the call, or failing to answer—and apply administrator-defined fallback actions. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577796 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577796 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:10:35 GMT This feature extends governance capabilities to evaluate email attachments, closing a critical gap where sensitive or non-compliant information may exist outside the email body. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577798 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577798 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:10:34 GMT This feature introduces policy strictness control, enabling organizations to define how rigorously each governance policy evaluates and flags potential violations in outgoing emails. Governance policies serve as real-time guardrails, ensuring communications adhere to business, legal, and compliance standards before they are sent to customers. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578077 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578077 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:12 GMT Define outreach scenario/goal in natural language. Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578076 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578076 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:11 GMT Segment-specific qualification: Each agent operates with its own ideal customer profile, knowledge sources, templates, and consent settings, ensuring qualification conversations reflect the nuances of each product, region, or team. Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578075 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578075 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:11 GMT The enhanced screen recording capability offers greater flexibility and control, enabling organizations to manage recording behavior with more precision. Key enhancements include: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578074 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578074 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:10 GMT The enhanced screen recording capability offers greater flexibility and control, enabling organizations to manage recording behavior with more precision. Key enhancements include: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578073 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578073 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:09 GMT Supervisors can now create and manage overnight shifts that span across midnight while maintaining a single continuous shift experience. Shift plans support start and end times that extend into the next day, allowing organizations to accurately model overnight operations such as contact centers, support teams, healthcare services, and other 24x7 environments. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578072 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578072 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:09 GMT Customize your view: choose a Contact or Lead view from the new view picker to define which columns appear in the segment members table. Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578071 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578071 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:07 GMT Gain insights into your Power Pages site with integrated telemetry and analytics. Use Application Insights to monitor page views, form interactions, session details, and client-side analytics. Detect server-side errors, performance issues, and access logs to resolve problems and optimize your site. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578070 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578070 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:06 GMT This feature enables Quality Managers to edit and override evaluation results even after they are marked as completed or expired. While completed evaluations remain read-only by default to preserve integrity, supervisors can initiate an Edit action when discrepancies are identified, such as incorrect AI predictions or errors in manual assessments. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578069 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578069 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:04 GMT Secure a voice talent that will represent the voice of your brand. After obtaining explicit consent, gaining Limited Access approval through Microsoft's Responsible AI practices, and building a custom voice model, it's time to integrate with Dynamics 365 Contact Center. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578068 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578068 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:03 GMT AI agents in Business Central Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578067 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578067 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:02 GMT Create and enforce policies that prevent risky or noncompliant customer communications. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578066 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578066 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:46:01 GMT The multioutlet B2B web storefront introduces a unified sign-in system that allows buyers to access all their associated organizations and outlets using a single account. The storefront UI is updated to display an organization selector during sign-in and provides outlet-specific navigation and catalog views. Buyers can place, track, and manage orders for multiple outlets within a single session, with real-time visibility into order status, inventory, and account information. Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578065 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578065 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:45:59 GMT You can now configure and run multiple Sales Order Agent instances in a single company. Each instance operates independently with its own mailbox, folder settings, email signature, and processing rules. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578064 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578064 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:45:57 GMT Autonomous email resolution delivers end-to-end handling of customer emails without manual intervention or default case creation. When an email arrives, the system analyzes the request, identifies the underlying intent, and determines whether the information and actions needed to resolve it are available. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578063 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578063 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:45:56 GMT Planning Optimization is the new high-performance planning engine for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. With this feature, Planning Optimization now protects material and capacity allocated to sales order lines with delivery dates confirmed through capable to promise (CTP). You prevent reallocation of resources to newer orders, so your confirmed delivery dates stay reliable, and customer commitments are honored. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578062 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578062 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:45:54 GMT Power Pages now lets you manage external authentication providers with environment-level governance controls and optional site-level exceptions. You can centrally enforce which identity providers (IDPs) are allowed across all sites in an environment, while still enabling site-specific flexibility when needed. Makers will only see and select from the approved IDPs when setting up authentication, ensuring consistent governance and alignment with enterprise security policies. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578061 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM578061 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:45:52 GMT Available for B2B scenarios in Dynamics 365 Commerce (including headless Commerce), this feature enables retailers to configure unified sign-in in Commerce headquarters and integrate third‑party storefronts using CSU APIs. The organization selector and related capabilities are exposed via CSU endpoints so that third-party sites can consume identities, organizational context, and ordering workflows without relying on native UI components. Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM396575 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM396575 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT As of today, whenever the user wants to enable email notifications the policy tips also need to be enabled and vice versa, but with this decoupling the admin can configure the following: 1) None of policy tips or email notification 2) Only policy tips 3) Only Email Notifications 4) Both Email Notifications and Policy tips Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM488301 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM488301 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT New PowerShell setting (SpeakerAttributionBYOD in csTeamsAIPolicy), enabled by default, gives IT admins more control over speaker attribution in BYOD (bring your own device) meeting rooms. This enhances the experience for users by enabling clear speaker labels and richer in-meeting and post-meeting insights with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Users just enroll profiles via Teams Settings to be recognized. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559482 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559482 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Introducing a new “Recent” feed in Home to give users a more predictable view of followed and priority communications, while preserving the existing personalized “For you” experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562351 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562351 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Request feedback from Copilot on your Page by selecting "Suggested edits" in the Copilot Shortcuts menu. Copilot will analyze the content on your page and provide actionable suggestions about what you can change to improve clarity and quality of your written content. You can then apply suggestions directly to the page. Updated October 23, 2026: We have decided not to move forward with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566316 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566316 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT OneDrive is making it easier to find and work with files across Microsoft 365. We're refreshing the filtering experience across OneDrive Web, updating existing filters in views like Home, Shared, People, Meetings, and Favorites to support multiple filters at once, and bringing those same filtering capabilities to folder-based experiences such as My files and shared folders. Users can also filter content by file type using both filter pills and the filter pane. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568368 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568368 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Copilot Chat remains accessible within an Outlook app window but now can also be popped out to float over the main Outlook app window. Popping out Copilot Chat allows people to switch contexts or have more space for what they are working on in Outlook and control the space and form that Copilot Chat takes on screen. When you open Copilot chat and click the pop-out button, Copilot will open separately over the main Outlook window. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569210 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569210 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Copilot Notebooks now supports CSV and TSV files as knowledge sources, allowing users to bring structured lists and tables directly into their projects alongside traditional documents. This additional context helps Copilot generate more relevant presentations, reports, and briefs. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576609 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576609 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Default meeting templates enable IT admins to automatically apply their organization’s preferred meeting settings whenever users schedule a Teams meeting through Outlook or Teams calendar. This helps organizations apply meeting settings (including protection settings) at scale, and reduce the need for organizers to manually configure meeting options. Only organizers with a Teams Premium (T-Pre) license assigned can use Default Meeting Templates. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577399 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577399 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Teams Meetings offer enhanced AI controls for Copilot and AI experiences. Organizers manage who can enable and access AI, while IT admins get a simpler policy model for governing AI across meetings and post-meeting experiences. These updates provide more predictable administration and greater flexibility for compliance and governance scenarios. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569211 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569211 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Copilot Notebooks now supports JPG and PNG files as knowledge sources, allowing users to bring images directly into their projects alongside traditional documents. Copilot can use the content within these images, including text, charts, diagrams, and other visuals, as grounding context to help generate more relevant presentations, reports, and briefs. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576281 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576281 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT We’re expanding form fill assistance in Power Apps to use speech as a source, providing users a more natural way to fill forms. Users select the microphone icon, record their content, and the transcript is used as a source for the form entry. Recordings are transient and not saved. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577900 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577900 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT The Power Pages plugin for GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code now supports creating and editing traditional (non-SPA) Power Pages sites. Developers can use natural-language prompts in their AI coding agent to create a new traditional site or download, inspect, and update existing site metadata such as web pages, web templates, content snippets, basic and multistep forms, lists, table permissions, web roles, and site settings, then upload changes back to their environment using the Power Platform... Developer Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577878 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577878 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Payables Agent can recognize a vendor credit note and produce a purchase credit memo and applies to the original invoice, using the same draft and task experience as invoices. Note: It does not have Return Order matching functionality. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577861 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577861 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Organizations managing macOS devices will be able to select the Microsoft Edge Extended Stable channel, providing a slower 8-week major release cycle, compared to the two-week major release cycle for Stable. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577543 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577543 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Microsoft Teams will support explicit consent for participants connected through the public switched telephone network (PSTN) in one-to-one calls. When explicit consent is required, PSTN participants will hear an audio prompt when recording or transcription is started. They can use their phone keypad to consent or decline. Participants who decline can remain in the call but stay muted. This capability extends the existing Teams calling policy for explicit consent to one-to-one PSTN calls. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams Mobile https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576275 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576275 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Custom views lets users save a custom view of a plan and return to it later without re-applying filters, sorting, grouping, and other view customizations. A team can reuse saved views for triage, prioritization, work tracking, and more. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576285 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576285 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Connect your GitHub account to access additional model options for the built-in gen page coding agent directly in the generative page designer in Maker Studio. Makers can use the agent to create and refine generative pages without leaving the Power Apps authoring experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576283 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576283 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Makers can bring data from Power Platform connectors into generative pages. After creating and authenticating a connection and adding a connection reference to the environment, you select the connector data and describe how the generated page should use it. Connector data can be incorporated while working in the Maker Studio generative page designer or through the generative pages AI plugin. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577401 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577401 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:59:27 GMT Facilitator is coming to Microsoft Teams meetings in GCC. The Facilitator agent can help capture notes in real time, answers questions about the meeting, and help keep the agenda and discussion on track. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use Facilitator. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577805 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577805 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:39 GMT Set an expiration date on any message in your journeys (emails, text messages, push notifications, or custom). Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577820 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577820 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:39 GMT Using the AI resources provides several benefits: Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577794 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577794 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:39 GMT The unified extensible e-invoicing integration framework extends the existing Electronic Invoicing service by introducing: Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577827 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577827 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:51 GMT Most systems of record have data stored in data structures that allow you to easily extract information about the analyzed entity (case-level data) and historical changes on those entities (event-level data). The attributes are also stored in a normalized form. The single-table approach to event log creation requires you to do inefficient transformations. With this feature, Power Automate Process Mining supports the case-event entity-based data structure plus a normalized form of attributes. Thi... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577826 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577826 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:50 GMT This feature allows seamless integration with Microsoft Fabric for enterprise-wide analytics. It enables direct publishing of object-centric process mining (OCPM) results into Microsoft Fabric semantic models, making process intelligence data available throughout the Microsoft analytics ecosystem. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577825 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577825 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:49 GMT Power Pages now supports secure site ownership transfer for eligible sites. Existing site owners and global administrators can assign ownership to another valid user within the tenant without requiring manual intervention from support. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577818 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577818 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:48 GMT Electronic Reporting (ER) is the configurable engine you use to author and run business documents—invoices, statutory reports, VAT declarations and payment files, and more. In 10.0.48 and 10.0.49 Microsoft delivered a set of general enhancements that respond directly to the most highly voted ideas on the Microsoft Idea portal and to recurring partner/customer requests. The enhancements remove long-standing workarounds, expand what ER formats can express out of the box, and modernize commonly use... Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577811 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577811 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:48 GMT Apply a variety of PowerFx functions to text, numbers, and dates in messages. Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577824 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577824 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:48 GMT Demand planning in Supply Chain Management helps you forecast demand using diverse data sources and signals. The latest updates enhance forecast accuracy, enabling you to optimize your supply chain and improve financial outcomes. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577823 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577823 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:47 GMT This feature ensures that raw materials consumed by production orders and batch orders all come from the same batch. Process and discrete manufacturers can use it together with related production-control capabilities that govern how raw materials are allocated to a production order. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577814 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577814 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:47 GMT The Customer Insights MCP server allows AI agents and chat experiences to access and understand insights generated by Customer Insights - Data. Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Data Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577822 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577822 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:46 GMT Budget control tracking data can become difficult to analyze when the underlying budget source is missing or when relieving relationships between commitments and relieving documents are broken. These conditions can make it harder for finance users to understand why budget control data does not reconcile as expected and where repair should begin. With this feature, Dynamics 365 Finance adds diagnostic capability to Budget control data maintenance. The diagnostic is designed to detect corrupted bu... Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577821 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577821 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:46 GMT Developers often depend on custom JavaScript and fragile Document Object Model (DOM) manipulation to hide fields, update values, or trigger actions, an approach that easily breaks when page structures change, drives up maintenance costs, limits scalability, and leads to inconsistent experiences. Power Pages Client APIs address these challenges by offering stable, documented, and supported methods to interact with components, reducing risk, improving maintainability, and accelerating development. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577801 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577801 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:45 GMT Customer-first direct callback introduces a configurable, AI-powered experience managed through "callback profiles" in the Copilot Service admin center. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577819 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577819 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:45 GMT An administrator can enable this feature for the entire organization in the Customer Service admin center. Turning on next best actions populates the Copilot pane with actions that service representatives can use. Important case attributes are consolidated in one place as the representative gathers information through back-and-forth exchanges with the customer. Knowledge articles are suggested so representatives can dig deeper and understand the reasoning behind the recommendations. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577789 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577789 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:45 GMT With branded content links, you can: Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577791 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577791 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:44 GMT You can now export work queue items directly from the Automation Center portal. A new option available in the Work Queues experience lets you download items as a CSV file. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577817 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577817 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:43 GMT Generative insights for Demand planning in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management help you analyze sales history and forecast data across dimensions like product and location. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577816 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577816 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:42 GMT Unified profiles and insights are only useful when you can act on the data. If you use Microsoft Fabric, Customer Insights - Data makes it easier to share valuable unified profiles and insights directly in OneLake. You can add those insights to your core analytics and downstream processes. Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Data Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577815 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577815 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:41 GMT Build Dataverse solutions by using coding agents with natural language prompts. For example, "I'm building a recruiting system for Zava Construction. I need tables for Positions, Candidates, Interviewers, Interviews, and Feedback - with lookups, a many-to-many relationship between Candidates and Positions, and a self-referential interview chain. Create everything in a Zava Recruiting solution, load sample data, and show me which candidates are currently interviewing." Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Dataverse https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577812 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577812 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:38 GMT Administrators configure team-based access for representatives through Microsoft Entra ID security groups. They link an Entra security group to a Dataverse team of type Microsoft Entra ID Security Group and assign at the team level the required security roles such as: Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577813 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577813 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:38 GMT Power Pages MCP server enables makers to expose site data and operations through a secure, standardized interface compatible with AI clients. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577810 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577810 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:35 GMT For any segment, even those used in live journeys or other segments, marketers can edit and republish them to make changes. Changes won't take effect until the segments are published, giving marketers control over the timing of the changes. These changes are picked up at the next recurrence for recurring journeys and new additions are applied in real time for ongoing journeys. Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577804 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577804 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:35 GMT By automatically updating emails with latest content, you can: Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577809 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577809 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:34 GMT The security agent is available directly within the security workspace in Power Pages design studio. Makers can open the security agent tab to access the embedded chat panel and security tools. From there, they can interact using natural language to review risks, understand configurations, and take guided actions. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577808 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577808 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:32 GMT Service Operations Agent in the Copilot Service admin center delivers a unified, conversational experience for configuring Dynamics 365 Contact Center. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577807 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577807 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:32 GMT Dispatchers often spend considerable time and energy reviewing and adjusting each technician's schedule as conditions change throughout the workday: Dynamics 365 Field Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577806 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577806 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:30 GMT This feature gives you a single, flexible way to create downstream records and activities directly inside the journey builder. Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577803 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577803 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:28 GMT When you add an action, you can view property values for multiple steps at design time, or output values for multiple steps at runtime. The inline view shows this information directly on the cards, so you can review and compare values across several steps at once. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577802 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577802 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:27 GMT What the feature does Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577800 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577800 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:24 GMT This feature ensures that evaluation summaries and recommended actions always reflect the final, validated evaluation outcomes. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577788 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577788 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:24 GMT Conversation orchestration in Dynamics 365 Contact Center keeps every conversation actively managed throughout its lifecycle, from initiation through resolution. Instead of applying fixed rules at different stages of a conversation journey, conversation orchestration monitors each conversation as conditions evolve, like wait time increases, fast-filling queues, or service representatives going offline, and responds automatically with the right action. For example, administrators can define the i... Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577799 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577799 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:21 GMT This feature enables supervisors to assign percentage-based weights at the individual question level, ensuring that evaluation scores reflect the relative importance of each question within a section. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577793 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577793 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:20 GMT This enhancement enables automatic clearing of bridge transactions generated by centralized vendor payments when bank statements are matched with records in Dynamics 365 Finance during the bank reconciliation process. The system posts the required clearing journals in the centralized legal entity, ensuring that general ledger balances are updated accurately. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577792 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577792 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:18 GMT This enhancement enables automatic clearing of bridge transactions generated by centralized vendor payments when bank statements are matched with records in Dynamics 365 Finance during the bank reconciliation process. The system posts the required clearing journals in the centralized legal entity, ensuring that general ledger balances are updated accurately. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577790 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577790 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:13 GMT Key features include: Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577787 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577787 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:45:10 GMT The enhanced Project Contract experience streamlines how you create, manage, and monitor contracts by significantly reducing the number of clicks and interactions required. This update transforms the contract into a central, intuitive workspace where all contract-related information is easier to access, understand, and act upon. The redesigned layout provides a clearer overview of contract status, financials, and performance, helping users work faster and with greater confidence. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573151 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573151 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT When you present in Slide Show on just one display, like a laptop with no second monitor and no Presenter View, the on-screen presenting controls can be easy to miss. PowerPoint is making single-screen presenting easier: the controls you need to move through your slides and stay in command are more discoverable and useful, helping you present smoothly and confidently without a second screen. Microsoft 365 Roadmap PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574094 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574094 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Review shared files without losing conversation context. When you open a PDF, Markdown, or HTML file from a Teams chat or channel message, the conversation appears alongside the file and takes you directly to where it was shared, allowing you to catch up on the discussion and respond without closing the file preview or switching back to chat. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573701 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573701 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Access to Archive mailboxes (Main + Auxiliary) through Microsoft Graph. The goal is to give users a single, seamless Archive view, even though Archive data may physically reside across multiple auxiliary mailboxes with EWS Graph APIs being deprecated. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570646 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570646 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Microsoft Teams is introducing a new way to organize and access important resources in chats and channels. Users will be able to pin key content, including links, files, and messages, directly beneath the chat or channel header for quick access. Resources can also be organized into folders, making it easier to keep important information visible and discoverable in active conversations. This update provides a more consistent experience across chats and channels, helping users stay organized, quic... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568935 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568935 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT For each enforced auto-labeling policy, admins can view how files processed during enforcement correlate to the latest simulation run. The per-policy coverage report shows volumes of files that have been labeled or are not yet labeled, and whether those files were included in the last simulation snapshot. This helps admins understand enforcement progress for a specific policy against the data state captured during simulation, while also identifying files that were not found in the simulation sna... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568078 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568078 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT You can now see Awards and Certifications as badges on a user’s profile card, bringing a more consistent experience across Teams and Outlook. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567461 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567461 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT You can now get oriented and take action faster when using Teams on mobile, with a redesigned header and lightweight dashboard that brings key channel details, people, and pinned content into one intuitive place. It creates a more predictable, familiar experience across desktop and mobile so you can move faster with less friction. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565865 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565865 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Azure PST Import is a migration method that enables PST files stored in Azure Blob Storage to be imported directly into Exchange Online mailboxes. It follows the standard two‑step Exchange Migration Service pattern: an initial analysis phase to validate and assess PST data, followed by execution of the actual migration. The process also involves creating a migration endpoint, running an analysis-only migration batch, using the analysis results to configure the final batch, and then starting the... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM181825 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM181825 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT This feature is about improving the alerting capabilities and customization in Communication Compliance. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557559 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557559 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Azure PST Import is a migration method that enables PST files stored in Azure Blob Storage to be imported directly into Exchange Online mailboxes. It follows the standard two‑step Exchange Migration Service pattern: an initial analysis phase to validate and assess PST data, followed by execution of the actual migration. The process also involves creating a migration endpoint, running an analysis-only migration batch, using the analysis results to configure the final batch, and then starting the... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555891 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555891 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT You can now reference an email with Work IQ when using Edit with Copilot in PowerPoint to create a presentation. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553592 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553592 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Shared display mode in Teams is now available in government CCC-H and DoD environments, enabling more seamless and private meeting hosting from your PC. Additionally, peripheral detection for bring-your-own-device spaces is available for inventory management and reporting through the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM482539 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM482539 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT The Teams Rooms Pro Management portal now supports and enforces licenses for devices in Teams Rooms on Windows with a Standard or Basic license. IT admins get a unified device management experience through the Pro Management portal where they can manage those devices with the same functionality found in Teams admin center for that license type. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573294 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573294 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Semantic model helps Sales Agent understand the structure and meaning of an organization’s CRM data. It creates a connected representation of CRM metadata, including tables or objects, fields, descriptions, data types, relationships, views, pick-list values, and glossary terms. Sales Agent can retrieve this context when responding to questions, improving its ability to interpret business language and answer complex questions that span related CRM records. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Mobile https://mc.merill.net/message/RM392839 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM392839 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Adaptive Protection in Microsoft Purview helps you protect your organization’s data by integrating dynamic insider risk levels, determined by data related activities, with various policy engines to automatically moving users in and out of policies as their risk levels change over time. The integration with Data Lifecycle Management will automatically apply retention labels to preserve deleted emails and files based on a user’s insider risk level. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM392328 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM392328 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can chat privately in a separate chat from attendees. This chat is available to access before, during, and after the event. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555895 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555895 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT You can now reference files saved in SharePoint libraries and OneDrive folders when creating a presentation with Copilot using Agent Mode in PowerPoint. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575289 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575289 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Sales Development Agent can turn a prospect’s interest in meeting into a booked seller meeting. The agent asks the prospect to provide preferred dates and times, evaluates those options against the appropriate seller’s calendar, and books the first valid option in the prospect’s stated preference order. The seller and prospect receive the meeting invitation, while the seller receives additional conversation context to support a warm handoff. If scheduling cannot be completed, the agent transfers... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566324 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566324 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Adaptive Protection in Microsoft Purview helps you protect your organization’s data by integrating dynamic insider risk levels, determined by data related activities, with various policy engines to automatically moving users in and out of policies as their risk levels change over time. The integration with Data Lifecycle Management will automatically apply retention labels to preserve deleted emails and files based on a user’s insider risk level. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576294 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576294 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT This feature will allow admins to create the right set of compatibility, inclusion and exclusion rules, withing a single composite product to ensure the right set of products get bundled together. Based on the configured rules, the seller will receive relevant guidance while configuring a composite product for the customer to ensure an accurate product offering is provided to the customer. The scop of the rules will be at a single quote line relevant to a composite product. Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577546 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577546 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Mark as read will be updated to better match user expectations. When using the Unread filter, items will also be marked as read in coherence with the existing "Mark as read when using the reading pane" setting. Additionally, opening an item in a popout will now mark it as read regardless of that setting. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577542 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577542 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT The built-in PDF viewer in Microsoft Edge will include a Notes pane that lists highlights, text notes, ink notes and comments in page order allowing users to quickly revisit them without finding them page by page. Users can search and filter their annotations, jump to each one in the document, and edit, delete or add comments from the pane. Available for Windows and macOS devices Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577424 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577424 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Project Operations price lists support three price types — role, expense category, and product/material — but only role prices currently support date-effective overrides. This feature extends date-effective price overrides to expense category and material prices, so you can schedule a future or time-bound price change for a category or material the same way you do for a role, without creating a separate, context-specific price list. The system honors the override when it prices a transaction, so... Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577423 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577423 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT When an approval set finishes processing, the person who started it receives an in-app notification built on the existing long-running-process (No More Wait) framework, and they see only notifications for the operations they triggered. On success, a brief pop-up reports that the approval set completed, shows the approval set name, and provides a deep link to the record, and the notification stays in the notifications pane until you clear it. When one or more approvals in the set fail, the notifi... Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577419 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577419 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Build native mobile applications or kioks using Power Pages as the backend foundation with support for authentication, authorization, APIs, data access, and reusable mobile capabilities. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577418 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577418 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT You simply describe in everyday words what you want to create and the Journey Creation Agent builds the journey for you. Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577417 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577417 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Add the Outreach Optimization Agent to your journey, select the emails you want delivered, and let the agent handle timing and cadence automatically. With Outreach Optimization Agent, you can: Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577405 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577405 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Use natural language in Copilot Cowork to create, update, translate, and check Commerce receipt layouts using existing formats in headquarters. Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577421 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577421 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT A new Pricing tab appears on the contract (and later the quote) and becomes the default pricing surface, replacing the Project Price List tab. Instead of listing only the price lists apply, it displays a consolidated grid of the prices that actually default for each pricing-dimension combination and date. You switch between price types, labor/role, category, and material, with a view picker, and role-price markups appear within the role view. A Date filter defaults to today and updates the grid... Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577398 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577398 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT New export improvements are coming to Cloud Update, making it easier for organizations to access and analyze device data. These enhancements will expand export capabilities across Inventory and Cloud Update device views, include additional device and update information, and allow admins to export filtered results so they can focus on the devices most relevant to their needs. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577179 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577179 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT When you present with Presenter View, the controls you need should be easy to find at a glance. Presenter View in PowerPoint for Mac has a refreshed design: presenter tools, slide navigation, and the timer now sit together in one control bar, with updated icons and slide thumbnails. You can also collapse the thumbnail pane and the Next Slide and Notes pane to focus on what matters most as you present. Microsoft 365 Roadmap PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577178 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577178 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT When you present with Presenter View, finding the right tool or slide shouldn't break your flow. Presenter View in PowerPoint for Windows has a refreshed design: presenter tools, slide navigation, and the timer now sit together in one control bar, and a new slide thumbnail strip lets you see what's coming and jump to any slide. You can also collapse or resize panes to focus on what matters most as you present. Microsoft 365 Roadmap PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577173 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577173 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Educators can provide a Copilot starter prompt from Student AI Guidelines in Teams and LMS Assignments. Students open Copilot with the educator's prompt ready in their chat, helping them begin with instructions tailored to the assignment. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577172 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577172 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Educators can assign Study and Learn from Student AI Guidelines in Teams and LMS Assignments. Students open guided learning support grounded in the assignment's title, instructions, and supported files and resources, helping them work through concepts and practice their understanding. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576710 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576710 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Insider risk management will be introducing the ability to classify alerts as True positive, Benign (operational), and False positive. This will be available on all alerts where authorized analysts with the appropriate permissions can choose from a list of predefined classification reasons. Alert classification will help tenants to better classify risk within alerts to support reporting and tuning needs. This will replace existing dismissal reasons. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576303 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576303 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Business Value Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576295 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576295 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT This feature will enable admins to define relevant pricing rules based on the following: Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576271 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576271 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:58:40 GMT Conversation analytics updates are coming to Microsoft Viva Engage, giving communicators richer signals to understand how audiences engage with posts and announcements. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573257 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573257 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Expense Agent can automatically create expense reports based on identified business trips. You just need to configure the feature on the Expense Agent Setup page. Instead of manually collecting and organizing individual expense entries, you can use the agent to group relevant expenses and generate a dedicated expense report for each trip. Key capabilities include: Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570864 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570864 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Deliver consistent scheduling outcomes across Dynamics 365 Project Operations and Field Service, regardless of where scheduling begins. When a project task includes resource assignments and planned effort, that demand is represented on the related work order with the same role, resource, duration, and scheduling window. Users can therefore schedule the same demand from either application and receive consistent availability and booking results. When multiple assignments exist, dispatchers can sel... Dynamics 365 Field Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576711 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576711 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT AI Interpreter for Events brings real-time, AI-powered audio interpretation to Teams Town Halls and Webinars, helping global audiences follow events in their preferred language. Organizers can configure supported languages for their event, giving attendees a more natural and engaging multilingual experience beyond translated captions. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559609 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559609 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Admins can enable a policy that Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM522096 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM522096 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Extend Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies to filter sensitive files at the network layer by integrating with Entra Global Secure Access Internet Access. This integration enables organizations to intercept and inspect files at the network layer and enforce restrictive actions based on DLP policy conditions. It helps prevent sensitive data from being shared with untrusted cloud applications through browsers, apps, APIs, add-ins, and more - including generative AI platforms, clou... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567302 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567302 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT This feature enables IT admins to customize a portion of the user notification messages for recording and transcription during Teams calls. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566528 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566528 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Extend Microsoft Purview data security controls to the network layer to detect and protect sensitive data in text and prompts by integrating with Entra Internet Access. This integration enables organizations to intercept and inspect text and AI interactions at the network layer, enforce restrictive actions based on DLP policies, and detect risky user activity through Insider Risk Management. It helps prevent sensitive data from being shared with untrusted cloud applications through browsers, app... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560318 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560318 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT In addition to capturing real-time notes and meeting outcomes during scheduled or hybrid meetings, the Facilitator agent assists you with notes, decisions and actions for in-person meetings in Teams Rooms on Windows. Simply invite Facilitator with one tap of the room console. Meeting notes appear on the front of room display or touch board, are available via meeting recap when shared, and deleted if no one selected. Rest assured no data remains in the room. Available with Teams Rooms Pro. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573260 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573260 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT This feature introduces support for a simple interim approval scenario for expense reports. When someone submits an expense report, organizations can designate an interim approver to review and approve expenses before the final approver can review and approve. Interim approver must review expense reports to confirm whether they're complete and compliant before final approver. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568372 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568372 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Out-of-box MTTA/MTTD/MTTR SLA Alert Reporting dashboard showing past trends, Top SITs getting exposed via DLP alerts generated. Customers can define their custom SLAs for high, med and low severity alerts and get access to dashboard showing operational performance and SLA metrics. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573261 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573261 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT The Expense Manager Role Center is updated to provide a more focused and efficient experience for managing vendor and expense-related activities. The enhancements align the workspace with typical expense management workflows, ensuring that key information and actions are readily accessible. Where relevant, other Role Centers are also updated to include access to expense management features. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567315 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567315 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT You’ll soon be able to bring your Microsoft Planner into Microsoft Cowork. In Cowork, you can view, create, and update your plans, buckets, goals, and tasks without switching apps. Cowork goes a step further by helping you execute your Planner tasks across Microsoft 365, such as drafting and sending emails, scheduling meetings, posting updates to Teams, and working with files. It can then write progress back to Planner with your approval. You can move from planning your work to getting it done i... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573264 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573264 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT The Batch Total field on the Payment Journal page enhances payment processing by enabling you to work with and review a cumulative total for a payment journal batch. By surfacing batch-level totals directly in payment journals, organizations gain better control over outgoing payments and can streamline review and approval processes. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573263 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573263 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Organizations can use approval workflows with Fixed Asset Journals, which gives them the same level of control and oversight for fixed assets that's available for other journals in Business Central. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576296 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576296 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT This feature strengthens assignment governance by limiting the resources displayed in the Assigned to column to members of the current project team. Project managers can assign tasks only to resources who have already been added to the project, instead of selecting from the organization’s complete resource list. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576284 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576284 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Makers can have a generative page call a Dataverse custom API to run server-side business logic, such as approving an order, recalculating a price, or validating a transaction. From either the Maker Studio generative page designer or the generative pages AI plugin, makers select a prepared API and describe when the page should call it, which input values to provide, and how to use the response. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576282 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576282 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Admins and developers can monitor published generative pages with Application Insights. When an administrator configures Application Insights data export for an environment, Power Apps automatically exports completed page loads, unhandled errors, supported Data API operations, and navigation initiated from generative pages without requiring telemetry code, the Application Insights JavaScript SDK, or a connection string on the page. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577175 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577175 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Viva Glint admins can now customize the Microsoft Teams notifications sent for surveys. Admins can edit the title, message, and button label in each survey language and see their changes in a live preview. Teams and email messages stay consistent and match your organization's voice, which helps more employees see the survey and take part. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575295 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575295 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT We’re expanding form fill assistance in model-driven applications in Power Apps to suggest updates to fields that already contain values—not just empty fields. This helps users update existing information with ease using AI-powered skills in their apps. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573708 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573708 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Approvers using the Expense Management Mobile App currently have limited options to provide context when approving or rejecting expense reports. Approval decisions may require comments to provide justification, request clarification, document additional information, or communicate feedback to employees. Without this capability in the mobile experience, approvers may need to switch to the web application to complete the approval process. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573700 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573700 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Autonomous agent that researches, qualifies, engages with leads, scaling sales capacity 24/7. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573291 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573291 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT Energy saver, formerly known as efficiency mode, will have new defaults and different setting options. Edge will now support and recommend users to use the BatterySaverModeAvailability policy to manage the energy saver feature. The energy saver feature has been simplified to become enabled under two conditions: on low battery or when unplugged. The default will be for energy saver to be enabled on low battery. Energy saver will now have one mode. Users set to Balanced savings will be mapped to h... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575296 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575296 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:02:10 GMT We’re expanding form fill assistance in model-driven applications in Power Apps to support lookup, rich text, and multi-select choice fields, helping users complete more of their forms with AI-powered suggestions and less manual entry. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM500019 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM500019 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT In product monitoring logs to track all activities related to backup policy configuration & restore related tasks. This will help admins with troubleshooting, monitoring, reporting and auditing capabilities. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570448 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570448 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT OneDrive Sync supports syncing up to 1 million items on macOS devices, helping teams manage large document libraries and shared content at scale without compromising access across devices. This preview requires the Insiders ring and that devices meet minimum hardware and configuration requirements. Devices that don't meet these requirements continue to sync at the existing 300,000-item supported limit with no disruption. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503570 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503570 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Earlier, permissions were synced only in the periodic full crawl which generally ha a default frequency of 1 day for most of the connectors. Now, we have support for doing permission syncs more frequently in an incremental way. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555894 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555894 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT You can now reference files saved in SharePoint libraries and OneDrive folders when creating a presentation with Copilot using Agent Mode in PowerPoint. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558251 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558251 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT New improvements are coming to the rollout wave functionality for Cloud Update. These enhancements will allow organizations to continue leveraging Microsoft Entra ID groups to set up rollout waves, with increased flexibility to configure more than the current limit of three waves. Additionally, admins will be able to assign custom delays between each wave, streamlining phased deployments and offering greater control over update distribution. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560538 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560538 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Users can export de-identified, row-level agent metrics and attributes from the Agent Dashboard. Exported data provides detailed insights into agent usage and user-level agent interactions across the organization, with personal identifiers removed. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560820 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560820 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Previously, auto expanding archive mailbox expansion was supported only up to 1.5 TB, after which mailboxes would become inoperative. Archive mailboxes can now automatically expand beyond the 1.5 TB limit, ensuring uninterrupted retention and enabling scalable archive growth as storage thresholds are reached. This capability to expand archive beyond 1.5 TB will be available to customers with eligible E5 licenses. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568936 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568936 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Facilitator can now join meetings set up in Teams channels. Facilitator helps participants run more effective meetings through the ability to take live notes, manage the agenda, answer questions, and capture tasks. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568790 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568790 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Microsoft 365 Copilot makes PDF reviews faster and easier on mobile. Select text in any PDF in OneDrive iOS and tap Ask Copilot to explain, summarize, translate, or ask a custom question about the selection — the same in-context Copilot experience already generally available on desktop, now on OneDrive iOS. Updated October 20, 2026: We have decided not to move forward with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneDrive SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571387 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571387 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Keep communication more accessible throughout your meeting. You can now pop out a sign language interpreter into a separate, resizable window that stays visible across monitors and apps. Designed to support Deaf and Hard of Hearing users, the sign language interpreter's popout video will persist while viewers are multitasking, sharing content, or changing meeting layouts. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570157 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570157 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT The Campaigns Hub in Viva Engage provides a centralized mobile destination where employees can discover and participate in organizational campaigns. Available in the Viva Engage app and Viva Engage in Teams mobile, the hub highlights top and sponsored campaigns, enables users to browse active and completed campaigns, and makes it easy to view campaign details and follow the campaigns that matter to them. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571884 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571884 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Legal plugins in Copilot provide purpose-built skills to help legal professionals summarize, draft, review, and redline legal documents. Available in Word and Cowork, these plugins can use work context from Microsoft 365 and connect to supported third-party legal sources. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Word https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574126 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574126 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Connect Business Central to Microsoft Fabric to make business data available for analytics, reporting, and data integration. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575293 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575293 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT When you add a Teams meeting to an event in Outlook for Mac, the join link and dial-in details now appear in the invite while you're still writing it. A new Meeting Options button lets you change the Teams meeting settings right away, before you send. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577182 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577182 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT This feature enables employees to automatically generate expense entries for predictable, repeatable business expenses (for example, monthly mobile bills, internet charges, parking, and subscriptions) without manual re-entry each period. It reduces repetitive effort, improves compliance, and ensures timely and accurate expense submission, while respecting organizational expense policies and approval workflows. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577183 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577183 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Multi-grader comparison enables makers to compare the results of multiple graders applied to the same evaluation. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Power Platform governance and administration https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577184 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577184 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Intraday Agent is an autonomous AI agent that helps manage intraday operational scenarios. The following are its high‑level capabilities. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577185 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577185 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Give AI agents and Copilot a true understanding of your business data — not just raw schema — so they can answer questions accurately with less manual configuration. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Dataverse https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577186 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577186 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Users can organize and merge PDF files in the Microsoft Edge built-in PDF reader. They can select pages to extract, delete, rotate, or reorder, and save the result as a new PDF file. They can also merge the open PDF file with other PDF files that are open in Microsoft Edge tabs or stored on their device, to create a single PDF file. Files are processed on the device, and the original files aren't modified. Admins can manage this feature using the PdfOrganizeAndMergeEnabled policy. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577187 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM577187 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is introducing more granular, role-based access to the Devices page under Settings → Device Onboarding. Previously, viewing or managing device onboarding required broad administrative roles (such as Compliance Administrator, Global Administrator, or Security Administrator). With this update, organizations can grant access using least-privilege Purview role-based access control (RBAC) roles scoped specifically to device operations. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM572673 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM572673 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:00:34 GMT Cloud Update is expanding rollback options for devices on Monthly Enterprise Channel. Administrators will be able to roll back devices to a release from two versions prior, with the latest available security updates for that release, and keep devices in the rolled-back state across subsequent releases until they are ready to resume updates. This provides additional time to investigate and resolve compatibility issues while maintaining security coverage and centralized control through the Microso... Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566701 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566701 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Copilot in PowerPoint helps you create, edit, and refine presentations through natural language—right inside your deck. Start a new presentation or build on an existing one by asking Copilot to generate slides, update content, improve layouts, and polish design, all while preserving your formatting, structure, and branding. Copilot can also connect to your brand kit to apply branded templates, insert brand-approved images, and check for brand compliance. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premi... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565866 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565866 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Ability to apply Retention labels and policies to items on OneDrive and SharePoint based on when the items were last accessed by an user. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562345 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562345 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT With the introduction of file archiving support in SharePoint Online, administrators are looking to seamlessly include archiving actions within their existing data retention policies. This means that, in addition to keeping or deleting data, admins want to now leverage Purview DLM to archive files according to organizational requirements, ensuring comprehensive governance across all stages of the content lifecycle in SPO. Retention based file archiving moves inactive content to low-cost storage,... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502525 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502525 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT It's easier for admins to enable the benefits of intelligent audio and video and Copilot for users in Teams Rooms through a new user interface and admin settings. These new settings, on the device and in the Pro Management portal, simplify configuration and remove the requirement to use PowerShell, offering improved visibility across rooms. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562412 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562412 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Unlock deeper insights into Copilot agent adoption with flexible, self-serve analytics. Insights global and partition analysts can access and combine granular agent usage metrics with agent and organizational attributes to uncover agent adoption trends, export and customize reporting, and drive more informed decisions, without relying on predefined dashboards. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561322 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561322 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Copilot in PowerPoint lets you create, edit, and refine presentations through natural conversation, directly in your presentation. You can start a new presentation or build on an existing one, asking Copilot to generate slides, update content, improve layouts, and polish design—while preserving formatting, structure, and branding. Copilot uses your files, meetings, emails, and more to help shape content and iterate quickly, and it connects to your brand kit so you can apply branded templates, in... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM536576 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM536576 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT This feature in Purview Compliance Manager shall enable customers to automatically access the compliance posture of Agents created in AI Foundry. Customers can map Agents being created in AI Foundry to compliance regulations and assessments in Purview Compliance Manager and get to know the compliance status and improvement actions to be innovative and compliant. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559107 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559107 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Users will be able to see a community's pinned resources and related communities in Teams for iOS. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558922 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558922 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT You’ll notice media quality improvements including support for up to 16 participant videos (4×4 grid) available in May and simulcast streaming (June) when using Direct Guest Join. These updates make cross‑platform meetings more immersive and reliable when joining Teams meetings from Zoom, Google Meet, or Cisco devices. Direct Guest Join is not yet available for Google Meet on Teams Rooms for Android. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM542181 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM542181 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Edit with Copilot lets you build and edit workbooks side by side with Copilot. When you're updating budgets, creating financial models, or analyzing data, Copilot uses Excel's most powerful tools like tables, charts, PivotTables, and formulas to help you get the job done. Excel Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM534609 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM534609 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Purview SDK embedded in Agent Framework SDK enables developers to seamlessly integrate enterprise-grade security, compliance, and governance into the AI agents they build. This integration enables automatic classification and protection of sensitive data, prevents data leaks and oversharing, and provides visibility and control for regulatory compliance—empowering organizations to confidently and securely adopt AI agents in complex environments. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM500378 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM500378 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT 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 202... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562534 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562534 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT 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. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559605 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559605 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Microsoft Teams automatically organizes your chats with new built in sections that help reduce clutter and keep conversations easy to find. Muted chats (on by default) are grouped together in a dedicated area, while meeting chats (off by default) can be collected into a single section for quick access. You’re always in control, as each section can be turned on or off based on your preferences. The new Meeting chats section will replace the Meeting chats filter, that was previously available at t... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567884 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567884 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT External call routing will provide users the ability to redirect all external phone calls to either voicemail or their unanswered settings. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570672 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570672 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Allow agents and agent flows to pause for human input or approval before continuing. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Work IQ https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570845 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570845 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is expanding to Microsoft Cowork, enabling data security admins to use a single policy across Microsoft 365 Copilot and Cowork. The integration helps protect sensitive AI interactions by preventing the use of labeled knowledge sources, blocking prompts that contain supported sensitive information types, and restricting sensitive prompts from being sent to Bing for web search. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570427 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570427 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT The new Meeting Shared Files feature allows users to add relevant files and links to their meeting for easy access and to automatically share that content with all meeting participants. AI in the meeting, like the Facilitator agent, uses these files for targeted grounding to answer questions and enhance skill functionality. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576709 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576709 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Introducing the Enhanced Microsoft 365 Copilot Experience in Viva Engage! Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576286 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576286 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Update Repair helps admins identify Windows devices with Microsoft 365 Apps that are out of date or experiencing update issues. In the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center, admins can review device status and recommended actions, remotely start Online Repair for eligible devices, and follow manual remediation guidance for devices that need attention. Repair reinstalls Microsoft 365 Apps using the latest available build for the device’s configured update channel. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576278 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576278 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Zero-effort task completion enables project managers and team members to mark tasks as complete even when no effort was planned or recorded. This capability supports milestones, administrative activities, checklists, and other tasks that track completion without requiring work hours. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574128 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574128 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Business Value Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574121 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574121 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Enable active Microsoft Entra users without Dataverse or Power Apps licenses as activity recipients. Created user records remain disabled and do not grant Dynamics 365 app access. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Dataverse https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576272 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576272 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Enable Microsoft Copilot Studio agents to browse and interact with websites as a native capability powered by the GitHub Copilot Harness. Using natural-language instructions, agents can navigate web pages, extract information, and download files. Agents can then use that information and those files alongside other tools to complete end-to-end workflows, extending their reach beyond configured knowledge sources and API-based integrations. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573149 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573149 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Change slide size in PowerPoint from a modern task pane that keeps you in the flow of editing with real-time slide changes. Choose common slide sizes including new social media presets, or customize dimensions with a cleaner, more approachable experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571305 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571305 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Unblock users from upload files with Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MPIP) sensitivity labels to Copilot Studio agents deployed on the M365 channel. With this support agents can process content based on the user's/agents account permissions, with label protections enforced end-to-end. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570652 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570652 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Provide administrators with policy-based controls for governing agents and their capabilities at scale. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Work IQ https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570651 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570651 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Enable applications and agents to access Microsoft Teams meeting transcripts in real time for assistance and insights. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams Work IQ https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570665 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570665 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT We are bringing back send availability on both iOS and Android. iOS users will now also be able to access more of this feature via keyboard and voiceover. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570666 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570666 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT We are adding the ability to duplicate an event. Simply go to the event details and select "duplicate event" Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573150 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573150 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:15:15 GMT Change slide size in PowerPoint from a modern task pane that keeps you in the flow of editing with real-time slide changes. Choose common slide sizes including new social media presets, or customize dimensions with a cleaner, more approachable experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560075 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560075 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT With this feature, IRM alerts and other supporting data will be available in the following Microsoft Defender XDR experiences: Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM476488 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM476488 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT This backend change will now address the 'separation of attendee' invites from the events crew. This feature allows the organizers of Townhalls to maintain separate invites for attendees. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM513275 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM513275 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT Align the community feeds default experience with expected user behaviors; support triage and content review for users who want to read every message in a community. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM519571 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM519571 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT A new usage report will be available in the Microsoft 365 admin center for Copilot Connectors in Microsoft 365 Copilot, designed to give organizations a detailed view of how connectors are being used within Microsoft 365 Copilot. This report provides insights into overall connector activity, and connector powered response patterns over time, along with detailed user-level connectors adoption data. With these analytics, admins can monitor adoption, identify usage patterns, and optimize Copilot ex... Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM529851 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM529851 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT Customers can now customize their M365 profile cards by adding custom properties unique to their organization. These properties can be sourced from external systems like HR platforms, enriching user profiles with relevant organizational details. Tenant admins can configure these properties with a display name and icon, which will appear in the Contact Information section of the profile cards. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557561 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557561 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT When users open links from Outlook, Microsoft Edge can automatically open the Copilot side pane to provide contextual insights and actionable suggestion chips based on email and destination content - such as highlighting key points, and recommending next actions - without disrupting the browsing flow. This experience helps users quickly understand content, take action with fewer steps, and get more value from Copilot while extending productive browsing time in Edge. Admins can control availabili... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567314 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567314 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT When a user who has access to the SharePoint app in Teams clicks a SharePoint page or news link in Teams chat or channels, the link will open inside the SharePoint app in Teams (if available) instead of the mobile browser Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576297 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576297 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT This feature gives project managers control over how resource assignments are handled when importing tasks from one project to another. For each import, project managers can choose to: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576194 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576194 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT For non-channel Microsoft Teams meetings, collaborative meeting notes, including Loop-powered meeting notes and Facilitator notes, will be stored in the meeting organizer's OneDrive for Business instead of the OneDrive of the person who starts the notes. This update provides more consistent ownership and management of meeting content while preserving the existing note-taking and collaboration experience for meeting participants. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576198 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576198 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT Microsoft Teams will introduce near-real-time detection of malicious QR codes shared in messages. By analyzing destinations embedded in QR codes, Teams can identify potential phishing and fraud threats and apply additional protections to malicious content, extending existing URL protection to QR-based attacks. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576193 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576193 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT Get a closer look at shared content in Teams calls and meetings with pinch-to-zoom using your touchpad. Quickly zoom in to make small text and detailed visuals easier to see, then zoom back out for the full view. Existing zoom controls remain available. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575292 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575292 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT Customers can now view agent insights in the Agent 365 Dashboard in Microsoft Viva Insights (Copilot Analytics) without an Agent 365 license. Customers will be able to view reporting on their Microsoft platform-built agents in one consolidated picture, along with context on who built each agent and why. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576178 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576178 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT The row summaries experience has a refreshed layout that makes AI-generated insights more prominent and easier to consume. Improved visual hierarchy (including clearer spacing, background and border treatments, status indicators, and generation labels) helps summaries stand apart from surrounding form sections so users can quickly identify key information. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576298 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576298 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT This feature gives project managers greater control over where imported tasks are placed within a project plan. From the task grid, a project manager can open the context menu for an existing task and select Insert task below. The standard Import Tasks pane then opens and confirms the selected insertion point. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574110 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574110 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:00:35 GMT Connect with more attendees than ever before with Teams Events, now supporting up to 20,000 registrations for organizers with valid Attendee packs. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576886 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576886 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:12 GMT A new option in the lookup control lets you disable clickthrough on the displayed lookup value. When disabled, the lookup value renders as plain text (not a hyperlink), preventing users from unintentionally opening the related record. This applies to forms across web and mobile. Dynamics 365 Field Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576885 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576885 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:11 GMT Previously, you had limited options for how financial dimensions default. This feature adds functionality and flexibility to default financial dimension values. With this feature, you can: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576884 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576884 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:11 GMT This release expands the optimization capabilities of the Scheduling Operations Agent to include multiple resources. The agent considers the availability of the resources, their current schedules, and unscheduled requirements. It suggests a schedule that honors configured constraints and optimizes it according to the selected goal. Dispatchers can review and compare the proposed schedules with the current schedules before applying changes. Dynamics 365 Field Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576883 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576883 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:10 GMT This feature enhances the Project Budget management experience by improving visibility, usability, and contextual clarity when working with project budgets and budget versions. It addresses limitations of the existing Project form Budget tab and reduces ambiguity around budget version actions. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576882 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576882 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:09 GMT This feature expands the existing general journal functionality for modern projects. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576881 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576881 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:09 GMT Business Central offers full support for self‑billed invoices in the purchase process. Buyers can now generate invoices on behalf of a vendor when a self‑billing agreement is in place. A new Boolean field on the Vendor Card page enables this agreement, and all Purchase Invoices created for that vendor, whether from Purchase Orders or directly, are automatically marked as self‑billed. Vendors can also be assigned a dedicated No. Series for self‑billed invoices, ensuring correct document sequencin... Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576880 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576880 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:08 GMT Correcting transactions after they’ve been processed can be a complicated and difficult process. Currently in Project Operations, you must select all the transactions you want to correct at the same time to create the journal, and all transactions added to the journal must be corrected in the same way. This leads to significant repeat work, where you need to create multiple journals to be able to make different corrections on different transactions. This feature updates that process with the fol... Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576879 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576879 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:07 GMT This feature lets different currency units show the actual record for the accounting currency when the unit differs from the base currency. Today the correct value is shown, but the units are incorrectly shown as the base currency, regardless of the actual accounting currency unit. In this feature, accounting currency fields are stored in a child record with the correct currency unit and appears with the correct label on the actual form. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576878 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576878 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:06 GMT This feature introduces a robust what-if analysis capability for estimates that enables you to model scenarios and evaluate their impact on key financial goals. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576877 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576877 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:06 GMT In the task grid, when you select the i icon next to a task name, the Task details pane opens so you can enter more information. This pane is part of Microsoft Project for the web and is embedded in an iframe that makes it non-customizable. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576876 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576876 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:05 GMT The Microsoft Dataverse SDK for Python empowers data scientists and developers to build intelligent, compliant, and scalable agentic flows that integrate seamlessly with Dataverse. In the agentic age, where autonomous agents orchestrate workflows and act on behalf of users, the SDK provides the essential tools to interact programmatically with enterprise data platforms. The SDK supports structured data access, composable APIs, and governance features that are critical for building trustworthy an... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Dataverse https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576875 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576875 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:04 GMT In the Copilot Service admin center, administrators configure and manage pinned contacts and queues for representatives as follows: Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576874 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576874 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:04 GMT The feature introduces four new APIs in the Sustainability area to improve interoperability and enable automated data flows between Business Central and external applications. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576873 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576873 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:03 GMT When you enable the Enable subcontractor vendor invoice matching to actuals for Project Operations integrated with ERP setting, you activate this feature. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576872 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576872 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:02 GMT The standard Dynamics 365 Business Central solution already meets many global needs. We expand that solution to meet local needs by adding capabilities that include: Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576871 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576871 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:01 GMT The new pricing calculation API allows external systems to programmatically retrieve active prices or price quotes directly from Supply Chain Management. Based on key input data provided by the external system—such as product and customer details—Supply Chain Management provides real-time pricing and discount calculation results. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576870 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576870 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:01 GMT Real business processes rarely flow as a single, linear instance. Events routinely touch several objects of different types at the same time (for example, creating an invoice for a specific order, or shipping a package that contains items from multiple orders). Object-centric process mining captures that reality by recording events that relate to many objects and object types in one process, preserving their relationships end‑to‑end. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576869 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576869 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:10:00 GMT The process intelligence experience is a modern, flexible workspace designed for comprehensive process analysis. It provides a fully customizable analysis environment that combines multiple visualization and analysis components into cohesive, purpose-built workspaces. The platform empowers users to construct exactly the analytical view they need without technical complexity. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576868 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576868 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:59 GMT The process intelligence experience allows flexible metric creation with seamless visualization integration. This feature enables you to define custom KPIs and metrics tailored to specific business requirements within the process intelligence experience. You can create custom metrics using configurable formulas that can incorporate existing process data, standard KPIs, and mathematical operations. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576867 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576867 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:59 GMT This feature lets you control how serial and batch numbers are captured during cluster picking for items tracked below the location level in the reservation hierarchy. You get two new strategies in the cluster setup: capture serial and batch numbers once before distributing items or capture them separately for each cluster position. The new Enum in the cluster setup UI makes it easy to choose your preferred mode, so you can ensure every serial or batch number is matched to the right order. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576866 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576866 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:58 GMT Receive transfer orders in warehouse-only mode with a single license plate scan. This feature uses ASN-based packing structures to speed up inbound shipment processing and improve accuracy. The packing structure is defined within the ASN, so you can streamline your receiving workflow and reduce manual steps. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576865 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576865 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:57 GMT Dynamic work classification powered by Power FX formulas lets you evaluate warehouse queries in real time, so you can prioritize work based on load priority or any operational data. This removes the need for multiple location directives or work templates, reducing configuration complexity and making your warehouse more responsive. You use familiar Power FX capabilities from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and the Power Platform to define and adjust operational logic with a flexible, low-code appr... Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576864 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576864 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:56 GMT In this release wave, we're introducing read-only APIs on the (workflow) approval system. This allows for establishing security and auditing analytics and reporting outside Business Central—for example, creating reports with Power BI or agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio and MCP Server for Business Central. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576863 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576863 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:56 GMT To help prevent leaking sensitive customer data from Dataverse audit logs, all customer data is removed before these audit events are sent to Purview activity logging. Examples of sensitive customer data include financial information, medical and health data, and personally identifiable information. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Power Platform governance and administration https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576861 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576861 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:55 GMT Today, when you select Copy Project, the system creates a project and copies everything from the source project to the newly created project. In this flow, you aren't allowed to update fields like contracting unit, owning company, and other key fields for the new project. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576862 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576862 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:55 GMT Project Operations supports Externally scheduled projects, where organizations use their own scheduling engine and manage project schedules outside of Project Operations. Previously, the Copy Project capability was available only for Project for the Web scheduled projects. Customers using externally scheduled projects had to manually recreate project structures, configurations, and related data when starting similar projects or creating project templates. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576860 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576860 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:53 GMT For organizations delivering complex projects, a single invoice proposal can include thousands of invoice lines. Similarly, thousands of customers might need to invoice every billing cycle. In both cases, the window is often short between the time users submit all transactions for the period, review them, and generate invoices. This feature significantly improves performance when posting the project invoice proposal and makes the final invoice document available. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576859 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576859 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:53 GMT Project Operations sets a 24-hour limit on daily time entry hours that can be logged (including vacation hours). Administrators can modify this out-of-the-box validation in the Parameters section to meet their organization’s needs. Administrators can set a preferred maximum duration (in minutes) and provide a more realistic limit (for example, 9 hours) for time entry users. This configuration is checked each time a new time entry is created or modified. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576858 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576858 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:52 GMT Customers can now configure the allowable increment for time entry durations to ensure that all logged time adheres to their organization’s time-tracking policies. When enabled, you can only create or modify time entries whose duration is a multiple of the configured value (for example, 15 minutes, or 1 hour), helping prevent erroneous or non-compliant time entries from being recorded. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576857 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576857 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:51 GMT Administrators can now enable time-zone-independent behavior for the Time Entry Grid so that time entries appear on the same calendar date, regardless of a user's time zone. This helps organizations with globally distributed teams maintain a consistent view of reported time and eliminates issues where entries appear on different dates due to time zone conversions. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576855 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576855 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:50 GMT This feature provides the following capabilities: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576854 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576854 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:50 GMT This feature provides the following capabilities: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576853 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576853 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:49 GMT This feature provides the following capabilities: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576852 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576852 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:48 GMT This feature provides the following capabilities: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576851 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576851 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:47 GMT The plugin in Copilot Cowork is available out of the box for service representatives. They can use the Customer Service skills after the administrator enables the plugin for them in Cowork settings. The key capabilities are as follows: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576850 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576850 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:47 GMT As an admin, you can control who can access Copilot Cowork in your organization. The Dynamics 365 Sales plugin is installed by default in Copilot Cowork and available to all users who have access to Cowork. Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576845 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576845 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:46 GMT How it works: Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576843 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576843 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:45 GMT Organizations can securely deploy AI agents to access and interact with Dataverse data by using enterprise‑managed Microsoft Entra agent identities. This feature enables agents to be provisioned as Dataverse agent users with dedicated, least‑privileged security roles based on their intended capabilities. This feature ensures agents have only the access required to perform tasks autonomously or on behalf of users. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Dataverse https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576844 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576844 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:45 GMT Business Central introduces new capabilities in excise journals to calculate tax amounts for plastic and sugar based on legislation requirements that use weight, content, and transaction quantities as the basis for excise taxes. The new Excise Tax Type, Qty. for Excise Tax, and Excise UOM fields on the Item Card and Fixed Asset Card pages let you define material composition and the relevant quantity basis for each product or fixed asset. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576842 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576842 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:44 GMT The quality evaluation skill of the Quality Assurance Agent now includes real-time coaching, enabling organizations to shift from post-interaction monitoring to in-the-moment guidance during live conversations. Service representatives receive contextual coaching nudges during live conversations based on configured quality criteria and guardrails, allowing immediate course correction and improved interaction quality. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576841 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576841 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:43 GMT In this release wave, we're introducing read-only APIs on the permission system. This allows for establishing security and auditing analytics and reporting outside Business Central—for example, creating reports with Power BI or agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio and MCP Server for Business Central. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576840 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576840 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:43 GMT A new Power Apps component framework control, Drawer Lookup, is now available for lookup fields on forms. This control provides a streamlined mobile UI, reducing visible clutter and minimizing taps compared to the standard lookup. It's available exclusively for mobile experiences. Dynamics 365 Field Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576839 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576839 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:42 GMT Business Central extends UK localization to support the updated Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance (Amendment) Regulations 2024. The system introduces new data points to the existing Payment Practices page, including the total value of payments made during the period, late payments relative to agreed terms, and the percentage of late payments caused by disputes. A dispute mechanism is added to purchase invoices to link delayed payments directly to dispute status. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576838 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576838 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:41 GMT The Copilot Cowork plugin for finance and operations apps enables users to move from business intent to insight to execution in a single experience. Copilot orchestrates work across ERP data, emails, documents, spreadsheets, collaboration tools, and downstream business processes. Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations cross-app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576837 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576837 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:41 GMT Use the No auto assignment method for queues in Copilot Service admin center when you want routed conversations to remain unassigned after they enter a queue. Instead of being assigned automatically, conversations stay in the queue until a service representative picks them up from their Inbox or a supervisor assigns them manually. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576836 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576836 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:40 GMT Shopify expanded its B2B capabilities to all plans, and the Shopify Connector for Business Central is updated accordingly. Core B2B features that previously required a Shopify Plus subscription now work on Basic, Grow, and Advanced plans. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576835 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576835 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:39 GMT Easily explore and select customer data stored in OneLake for processing in Customer Insights - Data. The OneLake connector reads directly from your OneLake data, eliminating the need to copy or stage data. Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Data Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576834 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576834 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:39 GMT This feature enhancement introduces mass price update capabilities that use price attribute combinations and rule-based markups to provide an efficient way to manage large-scale pricing changes. Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576833 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576833 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:38 GMT The purchase order year-end process can update purchase order accounting dates and carry purchasing commitments into the next fiscal year. Finance users need a simple way to confirm which purchase orders were included in that process, understand how accounting dates changed, and see the resulting document status after year-end processing. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576832 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576832 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:37 GMT Business Central adds support for e-invoicing and e‑reporting in France, following the DGFiP five‑corner model. Microsoft doesn't operate as a certified Partner Dematerialization Platform (PDP); instead, companies can use existing E‑Document connectors to exchange invoices and lifecycle messages through certified PDP providers. The localization app enables two compliant formats: Peppol BIS3 (XML) and Factur‑X (PDF/A‑3 with embedded XML). Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576831 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576831 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:36 GMT The Adherence History Report provides a complete view of customer service representatives’ historical adherence to scheduled tasks and activities. It helps supervisors analyze patterns, identify gaps, and improve workforce efficiency. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576830 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576830 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:36 GMT This feature enhancement extends the standard credit management framework to all Commerce orders across channels, ensuring the consistent application of credit policies between Commerce and Supply Chain Management. During order fulfillment, Commerce channels including call center and POS adhere to defined credit management blocking rules to determine whether an order should be placed on credit hold for review. For order capture scenarios, POS and Commerce e-commerce continue to rely on the exist... Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576829 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576829 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:35 GMT This feature enables merchandising managers to define specific products or entire product hierarchies as non-returnable. This can be done by enabling a new property on released products either individually, or in bulk via the category view. Once configured, POS blocks the return of such items to enforce compliance and reduce unauthorized returns. This capability also enhances operational efficiency by clearly signaling return restrictions to cashiers and customers during the original sale, reduc... Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576827 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576827 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:34 GMT You can now access behavioral data captured by Customer Insights - Journeys, such as emails opened and links clicked, and use it in Customer Insights - Data. The behavioral data from Customer Insights - Journeys is now automatically available in Customer Insights - Data. Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Data Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576828 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576828 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:34 GMT The feature introduces payment profiles that can be associated with POS registers. These payment profiles provide retailers with a flexible and centralized way to manage how payment methods appear across their POS registers. Store administrators can create reusable profiles and assign them to individual registers or groups of registers, ensuring that each station only displays relevant payment methods. Within each profile, administrators can control visibility by choosing which payment methods a... Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576826 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576826 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:33 GMT Document attachments provide valuable context and detail about ERP records. With this release, the Dynamics 365 ERP MCP server will provide access for agents to work with the attachments by creating, deleting, or reading and reasoning over the content of the attachments in agentic flows. Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations cross-app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576825 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576825 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:32 GMT The Dynamics 365 ERP MCP server enables copilots to respond to prompts related to data across the Dynamics 365 ERP suite of applications. Users expect visibility into how copilot responses relate to the underlying business data and system records. With this release, copilot responses generated from the Dynamics 365 ERP MCP server will include deep links to the data used to generate the response, improving transparency, traceability, and trust in the AI-generated responses. Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations cross-app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576824 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576824 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:32 GMT With flow groups, you can share Process license capacity across up to 25 cloud flows, optimizing license allocation and reducing costs for organizations operating higher-volume workflows that don't need their own dedicated capacity. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576823 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576823 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:31 GMT Bulk move enables schedulers to shift multiple bookings forward or backward by a consistent time offset in a single action. Instead of adjusting each booking manually, users can select bookings across one or more resources and apply changes, such as moving all affected work by a day or a week. This feature is especially valuable when plans change due to factors like weather delays, customer reschedules, or operational disruptions. It is automatically enabled for users. Dynamics 365 Field Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576822 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576822 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:30 GMT Bulk reassign simplifies large-scale staffing changes by allowing schedulers to move multiple bookings to a different resource in a single step. Instead of reassigning work one booking at a time, users can multi-select bookings and quickly redirect them to another qualified resource using a new feature in the right-click menu. This feature supports common scenarios such as covering for unexpected absences, rebalancing workloads, or shifting work between teams. It is automatically enabled for use... Dynamics 365 Field Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576821 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576821 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:30 GMT Full screen map mode allows dispatchers to expand the schedule board map to fill the entire workspace, removing visual constraints that limit situational awareness. With more space, users can easily analyze resource locations, view booking distribution, and evaluate geographic coverage without distractions from other panels. This capability is particularly useful for dispatchers who rely on spatial context when assigning or adjusting work, such as route planning, proximity-based scheduling, or i... Dynamics 365 Field Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576820 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576820 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:29 GMT Cancel booking actions in aggregate views give schedulers precise control over long-running or multiday bookings directly within their current view. Users can cancel bookings with the same time granularity as the selected view. For example, canceling a week in a weekly view, canceling a day in a daily view. To cancel a segment, open the Edit Details panel and set the desired interval's duration to 0 minutes. Dynamics 365 Field Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576819 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576819 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:28 GMT Customer service representative data masking is a new opt-in feature for Dynamics 365 Contact Center. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576818 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576818 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:27 GMT Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is becoming a consistent way that users interact with AI across Microsoft experiences. With this update, that same chat experience is available in Dynamics 365 Customer Service, with service-aware grounding and workflows. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576817 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576817 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:27 GMT By integrating data management framework telemetry for Dynamics 365 finance and operations apps, organizations can gain deeper visibility into data management executions, such as import and export jobs. This integration streams telemetry directly into the customer's own Azure Application Insights instance. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Dataverse https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576816 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576816 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:26 GMT Inline actions extensibility enables retailers and implementation partners to configure the set of actions displayed per line item in the modern transaction grid in Store Commerce, using Screen Layout Designer in Dynamics 365 Commerce headquarters. Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576815 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576815 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:25 GMT Business Central offers full management of per-tenant extensions (PTEs) in the admin center and through admin center API endpoints. In addition to viewing and uninstalling extensions, administrators can upload PTE packages, install them immediately or schedule installations, and view upcoming extension versions. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576814 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576814 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:24 GMT As a seller, you can: Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576813 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576813 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:24 GMT You can mark an e-document as fully paid, partially paid, or unpaid. The system sends this information through accounts payable access points or receives it through accounts receivable access points, based on your e-document configuration. The payment tracking feature in e-documents includes details such as: Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576812 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576812 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:23 GMT For organizations using a structured and formal invoice workflow as part of their revenue collection, it's critical that invoices can be created and worked through to completion in a timely manner. When a configuration change causes an error, it's vital that these errors get resolved quickly so as not delay revenue generation. In support of timely invoicing, this new feature enables customers to unblock failed invoices on their own without complicated troubleshooting or the need to raise a suppo... Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576811 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576811 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:22 GMT Application: Point of sale (Store Commerce) Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576810 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576810 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:22 GMT As you scale your data management operations, bulk delete must be predictable, transparent, and safe to operate across environments. In this release, Microsoft enhances bulk delete with an improved error handling experience and solution aware configuration support, delivering a more consistent, reliable, and enterprise‑ready data cleanup workflow. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Dataverse https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576809 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576809 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:21 GMT When you enable the Enable investment project for Project Operations integrated with ERP setting, you activate this feature. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576808 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576808 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:20 GMT This feature provides an experience to change the task schedule mode on the Customizable task details pane. To enable this feature, from project parameters select Enable Customize Task Pane. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576807 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576807 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:19 GMT This feature provides an experience to change the task calendar on the Customizable task details pane. To enable this feature, from project parameters select Enable Customize Task Pane. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576806 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576806 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:18 GMT Administrators can control whether the Copy Opportunity feature is available. When enabled, sellers can duplicate an existing opportunity to quickly create a new one. Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576805 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576805 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:17 GMT Previously, importing an .mpp file always created a new project. The import process copied the work breakdown structure from the .mpp file into the new project. You couldn't import a .mpp file into an existing project. This limitation made it difficult to manage projects when overall planning happens in Project Operations and individual planning happened offline in Microsoft Project for desktop. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576804 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576804 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:16 GMT This feature adds a security system that lets administrators restrict what users can access inside the Project for the web iFrame on projects they access but don't join as team members. Project managers can use the same system to set restrictions for team members on their projects. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576803 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576803 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:16 GMT As part of our commitment to continuously improve Project Operations, we plan to expand the Enterprise Task Custom Columns capability in an upcoming release. This enhancement builds on the existing functionality that allows you to add Date, Text, Number, and Choice fields to the task grid. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576802 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576802 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:15 GMT Every six months, Australian companies with more than AUD100 million in annual turnover must report how and when they pay small business suppliers (suppliers with annual turnover under AUD10 million). Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576801 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576801 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:15 GMT With this feature, the system automatically updates the correct sales and cost prices in quotes and contracts based on the effective date. The system calculates prices using weighted average prices for both quote line details and contract line details, so pricing calculations are precise and reliable. This automation greatly reduces the manual work needed to track and update prices. It also lowers the risk of errors and discrepancies in pricing. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576800 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576800 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:14 GMT As part of our commitment to continuously improve Project Operations, we plan to expand the Enterprise Task Custom Columns capability. This enhancement builds on the existing functionality that allows you to add Date, Text, Number, and Choice fields to the task grid. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576799 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576799 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:13 GMT In the current release wave, we are introducing the following regulatory reporting enhancements: Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576798 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576798 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:12 GMT This feature enhances Dynamics 365 Project Operations by extending its native work breakdown structure effort tracking to include approved time captured in Field Service when the Field Service and Project Operations integration is enabled and time flows in at the project task level. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576797 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576797 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:12 GMT The financial planning and analysis planning experience is a downloadable Power BI app and report template that enables users to explore, analyze, and interact with financial planning and analysis plans directly in Power BI. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576796 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576796 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:11 GMT This feature introduces the concept of an Establishment within a legal entity, allowing organizations to manage and apply establishment-specific registration identifiers such as branch IDs and local registration numbers across invoices. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576795 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576795 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:10 GMT The experiences for using inventoried products in Project Operations use the Inventory and Warehouse modules of Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. To accurately estimate the availability of stocked items and their costs, the system uses Pricing and Inventory visibility services. Use the Inventory close process in Supply Chain Management to update the project cost and show accurate consumption of project budgets. Providing all the capabilities needed to manage stocked items on projects takes m... Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576794 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576794 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:10 GMT The desktop flow checker in the Power Automate portal extends rule‑based static analysis to provide configurable notifications for violations detected across all desktop flows in an environment. Administrators can select the notification type (error, warning, or informational), adjust severity levels, and define parameters such as thresholds, recurrence, and scope. The checker uses the same rule engine that runs during initialization and analysis of flows, loading default and custom rules to eva... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576793 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576793 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:09 GMT Power Pages now supports Power BI Embed Token v2, unlocking modern Power BI embedding scenarios that weren't supported with Embed Token v1. This enhancement enables richer, more scalable analytics experiences within Power Pages sites. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576792 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576792 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:08 GMT We're introducing read-only APIs in the document report system. The APIs help establish automation on document reporting outside Business Central. For example, to create agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio and MCP Server for Business Central to automate business processes that involve document PDFs. The APIs are read-only and allow you to query the following types of documents: Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576791 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576791 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:08 GMT Implement cash discounts on customer settlement when the payment is recorded through advanced bank reconciliation. The feature ensures that advanced bank reconciliation supports applying customer cash discounts when customer invoices are automatically settled through reconciliation matching rules. The process evaluates eligible cash discounts during automated settlement performed when running Settle customer invoices reconciliation rules, and applies them consistently, aligning behavior with man... Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576790 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576790 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:07 GMT The mobile notes control introduces a unified, mobile-first experience for creating and consuming notes directly within entity forms. Makers add this Power Apps component framework control to a form to replace the default note experience with a streamlined interface that supports: Dynamics 365 Field Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576789 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576789 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:06 GMT With this update of the MCP server for Business Central, customers and developers can expose a broader set of Business Central APIs as tools, making it easier to build solutions that interact deeply and consistently with Business Central data and processes. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576788 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576788 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:06 GMT End users of Microsoft 365 Copilot will see improved Microsoft Dataverse, Dynamics 365, and Power Apps record references in Context IQ with richer, more descriptive labels that include environment, app, and table information. This makes it easier to identify and select the correct records during Copilot interactions. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Dataverse https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576787 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576787 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:05 GMT As an admin, you gain access to: Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576786 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576786 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:04 GMT This feature introduces PGP-specific encryption and decryption actions that use OpenPGP compatible public and private keys. You can encrypt files or data payloads using a recipient public key and decrypt incoming PGP-encrypted content using a corresponding private key and passphrase. The actions support standard PGP formats, making them suitable for interoperability with third-party systems that rely on PGP for secure data exchange. The actions appear in the action picker with no additional UI c... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576785 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576785 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:03 GMT This feature introduces built-in rules that calculate time and cost savings for desktop flows based on successful runs. You can define how long a task previously took when performed manually and let the platform compute time saved using flow run data. Cost savings can be estimated by applying hourly rates or custom monetary baselines that scale with run volume. Savings accumulate automatically as flows run, making the impact of automation measurable over time. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576784 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576784 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:02 GMT This feature introduces advanced debugging support by allowing you to assign default values to variables directly within the desktop flow designer. During debugging sessions, when you are starting the execution from a specific step of the automation, the assigned default values are automatically applied, enabling you to test specific scenarios without modifying actions or rerunning the flow from the beginning. This is especially useful when working with complex logic, conditions, or branches tha... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576783 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576783 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:01 GMT Under the streamlining data import, collection, and management product area, the data collection feature provides a structured and guided way for organizations to gather ESG information from internal teams and departments, ensuring that required data flows consistently from the people who own it. Practitioners can configure data owners, create targeted requests, assign reporting periods, set due dates, and optionally apply approval workflows to ensure data is validated before use. Dynamics 365 Sustainability Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576782 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576782 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:09:00 GMT Power Apps CLI connector commands Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576780 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576780 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:59 GMT Average wait time (AWT) is now supported for custom messaging channels built using the messaging APIs, apart from live chat and voice channels. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576781 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576781 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:59 GMT The header and navigation refresh feature delivers a modern, intuitive, and efficient model app experience across the app shell, form pages, and view pages. This update improves visual clarity, reduces vertical space usage, and aligns with modern Microsoft 365 design patterns. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576779 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576779 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:58 GMT This feature introduces comprehensive event logging in Application Insights that captures exactly how average wait time is computed, evaluated, and shown to customers. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576777 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576777 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:57 GMT This feature introduces email review policy and a Known Senders list page to give accounts payable teams more control over which incoming emails require human approval before the Payables Agent processes them. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576778 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576778 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:57 GMT This feature allows customers to implement and run custom archive scenarios that natively leverage the Archive Framework’s orchestration and data management capabilities. Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations cross-app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576776 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576776 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:56 GMT Payables Agent introduces a free trial mode that any user can start without help from an administrator or having paid credits. Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576774 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576774 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:56 GMT Retailers operating across multiple regions often face challenges with distance unit consistency in Dynamics 365 Commerce. By default, distances in points of sale are hard-coded to miles, regardless of the store's locale. This limitation can cause confusion for customers in metric-based countries and lead to operational miscommunication across international teams. Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576775 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576775 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:55 GMT With email classification, administrators can define a custom taxonomy of categories and subcategories to automatically classify inbound emails in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. AI analyzes the email subject and body, then stores the assigned category or subcategory on the email activity record. Case Management Agent, automatic record creation rules, Power Automate flows, reporting, and other downstream processes can use this value to determine how to handle the email. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576773 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576773 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:54 GMT The parallel execution for Archive long‑term retention jobs feature delivers a major scalability upgrade to the archival framework by enabling parallel processing across job creation, marking, and scheduling. Each archive job remains aligned to the existing architectural principle of being defined per legal entity and per contract type (for example, General Ledger, Tax Transactions, or Sales Order), but the execution pipeline is now partitioned and processed concurrently to reduce total archive... Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations cross-app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576772 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576772 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:53 GMT In the in-queue and pre-queue overflow settings within the Copilot Service admin center, administrators can define the following settings: Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576771 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576771 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:52 GMT This capability directly impacts metric calculations, improving accuracy and delivering the following benefits: Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576770 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576770 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:52 GMT This feature includes: Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576769 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576769 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:52 GMT In the current release wave, we are introducing the following e-invoicing capabilities. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576768 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576768 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:50 GMT When enabled through feature control, this feature lets you configure a default booking method in the Schedule Board settings. The selected default booking method is automatically applied during booking. You can override the default by changing the booking method at the time of booking. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576767 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576767 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:50 GMT When enabled through feature control, this capability enables multiple selections on the Resource Reconciliation grid. This feature lets you: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576765 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576765 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:49 GMT Process Intelligence Studio is a modern, flexible workspace designed for comprehensive process analysis. It provides a fully customizable analysis environment that combines multiple visualization and analysis components into cohesive, purpose-built workspaces. The platform supports both traditional and object-centric process mining methodologies, enabling analysis across simple linear processes and complex, multi-object scenarios. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Automate https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576766 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576766 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:49 GMT Project and project task start, and end times are saved in a date-time format. The system converts these times to GMT before saving them. When the product displays these times, it converts them back to the user's time zone. However, some integrations and customizations pull only the date from this field. This approach causes problems when the conversion to GMT changes the date. The problem happens when an integration pulls only that date from the field without converting it back to GMT. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576764 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576764 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:47 GMT The new timeline view augments the experience for team members in Project Operations by giving them visibility into current and upcoming staffing (both task and project level). Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576762 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576762 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:46 GMT MCP for Analytics provides AI agents with structured access to ERP analytics data and tools. It ensures agents use the same definitions and models as users. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576763 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576763 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:46 GMT Team members can now begin their time entry process from their assigned or booked projects and tasks, making their time entries more aligned with staffing and reducing manual effort overall. When you select time entry creation from the new Projects and Tasks view, you're redirected to the time entry grid where your entries are prepopulated based on assigned or booked hours. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576761 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576761 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:45 GMT Supervisors can create volume spike alerts that compare real-time conversation volume with the forecast linked to a shift plan. When volume remains above forecast for the configured number of intervals, selected recipients receive an in-app notification. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576760 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576760 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:44 GMT This feature introduces snapshot‑based data trail support that captures a complete, point‑in‑time record for every calculated metric. Each snapshot includes source activity data, applied emission factors (including factor values and GWP versions), reference data, filters, and the calculation logic used. This ensures that aggregates can be reliably traced back to original inputs. Dynamics 365 Sustainability Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576759 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576759 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:43 GMT This capability enhances queue handling by intelligently detecting two key scenarios where conversations would otherwise remain unserved: Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576758 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576758 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:42 GMT The new Supplier Engagement application gives you a Microsoft Power Apps experience that integrates with Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and Dynamics 365 Finance. With this app, you can manage both strategic and tactical areas of your supplier relationships. You can schedule appointments, track performance, schedule supplier reviews, and manage prospective suppliers who aren't registered yet. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576756 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576756 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:40 GMT Dynamics 365 Contact Center introduces large language model (LLM)‑based sensitive data redaction for human‑to‑human interactions, allowing administrators to automatically redact PCI data shared during live conversations between customers and customer service representatives. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576743 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576743 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:40 GMT This feature lets you: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576757 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576757 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:40 GMT The web experience for time entry in Dynamics 365 Project Operations is getting a series of improvements that make time entry faster and more accurate. The improvements give team members better tracking capabilities. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576755 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576755 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:39 GMT With the dynamic tools of the Dynamics 365 ERP MCP server, large language models often have multiple options for tool-calling sequences to perform an operation or retrieve data. The orchestration can select the tool execution sequence and can include more tool calls than are required. This enhancement to the MCP server improves performance and accuracy of the server response by enabling the server to use optimal tool execution sequences to perform operations with a single point of entry for MCP... Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations cross-app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576754 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576754 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:38 GMT By combining forecast results with contextual insights, planners can gain a detailed understanding of the key factors influencing each forecast rather than simply viewing the numbers. This increased transparency builds confidence and supports more informed planning decisions. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576753 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576753 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:37 GMT The Customer Data Platform panel in Store Commerce has been rebuilt using React, replacing the legacy implementation with a modern, responsive layout optimized for both desktop and mobile form factors. Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576752 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576752 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:36 GMT The management MCP server is a build surface and registry for agent-ready tools available within a customer's environment. It exposes an addressable endpoint where developers and agents can discover, assemble, and deploy MCP servers made from trusted components including connector actions, tools from other MCP servers, and custom APIs. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Dataverse https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576751 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576751 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:36 GMT Belgian users will experience an improved non-deductible VAT process with the introduction of a new global feature. A preconfigured Non-deductible VAT Type field will be available specifically for Belgium. Previously, users selected a general ledger expense account in the Chart of Accounts and manually entered the partial deduction amount in the % Non-deductible VAT field. With the new approach, users will follow the standard global method, and setup will be managed through the VAT Posting Group... Dynamics 365 Business Central Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576750 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576750 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:35 GMT This feature merges Power Pages web roles and site users with Dataverse security roles and system users, creating a unified authorization model. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576749 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576749 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:34 GMT Project team members on Lite and resource-based and nonstocked deployments of Project Operations now have a new mobile application based on Microsoft Power Apps. The new mobile app helps them log time, keep track of submitted entries, and view the work assigned to them. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576747 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576747 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:32 GMT Quick-start planning templates provide a guided, business-first experience for setting up planning in Business performance planning. Instead of selecting technical objects like fact tables, users simply choose a planning area—starting with OPEX, with Revenue, Workforce, and CAPEX to follow. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576748 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576748 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:32 GMT The intraday performance report provides supervisors with an interval-level view of performance against the forecast. In Copilot Service workspace, go to Workforce management to access the report. Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576746 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576746 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:30 GMT Assign to a previously engaged or preferred expert leverages historical interaction context, queue membership alignment, and expert availability, to ensure customers are reconnected with experts who already understand their issue. When the previous or preferred expert is unavailable, assignments seamlessly fall back to the next best qualified expert, preserving service levels and reliability. This capability reduces repeat explanations, accelerates resolution times, and improves customer satisfa... Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576745 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576745 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:29 GMT Quick Campaigns support multiple bulk activity types (email, tasks, appointments, phone calls). This release focuses on improving the end-to-end experience for bulk email creation, with foundational improvements that benefit the overall Quick Campaigns flow. Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576744 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576744 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:28 GMT When employees receive cash advances in one currency and settle expenses in another (or on different dates), foreign exchange rate differences arise. This feature detects, calculates, and posts realized exchange rate variances between the advance issue rate and the settlement or report rate, ensuring accurate reimbursement amounts, GL impact, and auditability without manual adjustments. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576742 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576742 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:27 GMT This feature provides granular and configurable reporting‑period locking within sustainability data management. Customers can independently lock data ingestion, calculations, and external reporting, enabling scenarios such as restatements or recalculations in closed periods without requiring a full unlock of all data and processes. The locking model allows organizations to define how locks apply across organizational units, facilities, scopes, and categories, including Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scop... Dynamics 365 Sustainability Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576741 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576741 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:26 GMT This feature includes the following functionalities: Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576740 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576740 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:25 GMT The Delay settlement from journal posting feature addresses a critical pain point in payment processing. Traditionally, payment journal posting and settlement are tightly coupled, meaning any settlement error blocks the entire payment posting. This can cause operational delays, increased manual intervention, and business risk. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576739 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576739 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:25 GMT This feature enables admins to register custom external insight sources through a step-by-step guided onboarding wizard. Once onboarded, the custom source appears alongside out-of-the-box agents in the Recommended Action Sources list and is governed by the same enable/disable controls. Actions from custom sources are normalized into action cards, ranked alongside built-in actions, and follow consistent UI patterns, execution flows, and prioritization models, ensuring a seamless and unified selle... Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576738 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576738 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:24 GMT This feature introduces updated regulatory standard and framework templates, refreshed on a bimonthly cadence. The updates include revised template structures, concepts, and mappings that reflect the latest changes, helping ensure assessments remain aligned with current disclosure expectations. 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Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576732 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576732 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:19 GMT This feature extends the vendor payment journal framework in Dynamics 365 Finance to capture, store, validate, and process KSeF UUIDs associated with vendor invoices issued through Poland’s National e-Invoicing System. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576733 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576733 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:18 GMT This capability provides a structured, auditable process for creating, evaluating, and approving change orders on active project contracts. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576731 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576731 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:16 GMT Activate this feature by turning on the Enable purchase orders and item reservations for stocked items in Project Operations integrated with ERP feature within the Feature management workspace on the finance and operations architecture. When you enable this feature, you get the following capabilities: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576730 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576730 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:08:14 GMT This update enhances the Time Phasing of Estimates experience by delivering significant performance improvements across loading, recalculation, and user interactions. You can now work more efficiently with large estimates, complex distributions, and multiline quotes without experiencing delays. These improvements ensure smoother navigation when adjusting phased values, faster response times when recalculating totals, and a more reliable experience when viewing historical and future estimate peri... Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576642 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576642 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:39:56 GMT The improvements to project quote provide usability enhancements designed to modernize and streamline the experience. The goal is to reduce unnecessary complexity, improve clarity, and enable users to work more efficiently when creating and managing quotes. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576641 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576641 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:39:55 GMT This feature provides a standard framework for integrating the Warehouse management module in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management with external labor management systems. With this framework, you can connect warehouse execution data to a third-party LMS. This connection gives you advanced capabilities for labor planning, scheduling, and performance tracking. The integration supports warehouse execution with or without warehouse management processes. It also supports warehouse-only mode. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576640 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576640 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:39:54 GMT Get the next best actions for leads right on your Dynamics 365 leads grid, and navigate to see Sales Qualification Agent's research and pregenerated email suggestions. The actions show a preview of the lead, a summary of why it's a hot or high-intent lead, and the topic that the lead is interested in. Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576639 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576639 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:39:52 GMT This release consolidates multiple Invoice capture enhancements into a single, cohesive capability update with a public preview in 10.0.49. Updates include: Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576638 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576638 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:39:51 GMT Performance improvements for subscription billing unbilled revenue Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576637 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576637 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:39:50 GMT As a sales leader, you can configure a Sales Development agent once, then share or clone its configuration across your organization. Distribute the agent’s playbook, guidelines, guardrails, and settings to other business units to provide a consistent experience across sales teams. Dynamics 365 Sales Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576636 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576636 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:39:48 GMT Agentic simulations are an AI-driven capability of Service Operations Agent that enable organizations to evaluate how their contact center behaves under realistic customer conditions before those conditions occur in production. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576635 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576635 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:39:47 GMT This feature includes the following capabilities: Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576634 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576634 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:39:44 GMT This release introduces industry-specific templates that simplify the creation and deployment of autonomous contact centers. Organizations can start with a preconfigured template in Copilot Service admin center > Service Operations Agent and deploy an autonomous customer service experience in just a few clicks, significantly reducing the setup effort required to design agents, workflows, and service journeys from the ground up. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576633 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576633 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:39:42 GMT How to enable the feature Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561854 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561854 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT We’re making it easier to give your Access apps a polished, up-to-date feel. With the new CornerRadius property, you can add rounded corners to form controls—bringing a softer, more modern look to your designs. Access Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565860 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565860 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT Users can now sign in to Microsoft Edge using a Google account in addition to the Microsoft account from the profile menu and Edge sign-in screen. Available for Windows and macOS devices. Admins can control availability to this feature using the NonMicrosoftAccountSignInEnabled policy. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558341 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558341 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT Facilitator now automatically detects open questions raised during a Teams meeting and offers to help answer them using web search. When a participant asks a question (e.g., “What is an LLM?”) and no one answers, Facilitator posts a prompt offering to find an answer. Participants can select “Yes” to have the agent retrieve and share the information. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM500872 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM500872 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT This enables users to export row-level Copilot metrics from the Copilot Dashboard for reporting and deeper analysis. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566700 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566700 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT Remote meeting participants know who is in the room and better follow the conversation with new IntelliFrame people labels that identify in-room participants and provide a hover-over contact card using voice and face profiles on intelligent cameras and in the cloud. Available with Teams Rooms on Windows licensed for Teams Rooms Pro. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM547827 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM547827 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT Watermarking Protection in Microsoft Edge helps organizations visibly reinforce data protection policies by overlaying a persistent watermark on sensitive content viewed in the browser. This feature is designed to deter unauthorized sharing, support compliance efforts, and increase user awareness when handling confidential information. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571663 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571663 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT Microsoft Copilot in the Dynamics 365 Field Service mobile app brings conversational AI chat capabilities directly to frontline workers. Once enabled, technicians can ask natural-language questions about Dynamics 365 Field Service data and receive contextual answers based on the app experience and their organization’s Dataverse data. With standard capabilities, Dataverse Q&A supports questions such as “What is the work history of this asset?” or “Who worked on this job last?” Organizations can a... Dynamics 365 Field Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569424 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569424 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT A Copilot-generated canvas that turns workbook data into a polished, interactive view of key visualizations, metrics, and insights. As workbook data changes, it automatically updates to reflect the latest information. Users can modify the canvas by chatting with Copilot. Excel Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574108 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574108 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT Gain proactive visibility into meeting quality across your organization with AI-powered insights in the Teams admin center that identify emerging patterns, highlight impacted users and locations, and surface likely causes with recommended actions. This helps IT administrators detect and address issues earlier, improve meeting quality, and stay ahead of potential disruptions. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570865 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570865 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT Prompt columns can now generate AI values for records that already exist in your table, not just new or updated ones. Makers can choose to apply a prompt to existing records in bulk, optionally filtered to just the rows they need, so historical data gets the same AI-generated insights as incoming data, without touching each record one at a time. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Dataverse Microsoft Power Platform governance and administration Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573279 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573279 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT Prompt columns can now store multilple lines of text as prompt output, enabling longer and detailed AI-generated insights to be stored in your tables. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Dataverse Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573450 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573450 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT Facilitator can help you spot suspected attempts by people outside your organization to trick you into sharing sensitive information during a meeting. When Facilitator is in your meeting, its Protection skill uses AI to check the meeting transcript for signs of possible social engineering. If it detects a suspected attempt, you'll see a warning in the meeting, with options to end or to temporarily restrict information sharing. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573696 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573696 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT Copilot Search brings AI-powered, natural-language search to SharePoint and OneDrive, combining relevant results, AI-generated summaries with source references, intuitive filters, and a seamless handoff to Copilot. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575291 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575291 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT Task grid full-screen mode enables project managers and team members to expand the task grid to use the available screen space. By minimizing surrounding page elements, users gain a larger workspace for viewing and managing task hierarchies, schedules, assignments, dependencies, and other task details. Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576276 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576276 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:47:30 GMT We're enabling PDF annotation for sensitivity-label protected PDFs in OneDrive and SharePoint on the web. With this update, users who have the appropriate usage rights can annotate these protected PDFs in place in their browser while preserving the file's sensitivity label, encryption, and usage rights when changes are saved. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM168524 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM168524 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT Co-organizers can edit webinar details, publish the event, and cancel the event, similar to the organizer. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams Targeted Release (Entire Organization) Targeted Release (Select People) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561032 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561032 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT We’re introducing a new guided diagnostics experience to help users understand why their DLP policies may not be behaving as expected. This experience provides a clear summary of why a DLP action was taken on a document, including which policies were triggered, the order of evaluation, and detailed insights into which conditions evaluated as true or false. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569206 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569206 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT Microsoft Teams browser app users will be able to pop out calls into a simplified call window that stays available while they navigate away from, hide, or minimize the tab or progressive web app (PWA) hosting the call. This helps users multitask and collaborate more easily during calls. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569934 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569934 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT Users can now use the Teams Meet app to discover events across their organization, track what important events are upcoming, and plan and organize their own professional events. With this release, Meet app will be renamed to Events app. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570846 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570846 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT Express face enrollment makes it easier for users to create a face profile in Teams by using their camera during eligible meetings, after they opt in. Once enrolled, users can be recognized in supported Teams Rooms experiences, helping identify who is in the room and improving downstream meeting experiences such as Copilot and recap. Admins can enable or disable the feature for their organization. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573245 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573245 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT With this feature, users get an out-of-the-box solution for translation services, so they don't need to bring their own web resources. Service representatives get updated feature usage with more configurations. They can tailor their conversations more accurately based on their existing skills and preferences. The feature is transparent yet modernized with new settings, making conversations easier to consume in a language of the representative's choice. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM532720 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM532720 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT 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 dec... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573168 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573168 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT Planner Agent brings Planner’s intelligent work management directly into Copilot Chat, enabling users to create, update, and manage personal tasks and shared basic plans without switching context. Integrated across Microsoft 365, it provides insights into priorities, deadlines, and at-risk work, along with interactive task cards to help users stay organized and keep work moving. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573266 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573266 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT Quality evaluation plans now support a Once frequency type for both case evaluations and conversation evaluations. When creating an evaluation plan, users can select Once from the Frequency type dropdown to run the evaluation a single time instead of on a recurring schedule or trigger-based cadence. Dynamics 365 Contact Center Dynamics 365 Customer Service Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574111 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574111 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT When Copilot Chat uses memory to personalize a response, users can now see what informed the answer. Select Sources beneath the response, then open the Personalization tab to view the custom instructions, saved memories, memories learned from conversations, and past chats that shaped the response. From there, users can return to a cited chat to pick up where they left off or review and delete saved memories. Memory citations appear only when memory is turned on. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575288 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575288 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT Microsoft Teams is introducing AI-powered phishing detection that uses conversation context to identify phishing and social engineering in higher-risk messaging scenarios, primarily external first-contact chats. Additional protection may apply in certain regions or scenarios. The capability is used only for security protection, and users may see warnings when suspicious activity is detected. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576195 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576195 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT Participants joining webinars and structured meetings from Teams Rooms on Android can view and interact with PowerPoint Live presentations. This provides greater flexibility and accessibility while keeping room participants aligned with the active presentation. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM572676 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM572676 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:02 GMT Microsoft Purview Adaptive Scopes will provide administrators with explicit control over lifecycle-state evaluation for recipients and site owners, helping ensure policy targeting and scope membership remain aligned with organizational requirements. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576395 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM576395 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:53:09 GMT This feature adds support for token-level encryption during authentication, allowing Power Pages to accept encrypted ID tokens in addition to signed tokens. It ensures secure claim transmission, improves compatibility with advanced identity providers, and strengthens overall authentication security without changing existing sign-in flows. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571682 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571682 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Extends the modern, refreshed look to embedded app experiences so model-driven app content retains consistent Fluent styling and interaction patterns when it appears inside another host. This was previously enabled for the monthly channel with the 2602.1 release and is now being enabled for the semiannual channel with the 2609.3 release. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM572682 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM572682 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Model-driven apps now support configurable display density settings that let users choose how information is spaced throughout the application. Users can select from three density options: Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570429 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570429 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT This feature is a collection of improvements including updates to the auto-save experience for comments, simplifying survey navigation through buttons by consolidating the "Skip" and "Done" buttons into a single "Next" button, and to give the survey taker greater control over question progression by refining the auto-scroll behavior when updating answers to questions. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569209 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569209 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT You will now be able to add multiple steps to your workflow when building one from scratch. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568067 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568067 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT We are introducing a more streamlined messaging experience that displays more content on screen while improving readability when using Teams on mobile. These updates make it easier to scan conversations and follow the discussion flow, helping users stay productive and engaged wherever they work. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566703 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566703 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Search, chat, and explore the web from one search box with Copilot-suggested actions and curated work content to help your users get things done faster on the Copilot new tab page. Users will see upgraded Copilot new tab page functionality and features. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564617 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564617 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT The Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) connector is moving from shared-secret authentication to certificate-based authentication, improving its security posture. With this update, administrators configure their own Microsoft Entra app registration and certificate, then use the new PowerShell module to configure the certificate for each workload (Connector, Exchange, SharePoint, and FCI). New PowerShell cmdlets handle certificate import, registry configuration, private-key permissions, and validat... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558933 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558933 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Teams will store AI-generated meeting memory files for meetings where Intelligent Recap was turned on, allowing Copilot (and Facilitator) to retain key insights from meetings beyond transcript retention periods and when a transcript was not saved. This enables Copilot to continue answering questions about past meetings even after the transcript expires or the meeting is over. Admins can also configure how long this AI-generated meeting memory file is stored. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562016 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562016 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT AI agent skill to detect and alert unhealthy policy sync and device configuration. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561327 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561327 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT This feature is bringing the Information Protection Filer Labeler and Viewer applications to the MacOS platform. Enabling customers to have the same capabilities available on Mac. Core functionality will be available with the exception of the Advanced label-based protection feature. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558286 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558286 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Intelligent recap can now be generated without retaining a transcript after the meeting. Meeting organizers can choose this setting from the meeting options before the meeting, or organizers and eligible participants can enable it during the meeting. After the meeting, the AI Summary will be available, but other elements of the recap may not be available (Chapters, Topics, Mentions, Audio recap). Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558435 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558435 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Administrators can choose a severity threshold and receive alerts when a new Edge update includes security fixes that meet or exceed that level, including zero day fixes. This helps organizations quickly identify updates that may require attention, while avoiding unnecessary notifications for routine releases. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM501292 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM501292 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT The HubSpot connector allows users using the Researcher agent to be able to leverage 3rd party information from HubSpot to enrich generated responses with relevant information. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM472030 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM472030 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT This creates the ability to apply Retention to each SharePoint or OneDrive item based on when it was last accessed by a user. #copilotcontrolsystem Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571681 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571681 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Extends the Fluent-based modern, refreshed look for model-driven apps to the mail app, providing consistent controls, spacing, colors, and visual treatment when users work in that app. This was previously enabled for the monthly channel with the 2602.1 release and is now being enabled for the semiannual channel with the 2609.3 release. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562340 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562340 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Users can now upload videos directly into a Teams event or meeting from OneDrive from the "Manage view" options when an organizer has turned on Manage What Attendees See mode. This ensures a smoother high quality video playback with a more consistent experience for attendees. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573625 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573625 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT All users in Events larger than 1,000 users or in any Event optimized for a large audience can now chat with one another in a public event chat in GCC, GCC High and DoD. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573277 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573277 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Quickly get started with modern single-page application (SPA) development by creating a site directly from Power Pages Studio. Continue building and customizing your experience using your preferred development tools and frameworks. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Pages https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570851 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570851 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Enable durable long-running A2A and MCP tasks with progress tracking, later result retrieval, and cancellation. Developer Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Work IQ https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575298 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575298 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT This is a new web part available for modern page editors in SharePoint. The web part can be configured to use any M365 Copilot agent. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575287 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575287 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is extending Administrative Units support to Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, and Cowork. This enables organizations to delegate management of supported Copilot DLP policies to administrators within their assigned Administrative Units, supporting regional, departmental, and regulatory boundaries without granting tenant-wide policy-management permissions. Existing tenant-wide policies continue to apply, and configuration is optional for organizations cho... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570673 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570673 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Enable agents to retrieve relevant Microsoft 365 content and context through Work IQ. Developer Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Work IQ https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574125 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574125 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT The Microsoft Visio Desktop MCP Server enables compatible AI clients to connect with the Visio Desktop application to create, read, and update Visio diagrams using natural language. It runs locally on Windows and requires a licensed Visio Desktop application. Developer Microsoft 365 Roadmap Visio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574124 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574124 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT This feature provides reusable MCP tools for Store Commerce POS returns. These tools expose Commerce return capabilities as structured actions that customers, partners, and agent developers can use to build conversational or agentic return experiences. Dynamics 365 Commerce Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574118 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574118 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Business performance planning improves the performance and flexibility of writeback from the Matrix visual. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574117 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574117 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Administrators can now assign Microsoft Dataverse group teams backed by Microsoft Entra groups to Business performance planning dimension security groups. Previously, dimension security assignments were limited to individual users. The updated experience allows administrators to view and add eligible Entra group-backed teams alongside users, with separate membership information for each assignment type. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574363 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574363 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Microsoft Purview server-side auto-labeling will support legacy Microsoft Office file formats, including Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), and PowerPoint (.ppt). Organizations can automatically evaluate and apply sensitivity labels to these files in SharePoint and OneDrive. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574104 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574104 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Consolidated AI settings make it easier for makers and admins to find and manage AI capabilities for model-driven apps across two complementary surfaces. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573705 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573705 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Business end-users and buyers can define and maintain their own outbound follow-up scenarios and use them wherever built-in scenarios are used today: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573698 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573698 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Shared mailbox users and delegates with read and manage (full access) and/or mail folder-level permission will now be able to access Copilot Chat directly from their shared and delegate mailboxes in classic Outlook, when added as a resource. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570870 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570870 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Provide a unified intelligence layer that helps agents discover, reason over, and use organizational knowledge. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Work IQ https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570868 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570868 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Enable agents to use supported REST endpoints as tools through governed Work IQ integrations. Developer Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Work IQ https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570852 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570852 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Enable A2A and MCP tasks to request missing information or authorization and then resume. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Work IQ https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574116 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574116 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Create and manage contextual discussion threads directly on planning cubes and dimensions. Users can comment on dimension cells, detailed or aggregate cube cells, and reporting rows; reply to and mention colleagues; receive email notifications; and resolve or reactivate discussions. Public and private visibility options, together with an All Comments view, filters, export, and role-based management actions, support collaboration throughout the planning cycle. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560601 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560601 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT When files are opened in Windows, the operating system, and applications (for example, Microsoft Office and browsers) can create, rename, and delete temporary files as part of normal behavior. The Endpoint client audits these activities, resulting in high-volume, low-signal events that appear as “noise” for Insider Risk Management (IRM) customers. While global exclusions exist (file type, keyword, file path, etc.), some temporary file naming patterns are not easily captured with the current excl... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561485 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561485 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Copilot in Forms is being enabled for Microsoft Forms in Government Cloud environments, bringing end-to-end AI assistance to forms, from creating a form, to refining and sending to analyzing results. This rollout includes key Copilot features such as: - Draft with Copilot - Distribution and monitoring - Copilot Insights - On-canvas Copilot features such as Rewrite question, Continue writing, Answer explanations, and more. Forms Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561208 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561208 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT We are introducing file archiving support in SharePoint Online, utilizing this feature administrators can seamlessly include archiving actions within their existing data retention policies. This means that, in addition to keeping or deleting data, admins can now leverage Purview DLM to archive files according to organizational requirements, ensuring comprehensive governance across all stages of the content lifecycle in SharePoint Online. Retention based file archiving moves inactive content to l... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM547732 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM547732 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT We are introducing a reimagined SharePoint experience designed to be simple and intuitive, centered on the core jobs of discovering knowledge, publishing content, and building solutions. This update establishes the foundation for AI-assisted creation across the product. This includes an updated information architecture and cohesive design language, delivering a clean and consistent experience across surfaces. Updated August 14, 2026: We are still rolling out to some gov tenants and expect to com... Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM485731 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM485731 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Quickly find your files and leverage Copilot to get a better understanding within the search tab on the go. This item is no longer accurate and is being removed from the roadmap. We apologize for the inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM528978 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM528978 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT With this update, Risky AI usage policy template will support priority content. Customers can define Sensitive Info Types (SITs), Trainable Classifiers, Sensitivity Labels as priority content, and get alerted only when the activity matches the selected priority content. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM518289 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM518289 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Stay connected to your team’s engagement with Viva Insights Workplace Metrics, available alongside your survey results in Viva Glint. Between survey cycles, leaders and managers can use these continuous, real-time metrics to see how their team is working and evaluate whether actions they are taking to improve engagement are having the desired impact. This feature currently supports work-life balance and collaboration metrics, with more areas planned in the future. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM480725 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM480725 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT AI citations analytics will help you track the usage of SP documents, news and pages through copilot and AI agents. You will be able to see how often a page or a file is referenced in a copilot response. You can also get insights into SharePoint site content getting referenced in copilot responses aggregated at the site level. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568371 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568371 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Alert auto-resolution & tagging rules let you tell DLP, in advance, how to handle predictable alerts. You define a rule once, and from then on DLP applies it automatically to every new alert: Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM498640 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM498640 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT With a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, transform offline discussions into structured, actionable, and searchable content with voice notes in Copilot. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568072 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568072 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Targeted Audience Surveys let change leaders launch a Copilot Pulse survey directly from the Copilot Dashboard to all licensed or active users. Audiences update automatically using Insights data and respect existing dashboard filters like organization and job function, with privacy protected through population-level reporting only. Pair adoption metrics with employee sentiment in just a few clicks. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570443 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570443 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Microsoft Edge is expanding tab and Workspace organization capabilities to suggest groupings, names, visuals, and labels. Users can manage these experiences through the proposed “Let Microsoft Edge help keep your tabs organized” setting under Privacy, search, and services > Search and connected experiences; administrators can control them using the TabServicesEnabled policy. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575285 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575285 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT With this feature, admins can scope their network data security data loss prevention policies, integrated with Entra GSA Internet Access, to apply to all websites (.) or all websites except specific cloud apps, allowing them to apply protection to cloud apps and websites that are not in the Defender Cloud App Catalog. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570469 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570469 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Copilot Chat can now better match search results from text that appears inside images embedded in Word and PowerPoint files is user's working files — such as scanned contracts in Word, text from tables, text from images — content that was previously difficult to search and find. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570850 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570850 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Enable agents to upload files and content to supported Microsoft 365 destinations. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Work IQ https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570871 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570871 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Work IQ enables agents to create and edit Microsoft Office documents using organizational context, helping users produce and update content more efficiently. Developer Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Work IQ https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571888 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM571888 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Power Apps model-driven apps are now available as Business Apps in Work IQ. They can be accessed through the Work IQ (Preview) tool in Copilot Studio or through a natural-language chat experience powered by Work IQ MCP. In either experience, natural-language prompts let users list and read records or create, update, and delete them. For create and update, Work IQ maps supplied values to the appropriate app fields. Before a change is submitted, the proposed values require explicit user confirmati... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Power Apps https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573692 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573692 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Currently, to bring tasks from another project into a new project, you must manually enter the task details in the task grid or use schedule APIs. You can also use the Copy project feature to create a new project with the same tasks, but this feature has limitations: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574105 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574105 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Sales Development Agent now integrates with Salesforce, enabling organizations to use SDA with their existing Salesforce CRM. SDA can access leads, manage prospect records, log sales activities, and keep engagement actions—including qualification, disqualification, and ownership changes—connected to the CRM workflow. The integration uses Microsoft’s Salesforce Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to connect SDA with Salesforce. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574123 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574123 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT This feature posts a purchase order product receipt and the consumption of its linked project item requirement in one transaction. It applies when automatic item consumption is enabled or when you select Consume immediately while posting the product receipt. Both updates succeed together, or the system rolls them both back when an error occurs. The posting flow prevents duplicate project posting and preserves existing behavior for batch posting and cancellation or correction flows. This combined... Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575283 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM575283 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Enables auto‑labeling of existing SharePoint files to match the default sensitivity label configured on their document library. This helps organizations close labeling gaps for data at rest and ensure consistent, secure‑by‑default protection across SharePoint libraries—without relying on manual user labeling. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568364 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568364 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:05 GMT Engage is rolling out Custom Branding, a new admin-led capability that lets organizations define a customized, tenant-wide visual identity across the Engage web and mobile apps. Engage-level admins can configure a brand name, add large and small logos, and a theme color that is applied consistently for all users in the tenant. Branding is managed from the new Brand Center in the Viva Engage admin center and helps organizations reinforce their identity throughout the Engage experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569930 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569930 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Configure the connectors your agent needs, with a simple in-chat sign-in instead of a full settings experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561922 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561922 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT You can release your secure print jobs by scanning a QR code at any printer and access your print workflows from a browser on any device, all signed in with your Microsoft 365 account. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Universal Print https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562018 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562018 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Users will be able access an AI generated audio summary of SharePoint News posts in the SharePoint app for Teams (Viva Connections). Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM552592 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM552592 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT When users insert content in a prompt using 'Add Work Content' under the Plus menu, the content will only appear as a pill in the Input Box UI and will not be repeated as part of the user's prompt. This helps to simplify the Input Box and reserve it for prompt creation. Updated April 22, 2026: We are moving this item back to In Development and will be relaunching after further updates. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560541 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560541 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Site owners have a critical role to play in ensuring accuracy of site information, including the site's necessity, its owners, members, permissions, and sharing settings. We’re introducing the Governance Reviews Dashboard in Private Preview, a centralized view where site owners can see all pending site governance reviews (inactivity, ownership, attestation) across the sites they own. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499898 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499898 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Community Agent helps members get answers to questions in Viva Engage communities using community knowledge and connected sources. Community admins can choose to require human review before answers are posted or allow automatic posting. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM160008 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM160008 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Optical character recognition (OCR) support will detect sensitive content in images and subsequently apply data loss prevention (DLP) policies to prevent exfiltration of that sensitive data on your Windows endpoint devices. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP and PDF (image only PDF). Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570467 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570467 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Teams administrators will be able to use a meeting policy to control whether profane words are masked in live transcription and saved meeting transcripts. Filtering remains on by default. When an organizer is assigned a policy that turns filtering off, profane words can appear without masking in both the live and saved transcript, while live captions continue to follow each participant's existing profanity setting. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM536577 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM536577 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT A modern experience for the New Tab Page (NTP) on Microsoft Edge for Business. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570439 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570439 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Microsoft Teams will provide additional protection for QR codes shared by external users in messages. Images containing QR codes from external senders will be obscured by default and require users to reveal them before viewing or scanning. This helps reduce the risk of phishing and fraud by encouraging more deliberate interaction with QR code content. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573706 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573706 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Event group chat, the private chat for organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in an event or structured meeting, will support external presenters. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574362 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574362 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT We are refreshing the way we organize the Analytics & Reports area in the Pro Management portal to make it more user-friendly. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574107 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574107 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT When a Teams Rooms on Android device acts as an organizer, co-organizer, or presenter in a structured meeting or webinar, you have access to the private chat for event management known as the Event Group. You can also switch to a separate chat with attendees, enabling smooth event experiences for all. Available in Teams Rooms Pro-licensed rooms. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570442 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570442 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Users can more easily work with SharePoint files in Outlook by saving email attachments directly to SharePoint and searching across SharePoint sites for files from the file picker. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570669 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM570669 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Copilot Studio now connects to Microsoft's shared plugin registry, making it easier for makers to discover and use plugins, connectors, and other available capabilities. This integration provides a more consistent way to extend agents with capabilities across Microsoft's AI ecosystem. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573220 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573220 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Users can now schedule appointments and meetings directly from chat. Simply ask Copilot to create an appointment or schedule a meeting with colleagues, and it will find available times, book rooms, draft agendas, and send invites—all within the chat experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573704 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM573704 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Organizations often use business-specific data and criteria to determine when suppliers require follow-up on purchase orders. The Procurement Agent will enable buyers to extend supplier follow-up criteria using related standard, extended, and custom table data. Buyers can add table joins and use fields from those tables as filter conditions, providing greater flexibility to determine which purchase order lines qualify for supplier follow-up based on their organization’s processes and data. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574119 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM574119 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:04:35 GMT Business Performance Planning introduce Virtualization to optimizes how the Matrix visual renders large planning datasets. Rather than loading and displaying the entire dataset at once, the visual progressively renders the rows and columns needed as users scroll, expand, collapse, and navigate through the Matrix. This reduces the amount of data processed by the browser at any one time and helps maintain visual responsiveness at scale. Dynamics 365 Finance Microsoft 365 Roadmap